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HC orders PEC tests for expelled students by Dec 28

HC orders PEC tests for expelled students by Dec 28

-- 2019-12-18 13:39:08

The High Court has ordered the government to allow the students expelled from Primary Education Completion exams to retake tests by Dec 28 and publish results by Dec 31. It also expressed dissatisfac...

Govt sets target to make BGB as world standard

Govt sets target to make BGB as world standard

-- 2019-12-18 13:11:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government has undertaken the “Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Vision 2041” to develop the BGB as a world standard border force. “Ou...

Man arrested while entering Bangladesh illegally

Man arrested while entering Bangladesh illegally

-- 2019-12-18 12:22:43

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a man while he was entering the country illegally from Lebutala Royel Mastar Ghat in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah early Wednesday. A patrol team of BGB&rs...

Police find body of missing minor girl

Police find body of missing minor girl

-- 2019-12-18 11:46:56

A minor girl, who had been missing since Monday night, is suspected to have been raped and murdered at Kuttapara village in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Tuesday. The deceased was identi...

Schoolgirl dies in Chandpur road accident

Schoolgirl dies in Chandpur road accident

-- 2019-12-18 11:42:12

A schoolgirl was killed and four others were injured after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw at Joyhari area in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Mohn...

Chinese man’s murder: DB arrests two suspects

Chinese man’s murder: DB arrests two suspects

-- 2019-12-18 11:35:12

Two suspects have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the killing of a Chinese man in the Banani area of Dhaka city. The identities of the arrestees could not be known immediately, reports...

Journo Azad Hossain Sumon passes away

Journo Azad Hossain Sumon passes away

-- 2019-12-18 10:59:36

Senior journalist Azad Hossain Sumon died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka city on Monday night.  He was the crime chief of Bangladesher Khobor and also served as a crime repor...

32 BCL central leaders lose posts

32 BCL central leaders lose posts

-- 2019-12-18 10:50:01

As many as 32 leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) have lost their posts in the central committee over allegations such as marriage, infiltration and drugs abuse. Al-Nahean Khan Joy and Lekhak...

HC questions ACC rule curbing police's power

HC questions ACC rule curbing police's power

FE REPORT 2019-12-18 10:30:02

The High Court (HC) issued a rule on Tuesday, asking the government to explain in four weeks as to why the sections concerned of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Rules that curtailed the Banglades...

EU deadline looms over labour issues

EU deadline looms over labour issues

REZAUL KARIM 2019-12-18 10:19:29

The European Union (EU) has set Bangladesh a tight time limit to address longstanding issues concerning human rights and good governance in factories. The political and economic bloc of Europe said B...

Carrot growers happy  over market price

Carrot growers happy over market price

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-12-17 23:54:19

BOGURA, Dec 17: Carrot growers in the district are happy over the present market price of their produce. A good number of farmers have attained financial solvency by growing carrot in winter. The De...

DUCSU VP comes under attack while protesting against CAB

DUCSU VP comes under attack while protesting against CAB

-- 2019-12-17 20:57:28

Vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) Nurul Haque Nur came under an attack on the Dhaka University (DU) campus on Tuesday reportedly by Muktijoddha Mancha activists....

Plots of anti-liberation forces will never be successful: PM

Plots of anti-liberation forces will never be successful: PM

-- 2019-12-17 19:55:40

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the conspiracies of the anti-liberation forces to foil independence and to turn Bangladesh into a failed state will never be successful. “The collaborators...

PM’s Military Secretary Zainul Abedin dies

PM’s Military Secretary Zainul Abedin dies

-- 2019-12-17 19:12:12

The Prime Minister’s Military Secretary Major General Mia Mohammad Zainul Abedin Bir Bikram has died during treatment in Singapore. He was 59. Zainul breathed his last at the Mount Elizabe...

Atiqul warns polluters of actions

Atiqul warns polluters of actions

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-12-17 18:55:28

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md. Atiqul Islam on Tuesday warned of action against traders, businessmen and polluters, who are non-compliant in line with the environment law and polluting...

Govt to amend list of wartime collaborators

Govt to amend list of wartime collaborators

-- 2019-12-17 18:37:50

The government has decided to amend the recently released list of collaborators, who helped the Pakistan occupation forces during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. The Ministry of Liberation...

