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Titu gets AL nomination for Mymensingh city polls

Titu gets AL nomination for Mymensingh city polls

-- 2019-04-05 20:15:28

The Awami League has nominated Ekramul Hoque Titu as its mayor candidate in the first ever elections to Mymensingh City Corporation. Titu, who was elected mayor in the last polls to the local govern...

PM criticises US red alert

PM criticises US red alert

-- 2019-04-05 19:30:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday sharply criticised the USA for issuing an alert on Bangladesh without citing any reason or giving any explanation. "I saw the USA issued a red alert. They didn'...

Suprobhat bus owner on three-day remand

Suprobhat bus owner on three-day remand

-- 2019-04-05 19:24:05

A Dhaka court has granted police three days to grill the owner of the Suprobhat Private Limited bus that killed a university student last month, triggering protests. Metropolitan Magistrate Baki Bill...

55-year-old headmaster arrested for ‘impregnating’ fifth grader

55-year-old headmaster arrested for ‘impregnating’ fifth grader

-- 2019-04-05 18:49:51

A primary school headmaster in Dagonbhuiyan Upazila of Feni district is facing charges of sexually abusing a minor after reportedly impregnating a 12-year-old girl. Abdul Karim, the headmaster of Khu...

‘BNP getting ready to wage movement for freeing Khaleda’

‘BNP getting ready to wage movement for freeing Khaleda’

-- 2019-04-05 18:34:21

BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Friday said their party is getting ready to wage a movement together with people to free their chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail, reports UNB. "We must free...

Symposium on fake news, hate speech in city Saturday

Symposium on fake news, hate speech in city Saturday

-- 2019-04-05 18:21:38

A symposium on fake news, hate speech and its consequences will be held at Cosmos Centre in the city on Saturday morning. Cosmos Foundation, the philanthropic concern of Bangladeshi conglomerate Cosm...

Dhaka-Rajshahi non-stop train service likely from Apr 14

Dhaka-Rajshahi non-stop train service likely from Apr 14

-- 2019-04-05 17:52:48

A non-stop intercity train is likely to be running on Rajshahi-Dhaka route to meet up the long-cherished demands of people from mid of this month. The 932 seated ultramodern and high speed train with...

Quader discharged from Singapore hospital

Quader discharged from Singapore hospital

-- 2019-04-05 14:49:09

Awami League leader Obaidul Quader has been discharged from Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital after a month of treatment. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Director Prof Abu Naser Rizvi,...

Backlog of death references hits 15-year high

Backlog of death references hits 15-year high

FE Online Desk 2019-04-05 14:35:40

The High Court witnessed a record number of death references, including those unresolved in past years, in 2018. The number of death references stood at 711 last year, which is the highest in 15 year...

Climate change threatens one in three Bangladeshi children

Climate change threatens one in three Bangladeshi children

-- 2019-04-05 13:49:12

Nearly one in three children in Bangladesh are at risk from cyclones, flooding and other climate change-linked disasters, the United Nations warned on Friday, urging more help for one of the world&rsq...

250 sued over jute mill workers’ clash with cops

250 sued over jute mill workers’ clash with cops

-- 2019-04-05 13:28:32

A case has been filed against 250 people in connection with Thursday's clash between police and jute mill workers at Natun Rasta intersection in Daulatpur upazila of Khulna district on the last day of...

Quader to be discharged from hospital today

Quader to be discharged from hospital today

-- 2019-04-05 12:16:13

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader will be discharged from the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore this (Friday) afternoon. He is scheduled to be discharged after 3:00pm (local time...

Dope tests for drivers soon, says DNCC mayor

Dope tests for drivers soon, says DNCC mayor

-- 2019-04-05 11:25:01

In the face of persistent complaints that drivers on the country's roads are often drug-addled, Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam has said dope tests for drivers is set to be introduced....

Owner of killer Suprobhat bus arrested

Owner of killer Suprobhat bus arrested

-- 2019-04-05 10:33:56

Police have arrested the owner of the Suprobhat bus that crushed under its wheels a student of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BU) last month sparking protests for justice and safety on road....

Fire at Baridhara building 

Fire at Baridhara building 

-- 2019-04-05 10:28:27

A fire broke out at a building on the Suhrawardi Avenue in Dhaka's Baridhara on Friday. The fire originated from an electric short circuit around 7:27 am, said Russel Shikdar, a duty-office...

