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Teenage boy dies from cricket bat hit

2015-06-15 00:00:00

A teenage boy was killed as he was allegedly hit with a cricket bat by his younger brother at Kazipara in the city' s Kafrul area on Sunda, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Md Sumon (14), son of...

Female cop\\\'s rapists to get punishment

2015-06-15 00:00:00

State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Sunday actions will be taken against the rapists of a female police constable in the city, reports UNB. "This is a heinous crime…the responsible policeman will be tried under the...

Call to raise allocation for edn, health, agriculture

FE Report | 2015-06-15 00:00:00

Speakers at a post-budget meeting on Sunday called for increasing budgetary allocations for education, health and agriculture sectors aiming to ensure socio-economic freedom of the people. The quality of budget expenditure should also be ensured to take the benefits to...

President, PM urge all to plant fruit-bearing trees

2015-06-15 00:00:00

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina called upon all on Sunday to expedite fruit tree plantation campaign across the country, reports BSS. They made the call in separate messages on the eve of 'Fruit Tree Plantation...

Rights bodies concerned over human trafficking

FE Report | 2015-06-15 00:00:00

Caram Asia, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), along with some other human rights organisations has expressed deep concern over human trafficking from the Asian subcontinent. The organisations also urged the government to take initiatives to bring the trafficking victims back home,...

Cyber security law to be enacted

2015-06-15 00:00:00

The government is planning to enact cyber security law to ensure security of the government services and protect its own IT system, reports UNB. Disclosing this at the concluding day's session of the seven-day training on "Information Security- Business Continuity...

Govt to set up computer lab at 2,000 educational instts

2015-06-15 00:00:00

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader told the parliament on Sunday that the government has taken a plan to set up computer lab at 2,000 educational institutions with language training facility at upazila level through a project, reports BSS....

One held with Tk 1.78m foreign currencies at HSIA

2015-06-15 00:00:00

One Bangkok-bound passenger was arrested with Tk 1.78 million foreign currencies on Saturday night at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, reports UNB. Deputy Commissioner (Customs) Ruhul Amin told the news agency that the arrested passenger Anisur Rahman (45) was scheduled to...

Tk 4.0m fake currency notes seized in city

2015-06-15 00:00:00

Detectives arrested six suspected members of a counterfeit money syndicate and seized counterfeit notes worth Tk 4.0 million (40 lakh) from their possession in West Kafrul area of the city on Saturday night, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as...

Hajj agents to show cause as Umrah visas misused

FE Report | 2015-06-15 00:00:00

The ministry of religious affairs (MoRA) served legal notices on Hajj agents allegedly involved in misuse of Umrah Hajj visas issued by Saudi Arabia. The notices were served in line with a decision taken by Religious Affairs Minister Prof Motiur...

21 univs sign deal with UGC for ensuring quality edn

2015-06-15 00:00:00

Twenty-one universities, including 13 private ones, signed an agreement with the University Grants Commission (UGC) for putting in place a mechanism in their universities to ensure quality education. The agreement (Round-2), involving Tk 420 million, was singed at a ceremony...

South East University team meets President

2015-06-15 00:00:00

A four-member delegation of South East University, led by its Board of Trustees chairman Rezaul Karim, made a courtesy call on President Md Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Sunday. During the meeting, the delegation apprised the President of the activities...

Sardar Fazlul Karim’s death anniv today

2015-06-15 00:00:00

The first death anniversary of Sardar Fazlul Karim, an eminent scholar, academic, philosopher and essayist, will be observed today (Monday) reports BSS. The Director General (DG) of Bangla Academy will deliver welcome speech while Dhaka University teacher Prof Dr MM...

Newly-wed couple ‘commit suicide’ in city

2015-06-15 00:00:00

A recently married couple allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves from a ceiling fan in a house at Anandanagar in the city's Badda area on Sunday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Shamim (20), a furniture shop employee, and...

