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52 women raped, five murdered in January: BMP

52 women raped, five murdered in January: BMP

FE Online Report 2019-02-03 15:54:34

As many as 52 women were raped, 22 gang raped and five were murdered after rape across the country in the first month of 2019, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) said. A total of 298 incidents of viole...

HC orders authorities to release wrongly accused man from jail

HC orders authorities to release wrongly accused man from jail

-- 2019-02-03 15:18:59

The High Court on Sunday ordered Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons to immediately release innocent Jaha Alam, who is in jail for the last three years instead of the real accused in 33 corrupti...

Special lab to check food adulteration: PM

Special lab to check food adulteration: PM

-- 2019-02-03 14:47:19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government will set up a specialised laboratory in the country to check food adulteration. "A specialised laboratory for food testing is urgently neede...

Increase JS reserved seats by one-third: BMP

Increase JS reserved seats by one-third: BMP

FE Online Report 2019-02-03 14:38:27

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) has yet again called for increasing reserved seats for women in parliament by one-third. To this effect, it urged the government to place the bill in the upcoming ses...

HC bars river encroachers from contesting polls

HC bars river encroachers from contesting polls

-- 2019-02-03 13:46:01

Soon after declaring Dhaka’s Turag River a ‘living entity’ in an effort to conserve rivers, streams and other water bodies, the High Court has announced the formation of a national r...

Scrutinising distribution of wrong question papers: Minister

Scrutinising distribution of wrong question papers: Minister

-- 2019-02-03 12:32:12

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Sunday said the government is scrutinising the allegation of distributing wrong question papers at several centres on the first day of the ongoing SSC and equivalent...

Two die in truck-covered van crash

Two die in truck-covered van crash

-- 2019-02-03 11:51:55

Two people have died after a truck rammed into a covered van in Gazipur’s Kaliganj upazila. The accident occurred on the Mirer Bazar-Kanchan Road in the Naotana area at around 9:45pm on Saturda...

2,478 Rajnagar tea workers getting govt allowance finally

2,478 Rajnagar tea workers getting govt allowance finally

FE Report 2019-02-03 11:12:13

The workers of 12 tea gardens in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar district have started getting their yearly government allowance finally after eight months following intervention of the Anti-Corruptio...

Bus collides head-on with microbus in Ctg, killing four

Bus collides head-on with microbus in Ctg, killing four

-- 2019-02-03 11:08:53

At least four people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on Chattogram-Potia road at Bhaer Dighi village in Potia upazila of the port city on Sunday m...

E-waste may stand at 4.62m tonnes in Bangladesh by 2035

E-waste may stand at 4.62m tonnes in Bangladesh by 2035

FE Report 2019-02-03 11:03:03

The total amount of e-waste generated in Bangladesh more than tripled in last eight years owing to increased access to the electronic and digital equipments. The country generated around 0.4 million...

Napier grass boosts natural  cattle fattening in Bogura

Napier grass boosts natural cattle fattening in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-02-03 09:22:21

BOGURA, Feb 02: Napier grass, imported from the developed countries, is boosting natural cattle fattening in Bogura district for the last few years.Its cultivation is also reducing rearing cost of she...

Dakhil examinee attempts suicide in Chandpur

Dakhil examinee attempts suicide in Chandpur

-- 2019-02-02 21:54:59

A madrasah student on Saturday tried to commit suicide by hanging herself after being failed to sit for this year's Dakhil examination as her admit card was not issued before the exam due to an error...

Info Minister terms demand for reelection ‘childish’

Info Minister terms demand for reelection ‘childish’

-- 2019-02-02 20:38:34

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday characterised the BNP's demand for reelection as a 'childish desire'. "If anyone loses a football match and demands holding the match again, it's noth...

Book fair draws huge crowd on weekend

Book fair draws huge crowd on weekend

-- 2019-02-02 20:23:41

A large number of people of all ages thronged the month-long Ekushey Book Fair on Saturday. The fair celebrated its first Shishu Prohor (special time schedule for the children) from 11:00am to 1:00pm...

Nat’l Food Safety Day observed

Nat’l Food Safety Day observed

-- 2019-02-02 19:45:50

National Food Safety Day was observed on Sunday across the country with a call to prevent food adulteration and ensure safe food for all. This year’s theme of the day was “Sustho-Sobol Ja...

