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Truck helper dies in Magura road crash

Truck helper dies in Magura road crash

-- 2019-06-03 12:47:47

A truck helper was killed as the truck he was driving overturned at Kalishankorpur village under Mohammadpur upazila in Magura on Monday. The deceased was identified as Swadhin Ali, 30, son of Abdur...

Biman plane makes emergency landing

Biman plane makes emergency landing

-- 2019-06-03 12:35:15

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight has been forced to make an emergency landing at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after a bird hit the plane, shortly after it took off from the s...

‘Robbers’ shoot dead Bangladeshi youth in South Africa

‘Robbers’ shoot dead Bangladeshi youth in South Africa

-- 2019-06-03 11:51:52

A Bangladeshi youth was gunned down by ‘robbers’ at East Ran Diepsloot of Johannesburg in South Africa on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Shahadat Hossain, 24, son of Estefaz Uddin...

PM leaves Saudi Arabia for Finland

PM leaves Saudi Arabia for Finland

-- 2019-06-03 10:44:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Saudi Arabia for Finland, the third and final destination of her tri-nation visit, early Monday. A flight of Lufthansa Air carrying the Prime Minister and her entour...

Panjabi sales pick up steam

Panjabi sales pick up steam

Saif Uddin 2019-06-03 10:11:07

Sales of panjabi, a traditional men's attire for Eid-ul Fitr, have marked a significant rise in the city, with only a few days remaining before the biggest religious festival. This year, shoppers a...

Biman increases flights ahead of Eid festival

Biman increases flights ahead of Eid festival

Kamrun Nahar 2019-06-03 10:08:51

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has increased the number of its flights in three international and two domestic routes on June 2-3 to meet the rising demand ahead of Eid. The three international routes are...

Park-playground project sees rise in cost, tenure

Park-playground project sees rise in cost, tenure

Kamrun Nahar 2019-06-03 10:00:18

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has again revised the cost of its park and playground modernisation project and extended its duration on grounds of design change and various complications that a...

UAE campaign raises $17.7m to support Rohingyas

UAE campaign raises $17.7m to support Rohingyas

-- 2019-06-02 21:52:22

The weeklong fund-raising campaign in the United Arab Emirates in support of Rohingyas that began in the last week of May has raised $17.7million (Dh65 million), the Emirates Red Crescent Authority (E...

PM offers ziarat at Masjid-e Nababi

PM offers ziarat at Masjid-e Nababi

-- 2019-06-02 21:08:58

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered ziarat at the Rawza Mubarak of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) in the holy city of Madinah on Sunday. The premier performed ziarat at the Rawza Mubarak of Prophet...

Rain, thundershowers likely on Monday

Rain, thundershowers likely on Monday

-- 2019-06-02 20:51:31

Rain/thunder showers, accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind, is likely to occur at many places in Dhaka, Mymensingh, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the n...

BNP nominates GM Siraj for Bogura-6 by-election

BNP nominates GM Siraj for Bogura-6 by-election

-- 2019-06-02 20:40:40

BNP has finally kept trust in its former MP GM Siraj by allocating the party election symbol 'Sheaf of Paddy' for him to contest the by-election to Bogura-6 parliamentary seat. BNP secretary general...

Dr Kamal demands Khaleda’s release before Eid

Dr Kamal demands Khaleda’s release before Eid

-- 2019-06-02 20:35:38

Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain and its general secretary Reza Kibria on Sunday demanded the release of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and other political prisoners before the Eid-ul-Fitr. In a me...

'Highways are free from traffic jam'

'Highways are free from traffic jam'

-- 2019-06-02 20:32:22

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said there is no traffic congestion on the highways ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr as the countries highways are in the better condition. “...

President, PM mourn death of Prof Momtazuddin Ahmed

President, PM mourn death of Prof Momtazuddin Ahmed

-- 2019-06-02 20:09:31

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of language movement veteran, eminent playwright, actor and educationist Professor Momtazudd...

‘Khaleda’s release not possible before or after Eid’

‘Khaleda’s release not possible before or after Eid’

-- 2019-06-02 19:56:02

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said Khaleda Zia's release from jail is not possible before or after Eid-ul-Fitr through a movement. "The government has nothing to do with the release...

