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Efforts on to bring back killers of Bangabandhu, four national leaders: Quader

Efforts on to bring back killers of Bangabandhu, four national leaders: Quader

-- 2019-11-03 12:46:30

The government will further strengthen its diplomatic efforts to bring back the fugitive killers of the Father of the Nation and four national leaders, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul...

25 held over throwing Rajshahi polytechnic principal into pond

25 held over throwing Rajshahi polytechnic principal into pond

-- 2019-11-03 12:11:06

Police detained 25 people from different parts of the city on Saturday night over throwing the principal of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute into a pond on the campus. Sheikh Mohammad Golam Mostafa, of...

Woman dies of dengue at KMCH

Woman dies of dengue at KMCH

-- 2019-11-03 11:19:09

A woman died of dengue at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) in Khulna early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Sandhya Rani, 55, wife of Bimal Saha of Tala upazila in Satkhira district. Sha...

Study reveals migrant women’s woes

Study reveals migrant women’s woes

ARAFAT ARA 2019-11-03 10:45:49

Women migrant domestic helps face violence from both the employers and sub-agents, appointed by recruiting agencies, in job destination countries. But they don't get proper legal support and compen...

Nation paying homage to four national leaders

Nation paying homage to four national leaders

-- 2019-11-03 10:15:22

The nation is observing the Jail Killing Day today (Sunday) with due solemnity, marking the brutal killing of four national leaders inside the jail. On November 3, 1975, four national leaders and her...

Terror attacks in BD continue to decline: US

Terror attacks in BD continue to decline: US

UNB 2019-11-02 20:40:23

The pace and magnitude of “terrorist attacks” in Bangladesh continued to decline in 2018, although a secularist writer was killed and a university professor was seriously injured in separa...

‘Govt working to make rural economy stronger’

‘Govt working to make rural economy stronger’

-- 2019-11-02 20:17:16

Putting emphasis on improving the lifestyle of villagers, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government is working to make the country’s rural economy stronger. "We want to make...

332 more workers deported from KSA in three days

332 more workers deported from KSA in three days

-- 2019-11-02 18:37:54

Amid a crackdown on undocumented workers in Saudi Arabia, 75 more Bangladeshi workers returned home on Friday night taking the tally to 332 in the last three days. A flight carrying 75 deportees lan...

Payra power plant may take more time to be operational

Payra power plant may take more time to be operational

-- 2019-11-02 18:23:24

As transmission facilities are not ready yet, the newly-constructed first unit of Payra coal-fired power plant is unlikely to go into commercial operation in December next as planned. According to of...

Wrongdoers being relieved of AL: Minister

Wrongdoers being relieved of AL: Minister

-- 2019-11-02 18:04:04

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Saturday said the Awami League leaders who are involved in any kind of crime or corrupt act are being relieved of the party and not given any post...

Transport owners demand revision of new road transport law

Transport owners demand revision of new road transport law

-- 2019-11-02 17:35:57

Transport owners have urged the government to take steps for revision of certain provisions of the new road transport law, arguing that it will lead to a shortage of drivers. The Bangladesh Transport...

97 injured in violence against religious minorities

97 injured in violence against religious minorities

FE Online Report 2019-11-02 17:24:51

At least 97 people were injured in violence against religious minorities in first nine months of the current calendar year across the country, according to a local independent rights body. Among the...

151 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

151 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2019-11-02 16:56:07

Some 151 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Saturday. O them, 57 were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Health...

Woman’s throat-slit body found in B'baria

Woman’s throat-slit body found in B'baria

-- 2019-11-02 16:48:03

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a housewife from Birampur village at Sadar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Chantara Begum, 42, wife of Khalil Mia,...

'Detectives watchful to check question leak rumors'

'Detectives watchful to check question leak rumors'

-- 2019-11-02 16:43:22

Hoping that there will be no question paper leak during this year’s JSC and equivalent examinations, Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Saturday said the gangs who spread question leak rumors ar...

Cop’s wife dies after being found hanging

Cop’s wife dies after being found hanging

-- 2019-11-02 14:13:12

The wife of a police constable, found hanging at her father’s home on September 9 in Baraigram upazila of Natore district, died at a hospital on early Saturday. The deceased was identified as T...

