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Police nab two with fake currency

-- 2017-11-11 01:17:23

Police arrested two persons with Indian fake currency of RS 3 lakh raiding in Shingnagar frontier area under Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Friday night. The arrested persons are Sh...

Two brothers die in Faridpur knife attack

FE Online Desk 2017-11-10 12:00:00

Two brothers have died several hours after a gang of miscreants hacked them allegedly over previous enmity at Swashan Ghat near Alfadanga Upazila Bazar in Faridpur on Thursday night. Critically inju...

CPD dialogue on Rohingya crisis Saturday

FE Online Desk 2017-11-10 12:00:00

Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) will hold a dialogue on Addressing Rohingya Crisis: Options for Bangladesh Saturday at 9.30 am at the Khazana Gardenia at Gulshan in the city. Md Shahidul Haque,...

Nation to celebrate recognition of Bangabandhu's speech

-- 2017-11-10 12:00:00

The nation on November 25 will celebrate the recognition of the historic 7th March speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a world documentary heritage. The decision was t...

Motorcycles, cars ‘to blame’ for noise pollution

-- 2017-11-10 12:00:00

Motorcycles and private cars are the main sources of noise pollution in the major cities of the country, according to a new study.  Public buses are the next to blame for the unchecked sound pol...

Rohingya influx: 550 more arrive on rafts

-- 2017-11-10 12:00:00

Around 550 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have crossed the Naf river into Bangladesh on rafts made of logs, bamboos and plastic jerrycans. Border Guard Bangladesh Teknaf-2 Battalion Commander Lt Col...

Shaheed Noor Hossain Day being observed

-- 2017-11-10 10:43:48

The Shaheed Noor Hossain Day, commemorating the martyrdom of a young pro-democracy activist during the anti-Ershad movement in the late 80s, is being observed on Friday in a befitting manner. Differe...

CPA representatives appreciate role of police: IGP

-- 2017-11-10 09:07:50

The representatives of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) lauded the role of Bangladesh Police during its recent conference in Dhaka. Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque ma...

RAB nabs foreign fraudsters

-- 2017-11-10 09:01:57

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested three foreign fraudsters from Uttara and Bashundhra areas in the city. The law-enforcers conducted separate overnight drives to arrest them, rep...

Clash over Facebook post leaves one dead

-- 2017-11-10 08:04:46

A clash between law enforcers and locals has left one dead in Rangpur Sadar upazila on Friday. At least 20 people, including four policemen, were also injured in the clash erupted over a Facebook pos...

'Democratic' AL permits BNP's rally: Obaidul

-- 2017-11-10 06:55:35

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said the BNP has got permission for holding rally as the Awami League led government is a democratic one. "We always want to give the party permission as...

Unfair election will create upheaval, disaster: BNP   

-- 2017-11-10 06:40:57

BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said the country will face an enormous upheaval provided the result of the next election is tampered. "There's no alternative to returning the ownershi...

Bus rams into bike, killing two

-- 2017-11-10 02:36:41

Two bikers were killed as a bus rammed their motorcycle at Shibpur in Tangail district town on Friday morning. The deceased have been identified as Subrata 28, son of Kazal Das of sadar upazila and A...

Jamuna Bank donates Tk 50m for Rohingya refugees

FE Online Desk 2017-11-10 01:19:17

Jamuna Bank Limited recently donated Tk 50 million to Prime Minister's Relief Fund to support  Rohingya refugees. Md. Ismail Hossain Siraji, Chairman, Board of Directors, Al-Haj Nur Mohammed,...

Hasina, Modi flag off Khulna-Kolkata Bandhan Express

-- 2017-11-09 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Thursday flagged off a passenger train, Bandhan Express, between Khulna and Kolkata. Currently, Maitree Express connects D...

RHD projects likely to be costlier soon

Munima Sultana 2017-11-09 12:00:00

Building roads and bridges in the public sector is likely to cost the government more in the future days as a move is underway to revise upward the prices of construction materials, sources said. The...

Robbers shoot three people dead in Faridpur

FE Online Desk 2017-11-09 12:00:00

Three people were shot dead and another two wounded by robbers in separate robbery attempts at Mridhadangi village in Charbhadrasan upazila and Munshir Chor area in Sadarpur Upazila of Faridpur distri...

Muggers stab Nielsen official to death

-- 2017-11-09 12:00:00

A field officer of Nielsen Bangladesh Ltd, who sustained stab injuries in Chartha area of the Comilla city on Wednesday afternoon, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) at Wednesday night. Th...

Top court rejects Khaleda’s leave to appeal

-- 2017-11-09 12:00:00

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the leave to appeal filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking fresh recording of deposition of the witnesses of Zia Orphanage Trust...

10th grader ‘kills’ junior for ransom

-- 2017-11-09 12:00:00

Police recovered the dead body of a class IX student from the septic tank of Dulalpur Chandramukhi High School in Comilla’s Homna upazila on Thursday. The victim was identified as Jahid Hasan (...

Police detain 38 on various charges

-- 2017-11-09 12:00:00

Police in separate drives from Wednesday night to Thursday morning, arrested 38 persons including two drug pedlars, 14 warranted accused and seized 20 pieces of Yaba pills from different areas of Habi...

AL leader gets jail for exam fracas

Agencies 2017-11-09 12:00:00

A local Awami League leader has got a jail term of 10 days for attempting to intrude into a JSC examination centre in Kushtia. Mirpur UNO and Mobile Court Judge SM Jamal Hossain handed down the pena...

DSCC moves to launch clean city drive

-- 2017-11-09 12:00:00

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has taken steps to present a dust and pollution-free capital to its people. The city corporation will clean its 50 kilometres main roads by spraying water twice d...

Militancy will be eradicated: IGP

-- 2017-11-09 12:00:00

Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque on Thursday said militancy will fail to survive in the country as the people are not orthodox, even though they are religious. 'Now militants are not s...

Defeated force out to destabilise country: Quamrul

-- 2017-11-09 12:00:00

Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Thursday alleged that the defeated force of the Liberation War was still plotting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and destroy the country through spreading crimes a...

HC’s BDR mutiny verdict on Nov 26

-- 2017-11-09 12:00:00

The High Court (HC) will deliver its verdict on November 26 on the death reference and appeals in BDR carnage case. A three-member special bench of the HC Thursday set the date to announce the verdic...

Self-driving bus crashes in Las Vegas

BBC 2017-11-09 10:36:02

A self-driving shuttle bus in Las Vegas was involved in a crash on its first day of service. The vehicle - carrying “several” passengers - collided with a lorry driving at slow speed. N...

14-party to call meeting over Inu's remarks

-- 2017-11-09 10:00:19

Awami League general secretary and road transport minister Obaidul Quader has said the ruling 14-party alliance is set to convene a meeting over coalition partner JASOD's president and information min...

Khaleda reiterates she won’t be vindictive against Hasina

-- 2017-11-09 09:52:15

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reiterated that she will not be vindictive against her political arch-rival Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. While giving her self-defence statement in the Zia Orphanage...

BD-Myanmar jt working group by Nov 30

-- 2017-11-09 09:29:46

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said a joint working group with representatives of Myanmar and Bangladesh will be formed by November 30 to facilitate the repatriation of Rohingyas to their homeland. "...