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'Bangladesh in no hurry to relocate Rohingyas'

'Bangladesh in no hurry to relocate Rohingyas'

-- 2019-03-25 19:58:23

Bangladesh is not in a hurry to relocate Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char, a minister said on Monday after the United Nations sought more details on the government’s relocation plan, criticised...

US Embassy to remain closed on Mar 26

US Embassy to remain closed on Mar 26

-- 2019-03-25 19:33:12

The US Embassy in Dhaka, including its consular section, will remain closed on Tuesday on the occasion of Bangladesh's Independence Day. The American Center with the Archer K. Blood Library and the E...

Mymensingh city polls on May 5

Mymensingh city polls on May 5

-- 2019-03-25 19:04:52

The Election Commission (EC) has announced the schedule for holding the maiden election to the Mymensingh City Corporation will be held on May 5. According to the schedule announced by election offic...

Coaching centres to remain shut during HSC written tests

Coaching centres to remain shut during HSC written tests

-- 2019-03-25 18:30:11

Coaching centres in the country will remain closed during the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) written examinations, scheduled to be held from Apr 1 to May 6. Education Minister Dipu Moni announced...

Mathbaria Shechhashebok League leader hacked to death

Mathbaria Shechhashebok League leader hacked to death

-- 2019-03-25 17:43:33

A Shecchashebok League leader from Pirojpur’s Mathbaria Upazila has been hacked to death. The victim, 25-year-old Jony Talukdar, was the vice president of the Halta-Gulishakhali Union Shechhash...

Six cops, three others sued in Chattogram on extortion charge

Six cops, three others sued in Chattogram on extortion charge

-- 2019-03-25 17:14:40

A case was filed on Monday against nine people, including the officer-in-charge of Panchlaish Police Station in Chattogram and five other policemen, for allegedly extorting Tk 1.5 million threatening...

Three-day Muktisangram Fest begins at JU

Three-day Muktisangram Fest begins at JU

-- 2019-03-25 17:10:43

A three-day cultural festival began on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus on Monday to spread the spirit of the Liberation War. Jahangirnagar University authorities, in association with the Teacher...

Independence Day on Tuesday

Independence Day on Tuesday

-- 2019-03-25 16:37:03

The nation is set to celebrate the 49th Independence and National Day on Tuesday, refreshing the resolution to uphold the spirit of the War of Liberation and build a ‘Sonar Bangla’ as drea...

Speaker off to New Delhi to attend IMF workshop

Speaker off to New Delhi to attend IMF workshop

-- 2019-03-25 16:29:48

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Monday left Dhaka for New Delhi to attend the Microeconomic Policy and Capacity Building Workshop for Legislators of South Asia. The International Monetary Fund...

SC full bench to hear govt plea against Shahidul Alam April 11

SC full bench to hear govt plea against Shahidul Alam April 11

FE Online Desk 2019-03-25 14:46:53

A Supreme Court full bench will hear on April 11 the government’s petition to continue its investigation into a case against noted photographer Shahidul Alam. Appellate Division’s Chamber...

Biker dies in Dhaka bus crash

Biker dies in Dhaka bus crash

-- 2019-03-25 13:57:37

A motorcyclist has died after his vehicle was rammed by a bus in Dhaka’s Shewrapara. The accident occurred in front of the Modern Wood Furniture store in West Shewrapara at around 10:15am on Mo...

Govt aims to reach benefits of independence to villagers: PM   

Govt aims to reach benefits of independence to villagers: PM   

-- 2019-03-25 13:45:57

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the prime aim of her government is to reach the benefits of independence to each house in villages. "Everyone will get a prosperous life... no one will be...

Suspected robber dies in Chattogram ‘gunfight’

Suspected robber dies in Chattogram ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-03-25 12:16:12

A suspected robber was killed in a 'gunfight' with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Chhoto Chonua area of Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram in the early hours of Monday. The deceased could n...

US-Bangla adds new aircraft to its fleet

US-Bangla adds new aircraft to its fleet

FE Report 2019-03-25 12:08:47

The US-Bangla Airlines received its first brand new ATR 72-600 aircraft at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city on Sunday. The new aircraft started its journey from the Fra...

BCL leader found hanged in Madaripur

BCL leader found hanged in Madaripur

-- 2019-03-25 11:57:45

The body of a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader has been found hanged at a construction site in the district town of Madaripur. The deceased, Limon Mazumdar, was the vice president of the Madaripur Di...

