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Mudslide kills two workers in Chuadanga brick field

Mudslide kills two workers in Chuadanga brick field

-- 2019-04-16 12:36:36

Two workers were killed and three others injured as a chunk of mud collapsed on them at a brick field in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdul Hanna...

Water transport workers go on strike

Water transport workers go on strike

-- 2019-04-16 11:37:17

Water transport workers have begun countrywide indefinite strike to press home their 11-point demand, causing huge sufferings to passengers. The workers under the banner of Bangladesh Water Transport...

BD's aviation market doubles in seven years

BD's aviation market doubles in seven years

Meer Saiful Islam back from Toulouse, France 2019-04-16 11:34:51

The aviation market of Bangladesh doubled over the last seven years to 2017 and is expected to grow at even faster rate in the near future. This has prompted Airbus to look to the market with offers f...

Jute mills workers call off strike

Jute mills workers call off strike

-- 2019-04-16 11:12:20

The jute mills workers called off their protest programme, about 14 hours after enforcing 96 hours strike across the country, around 10:30pm on Monday following a meeting with the government. Leaders...

Rajuk moves to demolish BGMEA Bhaban

Rajuk moves to demolish BGMEA Bhaban

-- 2019-04-16 11:09:47

Rajuk has moved to demolish the 15-storey BGMEA Bhaban constructed illegally on the Hatirjheel canal. The city developer’s move came on Tuesday in line with a Supreme Court order. Rajuk offici...

Bogura summer radish growers making good profit for fair price

Bogura summer radish growers making good profit for fair price

Our Correspondent 2019-04-15 21:16:30

BOGURA, Apr 15: Summer radish growers of the district are making good profit this season due to fair market price. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), so far 300 bighas of l...

Off-season bitter gourd  farming on rise in Natore

Off-season bitter gourd farming on rise in Natore

Roving Correspondent 2019-04-15 21:15:23

NATORE, Apr 15: Off-season bitter gourd cultivation is on the rise in the district as the growers have been making a handsome profit from the vegetable over the last couple of years. Farmers genera...

Four minor girls raped in three districts

Four minor girls raped in three districts

-- 2019-04-15 20:58:10

Three minor girls have reportedly been raped in as many districts -- Pabna, Naogaon and Bagerhat -- while a rape attempt has been made on another minor in Sirajganj. In Pabna, a CNG-run auto-rickshaw...

Youth shot dead in Chattogram

Youth shot dead in Chattogram

-- 2019-04-15 20:56:37

A young man was shot to death by miscreants at Dakkhin Saral village in Banshkhali upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 37, of the village. Family sources said Kalam was...

Charge-sheet against three over urea embezzlement

Charge-sheet against three over urea embezzlement

-- 2019-04-15 20:26:16

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday approved a charge-sheet against three people in a case filed for embezzling urea worth Tk 110 million, reports UNB. Those to be charge-sheeted are forme...

Bhutan thankful to BD for providing opportunities to its students

Bhutan thankful to BD for providing opportunities to its students

-- 2019-04-15 19:14:25

Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering has thanked the government of Bangladesh for providing opportunities for Bhutanese students to pursue higher education, especially in the field of medicine....

Five get life-term for abducting child in Khagrachhari

Five get life-term for abducting child in Khagrachhari

-- 2019-04-15 17:50:14

A Khagrachhari court on Monday sentenced five people to life imprisonment for kidnapping a child in 2007. Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Ismail also fined the convicts Tk...

Govt takes elaborate programmes to observe Mujibnagar Day

Govt takes elaborate programmes to observe Mujibnagar Day

-- 2019-04-15 17:49:58

An elaborate programme has been taken at the national level to observe the historic Mujibnagar Day on April 17 commemorating the oath-taking of the country’s first government. On this day in 19...

‘Govt to fix charges of private hospitals’   

‘Govt to fix charges of private hospitals’   

-- 2019-04-15 17:35:43

The government is planning to fix the charges of services provided by private hospitals and health clinics like public hospitals. Health Minister Zahid Malik said it on Monday at a media conference a...

69 children killed in Jan-Feb: Report

69 children killed in Jan-Feb: Report

FE Online Report 2019-04-15 17:21:22

At least 69 children were killed in the first two months of this year alone across the country, according to a local independent rights body. The Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) report noted that out of th...

