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BUET VC assures students of meeting all demands

BUET VC assures students of meeting all demands

-- 2019-10-08 19:48:27

Vice-Chancellor of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Dr Saiful Islam on Tuesday evening assured the protesting students that their all the demands will be fulfilled. He c...

29 BD citizens killed along borders  in Jan-Sept: ASK

29 BD citizens killed along borders  in Jan-Sept: ASK

FE Online Report 2019-10-08 19:34:42

A total of 29 Bangladeshis were killed in incidents of violence along the country's borders from January to September 2019, according to a local independent rights body. The Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK)...

Students take position outside BUET VC’s office

Students take position outside BUET VC’s office

-- 2019-10-08 19:10:39

A group of BUET students have taken position outside the vice-chancellor’s office demonstrating for a seven-point charter of demand, including justice for Abrar Fahad murder. They have also loc...

12,545 cars get BRTA registration in Jan-Sept

12,545 cars get BRTA registration in Jan-Sept

FE Online Report 2019-10-08 17:23:01

The number of car registration in the country stood at 12,545 in the first nine months of the current calendar year. Of the total, 11,279 cars got registration in Dhaka from January to September, 201...

10 accused put on five-day remand over Abrar murder

10 accused put on five-day remand over Abrar murder

-- 2019-10-08 16:43:05

A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed 10 expelled leaders and activists of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) unit Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on a five-day remand each in a case...

Shimulia-Kathalbari ferry services resume after 12 hrs

Shimulia-Kathalbari ferry services resume after 12 hrs

-- 2019-10-08 16:32:26

Ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari route resumed on Tuesday morning after 12 hours of suspension due to strong current in the Padma River. Nasir Ahmed Chowdhury, general manager of Bangladesh Inla...

President calls for making anti-graft drive a success

President calls for making anti-graft drive a success

-- 2019-10-08 15:24:39

President M Abdul Hamid today urged all to come forward to make the government’s ongoing drive successful to eliminate militancy, narcotics, extortion, gambling and corruption from the country a...

Another woman dies of dengue in Faridpur

Another woman dies of dengue in Faridpur

-- 2019-10-08 14:55:57

Another woman died of mosquito-borne disease dengue at Faridpur Medical College Hospital early Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Manju Rani, 55, wife of Haripada Kumar of Basantapur villag...

Three dead in Faridpur bus crash

Three dead in Faridpur bus crash

-- 2019-10-08 14:03:39

Three people, including a woman, have been killed and 15 others injured after a bus slammed into a roadside tree in Faridpur. The incident took place on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Nagarkanda Upazila...

Samrat shifted to hospital after falling 'sick'

Samrat shifted to hospital after falling 'sick'

-- 2019-10-08 13:55:59

Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, the expelled Dhaka South Jubo League president who grabbed the headlines for his links to illegal casinos, has been shifted to hospital from jail as he was feeling ‘sick...

Fire at garbage dump near BNP office

Fire at garbage dump near BNP office

-- 2019-10-08 13:22:26

A fire broke out in a garbage dump near BNP's central office in Dhaka’s Nayapaltan, causing panic among the leaders. Smoke from the fire began to spread out of the rubbish located at a narrow s...

Abrar laid to rest in Kushtia

Abrar laid to rest in Kushtia

-- 2019-10-08 12:38:50

BUET student Abrar Fahad, who was beaten to death allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of the university unit, was buried at his village at Raidanga village in Kumarkhali upazila of...

'Justice for Abrar' protests spread outside Dhaka

'Justice for Abrar' protests spread outside Dhaka

FE Online Desk 2019-10-08 12:32:05

Demonstrations by students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) demanding justice for the killing of their fellow Abrar Fahad rolled today (Tuesday) into the second day. Star...

BCL expels 11 over Abrar murder

BCL expels 11 over Abrar murder

-- 2019-10-08 10:22:14

The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has expelled the general secretary and 10 other members of its BUET chapter over their alleged links to the murder of Abrar Fahad, a student of the institution. Th...

Taka weakens further against US dollar

Taka weakens further against US dollar

Siddique Islam 2019-10-08 09:55:47

The exchange rate of local currency depreciated further against the US dollar on Monday mainly due to higher demand for the greenback for settling the import bills. The Bangladesh Taka (BDT) lost its...

