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Ward councillor Mizan put on seven-day remand

Ward councillor Mizan put on seven-day remand

-- 2019-10-12 17:55:56

A Dhaka court has granted a seven-day remand to interrogate Dhaka North City Corporation's Ward Councillor Habibur Rahman Mizan in a case lodged over Money-Laundering Prevention Act. Investigation of...

70 women tortured to death for dowry in Jan-Aug

70 women tortured to death for dowry in Jan-Aug

FE Online Report 2019-10-12 17:34:57

At least 70 women were tortured to death for dowry alone in the first nine months of current calendar year, according to a local legal aid and rights body. The Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) report noted...

BUET students suspend protests for admission tests

BUET students suspend protests for admission tests

-- 2019-10-12 16:06:59

Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have declared a temporary pause to the ongoing protests on the campus during the university's admission tests on October 13 and O...

BUET students place 5-point demand

BUET students place 5-point demand

-- 2019-10-12 14:54:06

Students of BUET resumed demonstrations on Saturday with a 5-point demand including issuance of a notice banning organisational student politics on the campus. The students started demonstrations nea...

BD tables resolution on natural fibers use at UN

BD tables resolution on natural fibers use at UN

-- 2019-10-12 14:40:32

Bangladesh has tabled a draft resolution titled ‘Use of Natural Fibres such as Jute and Sisal’ at the United Nations in New York City for its consideration during the 74th General Assembly...

No act of injustice to be tolerated in educational institutions: PM

No act of injustice to be tolerated in educational institutions: PM

-- 2019-10-12 14:24:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government wants to maintain academic atmosphere in all the educational institutions of the country and will not tolerate any act of unjust and injust...

Another Abrar murder accused held in city

Another Abrar murder accused held in city

-- 2019-10-12 14:06:45

Police have arrested another accused in the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad in Uttara. Moaz Abu Horaira was apprehended in Uttara's sector No...

Eight fishermen jailed for catching Hilsa

Eight fishermen jailed for catching Hilsa

-- 2019-10-12 12:56:48

A mobile court has jailed eight fishermen for catching Hilsa from the Jamuna River defying a government ban at Alekdia Char area in Shibaloy upazila of Manikganj district. Shibaloy upazila assistan...

Samrat being taken to jail again from hospital

Samrat being taken to jail again from hospital

-- 2019-10-12 12:13:32

Expelled Jubo League Dhaka South unit President Ismail Hossain Samrat is being taken to Keraniganj central jail on Saturday after his discharge from the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases....

Farmer dies from electrocution in Magura

Farmer dies from electrocution in Magura

-- 2019-10-12 11:52:12

A farmer was electrocuted at Parla village in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, 22, son of Ohid Mia of the area, reports UNB. Tarak...

Man dies of dengue in Barishal

Man dies of dengue in Barishal

-- 2019-10-12 11:43:01

A man suffering from the mosquito-borne dengue fever has died at the Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal. The 65-year-old Abdul Khaleq, a resident of Bhola Sadar Upazila's Chorgazi vil...

Rohingya drug trader among two die in gunfight

Rohingya drug trader among two die in gunfight

-- 2019-10-12 10:50:40

Two suspected drug peddlers, including a Rohingya man, have died in a so-called gunfight with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district. The incident occurred in the Sadar Union's Mill hill ar...

BTRC asks ISPs to provide parental controls

BTRC asks ISPs to provide parental controls

Ismail Hossain 2019-10-12 10:40:56

The telecom regulator has asked all Internet service providers to make available 'parental guidance' features at the users' end to limit the children's access to Internet. The Bangladesh Telecommun...

BTC suggests seasonal tariff on onion import

BTC suggests seasonal tariff on onion import

REZAUL KARIM 2019-10-12 10:27:50

The Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) has suggested imposing duty on the import of onion during its harvesting time to ensure fair price for the farmers. Duty should be imposed during the January-...

Padma Rail Link Project braces for delay

Padma Rail Link Project braces for delay

Munima Sultana 2019-10-12 10:24:28

The Padma Rail Link Project (PRLP) is fated to be delayed in the absence of confirmation of design and loss of time in land acquisition, sources said. Both the cost and tenure of the project are al...

