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Transgender woman becomes upazila vice-chairman in Jhenaidah

Transgender woman becomes upazila vice-chairman in Jhenaidah

-- 2019-10-15 20:26:30

Sadia Akter Pinky, a transgender woman, has been elected vice-chairman of the Kotchandpur Upazila Parishad in Jhenaidah. She ran for the female vice-chairman’s post as a woman and secured 12,88...

BUET students suspend protests

BUET students suspend protests

-- 2019-10-15 19:11:14

The disgruntled students of BUET have called off their protests citing the ‘goodwill’ shown by the authorities by acting swiftly to ensure justice over the murder of their peer Abrar Fahad...

UGC urges public universities to strengthen security measures

UGC urges public universities to strengthen security measures

FE Online Report 2019-10-15 19:10:44

University Grants Commission (UGC) has urged the country’s public university authorities to strengthen security measures on campuses in the wake of recent untoward incidents. The UGC made the c...

Over 49,000 pass medical college entry test

Over 49,000 pass medical college entry test

-- 2019-10-15 18:09:09

The results of the admission test at public and private medical colleges have been released. Over 49,000 students cleared the test for about 10,500 seats in the MBBS course in these colleges. Direct...

Mob beating kills 60 in Jan-Sep

Mob beating kills 60 in Jan-Sep

FE Online Report 2019-10-15 17:01:54

60 people were killed by mob beating across the country in the first nine months of the current calendar year, according to a report by an independent rights body. Of them, 17 people were killed in J...

BRTA collects Tk 61.82m over traffic rule violation

BRTA collects Tk 61.82m over traffic rule violation

FE Online Report 2019-10-15 16:57:06

The mobile courts of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) collected over Tk 61.82 million in fine against errant vehicles and drivers for violating traffic rules for the financial year 2018-2019...

Bangladesh hands over fresh list of 50,000 Rohingyas to Myanmar

Bangladesh hands over fresh list of 50,000 Rohingyas to Myanmar

-- 2019-10-15 16:48:02

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said a new list of around 50000 Rohingyas has been handed over to Myanmar to expedite Rohingya repatriation efforts. The minister disclosed this talking to...

301 new dengue patient hospitalised in 24 hours

301 new dengue patient hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2019-10-15 16:39:21

A total of 301 new dengue patients were admitted to different  hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning. Of them, 92 were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate Gen...

Hit by cousin, schoolboy dies at DMCH

Hit by cousin, schoolboy dies at DMCH

-- 2019-10-15 16:35:36

A schoolboy, who was injured in an attack by his cousin in the city’s Uttarkhan area on Monday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad...

Abrar murder suspect Sadat held while fleeing to India

Abrar murder suspect Sadat held while fleeing to India

-- 2019-10-15 15:29:10

Police have arrested ASM Nazmus Sadat in Dinajpur over his suspected ties to the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad. Sadat, a student of 17th batch of BUET's mechanical engineering department, was ca...

Case filed against 10 over Sunamganj child murder

Case filed against 10 over Sunamganj child murder

-- 2019-10-15 14:11:15

A case was filed against 10 people on Tuesday in connection with the brutal murder of 5-year-old child at Kezaura village in Derai upazila in Sunamganj. KM Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Dirai Po...

Samrat put on 10-day remand

Samrat put on 10-day remand

-- 2019-10-15 14:08:58

Police have been granted 10 days to grill Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, the expelled chief of Jubo League Dhaka South, in two cases involving illegal arms and drugs. His associate Enamul Hoque Arman has b...

Police recover bullet-hit body of youth in Lakshmipur

Police recover bullet-hit body of youth in Lakshmipur

-- 2019-10-15 13:21:07

Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a youth in Bakultala area in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila on early Tuesday. The identity of the deceased could not be known yet. Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charg...

31 arrested in separate drives in Kurigram

31 arrested in separate drives in Kurigram

-- 2019-10-15 12:48:39

Police arrested 31 people in separate drives and seized 3,215 Yaba  pills from Monday midnight till Tuesday morning, reports a news agency. Mohammad Mohibul Islam Khan, Superintendent of Kurigra...

Five Gaibandha war criminals get death penalty

Five Gaibandha war criminals get death penalty

-- 2019-10-15 12:37:23

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has sentenced five Gaibandha Razakars to death for their monstrous crimes against humanity committed in 1971. The first tribunal came up with the judgement t...