Abrar Fahad murder: Father initiates case accusing 19

Abrar Fahad murder: Father initiates case accusing 19

-- 2019-10-07 22:17:48

A case has been started against 19 people over the murder of Abrar Fahad, a student of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology or BUET. Abrar's father Barkatullah started the case wit...

Collapse of bridge over  Goborchapa Canal mounts  commuters’ suffering

Collapse of bridge over Goborchapa Canal mounts commuters’ suffering

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-07 22:11:20

BOGURA, Oct 07: The Sujaitpur-Baluahat connecting bridge over the Goborchapa Canal under Sonatola upazila in the district has collapsed following recent flood. During a recent visit to the area thi...

Nine more museums to be set up in Cumilla

Nine more museums to be set up in Cumilla

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-10-07 22:10:06

CUMILLA, Oct 07: The Department of Archeology has planned to set up nine more museums in the district. The launch of the museums will create a new horizon in the tourism sector in the district. An...

World Habitat Day observed  in districts

World Habitat Day observed in districts

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2019-10-07 22:08:46

COX'S BAZAR, Sept 07:  Speakers at a seminar on Monday said tourist town Cox's Bazar will be developed into a well-planned modern city. To reach this goal Cox's Bazar Development Authority (C...

PM to brief media Wednesday

PM to brief media Wednesday

UNB 2019-10-07 20:20:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference on Wednesday about the outcomes of her recent official visits to New York and New Delhi. The press conference will be held at the Prime Mi...

Abrar Fahad beaten to death inside hall: Police

Abrar Fahad beaten to death inside hall: Police

-- 2019-10-07 20:12:31

A police official has said they have reasons to suspect that Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), was beaten to death inside his dormitory. “We...

No hilsa fishing form Oct 9-30

No hilsa fishing form Oct 9-30

-- 2019-10-07 19:59:16

The government has banned hilsa catching, selling, transporting, hoarding and marketing for 22 days from October 9-30 to protect mother hilsa for ensuring safe breeding. “To increase the produc...

BUET, DU students demand capital punishment of Abrar’s killers

BUET, DU students demand capital punishment of Abrar’s killers

-- 2019-10-07 19:41:52

Students of Dhaka University (DU) and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) staged demonstrations on their respective campuses demanding capital punishment of the killers of Abrar...

'Maintaining non-communal spirit is our best achievement'

'Maintaining non-communal spirit is our best achievement'

-- 2019-10-07 19:01:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said ensuring a conducive atmosphere through maintaining non-communal spirit for celebration of all religious festivals is the best achievement of Bangladesh. “...

City dwellers to have more recreational spots like Hatirjheel

City dwellers to have more recreational spots like Hatirjheel

UNB 2019-10-07 18:27:42

The government is creating recreational spots, like the Hatirjheel, for the city dwellers by building aesthetic structures along the four rivers around the capital city. Officials at Bangladesh Inlan...

Abrar Fahad murder: Police arrest four BCL leaders

Abrar Fahad murder: Police arrest four BCL leaders

-- 2019-10-07 17:43:33

Police have arrested four leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League to interrogate them over the murder of Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. They are: Mehedy H...

ACC detains two DPEO officials on bribery charges 

ACC detains two DPEO officials on bribery charges 

-- 2019-10-07 17:21:15

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday detained two officials of Thakurgaon District Primary Education Office (DPEO) on charge of taking bribe. The arrestees are Anisur Rahman, assistant prim...

Motor drivers in Khulna get digital health card

Motor drivers in Khulna get digital health card

-- 2019-10-07 17:04:48

The government has distributed digital health cards among professional motor drivers in Khulna to ensure their physical fitness as well as good health. Drivers will be able to examine their health fr...

ACC targets 20 people with casino ties

ACC targets 20 people with casino ties

-- 2019-10-07 16:58:46

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated a probe against 20 people who made a fortune through illegal casinos in Dhaka. “The commission is investigating their illegally accumulated we...

Abrar’s killers to face action, Obaidul Quader says

Abrar’s killers to face action, Obaidul Quader says

UNB 2019-10-07 16:52:15

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said the perpetrators will face action for the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad. “You can’t just beat someone to death for having...