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Papaya growers seek loan,  preservation facilities as  production expands

Papaya growers seek loan, preservation facilities as production expands

Our Correspondent 2018-10-18 21:31:12

GOPALGANJ, Oct 18: Cultivation of Shahi and Red Lady papaya varieties is gaining popularity among the farmers of Kasiani upazila in the district. Sources said people like these varieties for its co...

Govt mulls spending $37b under Delta Plan

Govt mulls spending $37b under Delta Plan

-- 2018-10-18 20:44:22

Government plans to spend $37.5 billion by 2030 under the 'Delta Plan 2100' on various projects to ensure food and water security, eliminate poverty and stop river erosion. Planning Commission Member...

Police denies Oikyafront to hold Sylhet rally

Police denies Oikyafront to hold Sylhet rally

-- 2018-10-18 20:32:19

Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) has denied Jatiya Oikyafront permission for holding its scheduled public rally in Sylhet city on October 23. SMP additional deputy commission (media) M Abdul Wahab on...

EU Delegation arranges token cleaning operation in Hatirjheel

EU Delegation arranges token cleaning operation in Hatirjheel

-- 2018-10-18 19:57:19

The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Bangladesh on Thursday arranged a token clean-up operation in Hatirjheel Lake to promote the EU's anti-plastic policy. Around 40 members of Bangladesh Por...

President stresses quality research

President stresses quality research

-- 2018-10-18 18:43:04

President Abdul Hamid on Thursday asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to play active role in ensuring the quality of research in higher education. The President said this while a delegation...

Court sentences former UNO for eight years over graft

Court sentences former UNO for eight years over graft

-- 2018-10-18 18:25:25

A Dhaka court has sentenced former Khaghrachari Panchari Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mamunur Rashid to eight years in prison in a case over amassing wealth beyond known sources of income. The court...

KSA keen to be BD’s development partner: Crown Prince

KSA keen to be BD’s development partner: Crown Prince

-- 2018-10-18 18:08:58

Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud said Saudi Arabia is keen to be part of the ongoing development of Bangladesh by investing in its different sectors. "Bangladesh marked hu...

Experts stress on law to implement food policy

Experts stress on law to implement food policy

-- 2018-10-18 18:03:54

Speakers at a seminar stressed the need for enacting a law that will be used to implement the the existing policy on right to food. "Despite having a policy on right to food, it is impossible to impl...

DU student continues hunger strike for retaking ‘Gha’ unit entry test

DU student continues hunger strike for retaking ‘Gha’ unit entry test

-- 2018-10-18 17:28:32

Akhter Hossain, a student of Dhaka University, has been continuing hunger strike for the third consecutive day on Thursday demanding cancellation of 'Gha' unit results and retaking of the admission te...

Over 19m poor people getting benefited from EBEK project

Over 19m poor people getting benefited from EBEK project

-- 2018-10-18 17:12:17

Over 19 million poor and extreme poor people across the country are being benefitted from the present government’s Ektee Bari, Ektee Khamar (EBEK) – one house one farm- project, one of the...

Experts advice to consume fruits daily

Experts advice to consume fruits daily

-- 2018-10-18 17:06:06

Experts at a workshop on Thursday said Bangladesh has already achieved self sufficiency in food grain production, but its people should change their food habit and eat fruits daily for nutrition. The...

Decision on AL’s alliance soon: Quader

Decision on AL’s alliance soon: Quader

-- 2018-10-18 16:56:50

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said whether the size of AL-led grand alliance will get bigger depends on the actual political situation and polarisation. “Some political part...

Oikyafront briefs foreign diplomats

Oikyafront briefs foreign diplomats

-- 2018-10-18 16:24:40

Senior leaders of newly formed Jatiya Oikyafront are briefing foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka at a city hotel on Thursday afternoon about the country's latest political situation and the alliance...

Polls schedule in November first week, says EC secy

Polls schedule in November first week, says EC secy

-- 2018-10-18 15:24:23

The schedule for the next parliamentary election will be announced in the first week of November, said Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed has said. He came up with this information while...

Speeding bus kills 11-yr-old boy in city

Speeding bus kills 11-yr-old boy in city

-- 2018-10-18 15:11:53

An 11-year-old boy has been killed after being struck by a bus on Dhaka’s Pragati Sarani. The accident took place near Jamuna Future Park mall in Baridhara area at around 6:45 am on Thursday, s...

