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Number of prisoners in BD stands at 98,480

Number of prisoners in BD stands at 98,480

FE Online Report 2019-01-04 12:42:32

The number of prisoners as of January 4, 2019 stood at 98,480, according to the Prisons Directorate under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Of the prisoners, 16,124 are convicts and the rest 82,356 are f...

Prices of rice, vegetables fall in Narsingdi

Prices of rice, vegetables fall in Narsingdi

-- 2019-01-04 11:49:56

Prices of rice and vegetables were seen to have a significant fall in Narsingdi district due to adequate supply of Aman rice and huge arrival of winter vegetables in the local markets. Sources concer...

Miscreants stab elderly woman dead in Munshiganj

Miscreants stab elderly woman dead in Munshiganj

-- 2019-01-04 11:38:23

A sexagenarian woman was stabbed to death by some miscreants at East Bejgaon village in Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Alaeya Begum, 60, wife of Atah...

Teenage boy dies over gambling in B’baria

Teenage boy dies over gambling in B’baria

-- 2019-01-04 11:34:37

A teenage boy was hacked to death by his rivals following previous enmity over gambling at Shahbazpur village in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria on Thursday night. The dead boy was identified as Shaki...

‘Gunfight’ leaves suspected drug trader dead

‘Gunfight’ leaves suspected drug trader dead

-- 2019-01-04 11:27:47

An alleged drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Muktarpur village in Chuadanga’s Damurhuda upazila in the early hours of Friday. The dead man was identified as Abdul Bar...

DMP realises over Tk 2.8m in fines from traffic offenders

DMP realises over Tk 2.8m in fines from traffic offenders

FE Online Report 2019-01-04 11:00:56

Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Wednesday realised Tk 2.842million in fines from traffic offenders in the city. Besides, a total of 4,792 cases were also filed against diff...

Minister Syed Ashraful Islam passes away

Minister Syed Ashraful Islam passes away

-- 2019-01-03 23:09:19

Four days after being elected as a MP for the 11th parliament, Awami League Presidium member and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam died of lung cancer at a hospital in Thailand on Thu...

Journalist Mirza Shameem no more

Journalist Mirza Shameem no more

FE Online Desk 2019-01-03 20:40:03

Journalist Mirza Shameem Akhter passed away at a city hospital on Thursday. He was 53. He left behind two brothers, one sister and a host of relatives to mourn his death. Shameem, a senior sub-edito...

Joypurhat potters attain solvency

Joypurhat potters attain solvency

Roving Correspondent 2019-01-03 20:32:05

JOYPURHAT, Jan 03: A good number of potters in the district have attained financial solvency in recent days. They make pots of different shapes and sizes according to the market demand. Akkelpur,...

Cold wave disrupts life in northern region

Cold wave disrupts life in northern region

-- 2019-01-03 20:14:53

The sweeping cold wave coupled with blowing cooler winds continued disrupting public life for the seventh consecutive day in the northern region of the country, officials and local citizens said. The...

New cabinet members to take oath Monday

New cabinet members to take oath Monday

-- 2019-01-03 19:35:53

Members of the upcoming cabinet will be sworn in on Monday. The oath-taking ceremony will be held at 3:00pm, said President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin while talking to reporters at Bangab...

Bhutan, Fiji PMs greet Hasina

Bhutan, Fiji PMs greet Hasina

-- 2019-01-03 19:28:02

Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering and Fijian Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her party Awami League’s victory in the 11th...

31 Rohingya people held in Cumilla

31 Rohingya people held in Cumilla

-- 2019-01-03 18:54:22

Police arrested 31 Rohingya people, including six women and 18 children, from Eidgah road intersection in Cumilla on Thursday. Md Salahuddin, inspector of Kotwali Model Police station, said on inform...

15,000 hectares of land brought under wheat cultivation in Panchagarh

15,000 hectares of land brought under wheat cultivation in Panchagarh

-- 2019-01-03 18:25:24

A total of 15,000 hectares of land have been brought under wheat cultivation this season in the district with a production target of 62,000 metric tonnes of wheat. The Department of Agriculture Exten...

Fakhrul terms Dec 30 polls ‘cruel mockery’ with nation

Fakhrul terms Dec 30 polls ‘cruel mockery’ with nation

-- 2019-01-03 18:18:29

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the December 30 election was 'a cruel mockery' with the nation. "It was mockery, a cruel mockery with the nation, and the nation has...

