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Another accused put on five-day remand over Nusrat murder

Another accused put on five-day remand over Nusrat murder

-- 2019-04-18 16:59:35

A Feni court on Thursday placed Md Shamim, an accused in madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case, on a five-day remand. Senior Judicial Magistrate Soraf Uddin Ahmed passed the order after inspe...

Cyclone shelter opens in Patuakhali

Cyclone shelter opens in Patuakhali

-- 2019-04-18 16:52:06

State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossen and USAID Bangladesh Mission Director Derrick Brown jointly inaugurated a new multi-purpose cyclone shelter in Mirzaganj Upazila of Patuakhal...

Five to walk gallows for killing girl in C’nawabganj

Five to walk gallows for killing girl in C’nawabganj

-- 2019-04-18 16:27:10

A court in Chapainawabganj has handed death penalty to five people for the rape and murder of a young girl five years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge Md Shawkat Ali passed the verdict aft...

PM stresses awareness campaign over disaster dos and don’ts

PM stresses awareness campaign over disaster dos and don’ts

-- 2019-04-18 16:09:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the need for conducting massive awareness campaign among people about their dos and don’ts during any calamity alongside making the disaster pre...

BD, Brunei likely to sign seven MoUs to strengthen ties

BD, Brunei likely to sign seven MoUs to strengthen ties

-- 2019-04-18 15:38:28

Bangladesh and Brunei are likely to sign seven MoUs during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's three-day official visit to Darussalam on April 21-23. Six of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) will be...

250 Bangladeshis moved to safe zone in Libya

250 Bangladeshis moved to safe zone in Libya

FE Online Desk 2019-04-18 14:15:12

Some 250 Bangladeshis stranded in the conflict zone of Libya, a north African country, have been moved to a safe zone. "We have evacuated them after they sought help," said Ashraful Islam, first secr...

Have no info on Khaleda's release on parole: Momen

Have no info on Khaleda's release on parole: Momen

-- 2019-04-18 12:32:34

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said they have no information about BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's release on parole. The minister came up with the remark while replying to a reporter's query o...

Bus rams human hauler, killing three

Bus rams human hauler, killing three

-- 2019-04-18 12:13:43

Three people were killed as a bus rammed a human hauler on Dinajpur-Phulbari road at Chuniapara in the district sadar upazila on Thursday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately,...

Housewife ‘kills self’ in Chattogram

Housewife ‘kills self’ in Chattogram

-- 2019-04-18 12:11:51

A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan of her house at Gumanmardan in Hathazari upazila of Chattrogram on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Sultan...

38.53pc work of phase-1 of metro rail completed

38.53pc work of phase-1 of metro rail completed

-- 2019-04-18 11:55:32

The construction work of the metro rail is progressing fast as the authorities have completed 38.53 per cent work of the first phase of the project from Uttara to Agargaon. “At present, 3 kilom...

Man stabs elder brother to death

Man stabs elder brother to death

-- 2019-04-18 10:46:52

A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his younger brother at Kharampara in Chandgaon area of Chattogram on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Saju, 28, son of one Siddikur Rah...

Biman body suggests cargo service on Guangzhou-HK route

Biman body suggests cargo service on Guangzhou-HK route

Kamrun Nahar 2019-04-18 10:26:22

The committee formed by the Biman Bangladesh Airlines to conduct a feasibility study on its freighter operation has submitted its report recently, recommending launching the cargo service with one m...

BGMEA building: RAJUK estimates demolition cost at Tk 20m

BGMEA building: RAJUK estimates demolition cost at Tk 20m

-- 2019-04-18 10:17:06

The capital development authority estimates that Tk 20 million will be required to knock down the BGMEA Bhaban in Hatirjheel. The proceeds from the sale of the scraps of the 15-storey building will b...

Fire at Malibagh kitchen market

Fire at Malibagh kitchen market

FE Online Desk 2019-04-18 09:27:06

A kitchen market caught fire in Dhaka city’s Malibagh area early Thursday. The fire started from a shop at around 5:27am, said Mahfuz Riven, a duty office at the Fire Service and Civil Defence...

Titu becomes first mayor of Mymensingh city

Titu becomes first mayor of Mymensingh city

-- 2019-04-17 21:26:29

Awami League leader Ekramul Hoque Titu has become the mayor of Mymensingh City Corporation in the first-ever polls to the newly formed city corporation. Returning Officer Md Alimuzzaman declared Titu...

