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Miscreants stab female worker dead in Bogura

Miscreants stab female worker dead in Bogura

-- 2018-07-20 11:20:10

A female construction worker was stabbed to death by miscreants at Kalikapur village in Nandigram upazila of Bogura early Friday. The deceased was identified as Kironi, 45, wife of Suresh Chandra of...

Jamalpur road crash claims lives of three

Jamalpur road crash claims lives of three

-- 2018-07-20 11:19:39

Three day-labourers were killed and three others injured when a truck plunged into a ditch on Bhuapur-Sarishabari road in Sarishabari upazila early Friday. The dead have been identified as Nasir, 50,...

Three die in  Chattogram, Cumilla ‘gunfights’

Three die in Chattogram, Cumilla ‘gunfights’

-- 2018-07-20 10:49:59

Three suspected drug traders were killed in reported gunfights in Chattogram and Cumilla early Friday. In Chattogram, two suspected drug peddlers were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Ra...

Quota committee gets 90 more days

Quota committee gets 90 more days

-- 2018-07-19 22:59:40

The government has extended the term of the committee to review quota system in government jobs by 90 working days. The public administration ministry issued an order on the extension on Thursday, fo...

FM terms quota reform movement as BNP-Jamaat ploy

FM terms quota reform movement as BNP-Jamaat ploy

-- 2018-07-19 20:58:50

Government on Thursday claimed that the ongoing quota reform movement has become a ploy of BNP-Jamaat in order to destabilise the current stability and progress in the country. "These attacks are sim...

Dhaka feels the heat as city records highest temperature Thursday

Dhaka feels the heat as city records highest temperature Thursday

-- 2018-07-19 20:31:56

The residents of Dhaka have experienced the hottest day of the year in mid-rainy season. Temperature in the capital soared to a sizzling 37.6 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the highest  this year,...

Four children drown in Natore, Chandpur

Four children drown in Natore, Chandpur

-- 2018-07-19 19:39:45

Four children, including two sisters, drowned in Natore and Chandpur districts on Thursday. In Natore, two sisters drowned while taking bath in Nandakuja river in Chawktebaria village of Sadar upazil...

BD seeks EU support for smooth transition to middle income country status

BD seeks EU support for smooth transition to middle income country status

-- 2018-07-19 18:41:58

Bangladesh on Thursday sought continued support from the European Union (EU) for a smooth transition and sustained graduation as the country is on course to graduate to middle income country (MIC) sta...

Barishal Board tops with 70.55pc pass rate

Barishal Board tops with 70.55pc pass rate

-- 2018-07-19 17:47:06

Barishal Board has secured the top position among eight general educational boards with 70.55 percent pass rate in the HSC examinations this year. Some 62,173 students appeared in the examination und...

Mother, daughter slaughtered, father found hanging in Gazipur

Mother, daughter slaughtered, father found hanging in Gazipur

-- 2018-07-19 17:42:45

Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of a woman and her daughter and the hanging body of the woman's husband from their house in Haidorabad area of Gazipur on Thursday morning. The deceased were i...

100pc pass in 400 colleges

100pc pass in 400 colleges

-- 2018-07-19 17:19:22

A total of 400 educational institutions have achieved 100 per cent pass in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations this year. The number of institutions securing 100 pe...

EC plans to procure huge EVMs to ‘manipulate’ next polls: Rizvi

EC plans to procure huge EVMs to ‘manipulate’ next polls: Rizvi

-- 2018-07-19 17:13:38

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is planning to procure Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) spending Tk 26 billion (Tk 2,600 cro...

BD, Germany ink deal to issue e-passport

BD, Germany ink deal to issue e-passport

-- 2018-07-19 16:46:56

Bangladesh and Germany on Thursday signed a government-to-government agreement on e-passport following the government's decision to issue electronic passports alongside the machine readable passports...

BNP gets verbal permission to hold Friday’s rally

BNP gets verbal permission to hold Friday’s rally

-- 2018-07-19 16:20:20

BNP Thursday said it got permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police DMP) to hold a rally in the capital on Friday demanding the release its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. "We've got verbal per...

Cops retrieve body of missing man from water body

Cops retrieve body of missing man from water body

-- 2018-07-19 15:16:40

A day labourer, who went missing on Tuesday, was found dead at a water body in sadar upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Ariful Sheikh, 35, son of Sheikh Mohammad Ali of Khegra...

