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Police recover three bodies in Rajshahi

Police recover three bodies in Rajshahi

-- 2019-04-27 15:02:34

Police recovered three bodies from the Rajshahi city and Godagari upazila on Saturday morning. An unidentified woman, aged around 50, was crushed under the wheels of a train in Kadamtola rail crossin...

Reformist Jamaat leaders float new political outfit

Reformist Jamaat leaders float new political outfit

-- 2019-04-27 13:48:37

Former leaders of Jamaat-e-Islam, the party that was involved in war crimes during Bangladesh’s liberation war, have formed a new political organisation headed by ousted leader Mojibur Rahman Mo...

‘Thief’ dies in Chuadanga lynch-mob attack

‘Thief’ dies in Chuadanga lynch-mob attack

-- 2019-04-27 13:21:50

A suspected thief was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Rail Bazar in Chuadanga district town in the early hours of Saturday. The deceased was identified as Faruk Hossain, 22, son of Abu Bakar Siddiqi....

Milad for Zayan today

Milad for Zayan today

-- 2019-04-27 12:44:48

A doa and milad mahfil for the eternal peace of Zayan Chowdhury, the grandson of Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, will be held today. The doa and milad mahfil will be hel...

Student goes missing in Jaflong

Student goes missing in Jaflong

-- 2019-04-27 11:41:37

A college student went missing in Jaflong's Piyain River while taking bath on Friday. The student, identified as Akikur Rahman Anik, 20, studies at Murari Chand College in Sylhet. He is the son of Dh...

Journo Mahfuz Ullah passes away

Journo Mahfuz Ullah passes away

-- 2019-04-27 11:37:01

Senior journalist Mahfuz Ullah passed away at a hospital in Thailand on Saturday morning. He was 69. The journalist, who was on life support at the Bumrungrad International Hospital, breathed his las...

Maritime ports asked to hoist signal 1

Maritime ports asked to hoist signal 1

-- 2019-04-27 11:05:54

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted distant cautionary signal no one, said a met office bulletin. According to the bulletin, they advised to...

Prices of onion, edible oil, vegetable jump further ahead of Ramadan

Prices of onion, edible oil, vegetable jump further ahead of Ramadan

FE Report 2019-04-27 11:04:37

Onion, edible oil and vegetable became pricier further last week raising woes of the consumers. Prices of sugar also showed an uptrend despite having ample supply and persisting low import cost...

Ministry alerted on Ramadan market manipulation

Ministry alerted on Ramadan market manipulation

Rezaul Karim 2019-04-27 10:58:27

Home ministry has asked commerce ministry to stay alert to unscrupulous traders who might rig the commodity market during Ramadan. Citing its own special intelligence report, home ministry suggested...

Nearly 39pc university graduates jobless

Nearly 39pc university graduates jobless

Sajibur Rahman 2019-04-27 10:34:45

The unemployment rate among the university graduates in Bangladesh is 38.6 per cent, according to a recent study, conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). A total of 1,574...

Electrical short-circuit behind FR Tower fire: Probe

Electrical short-circuit behind FR Tower fire: Probe

-- 2019-04-27 09:50:12

An electrical short-circuit on the seventh floor of the FR Tower triggered the deadly FR Tower fire, according to an investigation by the home ministry. A Security Services Division team of six has m...

'Each upazila to get 100-bed hospital'

'Each upazila to get 100-bed hospital'

-- 2019-04-26 19:57:52

A 100-bed hospital would be established at every upazila across the country aiming to provide healthcare facilities to all the people living in rural areas. State Minister for Health and Family Welfa...

BTV Reporters Unity gets new committee

BTV Reporters Unity gets new committee

-- 2019-04-26 19:54:58

Sujan Halder and Shima Sharmin were made the president and general secretary respectively of Bangladesh Television (BTV) Reporters Unity (BTRU). A 45-member committee was formed on Friday to ensure t...

Man with 1kg gold hidden in rectum arrested as HSIA

Man with 1kg gold hidden in rectum arrested as HSIA

-- 2019-04-26 19:43:35

Airport Armed Police (AAP) arrested a man from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) and recovered 10 gold bars hidden in his rectum on Friday. The seized gold weighed around 1.1 kg, repo...

Fakhrul doesn’t know to respect party men: Anisul

Fakhrul doesn’t know to respect party men: Anisul

-- 2019-04-26 19:31:59

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir does not know how to respect leaders and activists of his own party. “One BNP leader took oath as parliamentar...

