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Quader advises BNP to be patient for rally permit

Quader advises BNP to be patient for rally permit

-- 2018-09-29 12:59:21

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has advised the BNP to be patient in order to get permission for their rally at Suhrawardy Udyan. The road transport and bridges minister made the remark...

Suspected robber dies in Jhenaidah ‘gunfight’

Suspected robber dies in Jhenaidah ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-09-29 12:30:59

A suspected robber was killed in a shootout between two groups of robbers in Jhenaidah district in the early hours of Saturday. The deceased was identified as Sofi Uddin alias Mona, 40, son of Subara...

Police recover beheaded body of man

Police recover beheaded body of man

-- 2018-09-29 11:50:10

Police on Saturday recovered the beheaded body of a man from a canal at Guktomari village in Khulna. According to Mahbubur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bhatiaghata Police Station, local people inform...

Gaibandha launches dairy farm for transgender people

Gaibandha launches dairy farm for transgender people

-- 2018-09-29 11:37:18

A dairy farm named Uttaran had been established at David Company Para of Gaibandha district town for welfare of the transgender people at cordial effort and initiative of superintendent of police (SP)...

UAE keen to invest more in Bangladesh

UAE keen to invest more in Bangladesh

-- 2018-09-29 11:30:03

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has expressed its interest to invest more in Bangladesh, considering the potential economic opportunities in the south Asian country. Both the countries discussed the i...

Local brands dominate kitchenware market

Local brands dominate kitchenware market

Yasir Wardad 2018-09-29 10:11:13

The import of kitchenware has been shrinking gradually in the country as local companies have captured a major share of the domestic market. Local manufacturers are now steadily expanding their kit...

Services yet to improve much on BR spending

Services yet to improve much on BR spending

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-09-29 10:08:10

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has failed to make any significant improvement in its services although the government has invested Tk 456 billion over the last 10 years for the organisation, insiders s...

Ctg port to prioritise gearless ships as new gantry cranes arrive

Ctg port to prioritise gearless ships as new gantry cranes arrive

Syful Islam 2018-09-29 10:01:31

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has planned to give priority to gearless vessels to call the port as three new key gantry cranes arrived and more are scheduled to reach next month, officials sai...

Why Sampadak Parishad opposes the Digital Security Act

Why Sampadak Parishad opposes the Digital Security Act

By Sampadak Parishad   2018-09-28 22:30:59

The Digital Security Act (DSA) just passed in the parliament suffers from the following fundamental flaws: In trying to make a law to prevent crimes through digital devices and provide security in...

100pc electricity coverage by December: Nasrul

100pc electricity coverage by December: Nasrul

-- 2018-09-28 20:32:07

The entire country will be brought under 100 per cent electricity coverage by December this year. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid Bipu came up with the statement w...

Rain, thundershowers likely to occur

Rain, thundershowers likely to occur

-- 2018-09-28 19:50:12

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram Mymensingh, Dhaka & Sylhet d...

Police tortures teen to death in Shariatpur

Police tortures teen to death in Shariatpur

-- 2018-09-28 19:43:20

A teenage boy was allegedly tortured to death by police in Ananda Bazar area of Zanjira upazila in Shariatpur on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Pavel Sheikh, son of Abdur Rouf Sheikh...

CEC trying to intimidate BNP: Rizvi

CEC trying to intimidate BNP: Rizvi

-- 2018-09-28 18:58:14

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda is trying to intimidate BNP by giving statement about the risk of its registration. The...

'Guterres extends all-out support to Bangladesh'

'Guterres extends all-out support to Bangladesh'

-- 2018-09-28 18:15:31

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has assured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of his 'full support and all-out cooperation' for the people of Bangladesh. Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque came up...

Two held with 55-kg hemp in Habiganj

Two held with 55-kg hemp in Habiganj

-- 2018-09-28 18:14:29

Police, in special drives, arrested two drug traders with 55 kilograms hemp from Madhobpur upazila of Habiganj district on Friday. The arrested are Shajol Mia, 40, and Al Amin, 23. Police said, bei...

