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Govt will not make any interference in polls: PM

Govt will not make any interference in polls: PM

-- 2018-11-02 10:37:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has assured the Jatiya Oikya Front (JOF) leaders of holding free, fair and neutral general elections beyond government influence as the talks with the opposition platform...

Oikyafront finds ‘no solution’ in talks with Hasina

Oikyafront finds ‘no solution’ in talks with Hasina

-- 2018-11-02 10:11:58

After sitting with Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina to thrash out differences surrounding the general elections, the Jatiya Oikyafront says it has found “no solution” in the dialogue. The...

Ganabhaban dialogue ends, Kamal hopes positive results

Ganabhaban dialogue ends, Kamal hopes positive results

FE Online Desk 2018-11-01 23:42:06

The much anticipated dialogue between AwamI League and Jatiya Oikyafront concluded on Thursday night around 10:30 PM, according to various television channels and news agencies. The three and a half...

Rangpur coriander leaf  growers expect good yield

Rangpur coriander leaf growers expect good yield

Our Correspondent 2018-11-01 21:33:34

RANGPUR, Nov 01: The growers of early cultivated coriander leaves in the district are expecting a good yield of their produce during the current season as congenial weather conditions prevail across t...

Good output delights Bogura red spinach cultivators

Good output delights Bogura red spinach cultivators

Our Correspondent 2018-11-01 21:32:43

BOGURA, Nov 01: Hundreds of red spinach cultivators in the district are delighted this season over the good yield and fair market prices. A good number of farmers said the Bangladesh Agriculture Deve...

Puthia temple complex, worth the visit

Puthia temple complex, worth the visit

RU Correspondent 2018-11-01 21:31:42

RAJSHAHI, Nov 01: Tourists are attracted when they visit temple complex at a local "estate" at Puthia, some 23 kilometres to the east of Rajshahi city. But the cluster of centuries-old Hindu temples...

Thrust on promoting food safety in poultry sector

Thrust on promoting food safety in poultry sector

-- 2018-11-01 21:30:30

RANGPUR, Nov 01 (BSS): Livestock experts at a workshop have stressed promoting food safety in the poultry sector to produce healthier birds for meeting nutrition needs of the population. They put imp...

EC to set election date on Sunday: CEC

EC to set election date on Sunday: CEC

-- 2018-11-01 21:10:35

The Election Commission will hold a meeting on November 4 to set the election date for the 11th parliamentary election, says Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda. Huda disclosed the meeting date...

PM-Oikyafront dialogue begins

PM-Oikyafront dialogue begins

-- 2018-11-01 20:57:14

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sat with a Jatiya Oikya Front delegation in a crucial dialogue ahead of the 11th parliamentary election. The 21-member delegation led by Dr Kamal Hossain, chief of the ne...

Ershad sceptical about outcome of PM-Oikyafront dialogue

Ershad sceptical about outcome of PM-Oikyafront dialogue

-- 2018-11-01 20:29:37

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday said the dialogue between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led 14-party alliance and Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront over the next general election are u...

‘Khaleda to be freed through movement’

‘Khaleda to be freed through movement’

-- 2018-11-01 19:21:11

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said their party will free their chairperson Khaleda Zia and realise their demands for a fair and credible election under a non-party admi...

Case filed over newborn’s death during transport strike

Case filed over newborn’s death during transport strike

-- 2018-11-01 19:15:50

A case was filed accusing 170 unnamed transport workers over the death of a newborn child during a strike enforced by transport workers on October 28. Victim's uncle Hazi Akbar Ali filed the case wit...

‘Vote for Boat to enable us complete development works’

‘Vote for Boat to enable us complete development works’

-- 2018-11-01 19:02:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday sought support of people in the next election to help the current government to complete the development projects taken by her government. "Our tenure is now...

US Embassy in BD releases music video celebrating 6.0m Facebook fans

US Embassy in BD releases music video celebrating 6.0m Facebook fans

-- 2018-11-01 17:56:58

The US Embassy in Bangladesh has celebrated six million Facebook fans with a new music video titled 'MaatboAmra Uthshobe'. US Embassy Dhaka's Facebook page is one of the leading US Embassy Facebook p...

Barguna road crash leaves driver dead

Barguna road crash leaves driver dead

-- 2018-11-01 17:47:15

A trolley driver was killed as a passenger bus smashed his trolley in Barguna on Thursday. The dead man was Babul Hossain aged 32, a resident of Chalkmaiya village under Kalapara upazila. According...

