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BGB seizes 10 firearms, ammo in Chapainawabganj

BGB seizes 10 firearms, ammo in Chapainawabganj

-- 2019-07-05 13:48:09

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered ten firearms and 36 bullets from Bakherali bordering area in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila on Friday, reports UNB. Tipped off, a team of BGB-53 condu...

Man ‘sets himself afire’ after quarrel with wife

Man ‘sets himself afire’ after quarrel with wife

-- 2019-07-05 13:43:33

A man has suffered burn injuries as he allegedly set himself on fire by pouring kerosene following an altercation with his wife at Falmondi in Chattogram city. The victim was identified as Abul Kashe...

Young girl ‘commits’ suicide in Sylhet

Young girl ‘commits’ suicide in Sylhet

-- 2019-07-05 13:34:40

A teenage girl has committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house at Baurbhag Dakkhin Kucharai village in Jointapur upazila of Sylhet district. The deceased was identified as Kris...

Woman dies from electrocution while charging cellphone

Woman dies from electrocution while charging cellphone

-- 2019-07-05 13:31:04

Mother-of-two Mabia Khatun, 35, has been electrocuted while talking to her son over mobile phone while charging it in Kushtia district today. The woman died while talking to her son Mamun on Thursday...

Bangladeshis among 363 children of illegal immigrants detained in Malaysia

Bangladeshis among 363 children of illegal immigrants detained in Malaysia

FE Online Desk 2019-07-05 13:23:22

An unspecified number of Bangladeshis are among 363 children of illegal immigrants detained in Malaysia. "There are 363 children aged 12 [years] and below in detention centres nationwide. Most of the...

Nephew ‘kills’ two uncles in Pabna

Nephew ‘kills’ two uncles in Pabna

-- 2019-07-05 13:22:53

A youth stabbed his two uncles to death following family feud at Beturia village in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna district. The deceased was identified as Abu Taleb, 52, and Abul Kalam, sons of Abdus Sa...

Three women hit, killed by bus while crossing road

Three women hit, killed by bus while crossing road

-- 2019-07-05 12:46:27

Three women were killed as a bus ran over them at Kanchpur intersection in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj district on Thursday night. The deceased were identified as Debi Rani, 40, Bashak Rani, 16...

Unesco delays decision on Sundarbans as China, India step in

Unesco delays decision on Sundarbans as China, India step in

-- 2019-07-05 12:20:33

The Bangladesh government has succeeded in protecting the Sundarbans from being listed as a World Heritage in Danger with the help of China and India. The Bangladesh embassy in Paris said the Azerbai...

Govt cancels Viqarunnisa principal recruitment process

Govt cancels Viqarunnisa principal recruitment process

-- 2019-07-04 20:42:45

The government has cancelled the process of recruiting principal at the Viqarunnisa Noon School and College following allegations of irregularities. In an order to the Dhaka education board on Thursd...

ICC seeks authorisation to probe into crimes against Rohingyas

ICC seeks authorisation to probe into crimes against Rohingyas

-- 2019-07-04 20:30:43

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday requested its Judges to authorise an investigation into alleged crimes like deportation, other inhumane acts and persecution commit...

Local CSOs, NGOs urge equal participation in development efforts

Local CSOs, NGOs urge equal participation in development efforts

FE Online Report 2019-07-04 19:20:22

CSO and NGO leaders on Wednesday urged UN agencies and INGOs to ensure their equal participation in selecting partnership in Bangladesh. They also demanded UN agencies and INGOs activities must be li...

‘Ershad’s condition not improving'

‘Ershad’s condition not improving'

-- 2019-07-04 17:41:49

Jatiya Party acting chairman GM Quader on Thursday said the health condition of his brother HM Ershad, now undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), is not improving as per expecta...

Courts sentences suspended DIG Mizan’s nephew in jail   

Courts sentences suspended DIG Mizan’s nephew in jail   

-- 2019-07-04 17:34:35

A Dhaka court on Thursday sent the nephew of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Judge KM Imrul Kayes of...

HC expresses dissatisfaction over extrajudicial killings

HC expresses dissatisfaction over extrajudicial killings

-- 2019-07-04 16:14:21

The High Court while receiving a police report on steps taken after the barbaric murder of Rifat Sharif in broad daylight in Barguna, said it doesn’t like extrajudicial killings. A High Court d...

