FE Report | 2015-09-20 00:00:00
The meeting between education minister Nurul Islam Nahid and the public university teachers over new pay scale ended on Saturday inconclusively. However, both sides have agreed to discuss the issue further. The teachers under the banner of the Federation of...
Kamrun Nahar | 2015-09-20 00:00:00
The traffic system in city's Mirpur area has virtually collapsed in recent times largely due to unplanned development works round the year and indifference on the part of on-duty traffic police.It takes almost an hour to reach Mirpur-10 from Mirpur-12...
'Muggers' snatched away a truck loaded with 16 head of cattle from a group of cattle traders at the Manik Mia Avenue in the city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area early on Saturday, report agencies. Four of the cattle traders-Masum, Sujon, Thandu...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-09-20 00:00:00
The government now moves to build circular railway around the capital city to ease growing traffic congestion inside the metropolis, officials said Saturday. Ministry of Railway officials said Bangladesh Railway (BR) is expected to conduct a feasibility study for the...
FE Report Advance train ticket sale ended on Saturday with a large number of home-goers still in search of tickets. They were now looking for tickets of different modes of transport to celebrate the holy Eid-ul-Azha with their near and...
KHULNA, Sept 19 (UNB): A man and his daughter were found dead inside a septic tank at Labanchora in the Khulna city on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Elias, 75, and his daughter Parveen Akter, 25, a resident...
The novelist Jackie Collins has died of breast cancer at the age of 77, her family said in a statement. "It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the death of our beautiful, dynamic and one-of-a-kind mother," the statement said....
A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League went missing as a boat capsized after being hit by a sand-laden trawler in the Bongshi river in Bank Town area of Savar upazila of Dhaka district on Saturday evening. The victim was...
The tally of homes destroyed by two massive Northern California wildfires topped 1,000 Saturday after authorities doing damage assessments in the Sierra Nevada foothills counted another 250 houses destroyed by flames that still threaten thousands of more structures. California Department...
Russia has delivered the first batch of Yakovlev Yak-130 combat trainer aircraft (NATO reporting name Mitten) to Bangladesh. The plane allows training pilots in flying four-plus and fifth-generation combat aircraft, Russian media reports. The delivery process started on September 17....
The mother of a two-year-old girl found dead months ago and only now identified has been arrested over her death, police in Massachusetts say. Her boyfriend is to be charged with the girl's murder. Called "Baby Doe" by Boston police,...
A joint team of army and police in a drive arrested three men along with firearms and ammunition from a garden in Patachhora union of Ramgarh upazila of Khagrachari district on Saturday. The arrestees were identified as Anwar Hossain, 46,...
US President Barack Obama paid tribute Saturday to black women for their role in helping shape American democracy. Obama said black women did the behind-the-scenes work of strategising boycotts and organising marches while others got the credit. He said they...
FE Online Report | 2015-09-20 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Sunday, the first session of the week. After first 30 minutes of the day’s trading, DSEX, the prime index of...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in a drive arrested a man along with 1,157 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Razzaker More area of Boraigram upazila of Natore district on Saturday. The arrestee was identified as Rashedul Islam, hailing from...
Over 190 students were hospitalised, nine of them in critical condition, after inhaling smoke during a fire drill at a school in northwestern China's Gansu province, state media reported today. As many as 412 students of the junior middle school...
A Bangladeshi national, who sustained bullet injuries with another one as Border Security Force (BSF) personnel opened fire on them in Chanpasa border area of Haripur upazila of Thakurgoan district, died at a hospital in India on Saturday. The deceased...
Voting begins in Greece's general election, it indicating a tight race between left-wing incumbent Syriza party and conservative New Democracy. Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras's popularity plummeted after he agreed a new bailout deal with European leaders. The snap election, Greece's...
Pope Francis urged Cuba and the United States to set an example for the world by deepening the recent rapprochement that he helped secretly broker between the former Cold War foes Saturday. His zucchetto skullcap flying off in the Caribbean...
Eating a Mediterranean diet or other healthy dietary pattern, comprising fruit, vegetables, legumes and nuts, is associated with preventing the onset of depression, according to a new study from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain. The...
Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, led worshippers in performing Maghreb and funeral prayers over the body of Shaikh Rashid Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, at Zabeel Mosque....
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has to go but the timing of his departure should be decided through negotiations. Speaking after talks with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in London Saturday, Kerry called...
Saudi Arabia has been deployed 100,000 security personnel to oversee the annual Muslim Haj pilgrimage Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Mansour Al Turki says among those securing the massive crowds during Haj are members of an elite counterterrorism unit, traffic police and...
Bollywood star is in the Best India Act category of the annual awards. Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra and singer-actress Monica Dogra have bagged nominations at the Europe Music Awards 2015 under the Best India Act category, a sub-category of the...
Betty Cantrell, representing the southern US state of Georgia, was crowned Miss America 2016 late Sunday. Cantrell, overcome by emotion, received the crown from last year’s winner, Kira Kazantsev of New York, then waved to the tune of the pageant’s...
Nearly 4,700 refugees have been rescued off the coast of Libya, as they tried to reach Europe but one woman was found dead, Italy's coastguard said. The rescues operation were carried out by vessels from the Italian coastguard and navy,...
The death toll rose to 193 in South Sudan’s fuel tanker explosion Saturday as the government declared three days of mourning. More patients have succumbed to their injuries, said Patrick Raphael Zamoi, the governor of Western Equatoria state where the...
Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from a jungle in Jadurchar area of Savar upazila of Dhaka district on Saturday evening. The age of the deceased would be around 20/22. Locals spotted the body in a sack...
Detective Branch (DB) personnel in separate drives arrested 17 alleged members of a doper gang from different parts of Dhaka city in 24 hours till Sunday morning. Identity of the arrestees could not be known immediately. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)...
Police arrested an alleged drug dealer in possession of 50 kilograms of hemp from Saddam market in Matuail area of Dhaka city on Saturday night. The arrestee was identified as Anisur Rahman. Muntasirul Islam, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan...
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