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Couple, son found dead in Mirpur

Couple, son found dead in Mirpur

-- 2019-10-10 17:30:44

Police on Thursday recovered the bodies of a couple and their son from a house at Section 13 of Mirpur in the city. The deceased were identified as Bayezid, 40, his wife Anjana, 36, and their lone so...

Another woman dies of dengue

Another woman dies of dengue

-- 2019-10-10 17:15:07

A woman died of dengue at Khulna Medical College Hospital on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Masura, 25, wife of Habibullah of Abhaynagar Upazila in Jashore. Shahin Biswas, a physician of K...

Man to walk gallows for Risha murder

Man to walk gallows for Risha murder

-- 2019-10-10 16:16:51

A Dhaka court has handed the death penalty to Obayedul Khan, the lone suspect in the murder of 14-year-old schoolgirl Suraiya Akter Risha three years ago, reports bdnews24.com. Metropolitan Sessions...

BUET students issue Friday ultimatum

BUET students issue Friday ultimatum

-- 2019-10-10 15:22:17

Student protesters riled by the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad have threatened to lock up all administrative buildings of the university unless their 10-point charter of demands are met by Friday....

Police arrest Abrar's roommate Mizanur

Police arrest Abrar's roommate Mizanur

-- 2019-10-10 15:12:47

Police have arrested Md Mizanur Rahman, the roommate of slain engineering student Abrar Fahad, in connection with the murder inside a residential hall in the Bangladesh University of Engineering and T...

Seven to walk gallows for murder in Faridpur

Seven to walk gallows for murder in Faridpur

-- 2019-10-10 14:37:07

A Faridpur court on Thursday sentenced seven people to death for killing a truck driver in 2014. The convicts are – Tofa Molla, 26, son of Abdul Molla; Palash Fakir, 32, son of Abdul Mannan Fak...

Two forest officials die in road crash

Two forest officials die in road crash

-- 2019-10-10 12:39:27

Two forest officials were killed after a truck hit a motorbike on Cumilla-Sylhet Highway at Ghatura in Brahmanbaria sadar upazila on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Dolon Sarkar, 36, son of...

Garment workers block Malibagh road for back pay

Garment workers block Malibagh road for back pay

-- 2019-10-10 12:14:51

Workers of a garment factory have ended an hour-long blockade on the capital's Rampura-Malibagh road demanding back pay. Traffic on the Shaheed Muktijoddha Faruk Iqbal and Taslim Road was gridlocked...

PM inaugurates two water plants for city dwellers

PM inaugurates two water plants for city dwellers

-- 2019-10-10 12:06:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has formally inaugurated two water plants in Savar and Lauhajang upazilas of Dhaka to ensure a steady supply of drinking water for the residents of the capital. Six hundr...

Abrar murder: BUET BCL leader Amit Shaha arrested

Abrar murder: BUET BCL leader Amit Shaha arrested

-- 2019-10-10 12:00:29

Amit Shaha, a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s BUET unit, was arrested from the city’s Sabujbagh area on Thursday over the killing of Abrar Fahad. Amit is a 16th batch student of civ...

Dhaka’s air quality improves after rain

Dhaka’s air quality improves after rain

-- 2019-10-10 10:56:16

Dhaka saw a significant improvement in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Thursday morning after it was hit by rain. The capital city was at the 40th position in AQI with a score of 65 at 8:21 am. The ai...

India further eases visa issue for Bangladeshis

India further eases visa issue for Bangladeshis

-- 2019-10-09 18:32:31

Bangladeshi nationals who visit India on valid visas and fall ill during their stay in India are not required to convert their primary visas into medical ones for getting admitted to Indian hospitals....

Youth held with gold bars in Kushtia

Youth held with gold bars in Kushtia

-- 2019-10-09 17:33:40

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a young man along with seven gold bars from Katlamari area under Amla Sadarpur union of Mirpur upazila in Kushtia on Wednesday. The detainee was iden...

Four to die for killing boy in Sylhet

Four to die for killing boy in Sylhet

-- 2019-10-09 17:26:20

A Sylhet court on Wednesday sentenced four people to death for killing a boy in 2011. The condemned convicts are Md Ismail Haque, 22, son of late Md Aftab Ali of Puran Tetli village in Dakkhin Surma...

Abrar's killers to get highest punishment: PM

Abrar's killers to get highest punishment: PM

-- 2019-10-09 17:02:15

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday assured that maximum punishment will be meted out to those involved in the brutal killing of Buet student Abrar Fahad. She also questioned the justification...