‘AL to remain vigilant against BNP-Jamaat’s violence’

‘AL to remain vigilant against BNP-Jamaat’s violence’

-- 2018-09-28 18:09:25

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said his party will remain alert against any violence or anarchy to be unleashed by BNP-Jamaat across the country, including the capital. “Beca...

ECs complain CEC leaves them in dark in decision making

ECs complain CEC leaves them in dark in decision making

-- 2018-09-28 18:07:40

The Election Commission (EC) has come under scrutiny upon its complains that they are left in the dark in decision-making. Questions have also surfaced over the “absolute authority” entru...

Derailment suspends Mymensingh’s train communication

Derailment suspends Mymensingh’s train communication

-- 2018-09-28 17:59:15

Rail communications of Mymensingh with the rest of the country was suspended following the derailment of a freight train near Mymensingh Railway Station on Friday morning. Four wagons of the Mymensin...

Govt plans to extend power transmission lines by 2041

Govt plans to extend power transmission lines by 2041

-- 2018-09-28 17:50:09

The government has planned to extend the power transmission lines to 36,870kms across the country by 2041 when the country it will produce 60,000MW of electricity. Of the total grid transmission line...

Miscreants stab elderly man to death in Sylhet

Miscreants stab elderly man to death in Sylhet

-- 2018-09-28 17:37:51

A sexagenarian man was stabbed to death by miscreants at Kurua area in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet district early Friday. The deceased was identified as Yealis Miah, 60, a resident of the area. Mo...

BGB detains youth with five gold bars in Benapole

BGB detains youth with five gold bars in Benapole

-- 2018-09-28 16:28:36

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a young man along with five gold bars worth Tk 2.15 million from Benapole Port Police Station on Friday. The arrestee was identified as Shafiqul Isla...

Police recover throat-slit body in Magura

Police recover throat-slit body in Magura

-- 2018-09-28 14:47:57

Police recovered the throat-slit body of an unidentified young man from the Garai River in Magura district on Friday. According to Mahbubur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sripur Police Station, local p...

PM for three actions to advance women empowerment

PM for three actions to advance women empowerment

-- 2018-09-28 13:58:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a high-level discussion in New York has put emphasis on three actions in a bid to advance the women empowerment as a tool for development. The three actions are: work...

Hasina docu-drama premieres in October

Hasina docu-drama premieres in October

-- 2018-09-28 13:21:45

“Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale”, a documentary drama on the Bangladesh prime minister, is finally releasing after an extensive five-year-long collaboration between the Centre for Researc...

PM receives two global awards

PM receives two global awards

-- 2018-09-28 13:05:36

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received two international awards for her humanitarian roles in the Rohingya response from separate organisations during the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. S...

PM’s 72nd birthday today

PM’s 72nd birthday today

FE Online Desk 2018-09-28 12:47:07

Today is the 72nd birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the President of Bangladesh Awami League. On September 28 in 1947, Sheikh Hasina, the eldest of the five children of Father of the Nat...

Bangladesh ranks 161st in human capital index

Bangladesh ranks 161st in human capital index

-- 2018-09-28 11:56:01

Bangladesh has been ranked 161th country on human capital list, improved more than India and Pakistan, a new study published in The Lancet showed. The country has witnessed improvement in the health...

‘Criminal’ dies in Rajshahi ‘gunfight’

‘Criminal’ dies in Rajshahi ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-09-28 11:45:15

A suspected drug pedlar was killed in a reported gunfight with members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Paba upazila of Rajshahi in the early hours of Friday. The deceased was identified as Has...

Editors' Council postpones human chain programme

Editors' Council postpones human chain programme

FE Report 2018-09-28 11:36:57

Editors' Council has decided to postpone its human chain programme announced earlier in protest against some provisions of the just-passed Digital Security Act 2018. The council took the decision aft...

Fire guts 18 shops in Faridpur

Fire guts 18 shops in Faridpur

-- 2018-09-28 11:32:23

At least 18 shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at Haat Krishnapur Bazar in Sadarpur upazila of Faridpur on Thursday night. Saifuzzaman, senior station officer of Faridpur Fire service, said...