Arafat Ara | 2015-06-21 00:00:00
Nearly 66 per cent of Bangladeshi female migrants returned home from abroad with different types of health complications caused by physical tortures, said a study conducted by Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Programme (OKUP). The study carried out in December 2014 showed...
The snail's pace of construction work on the Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover has turned irksome for those who commute regularly through the areas as they have to face immense sufferings for severe traffic congestions due to the dilapidated condition of roads caused...
Eminent industrialist, patron of education, philanthropist, social worker and one of the promoters and founder members of North South University (NSU) M A Kashem has been elected uncontested as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of NSU Trust and...
Md Sanaur Rahman Patwari and Mr Fazlul Haque were elected President and Senior Vice President of Bangladesh Photographic Association (BPA) for the sessions 2015-16 and 2016-17, in an election held in the city on June 16, says a press release....
A roundtable on Dokhina Inter-university Cricket tournament was held at the conference room of Southern University Bangladesh (SUB) in Chittagong recently, says a press release. The founder of SUB Sarwar Jahan took the initiative to arrange the tournament. He delivered...
International Yoga Day today The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in association with the United Nations System in Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Yoga Association will observe the first International Yoga Day at the National Museum in the city today (Sunday). PM's...
After their first series triumph against Pakistan earlier in April, hosts Bangladesh have an opportunity to register a maiden series win against their other sub-continent rival, India. The neighbours will clash in the second of a three-match ODI series at...
Holy Ramadan has arrived, turning several localities in Dhaka city virtually into open buffets with eateries flanking the streets. For those who will break the day-long fast at sunset, arrays of food stalls selling Iftar delicacies have been set up...
A flag meeting between border forces of Bangladesh and Myanmar is yet to be held four days after a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) soldier was abducted by the neighbouring country’s Border Guard Police. The two countries’ border patrols exchanged fire...
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined thousands of people on Rajpath in capital New Delhi for a mass event marking International Yoga Day on Sunday. It was not only a yogic exercise for health. It was for harmony and peace....
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in a drive arrested two persons along with 0.65 million (6.50 lakh) pieces of Yaba tablet in Feni district on Sunday. The arrestees were identified as Mahfuzur Rahman and Zabed Ali. RAB-7 official ASP Sohel...
FE Online Report | 2015-06-21 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw downward trend in early hour of trading on Sunday, the first session in Holy Ramadan month. It is also the first trading session with reduced trading hour as...
At least two people were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Rautora area in Magura Sadar upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Zakaria Kazal, 25, son of Rahim Biswas, and Shamirul, 22, son...
Argentina defeated Jamaica 1-0 in megastar Lionel Messi’s 100th game with the national football team on Saturday, securing first place in its Copa America group. Striker Gonzalo Higuain scored an 11th-minute winner for the title favorites, which had already secured...
A union parishad member allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at Uzgram village in Mohammadpur upazila in Magura district on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Ekramul Haque Tokan, 50, a UP member of Mohammadpur Sadar Union. Family sources...
The central bank governor has said that Bangladesh will be a middle income country by 2021, a higher middle income by 2030 and a developed nation by 2040, if it can continue with the regional connectivity like Europe. The Bangladesh...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have unearthed a fake cigarette factory, seized a huge amount of fake cigarettes and cigarette making materials and sealed off the factory in Bonpara under Baraigram upazila in Natore district. A team of Rab-5, led...
The law enforcers arrested three men along with five machetes, 10 iron pipes, a shot gun and 14 pieces of wooden stick in Chhatak upazila of Sylhet district on Saturday night. The arrestees were identified as Amir Ali, 55, owner...
Two young men have been killed in a road accident at Nandanpur in Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Ibrahim, 20, son of one Ali mia and Yasin, 18, son of one Sono Mia, hailed...
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon has told the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) that Biman Bangladesh Airlines has planned to induct more new generation turboprop aircraft to its fleet. "This plan is under consideration to operate flights on domestic...
Crops worth at least Tk7.23 billion have been damaged by rats in the current fiscal year, Agricultural Minister Matia Chowdhury told the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) on Sunday. The minister said, in the 2014-2015 FY around 273,744 tonnes of paddy have...
Two brothers have been electrocuted while trying to save a child in Jessore district. Monirampur Police Station OC Molla Khabir Ahmed said the incident occurred in a brick kiln at Dodaria around 7:30am on Sunday. Those killed were ‘Milon’, 32,...
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Stocks ended lower for the second running sessions on Sunday with falling turnover as investors followed cautious stance. It is the first reduced trading session by an hour during holy month of Ramadan. Trading at the DSE and CSE began...
Death toll in Mumbai spurious liquor tragedy rose to 94 on Sunday. Hospital sources said 41 more people died on Sunday, taking the total number of deaths to 94. Another 37 people continue to be critical in hospitals. The victims...
The International Crimes Tribunal has withdrawn the arrest warrant for Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury following a stay order by the chamber judge. The tribunal withdrew the warrant when Chowdhury submitted a petition on Sunday, attaching copy of the stay...
India were three for the loss of one wicket in their second one-day international cricket match at Mirpur in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon. The tourists lost Rohit Sharma's wicket in the first ball of the game. Brief scores: Jun 21,...
BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has received bail from the High Court in three cases filed over violence. A HC bench of Justice Mohammad Rezaul Haque and Justice Khasruzzaman on Sunday granted bail to the BNP leader...
Muggers looted a CNG-run auto-rickshaw stabbing its driver in Mohammadpur upazila of Marura district on Saturday afternoon. The injured was identified as Emon Sheikh, son of Mona Miah, a resident of Konutia village. Police said a gang of muggers attacked...
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