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Criminals kill two fish farmers in Meherpur

Criminals kill two fish farmers in Meherpur

-- 2019-09-12 11:39:17

Two fish farmers were stabbed to death at Darbeshpur village in Sadar upazila of Meherpur district on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Rokonuzzaman, 36, son of Idris Ali; and Hasan Al...

Teenage girl dies of dengue in Barishal

Teenage girl dies of dengue in Barishal

-- 2019-09-12 11:24:22

A teenage dengue patient died while undergoing treatment at the Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in Barishal on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Suraiya, 14, a resident of Bargu...

Problems grip work on Ctg-Cox's Bazar railway

Problems grip work on Ctg-Cox's Bazar railway

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2019-09-12 10:00:07

A high-level committee has identified multiple problems that impede the timely implementation of the much-hyped rail project to link Cox's Bazar. Felling trees in a 207-acre forest along a 15-kilomet...

Yellow sugarcane cultivation turns profitable in Magura

Yellow sugarcane cultivation turns profitable in Magura

Our Correspondent 2019-09-11 22:25:38

MAGURA, Sept 11: Yellow sugarcane cultivation is turning wheel of fortune wheel for the farmers at Ghasiara village under Sreepur upazila in the district. More than 100 farmers in the area are growin...

Dhaka expecting positive response from Delhi over unresolved issues

Dhaka expecting positive response from Delhi over unresolved issues

-- 2019-09-11 21:40:01

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed the hope to have a positive response from India over different unresolved issues, including the Teesta water-sharing one, before her visit to the ne...

Five police officials promoted to addl IGP

Five police officials promoted to addl IGP

-- 2019-09-11 21:23:03

In the latest reshuffle in the police administration, five senior police officers have been promoted to the post of Additional Inspector General of Police (IGP) on Wednesday. Public Security Division...

Wife among five charged over doctor Akash’s death

Wife among five charged over doctor Akash’s death

-- 2019-09-11 21:00:25

The wife of Mustafa Murshed Akash, who died allegedly by suicide after citing her adultery, is among five formally charged with instigating the Chattogram physician to take his own life, reports bdnew...

Govt starts process of highway tolling

Govt starts process of highway tolling

-- 2019-09-11 20:17:02

The government has initiated the process of tolling national highways following the prime minister's advice, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, reports bdnews24.com. On Sept 3,...

Int'l delegation to asses Myanmar's preparation for Rohingya repatriation: Minister

Int'l delegation to asses Myanmar's preparation for Rohingya repatriation: Minister

FE Online Report 2019-09-11 19:15:40

Myanmar is going host an international delegation in the Northern Rakhine State to show the preparation taken by them for the repatriation of Rohingyas, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said.&nb...

BD female workers face horrific experience in Middle East

BD female workers face horrific experience in Middle East

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

Having failed to endure physical and mental torture at an office in Saudi Arabia, a Bangladeshi female worker tried to escape jumping off a two-storey building and suffered severe injuries, forcing he...

Beanibazar thrives on illegal Indian bikes

Beanibazar thrives on illegal Indian bikes

-- 2019-09-11 17:45:17

Beanibazar, a frontier upazila, is a thriving market for stolen and illegally imported Indian motorcycles. The vehicles, costing between Tk 50,000 and Tk 90,000, are on high demand among the youth wh...

BD to join UN Climate Summit

BD to join UN Climate Summit

-- 2019-09-11 17:33:49

World leaders, including a delegation from Bangladesh, will participate in the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 on September 23 in response to the UN Secretary-General’s call. The UN chief’s...

Four power plants open

Four power plants open

-- 2019-09-11 17:24:34

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated four power plants that added 435.4 megawatts (MWs) of electricity to national grid. The premier also opened eight 33/11 KV GIS substations along...

634 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hr

634 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hr

-- 2019-09-11 16:22:39

The declining number of new dengue cases across Bangladesh showed a marked improvement of the situation.In 24 hours until Wednesday morning, the government said 634 dengue patients were hospitalised....

Dreamliner delivery rescheduled, will arrive Saturday

Dreamliner delivery rescheduled, will arrive Saturday

-- 2019-09-11 16:19:39

Biman will get its fourth brand new Boeing 787-8 aircraft called “Dreamliner” on Saturday instead of tomorrow as the Boeing Company has rescheduled the delivery time, reports BSS. “...

