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'Democratic' AL permits BNP's rally: Obaidul

'Democratic' AL permits BNP's rally: Obaidul

-- 2017-11-10 06:55:35

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said the BNP has got permission for holding rally as the Awami League led government is a democratic one. "We always want to give the party permission as...

Unfair election will create upheaval, disaster: BNP   

Unfair election will create upheaval, disaster: BNP   

-- 2017-11-10 06:40:57

BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said the country will face an enormous upheaval provided the result of the next election is tampered. "There's no alternative to returning the ownershi...

Top court rejects Khaleda’s leave to appeal

Top court rejects Khaleda’s leave to appeal

-- 2017-11-09 12:00:00

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the leave to appeal filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking fresh recording of deposition of the witnesses of Zia Orphanage Trust...

Defeated force out to destabilise country: Quamrul

Defeated force out to destabilise country: Quamrul

-- 2017-11-09 12:00:00

Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Thursday alleged that the defeated force of the Liberation War was still plotting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and destroy the country through spreading crimes a...

Long-term bank financing   

Long-term bank financing  

-- 2017-11-09 10:53:06

The move to provide long-term financing by banks and financial institutions is apparently a positive move for industrial growth -- a facility entrepreneurs in the country has been finding difficult to...

Khaleda reiterates she won’t be vindictive against Hasina

Khaleda reiterates she won’t be vindictive against Hasina

-- 2017-11-09 09:52:15

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reiterated that she will not be vindictive against her political arch-rival Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. While giving her self-defence statement in the Zia Orphanage...

BNP may get permission for rally: Quader

BNP may get permission for rally: Quader

-- 2017-11-09 07:59:40

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that BNP is likely to get permission for holding its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Sunday next (November 12). He came up with the remarks while a...

HC reduces Nazmul Huda's jail term

HC reduces Nazmul Huda's jail term

-- 2017-11-08 12:00:00

The High Court has reduced jail term of former minister of BNP led government Nazmul Huda in a bribery case. Nazmul Huda has to serve a four-year imprisonment from seven years term awarded by a trial...

Hostile climate

Hostile climate

-- 2017-11-08 10:05:41

That the year 2017 is going to be one of the hottest years ever is no surprise. What is however somewhat pleasantly surprising is that the year is likely to end up cooler than the previous one. One of...

Rising NPL in SME sector

Rising NPL in SME sector

-- 2017-11-07 09:44:31

Almost everyone wanted the banks to make available more loans to the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that are seen as key drivers of the country's economy. But the current state of loan situation...

BCL men vandalise CU VC office

BCL men vandalise CU VC office

-- 2017-11-07 07:24:08

A faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has vandalised the academic building of Chittagong University and the vice-chancellor's office, demanding suspension of a university teacher.  The un...

SC rejects Khaleda's plea to change court

SC rejects Khaleda's plea to change court

-- 2017-11-06 12:00:00

Hearing of Zia Orphanage graft case will be held in the same court, says a top court order. A five-member bench led by acting Chief Justice M Wahab Miah passed the order on Monday. The order follo...

Food quality matters

Food quality matters

-- 2017-11-06 09:53:15

News from the food front is disconcerting. At a time when this year's Global Nutrition Report paints a grim picture of nutritional deficiencies for a vast majority of the 140 countries surveyed, this...

EC declares RCC polls schedule

EC declares RCC polls schedule

-- 2017-11-05 12:00:00

The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the Rangpur City Corporation election. Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda announced the key deadlines for the Dec 21 polls on Sunday. Ma...

‘EC’s test to begin with city polls’

‘EC’s test to begin with city polls’

-- 2017-11-05 11:25:28

Senior BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said the test of the current Election Commission will begin with the upcoming elections to Rangpur and other city corporations. “The test...

No deterrent to road accidents   

No deterrent to road accidents  

-- 2017-11-05 09:07:35

Fatalities from road accidents show no sign of any decline. The death of 3,608 people and injury to 7,786 in 2,926 motor vehicle accidents in the past 10 months certainly give an indication of the ext...

AL will boycott credible balloting: BNP

AL will boycott credible balloting: BNP

-- 2017-11-05 07:15:21

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Sunday said Awami League will boycott the next general election if there is a minimum scope of credible balloting. he also said Jamaat emerged in Bangladesh...

Soaring onion prices   

Soaring onion prices  

-- 2017-11-04 10:04:53

Consumers have no respite from price hike of essential commodities. If it is rice today, it could be lentil tomorrow. The market is perennially unstable in this part of the world. The fixed and low-in...

Kunming University team meets DU VC

Kunming University team meets DU VC

FE Online Report 2017-11-04 02:16:55

A five-member delegation led by Zhang Zuwu, Vice-President of Kunming University, China met Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman at his office on Friday. Other members of th...

BNP plans 'big' rally at Suhrawardy Udyan Nov 8

BNP plans 'big' rally at Suhrawardy Udyan Nov 8

Agencies 2017-11-03 12:00:00

BNP has planned a ‘big’ rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka city on November 8, marking the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day' that falls on November 7. The party already sough...

Arresting internet abuses

Arresting internet abuses

-- 2017-11-03 09:25:33

The apparently innocuous world of knowledge and virtual entertainment is fast being plagued by unwarranted developments. Bangladesh has lately started feeling the heat. The dreaded Blue Whale game apa...

Awami League more alert than ever: Obaidul

Awami League more alert than ever: Obaidul

-- 2017-11-03 06:47:34

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Awami League is now more alert than ever. "We are always ready to tackle any kinds of conspiracy," AL General Secretary added. "We have to kee...

UK defence minister quits over harassment claim

UK defence minister quits over harassment claim

Reuters 2017-11-02 12:01:34

British defense minister Michael Fallon quit on Wednesday saying his conduct had fallen below the high standards demanded of his position, the first resignation in a sexual harassment scandal in parli...

False cases to make me ineligible: Khaleda

False cases to make me ineligible: Khaleda

-- 2017-11-02 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said filing of 'false' graft cases is part of a conspiracy to make her ineligible for the next general election. She came up with the remarks today while placing her s...

Blaming others is AL’s old habit: Fakhrul

Blaming others is AL’s old habit: Fakhrul

-- 2017-11-02 12:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday criticised the government for filing two cases against their party men over Feni violence. "Filing cases against its opponents is their (...

A much-needed boost for jute sector

A much-needed boost for jute sector

-- 2017-11-02 11:19:43

The decision of the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) to develop industrial villages for diversifying production of jute products sounds good. Its outcome will now largely depend on how effecti...

Social media sites under scrutiny for 'Russian meddling’

Social media sites under scrutiny for 'Russian meddling’

BBC 2017-11-01 12:00:00

Facebook, Twitter and Google lawyers on Tuesday defended themselves to US lawmakers probing whether Russia used social media to influence the 2016 election. The three firms faced hard questions at a...

Imran secures bail in defamation case

Imran secures bail in defamation case

-- 2017-11-01 12:00:00

Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker has secured bail in a defamation case filed over his alleged derogatory remarks on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Met...

Fakhrul rules out aggressive programme for now

Fakhrul rules out aggressive programme for now

-- 2017-11-01 12:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that his party does not want to announce any aggressive programme right now. "We hope good sense will prevail upon the government to come to...

Embarking on railway carriage manufacture

Embarking on railway carriage manufacture

-- 2017-11-01 11:09:52

The move to turn the railway repair workshop at Syedpur into a full-fledged carriage-making plant is an indication of greater focus on the country's railway neglected so far. An efficient railway netw...