President invites Hasina to form new govt 

President invites Hasina to form new govt 

-- 2019-01-03 18:00:39

President Abdul Hamid on Thursday invited Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to form new government after her party's massive victory in the 11th national election. The President extended the inv...

Krishna Kaberi murderer to walk gallows

Krishna Kaberi murderer to walk gallows

-- 2019-01-03 17:55:49

A Dhaka court has sentenced to death the sole suspect of the murder of college teacher Krishna Kaberi. Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 judge Judge Shahed Nuruddin announced the verdict for Zahi...

Khaleda declines to comment on national election

Khaleda declines to comment on national election

-- 2019-01-03 17:33:51

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday declined to comment on the latest national election. "No comment," is what she said when reporters asked her about the December 30 polls after the Niko corrupt...

Jatiya Party to join Grand Alliance govt

Jatiya Party to join Grand Alliance govt

-- 2019-01-03 17:19:12

Jatiya Party Parliamentary Party on Thursday decided to join the Awami League-led Grand Alliance government to 'contribute' to the country's further development under the leadership of Prime Minister...

Electrocution kills minor boy in Tangail

Electrocution kills minor boy in Tangail

-- 2019-01-03 16:40:57

A minor boy died from electrocution in Basail municipality area of Tangail district on Thursday. The dead boy was identified as seven-year-old Jihad, son of mahor Ali, from Purbo Nayapara in the muni...

BNP won't be part of new parliament either

BNP won't be part of new parliament either

FE Online Desk 2019-01-03 15:26:52

The BNP leaders who won seats in the parliamentary election will not take the oath of office, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam has said. He was speaking to reporters outside th...

For Shanahan, a very public debut in Trump's cabinet

For Shanahan, a very public debut in Trump's cabinet

-- 2019-01-03 15:19:55

Patrick Shanahan was thrust into the spotlight during his debut as acting US defense secretary on Wednesday, sitting next to President Donald Trump as he publicly disparaged Shanahan’s predecess...

Police arrest local AL leader over gang-rape in Noakhali

Police arrest local AL leader over gang-rape in Noakhali

-- 2019-01-03 14:45:38

A local Awami League leader and another suspect have been arrested over the gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali on the election day. Ruhul Amin, a publication secretary of the ruling party at Subornacha...

Plastic factory catches fire in city

Plastic factory catches fire in city

-- 2019-01-03 14:22:14

A fire broke out at a plastic factory at West Islambagh in Dhaka city's Lalbagh area on Thursday. Ershadul Islam, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence Control Room, said the fire broke out...

Army succeeds in gaining public confidence: Gen Aziz

Army succeeds in gaining public confidence: Gen Aziz

-- 2019-01-03 14:18:08

Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed on Thursday said the army has been successful in gaining the confidence of people by properly performing their duties during the parliamentary elections. He cam...

PM to meet President today

PM to meet President today

-- 2019-01-03 13:59:56

After her party's massive victory in the 11th parliamentary election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to meet President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban today (Thursday). The Prime Minister is schedu...

DMP collects over Tk 2.2m in fines from traffic offenders

DMP collects over Tk 2.2m in fines from traffic offenders

FE Online Report 2019-01-03 13:17:07

Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday realised Tk 2.228 million in fines from traffic offenders in the city. Besides, a total of 4,106 cases were also filed against diffe...

Dhaka police arrest 28 drug suspects

Dhaka police arrest 28 drug suspects

FE Online Report 2019-01-03 13:03:46

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-drug drive arrested 28 suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs. A special team of DMP, comprising Detecti...

Two cops in prison after trying to snatch smuggled gold

Two cops in prison after trying to snatch smuggled gold

-- 2019-01-03 11:41:24

Police detained two assistant sub-inspectors of police allegedly for trying to snatch smuggled gold from Navaron intersection in Sharsha upazila of Benapole on Wednesday. Sharsha Police arrested ASI...

New MPs take oath

New MPs take oath

FE Online Desk 2019-01-03 11:38:37

New members of parliament (MPs) have taken the oath of office. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath at Jatiya Sangsad at 11:00 am on Thursday. Prior to this, elected from Rangpur-6...