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Two hanging bodies found in city

Two hanging bodies found in city

-- 2019-11-23 12:07:36

Police have recovered two hanging bodies from Pallabi and Darussalam areas in Dhaka. The dead have been identified as Bilkis Akhter, 26, a garment factory worker, and 'Raju', 30, who worked in a trav...

BD teen boys make improvement in daily activities: WHO

BD teen boys make improvement in daily activities: WHO

-- 2019-11-23 11:54:29

A recent WHO study found that Bangladeshi boys, aged between 11 and 17 years, made improvement in their daily activities. It noted that countries showing the most improvement in activity levels among...

80 robbers to surrender today in Cox’s Bazar

80 robbers to surrender today in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2019-11-23 11:15:28

More than 80 robbers are scheduled to lay down their arms today (Saturday) at Kalarmarchara Government Primary School in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Iqbal Hossain, the Additional Superi...

PM returns home from Kolkata

PM returns home from Kolkata

-- 2019-11-23 11:10:40

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has returned home from Kolkata on Friday night, wrapping up her short visit to Kolkata to inaugurate the historic day-night Test match between Bangladesh and India. A spe...

Banks channel farm loans thru microfinance institutions

Banks channel farm loans thru microfinance institutions

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2019-11-23 10:55:01

The share of bank loans to microfinance institutions (MFIs) has been on the rise for the straight eighth year, as the banks are required to meet their farm loan target. According to the Microcredit R...

Transport deadlock smoulders on

Transport deadlock smoulders on

FE REPORT 2019-11-23 10:01:27

Transport workers have yet to make any decision on their next course of action as they are still bargaining with the government to meet their demands, insiders said on Friday. While nation-wide truck...

Onion market heats up again

Onion market heats up again

UNB 2019-11-22 21:55:08

Prices of onion soared again on Friday, fuelled by higher demands and a supply crunch as the imported bulb are yet to hit the markets. Bangladesh has been struggling to control overheated prices of o...

Bangladesh can export bicycles to West Bengal, Mamata says

Bangladesh can export bicycles to West Bengal, Mamata says

-- 2019-11-22 21:47:16

Chief Minister of India's West Bengal State Mamata Banarjee has said there is a huge demand of bicycles in her state and Bangladesh can utilise the opportunity of exporting the vehicle for mutual bene...

Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in city

Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in city

UNB 2019-11-22 21:25:40

Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon arrived in Dhaka on Friday night on a brief visit, the second visit to Bangladesh this year, after leaving the United Nations. He will attend the 13th convocat...

Bogura man detained for shaving wife’s head

Bogura man detained for shaving wife’s head

-- 2019-11-22 20:16:36

Police have detained a man for forcibly shaving his wife’s head in Bogura’s Nandigram Upazila following an altercation over a broken jar of pickles. The detention of ‘Morshedul&rsqu...

UN adopts Bangladesh’s resolution on natural fibres

UN adopts Bangladesh’s resolution on natural fibres

UNB 2019-11-22 20:05:03

The plenary of the second committee of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted Bangladesh’s resolution entitled “Natural Plant Fibres and Sustainable Dev...

Transport crisis ends as vehicles moving normally: Obaidul Quader

Transport crisis ends as vehicles moving normally: Obaidul Quader

BSS 2019-11-22 19:38:12

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the problems created in the transport sector due to strike were already resolved as all types of vehicles are moving normally in the capital...

PM greets Trudeau on his reinstallation as Canadian premier

PM greets Trudeau on his reinstallation as Canadian premier

BSS 2019-11-22 19:32:26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated Justin Pierre James Trudeau on his assumption of office as Canadian Prime Minister for the second time. “We believe that the people of your countr...

Super hostels in city bring comforts for singles

Super hostels in city bring comforts for singles

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2019-11-22 18:12:39

A student of Government Titumir College and part-time jobholder, Limon used to stay at a traditional mess in the city’s Kazipara area as he didn’t find any better accommodation elsewhere a...

Mod beatings result in 62 deaths in Jan-Oct

Mod beatings result in 62 deaths in Jan-Oct

FE Online Report 2019-11-22 17:49:35

62 people were killed by mob beatings across the country from January to October 2019, according to a report by an independent rights and legal aid body. The highest number of incidents of killings t...