Fines for honking horns in secretariat area from Wednesday

Fines for honking horns in secretariat area from Wednesday

-- 2019-12-17 18:11:14

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Tuesday said fine will be realised through conducting mobile court from Wednesday for honking horns in the surrounding areas of the s...

‘Death was better than seeing name on Razakar list’

‘Death was better than seeing name on Razakar list’

UNB 2019-12-17 18:01:34

Freedom fighter advocate Tapan Kumar Chakraborty, who found his name on the recently-published list of Razakars, on Tuesday said it would have been better for him to die than seeing his name on the li...

Man arrested with 22 gold bars at Sylhet airport

Man arrested with 22 gold bars at Sylhet airport

-- 2019-12-17 15:30:07

Customs officials arrested a man along with 22 gold bars, weighing 2.5 kg, at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Tuesday. The arrestee is Momin Uddin Mamun of Goainghat upazila in the district...

SC hands Tk 1b to Moon Cinema Hall owner

SC hands Tk 1b to Moon Cinema Hall owner

-- 2019-12-17 15:17:02

The government on Tuesday handed over a cheque of Tk 1 billion (100 crore) to Maksudur Alam, the owner of Moon cinema hall through the Appellate Division. A four-member bench of the Appellate Divisio...

Razakars list was not verified as per note: Home minister

Razakars list was not verified as per note: Home minister

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-17 14:42:38

Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the Razakars list was not verified as per a note from his ministry. The liberation war affairs ministry was asked in a note to verify the list before pub...

Minister apologises over names of FFs on Razakars list

Minister apologises over names of FFs on Razakars list

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-17 14:11:43

Liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque has apologised for naming freedom fighters (FFs) in the list of Razakars. Speaking at a programme in the city's Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday, he ma...

BD tops gender neutral rankings in South Asia

BD tops gender neutral rankings in South Asia

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-17 13:38:48

Bangladesh has topped the list of gender-neutral countries in South Asia bringing down gender gap the most, the World Economic Forum said in its latest report. It is ahead of Nepal (101st) and Sri La...

Secretariat areas come under ‘no horn zone’ today

Secretariat areas come under ‘no horn zone’ today

-- 2019-12-17 12:45:49

The surrounding area of the Secretariat in Dhaka has come under ‘Silent Zone’ or ‘No Horn Zone’ today (Tuesday) as vehicles will have to suffer punishment for flouting the ban...

Names of seven freedom fighters on Razakars list!

Names of seven freedom fighters on Razakars list!

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-17 12:42:06

Names of at least seven freedom fighters have appeared on the official list of Razakars the government published on Sunday. Even astonishing as it may seem, Ghulam Arieff Tipoo, the chief prosecutor...

Two Destiny officials denied bail

Two Destiny officials denied bail

-- 2019-12-17 12:22:51

The Appellate Division on Tuesday rejected the bail petitions filed by Destiny Group managing director Rafiqul Amin and Destiny-2000 chairman Mohammad Hossain in two money-laundering cases filed by th...

UK improves visa system for Bangladeshis

UK improves visa system for Bangladeshis

-- 2019-12-17 11:51:35

UK Visas and Immigration made the UK visa process for Bangladeshis safer, more modern and efficient by introducing the option to use card and online transactions to pay for a UK visa application effec...

Dhaka ranks second worst in AQI

Dhaka ranks second worst in AQI

-- 2019-12-17 11:12:44

Dhaka ranked the second worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning. The capital city had a score of 210 at 10:17am, which means the air quality was ‘very unhealthy’. Afghanistan...

Sylhet road accident kills two

Sylhet road accident kills two

-- 2019-12-17 11:08:49

Two motorcyclists, including a girl, were killed as a truck crashed into their vehicle at Manikpur in Zakiganj upazila headquarters in Sylhet on Monday. The deceased were identified as Russel Ahmed,...

Robber suspect dies in Jhenaidah ‘gunfight’

Robber suspect dies in Jhenaidah ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-12-17 11:03:21

An alleged robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Moheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Khokon, 30, reports UNB. Tipped off that a robber gang wa...