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Police recover body of man in Natore

Police recover body of man in Natore

-- 2019-02-02 11:28:06

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from Belghoria Bypass area in Natore district town on Saturday morning. Local people spotted the body on the road and informed police. Police then re...

Woman, minor boy die in Sylhet road crashes

Woman, minor boy die in Sylhet road crashes

-- 2019-02-02 11:20:44

A woman and a minor boy were killed in separate road accidents in Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet on Friday. The dead were identified as Rumel Ahmed, 7, son of Nurul Alam of Satpari village of the upazil...

SSC, equivalent examinations begin

SSC, equivalent examinations begin

-- 2019-02-02 10:37:12

This year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations have begun across the country this Saturday morning. The examinations are being held under the ten education boards that wil...

DITF attracts huge crowd on the penultimate weekly holiday

DITF attracts huge crowd on the penultimate weekly holiday

FE Report 2019-02-02 10:11:49

The Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2019 attracted huge crowd on Friday, a public holiday, with only seven days left to close the annual event. People from all walks of society started crowding...

Flower business booms in country

Flower business booms in country

Yasir Wardad 2019-02-02 10:09:59

The rising income of middle-class people along with rapid socioeconomic development helped boost flower and foliage business in the country. The growing demand for flowers also helped the cultivators...

Ctg doctor's suicide: Wife confesses to extra-marital affairs

Ctg doctor's suicide: Wife confesses to extra-marital affairs

-- 2019-02-01 21:33:33

Tanjila Haq Chowdhury Mitu, who was detained over the apparent suicide of her husband Dr Mustafa Morshed Akash, has confessed to having extramarital affairs with others, police claimed on Friday. She...

Call to acquaint new generation with real history

Call to acquaint new generation with real history

-- 2019-02-01 21:11:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday called upon all to make the new generation aware of the real history of the nation which reached its destination through tremendous sacrifices and struggles. &l...

DMP’s special traffic campaign to continue till Saturday

DMP’s special traffic campaign to continue till Saturday

FE Online Report 2019-02-01 19:32:16

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has extended in its 15 days special traffic discipline campaign for two more. As per the extension, the traffic discipline campaign will now continue till Saturday...

Ekushey Book Fair begins

Ekushey Book Fair begins

-- 2019-02-01 18:35:01

The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair, a yearly event for booklovers and publishers, began at the premise of Bangla Academy and adjoining Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Friday. Prime Minister Sheikh...

Another rape suspect found dead in Jhalakathi   

Another rape suspect found dead in Jhalakathi  

-- 2019-02-01 18:21:57

Another rape suspect has been found dead in Jhalakathi with a note around his neck on Friday.   He has been identified as Rakib Hasan, one of the men accused of gang-raping a madrasa stude...

Oikyafront not attending Ganabhaban party

Oikyafront not attending Ganabhaban party

-- 2019-02-01 17:53:58

The Jatiya Oikyafront has decided not to attend Ganabhaban’s tea party. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited all political parties that took part in the general election at her official res...

Police arrest 23 drug peddlers in Khulna

Police arrest 23 drug peddlers in Khulna

-- 2019-02-01 17:40:09

Police arrested 106 people, including 23 drug peddlers, from different parts of the district from Thursday to Friday morning. Md Anisur Rahman, additional superintendent of Khulna Metropolitan Polic...

SSC, equivalent exams begin Saturday

SSC, equivalent exams begin Saturday

-- 2019-02-01 17:36:52

This year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations begin across the country on Saturday. A total of 2,135,333 students, including 1,070,441 boys and 1,064,892 girls, are expec...

Number of prisoners drops significantly in last 14 days

Number of prisoners drops significantly in last 14 days

FE Online Report 2019-02-01 15:07:06

The number of prisoners in the country has witnessed a significant decline in the last 14 days. There were 92,845 inmates as on January 18 and it decreased by 3,281 to 89,564 on February 1, 2019, acc...

Govt transfers 23 DGHS employees

Govt transfers 23 DGHS employees

-- 2019-02-01 13:37:02

The government has transferred the 23 employees of the health directorate who are allegedly members of a syndicate that made fortunes through corruption. The health ministry has also formed eight com...

