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Zakat Fair in city on Saturday

Zakat Fair in city on Saturday

-- 2019-05-02 17:05:25

The Seventh Zakat Fair, 2019 will be held in the city on Saturday with the theme of 'Making a difference with Zakat'. Planning Minister M A Mannan will inaugurate the fair as the chief guest at Krish...

Govt to set up 21 excel load control centers on highways

Govt to set up 21 excel load control centers on highways

-- 2019-05-02 16:59:34

The government has initiated a move to set up some 21 excel load control centres on the major highways across the country in a bid to ensure safe plying of goods-laden vehicles and make those highways...

Offices under Shipping Ministry to remain open on Friday, Saturday

Offices under Shipping Ministry to remain open on Friday, Saturday

-- 2019-05-02 16:54:15

Offices of the Shipping Ministry and its affiliated departments will remain open on weekends -- Friday and Saturday --in response to the very severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ that is likely to...

One killed in Lakshmipur road accident

One killed in Lakshmipur road accident

-- 2019-05-02 16:53:32

A CNG run auto-rickshaw driver was killed and two others injured when a truck hit a standby CNG auto-rickshaw in North Temuhoni area of Lakshmipur town this morning. The deceased was identified as th...

Two testify against Rana, others in building code violation case

Two testify against Rana, others in building code violation case

-- 2019-05-02 16:50:26

Two new prosecution witnesses have testified against Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana and nine others in a case lodged for violating building code. Chief executive officer of Savar municipality Sharaf Udd...

BD-Myanmar talks Friday amid ‘zero progress’ on Rohingya repatriation

BD-Myanmar talks Friday amid ‘zero progress’ on Rohingya repatriation

-- 2019-05-02 16:43:57

Bangladesh and Myanmar are going to sit in Naypyidaw on Friday to discuss the Rohingya repatriation issue as the current crisis steps into almost two years with "zero progress" on Myanmar side that ca...

Saturday’s HSC examination rescheduled

Saturday’s HSC examination rescheduled

-- 2019-05-02 16:28:15

Saturday's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations have been rescheduled as cyclonic storm 'Fani' is likely to hit the country tomorrow (Friday). As per the revised routine...

Country gets ready for cyclone Fani

Country gets ready for cyclone Fani

FE Online Desk 2019-05-02 15:18:44

The country is bracing itself for severe cyclonic storm Fani in efforts to cushion the blow as the disaster is likely to hit coastal districts by Friday evening. All river transport services on all r...

Seven die road crashes in three districts

Seven die road crashes in three districts

-- 2019-05-02 13:58:57

At least seven people were killed and 19 others injured in separate road accidents in Bagerhat, Rajshahi and Jashore on Wednesday and Thursday. In Bagerhat, three people were killed and five injured...

BD achieves food autarky: Minister

BD achieves food autarky: Minister

-- 2019-05-02 13:51:38

Bangladesh has become self-sufficient in food production under the leadership and directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said Thursday. "As we've attained s...

BIWTA suspends river transport services due to cyclone Fani

BIWTA suspends river transport services due to cyclone Fani

FE Online Desk 2019-05-02 13:44:03

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has suspended the river transport services on all routes as cyclonic storm Fani is likely to hit the country on Friday. The weekly holiday of...

Mawlana Farooqi murder case probe report submission on June 18

Mawlana Farooqi murder case probe report submission on June 18

-- 2019-05-02 13:32:46

A Dhaka court has set June 18 to submit probe report in the case lodged over murder of Islamic scholar and TV personality Mawlana Nurul Islam Farooqi. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Devbrata Biswas se...

Police arrest ‘Mirakkel’ star for raping CU student

Police arrest ‘Mirakkel’ star for raping CU student

-- 2019-05-02 13:15:26

Police arrested comedy show 'Mirakkel' star Mohammad Kaikobad on Wednesday for allegedly raping a Chittagong University (CU) student. Kaikobad is also a student of the university's dramatics departme...

Madrasa girl ‘raped’ in Sherpur

Madrasa girl ‘raped’ in Sherpur

-- 2019-05-02 11:30:37

Police are looking for a 40-year-old man who is suspected of raping an eighth grader in Sreebardi upazila of Sherpur on Wednesday. The victim was alone at her house in Shankar Ghosh village around no...

