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Verdicts against Khaleda will reflect PM’s desire: BNP

Verdicts against Khaleda will reflect PM’s desire: BNP

-- 2018-01-25 07:09:02

The BNP alleged that the verdicts in two graft cases filed against party's chairperson Khaleda Zia will reflect the Prime Minister's desire. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up...

People in the wrong with compunction

People in the wrong with compunction

-- 2018-01-24 10:44:30

The death of a retired government official from the beating he received at the hands of secretary of the flat owners' association and his henchmen in old Dhaka comes as a great shock. A protest overni...

Khaleda wants strong movement against 'neo-Baksal'

Khaleda wants strong movement against 'neo-Baksal'

-- 2018-01-24 07:01:09

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said a strong movement is a must to 'restore democracy' by defeating 'neo-Baksal'. "People are now strongly committed to ousting the neo-Baksal regime. We must remove...

BCL men beat protesters to 'rescue' besieged VC

BCL men beat protesters to 'rescue' besieged VC

-- 2018-01-23 12:00:00

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists on Tuesday swooped on ‘anti-repression group’ students at Dhaka University to 'rescue' its besieged Vice Chancellor (VC). The activists of BCL, r...

Troubled tannery relocation   

Troubled tannery relocation  

-- 2018-01-23 10:26:15

Relocation of tanneries at Savar Tannery Estate (STE) amidst lots of noises is encountering something more than what can be described 'teething problems'. The process of transfer, though far from over...

Police arrest Khaleda’s adviser Taimur in Narayanganj

Police arrest Khaleda’s adviser Taimur in Narayanganj

FE Online Desk 2018-01-23 03:15:33

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser and also a party leader from Narayanganj Taimur Alam Khandakar has been arrested. The police detained him from Narayanganj's Chanmari area at 1:15pm on Tuesday i...

DU admits unpreparedness for affiliation   

DU admits unpreparedness for affiliation  

-- 2018-01-22 10:50:30

At last the admission that the University of Dhaka granted affiliation to seven government colleges in the city without any preparation comes.  After what has happened over the mess, there is no...

Tarique's counsel presents arguments in Aug 21 case

Tarique's counsel presents arguments in Aug 21 case

-- 2018-01-22 09:15:53

State-appointed defence counsel of BNP's Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman has started presenting its arguments in the August 21 grenade attack case. The lawyer, Abul Kalam Akhtar Hossain, presente...

Police detain 14 BCL men over Chittagong Polytechnic violence

Police detain 14 BCL men over Chittagong Polytechnic violence

-- 2018-01-21 12:42:46

Police arrested 14 leaders and activists of Chittagong Polytechnic Institute unit Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) from different student dormitories on Saturday evening. Police said they conducted a...

BNP making anti-govt statements : Quader

BNP making anti-govt statements : Quader

-- 2018-01-21 12:00:00

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said BNP leaders are engaged in a competition of making anti-government statements to appease their high-ups. 80 percent conscious and honest...

Quader claims 80pc honest people despise BNP

Quader claims 80pc honest people despise BNP

-- 2018-01-21 12:00:00

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said 80 per cent conscious and honest people of the country hate Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Quader came up with the remarks in respons...

BNP asks EC to stop PM from unilateral campaign

BNP asks EC to stop PM from unilateral campaign

-- 2018-01-21 11:29:05

BNP has urged the Election Commission (EC) to stop Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from going for a unilateral electioneering before the announcement of the schedule for the next general election. BNP s...

Poor power index of Bangladesh passport   

Poor power index of Bangladesh passport  

-- 2018-01-21 09:51:59

That Bangladeshis are not welcome as travellers in most countries of the world is amply evident from the ratings done by the Henley & Partners. The latest rating says the country has even slipped...

Isn't it a clear contempt of court?

Isn't it a clear contempt of court?

-- 2018-01-21 07:41:01

Pointing out state minister for LGRD Mashiur Rahman Ranga's comment on under-trial cases, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said Isn't it a clear case of contempt of court? The former Prime Minister ra...

BNP failed to frame an election -time supportive govt: Inu

BNP failed to frame an election -time supportive govt: Inu

-- 2018-01-21 03:50:17

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has failed to form an election -time supportive government in the last eight years. "BNP is acting like 2014 when they kil...

