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ACC asks three owners to stop building construction

ACC asks three owners to stop building construction

-- 2019-05-26 20:14:55

After an eviction drive, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday gave a notice to stop construction of three buildings at New Bailey Road. On information, an ACC enforcement team conducted the...

Met office forecasts rain, thundershowers

Met office forecasts rain, thundershowers

-- 2019-05-26 20:14:05

Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Sylhet, Mymensingh and Chattogram divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dh...

IGP for beefing up security ahead of Eid

IGP for beefing up security ahead of Eid

-- 2019-05-26 19:48:20

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary on Sunday asked police officers to ensure that law and order remains normal ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday. His directives included tighteni...

Allegations against ex-Sonagazi OC in Nusrat murder authentic: PBI

Allegations against ex-Sonagazi OC in Nusrat murder authentic: PBI

-- 2019-05-26 18:36:02

Allegations brought against former Sonagazi officer-in-charge Moazzem Hossain after Nusrat Jahan Rafi's murder has been found to be authentic by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI). An investiga...

10 policemen awarded in Rangpur Range

10 policemen awarded in Rangpur Range

-- 2019-05-26 17:54:21

Rangpur Range of Bangladesh Police on Sunday awarded its 10 personnel and four organisations with medals in recognition of their professional and organisational excellence in discharging duties. Depu...

BRTC to get 400 new buses, says Quader

BRTC to get 400 new buses, says Quader

-- 2019-05-26 17:51:30

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is getting 400 new buses to its fleet on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr. “Two hund...

Minister Mozammel to join Modi’s oath taking ceremony

Minister Mozammel to join Modi’s oath taking ceremony

-- 2019-05-26 17:46:38

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque will represent Bangladesh at the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi is likely to take oath as Indian Prime Minister f...

$2.5b deal with Japan during PM’s visit

$2.5b deal with Japan during PM’s visit

-- 2019-05-26 17:42:07

Bangladesh and Japan will sign their 40th ODA deal involving $ 2.5 billion during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Japan visit on May 28-30 for implementing five projects as her visit is expected to bol...

Youth held with 100,000 of Yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar

Youth held with 100,000 of Yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2019-05-26 17:29:40

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday arrested a young man along with 100,000 pieces of Yaba pills from a house in Hatiarghona area of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar. The detainee was identified as Abdul Ami...

Police arrest four 'fraudsters' in Magura

Police arrest four 'fraudsters' in Magura

-- 2019-05-26 17:27:05

Police arrested four suspected members of a gang involved in fraud and abduction from Magura town on Sunday morning. The arrestees were identified as Sajjad Hossain, 40, Shahinur Rahman Palash, 25, J...

Enhance financial capacity of Joyeeta Foundation: PM

Enhance financial capacity of Joyeeta Foundation: PM

-- 2019-05-26 16:29:57

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to enhance the financial capacity of the Joyeeta Foundation as a specialised organisation. She gave the directive during a meet...

EC gets new secretary

EC gets new secretary

-- 2019-05-26 16:24:25

The election commission secretariat and the local government division got new secretaries on Sunday after seven senior officials were transferred and assigned new roles. The Ministry of Public Admini...

Khaleda challenges govt move to shift trial court

Khaleda challenges govt move to shift trial court

FE Online Desk 2019-05-26 15:25:51

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has challenged the legality of the government notification to shift her trial court to the central jail in Keraniganj from the now-defunct one in Old Dhaka. She filed...

Don’t do politics over Khaleda’s treatment: Hasan Mahmud to BNP

Don’t do politics over Khaleda’s treatment: Hasan Mahmud to BNP

-- 2019-05-26 14:30:50

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has asked BNP leaders not to do any politics over their chairperson Khaleda Zia's medical treatment. "The government is trying to provide the best possible medica...

UAE launches major campaign to help Rohingyas

UAE launches major campaign to help Rohingyas

-- 2019-05-26 13:23:06

A nationwide drive has been launched in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to generate donations for Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar. The initiative launched by the Emir...

Garment trader shot dead in Gaibandha

Garment trader shot dead in Gaibandha

-- 2019-05-26 11:54:40

A local garment trader has been shot to death in Gaibandha's Sadullapur Upazila. The dead has been identified as Buda Mia, 50. He also worked as an informant for the local police, according to law en...

