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PM takes responsibility for Prof Muzaffar’s treatment

PM takes responsibility for Prof Muzaffar’s treatment

-- 2018-07-27 21:17:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken the responsibility for the medical treatment of veteran politician and National Awami Party (NAP) President Professor Muzaffar Ahmed. Awami League General Secre...

Unidentified people abduct Cumilla’s AL leader in Dhaka

Unidentified people abduct Cumilla’s AL leader in Dhaka

-- 2018-07-27 20:47:55

A Cumilla district’s Awami League has allegedly been abducted from in front of his Dhaka’s residence in Lalmatia. Some unidentified people dragged Parvez Hossain Sarker, a member of Cumil...

Appropriate actions against officials responsible for coal disappearance: Secretary

Appropriate actions against officials responsible for coal disappearance: Secretary

-- 2018-07-27 20:11:54

Energy and Mineral Resources Division Secretary Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem on Friday said those responsible for the disappearance of 144,000 tonnes of coal from Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limite...

Satkhira cattle traders using steroids to fatten up cows before Eid

Satkhira cattle traders using steroids to fatten up cows before Eid

-- 2018-07-27 17:31:56

Cattle traders in the district are now busy fattening their cattle using harmful steroid in a bid to make quick buck during the Eid-ul-Azha, a festival when Muslims sacrifice millions of cattle across...

Uber surrenders to Dhaka’s ‘bad culture’

Uber surrenders to Dhaka’s ‘bad culture’

-- 2018-07-27 17:11:21

Barely 20 months ago when Uber cars hit Dhaka’s streets, many had the expectation that the ridesharing service would bring about a cultural change in the city where auto-rickshaw drivers have al...

41 rivers witness rising water levels while 48 fall

41 rivers witness rising water levels while 48 fall

-- 2018-07-27 16:59:56

Water levels at 41 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 48 stations recorded fall. Among the 94 monitored stations, four river stations have...

No politics behind Khaleda's imprisonment: PM

No politics behind Khaleda's imprisonment: PM

-- 2018-07-27 16:26:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said there is no political reason behind imprisonment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. "She (Khaleda) is now in jail for embezzlement of orphans' money," Sheikh Hasina...

Firearms, vehicular movement to be restricted during RCC election

Firearms, vehicular movement to be restricted during RCC election

-- 2018-07-27 15:53:43

Restriction has been imposed on carrying firearms including the licensed ones and traffic movement in Rajshahi for the forthcoming election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) scheduled to be held on J...

Rohingya crisis: Dhaka for holding perpetrators accountable

Rohingya crisis: Dhaka for holding perpetrators accountable

-- 2018-07-27 15:37:57

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said the perpetrators of heinous crimes against Rohingyas in the Rakhine State of Myanmar must be held accountable. He emphasised that the international community...

Heavy rainfall to continue over country

Heavy rainfall to continue over country

-- 2018-07-27 15:17:56

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Friday predicted that heavy to very heavy rainfall may occur at places over Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi and Barishal divisions in the next 24 hours endin...

Jute being harvested on full swing in Narsingdi

Jute being harvested on full swing in Narsingdi

-- 2018-07-27 14:54:27

Harvesting of jute plants get momentum in all the six upazilas of Narsingdi district following adequate rainfall in the recent days. The farmers are now engaged in separating fibers from jute plants...

Five die in ‘gunfights’ in four dists

Five die in ‘gunfights’ in four dists

-- 2018-07-27 12:46:49

Three suspected robbers, a 'drug trader' and an 'outlaw' were killed in separate gunfights with police and RAB in Cumilla, Sirajganj, Tangail and Rajbari districts on Friday. Of them, three 'robber...

Police recover body of housewife in Jashore

Police recover body of housewife in Jashore

-- 2018-07-27 11:53:34

A housewife was found dead at Jhapa village in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Airunnesa, 45, wife of Azibor Rahman of the village. Locals spotted the...

Kader, Quader meet in person as election nears

Kader, Quader meet in person as election nears

-- 2018-07-27 11:50:43

Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique has met Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader with the general election months away. They held the meeting at the Secretariat for a...

Suspected robber dies in Ctg steel mill firing

Suspected robber dies in Ctg steel mill firing

-- 2018-07-27 11:34:20

A suspected robber was killed in a firing by Ansar men of Abul Khair Steel Mill at Sonaichhari Shitalpur Chowdhurypara in Sitakunda upazila under Chattogram region early Thursday. The deceased was id...

