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DU teachers, students demand punishment of assaulters

DU teachers, students demand punishment of assaulters

-- 2018-07-16 16:59:10

Students and teachers of International Relations of Dhaka University (DU) formed a human chain on the campus protesting the assault on Associate Professor of the department Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan a...

BMP slams JS reserved seats for women sans election

BMP slams JS reserved seats for women sans election

FE Report 2018-07-16 15:55:37

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) has slammed the extension of reserved seats for women in parliament for 25 more years without keeping the provision of election. The parliament, on July 8, unanimousl...

Signal 3 to continue for maritime ports: Met office

Signal 3 to continue for maritime ports: Met office

-- 2018-07-16 15:49:21

Maritime ports have been advised to continue hoisting local cautionary signal number three as the well marked low over North-West Bay and adjoining area is moving slightly westward.  “Th...

Rouf Talukder becomes acting finance secretary

Rouf Talukder becomes acting finance secretary

-- 2018-07-16 15:48:38

The government has appointed Abdur Rouf Talukder as the new acting secretary of the Finance Division. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notice regarding the appointment on Monday, bdnews...

‘Gunfights’ leave two ‘drug traders’ dead

‘Gunfights’ leave two ‘drug traders’ dead

-- 2018-07-16 15:32:08

Two suspected drug traders were killed and seven police injured in separate gunfights in Mymensingh and Kushtia districts early Monday. In Mymensingh, Noman Khan, 45, an accused in several drug cas...

ICT to deliver Moulvibazar war crimes verdict Tuesday

ICT to deliver Moulvibazar war crimes verdict Tuesday

-- 2018-07-16 15:11:41

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday set Tuesday to deliver its judgment against four suspects for committing crimes against humanity in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar district of Sylhet...

Truck overturns in Cox’s Bazar, killing five

Truck overturns in Cox’s Bazar, killing five

-- 2018-07-16 11:58:32

Five people have been killed and nine others injured as a bamboo-laden truck overturned in front of Balukhali customs office in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila on Monday morning. The deceased...

Experts for proper design, fitness of water vessels

Experts for proper design, fitness of water vessels

FE Report 2018-07-16 10:43:55

Experts have demanded transparency in the approval of design of waterway vessels and fitness test for safety. They also demanded clarity in the registration process and mastership as well as driving...

Microcredit gains momentum

Microcredit gains momentum

FE Report 2018-07-16 10:39:32

The number of microcredit beneficiaries across the country rose significantly in one year to June 2016, according to the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) data. The total number of loan recipien...

Influential people grab Ramsagar canal

Influential people grab Ramsagar canal

Our Correspondent 2018-07-15 21:26:14

There is an allegation that, influential people with the help of some unscrupulous Water Development Board (WDB) employees have grabbed Ramsagar canal in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura. 400 years old...

Millers procure 19,707 tonnes of rice in Sylhet division

Millers procure 19,707 tonnes of rice in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2018-07-15 21:25:07

SYLHET, July 15: The food department's rice procurement drive has been going on in the Sylhet division with a target of 24,701 tonnes during the current season. Already 19707 tonnes of rice had been p...

Bogura farmers expect bumper  off-season brinjal production

Bogura farmers expect bumper off-season brinjal production

Our Correspondent 2018-07-15 21:24:18

BOGURA, July 15: Farmers of Bogura district are expecting to produce bumper off-seasonal brinjal this season. Due to favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agri-input the farmer'...

Govt to increase quality potato seed supply: Matia

Govt to increase quality potato seed supply: Matia

-- 2018-07-15 20:30:09

The government is working to increase quality potato seed supply for the farmers by expanding the cold storage facilities for around 60,000 tonnes potatoes by the year 2020-21. “By expanding th...

'Three million saplings in memory of 3 million martyrs'

'Three million saplings in memory of 3 million martyrs'

-- 2018-07-15 20:11:46

A total of 3 million saplings will be planted to pay tributes to 3 million martyrs of the country's Liberation War on the occasion of National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair this year. Enviro...

Fire breaks out at Dhaka airport

Fire breaks out at Dhaka airport

-- 2018-07-15 18:58:54

A fire has erupted at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, halting services, reports bdnews24.com. Several units of firefighters rushed to the scene to douse the flames after smoke l...

