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Cops detain 32 in Bagerhat anti-narcotics drive

Cops detain 32 in Bagerhat anti-narcotics drive

-- 2019-01-13 11:31:01

Police arrested a total of 32 people from nine upazilas of Bagerhat district in special drives conducted from Saturday night to Sunday morning. Police conducted the drives in nine upazilas and arrest...

Bus rams into auto-rickshaw in Keraniganj, killing two

Bus rams into auto-rickshaw in Keraniganj, killing two

-- 2019-01-13 11:04:55

An auto-rickshaw driver and a passenger were killed when a bus rammed the vehicle at Abdullahpur stand area in Keraniganj on Sunday morning. The details of the deceased could not be known immediately...

Fire guts 35 shops at Bhola bazar

Fire guts 35 shops at Bhola bazar

-- 2019-01-13 10:37:56

At least 35 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Elisha Junction Bazar in Bhola sadar upazila on Saturday night. The fire originated from an electric short circuit at 'Amir Workshop' around...

Move on to import raw sugar for first time

Move on to import raw sugar for first time

Rezaul Karim 2019-01-13 10:32:05

The government has made a move to import raw sugar to boost its stock, for the first time, to address huge shortages of the sweetener, officials said. Abul Rafique, chief of personnel and secretary...

BTRC plans to bring illegal handsets under surveillance

BTRC plans to bring illegal handsets under surveillance

-- 2019-01-12 21:18:22

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has taken a move to bring illegal mobile handsets under its surveillance. The BTRC says it has taken the initiative to prevent illegal im...

Vote margin disproves claims of rigging: Joy

Vote margin disproves claims of rigging: Joy

-- 2019-01-12 20:55:38

Prime Minister’s ICT affairs adviser Sajeeb Wajed Joy has said the opposition claims of vote rigging during 11th parliamentary election are mathematically impossible in view of the margin of vot...

Banana growers hopeful of getting plentiful yield in Rangpur

Banana growers hopeful of getting plentiful yield in Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2019-01-12 20:53:39

RANGPUR, Jan 12: The growers of banana in different areas of the district are hopeful of getting a plentiful yield of the fruit during this year.According to the agriculturists, the soil of many areas...

Surplus carrot output delights hundreds of Bogura farmers

Surplus carrot output delights hundreds of Bogura farmers

Our Correspondent 2019-01-12 20:49:35

BOGURA, Jan 12: Surplus carrot output has brought smile to hundreds of farmers in Bogura region.Farmers of Dupchanchia, Kahaloo, Adamdighi, Sonatola, Sharikandi, Gabtoly, Sibganj, Serpur, Nandigram, S...

Six children lose lives in cold

Six children lose lives in cold

-- 2019-01-12 20:26:36

The sweeping cold wave has claimed the lives of at least six children in Thakurgaon district over the last one week and affected many more, said acting civil surgeon Dr Shahjahan Newaz. He said some...

AL to sit with leaders of Dhaka, nearby districts Sunday

AL to sit with leaders of Dhaka, nearby districts Sunday

-- 2019-01-12 20:12:37

Awami League will sit with its leaders and public representatives, nominated by the party, from Dhaka and its five nearby districts on Sunday. The joint meeting will begin at 11am at AL's central off...

Brahmaputra char people acclimatise well to changing weather condition

Brahmaputra char people acclimatise well to changing weather condition

-- 2019-01-12 19:22:48

Thousands of people living in riverine char areas have efficiently adapted to climate change to survive and lead normal life under adverse situations on the Brahmaputra basin. Adapting to adverse sit...

‘BD will lead world in 4th revolution’

‘BD will lead world in 4th revolution’

-- 2019-01-12 19:21:40

Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Saturday said Bangladesh has missed the first three revolutions, but now it will lead the world in the coming 4th revolu...

Wealth info mandatory for land officials

Wealth info mandatory for land officials

-- 2019-01-12 18:33:51

Newly-appointed Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Saturday ordered all officials of his ministry to submit their wealth statements within the next month. “The land ministry will be brought...

Dr Kamal terms joining election ‘a mistake’ 

Dr Kamal terms joining election ‘a mistake’ 

-- 2019-01-12 18:03:34

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday said it was a mistake to join the 11th parliamentary election with Jamaat-e-Islami under the banner of Jatiya Oikafront (JOF). "I've already publi...

PM urges BNP MPs-elect to join parliament

PM urges BNP MPs-elect to join parliament

-- 2019-01-12 17:37:52

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the MPs-elect of BNP to join Parliament for the sake of democracy and utilise the scope for their return to constructive politics. "BNP should join Parl...

