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President signs ordinance of RPO amendment, paves way for EVM use

President signs ordinance of RPO amendment, paves way for EVM use

-- 2018-10-31 22:02:19

President Md Abdul Hamid signed an ordinance on Wednesday bringing changes to the Representation of the People Order (RPO) for the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in parliamentary polls. Pre...

PM to sit with Jatiya Party on Nov 5

PM to sit with Jatiya Party on Nov 5

-- 2018-10-31 21:45:34

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday night invited Jatiya Party to join talks with her party at Ganobhaban on November 5. Responding to his letter to her, Sheikh Hasin...

Journalist Mithu murder: HC upholds death for three muggers

Journalist Mithu murder: HC upholds death for three muggers

-- 2018-10-31 21:26:00

The High Court on Wednesday upheld a trial court verdict that sentenced three muggers to death in a case filed over murder of television journalist Shafiqul Islam Mithu in 2010. An HC bench of Justic...

Two to die for killing cohort over sharing money

Two to die for killing cohort over sharing money

-- 2018-10-31 20:51:19

A Dhaka court on Wednesday convicted six muggers and sentenced two to death and four others to life term imprisonment for killing their cohort in the capital’s Shahjahanpur area in 2005 over sha...

PM to lead 22-member delegation in dialogue with Oikyafront

PM to lead 22-member delegation in dialogue with Oikyafront

-- 2018-10-31 19:30:48

A 22-member 14-party delegation, led by Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will sit in talks with the 16-member Jatiya Oikyafront team at Ganabhaban on Thursday evening. Awami L...

JSC, JDC exams to begin Thursday

JSC, JDC exams to begin Thursday

-- 2018-10-31 19:15:22

This year's Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will begin on Thursday with the participation of 26,70,333 examinees. Students from 29,677 educational ins...

Youtuber held over spreading hatred among communities

Youtuber held over spreading hatred among communities

-- 2018-10-31 18:11:23

Police on Tuesday arrested a youth from the capital’s Kafrul area for spreading false and instigating speeches through YouTube channels aimed at creating hatred among different communities. &ld...

Sramik Dal president among 20 others held in city

Sramik Dal president among 20 others held in city

-- 2018-10-31 18:01:28

Police reportedly arrested at least 20 leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies, including Sramik Dal president Anwar Hossain, after the party's human chain programme in the city. "Polic...

Dialogue with PM pointless, says Fakhrul

Dialogue with PM pointless, says Fakhrul

-- 2018-10-31 17:57:04

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the planned election-time dialogue will not be meaningful, with the party chief Khaleda Zia serving her time in jail. Fakhrul joined other p...

Qawmi Madrasas to hold rally on Nov 4 hailing govt

Qawmi Madrasas to hold rally on Nov 4 hailing govt

-- 2018-10-31 17:56:17

Al Haiatul Ulaya Lil-Jamiatul Kawmiya Bangladesh will hold a ‘Shukrana Mahfil’ (thanks giving rally) on November 4 in the city, hailing the government for giving the Dawra-e-Hadith (Taqmil...

BD’s ranking may inch marginally in doing business index

BD’s ranking may inch marginally in doing business index

FE Online Report 2018-10-31 17:35:24

Bangladesh may likely to expect very little improvement in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking, scheduled to be released on Wednesday evening across the world. It means the ranking...

ACC okays charge-sheet against ex-PDB chief engineer

ACC okays charge-sheet against ex-PDB chief engineer

-- 2018-10-31 17:31:07

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday approved submission of a charge-sheet against former chief engineer of Power Development Board (PDB) Md Shahidul Islam in a graft case. The commission...

BGB arrests man with 10 gold bars in Chuadanga

BGB arrests man with 10 gold bars in Chuadanga

-- 2018-10-31 14:34:49

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a man along with 10 gold bars, weighing 1.7 kg, from a bus near Darshana Filling Station in Darshana upazila of Chuadanga on early Wednesday. The arr...

HC directs EC not to accept changes in BNP’s constitution

HC directs EC not to accept changes in BNP’s constitution

-- 2018-10-31 14:34:20

The High Court (HC) has directed the Election Commission (EC) not to accept a proposed amendment to the BNP’s constitution, jeopardising the political future of Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique R...

EC to sit Saturday to set election date

EC to sit Saturday to set election date

-- 2018-10-31 13:59:46

The Election Commission (EC) is scheduled to meet on Nov 3 to finalise the date for the 11th parliamentary election. Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda will announce the election date on the s...