Four suspected forest robbers killed in ‘gunfight’

Four suspected forest robbers killed in ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-10-15 10:34:32

Four suspected forest robbers were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in the Sundarbans under Koyra upazila early Tuesday. Two of the deceased were identified...

Police arrests Dhaka blast ‘masterminds’

Police arrests Dhaka blast ‘masterminds’

-- 2019-10-14 21:49:01

Police have arrested the 'masterminds' of the crude bomb attacks on the law-enforcing agency at the capital's Gulistan and Science Laboratory intersections earlier this year. According to the law-enf...

Boat craftsmen struggling for livelihood in Naraill

Boat craftsmen struggling for livelihood in Naraill

-- 2019-10-14 20:53:56

NARAIL, Oct 14 (UNB): Twenty-five families, who have kept the boat-making craftsmanship alive for smooth movement in the monsoon, are struggling to keep their heads above water in summer.  Resid...

Directives given for quick disposal of the case: PM to Abrar’s family  

Directives given for quick disposal of the case: PM to Abrar’s family  

-- 2019-10-14 19:49:16

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said she has directed the Law Minister to find ways for quick disposal of the Abrar Fahad murder case. "I’ve already asked the Law Minister to find out a...

Don't show firearms publicly, govt issues notification

Don't show firearms publicly, govt issues notification

BSS 2019-10-14 18:45:56

The government on Monday ordered licenced firearm holders not to show their firearms publicly, warning that those who will violate this order will have to face actions as per the section 25 (A) of the...

Digital device expo kicks off in city

Digital device expo kicks off in city

FE Online Report 2019-10-14 18:41:40

A three-day long 'Digital Device and Innovation Expo-2019' has kicked off in the city on Monday aimed at showcasing locally-made products and attracting visitors specially youth and students. Foreign...

Disposal of radioactive wastes: Cabinet obligates polluters to bear costs

Disposal of radioactive wastes: Cabinet obligates polluters to bear costs

-- 2019-10-14 18:18:55

The Cabinet has approved a draft policy for radioactive waste management, obligating the users of radioactive elements or polluters to take the main role for safe disposal of the hazardous wastes. Th...

300 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

300 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2019-10-14 16:46:19

Three hundred new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in 24 hours till Monday morning. Of them, 86 were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Health Services sai...

Nine to die for killing businessman in Chattogram

Nine to die for killing businessman in Chattogram

-- 2019-10-14 16:43:06

A tribunal in Chattogram on Monday sentenced nine people to death and four others to life term imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2013. Chattogram Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Mohamm...

Verdict on five Gaibandha war criminals Tuesday

Verdict on five Gaibandha war criminals Tuesday

-- 2019-10-14 14:12:32

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 is set to issue its verdict against five people accused of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in Gaibandha on Tuesday. The accused in the...

Abrar murder: BCL expels Amit Saha

Abrar murder: BCL expels Amit Saha

-- 2019-10-14 13:51:15

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Monday expelled its BUET unit leader Amit Saha for his involvement in the murder of second-year student Abrar Fahad. He was not presented at the spot during the Oct...

UZ polls in C’nawabganj: Voting underway

UZ polls in C’nawabganj: Voting underway

-- 2019-10-14 13:03:45

Balloting was underway in the Sadar Upazila Parishad election in Chapainawabganj district on Monday. Voting started at 9:00am and will continue till 5:00pm. Three candidates are contesting for the c...

Nabinagar municipality polls begins in B’baria

Nabinagar municipality polls begins in B’baria

-- 2019-10-14 12:31:07

The maiden election to Nabinagar Municipality of Brahmanbaria district is being held on Monday. Voting started at 9:00am and will continue till 5:00pm. A total of 36,764 voters are expected to exerc...

Biman flight makes emergency landing at Shahjalal Airport

Biman flight makes emergency landing at Shahjalal Airport

-- 2019-10-14 12:18:16

A flight of Singapore-bound Biman Bangladesh Airlines made an emergency landing on Monday morning at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The pilot suspected that the plane had hit a bird, UNB rep...

PM mourns death of journo Dil Monowara Monu

PM mourns death of journo Dil Monowara Monu

-- 2019-10-14 11:23:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has mourned the passing away of Dil Monowara Monu, a senior journalist and former executive editor of fortnightly ‘Ananya’. In a condolence message, the Pri...