SC clears way to evict illegal structures along Karnaphuli

SC clears way to evict illegal structures along Karnaphuli

-- 2019-04-15 17:21:21

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday dismissed a plea against High Court order that had asked to evict illegal structures raised along the Karnaphuli river. An Appellate Divisio...

Bangladesh, Bhutan welcome trilateral cooperation on hydroelectric power

Bangladesh, Bhutan welcome trilateral cooperation on hydroelectric power

-- 2019-04-15 17:19:58

Bangladesh and Bhutan think the proposed trilateral cooperation with India in hydroelectric power can further 'strengthen regional cooperation, encourage the use of renewable energy and mitigate clima...

BD journalists exchange views with foreign counterparts

BD journalists exchange views with foreign counterparts

-- 2019-04-15 17:15:25

Renowned media persons, writers and litterateurs took part in a view-exchange meeting with senior Bangladeshi journalists at the Jatiya Press Club in the city on Monday. They discussed the present st...

‘Seeking parole is Khaleda, family’s decision’

‘Seeking parole is Khaleda, family’s decision’

-- 2019-04-15 16:39:32

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said it is up to their chairperson Khaleda Zia and her family whether she will apply for parole or not, reports UNB. "We didn't have any co...

Nusrat's killers won't be spared, reiterates PM

Nusrat's killers won't be spared, reiterates PM

FE Online Desk 2019-04-15 15:04:49

None of those involved in the killing of Feni's madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi will be spared, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. She said this as the family of Nusrat - her parents and two broth...

Nusrat murder: Sonagazi ex-OC sued under Digital Security Act

Nusrat murder: Sonagazi ex-OC sued under Digital Security Act

-- 2019-04-15 15:03:01

A case has been filed against former officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi Model Police Station Moazzem Hossain with Cyber Crimes Tribunal under the Digital Security Act. Supreme Court Lawyer Barrister...

Bhutanese PM leaves after 4-day visit

Bhutanese PM leaves after 4-day visit

-- 2019-04-15 13:56:38

Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering left Dhaka on Monday morning after wrapping up his four-day official visit that focused on exploring more connectivity and business opportunities between Dha...

Three to die for killing Rajshahi University teacher

Three to die for killing Rajshahi University teacher

-- 2019-04-15 13:18:30

A Rajshahi court has sentenced three people to death for murdering Rajshahi University teacher AKM Shafiul Islam in 2014. The court announced the verdict on Monday. The convicts who received the dea...

Singer Subir Nandi hospitalised

Singer Subir Nandi hospitalised

-- 2019-04-15 11:00:48

Popular singer Subir Nandi was admitted to the coronary care unit (CCU) of Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital early Monday. Family sources said he was taken to CMH around 11:00 pm on Sun...

Jute mill workers go on 96-hour strike in Khulna

Jute mill workers go on 96-hour strike in Khulna

-- 2019-04-15 10:50:40

Workers of state-owned jute mills in Khulna region started a 96-hour strike on Monday morning to press home their nine-point demand that includes payment of outstanding wages and implementation of the...

Miscreants hack BNP leader to death

Miscreants hack BNP leader to death

-- 2019-04-15 10:49:10

A local BNP leader was hacked to death by some miscreants in Nishindara Housing Estate area of Bogura district town on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Mahbub Alam Shahin, 55, general sec...

Data collection from Apr 23 for voter list update

Data collection from Apr 23 for voter list update

-- 2019-04-15 09:44:16

The Election Commission will start collecting data on April 23 across Bangladesh to update the voter roll. Information about 8.0 million citizens will be collected in this round, officials assume. T...

President urges people to stand by each other in need

President urges people to stand by each other in need

-- 2019-04-14 22:38:31

President Abdul Hamid on Sunday urged people to stand by each other in times of their need. He made the call while addressing a programme organised by Bangladesh Army at Dhaka Cantonment to celebrate...

Two friends rape RMG worker in Chattogram

Two friends rape RMG worker in Chattogram

-- 2019-04-14 22:15:00

A female garment worker was reportedly raped by two of her friends when she went to enjoy Pahela Baishakh programmes with them in the port city on Sunday, reports UNB. Victim's family alleged that Ri...

Neighbour rapes minor girl in Kishoreganj

Neighbour rapes minor girl in Kishoreganj

-- 2019-04-14 21:38:16

A Class-V girl was allegedly raped by a neighbour at Tulshigram village in Karimganj upazila of Kishoreganj on Saturday evening, says a UNB report. Police arrested the accused, Kanan Mia, 50, son of...