Lawyers scuffle at SC over Khaleda verdict

Lawyers scuffle at SC over Khaleda verdict

-- 2018-10-31 13:32:53

Pro-BNP lawyers have scuffled with Awami League-allied lawyers at the Supreme Court premises in the capital over the verdict of BNP chief Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The scuffl...

Officials seize smuggled goods worth Tk 15m

Officials seize smuggled goods worth Tk 15m

-- 2018-10-31 13:14:09

An anti-smuggling task force team have seized smuggled goods worth Tk 15 million in Gobindaganj on Tuesday. The raid took place in Goleza Super Market in the upazila, according to Border Guard Bangla...

BNP forms human chain protesting Khaleda's jailing

BNP forms human chain protesting Khaleda's jailing

-- 2018-10-31 12:28:12

BNP leaders and activists have formed a human chain in the city on Wednesday protesting the conviction of its chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Several hundred BNP leaders a...

'Real remittance' income declines in three years

'Real remittance' income declines in three years

FE Report 2018-10-31 12:02:19

The 'real remittance' earnings of male workers dropped by 26 per cent in 2017 as compared to 2014, if the inflation rate is considered, according to a panel data prepared by Refugee and Migratory Move...

Police detain seven Jamaat men in Satkhira

Police detain seven Jamaat men in Satkhira

-- 2018-10-31 11:57:46

Police in separate drives arrested seven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami including Advocate Rabiul Islam Khan, convener of Nagorik Oikkya, from different places in Satkhira. They were all de...

Rajshahi court jails bus driver

Rajshahi court jails bus driver

-- 2018-10-31 11:51:29

A court in Rajshahi sentenced a bus driver to one year and three months jail in an accident case. Rajshahi Chief Judicial Magistrate Court-3 Judge Ujjal Mahmud on Tuesday sentenced Selim Khan, 50, fo...

RAB official dies in city accident

RAB official dies in city accident

-- 2018-10-31 11:43:15

A senior official of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) died after being hit by a container in Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka city on Tuesday night. The victim was Sergeant Md Abu Zafar of Communicatio...

Kushtia ‘shootouts’ leave two drug suspects dead

Kushtia ‘shootouts’ leave two drug suspects dead

-- 2018-10-31 11:34:51

Separate shootouts in Kushtia have left two drug suspects dead. The incidents took place between two groups of criminals in the early hours of Wednesday. Based on tip-off, a team of police went to K...

Denmark announces more aid for Rohingyas

Denmark announces more aid for Rohingyas

FE Online Report 2018-10-31 10:39:55

Denmark has announced that it is going to provide an additional US$ 4.6 million aid to meet the urgent food needs of Rohingya refugees and host communities. Danish Minister for Development Cooperatio...

Police arrests female AL leader with ‘Yaba’ pills in Cox’s Bazar

Police arrests female AL leader with ‘Yaba’ pills in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-10-30 21:28:06

Police arrested a female Awami League (AL) leader reportedly along with 1,925 Yaba pills from Cox's Bazar Airport on Tuesday afternoon. The arrestee was identified as Khurshida Karim, former women af...

Water stagnation hampers seed  production in Jhenidah Sadar

Water stagnation hampers seed production in Jhenidah Sadar

Our Correspondent 2018-10-30 21:07:14

JHENIDAH, Oct 30: A total of 12 acres of land of Sadhuhati Foundation Seed Production Farm of BADC at Dakbangla Bazar under Sadar upazila in the district is lying waterlogged, causing heavy losses to...

Naogaon pumpkin peasants making good profit

Naogaon pumpkin peasants making good profit

Our Correspondent 2018-10-30 21:06:19

NAOGAON, Oct 30: Farmers in the district are making a good profit as they have achieved a bumper output of pumpkin this season.  According to the district office of the Department of Agriculture...

'No prominent outcome possible from dialogue without prudence'

'No prominent outcome possible from dialogue without prudence'

-- 2018-10-30 20:31:36

Noted political observers and analysts are not expecting any prominent outcome from the dialogue between the ruling and opposition parties, to be held on November 1, unless both sides demonstrate thei...

‘Next polls as per constitution’

‘Next polls as per constitution’

-- 2018-10-30 19:47:33

Awami League advisory council member and Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday said the next general election will be held as per the country’s Constitution. “Sheikh Hasina would rema...

Five deputy AGs relieved of duty

Five deputy AGs relieved of duty

-- 2018-10-30 19:27:34

The government has relieved five Deputy Attorney Generals of their duties, according to a report on UNB. The Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry issued a notification on Tuesday in this r...