Charged by father, yaba dealer gets two years

Charged by father, yaba dealer gets two years

-- 2019-02-01 13:18:09

A Feni court has sentenced a yaba dealer to two years in prison over a case initiated by his father. Nine witnesses, including his parents, wife and sister, had testified against him in court. Feni...

RAB arrests militants in Dhaka 'plotting to kill newspaper editor'

RAB arrests militants in Dhaka 'plotting to kill newspaper editor'

-- 2019-02-01 13:12:12

Four militants arrested in Uttara were planning to murder a newspaper editor, the Rapid Action Battalion has said. The suspected members of Ansarullah Bangla Team were caught by the elite police unit...

Police arrest 86 in Satkhira, Dinajpur

Police arrest 86 in Satkhira, Dinajpur

Agencies 2019-02-01 13:09:34

Police arrested a total of 86 suspects from different parts of Satkhira and Dinajpur districts from Thursday evening to Friday morning. Sub-inspector Azam Khan of Special Branch Satkhira district pol...

Cops recover body of trader in Sylhet

Cops recover body of trader in Sylhet

-- 2019-02-01 11:56:37

A trader was found dead inside his business establishment in front of Tajpur College beside Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet on Thursday. The dead man was identified as Yusuf Ali...

RAB detains four suspected Ansarullah men

RAB detains four suspected Ansarullah men

-- 2019-02-01 11:45:20

Four suspected members of banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team have been detained from Dhaka’s Uttara. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) raided the suburb area at around 2:00am Friday, M...

Police detain wife over physician’s suicide

Police detain wife over physician’s suicide

-- 2019-02-01 11:23:07

Police have arrested the wife of physician Akash from Nandan Kanon area in the port city over his reported suicide. A team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit of Chattogram Metro...

Modern farming methods changing  agriculture in Sylhet

Modern farming methods changing agriculture in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2019-02-01 00:23:23

SYLHET, Jan 31: Just years ago many areas in Sylhet were backward in agriculture. Vast tracts of lands remained barren mainly due to lack of common farmers' interest. But things have started changing...

Low production, market price upset Sirajganj honey collectors

Low production, market price upset Sirajganj honey collectors

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-01 00:22:19

SIRAJGANJ, Jan 31: Due to unexpected low production and market price, a good number trained up honey collectors in Sirajganj district are severely disheartened this season. The honey extractors of th...

Gono Forum MPs-elect won't join parliament: Dr Kamal

Gono Forum MPs-elect won't join parliament: Dr Kamal

-- 2019-01-31 19:31:26

Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Thursday said they have asked their two MPs-elect not to join parliament as per their party decision their party’s decision. “We’ve clearly...

Dipu Moni assures no question leakage during SSC

Dipu Moni assures no question leakage during SSC

-- 2019-01-31 18:05:04

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Thursday assured everyone that no question paper will be leaked the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations set to begin on Saturday. She sai...

Rizvi says corruption runs deep in BD

Rizvi says corruption runs deep in BD

-- 2019-01-31 17:50:30

Corruption has grown into a severe problem in Bangladesh, said BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. Rizvi spoke at a news conference on Thursday in response to the informatio...

185 people murdered in January alone: Report

185 people murdered in January alone: Report

-- 2019-01-31 17:47:52

The Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC) said 185 people were murdered across the country in the month of January alone. As per the report released on Thursday, six people were murdered everyday...

‘BNP trying to make polls controversial to foreigners’

‘BNP trying to make polls controversial to foreigners’

-- 2019-01-31 17:28:55

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said BNP is now lobbying with European Union (EU) and the United States for making the recently held general election controversial, afte...

Shakhawat Moon made PM’s deputy press secretary

Shakhawat Moon made PM’s deputy press secretary

-- 2019-01-31 17:25:29

Senior Trainer of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) KM Shakhawat Moon has been appointed as a deputy press secretary to the Prime Minister. The Public Administration Ministry on Thursday issued a n...

Question leak gang busted, nine held

Question leak gang busted, nine held

-- 2019-01-31 17:19:32

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has claimed to have arrested nine members of the biggest and organised gang who used to leak question papers of different public examinations including that of...