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Police find World Bank official dead in hotel

Police find World Bank official dead in hotel

-- 2019-03-28 15:20:24

Police recovered the body of a World Bank official from a hotel in Barishal city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Golam Mostafa. He worked as a consultant of a WB project, reports UNB. Be...

Fire breaks out at Banani FR Tower

Fire breaks out at Banani FR Tower

FE Online Desk 2019-03-28 13:42:58

A fire has broken out at a 19-storey building on Kemal Ataturk Avenue in Dhaka's Banani. Many people have been trapped in the building. Several of them have reportedly jumped down and sustained injur...

Five Netrokona war criminals to walk gallows

Five Netrokona war criminals to walk gallows

-- 2019-03-28 13:06:12

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sentenced five war criminals of Netrokona to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. A three-member bench, led by J...

Barishal University closed indefinitely amid student protests

Barishal University closed indefinitely amid student protests

-- 2019-03-28 11:26:47

The authorities of Barishal University have shut down the university for an indefinite time amid student protests to press for a 12-point demand which includes the vice chancellor’s resignation....

Two die in 'gunfight' with police in Dhaka

Two die in 'gunfight' with police in Dhaka

FE Online Desk 2019-03-28 11:13:34

Two people have died in an alleged gunfight with police in Dhaka's Aftabnagar. The incident took place at the dawn of Thursday, police say. Acting on a tip-off, Mashiur Rahman, deputy commissioner o...

Police recover bullet-hit body of ‘drug pedlar’ in Khulna

Police recover bullet-hit body of ‘drug pedlar’ in Khulna

-- 2019-03-28 10:47:47

Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a suspected drug trader from Khejurtala village in Batiaghata upazila of Khulna in the early hours of Thursday. The deceased was identified as Asaduzzaman Mitu...

BD calls for ILO focus on work challenges ahead

BD calls for ILO focus on work challenges ahead

FE Report 2019-03-28 10:30:00

The International Labour Organisation's (ILO) centenary declaration should give a clear direction about how to address the challenges and opportunities of future work taking the changing trend of worl...

Issue visas to Bangladeshi nationals without delay

Issue visas to Bangladeshi nationals without delay

FE Report 2019-03-28 10:23:33

Terming the relations between Bangladesh and Thailand time tested, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Wednesday urged the Thai government to take steps to issue visas to Bangladeshi nationals without de...

Nine die as bus, microbus collide head on in Chattogram

Nine die as bus, microbus collide head on in Chattogram

FE Online Desk 2019-03-28 09:59:12

At least nine people, including a woman and her child, have died and three others sustained injuries as a bus collided with a microbus head-on in Chattogram in the early hours of Thursday. All the de...

India to support Mongla port upgrades

India to support Mongla port upgrades

FHM Humayan Kabir 2019-03-28 09:18:39

The government has taken up a massive development programme for the struggling Mongla port with Indian financial support. The move aims at making the port attractive to both domestic and regional use...

'No more distortion of history'

'No more distortion of history'

-- 2019-03-27 22:17:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said no one can distort the country's history and play ducks and drakes with the fate of the nation anymore. "Many generations read and learnt distorted hist...

Indo-Bangla cruise to start Friday

Indo-Bangla cruise to start Friday

-- 2019-03-27 20:48:50

With a view to exploring a new horizon of tourism, Bangladesh and India are set to launch a cruise service on Friday that would take passengers through the Sunderbans to Dhaka. After the inception of...

Bangladeshi TV channels to be available in 78 missions

Bangladeshi TV channels to be available in 78 missions

-- 2019-03-27 20:41:22

Bangladeshi television channels will be available in its 78 missions abroad paving the way for Bangladesh citizens and foreigners to watch those channels. The government has introduced "STP Boxes" fo...

Govt extends MRP deal with British firm

Govt extends MRP deal with British firm

-- 2019-03-27 20:32:13

The government is going to extend its deal with British firm, De La Rue, for supplying 2.0 million more machine readable passports (MRP) with an increased cost of Tk 407.1 million. Cabinet Committee...

Rohingya relocation will be voluntary, foreign minister says

Rohingya relocation will be voluntary, foreign minister says

-- 2019-03-27 18:38:28

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said the plan to relocate Rohingya people to Bhashan Char will be carried out on a voluntary basis. “If everybody [the international community] w...