RMG workers go on rampage over death rumour of fellow in Gazipur

RMG workers go on rampage over death rumour of fellow in Gazipur

-- 2018-11-01 17:31:36

Garment workers staged demonstrations and went on a rampage at Hatimara in Gazipur on Thursday morning over death rumour of a fellow worker. Emdad Hossain, officer-in-charge of Konabari Police Statio...

BD needs more reforms to make doing business easier: WB

BD needs more reforms to make doing business easier: WB

-- 2018-11-01 17:22:49

Although the country has taken some initiatives to make doing business easier, the marginal change in Bangladesh's position in the World Bank Group’s Doing Business 2019 report indicates that th...

Cops recover body of youth in city

Cops recover body of youth in city

-- 2018-11-01 17:03:48

Police recovered the body of a young man in a sack from Ambaghicha Khalpar area in Dhaka in the early early hours of Thursday. The dead man was an auto-rickshaw driver Sagor, 30, from Golachipa upazi...

Exhibition on marine wildlife begins at BSA

Exhibition on marine wildlife begins at BSA

-- 2018-11-01 16:50:26

A five-day-long interactive exhibition titled "Healthy Ocean, Healthy People" began at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Thursday. The exhibition will display life-size animal models, games, a documen...

Man ‘killed’ wife in Chattogram

Man ‘killed’ wife in Chattogram

-- 2018-11-01 16:10:33

A mason allegedly killed his wife in Tulatali area under Bakalia thana in the port city early Thursday over a family dispute. The victim was identified as Rokshana Akter, 28, wife of mason Joynal Abe...

Oikyafront to join talks, not dinner at Ganabhaban

Oikyafront to join talks, not dinner at Ganabhaban

-- 2018-11-01 14:56:40

Jatiya Oikyafront leaders are unwilling to join dinner after holding talks at Ganabhaban, official residence of the prime minister, this (Thursday) evening. Oikyafront leader and Nagorik Oikya conven...

BNP leaders on hunger strike protesting Khaleda's jailing

BNP leaders on hunger strike protesting Khaleda's jailing

-- 2018-11-01 13:23:21

As part of its countrywide programme, the BNP is observing a six-hour mass hunger strike in the capital city on Thursday, protesting the conviction of the party chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitab...

Miscreants stab trader dead in city

Miscreants stab trader dead in city

-- 2018-11-01 13:11:38

A trader was stabbed to death by some unidentified miscreants near Municipality market in Dhaka's Kafrul area on Wednesday night. The victim was Shahjahan Rubel aged 45 years old. He was the owner of...

PM opens, lays foundation stone of 321 dev projects

PM opens, lays foundation stone of 321 dev projects

-- 2018-11-01 13:06:14

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 321 development projects in 56 districts under 21 ministries and divisions across the country. She did it through a vide...

Two Ctg gas pipeline victims die

Two Ctg gas pipeline victims die

-- 2018-11-01 12:57:25

Two among the five people injured in a Hathazari gas cylinder explosion in Chattogram have died. A three-year-old child, Tanim, and Razia Sultana, 11, succumbed to their burn injuries on Thursday mor...

Two get life term for murder in Jashore

Two get life term for murder in Jashore

-- 2018-11-01 11:12:53

A court in Jashore district on Wednesday sentenced two people to life term imprisonment for killing a man of Haridrapota village in Jhikargachha upazila in 2002. The convicts are Abdul Aziz Laltu, so...

JSC, JDC examinations begin

JSC, JDC examinations begin

-- 2018-11-01 11:05:26

The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations began on Thursday with the participation of a total of 26,70,333 examinees. Students from 29,677 educational insti...

Automation key to insurance coverage expansion

Automation key to insurance coverage expansion

FE Report 2018-11-01 10:58:38

Automation in insurance sector can change its present landscape though widening its coverage, a senior official has said. It will also ensure transparency and accountability on the one of the key fin...

2,000 Rohingyas to return in first batch: Myanmar

2,000 Rohingyas to return in first batch: Myanmar

Our Correspondent 2018-11-01 10:47:35

The Rohingya refugee repatriation process would start in mid-November, said Myint Thu, Myanmar's Foreign Secretary talking to reporters in the Kutupalong refugee camp of Ukhia upazila of the district...

Power supply erratic despite increased coverage: Nasrul

Power supply erratic despite increased coverage: Nasrul

FE Report 2018-11-01 10:45:03

The power and energy sector has attracted investments of US$ 18-20 billion over the past decade, helping the country to attain 'astonishing' development, Prime Minister's energy adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-...