Road crash kills two in Khulna

Road crash kills two in Khulna

-- 2019-02-02 19:34:54

Two college students were killed and another was severely injured after their motorcycle collided head-on with a speeding bus in Potiaghata upazila in Khulna on Saturday afternoon. The deceased were...

BSF guns down cattle trader in Lalmonirhat

BSF guns down cattle trader in Lalmonirhat

-- 2019-02-02 19:27:39

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) killed a Bangladeshi cattle trader along Baura frontier area in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat on Saturday. The BSF members also dragged away the body into Indi...

Anisul stresses quality education

Anisul stresses quality education

-- 2019-02-02 18:45:30

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday laid emphasis on ensuring standard education to turn Bangladesh a developed nation by 2041. “It is our national duty to cr...

11th parliament lacks legitimacy: Fakhrul

11th parliament lacks legitimacy: Fakhrul

-- 2019-02-02 18:30:05

BNP on Saturday alleged that the 11th parliament lacks legitimacy as its MPs were not elected with people's votes. "The current parliament doesn't have the moral legitimacy to go into session since t...

Political parties sans Oikya Front join PM’s tea party

Political parties sans Oikya Front join PM’s tea party

-- 2019-02-02 18:25:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday hosted a tea party for the leaders of political alliances and organisations who had joined the prime minister's dialogue before the 11th general election. Fro...

SSC examination:  Wrong question papers given at four Ctg centres

SSC examination: Wrong question papers given at four Ctg centres

-- 2019-02-02 18:02:26

Examinees at four Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination centres were given question paper sets according to a different syllabus due to ‘the errors of centre officials’ on the fir...

MoU for 560 model mosques construction Sunday

MoU for 560 model mosques construction Sunday

-- 2019-02-02 17:33:03

Local Government and Rural Development Division (LGRD) and Religious Affairs Ministry are set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Sunday aimed at constructing 560 model mosques and Islamic...

E-waste management policy at final stage

E-waste management policy at final stage

-- 2019-02-02 17:21:13

Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Saturday said a policy on managing e-waste is at its final stage. "It is currently with the law ministry," he said at a...

RAB nabs two fraudsters in city

RAB nabs two fraudsters in city

-- 2019-02-02 16:57:42

Two fraudsters, who identified themselves as senior Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) officials, were arrested from the city's Hazaribagh on Friday. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) identified the men as...

Two die as truck hits motorbike in Thakurgaon

Two die as truck hits motorbike in Thakurgaon

-- 2019-02-02 16:11:06

A motorcyclist and its pillion rider were killed as a goods-laden truck hit their two-wheeler at Untrish Mile area in South Sadar upazila of Thukurgaon on Saturday morning. The dead were identified a...

Fire engulfs lubricant godown in Narayanganj

Fire engulfs lubricant godown in Narayanganj

-- 2019-02-02 13:24:35

A fire broke out at a lubricant warehouse at Nandalalpur in Fatullah upazila of Narayanganj on Saturday morning. The fire broke out at RM Level lubricant company warehouse at around 11:15am, said Dut...

DNCC polls: Officials reject JP’s Shafin’s nomination

DNCC polls: Officials reject JP’s Shafin’s nomination

-- 2019-02-02 13:11:25

Election officials have rejected the nomination of Jatiya Party mayoral candidate Shafin Ahmed for the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls. Returning Officer Abul Kashem said on Saturday that o...

Mob lynches two ‘cattle lifters’ in Gazipur

Mob lynches two ‘cattle lifters’ in Gazipur

-- 2019-02-02 12:37:24

Two suspected cattle lifters were killed in a lynch-mob attack at Bariabah in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur in the early hours of Saturday. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet. Acco...

Miscreants stab Jubo League activist to death

Miscreants stab Jubo League activist to death

-- 2019-02-02 11:44:16

A local Jubo League activist was stabbed to death by unknown miscreants at Akbar Shah area in Chattogram city on Friday night. The dead man was identified as Md Masud, Jubo League activist of Paharto...

EC plans to hold upazila polls Mar 10

EC plans to hold upazila polls Mar 10

-- 2019-02-02 11:31:35

The Election Commission (EC) is planning to hold Upazila Parishad Election in 101 upazilas in the first phase on Mar 10. The EC secretariat will present the names of 101 upazilas in Rangpur, Rajshahi...