-- 2019-04-11 14:34:43
Tight security measures have been taken to ensure a smooth celebration of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of a Bengali new year, Dhaka city police say. "Major celebration places will be brought under...
FE Online Desk 2019-04-11 14:03:56
The High Court has vowed to interfere in the event of any negligence in the investigation into the murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi. The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Jus...
-- 2019-04-11 13:05:58
Four people, including three alleged drug traders, were killed in separate 'gunfights' with law enforcers early Thursday. The reported gunfights took place in Dhaka, Cox's Bazar, Meherpur, and Chatto...
FE Online Desk 2019-04-11 12:38:35
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the law enforcement agencies to take stern actions against the killers of Sonagazi madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, bringing them to book. “The prime mi...
-- 2019-04-11 11:15:24
A total of 53 Kuwaiti expatriates, including Bangladeshis, have become stranded in Saudi Arabia after losing their passports while performing Umrah in the holy city of Makkah. All of them holding val...
FE Report 2019-04-11 11:00:49
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman has said a 15 per cent VAT (Value Added Tax) would be applicable to businesses that claim VAT rebate. Multiple VAT rates lower than 15 per cent would also...
FE Report 2019-04-11 10:57:28
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said on Wednesday that members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) praised the country's trade policy that contributed to the nation's progress in different sectors ove...
Munima Sultana 2019-04-11 10:53:54
A slow progress in preparing the technical project on the start of the bus-based mass transit system in city's southern part has delayed getting the project's assistance from the World Bank by a year,...
-- 2019-04-10 22:01:19
Feni madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who was set afire by some miscreants, succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday night, after fighting for her life for five d...
Our Correspondent 2019-04-10 21:14:25
BOGURA, Apr 10: A good number of farmers in the twelve upazilas of the district are worried over the low market price of potato this year. Farmers said Fata Pakri, Diamond, Telpakri and some others p...
-- 2019-04-10 21:05:28
Six people were killed and 13 others were injured in separate road accidents in Dinajpur, Natore and Satkhira districts on Wednesday. In Dinajpur, a minor girl and her grandmother were killed and two...
-- 2019-04-10 20:58:03
Six non-resident envoys to Bangladesh separately presented their credentials to President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Wednesday afternoon. The envoys are: Gambia High Commissioner Jainaba Jagne,...
FE Online Report 2019-04-10 20:31:04
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Wednesday conducted a mobile court drive against illegal advertising of tobacco products in several areas of the capital city. Zonal Executive Officer of DNCC,...
-- 2019-04-10 20:26:49
Public buses in Dhaka and its adjoining areas will run on 22 routes under six companies with an aim to bring discipline on roads. Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon came up with...
-- 2019-04-10 20:19:56
Speakers at a discussion on Wednesday alleged that a strong syndicate is controlling the entire transport sector in the capital making it hard to restore discipline on roads. They also opposed differ...
-- 2019-04-10 19:58:14
The government has announced that it will expand a cooked school meal programme reaching 400,000 children at 2,000 schools in 16 upazilas. The programme, piloted by the World Food Programme (WFP)in 2...
-- 2019-04-10 18:15:47
The High Court on Wednesday asked Jaha Alam, who languished in jail in place of the real accused in corruption cases, to appear before it on April 17. Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul...
-- 2019-04-10 18:11:53
Over 1500 metres of the 6.15-kilometre long Padma Bridge is now visible with the installation of its 10th span at Mawa point in Munshiganj on Wednesday. A 150-metre long ‘3-A’ span, secon...
-- 2019-04-10 18:01:39
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said the government has already taken necessary initiatives to stop airing local advertisements in foreign television channels. “Cable op...
-- 2019-04-10 17:59:44
A Feni court on Wednesday placed Sirajuddoulan, principal of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa, on a seven-day remand and two other people on five-day remand each in a case filed over the arson at...
-- 2019-04-10 17:46:41
Complying with the High Court Order, the authorities of Green Line Parihaban on Wednesday handed over a cheque of Tk 0.5 million to Russel Sarkar, who lost his leg in an accident on April 28 last year...
-- 2019-04-10 17:29:33
A mentally challenged young man was burned to death in a fire incident at Lakhera under Kolagaon union of Patiya upazila in Chattogram on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Hinu Barua, 28,...
-- 2019-04-10 17:24:45
Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Natore on Wednesday. A man was killed and 10 others were injured after a cattle-laden human hauler plunged into a ditch near Ramaigachi area of Na...
-- 2019-04-10 17:04:27
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that scientists and researchers in the country have responsibilities to devise sustainable ways to maintain the economic and growth pattern. “We&r...
-- 2019-04-10 14:54:36
Police have recovered the dead body of engineer Md Lutfur Rahman, the managing director of Sylhet Gas Fields Limited at his Haripur residence under Jaintapur Upazila. The body was found hanging from...
-- 2019-04-10 14:00:05
Police have arrested Umme Sultana Popi, the prime suspect in the case over the attempted murder of the critically burnt madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi in Feni’s Sonagazi. Popi, the niece of...
-- 2019-04-10 13:40:35
A man and a woman were killed while ten others injured in separate road crashes in Natore district town and Baraigram upazila on Wednesday. A cattle trader was killed and ten others injured when a ca...
-- 2019-04-10 13:14:34
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has set June 18 for hearing appeals filed against International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) verdicts sentencing Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam and former st...
-- 2019-04-10 11:54:43
A man went missing as two vessels including a passenger launch sank in Pashur River in the Sundarabns of Mongla upazila of Bagerhat district during a storm on Tuesday night. Fertilizer-laden cargo ve...
-- 2019-04-10 11:50:58
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in an overnight drive arrested two suspected Yaba pedlars along with 0.5 million pieces of Yaba pills from the Bay of Bengal near Ramanabad in Kuakata in the Patuakha...
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