Indecision delays water supply project at Jagonnathpur UZ

Indecision delays water supply project at Jagonnathpur UZ

Our Correspondent 2018-07-19 15:08:16

The authority concerned could not start the much desired water supply and sanitation project at Jagonnathpur upazila headquarters in Sunamganj due to absence of site selection. Locals said the concer...

President back home from London

President back home from London

-- 2018-07-19 14:31:02

President Abdul Hamid has arrived back home on Thursday following his medical check-up in London. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG202) carrying the President landed at Hazrat Shahjalal Inter...

Trinamool BNP, eight other parties ‘joining’ AL bloc

Trinamool BNP, eight other parties ‘joining’ AL bloc

-- 2018-07-19 14:11:01

Nazmul Huda’s Trinamool BNP and eight other parties want to join the ruling coalition led by the Awami League to establish a secular Bangladesh. The leaders of the nine parties and the 14-Party...

Deer poaching in Sundarbans on rise

Deer poaching in Sundarbans on rise

-- 2018-07-19 13:29:40

Deer poaching and hunting in the Sundarbans under Satkhira range have increased at an alarming rate as poachers become desperate, bringing a new threat to this vegetarian animal. The biggest threat f...

Naogaon road accident leaves two dead

Naogaon road accident leaves two dead

-- 2018-07-19 13:27:25

Two people were killed when a bus rammed a human-hauler at Deluabari Bus Stand in Manda upazila of Naogaon on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Taslim Uddin, 45, son of Lalmon Pramanik and Az...

BD, Germany hold ‘political talks’

BD, Germany hold ‘political talks’

-- 2018-07-19 13:16:03

Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office Niels Annen on Thursday held ‘political talks’ with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali at the State Guesthouse Padma in Dhaka city. Amo...

Police recover body of rickshaw-van puller in Natore

Police recover body of rickshaw-van puller in Natore

-- 2018-07-19 12:49:18

A rickshaw-van puller was found dead at Muradpur in Bagatipara upazila of Natore district on Thursday. Abdullah Al Mamun, officer-in-charge of Bagatipara Police Station, said locals spotted the body...

RAB arrests three JMB men in Natore

RAB arrests three JMB men in Natore

-- 2018-07-19 12:03:36

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) during a drive arrested three members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with their organisation’s handbook from Ruerbh...

66.64pc pass HSC, equivalent exams

66.64pc pass HSC, equivalent exams

-- 2018-07-19 10:54:31

The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) 2018 and its equivalent examinations were published on Thursday, showing the pass rate at 66.64 per cent, which is 2.27 per cent lower than 68.91 per...

Two die in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

Two die in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-07-19 10:44:43

Two people were killed in a reported gunfight with a joint team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) on Marine Drive road in Cox’s Bazar’s Himchhari area earl...

CCC, BHTPA sign MoU to build software park in Ctg

CCC, BHTPA sign MoU to build software park in Ctg

Our Correspondent 2018-07-19 10:16:41

The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) is set to set up the first software technology park in the port-city to help achieve the government's Vision 2021. To this end, CCC signed a memorandum of unders...

BD third top aquaculture fish producing country

BD third top aquaculture fish producing country

FE Report 2018-07-19 10:12:41

Bangladesh has become the third top aquaculture fish producing country in the world, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). As per the FAO's latest report in 2018, Bangladesh ranks...

China's Kunming Iron will submit final proposal by Oct

China's Kunming Iron will submit final proposal by Oct

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-07-19 10:09:45

Chinese steel goliath Kunming Iron and Steel Holding Company (KISC) is likely to submit its final proposal for its 2.3 billion dollar steel plant project by October this year. Chairman Zhao Yongpin...

BD children to perform in ‘Nuclear Kids’ Musical Show in Hungary

BD children to perform in ‘Nuclear Kids’ Musical Show in Hungary

-- 2018-07-18 21:07:32

Bangladeshi students are participating in the Rosatom-sponsored 'Nuclear Kids' musical show in Hungary. According to a Rosatom press release, in a spectacular amalgamation of music and nuclear energy...

BD facing challenges for Rohingya influx: Speaker

BD facing challenges for Rohingya influx: Speaker

-- 2018-07-18 20:28:46

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said Bangladesh is currently facing massive challenges due to the influx of Rohingyas from the neighbouring Rakhine state of Myanmar. The Speaker came up with the...