PM defends LPG export to India amid criticism

PM defends LPG export to India amid criticism

-- 2019-10-09 16:25:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has defended Bangladesh’s plan to export liquefied petroleum gas to India, responding to criticism of the bilateral deal. India on October 5 signed three pacts with...

BUET Sher-e-Bangla Hall provost ‘resigns’

BUET Sher-e-Bangla Hall provost ‘resigns’

-- 2019-10-09 15:43:46

Jafar Iqbal Khan, the provost of BUET’s Sher-e-Bangla Hall, reportedly tendered his resignation on Wednesday amid protests over the killing of Abrar Fahad. “The provost has resigned,&rdqu...

Don’t try to destabilise country over Abrar murder: BCL

Don’t try to destabilise country over Abrar murder: BCL

-- 2019-10-09 15:08:08

The acting president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Wednesday warned that it will give a “fitting reply” if anyone tries to destabilise the country over BUET student Abrar Fahad&rsq...

No one should be killed for exercising free speech: UN

No one should be killed for exercising free speech: UN

-- 2019-10-09 14:53:38

The United Nations has deplored the killing of young BUET student Abrar Farhad, saying freedom of speech is a human right. “Freedom of speech is a human right, and nobody should be harassed, to...

Abrar murder: BUET protesters place fresh 10-point demand

Abrar murder: BUET protesters place fresh 10-point demand

-- 2019-10-09 14:04:20

Disgruntled protesters of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have called on the authority to ban student politics in the university as part of a fresh 10-point charter of deman...

BNP expels lawyer for defending Abrar murder suspects

BNP expels lawyer for defending Abrar murder suspects

-- 2019-10-09 13:59:14

BNP has expelled its lawyers’ front leader Advocate Morsheda Khatun Shilpi for defending in court the alleged killers of BUET student Abrar Fahad. Morsheda, a member of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi For...

Trying to give children a better life, bright future: PM

Trying to give children a better life, bright future: PM

-- 2019-10-09 13:37:45

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government’s goal is to ensure healthy environment for the children so that they can get improved life and bright future. “We want that...

Bangladesh’s progress is a remarkable story: UN

Bangladesh’s progress is a remarkable story: UN

-- 2019-10-09 12:57:10

United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC) Mia Seppo has highly appreciated Bangladesh's development since independence, terming it a “remarkable success story”. She recognised the contri...

Brahmanbaria gas cylinder explosion leaves two dead

Brahmanbaria gas cylinder explosion leaves two dead

-- 2019-10-09 12:43:59

Two young men were killed in a gas cylinder explosion at Srirampur village in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Bayezid Mia, 18, son of Shah Alam M...

Protesters demand banning student politics at BUET

Protesters demand banning student politics at BUET

-- 2019-10-09 12:32:56

Former and current students and teachers of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of BUET on Wednesday demanded outlawing student politics at the university. They brought out...

Saudi Arabia sends back another 105 Bangladeshis

Saudi Arabia sends back another 105 Bangladeshis

-- 2019-10-09 12:12:27

Saudi Arabia has sent back another batch of Bangladeshis amid a crackdown on illegal workers although a number of the returnees say they have legal documents. Two flights of Saudi Airlines ‘SV...

BB sounds tough as July-Aug farm credit drops

BB sounds tough as July-Aug farm credit drops

Siddique Islam 2019-10-09 10:31:15

Farm credit disbursement dropped by nearly 6.0 per cent in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY) in the wake of flood as well as seasonal effect. Disbursement of agriculture loans...

Body formed to find silver lining of leather sector

Body formed to find silver lining of leather sector

MONIRA MUNNI 2019-10-09 10:27:48

The government has formed a high-level taskforce to identify the problems and the way forward for the development of the country's leather sector, officials said. The 29-member committee incorporated...

BD ranking drops to 105th among 141 countries in GCI

BD ranking drops to 105th among 141 countries in GCI

FE Online Report 2019-10-09 10:12:28

Bangladesh ranked 105th among 141 countries in the latest Global Competitiveness Index which was formally released on Wednesday. Bangladesh was ranked 103rd among 140 countries in the last year&rsquo...

High demand for flowers in Tangail

High demand for flowers in Tangail

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-09 00:23:08

TANGAIL Oct 08: Flowers traders in the district are doing brisk business due to high market demand. Sources said there are more than 55 flower shops in the district town. About 30 flower shops are on...