14-party demands speedy trial in Abrar murder case

14-party demands speedy trial in Abrar murder case

BSS 2019-10-11 20:42:43

Awami League led 14-party Alliance on Friday demanded holding the trial of BUET student Abrar Fahad murder case in a speedy trial tribunal.  “Trial of the killers of Abrar Fahad should be...

Moudud opposes agreement on withdrawal of Feni River water

Moudud opposes agreement on withdrawal of Feni River water

-- 2019-10-11 20:39:06

BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed on Friday the agreement on withdrawal of 1.82 cusec water from the Feni River by India for a water supply scheme in India's Sabroom town in Tripura. The BNP...

‘Will thwart attempt to take Abrar murder to different direction’

‘Will thwart attempt to take Abrar murder to different direction’

-- 2019-10-11 20:36:21

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday condemned BNP’s political approach and said any attempt to take BUET student Abrar Fahad’s murder to a different direction will be thwarted....

RAB seizes Tk 10m FDR savings from Mizan’s house

RAB seizes Tk 10m FDR savings from Mizan’s house

-- 2019-10-11 19:09:06

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has seized fixed deposit receipt (FDR) savings worth Tk 10 million in a raid at the house of controversial Awami League (AL) leader and ward Councillor Habibur Rahman...

Abrar murder: BUET bans politics, expels 19 students

Abrar murder: BUET bans politics, expels 19 students

-- 2019-10-11 18:27:10

The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has imposed a ban on political activities following the murder of its second-year student Abrar Fahad. BUET Vice-Chancellor Saiful Islam...

Abrar murder suspects Amit, Toha on five-day remand

Abrar murder suspects Amit, Toha on five-day remand

-- 2019-10-11 17:09:38

Police have been granted five days to grill Chhatra League leader Amit Saha and Hossain Mohammed Toha over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad. Amit, who resides in the dorm where Abrar was fatall...

BUET students resume protests ahead of meeting with VC

BUET students resume protests ahead of meeting with VC

-- 2019-10-11 15:21:20

Disgruntled students of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology have resumed their protests over the murder of their peer Abrar Fahad for a fifth day. Student protesters gathered in f...

Anti-graft crackdown: DNCC Councillor Mizan arrested

Anti-graft crackdown: DNCC Councillor Mizan arrested

-- 2019-10-11 13:19:49

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested controversial Dhaka North City Corporation Councillor Habibur Rahman Mizan as part of the ongoing crackdown on corruption. He was nabbed in Sreemangal...

BUET VC to sit with student protesters at 5pm

BUET VC to sit with student protesters at 5pm

-- 2019-10-11 12:48:05

The vice-chancellor of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) will hold a meeting with students protesting against the murder of their peer Abrar Fahad in a residential hall....

Abrar murder case: Police arrest another accused in Sylhet

Abrar murder case: Police arrest another accused in Sylhet

-- 2019-10-11 12:36:16

Police have arrested another accused in the case over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad in Sylhet. The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police apprehended Majedul Islam in Sylhet's Sh...

Four ‘Ansar Al Islam’ members held in city

Four ‘Ansar Al Islam’ members held in city

-- 2019-10-11 12:30:20

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested four members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from the city’s Jatrabari area on Thursday. The...

Three die as truck overturns in Gazipur

Three die as truck overturns in Gazipur

-- 2019-10-11 10:46:45

Three people were killed and three others injured as a truck overturned on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Garzaria Masterbari area in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district on Thursday night. Two of the de...

BUET unit BCL leader confesses to killing Abrar

BUET unit BCL leader confesses to killing Abrar

-- 2019-10-10 20:24:39

Ifti Mosharrf Sakal, one of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders arrested over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad, has made a confessional statement in court. He is the first accused to have g...

TIB opposes politics at educational institutions

TIB opposes politics at educational institutions

-- 2019-10-10 19:12:41

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Thursday demanded that the government free all student organisations and educational institutions in the country including Buet from party politics. The...

Chargesheet in Abrar murder case soon: Home Minister

Chargesheet in Abrar murder case soon: Home Minister

-- 2019-10-10 18:21:42

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said chargesheet in Abrar Fahad murder case will be pressed soon. “The law enforcement agencies are working on it and a flawless chargesheet will be p...