IOM official found dead in Cox’s Bazar hotel

IOM official found dead in Cox’s Bazar hotel

-- 2018-07-27 10:49:54

Police recovered the body of an official of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) from a hotel in Cox’s Bazar district town on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Tauhid...

Ex-whip Mostafa Suja passes away

Ex-whip Mostafa Suja passes away

-- 2018-07-27 10:02:50

Former whip and Awami League MP from Khulna-4 Mostafa Rashidi Suja died at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on Thursday night. He was 68. He breathed his last at around 12 midninght, said his br...

Biman cancels two Friday hajj flights

Biman cancels two Friday hajj flights

-- 2018-07-26 21:59:09

Two Hajj flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines scheduled to fly on Friday have been cancelled, reports UNB. The scheduled flights-one of BG-1045 at 6:05am and the other of BG- 7045 at 6:05pm--- have b...

IGP asks police peacekeepers to be professional

IGP asks police peacekeepers to be professional

-- 2018-07-26 21:49:13

Inspector General of Police (IGP) on Thursday asked the members of his force, who are going to join United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti, to discharge their duties with professionalism and dev...

Jute harvest going on in  Gopalganj, Nilphamari

Jute harvest going on in Gopalganj, Nilphamari

Our Correspondent 2018-07-26 21:49:02

GOPALGANJ, July 26: Jute harvest is going on in full swing in the district this season. Sources said newly-harvested jute has already appeared in the local markets and growers are satisfied over the...

Road accident kills one in C’nawabganj

Road accident kills one in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-07-26 20:54:27

A fourth class employee of local land office was killed in a road accident at Shahibagh Chapainawabganj on Thursday. The deceased was Abdul Hannan, 53, son of Md. Shamsuddin of Bidirpur in Chapainawa...

Bernicat hopeful of fair, inclusive polls in BD

Bernicat hopeful of fair, inclusive polls in BD

-- 2018-07-26 20:47:17

Outgoing US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat on Thursday hoped that elections in the city corporations and national one will be held in a "free, fair, credible and inclusive" manner. "I am always...

Two electrocuted in Satkhira

Two electrocuted in Satkhira

-- 2018-07-26 20:13:22

Two people died from electrocution at Kakdanga under Kalaroa upazila in Satkhira on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Sirajul Islam, 60, and Delowar Hossain, 25, son of Nasir Uddin of Kakdang...

German envoy pays farewell call on President

German envoy pays farewell call on President

-- 2018-07-26 19:21:42

Ambassador of Germany to Bangladesh Thomas Heinrich Prinz paid a farewell call on President Abdul Hamid. The outgoing German envoy met the President at Bangabhaban on Thursday afternoon. President's...

Truck-microbus collision leaves four dead in Sylhet

Truck-microbus collision leaves four dead in Sylhet

-- 2018-07-26 19:11:46

Four people were killed and seven others injured as a truck collided head-on with a microbus at Ilashpur under Osmaninagar upazila in Sylhet on Thursday. The identities of the deceased could not be k...

BD riddled with 3.8m pending cases: Law Minister

BD riddled with 3.8m pending cases: Law Minister

-- 2018-07-26 18:22:58

The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has initiated to form a 'District Case Coordination Committee' to expedite the disposals of cases as the country is riddled with 3.8 million (38...

Eid-ul-Azha train ticket to go on sale from Aug 8

Eid-ul-Azha train ticket to go on sale from Aug 8

-- 2018-07-26 16:55:41

Advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Azha holidaymakers will be available for purchase from August 8. The tickets for August 17 journeys will be sold on that day, said Railways Minister Mazibul Hoque dur...

Police press charges against six over Zafar Iqbal attack case

Police press charges against six over Zafar Iqbal attack case

-- 2018-07-26 16:26:27

Police on Thursday pressed charges against six people, including Faizul Hasan Foyez, in connection with the attack on renowned writer Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal on Shahajalal University of Science and Te...

Govt appoints Ashequn Nabi as press minister for UK

Govt appoints Ashequn Nabi as press minister for UK

-- 2018-07-26 15:54:25

The government has appointed Md Ashequn Nabi Chowdhury as the press minister at the High Commission of Bangladesh in London. Prior to his appointment for two years announced by the public administrat...

CAB for transparency in gas sector, giving BERC full power to fix price

CAB for transparency in gas sector, giving BERC full power to fix price

FE Report 2018-07-26 15:48:10

The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) put forward a set of recommendations on Wednesday for development of the country's gas sector that include ensuring transparency and people's ownership of...