President returns home after treatment abroad

President returns home after treatment abroad

-- 2019-05-26 11:48:06

President M Abdul Hamid returned home on Sunday morning after an 11-day visit to London and Germany for health checkup and treatment of eyes. “A VVIP flight (BG 202) of Biman Bangladesh Airline...

Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF

Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF

-- 2019-05-26 11:33:26

A Bangladeshi national was shot dead allegedly by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Kathalia Para border in Biral upazila of Dinajpur early Sunday. The deceased has been identified...

ACC performance showed downslide in 2018

ACC performance showed downslide in 2018

Sajibur Rahman 2019-05-26 10:18:38

Despite growing trends in corruption and fraudulence, the national graft-buster gained little success in trying dozens of tainted public servants, representatives, bankers, merchants and others in 201...

'Nightmare' traffic cripples capital

'Nightmare' traffic cripples capital

FE Report 2019-05-26 10:15:42

The capital's traffic almost collapsed Saturday as the ongoing metro rail work coupled with Eid shoppers' movement worsened the situation, even on a weekend. It took hours for commuters to reach one...

Three die after truck hits motorcycle on Dhaka-Ctg highway

Three die after truck hits motorcycle on Dhaka-Ctg highway

-- 2019-05-26 09:52:40

Three motorcyclists were killed after a motorbike crashed into a truck on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Duckbanglow area of Chattogram's Mirsharai upazila on Saturday night. The deceased were identifie...

25 injured in Magura AL factional clash

25 injured in Magura AL factional clash

-- 2019-05-25 21:23:06

At least 25 people were injured as two factions of Awami League engaged in a clash over trifling matter at Sankochkhali village in Sadar upazila on Saturday. Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Magur...

‘Fix paddy price at Tk 1,200 per maund’

‘Fix paddy price at Tk 1,200 per maund’

-- 2019-05-25 20:49:50

President of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) Prof Abul Barkat on Saturday said the price of a maund (40 kilograms) of paddy should be fixed at Tk 1,200 so that farmers do not have to count losse...

29 women tortured to death for dowry in Jan-April

29 women tortured to death for dowry in Jan-April

FE Online Report 2019-05-25 19:44:40

At least 29 women were tortured to death for dowry alone in the first four months of the calendar year, according to a local legal aid and rights body. The Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) report noted that...

Police contingent leaves for Sudan

Police contingent leaves for Sudan

-- 2019-05-25 19:36:20

A 140-member contingent of Bangladesh Formed Police Unit-1 (FPU) left Dhaka early Saturday for Darfur, Sudan to join the UN peacekeeping mission there. Superintendent of Police (SP) Mohammad Abdul Ha...

‘Policemen beat trader to death’ in Tangail

‘Policemen beat trader to death’ in Tangail

-- 2019-05-25 19:18:17

A meat trader was allegedly beaten to death by policemen in Gopalpur upazila of Tangail district on Friday. Eight policemen were attached to district police lines last night for their suspected invol...

'Electric trains for long-distance journeys coming soon'

'Electric trains for long-distance journeys coming soon'

-- 2019-05-25 19:06:39

The government’s plans to introduce high-speed electric trains in Bangladesh for long-distance journeys. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the announcement while inaugurating a new inter-city t...

Move to construct multipurpose terminal at Payra

Move to construct multipurpose terminal at Payra

-- 2019-05-25 17:21:55

The government has initiated a move to construct a Multipurpose Terminal at Payra Port under the Indian 3rd Line of Credit in a bid to further strengthen the position of Bangladesh in global trade. &...

'Awami League should take lessons from India election'

'Awami League should take lessons from India election'

-- 2019-05-25 17:15:44

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday urged the government, the Election Commission and the ruling Awami League to take lessons from India's Lok Sabha elections. "People in India...

Must keep footpaths clear to reduce tailbacks: DNCC mayor

Must keep footpaths clear to reduce tailbacks: DNCC mayor

-- 2019-05-25 17:11:58

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam on Saturday said that the city's footpaths must be kept clear to reduce traffic congestions. "Since footpaths are occupied illegally, people are forced...