Danger signal No 7 for Mongla, Payra ports

Danger signal No 7 for Mongla, Payra ports

-- 2019-05-02 10:28:09

Khulna and adjoining southwestern coastal areas will feel the peripheral effect of 'Fani' by Friday morning, the Met Office says, advising Mongla and Payra ports to display danger signal number seven....

Sandwip, Hatia sea routes closed as ‘Fani’ approaches fast

Sandwip, Hatia sea routes closed as ‘Fani’ approaches fast

-- 2019-05-02 10:03:36

The Hatia and Sandwip sea routes were closed and large ships ordered to leave Chattogram port on Wednesday night as 'Fani', now a very severe cyclonic storm, approaches fast. 'Fani' was centred about...

Three die as bus overturns in Rajshahi

Three die as bus overturns in Rajshahi

-- 2019-05-02 09:40:41

Three people were killed and 12 others injured when a bus turned turtle at Mirganj Bazar in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Abu Hanif, 28, the bus driver's...

Hasina in London on official visit

Hasina in London on official visit

-- 2019-05-01 22:03:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached the British capital London  Wednesday night on an official visit to the United Kingdom (UK), reports BSS.   A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airline...

Fani may hit Bangladesh May 4 in weaken form

Fani may hit Bangladesh May 4 in weaken form

-- 2019-05-01 21:23:59

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman Wednesday said the government has taken necessary preparations to combat the cyclonic storm “Fani”. “We have ma...

Quader will return home after two weeks

Quader will return home after two weeks

-- 2019-05-01 20:14:46

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, who is now undergoing treatment in Singapore, will return home after two weeks, says a BSS report. “If the...

Bangladesh, India security experts downplay IS threat

Bangladesh, India security experts downplay IS threat

-- 2019-05-01 20:05:00

  NEW DELHI: Indian and Bangladeshi officials and security experts largely dismissed a fresh threat of violence from an Islamic State-aligned media group, insisting that safety measures and surv...

RAB arrest two JMB men in Rajshahi

RAB arrest two JMB men in Rajshahi

-- 2019-05-01 19:49:42

Two members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) have been arrested from Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district. The arrestees are Kamal Hossain, 45, son of Ershad Morol of Satkundi vi...

Split of BNP is now a matter of time: Hanif

Split of BNP is now a matter of time: Hanif

-- 2019-05-01 17:33:30

Awami League Acting General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif has said the activities of BNP prove that the split of the party is now a matter of time. “The activities of BNP leaders prove that the...

ISIS threatens to carry out attacks in India, Bangladesh

ISIS threatens to carry out attacks in India, Bangladesh

-- 2019-05-01 15:49:45

Days after a spate of suicide attacks on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka that killed over 250 people, the Islamic State affiliate group has issued a direct threat to carry out attacks in India and Banglade...

Warning signal 4 for BD maritime ports as Cyclone Fani gathers pace

Warning signal 4 for BD maritime ports as Cyclone Fani gathers pace

-- 2019-05-01 15:31:08

Bangladesh has flagged local warning signal 4 for maritime ports raising it from the distant warning signal No. 2, as Cyclone Fani tracking over the Bay of Bengal has turned extremely severe. Fani co...

Two domestic workers found dead on rooftop

Two domestic workers found dead on rooftop

-- 2019-05-01 15:26:14

Police have recovered the bodies of two female domestic workers from the rooftop of a building at Uttara in Dhaka. They are believed to have died after falling off a six-story building. However, poli...

PM leaves for London

PM leaves for London

-- 2019-05-01 15:21:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for London on Wednesday morning on an official visit to the United Kingdom (UK). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her...

No truck passage in ferries for 6 days over Eid

No truck passage in ferries for 6 days over Eid

-- 2019-05-01 15:11:02

All trucks and covered vans will be restricted from boarding ferries across the country for three days either side of Eid-ul-Fitr, making an exception for essential products.   State Minister o...

Sarbahara Party leader died in gunfight, police say

Sarbahara Party leader died in gunfight, police say

-- 2019-05-01 13:24:51

A leader of the banned Sarbahara Party has died in a gunfight in Bogura, police say. The incident took place at around 1:00pm on Wednesday near Boalkandi Bridge on Sherpur-to-Dhunat road under Sherpu...

May Day being observed across country

May Day being observed across country

-- 2019-05-01 10:33:28

The historic May Day is being observed in the country as elsewhere across the world with due respect through various programmes. The day is being observed across the globe since 1886 commemorating t...