Road accidents kill 1,890 in five months

Road accidents kill 1,890 in five months

-- 2019-06-02 18:23:50

At least 1,729 people, including 242 women and 312 children, were killed and 3,543 others were injured in 1,792 road accidents in the first five months of the current year. The National Committee to...

Lightning strikes kill 4 in Naogaon, Joypurhat

Lightning strikes kill 4 in Naogaon, Joypurhat

-- 2019-06-02 18:18:26

At least four people, including a child, were killed in separate lightning strikes in Naogaon and Joypurhat districts on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Chotu, 50, of Sapahar upazila, Abbas A...

Three-tier security measures during Eid in Ctg

Three-tier security measures during Eid in Ctg

-- 2019-06-02 17:24:45

A three-tier security measures was taken in the Port city Chattogram and its adjacent areas centring the Eid-ul-Fitr. Besides, Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has also set up nearly 120 Closed C...

Playwright Momtazuddin dies at 84

Playwright Momtazuddin dies at 84

-- 2019-06-02 17:13:11

Prominent playwright, director and actor Momtazuddin Ahmed died on Sunday from old-age complications in Apollo Hospital in Dhaka at the age of 84. The renowned dramatist breathed his last around 3:48...

Dhaka-Sylhet train communications restored after 6 hours

Dhaka-Sylhet train communications restored after 6 hours

-- 2019-06-02 16:59:25

The rail communications of Sylhet with other parts of the country, including the capital, resumed on Sunday afternoon after six hours of suspension following the derailment of the two bogies of a trai...

Eight gold bars seized at Shahjalal airport

Eight gold bars seized at Shahjalal airport

-- 2019-06-02 16:49:42

Customs officials on Sunday seized eight gold bars and detained one person at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city. Director General (DG) of customs intelligence Dr Sahidul Islam confirmed...

WE honours 10 women freedom fighters with Eid gifts

WE honours 10 women freedom fighters with Eid gifts

-- 2019-06-02 16:41:20

WE (We are the Earth), a private voluntary organization, honoured 10 women freedom fighters with Eid gifts in city on Sunday. WE organised the programme to honour the women freedom fighters for their...

Three construction workers die in Rangamati

Three construction workers die in Rangamati

-- 2019-06-02 15:05:24

Three construction workers have died after being buried under a heap of soil in Rangamati town. The accident occurred around 1:30 pm on Sunday during work on the foundation of a building on the Gover...

Road crashes kill 15 in two dists

Road crashes kill 15 in two dists

-- 2019-06-02 14:07:56

At least 15 people were killed and 23 others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Sunamganj districts on Sunday. In Sirajganj, eight people were killed and 15 others injured in a head-...

Launch services resume at Sadarghat

Launch services resume at Sadarghat

-- 2019-06-02 12:51:16

Launch services out of Dhaka and ferry operations on the Shimulia-Kathalbari route have resumed as the weather began to improve. All river transport services at Sadarghat  were suspended...

113 MFIs' licences cancelled for violating existing rules

113 MFIs' licences cancelled for violating existing rules

FE Report 2019-06-02 11:27:38

A total of 113 microfinance institutions (MFIs) have so far faced regulatory action for breaching the existing rules and regulations, officials said. The Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) took...

Feni SP sends Eid gifts for Nusrat’s family

Feni SP sends Eid gifts for Nusrat’s family

-- 2019-06-02 10:42:49

Feni's Superintendent of Police (SP) Kazi Moniruzzaman has sent gifts for the family members of madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who died after being set fire in April, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr....

PM Hasina performs Umrah

PM Hasina performs Umrah

-- 2019-06-02 10:37:52

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina performed the holy 'Umrah' in the early hours of Sunday. She is now on a three-day official visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud t...

Home-goers' rush reaches peak

Home-goers' rush reaches peak

FE Report 2019-06-02 10:23:11

With Eid approaching, city residents left Dhaka Saturday for their ancestral homes to celebrate the festival with their near and dear ones. Bus terminals, railway stations and the river port witnes...

Six die as bus collides with human hauler in Sunamganj

Six die as bus collides with human hauler in Sunamganj

-- 2019-06-02 10:19:31

At least six people have been killed after a bus collided with a human haulier, locally called ‘Laguna’, in Sunamganj in Sylhet during the Eid travels, say police. Three others were injur...