Govt blocks 3G, 4G services in Teknaf, Ukhiya

Govt blocks 3G, 4G services in Teknaf, Ukhiya

-- 2019-09-11 14:51:36

The government has blocked 3G and 4G telecom services in Teknaf and Ukhiya, affecting Rohingya refugees as well as the local residents in those areas. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Comm...

PM dealing with BCL issues, Quader says

PM dealing with BCL issues, Quader says

-- 2019-09-11 14:34:44

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina herself is looking into the matter involving the incumbent president and general secretary of Bangladesh Ch...

Wage a greater movement against govt: Fakhrul to people

Wage a greater movement against govt: Fakhrul to people

-- 2019-09-11 14:11:07

BNP on Wednesday urged people to put up a resistance against the current government through waging a greater movement to ‘restore their rights, democracy’ and uphold the Liberation War spi...

Govt in talks with neighbours for electricity import: PM

Govt in talks with neighbours for electricity import: PM

-- 2019-09-11 13:53:10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh is now in talks with its neighbouring countries to import electricity to meet its growing demand. "Discussions are on with India, Myanmar, Bh...

Jubo League man dies in Satkhira road crash

Jubo League man dies in Satkhira road crash

-- 2019-09-11 13:22:05

A Jubo League activist was killed and two others were injured when a motorcycle hit a human hauler in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Mostafiz...

Community Bank gets going

Community Bank gets going

-- 2019-09-11 12:43:40

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the commercial operation of the Community Bank Bangladesh Limited fulfilling the long cherished demand of police. The prime minister opened the bank throu...

BNP forms human chain demanding Khaleda’s release

BNP forms human chain demanding Khaleda’s release

-- 2019-09-11 12:05:20

BNP leaders and activists on Wednesday formed a human chain in Dhaka, demanding Khaleda Zia’s release from jail. The protest that started around 11:00am at the National Press Club is set to run...

Rohingya child drowns in Cox’s Bazar

Rohingya child drowns in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2019-09-11 11:38:23

A Rohingya boy drowned while taking a bath in Labaner Math in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday night. The deceased, Irfan Ali, 11, son of Aman Ullah, resided at Nayapara camp for the fo...

Miscreants beat UP member to death

Miscreants beat UP member to death

-- 2019-09-11 10:58:26

A Union Parishad member was bludgeoned to death by miscreants at Bagduli Bazar in Pangsha upazila of Rajbari on Tuesday night. Shawkat Ali Mandal, the victim, was a member of ward number 4 under Mour...

Woman dies from dengue in Khulna

Woman dies from dengue in Khulna

-- 2019-09-11 10:29:34

A woman, diagnosed with mosquito-borne disease dengue, died at the Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on Tuesday night. The deceased Rahima Begum, 50, was the wife of Rafiqul Islam of Azrail vill...

Misappropriating seeds: four BADC officials suspended

Misappropriating seeds: four BADC officials suspended

-- 2019-09-10 20:42:58

Four senior officials of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) in Jhenaidah and Jashore were suspended on Tuesday for misappropriating seeds, reports UNB. They are - Amin Ullah, depu...

8th grader saved from child marriage

8th grader saved from child marriage

-- 2019-09-10 19:56:22

A mobile court foiled an early marriage bid in Charbania village in Sadar upazila of Sirajganj district on Monday night, reports UNB. The victim, an eighth grader at a local school, is only 13-year-o...

Warning signal for ports withdrawn

Warning signal for ports withdrawn

-- 2019-09-10 19:34:04

  The Met Office on Tuesday withdrew warning signals for maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra as the weather improved, reports UNB. In a special bulletin, the Met o...

14 Rohingyas detained in Ctg

14 Rohingyas detained in Ctg

-- 2019-09-10 17:35:25

Fourteen Rohingya men, who fled from refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, were detained from Lohagara Upazila of Chattogram district on early Tuesday, reports UNB. Md Syful Islam, officer-in-charge of...

Bagerhat road crash kill three   

Bagerhat road crash kill three  

-- 2019-09-10 16:17:23

Three people were killed as a stone-laden truck hit a stationary truck at Bottola  in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat district Tuesday noon, reports UNB. One of the deceases was identified as truck...