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BD passport 86th in global ranking

BD passport 86th in global ranking

FE Report 2018-12-04 10:24:43

Bangladesh's passport is the world's 86th powerful passport with visa-free and on-arrival visa entry facility into 18 and 25 countries respectively. Bangladeshi passport holders require visa for 155...

Viqarunnisa girl commits suicide after being ‘rebuked’ by teachers

Viqarunnisa girl commits suicide after being ‘rebuked’ by teachers

-- 2018-12-03 21:28:36

A student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College reportedly committed suicide at their Shantinagar residence in the city on Monday after allegedly being rebuked by teachers for using mobile phone duri...

Early winter mustard farming going on  in full swing

Early winter mustard farming going on in full swing

Our Correspondent 2018-12-03 21:27:41

BOGURA, Dec 03: Early winter mustard cultivation is going on in full swing in the district. Sources said a good number of farmers in all the 12 upazilas of the district grow the oil seed this time...

T-Aman growers in Sylhet getting satisfactory  output

T-Aman growers in Sylhet getting satisfactory output

Our Correspondent 2018-12-03 21:26:40

SYLHET, Dec 03: Harvest of T-Aman paddy is going on in all the four districts of Sylhet region. However, on average only 20 per cent paddy has been harvested so far in this division, official sou...

Bean production proves profitable in Joypurhat

Bean production proves profitable in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-12-03 21:25:21

JOYPURHAT, Dec 03: Commercial bean cultivation has turned the fortune wheel of hundreds of grassroots farmers in all the five upazilas of the district. Sub-assistance agriculture officer of DAE Azi...

AL ‘infighting’ in Pabna leaves two dead

AL ‘infighting’ in Pabna leaves two dead

-- 2018-12-03 20:54:01

Two people were killed and six others sustained bullet injuries in a clash between two factions of 'Awami League'at Bharara under Sadar upazila in Pabna on Monday. The deceased were identified as Las...

Cabinet okays bill to establish aviation university

Cabinet okays bill to establish aviation university

-- 2018-12-03 20:30:58

The government, aiming to promote and upgrade the aeronautical and aerospace studies in the country, decided to establish a dedicated university for such studies in the country. To this end, th...

Over 80 aggrieved aspirants submit appeal petitions to EC

Over 80 aggrieved aspirants submit appeal petitions to EC

-- 2018-12-03 19:11:39

The election commissions received appeals from over 80 aggrieved aspirants on Monday challenging the cancellation of their nomination papers by returning officers. A total of 82 applications were sub...

HC rejects Andaleeve’s write seeking EVMs in Bhola-1

HC rejects Andaleeve’s write seeking EVMs in Bhola-1

-- 2018-12-03 18:17:36

The High Court (HC) on Monday rejected a writ petition filed by Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partho seeking the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in his constituency...

Rizvi terms nomination rejection puppet show

Rizvi terms nomination rejection puppet show

-- 2018-12-03 18:11:00

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has criticised the Election Commission’s decision to reject the nomination papers of several BNP leaders, comparing it to a ‘puppet sho...

Mahbub Talukder for applying electoral rules equally

Mahbub Talukder for applying electoral rules equally

-- 2018-12-03 18:04:10

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder on Monday urged officials concerned to apply the electoral rules equally for all candidates in the upcoming general election. “Free, fair and neutrality is...

UNICEF, BFF ink deal to strengthen girls’ empowerment

UNICEF, BFF ink deal to strengthen girls’ empowerment

-- 2018-12-03 17:56:58

UNICEF Bangladesh on Monday signed a two-year partnership agreement with Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to bolster girls’ empowerment through football. Bangladesh Football Federation Pres...

Stop supply of unauthorised bottled water: HC

Stop supply of unauthorised bottled water: HC

-- 2018-12-03 17:50:32

The High Court on Monday asked the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institutions (BSTI) and law enforcement agencies to take necessary steps to stop the supply of unauthorised bottled water. An HC be...

Rohingyas not willing to return without security, citizenship

Rohingyas not willing to return without security, citizenship

-- 2018-12-03 17:44:01

The Rohingya community has continued to express 'unwillingness' to go back to Myanmar unless their security, basic human rights and citizenship are ensured. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has stated r...