Dividing any party isn't my policy: PM

Dividing any party isn't my policy: PM

-- 2019-04-26 19:26:21

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said it is not her policy to divide any party or do anything that leads a party to a split. "To divide a party or to do anything (harmful) to any party isn't my...

BNP MP Zahidur took oath under govt pressure: Fakhrul

BNP MP Zahidur took oath under govt pressure: Fakhrul

-- 2019-04-26 19:16:04

BNP leader Zahidur Rahman, who took oath as a member of the 11th parliament from Thakurgaon 3 constituency violating the BNP's decision, was pressured into taking oath by the government. BNP Secretar...

Two held in Kurigram over gang rape

Two held in Kurigram over gang rape

-- 2019-04-26 18:58:05

A woman was gang raped by four men at Karai Barishal Char in Chilmari upazila of Kurigram on Wednesday night. Two suspected rapists were arrested the following day after the victim filed a case, Kuri...

PM for united stance to resist militancy

PM for united stance to resist militancy

-- 2019-04-26 17:34:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has condemned the deadly suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Hasina also called for a united stand against militancy and terrorism. She made the remarks...

Lightning kills woman in Thakurgaon

Lightning kills woman in Thakurgaon

-- 2019-04-26 16:35:42

A woman was killed and another injured by a lightning strike at Beergor village in Haripur upazila of Thakurgaon on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Nilufar Begum, 25, wife of Murtuza o...

Rajshahi man allegedly  kills wife for dowry

Rajshahi man allegedly kills wife for dowry

-- 2019-04-26 16:29:54

A housewife was tortured to death for dowry allegedly by her husband at Kulibari village in Baghmara upazila of Rajshahi district on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Mukti Khatun, 17, d...

Mother, son die after being electrocuted

Mother, son die after being electrocuted

-- 2019-04-26 14:26:50

A woman and her son have died from electrocution at their residence in Chuadanga’s Jibannagar Upazila. Two others were injured in the incident. The victims were identified as Ashura Khatun, 60,...

Act fast to ease BD's burden from Rohingya crisis, top UN officials urge donors

Act fast to ease BD's burden from Rohingya crisis, top UN officials urge donors

-- 2019-04-26 13:20:11

Visiting three top UN officials have urged the donors to do more and act faster to share the burden that Bangladesh is shouldering due to presence of huge number of Rohingya people in Cox's Bazar. He...

Suspected drug trader dies in ‘gunfight’ with police

Suspected drug trader dies in ‘gunfight’ with police

-- 2019-04-26 11:08:19

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Bhadalia Sastipur in Kushtia sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased has been identified as Rafique Uddin, 35, son of Daud Al...

UNSC responsible for resolving Rohingya crisis, says Bangladesh

UNSC responsible for resolving Rohingya crisis, says Bangladesh

-- 2019-04-26 10:58:00

Bangladesh has said the international community, particularly the UN Security Council, cannot avoid its responsibility to ensure a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis through voluntary, safe a...

Dhaka, surroundings lose 23pc wetlands in nine years: Study

Dhaka, surroundings lose 23pc wetlands in nine years: Study

FE Report 2019-04-26 09:51:12

Dhaka and its surrounding areas lost 43,896 acres of wetland that accounted for 23 per cent of the total 187,958 acres during the period of 2010-19, a study has found. The study covers six areas-the...

Heat wave might persist for a day or two

Heat wave might persist for a day or two

FE Report 2019-04-26 09:29:42

A mild heat-wave is sweeping the capital as well as other places in the country, leading to people's sufferings. The Met Office forecasted that the heat-wave might continue for next one day or two....

Dead trees in Barind region  pose threat to passersby

Dead trees in Barind region pose threat to passersby

Our Correspondent 2019-04-25 21:00:14

RAJSHAHI, Apr 25: A large number of dead trees standing beside different roads in the Barind region are posing a threat to passersby. During the current nor'wester season, those roads have become ris...

Students help harvest Boro paddy as labour cost high

Students help harvest Boro paddy as labour cost high

Our Correspondent 2019-04-25 20:59:26

SYLHET, Apr 25: A good number of school students in the haor areas of Sunamganj district have started working in paddy fields during the current Boro harvest period. Sources said paddy harvest is bei...

‘Jabbar er Boli Khela’: Shahjalal emerges as new champion

‘Jabbar er Boli Khela’: Shahjalal emerges as new champion

-- 2019-04-25 20:58:26

Shahjalal Boli emerged as the champion of the 110th edition of popular wrestling competition 'Jabbar er Boli Khela' of Chattogram on Thursday. The man from Cumilla defeated defending champion Taraqul...