'Khaleda’s health has deteriorated'

'Khaleda’s health has deteriorated'

-- 2019-03-27 17:46:25

The health of imprisoned BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s has deteriorated further due to the indifference of prison authorities. BNP Secretary General Miirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said this on Wednesda...

BD hopeful about Noor Chowdhury's extradition

BD hopeful about Noor Chowdhury's extradition

-- 2019-03-27 17:23:24

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that the government is hopeful of bringing Noor Chowdhury, a convicted killer of Bangabandhu, back to Bangladesh from Canada. “The legal process has beg...

‘Gunfights’ leave six dead in three districts

‘Gunfights’ leave six dead in three districts

-- 2019-03-27 17:09:59

Six people were killed in alleged 'gunfights' with the law enforcement agencies in Cox's Bazar, Dhaka and Gazipur on early Wednesday. In Cox's Bazar, four people were killed in separate 'gunfights' w...

HC asks for BRTA explanation over unfit vehicles

HC asks for BRTA explanation over unfit vehicles

-- 2019-03-27 17:00:22

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday asked a director of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to appear before it on April 30 and explain the reasons behind letting 70 thousand unfit vehicles to ply...

BD seeks UK govt’s cooperation to bring back Tarique

BD seeks UK govt’s cooperation to bring back Tarique

-- 2019-03-27 16:59:39

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Wednesday said the government has sought cooperation from the UK government in bringing back BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman from the country. Anisul Huq came up with th...

Bus driver, helper on 5-day remand over SAU student death

Bus driver, helper on 5-day remand over SAU student death

-- 2019-03-27 16:56:11

A Moulvibazar court on Wednesday placed a bus driver and his helper on a five-day remand in a case filed over the death of Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) student Wasim in a road crash in Moulvib...

PM for master plan to protect croplands

PM for master plan to protect croplands

-- 2019-03-27 14:51:14

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reemphasized the need for formulating a master plan to protect croplands while going for any development project in any area of the country. "Be careful so that arabl...

Dhanmondi-Azimpur circular bus service begins journey

Dhanmondi-Azimpur circular bus service begins journey

FE Online Report 2019-03-27 14:33:57

A new circular bus service which will ply on Dhanmondi-Science Laboratory-New Market-Azimpur route was inaugurated on Wednesday, aiming to ease the traffic woes in the area and bring relief for commut...

Verdict on five Netrokona 'war criminals' Thursday

Verdict on five Netrokona 'war criminals' Thursday

-- 2019-03-27 12:59:09

The court is to issue the verdict in the case over 1971 war crimes in Netrokona’s Purbadhala on Thursday. The five fugitives accused in the case are- Sheikh Md Abdul Majid aka Majid Maulana, 66...

College student dies as bike hits auto-rickshaw

College student dies as bike hits auto-rickshaw

-- 2019-03-27 12:40:42

A college student was killed and three others were injured when a motorcycle hit an auto-rickshaw at Khilbaisa in Lakshmipur sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Ad...

Narsingdi fugitive dies in city ‘Gunfight’

Narsingdi fugitive dies in city ‘Gunfight’

-- 2019-03-27 11:23:13

A criminal from Narsingdi was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at West Matikata area in Dhaka on Tuesday night. The deceased, identified as 30-year-old Shafiqul, was wa...

Man ‘stabs younger brother to death’ in Chuadanga

Man ‘stabs younger brother to death’ in Chuadanga

-- 2019-03-27 11:11:16

A man was stabbed to death, allegedly by his elder brother, at Shahapur village in the Chuadanga Sadar Upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sujon Ali, 27, son of Abdul Hakim. Quoting l...

Bring middlemen under legal structure

Bring middlemen under legal structure

FE Report 2019-03-27 11:04:57

Migrant rights campaigners have urged the government to mention the middlemen's role in the draft rules of the Migration Act 2013. They also placed a five-point-recommendation to incorporate in the...

Two Rohingyas among four die in Cox's Bazar 'shootouts'

Two Rohingyas among four die in Cox's Bazar 'shootouts'

-- 2019-03-27 10:41:38

Four people have been killed in reported shootouts with lawmen in two separate incidents in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf and Pekua upazilas. According to BGB and RAB officials, the gunfights occu...

Speaker joins IMF workshop in New Delhi

Speaker joins IMF workshop in New Delhi

-- 2019-03-26 20:27:33

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has addressed the inaugural session of the Microeconomic Policy and Capacity Building Workshop for Legislators of South Asia. The IMF – South Asia Regional T...