NBR moves to check tax dodging by foreign workers

NBR moves to check tax dodging by foreign workers

-- 2019-01-12 17:32:49

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to distribute leaflets among the foreign nationals who are engaged in various types of jobs in the country to ensure revenue collection from them. "We...

Govt fears talks on ‘fake polls’: Rizvi

Govt fears talks on ‘fake polls’: Rizvi

-- 2019-01-12 16:21:44

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said that the ruling party is unwilling to hold talks with the opposition as it cannot answer for the ‘fake’ votes cast in the gene...

Two motorcyclists die in Habiganj road crash

Two motorcyclists die in Habiganj road crash

-- 2019-01-12 15:38:10

Two motorcyclists were killed as a truck hit their vehicle on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in front of Dinarpur Dakhil Madrasa in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj in the early hours of Friday. The victims were i...

Political violence claims 67 lives in 2018: ASK

Political violence claims 67 lives in 2018: ASK

FE Online Report 2019-01-12 14:33:50

A total of 67 people were killed and 7287 others injured in 701 incidents of political violence in 2018, according to a local independent rights body. The figures were up from 52 killed and 4,81...

Police arrest man for killing wife in Noakhali

Police arrest man for killing wife in Noakhali

-- 2019-01-12 13:01:10

Members of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested a man from Moulvi Pukurpara under Chatgaon thana in Chattogram city in the early hours of Saturday over the killing of his wife in Noakhali Sad...

RMG workers resume protests, demand cancellation of wage board

RMG workers resume protests, demand cancellation of wage board

-- 2019-01-12 13:01:09

Ready-made garment workers staged demonstrations in different parts of the city and Gazipur for sixth consecutive day on Saturday demanding cancellation of ‘discriminatory wage board’ anno...

Police recover two bullet-riddled bodies in Cox’s Bazar

Police recover two bullet-riddled bodies in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2019-01-12 12:42:34

Police recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of two suspected drug traders from Hneela in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf region on Saturday morning. Pradip Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Poli...

EC plans NIDs for expats in Singapore

EC plans NIDs for expats in Singapore

-- 2019-01-12 12:31:15

The Election Commission is likely to pick Singapore to trial a project for providing expatriate Bangladeshis with national identity (NID) cards.    EC Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed has s...

Benapole road accident leaves one dead

Benapole road accident leaves one dead

-- 2019-01-12 12:10:55

A young man was killed and his elder brother injured as an engine-run van hit a motorcycle at Palua in Chowgachha upazila of Benapole on Friday night. The dead man was identified as Sabuj Hossain, 26...

BRT: RHD, BBA show poor performance

BRT: RHD, BBA show poor performance

Munima Sultana 2019-01-12 10:22:06

Roads and Highways Department (RHD) and Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) have showed poor performance among three agencies involved in developing bus-based mass transit corridor from Airport to Gaz...

Export of plastic goods marks 21pc rise in H1 of current FY

Export of plastic goods marks 21pc rise in H1 of current FY

SM Najmus Sakib 2019-01-12 10:12:22

The country's export of plastic goods marked a 21 per cent rise in the first half of the current fiscal year (FY) over the corresponding period of last fiscal. The plastic sector fetched US$ 56.54 mi...

ACC ‘keeping an eye’ on CCH officials

ACC ‘keeping an eye’ on CCH officials

Our Correspondent 2019-01-12 09:37:40

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has vowed to free the Chittagong Customs House (CCH) from corruption by any section of officials. The graft-buster agency's resolve has come in consideration of p...

Police arrest another suspect over gang-rape on election day

Police arrest another suspect over gang-rape on election day

-- 2019-01-11 20:24:03

Police have arrested another suspect over the gang-rape of a woman on election day. Henchu Majhi, 29, was arrested from Daudkandi in Cumilla on Friday morning, said Md Abul Khair, officer-in-charge o...

Bangladesh improves on Global Terror Index

Bangladesh improves on Global Terror Index

-- 2019-01-11 19:32:45

Bangladesh is among the four nations in South Asia that experienced decline in terror attacks. While terror impact on South Asia has worsened on average, Bangladesh shows improvement in security alon...

Clear illegal establishments along roads in a week: Quader

Clear illegal establishments along roads in a week: Quader

-- 2019-01-11 18:59:58

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has asked the authorities to dismantle all the illegal establishments along the national highways within a week. The minister gave the instruction w...