Ranga promises modern bus terminal in Rangpur

Ranga promises modern bus terminal in Rangpur

-- 2018-10-18 14:27:20

State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Mashiur Rahman Ranga has said the Rangpur Central Bus Terminal is being reconstructed with all modern facilities. The project is estimated to be built at a co...

PM offers ziarat at Great Prophet's Rawza

PM offers ziarat at Great Prophet's Rawza

-- 2018-10-18 14:11:39

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered ziarat at the Rawza Mubarak of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) at Masjid Al-Nabawi in Medina on Wednesday night. She offered Esha prayers at the holy mosque and so...

Police recover girl’s body in Jhenaidah

Police recover girl’s body in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-10-18 13:55:11

An unidentified young girl was found dead in Jhenaidah on Thursday. Local people spotted the body at a field in Nirisinghapur village in sadar upazila and informed police, said Emdadul Haque Sheikh,...

Three sued for killing trader in Benapole

Three sued for killing trader in Benapole

-- 2018-10-18 11:54:55

A local trader in Benapole named Hasanuzzaman also known as Ahsan was murdered in Sadipur village on Monday.   A case was filed against three people in connection over the killing on Wednesday n...

Jhenaidah court jails three to life term imprisonment

Jhenaidah court jails three to life term imprisonment

-- 2018-10-18 11:41:03

A court in Jhenaidah sentenced three people to life term imprisonment on Wednesday in a case filed under Narcotics Control Act. The lifers are Sujon, son of Intaj Ali, Ekramul Shah alias Sentu, son o...

NBR urges BSTI to fix specific standards for energy, soft drinks

NBR urges BSTI to fix specific standards for energy, soft drinks

Doulot Akter Mala 2018-10-18 10:15:09

National Board of Revenue (NBR) has requested Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) to determine specific standards for energy drinks, soft drinks and malt beverages on urgent basis for...

Graft remains key problem for businesses, says CPD

Graft remains key problem for businesses, says CPD

FE Report 2018-10-18 10:03:30

Corruption remains the most problematic factor for doing business in Bangladesh followed by inadequate infrastructure and inefficient bureaucracy, according to a study. Access to finances, policy ins...

'Saudi King wishes continuation of present govt'

'Saudi King wishes continuation of present govt'

-- 2018-10-17 22:13:49

Appreciating massive development of Bangladesh, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has wished the continuation of the present government in the coming days. Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque s...

Rangpur peasants produce quality malta at 50 orchards

Rangpur peasants produce quality malta at 50 orchards

Our Correspondent 2018-10-17 21:17:12

RANGPUR, Oct 17: Commercial cultivation of malta has ushered in a new hope to the growers of different areas in the district in recent years. According to agriculturists the soil and climate of the...

PM inaugurates Bangladesh Chancery in Saudi Arabia

PM inaugurates Bangladesh Chancery in Saudi Arabia

-- 2018-10-17 21:09:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the newly-constructed Chancery Complex of Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia. She launched the two-storey complex unveiling its plaque at a cere...

PCJSS activist shot dead in Rangamati

PCJSS activist shot dead in Rangamati

-- 2018-10-17 20:56:03

An activist of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS) was shot dead by unidentified miscreants at Biharpara under Naniarchar upazila in Rangamati on Wednesday evening. The deceased was iden...

MNP service now at Tk 57.50

MNP service now at Tk 57.50

-- 2018-10-17 20:16:16

The government has reduced the cost of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service that enables the customers to switch to different operators without changing their existing mobile phone numbers, from Tk...

Missing man found dead in Chuadanga

Missing man found dead in Chuadanga

-- 2018-10-17 19:01:28

Police on Wednesday recovered the body of a man who went missing a month ago from Habibpur village of Jibannagar upazila in Chuadanga. The deceased was identified as Ziarul Islam Ziar, 38, son of Aiz...

PM invites Saudi entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh

PM invites Saudi entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh

-- 2018-10-17 18:26:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia to invest in Bangladesh for mutual benefits, profit and prosperity. “I invite you to come to Bangladesh with your business...

Sheikh Russel’s 54th birthday Thursday

Sheikh Russel’s 54th birthday Thursday

-- 2018-10-17 18:22:13

The 54th birthday of Shaheed Sheikh Russel, younger son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed tomorrow (Thursday). Sheikh Russel, younger brother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was...