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Lawyers meet war crimes convict Azharul in prison

Lawyers meet war crimes convict Azharul in prison

-- 2019-11-01 16:57:53

Lawyers of convicted war criminal ATM Azharul Islam have met the Jamaat-e-Islami leader in prison after the apex court upheld his death sentence for crimes against humanity in Rangpur during the Liber...

Bangabandhu's birth centenary: 100-day countdown to begin December 8

Bangabandhu's birth centenary: 100-day countdown to begin December 8

BSS 2019-11-01 16:17:00

The 100-day countdown to the celebrations of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will begin on December 8. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate t...

Five robbers held in Keraniganj

Five robbers held in Keraniganj

-- 2019-11-01 14:44:12

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested five suspected robbers from Kalindi area in Keraniganj early Friday. The arrestees were identified as Manik, 30, shamim, 23, Rezaul, 26...

215 more dengue cases recorded in 24 hours

215 more dengue cases recorded in 24 hours

-- 2019-11-01 14:28:45

Some 215 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Friday. Seventy two of them were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of...

Section 144 slapped in Munshiganj over AL factions' meeting

Section 144 slapped in Munshiganj over AL factions' meeting

-- 2019-11-01 14:00:49

The local administration imposed section 144 in Kamarkhara union of Tongibari upazila as two factions of Awami League called meetings at the same venue on Friday. Hasina Akter, Upazila Nirbahi Office...

Bangladeshi gamblers in Singapore under ACC scanner

Bangladeshi gamblers in Singapore under ACC scanner

-- 2019-11-01 13:13:07

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has set out to identify Bangladeshi nationals who gambled in Singaporean casinos during the last five years. The national anti-graft agency wrote to its Singapore...

Ban on hilsa fishing: 307 jailed, fined in Manikganj

Ban on hilsa fishing: 307 jailed, fined in Manikganj

-- 2019-11-01 13:07:00

Some 307 fishermen were awarded different terms of jail in Manikganj district during the 22-ban on transporting, catching and hoarding mother hilsa across the country that ended on Thursday. During t...

National Youth Day being observed

National Youth Day being observed

-- 2019-11-01 12:58:07

The National Youth Day is being observed across the country in a befitting manner on Friday. The theme of the day this year is ‘Skilled youth building the country, Bangabandhu’s Banglad...

Dhaka-Mymensingh rail services resume

Dhaka-Mymensingh rail services resume

-- 2019-11-01 12:31:12

Rail links between Dhaka and Mymensingh have been restored nine hours after the derailment of a train. Services resumed around 7 am on Friday after workers completed the repair work of the tracks, sa...

People suffer for  want of bridge  over Bau river

People suffer for want of bridge over Bau river

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-31 21:37:04

BOGURA, Oct 31: Due to absence of a concrete bridge over the Bau river, thousands of people including students of Satani Government Khaduli Primary School at Mothurapur union under Dhunot upazila of...

Dhaka would host next D-8 summit in 2020

Dhaka would host next D-8 summit in 2020

-- 2019-10-31 21:02:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has indicated that Dhaka would host the next summit of the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8, in 2020. The Prime Minister gave the ind...

Deceased public servants’ spouse, disabled children will get pension

Deceased public servants’ spouse, disabled children will get pension

-- 2019-10-31 20:40:12

Spouse and disabled children, if there is any, of retired public servants will get pension after their death even if the retirees had drawn the full money, the government has said. The Finance Divisi...

Grameenphone gets two more weeks from SC

Grameenphone gets two more weeks from SC

-- 2019-10-31 20:30:24

Grameenphone has got two more weeks to inform the apex court how much money it can pay at present from total Tk 125.80 billion dues as claimed by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BT...

Bangladesh to introduce e-passport on November 28

Bangladesh to introduce e-passport on November 28

-- 2019-10-31 19:25:59

The government will formally introduce electronic passport (e-passport) on November 28 this year, said Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday. While briefing reporters at his office on his re...

DNCC evicts 450 illegal establishments in city

DNCC evicts 450 illegal establishments in city

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-10-31 19:22:42

Dhaka North City Corporation’s (DNCC) mobile courts evicted some 450 illegal establishments in the city and also fined Tk 300,000 on Thursday. A mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Mir Nah...