FR Tower: Probe body finds clearance for 18 floors

FR Tower: Probe body finds clearance for 18 floors

-- 2019-04-05 10:24:34

The builders of the 23-storey FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani had permission to construct up to 18 floors, a member of a committee that investigated the deadly fire in the high-rise has said. The co...

Two die in 'gunfight' with RAB in Dhaka

Two die in 'gunfight' with RAB in Dhaka

FE Online Desk 2019-04-05 09:17:27

Two suspected robbers have died in an alleged gunfight with members of the Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka's Tejgaon Industrial Area. The deceased were Nayeem, 35, and Jamal, 38. Further details abou...

Residential building at Shantinagar catches fire

Residential building at Shantinagar catches fire

-- 2019-04-04 21:54:10

A fire broke out at a multi-storey residential building in the capital's Shantinagar area on Thursday night. The fire originated from the kitchen of a flat on the fifth floor of the nine-storey build...

Only 225 pilots  for 26,000 ships

Only 225 pilots for 26,000 ships

-- 2019-04-04 21:10:27

Chief Whip Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury Liton expressed his surprise at the disproportional ratio between registered inland ships and pilots, said a press release. He said this while speaking as the chief...

BNP talks with diplomats

BNP talks with diplomats

-- 2019-04-04 20:56:36

BNP on Thursday briefed foreign diplomats about the country's latest situation and some other issues, including party chairperson Khaleda Zia's health condition and recent upazila polls. BNP secretar...

Groundnut farming on  the rise in Sylhet division

Groundnut farming on the rise in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2019-04-04 20:50:13

Farming of some non-traditional crops like groundnut has been on rise in greater Sylhet region as many farmers were getting interest on those for better returns, sources informed. In total 1,492 hect...

RU student starts campus ride sharing service

RU student starts campus ride sharing service

RU Correspondent 2019-04-04 20:49:17

RAJSHAHI, Apr 04: Masud Parvez, a student of Geology and Mining Department of Rajshahi University (RU), has started motorcycle ride sharing service on the campus. He charges Tk 10 for going to any pl...

Rain likely on Friday

Rain likely on Friday

-- 2019-04-04 20:47:40

Rain, accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind, is likely to occur at a few places in Dhaka, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places in Rajshahi, Rangpur, Barishal a...

Bangladesh a rising giant: UK envoy

Bangladesh a rising giant: UK envoy

-- 2019-04-04 20:25:00

Describing Bangladesh as a developing giant on world stage, British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson on Thursday said the UK wants a stronger political partnership with the South Asian nati...

'Nearly 600 extremists to surrender'

'Nearly 600 extremists to surrender'

-- 2019-04-04 20:21:15

Nearly 600 extremists of 15 districts will surrender to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on the ground of Shaheed Amin Stadium in Pabna on April 9. Superintendent of Police Pabna Sheikh Rafiqul I...

ACC seeks info about FR Tower

ACC seeks info about FR Tower

-- 2019-04-04 19:38:49

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday sent letters to nine government agencies seeking necessary information to investigate the alleged corruption in the construction of FR Tower where a de...

Oxfam, Bank Asia to finance rural micro SMEs

Oxfam, Bank Asia to finance rural micro SMEs

-- 2019-04-04 19:32:54

Oxfam in Bangladesh and Bank Asia on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote access to finance for the rural Micro Small and Medium enterprises (MSMEs). Through this collaborat...

10 teams to inspect fire safety measures of city buildings

10 teams to inspect fire safety measures of city buildings

-- 2019-04-04 19:31:20

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has formed 10 building inspection teams aiming to inspect fire safety measures at buildings and raise awareness among people. A regional executive officer for each...

Minister urges more budget allotment for healthcare services

Minister urges more budget allotment for healthcare services

FE Online Report 2019-04-04 19:19:06

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque called for increasing the allotment for the health sector in the upcoming budget, aiming to take healthcare services to every doorstep. The government...

Policy guideline demanded for biscuit, bread industry

Policy guideline demanded for biscuit, bread industry

-- 2019-04-04 18:27:59

The leaders of the Bangladesh Auto Biscuit and Bread Manufacturing Association demanded of the government for framing a policy guideline for flourishing the biscuit and bread industry in the country....