Thirteen get Independence Award

Thirteen get Independence Award

-- 2019-03-25 11:23:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has handed over the Independence Award to 12 personalities and one organisation in recognition of their remarkable contributions to the nation. The Prime Minister handed...

Genocide Day today

Genocide Day today

-- 2019-03-25 09:34:08

The nation is set to observe the 'Genocide Day' today (Monday) in a sombre mood, commemorating the brutalities and cowardly attacks carried out by the Pakistani occupation forces on the unarmed Bangal...

Road safety: Progress slow in follow-up on PM’s directives

Road safety: Progress slow in follow-up on PM’s directives

Munima Sultana 2019-03-25 09:26:19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given new directives on road safety, although most of her earlier orders fell on deaf ears of the authorities concerned. Sources said many of the instructions regardi...

Court acquits Hizb ut-Tahrir leader Mohiuddin

Court acquits Hizb ut-Tahrir leader Mohiuddin

-- 2019-03-24 20:54:09

A Dhaka tribunal has acquitted Dhaka University teacher Mohiuddin Ahmed, the chief coordinator of the banned outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir, and three others in an around a decade-old case under the Anti-Terro...

Security beefed up in diplomatic zones

Security beefed up in diplomatic zones

-- 2019-03-24 20:52:06

Security has been tightened in the diplomatic enclaves of Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara in the city to avert any untoward incident ahead of the Independence Day to be celebrated on Tuesday. Contacted...

Eviction drive to continue against river encroachers

Eviction drive to continue against river encroachers

-- 2019-03-24 20:44:12

Eviction drive will continue against encroachers to remove illegal structures from river across the country, said shipping secretary Md Abdus Samad in the capital yesterday (Saturday). He was attendi...

Courts impound assets worth over Tk 130m in 2018

Courts impound assets worth over Tk 130m in 2018

FE Online Report 2019-03-24 20:28:58

Different trial courts confiscated assets worth over Tk 130 million and slapped Tk 1.39 billion as fines in 2018 in grafts cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). According to the data a...

Indo-Bangla home minister-level talks on April 1

Indo-Bangla home minister-level talks on April 1

-- 2019-03-24 19:31:47

Bangladesh and India will discuss trans-border security, cross border trafficking and border management issues as the 7th round of home minister-level talks between the two neighbouring countries are...

Teachers suspend MPO enrolment movement for one month

Teachers suspend MPO enrolment movement for one month

FE Online Report 2019-03-24 18:41:17

The teachers and employees under non-Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme has suspended movement on Sunday afternoon for a month upon assurance from the government of meeting their demand for MPO enlistment...

Death toll from road crashes rises

Death toll from road crashes rises

-- 2019-03-24 18:20:02

The number of road accidents and deaths has increased over the past four years, according to the statistics from police, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and the Accident Research Institute (ARI) o...

Probe reports in four cases over DU violence on April 29

Probe reports in four cases over DU violence on April 29

-- 2019-03-24 17:41:45

A Dhaka court on Sunday set April 29 to submit reports on probe in four cases filed over violence that took place during the quota reform movement on April, 2018, at Dhaka University (DU). Dhaka Metr...

Govt planning to complete immigration process of Hajj pilgrims in DB

Govt planning to complete immigration process of Hajj pilgrims in DB

-- 2019-03-24 17:32:05

State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on Sunday said the government is trying to complete the pre-arrival immigration process of the Hajj pilgrims in the country instead of Sau...

Police detains AL leader for carrying ammunition at HSIA

Police detains AL leader for carrying ammunition at HSIA

-- 2019-03-24 17:10:56

Airport authorities detained an Awami League (AL) leader along with 44 rounds of undeclared bullets from the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Sunday. ABM Majharul...

Mass Killing Day on Monday

Mass Killing Day on Monday

-- 2019-03-24 16:59:27

The Mass Killing Day will be observed across the country on Monday, marking the widespread massacre by Pakistani Army on the unarmed Bengalis on the black night of March 25, 1971. Countrywide blackou...

UN to raise 1971 genocide in int’l forum

UN to raise 1971 genocide in int’l forum

-- 2019-03-24 16:57:59

Visiting UN Under-Secretary General and Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng on Sunday said the United Nations will raise the 1971 issue of Pakistani genocide in Bangladesh in the int...