Pumpkin farming brings solvency to the extreme poor in Bogura

Pumpkin farming brings solvency to the extreme poor in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-04-17 20:56:55

BOGURA, Apr 17: With frequent monitoring by Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), pumpkin cultivation has brought a revolutionary success among the extreme poor farmers in Bogura district this...

Siddiqur blames EPB for illegal BGMEA building

Siddiqur blames EPB for illegal BGMEA building

-- 2019-04-17 20:52:27

Blaming the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) for construction of their building in the middle of the Hatirjheel canal, outgoing President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BG...

 Two more arrested over Nusrat murder

 Two more arrested over Nusrat murder

-- 2019-04-17 20:29:22

Members of Police Bureau of Investigation(PBI) on Wednesday arrested an accused and a suspect in a case filed over the murder of Madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi from the capital. The arrestees are Abd...

Per capita carbon dioxide emission increases in BD

Per capita carbon dioxide emission increases in BD

FE Online Report 2019-04-17 20:20:31

Per capita carbon dioxide (CO2eq) emission in Bangladesh increased from 0.85 metric tonnes in 2005 to 0.98 metric tonnes in 2012. Experts came up with the information at the ‘Third National Co...

Mans burns wife's body after strangulation  in city

Mans burns wife's body after strangulation  in city

-- 2019-04-17 19:37:14

Police arrested a man on charges of strangling his wife before setting her body ablaze in the capital's South Mugda. The incident occurred in the area's Bank Colony on Wednesday morning, said Pranay...

Dhaka households burn Tk 3.32b of gas to boil water: TIB

Dhaka households burn Tk 3.32b of gas to boil water: TIB

-- 2019-04-17 18:57:37

About 91 per cent of households in Dhaka burn gas worth Tk 3.32 billion in order to boil the water supplied by the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, or WASA, says a new study. The study released b...

Vehicle parking app launched

Vehicle parking app launched

-- 2019-04-17 17:55:44

An ICT service provider on Wednesday announced that it developed a digital vehicle parking platform to facilitate car users in finding suitable parking places in the capital and expecting the app to e...

DAE provides 1,650 farmers with seeds, fertilizers

DAE provides 1,650 farmers with seeds, fertilizers

-- 2019-04-17 17:51:12

A total of 1,650 farmers of Kachua upazila in Chandpur got seeds and fertilizers free of cost under Agriculture Incentive Programme during Aus seasons. The seeds and fertilizers were distributed to t...

Man gets life term for raping minor girl in Kushtia

Man gets life term for raping minor girl in Kushtia

-- 2019-04-17 17:41:46

A Kushtia court on Wednesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping a minor girl. The convict is Jamal Uddin, 42, son of late Abul Hashem of Magura district. Women and Children Repress...

ACC submits report on Titas corruption

ACC submits report on Titas corruption

-- 2019-04-17 17:36:38

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday submitted an investigative and observational report on corruption of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Co. Ltd to State Minister for Power, Ener...

Eight killed, 371 injured in political violence in Jan-Feb

Eight killed, 371 injured in political violence in Jan-Feb

-- 2019-04-17 17:16:02

Eight people were killed and 371 injured in 29 incidents of political violence in first two months of the current calendar year, according to a local independent rights body. Of the incidents, infigh...

Politicians failed to build safe, beautiful Bangladesh: Fakhrul

Politicians failed to build safe, beautiful Bangladesh: Fakhrul

-- 2019-04-17 17:12:12

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday regretted that the incidents of killing, rape and reprisal growing as politicians have failed to build a safe and beautiful Bangladesh....

'BGMEA building demolition process to take three months'

'BGMEA building demolition process to take three months'

-- 2019-04-17 17:01:44

The process to demolish the building of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will be completed in three months. Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim gav...

Court grants five-day remand to interrogate Nusrat’s classmate

Court grants five-day remand to interrogate Nusrat’s classmate

-- 2019-04-17 16:51:53

A court in Feni has placed Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi's classmate Kamrun Nahar Moni on a five-day remand for her suspected involvement in the murder of Nusrat. Senior Judicial Magistrate...

‘Mechanised agriculture key to reduce dependency on edible oil imports’

‘Mechanised agriculture key to reduce dependency on edible oil imports’

FE Online Report 2019-04-17 16:45:57

Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque on Wednesday laid emphasis on reducing the dependency of edible oil imports through agricultural mechanisation and marketing. He also said Bangladesh is spen...