ACC to seize Falu’s assets

ACC to seize Falu’s assets

-- 2019-10-31 18:35:49

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to seize over Tk 3.0 billion worth of assets belonging to the BNP chairperson's former adviser Mohammad Mosaddek Ali Falu in a case involving the acquisitio...

Move to launch SIM-less call service during disaster

Move to launch SIM-less call service during disaster

BSS 2019-10-31 17:25:33

The government is going to introduce SIM-less voice call service as part of emergency response during any natural disaster. Disaster Management Division, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commi...

Govt to procure Aman paddy from farmers at Tk 26 per kg

Govt to procure Aman paddy from farmers at Tk 26 per kg

-- 2019-10-31 17:15:08

The government will procure some 0.6 million metric tonnes of Aman paddy directly from farmers at Tk 26 per kg from November 20 to February 28 next. Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder came up with...

Biman starts Ctg-Madina flight

Biman starts Ctg-Madina flight

-- 2019-10-31 17:02:10

Bangladesh Biman’s direct flight to Chattogram – Madina was inaugurated at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Thursday. State Minister for Civil Aviation & Tourism Moh...

Release children under 12 convicted by mobile courts: HC

Release children under 12 convicted by mobile courts: HC

-- 2019-10-31 16:45:51

The High Court on Thursday ordered the authorities concerned to immediately free the under-12 jailed children convicted by mobile courts, reports UNB.  The court also ordered granting six-month...

Saudi Arabia compensates Bangladeshi crane accident victims

Saudi Arabia compensates Bangladeshi crane accident victims

BSS 2019-10-31 16:14:27

The Saudi Arabia on Thursday handed over cheques of compensation among the relatives of the victims of crane accident that took place in Mecca in 2015. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen handed over...

BD's youth unemployment 28 per cent: State minister

BD's youth unemployment 28 per cent: State minister

-- 2019-10-31 15:16:38

State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell on Thursday said currently 28 per cent youth are unemployed in the country. “The government is working to bring down the rate to three pe...

DSCC councillor Monju held on extortion charges

DSCC councillor Monju held on extortion charges

-- 2019-10-31 15:03:54

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) ward councillor Moynul Haque Monju on charges of extortion. The elite police unit launched a raid on the offices of...

BD to verify Myanmar’s claim of some Rohingyas' return

BD to verify Myanmar’s claim of some Rohingyas' return

-- 2019-10-31 14:11:43

Bangladesh will verify Myanmar’s claim over voluntary return of some Rohingyas to Myanmar as the neighbouring country keeps spreading misleading information to the international community to avo...

Myanmar border guards shoot dead Bangladeshi fisherman

Myanmar border guards shoot dead Bangladeshi fisherman

-- 2019-10-31 13:22:35

A Bangladeshi fisherman was shot dead by Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) on Thursday morning. Another fisherman suffered a gunshot wound in the incident at the Naf River point along Jhimong...

Abused housemaids struggle for justice

Abused housemaids struggle for justice

-- 2019-10-31 12:56:29

Traumatised Bangladeshi women who return home after being tortured and abused working in the Middle East rarely get justice because brokers intimidate them and they cannot afford legal aid, a rights g...

Hilsa fishing resumes as 22-day ban ends

Hilsa fishing resumes as 22-day ban ends

-- 2019-10-31 12:40:33

The catching, selling, transportation and hoarding of Hilsa resumed on Thursday after a 22-day ban imposed by the government expired. The ban from October 9 to 30 was imposed to ensure safe spawning...

Rupnagar cylinder blast: Another child dies at DMCH

Rupnagar cylinder blast: Another child dies at DMCH

-- 2019-10-31 12:09:11

Another victim, injured in the cylinder blast in Rupnagar Residential Area of the city, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Thursday, raising the death toll to seven. The deceased was identi...

Electrocution kills man, nephew in Gaibandha

Electrocution kills man, nephew in Gaibandha

-- 2019-10-31 11:41:50

A man and his nephew died of electrocution at Damodorpur village in Sadullahpur uapzila of Gaibandha on early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Azizul Islam, 45, and his nephew Ujjal Mia, 25,...

Top court upholds Azharul's death penalty

Top court upholds Azharul's death penalty

-- 2019-10-31 09:52:52

The Supreme Court has thrown out the challenge by ATM Azharul Islam and ruled that the Jamaat-e-Islami leader will have to hang for his crimes against humanity during the 1971 Independence War. A for...