Report on executing arrest order against Khaleda August 4

Report on executing arrest order against Khaleda August 4

-- 2019-07-04 16:11:06

A Dhaka court on Thursday set August 4 to submit report on execution of its order, asking to arrest BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in a case lodged for making derogatory remarks about Bangabandhu S...

Hasina meets Li Keqiang in bilateral meeting

Hasina meets Li Keqiang in bilateral meeting

-- 2019-07-04 15:37:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has met her Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang in a bilateral meeting. The two premiers have met at the Great Hall of the People at 11 am local time on Thursday. The meeting...

In Sri Lanka, Modi cites BD as example of political stability

In Sri Lanka, Modi cites BD as example of political stability

FE Online Desk 2019-07-04 14:40:20

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while visiting Sri Lanka recently, has referred to Bangladesh as a classic example in South Asia of political stability leading to economic gains. In a 10-minute t...

'HC doesn’t like extrajudicial killings'

'HC doesn’t like extrajudicial killings'

-- 2019-07-04 14:03:14

The High Court has said it does not like any extrajudicial killing in the country. The HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader came up with the remarks on Thursday when the...

Dhaka, Beijing sign nine instruments

Dhaka, Beijing sign nine instruments

-- 2019-07-04 13:34:24

Bangladesh and China on Thursday signed nine instruments for further strengthening cooperation on power, water resources, culture and tourism sectors as well as providing 2,500 metric tonnes of rice f...

Road crashes kill four in two districts

Road crashes kill four in two districts

-- 2019-07-04 13:30:55

Four people were killed and four others injured in road accidents in Gazipur and Chattogram districts on Wednesday night and early Thursday. In Gazipur, two people were killed and two others injured...

Two die in Gazipur road mishap

Two die in Gazipur road mishap

-- 2019-07-04 12:06:53

Two people were killed and two others injured when a truck hit a human hauler on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Rangila Bazar in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur in the early hours of Thursday. The identities...

First hajj flight leaves for Saudi Arabia

First hajj flight leaves for Saudi Arabia

-- 2019-07-04 11:25:35

The first hajj flight, carrying 417 pilgrims, left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia on Thursday morning. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines BG-3001 with the Bangladeshi pilgrims took off from Hazrat Shahjal...

Gunfight kills ‘robber’ in Pabna

Gunfight kills ‘robber’ in Pabna

-- 2019-07-04 11:14:58

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Jorda in Bera upazila of Pabna district early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Waliullah, 31, a member of an inter-district...

Private sector credit growth rebounds in Ramadan

Private sector credit growth rebounds in Ramadan

FE Report 2019-07-04 10:47:47

The private sector credit growth bounced back in May, following higher trade financing due to the holy month of Ramadan, after maintaining a falling trend in the previous seven consecutive months,...

Govt formulates rules to provide one stop services for units in EPZs

Govt formulates rules to provide one stop services for units in EPZs

Monira Munni 2019-07-04 10:36:28

The government has formulated rules to provide 23 types of required services from a central authority for the country's eight export processing zones under BEPZA, officials said. The Prime Minist...

PM gets warm reception at Great Hall of People

PM gets warm reception at Great Hall of People

-- 2019-07-04 09:54:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was accorded a red carpet reception as she reached the Great Hall of the People to have bilateral meeting with her Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang in Beijing on Thursday mo...

BINA sesame popular among growers  for high yield

BINA sesame popular among growers for high yield

Our Correspondent 2019-07-03 21:03:19

Cultivation of BINA Til-2 is gaining popularity among the farmers of Sadar and Kasiani upazilas in the districts as they find it more profitable. Enjil Sheikh, a farmer of Boiltali village in Boiltal...

Dhaka-Benapole direct train service from July 25

Dhaka-Benapole direct train service from July 25

-- 2019-07-03 19:31:39

A direct train service from Dhaka to Benapole will be launched on July 25 next, which will facilitate the travel of India-bound people. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the train service...

Govt extends deadline for registration of news portals

Govt extends deadline for registration of news portals

-- 2019-07-03 18:37:32

The government has extended the registration deadline for online news portals until July 15. A notice signed by Deputy Secretary of information ministry Nasrin Parveen was issued on June 30 in this r...

Barguna murder: Second accused on seven-day remand

Barguna murder: Second accused on seven-day remand

-- 2019-07-03 17:01:01

A court has granted a seven-day remand to interrogate an accused in a case filed over Rifat Sharif murder in Barguna. Md Sirajul Islam Gazi, senior judicial magistrate of Barguna, granted the remand...