GOPALGANJ, Sep 17 (UNB): A case has been filed against 1617 people including former lawmaker Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim and former reserved women's seat lawmaker Nazma Aktar in connection with the killing of a central leader of the BNP's voluntary...
A Dhaka court has placed former additional superintendant of police (Adi-SP) Abdullah Hil Kafi of Dhaka district on a two-day remand more in an attempt to murder case filed with Ashulia thana, reports BSS.Senior Judicial Magistrate of the Chief Judicial...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the former member of parliament for Rajshahi-4, Engineer Md. Enamul Haque from Dhaka's Adabor, reports UNB.He was arrested over attacking students and the public during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement in Rajshahi's Bagmara...
Canadian MP Chandra Arya has expressed deep concern over the ongoing violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, reports UNB.In a statement in the Canadian Parliament on Moday, Indian origin Arya highlighted the troubling situation faced by religious minorities, including Hindus, Buddhists,...
THAKURGAON, Sept 17 (BSS): Police have arrested three workers of Jubo League, the youth front of Awami League, on charges of taking extortion in guise of Jubo Dal, youth wing of BNP on Monday.The arrestees are Solaiman Hossen (32), Raju...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-18 00:00:00
Approximately 81.9 per cent of DU students want DUCSU as an alternative after banning party-affiliated student politics at Dhaka University, according to an opinion survey by Dhaka University Research Society (DURS).As much as 80 per cent of the students said...
A Dakha court has sent former cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor to jail in a case lodged over the murder of hotel staff Siam Sardar in the capital's Mirpur area during the recent anti-discrimination student movement, report agencies.Noor was arrested...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-18 00:00:00
A Dhaka Court on Tuesday placed senior journalists Mozammel Babu and Shyamal Dutta as well as former president of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, Shahriar Kabir, on a seven-day remand in two murder cases. Judge of the Additional Chief...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately...
At least two Bangladeshi men have drowned in the sea in South Korea while visiting the beach, reports bdnews24.com.The dead are Sakibur Rahman Sanjib (23) and Saikat Hasan Shanto (20). Both of them hailed from Narsingdi's Belabo.The incident occurred at...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-18 00:00:00
Professor Dr. A. K. M. Rashidul Alam from the Department of Environmental Sciences has been appointed as the new proctor of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Tuesday.On the same day, Shamima Nasrin Jolly, Associate Professor of the Department of Botany, Muhammad...
COX'S BAZAR, Sep 17 (UNB): Former Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the capital's Jatrabari thana, Md Abul Hasan Chowdhury, has been arrested at the Teknaf border. Teknaf police apprehended him on Monday.Cox's Bazar Additional Superintendent of Police, Md. Jasim Uddin Chowdhury, confirmed...
A pregnant woman has died of dengue in Chattogram, reports UNB.The dead is Umme Hani Akter aged 22.Her husband, Md Jewe , said they were both admitted to the hospital last Thursday after being diagnosed with dengue.They were receiving treatment...
The government has formed a five-member committee to look into the appeals of the government officials who were reportedly deprived of promotion and service benefits during the immediate past regime led by Awami League, reports BSS."Those officials deprived in the...
Former president of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) and veteran journalist Azmal Hossain Khadem has died at a hospital in the capital. He was 76, report agencies. "Khadem breathed his last at 12:00 am on Tuesday while he was undergoing treatment...
Stephen Forbes has joined British Council in Bangladesh as the new Country Director, says a press release.Stephen, who brings over 20 years of experience with the British Council, will spearhead initiatives focused on education, arts, and the English language.Stephen's extensive...
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has said environment-friendly refrigerators and air conditioners as well as non-CFC inhalers should be used to protect the ozone layer, reports BSS.Technicians should also be aware of...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-18 00:00:00
Ambassador of Nepal Ghanshyam Bhandari on Tuesday briefed the Chief Adviser on Nepal's vast hydropower potential and expressed hope that the two countries would soon be able to start energy trading. He paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-18 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday appointed Hoe Yun Jeong, a financial sector specialist, as its new country director for Bangladesh.Mr. Jeong has 25 years of professional experience, including about 15 years in the ADB, said a press release....
'Anjuman-e Rahmania Mainia Maizbhandaria' organised a procession to commemorate the Eid-e-Milad-Un-Nabi in the capital on Monday. They marched from the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) to Shahbag and returned to the IEB. — FE Photo
Around one month after the devastating floods that hit the eastern part of the country, Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Farooq-e-Azam on Tuesday informed that damages from the natural disaster topped Tk142.69 billion, reports UNB.He shared the information with reporters...
Home Adviser Lt. Gen. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has asked all concerned to bring the kingpins of illegal drug dealers to book, reports BSS."Expose the godfathers of illegal drug traders to justice. You have to capture not only the...
Kushtia, Sep 16 (UNB): Bangladeshi landowners are set to regain around 200 acres of land previously lost to India due to the erosion of the Padma River along the Daulatpur border in Kushtia.A joint decision to resurvey the disputed land...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-09-18 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 17: The first ship on the Bangladesh-China direct route, MV Kota Angoon V Kajon, carrying 935 TEUS containers arrived at the outer anchorage of Chittagong sea port on Monday. The ship was scheduled to dock at Jetty No....
FE REPORT | 2024-09-18 00:00:00
The national committee on reviewing power and energy sector deals has sought data on power plants that got approved under the 'controversial' special provision law. The first meeting of the committee held on Monday asked for the information on the...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-18 00:00:00
Eggs and chickens are not available at government-fixed rates as both items have become a bit expensive even after the introduction of their maximum retail prices (MRPs), market sources say.The Department of Livestock Services (DLS) in alignment with the Department...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-09-18 00:00:00
The Dhaka Metro rail company is likely to get an estimated 1.0-million passengers after its extension up to Tongi, according to a latest study.The study done under the city's first mass rapid transit line-06 (MRT-06) project says an eight-kilometre extension...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-18 00:00:00
Long tailbacks in the capital city on Tuesday caused immense sufferings to the commuters as they either remained stuck for a long time or crossed long distances on foot defying the scorching heat.Areas like Shantinagar, Kakrail, Bijoynagar, Paltan and Fakirapool...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-18 00:00:00
The July Martyrs Memorial Foundation officially started its journey on Tuesday with a Tk 1.0 billion fund received from the Chief Adviser's Relief Fund.Nahid Islam, a key coordinator of the July student movement and government adviser for information and ICT...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-18 00:00:00
The white paper preparation committee on Tuesday said they indentified that the data and statistics available with the government were very weak."In many cases, the civil servants involved in the data estimation and publication were helpless or being forced to...
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