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Road accidents kill 1,890 in five months: NCPSRR

At least 1,890 people, including 242 women and 312 children, were killed and 3,543 others injured in 1,792 road accidents in the first five months of the current year, reports UNB.The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR), a non-government organisation, on Sunday revealed the information in its...

Home-bound passengers

Home-bound passengers passing wearisome moment waiting for trains after facing schedule debacle. The picture was taken from Kamalapur Railway Station on Sunday— FE photo by KAZ Sumon

No traffic jam now on highways, says Quader

NARAYANGANJ, June 02 (BSS): Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Sunday there is no traffic congestion on the highways ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr as the country's highways are in a better state."The country's roads and highways are in the best condition. So the Eid holidaymakers are...

Photojourno Ataur Rahman passes away

Senior photojournalist Ataur Rahman Babu died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the city on Sunday at the age of 60. He breathed his last around 5:00 pm after he was admitted to the hospital with respiratory complications. He was suffering from pneumonia. He is survived by his wife, two...

10 women FFs honoured with Eid gifts

WE (We are the Earth), a private voluntary organisation, honoured 10 women freedom fighters with Eid gifts in the city's Kobita Cafe auditorium on Sunday, reports UNB.WE organised the programme to honor the women freedom fighters for their contributions to the Liberation War.Chaired by WE's head of executives Sharifa Bulbul,...

Shab-e-Qadr observed

The holy Shab-e-Qadr, also known as Lailatul Qadr, superior to thousand nights as per the holy Quran, was observed on Saturday night across the country with due religious fervour and solemnity, reports BSS.According to the holy Quran, the night is better than 1,000 nights as the angels and the spirit...

Cop attackers to be arrested soon: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Sunday those who were involved in the bomb attacks on police in the city's Malibagh and Gulistan areas will be arrested soon, reports UNB."Although the militants are trying to get reorganised, they've no capacity of carrying out big attacks," he said while talking...

Customs detain one with eight gold bars at HSIA

Customs intelligence officials arrested on Sunday one with eight gold bars at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, reports BSS.Director General of customs intelligence Dr Sahidul Islam confirmed it to the news agency.He said the gold bars were found after searching the body of Selim KH. He landed at Dhaka...

'Rapist' with bullet wound nabbed

LALMONIRHAT, June 02 (UNB): Hours after he reportedly raped a minor girl, police shot and arrested a young man at Durakuthi in Sadar upazila early Saturday.The arrestee is Sujon Mia (25), son of Saidul Islam of Taluk Khutamar in the district town.Police said Saidul took the eight-year-old girl to a...

A human hauler mangled

The photo shows a human hauler mangled in an accident that killed eight people on the Dhaka-Pabna Highway in Sirajganj on Sunday — Focus Bangla

WEATHER 03-6-2019

Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Monday).Day and night temperature may fall slightly over the country, Met Office said.The country's highest temperature...