Helpline ‘333’ helps BD halt forced child marriages

Helpline ‘333’ helps BD halt forced child marriages

-- 2019-11-02 14:03:22

By making use of the helpline numbers, many under-aged girls have saved themselves from the curse of child marriage in parts of Bangladesh. The minimum legal age for marriage is 18 years old for fema...

Dhanmondi double murder: Police detains three

Dhanmondi double murder: Police detains three

-- 2019-11-02 13:19:28

Police detained three people over the murder of two women in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka city on Friday night. The detainees are – electrician Belayet, security guard Nuruzzaman, and Bacchu Mia, re...

Police arrest Chattogram Jamaat leader

Police arrest Chattogram Jamaat leader

-- 2019-11-02 13:13:30

Police on Saturday arrested Jamaat-e-Islami’s Bakalia Thana unit chief Abul Monsur, reports UNB. He was wanted in “five to six cases filed over sabotage”, according to police. Niza...

9th Bangladesh Book Fair kicks off in Kolkata

9th Bangladesh Book Fair kicks off in Kolkata

-- 2019-11-02 12:06:21

The ‘Ninth Bangladesh Book Fair-2019’ began at Mohar Kunja in Kolkata on Friday. Bangladesh’s Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau, and Bangladesh...

JSC, JDC examinations begin across country

JSC, JDC examinations begin across country

-- 2019-11-02 10:45:35

The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations began across the country on Saturday morning. This year, 2,670,333 students from 29,677 educational institutions a...

Farmers get benefits from cattle insurance

Farmers get benefits from cattle insurance

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2019-11-02 10:13:52

Many cattle farmers, especially marginal and poor ones, across the country have started reaping benefits of a cattle insurance scheme based on digital health tracking system. Phoenix Insurance and...

Onion prices go further up

Onion prices go further up

Yasir Wardad 2019-11-02 10:09:07

The prices of onion increased further by Tk 5.0-Tk 10 to Tk 155 per kilogramme on the retail market of the city on Friday. The current onion prices hit an all-time high, according to Department of Ag...

Rail links to go double-track

Rail links to go double-track

FHM Humayan Kabir 2019-11-02 10:03:37

The state-run Bangladesh Railway (BR) has drawn up a massive plan to convert major routes into double tracks for faster intercity communications, officials said. In the first phase, they said, the BR...

Oct export earnings may miss target

Oct export earnings may miss target

SYFUL ISLAM 2019-11-02 09:58:58

The country's off-docks handled a lower number of outbound containers in October. This indicates that the export earnings might have missed the target set for the month. The Chattogram-based 18 in...

Woman, housemaid found dead at house in Dhanmondi

Woman, housemaid found dead at house in Dhanmondi

-- 2019-11-01 20:53:32

Police have recovered the bodies of a woman and a housemaid with throats slashed at the former’s Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka. The incident occurred at house No. 21 on road No. 28 in the area,...

‘Flawless charge sheet in Abar killing this week’

‘Flawless charge sheet in Abar killing this week’

-- 2019-11-01 18:24:26

Investigators are working to submit charge sheet in murder case of BUET student Abrar Fahad within this week, Monirul Islam, chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, said Friday...

'Development meaningless without discipline in roads'

'Development meaningless without discipline in roads'

-- 2019-11-01 18:18:04

Expressing his hope to ensure discipline in roads and highways through enforcing the Road Transport Act, 2018, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said development has no meaning wi...

Ward Councillor Monju remanded for 10 days

Ward Councillor Monju remanded for 10 days

-- 2019-11-01 17:52:50

Police have been granted 10 days to grill DSCC Ward Councillor Moinul Hoque Monju in two separate cases involving illegal arms and drugs. His driver ‘Sajjad’ has also been remanded in cus...

Hilsa prices drop after lifting fishing ban

Hilsa prices drop after lifting fishing ban

-- 2019-11-01 17:33:06

The abundance of hilsa in coastal rivers has triggered a drop in the prices of the popular fish in Dhaka after the government lifted a fishing ban during its breeding season. Visits to different fish...