GOPALGANJ, Aug 1: Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq said on Saturday Freedom Fighters (FFs) would get Tk 8,000 per month as honorarium from July 2015 and Tk 10,000 from January 2016. Freedom Fighters regardless of their age would...
MUNSHIGANJ, Aug 1: Three workers remained missing as two trawlers carrying 60 people sank in the Padma River in Louhajang upazila under Munshiganj district amid inclement weather on Saturday. The missing victims are Jahangir, 28, son of Mozammel of Samaida...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 1: Traders at Khatunganj have suffered financial loss to the tune of Tk 1.0 billion (Tk 100 crore) due to damage of consumer goods at the country's major wholesale market. Shops and godowns have gone under knee-deep water...
FE Report | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
The government's ban on plying of slow-moving vehicles, including auto-rickshaws, on national highways in the country came into force on Saturday amid protests by associations of drivers and owners. Sources said under various banners, owners and drivers staged demonstrations at...
FE Report | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
Incessant rainfall following the cyclonic storm 'Komen' caused heavy rainfall for the last four days in southern, south-eastern and central parts of the country. It further intensified the sufferings of already flood-affected people in Bandarban, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Noakhali, Feni,...
FE Report | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
Transport owners, workers and CNG auto-rickshaw drivers gave on Saturday a 72-hour ultimatum to the government for stopping collection of toll from the Buriganga Bridge-1. Otherwise, they will launch a tougher movement, sources said. "We have urged the government to...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
Having failed to procure metre-gauge (MG) passenger carriages and locomotives under India's US$800 million line of credit (LoC), Bangladesh has planned to make such major railway purchases with ADB financing. Officials said Saturday 214 carriages and 10 engines willbought shortly...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
SYLHET, Aug 1: A bird exposed the security lapse at the Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Saturday morning. The bird entered the right-side engine of an aircraft of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines minutes after it had landed at the...
A six-day meeting between the top officials of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India began in New Delhi on Sunday. Bangladesh foreign ministry sources said delegations of the two neighbouring countries will discuss about border...
Brief scores: Pakistan 174 for 9 (Anwar 46, Afridi 45) beat Sri Lanka 172 for 7 (Kapugedera 48*, Jayasuriya 40) by one wicket Anwar Ali Pakistan's No. 9 batsman, waltzed into the belly of a baying Premadasa with 66 required...
Customs Intelligence officials have recovered 1.4-kilogram (kg) gold at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in Dhaka. They also arrested a passenger of a flight of an international airlines in this connection. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Hakim, 32, a...
FE Online Report | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
The International Day of Friendship is being celebrated in Bangladesh on Sunday. The day is a very special for youths, juveniles and children. Youngsters have been thronging gift shops and shopping malls to buy special gifts for their friends in...
Ferry service on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in Munshiganj district resumed on Sunday morning after 20 hours of its disruption for rough weather. SM Ashikuzzaman, assistant manager of BIWTC in Shimulia, said the ferry, launch and speedboat services were suspended on...
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested four alleged criminals and seized a firearm with ammunition in Rajshahi city on Saturday afternoon. The arrestees were identified as Biddut Hossain, 26, Mehedi Hassan, 25, Shaheen Kadir, 33, and Shahidul Alam, 28. Being...
A suspected robber was killed and four police personnel were injured in a ‘shootout’ between police and a gang of robbers at Meherpur Sadar upazila on Sunday. The dead is Miarul Islam, 42, son of Iman Ali, a resident of...
FE Online Report | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
Komen drifted away after sweeping Bangladesh’s coastal districts two days ago but has left a wet and cooler weather for the countrymen to cope with. However, the cricket remains colder as no balls rolled at Sher-e-Bangla in the capital due...
Bangladesh's students have staged an UN conference in Dhaka and discussed issues of national and international interest. It was just like the UN annual assembly that held every year in September in New York where head of states discuss different...
FE Online Report | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hour of trading on Sunday amid choppy trading, the first trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up...
A group of unruly employees of a food factory in Pabna lynched a conservancy worker on suspicion that he stole a bi-cycle of one of the employees on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Tulsi Kumar Das, 25, a...
Discussants at the BBC Sanglap has observed that a majority of enclave dwellers opted to remain in Bangladesh although they had chance to move to India as Bangladesh is now a better place to live in for its socioeconomic progression....
A teenage boy drowned in a pond in Bangabaria area of Noagoan district town on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Fardin, 16, son of Abdulla Khan, a resident of Purana Paltan area of the capital. Locals said Fardin went...
Three senior BNP leaders on Sunday turned themselves over in court after their anticipatory bail was scrapped by the Supreme Court (SC) last week. BNP Standing Committee member MK Anwar, Adviser to the party chairperson Abdul Awal Mintoo and Joint...
The High Court will give its decision on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s pleas challenging the legality of the Gatco graft case on August 5. The bench of Justice Md Nuruzzaman and Justice Abdur Rob finished hearing the rule on the...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in a drive arrested five people along with 12.5 kg gold and a private car from Khilgoan area of Dhaka city early Sunday. The details about the arrest could not be known immediately. Sources of...
The Awami League (AL) has appealed to all those operating fake Facebook accounts in the name of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members to close them down, reports bdnews24.com. The appeal has been posted on Bangladesh AL’s official...
A farmer was hacked to death by some miscreants at Beguarkhali village in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Azizul Islam Azit, son of late Amod Ali of the same village. Witnesses and police...
Police arrested a couple in possession of one 9MM pistol, two magazines and six rounds of bullet from Philipnagar Abed Ghat area in Daulatpur upazila of Kushita district on Sunday. The arrestees were identified as Iqbal Molla, 55, a resident...
CNG-run auto-rickshaw owners and workers blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Joina Bazar area in Sripur. The protesters also staged a demonstration on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur protesting the government decision to ban plying of the three- wheeler on the...
A woman allegedly committed suicide after killing her two daughters at Lemua village in Sadar upazila of Barguna district on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Roji Akter, wife of Ruman Panchayet, and their two daughters Moumi, 4, and...
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