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Farmer ‘kills self’ in Rajshahi

Farmer ‘kills self’ in Rajshahi

-- 2018-10-01 14:23:03

A farmer allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Katakhali on the outskirts of Rajshahi city on Monday morning. Local farmers spotted the hanging body of Mansur Rahman, 40, son...

BCSIR launches real-time PCR to inspect food adulteration

BCSIR launches real-time PCR to inspect food adulteration

FE Report 2018-10-01 13:49:10

The state-run Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) has introduced one of the most modern technologies to examine adulteration and diseases in various food items. The tec...

Stay alert against conspiracies, PM to AL activists

Stay alert against conspiracies, PM to AL activists

-- 2018-10-01 13:15:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the Awami League leaders and activists to remain alert against all conspiracies keeping in mind that the party is moving forward fighting various odds and...

‘Extremist leader’ dies in Pabna ‘gunfight’

‘Extremist leader’ dies in Pabna ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-10-01 12:55:24

A suspected leader of extremist gang 'Lal Potaka' was killed in a reported gunfight with police near Dhopaghat Boro Bridge in Pabna Sadar upazila on early Monday. The deceased was identified as Md Ab...

SC upholds HC bail granted to Khaleda in two cases

SC upholds HC bail granted to Khaleda in two cases

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

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the six-month bail granted to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia by the High Court in two defamation cases filed against her. The two cases were filed...

Indian investors raise taxation concerns

Indian investors raise taxation concerns

Doulot Akter Mala 2018-10-01 10:41:06

Major Indian investors in Bangladesh have raised a set of concerns over taxation-related matters, including taxes on the repatriated profit. The concerns came at a recent meeting of India's CEO For...

PM back home from New York

PM back home from New York

-- 2018-10-01 10:34:58

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has returned home on Monday morning wrapping up her weeklong visit to the United States to attend the 73rd UN General Assembly. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines...

Focus on fully access-controlled highways for speedy, safe traffic

Focus on fully access-controlled highways for speedy, safe traffic

Munima Sultana 2018-10-01 10:33:05

The country is yet to have an expressway for fast moving traffic though transport experts consider such infrastructure to be a 'milestone' of economic development. Experts said the focus of Roads a...

Dhaka, Moscow for direct bank dealings

Dhaka, Moscow for direct bank dealings

Monira Munni 2018-10-01 10:21:03

The government has made a move to address the barriers like the absence of an effective banking transaction system to tap the billion-dollar Russian market. To this end, officials said, Dhaka has s...

Rohingya relocation to Bhasanchar unlikely this month

Rohingya relocation to Bhasanchar unlikely this month

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-10-01 09:45:35

The government plan to start the much-trumpeted relocation of the Rohingya to Bhasanchar in the first week of October is likely to be deferred. Nearly one lakh refugees were due for relocation to the...

Lawmakers have over Tk 11.4m unpaid phone bills

Lawmakers have over Tk 11.4m unpaid phone bills

-- 2018-09-30 22:11:35

The Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) is yet to get phone bills of over Tk 11.4 million from the members of parliament in dues until 2011-12 fiscal year. The government phone compa...

Bumper yield delights Naogaon  turmeric cultivators

Bumper yield delights Naogaon turmeric cultivators

Our Correspondent 2018-09-30 21:28:03

NAOGAON, Sept 30: Farmers in Mohadevpur upazila of the district are happy due to bumper turmeric yield and low expenses in cultivation. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said arou...

‘Agar’ farming benefiting Sylhet peasants economically

‘Agar’ farming benefiting Sylhet peasants economically

Our Correspondent 2018-09-30 21:27:21

SYLHET, Sept 30: Farming of component and high value crops can help raise the yield of valuable product 'Agar', which is largely cultivated in the greater Sylhet region for long. Cultivation of pin...

Erosion by Modhumoti takes serious turn in Mohammadpur UZ

Erosion by Modhumoti takes serious turn in Mohammadpur UZ

Our Correspondent 2018-09-30 21:26:24

MAGURA, Sept 30: Erosion by the Modhumoti river has taken a serious turn in Mohammadpur upazila of the district. Sources said seven villages are on the verge of extinction from the map of the upazila...

CJ reconstitutes five HC benches

CJ reconstitutes five HC benches

-- 2018-09-30 20:55:01

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has reconstituted five benches of the High Court as the Supreme Court reopens on Monday after a long vacation of one and a half months. Of the reconstituted benches,...