Two brothers die from electrocution in Chattogram

Two brothers die from electrocution in Chattogram

-- 2018-07-15 18:53:15

Two brothers died from electrocution at Jabbarhat village under Hathazari upazila in Chattogram on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Saudi expatriate Md Nazrul Islam, 35, and his younge...

Legal notice served to DU, RU for inaction over ‘BCL attacks’

Legal notice served to DU, RU for inaction over ‘BCL attacks’

-- 2018-07-15 18:30:27

A thirteen-member body of lawyers form Supreme Court on Sunday sent a legal notice to the authorities of the Dhaka University (DU) and Rajshahi University (RU) asking them to know what legal measures...

PM seeks UAE investment in SEZs

PM seeks UAE investment in SEZs

-- 2018-07-15 18:20:20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to investment in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) of Bangladesh. She made the call when newly appointed UAE ambassador Sae...

Muslim Chowdhury becomes auditor general

Muslim Chowdhury becomes auditor general

-- 2018-07-15 17:29:03

The government has appointed Finance Secretary Md Muslim Chowdhury as the comptroller and auditor general. The finance ministry issued a notice on the appointment on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com. He...

Mother, daughter found dead inside water tank

Mother, daughter found dead inside water tank

-- 2018-07-15 17:24:50

A 94-year-old woman and her daughter were found dead inside the reserve water tank of a house in Chattogram on Sunday. Chattogram Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner (Bayezid Bostami Zone) Soh...

India offers five-year multiple visa for FFs, elderly citizens

India offers five-year multiple visa for FFs, elderly citizens

-- 2018-07-15 17:04:40

Freedom fighters and elderly citizens, aged above 65, of Bangladesh will get a five-year Indian multiple visas. The two neighbouring countries signed a deal, titled Revised Travel Arrangements 2018,...

BCL men assault quota protesters again

BCL men assault quota protesters again

-- 2018-07-15 16:47:45

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists allegedly assaulted some quota reform protesters and teachers of Dhaka University at the Central Shaheed Minar premises on Sunday. The BCL men swooped on the...

BNP fears that govt planning to disqualify their leaders

BNP fears that govt planning to disqualify their leaders

-- 2018-07-15 16:21:25

BNP on Sunday feared that the government is trying to amend the Representation of the People Order (RPO) to remove Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman from their party's leadership and make them disqualifi...

Cops recover body of man in city

Cops recover body of man in city

-- 2018-07-15 15:29:48

Police recovered the body of a young man from Amtala in the city's Banani area on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rashed, 38, a bodyguard of Yusuf Sardar Jewel, convener of Banani unit Jubo Le...

Won’t allow BD soil to be used against India: Home Minister

Won’t allow BD soil to be used against India: Home Minister

-- 2018-07-15 14:21:03

Bangladesh has conveyed to India that it will not allow using an inch of its soil to operate terror activities against India as the country shows zero tolerance to terrorism and militancy. Home Minis...

Police recover body of youth from train roof

Police recover body of youth from train roof

-- 2018-07-15 13:27:08

A young man was found dead on the roof of a train at Joydebpur Rail Junction in Gazipur on Saturday midnight. SM Rakibul Haq, sub-inspector of Railway Police camp, said being informed by a cleaner of...

BD urges world to step up pressure on Myanmar to repatriate Rohingyas

BD urges world to step up pressure on Myanmar to repatriate Rohingyas

-- 2018-07-15 13:13:09

Bangladesh has urged the international community to continue and "step up pressure on Myanmar" authorities so that the Rohingyas can return to their ancestral homes in Myanmar in safety, dignity and s...

Two workers die in Jamalpur boiler blast

Two workers die in Jamalpur boiler blast

-- 2018-07-15 13:12:08

Two workers were killed in a boiler explosion at a rice mill at Baghadoba in Melandaha upazila on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Abdul Karim, 45, hailing from Sherpur district and Mintu, 35,...

UP member dies in Munshiganj speedboat accident

UP member dies in Munshiganj speedboat accident

-- 2018-07-15 13:09:14

A union parishad member has been killed and ten others suffered injuries when a speedboat turned upside down after being hit by a ferry at Shimulia Ghat area in Munshiganj on Sunday. The deceased was...

Divers recover body of drowned girl from Meghna

Divers recover body of drowned girl from Meghna

-- 2018-07-15 12:41:58

The body of a female student of a private university, who along with another mate went missing while bathing in Meghna River at Char Sonarampur on Saturday, was recovered from rail bridge area in Ashu...