50,000 Yaba tablets seized in Teknaf

2015-06-15 00:00:00

COX'S BAZAR, June 14 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 50,000 pieces of Yaba tablet from the Sabrang border point area of the Naf River in Teknaf Upazila on Saturday night. Tipped off, a team of the border...

News in Brief

2015-06-15 00:00:00

New Air chief meets President Newly-appointed Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Abu Esrar made a courtesy call on President Md Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Sunday. During the meeting, Air Marshal Abu Esrar expressed gratitude to the President and...

Weather

2015-06-15 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions with moderately heavy to...

Photo: Chittagong District Administration started eviction

2015-06-15 00:00:00

Photo: CBA and non-CBA Oikya Parishad

2015-06-15 00:00:00

President Hamid to inaugurate Bangladesh ICT-Expo-2015

2015-06-15 00:00:00

President Abdul Hamid will inaugurate the Bangladesh ICT-Expo-2015 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) today (Monday). The Bangladesh ICT-Expo-2015 will promote local hardware industry in an effort to transform the country into a leading manufacturing one. A total of 20...

Brazil beat Peru in Copa America match

2015-06-15 00:00:00

Neymar scored a goal and set up the injury-time winner for Douglas Costa, helping Brazil open its Copa America campaign with a 2-1 win over Peru on Sunday. Costa found the net from close range after receiving a perfect pass...

Kurigram schoolgirl killed after gang-rape

2015-06-15 00:00:00

A schoolgirl was strangulated to death allegedly after gang-rape by three youths in Roumari upazila in Kurigram district on Sunday. The victim was a resident of Boalmari village. Locals said Ayiub Ali, son of Abdul Baten of Boalmari village, along...

Col (Retd) Rashid\\\'s property confiscated

2015-06-15 00:00:00

The property of fugitive Colonel (Retd) Abdur Rashid, sentenced to death along with 6 others for assassinating Bangabandhu and most of his family members four decades ago, has been confiscated. Condemned convict Col (Retd) Abdur Rashid’s properties on 6.12 acres...

Brother, nephew get death for killing man

2015-06-15 00:00:00

A Rangpur court has sentenced to death a man’s brother and nephew for murdering him over a land dispute more than a decade ago. The court in the verdict on Sunday acquitted two others. Convict Osman Gani, 72, and his...

0.1m Yaba seized in Dhaka, Ctg

2015-06-15 00:00:00

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in separate drives seized 0.1 million (100,000) pieces of Yaba tablet in Dhaka and Chittagong cities from Saturday evening to Sunday afternoon. In Dhaka, RAB-10 personnel arrested an alleged drug trader from Jurain area under...

Five die in Habiganj truck-car collision

2015-06-15 00:00:00

At least five people were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj district on Monday. Two others were injured in the head-on collision between a truck and a car. Sherpur Highway Police OC...

1 dies in Barguna \\\'gun battle\\\'

2015-06-15 00:00:00

A man has been killed in a ‘shootout’ between a gang of pirates and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in the Sundarbans in Patharghata upazila of Barguna district on Monday. RAB-8 identified the deceased as Md Jamal, 35. A RAB-8...

DSE, CSE soar at opening

FE Online Report | 2015-06-15 00:00:00

The country’s twin bourse – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) –marginally rose on Monday after a  significant fall in previous session. DSEX, the benchmark index of the DSE, went up by 3.12 points or 0.07 per...

Asian shares slip

2015-06-15 00:00:00

Asian shares fell and the euro skidded in Asian trade on Monday, after Greece's talks with lenders to avert a default ended with no agreement and Wall Street logged losses ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting. MSCI's broadest index of...

South Africa Court bars Sudan president from leaving

2015-06-15 00:00:00

A South African judge barred Sudan's indicted president from leaving the country on Sunday, in a deepening rift between Africa and the West over what Pretoria called anti-poor country bias in the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Omar al-Bashir, visiting...