Crude bombs hurled at Jashore Sweeper Colony

Crude bombs hurled at Jashore Sweeper Colony

-- 2018-09-30 20:42:38

Miscreants hurled 4-5 crude bombs at Sweeper Colony near Jashore Railway Station in Sadar upazila on Sunday. Apurba Hasan, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said the crude bombs were throw...

BTRC to launch MNP service early Monday

BTRC to launch MNP service early Monday

-- 2018-09-30 20:06:23

The much-awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service will be launched in the country on Monday on a trial basis. The MNP service allows a subscriber to change telecom carrier keeping the same pho...

First-ever female army officer promoted to Maj Gen

First-ever female army officer promoted to Maj Gen

-- 2018-09-30 18:52:34

Bangladesh Army promoted a female officer to major general for the first time in the country’s 47-year history. Dr Susane Giti, an officer of Bangladesh Army Medical Corps, was adorned with the...

CCTV installation on cards to check road crashes

CCTV installation on cards to check road crashes

-- 2018-09-30 18:51:03

Close-circuit television cameras (CCTVs) will be installed at every highways and important roads for ensuring road safety. State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Md...

BNP places 7-point demand, 12-point vision at rally

BNP places 7-point demand, 12-point vision at rally

-- 2018-09-30 18:36:32

BNP on Sunday placed their seven-point demand, including the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail at its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city. Their demand, according to a UNB report, al...

Workers’ demo disrupts ground handling at HSIA

Workers’ demo disrupts ground handling at HSIA

-- 2018-09-30 17:57:04

Ground handling operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) was hampered for five hours on Sunday following work abstention by a section of workers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines demandi...

Why Khaleda’s bail won’t be declared illegal, asks court

Why Khaleda’s bail won’t be declared illegal, asks court

-- 2018-09-30 17:55:40

A Dhaka court on Sunday issued a show cause notice seeking explanation as to why the bail of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia won't be declared illegal in Zia Charitable Trust graft case, reports UNB. Ju...

13 rivers register rises, 78 falls

13 rivers register rises, 78 falls

-- 2018-09-30 17:55:29

Water levels in 13 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) marked rises and 78 stations recorded falls. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, two are steady, a...

Tannery wastes polluting Dhaleshwari

Tannery wastes polluting Dhaleshwari

-- 2018-09-30 17:46:57

Dhaleshwari River is being seriously polluted due to the discharge of untreated and partially-treated liquid wastes through surface drainage directly to the river from the central effluent treatment p...

Aged people our assets, not liabilities: Experts

Aged people our assets, not liabilities: Experts

-- 2018-09-30 17:29:43

Right activists and experts on Sunday marked the significance of elderly people of the society, saying they are country’s assets not liabilities. They also warned not to abuse them.   Acco...

Outcome of Jatiya Oikya Prokriya is Zero: Muhith

Outcome of Jatiya Oikya Prokriya is Zero: Muhith

-- 2018-09-30 17:29:19

Taking a swipe at Jatiya Oikya Prokriya, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said its outcome is zero and nothing can be expected out of it. The minister made the remarks while talking to rep...

Editors hold meeting with ministers over Digital Security Act

Editors hold meeting with ministers over Digital Security Act

-- 2018-09-30 17:06:10

The Editors’ Council has discussed the concerns over the recently passed Digital Security Act with three ministers after postponing a protest programme at the request of the government. Informa...

BNP’s rally at Suhrawardy Udyan begins

BNP’s rally at Suhrawardy Udyan begins

-- 2018-09-30 16:21:19

The public rally convened by BNP began around 2pm on Sunday at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka with recitation from the holy Quran. The party leaders are expected to unveil their various demands and plans...

Quader sees no necessity of neutral govt during polls

Quader sees no necessity of neutral govt during polls

-- 2018-09-30 16:13:03

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader sees no necessity of a neutral government during parliamentary election. "The Election Commission will conduct the election. So, the EC needs to be neutr...

Biman workers go on work abstention at Dhaka Airport

Biman workers go on work abstention at Dhaka Airport

-- 2018-09-30 15:02:28

A section of casual workers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines went on work abstention and staged demonstrations at Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday morning demanding regularisation of their jobs,...