Visitors throng BD pavilion in New Delhi DCWA fair

Visitors throng BD pavilion in New Delhi DCWA fair

-- 2018-12-03 17:18:00

Bangladesh pavilion in the Delhi Commonwealth Wives Association (DCWA) and Diplomatic Community Bazar has drawn huge visitors for its low cost garment products and traditional food items. More than 3...

Court starts recording deposition in Holey Artisan attack case

Court starts recording deposition in Holey Artisan attack case

-- 2018-12-03 17:01:23

The formal trial in the case filed over the attack on Gulshan's Holey Artisan cafe started on Monday with the deposition of a prosecution witness before a tribunal. Dhaka Anti-terrorism Special Tribu...

EC receiving appeals from rejected candidates

EC receiving appeals from rejected candidates

-- 2018-12-03 16:21:44

The Election Commission (EC) has started receiving applications from those whose nomination papers were rejected by returning officers during scrutiny. A good number of aggrieved candidates and their...

Police arrest 36 in Cumilla

Police arrest 36 in Cumilla

-- 2018-12-03 15:02:49

Police in special drives arrested 36 people, accused in different cases, from different areas of seventeen upazilas under Cumilla district from Sunday night to Monday evening. Billal Hossain, additio...

Policy on way to ensure govt jobs for special people: PM

Policy on way to ensure govt jobs for special people: PM

-- 2018-12-03 14:55:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is preparing a policy for the persons with disabilities, ethnic groups and underprivileged ones so that they can easily get government jobs. She s...

Two Biman Bangladesh flights miss arrival schedules

Two Biman Bangladesh flights miss arrival schedules

FE Online Report 2018-12-03 14:00:42

Two flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Monday. BG 128 from Abu Dhabi was scheduled to arrive at the a...

Moshiur Rahman Ranga new JP secy general

Moshiur Rahman Ranga new JP secy general

-- 2018-12-03 13:53:17

Jatiya Party Chairman H M Ershad has made party presidium member Moshiur Rahman Ranga its secretary general removing Ruhul Amin Hawlader from the post. Ershad took the decision on Monday as per secti...

Writ challenges legality of EVM use in six constituencies

Writ challenges legality of EVM use in six constituencies

-- 2018-12-03 13:40:03

A writ has been filed with the High Court challenging the legality of the Election Commission's decision to use Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at six constituencies during the upcoming 11th parliamen...

DMP realises over Tk 3 million from traffic offenders

DMP realises over Tk 3 million from traffic offenders

FE Online Report 2018-12-03 13:20:25

The Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Sunday collected around Tk 3.082 million in fines from traffic offenders. In a simultaneous drive on the city streets conducted on the d...

No possibility of one-sided election: Quader

No possibility of one-sided election: Quader

-- 2018-12-03 13:08:11

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said the government does not want to hold a lopsided election as their Prime Minister is against scoring a goal in an empty field. “We&rs...

Gazipur road crash claims lives of three

Gazipur road crash claims lives of three

-- 2018-12-03 12:12:53

Three people were killed and five others injured following a collision between a bus and a human hauler at Rajendrapur area of Gazipur district on Monday morning. Two of the deceased have been identi...

Case filed over Tabligh Jamaat’s factional clashes

Case filed over Tabligh Jamaat’s factional clashes

-- 2018-12-03 12:00:43

A case has been filed for obstructing police from performing their duties and attacking them during clashes between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi on Saturday....

High Boro input costs, falling Aman price deal double blow to farmers

High Boro input costs, falling Aman price deal double blow to farmers

Yasir Wardad 2018-12-03 10:52:24

Spiralling input costs for Boro cultivation coupled with a big drop in Aman paddy price have left farmers in dire straits this year. As a result, the Boro cultivation acreage might decline in this Bo...

Police detain BGB man with Yaba tablets

Police detain BGB man with Yaba tablets

-- 2018-12-03 10:48:13

Police arrested a member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) along with 2,000 Yaba tablets from a bus at Hnila union in Teknaf upazila on Sunday night. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Enamul Haq...

RHD to get new organogram soon

RHD to get new organogram soon

Munima Sultana 2018-12-03 10:47:16

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is set to undergo a major reshuffle in its organogram to boost the lone highway developer in performance. The move has been made in the context of the growing...

Show-cause notices to banks upset ABB

Show-cause notices to banks upset ABB

Siddique Islam 2018-12-03 10:44:27

Top private bankers have urged the central bank to monitor both rates of the US dollar applicable to exporters and importers simultaneously to help stabilise the country's foreign exchange (forex) mar...