A minor girl was allegedly raped by a young boy in Kathalia villege of Nabinagar Upazila of Brahmanbaria Tuesday. The victim was identified as Rima (5), daughter of Rabiul of Narasinghapur village of Nabinagar Upazila. Police said rapist Bashir (20)...
A rickshaw-van puller was killed when a microbus hit him in Gouripur area on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Daudkandi Upazila of Comilla Tuesday evening.The deceased was identified as Siddiqur Rahman (30), son of Belayet Miah of South Muradnagar village in Muradnagar...
Khoksha Thana police seized 250 kgs OMS rice and wheat from a crushing mill in Khoksha Bazar recently in kushtia district. UNO Doud Mia said that the OMS dealer Abdur Razzak, Asit Roy and Rahmat Ali sold out 250 kgs...
A man was arrested along with counterfeit currency notes from NCC Bank branch of Savar Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Kamrul Hasan, son of late Solaiman Khan of Panchkhola village in Sadar Upazila of Madaripur district.Police said Kamrul deposited 15...
Opposition BNP Thursday asked the government to immediately release its detained central leaders who have been "arrested and subjected to torture illegally", reports UNB. Addressing a press briefing at the party central office Thursday, BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul...
Bangladesh has shown keen interest to share expertise and experience of India in building the proposed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib International Airport in the country, reports BSS. The interest was shown when visiting India Overseas Affairs and Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Thursday rejected petitions seeking bail for four top Jama'at-e-Islami leaders including party chief Matiur Rahman Nizami, now detained in jail in several cases including alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation,...
Saber Hossain Chowdhury MP has been elected president of Inter-Parliamentary Union's (IPU) First Standing Committee (Peace & International Security), reports UNB. He was elected in the 124th Assembly of the union at Panama City which concluded on 20th April. Deputy...
A delegation of the Russian JSC Gazprom company, the largest natural gas extractor of the country, led by its Chief Executive Officer Valeriy Gulev Thursday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina at the latter's office in...
A parliamentary watchdog has recommended cancelling the contractual appointment of the Fire Service and Civil Defence director general (DG) for his corruption, reports bdnews24.com. After a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on Ministry of Home Affairs Thursday, committee chairman...
Myanmar is keen to resolve all problems including that of the Rohingya refugees through negotiations by the two democratic governments. Newly-appointed Myan-mar Ambassador in Bangladesh U Min Lwin said this when he presented his credentials to President M Zillur Rahman...
The World Bank (WB) will give US$ 35 million for the project titled 'Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROSC)' to enroll more children in poverty-stricken districts for education, reports BSS. Encouraged by the success of the project, the WB has agreed to...
DINAJPUR Apr 21 (UNB): Miners of Maddhyapara Granite Mining Company Limited (MGMCL) in Parbotipur Upazila staged a sit-in in front of the mine gate to press home their 11-point charter of demands Thursday, reports UNB. Reinstatement of retrenched workers, payment...
The government has decided to introduce multimedia classrooms in schools and colleges in the country from June next with a view to ensuring quality education, reports UNB. "We are going to take initiative to set up modern technology-based multimedia classroom...
Pro-government doctors' association have demanded more medical universities in Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. Leaders of Swadhinata Chikitshok Parishad (Swachip), a forum of pro-ruling Awami League physicians, raised the demand Thursday at Dhaka Medical College while observing the 40th anniversary of the...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will formally lay the foundation of Asian University for Women (AUW) on its Chittagong campus on April 26 (Tuesday), reports UNB. The AUW is being built to groom women as skilled and innovative professionals, service-oriented...
A police constable was killed as a microbus of robbers ran over him at Pubail Meerer bazar in Sadar Upazila Wednesday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mamunur Rashid (25), of Shyamnagar village in Kushtia. Police and local sources...
Qulkhwani of Jahangir Jabbar, a former student leader of sixties and president of Bangladesh CoalCoke Importers Association and Sole Agent of Sika India Pvt Limited for Bangladesh, will be held after Asr prayer today (Friday) at his Banani residence in...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, April 21: The BGMEA Chittagong region today opened its Mahabub Ali Hall at the BGMEA Bhaban at South Khulsi of the port city. President of the association of garments manufacturers and exporters Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin inaugurated the hall...
NOAKHALI, Apr 21 (UNB): A young housewife was strangled to death by her husband over dowry at Harinarainpur village in Sadar Upazila near the town Wednesday evening. The deceased was identified as Amena Begum (20), daughter of Abdul Mannan of...
Siddique Islam The country's overall bank deposits witnessed a slower growth during the second quarter (Q2) of the current fiscal -- between October and December, 2010 -- when the share market witnessed a bull-run, officials said. The amount of currency...
Shahiduzzaman KhanIt's a bizarre case of irregularities. A section of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) officials and employees, as the reports in the media indicated, swindled a substantial amount of money on account of registration of cars and driving licences....
FHM Humayan Kabir The government has appointed Dr. Mashiur Rahman, adviser to the Prime Minister, 'Integrity Adviser' for overseeing the multi-billion-dollar Padma bridge project as the lead financier, the World Bank (WB), tagged it as a condition for making available...
FE ReportRussia has agreed to help develop Bangladesh's ailing energy sector through all possible means, augment natural gas supply and ensure its transmission across the country. Russia's state-owned oil and gas company Gazprom has agreed to drill five gas wells...
Doulot Akter MalaThe online tax return system for income taxpayers has failed to attract people in the last two years as they found the facility incomplete without proper coordination between Bangladesh Bank (BB), commercial banks and the revenue board, officials...
The US government has no plan to reduce tariff rate for Bangladeshi export items, reports bdnews24.com. "We don't have any plan to alter the tariff rate right now," assistant US Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Delaney said after a meeting with...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Wednesday the on-going crisis in Libya heightened the need for formulating effective contingency planning and mechanism to deal with the problems of migrant workers in any emergent situation, report agencies. "In Libya, migrant workers and...
The word 'drowned' should be read as 'capsized' in the headline titled 'CPA did not send barge to rescue drowned ship' published on page 1 of the Wednesday's issue of FE. The inadvertent mistake is regretted.
At least 50 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Kodda village in Sadar Upazila of Brahmanbaria Wednesday morning.Witnesses said supporters of Abul Hashem and Asad Master locked into altercation with the supporters of Ayub Ali.Later,...
At least 30 students of Sadar Upazila Dakkhin Kamalpur non-government primary school fell sick to mass-psychogenic diseases of Benapole Tuesday.Sources said 19 students of class V and 10 students of class IV were attacked by the disease Tuesday and they...
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