Regulating marketing of pesticide-treated foods   

Regulating marketing of pesticide-treated foods  

-- 2018-01-20 09:56:34

The reported instructions from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) asking two relevant ministries to ensure enforcement of the mandatory requirements in the matters of safe consumption of farm produce,...

BNP's outline for election-time govt at appropriate time: Fakhrul

BNP's outline for election-time govt at appropriate time: Fakhrul

-- 2018-01-20 06:29:17

BNP General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said his party would disclose its outline for a proper election-time government at the ‘appropriate time’.  “There is an a...

Lawmen arrest ‘drug trader’

Lawmen arrest ‘drug trader’

-- 2018-01-20 03:05:21

Members of Narcotics Control Department arrested an alleged Yaba trader along with 20,000 Yaba tablets from Moizyar Tek area under Karnaphuli thana of Chittagong on early Saturday. The arrestee was i...

Reorganising public transport system   

Reorganising public transport system  

-- 2018-01-19 10:16:01

Addressing the capital's atrocious public transport system has so far proved to be a highly challenging task for the authorities. Their efforts in the past -- mostly half-hearted and botched up -- fai...

BNP to ‘restore’ democracy: Fakhrul

BNP to ‘restore’ democracy: Fakhrul

-- 2018-01-19 05:44:28

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said their party will 'restore' democracy in the country through a movement under the leadership of their chairperson Khaleda Zia. "Now democracy...

BNP should join next polls to prove popularity: Hanif

BNP should join next polls to prove popularity: Hanif

-- 2018-01-19 03:14:19

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub- Ul Alam Hanif on Friday said BNP should join the next general election to prove its popularity. "They are now feeling complacency of imagination," he said...

BNP observes Zia’s 82nd birth anniversary

BNP observes Zia’s 82nd birth anniversary

-- 2018-01-19 02:08:38

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has paid tribute to party founder, the late Ziaur Rahman, on his 82nd birthday. The BNP chief visited Rahman’s grave at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar alongside s...

AL is positive of winning DNCC by-polls: Obaidul

AL is positive of winning DNCC by-polls: Obaidul

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said that ruling Awami League had a 100 per cent chance of winning the Dhaka North City Corporation (D...

Ivy, Shamim blame each other for clashes

Ivy, Shamim blame each other for clashes

-- 2018-01-18 11:40:43

Top Narayanganj Awami League leaders - Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy and MP AKM Shamim Osman - have blamed each other over Tuesday’s clashes between their supporters over the eviction of hawkers from t...

National Vegetable Fair sends wrong signal   

National Vegetable Fair sends wrong signal  

-- 2018-01-18 11:18:06

Any fair with the tag 'national' has its insurmountable importance because it is an occasion to celebrate something touching the people's life irrespective of classes and segments. On that count, the...

New Rangpur city mayor takes oath

New Rangpur city mayor takes oath

-- 2018-01-18 02:28:39

Newly elected Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation Mostafizar Rahman has taken oath of office. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at her office on Thursday. LGRD and Cooperatives Minist...

Stay on DNCC by-polls ‘utter failure’ of EC: Fakhrul

Stay on DNCC by-polls ‘utter failure’ of EC: Fakhrul

FE Online Desk 2018-01-17 12:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the High Court’s stay order on the by-polls of Dhaka North City Corporation reflects “utter failure” of the Election Commi...

Making tax measures 'prospective' enough

Making tax measures 'prospective' enough

-- 2018-01-17 09:44:52

A few issues that the leaders of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) placed before Finance Minister AMA Muhith early this week, need to be considered from a proper perspective and...

Central AL summons Shamim, Ivy

Central AL summons Shamim, Ivy

-- 2018-01-17 06:15:47

The central committee of ruling Awami League has summoned lawmaker Shamim Osman and Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy over Tuesday's clash in Narayanganj. A central leader of Awami League confirmed the matter b...

Pains of doing business

Pains of doing business

-- 2018-01-16 12:26:31

A few unsavoury - albeit not quite unknown - facts emerged from a view-exchange meeting arranged by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce (FBCCI) with its affiliated associations. In the d...