Working to 'restore democracy: Fakhrul

Working to 'restore democracy: Fakhrul

-- 2019-11-22 17:19:32

Stating that the current government is worse than previous autocratic regimes, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said they are working to unite people to ‘restore democ...

Road crash in Munshiganj claims lives of nine people

Road crash in Munshiganj claims lives of nine people

UNB 2019-11-22 17:14:46

Police blamed reckless driving for the fatal accident in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj district on Friday which has so far claimed nine lives. The victims are – Abdur Rashid, 60, Liza, 22, he...

Over 80 Cox’s Bazar robbers to surrender Saturday

Over 80 Cox’s Bazar robbers to surrender Saturday

-- 2019-11-22 17:14:45

Over 80 robbers are scheduled to surrender and lay down their arms at Kalarmarchara Government Primary School in Maheshkhali upazila on Saturday. Additional superintendent of Cox’s Bazar Po...

Fatal road crash in Munshiganj leaves seven dead

Fatal road crash in Munshiganj leaves seven dead

-- 2019-11-22 15:02:53

Seven people, including a child, were killed in a collision between a microbus and a bus on Dhaka-Mawa highway at Sologhar in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj on Friday. The identities of the deceased...

Fault in loop line behind Ullahpara train crash: Probe report

Fault in loop line behind Ullahpara train crash: Probe report

-- 2019-11-22 14:21:40

A probe body, formed by the local administration following a train accident in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district on November 14, said the accident took place due fault in loop line. Faruk Ahmed,...

RAB nabs UP member with Yaba pills

RAB nabs UP member with Yaba pills

-- 2019-11-22 12:36:05

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a Union Parishad (UP) member reportedly with 2,256 Yaba tablets from Barogharia in Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Thursday night. The ar...

Lynch mob in Laxmipur kills robber

Lynch mob in Laxmipur kills robber

-- 2019-11-22 12:30:50

A suspected robber was killed and five others injured in a lynch-mob attack at Sagardi village in Raipur upazila of Laxmipur district early Friday. The deceased was identified as Sohel, reports UNB....

BJMC seeks Tk 11b from government

BJMC seeks Tk 11b from government

FE Report 2019-11-22 12:13:05

The ministry of textiles and jute (MoTJ) has sought a fresh allocation of over Tk 11 billion from the government for the state-run Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC), officials said. Of the amo...

RAB detains three ‘JMB men’

RAB detains three ‘JMB men’

-- 2019-11-22 12:08:55

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), a banned militant outfit, from, Char Raninagar in Sadar upazila early Friday. The arrestees ar...

BCIC to build largest-ever urea fertiliser plant

BCIC to build largest-ever urea fertiliser plant

Jubair Hasan 2019-11-22 10:56:51

The government moves to build the largest-ever urea fertiliser plant in the northern region which requires 40 per cent of the country's total annual demand for urea, officials said. The proposed fact...

PM Hasina in Kolkata to watch day-night Test match

PM Hasina in Kolkata to watch day-night Test match

-- 2019-11-22 10:34:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached Kolkata to watch the first day-night Test match between India and Bangladesh at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. A special flight of Bi...

Road traffic still far from normal

Road traffic still far from normal

FE REPORT 2019-11-22 10:32:54

Road transport services were yet to return to normal on Thursday despite withdrawal of strikes by transport owners and workers after a late night meeting with the Home Minister over the newly-enacted...

BUET expels 26 students for life over Abrar murder

BUET expels 26 students for life over Abrar murder

-- 2019-11-22 10:04:49

Authorities of Bangladesh University of Science and Technology (BUET) have permanently expelled 26 of its students, mostly leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), over the killing of...

Another cargo flight with 105 tonnes Egyptian onion lands

Another cargo flight with 105 tonnes Egyptian onion lands

-- 2019-11-21 22:27:43

Another cargo aircraft carrying 105 metric tonnes of imported onion from Egypt arrived in the city on Thursday evening. Abdul Latif Munshi, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Commerce Ministry, said a...

Union council member detained after torture video goes viral

Union council member detained after torture video goes viral

-- 2019-11-21 21:18:41

Police have detained a union council member of Sylhet’s Zakiganj Upazila after his video of beating up a man in arbitration drew criticisms on social media. Abdus Salam, member of Kajalshah Uni...