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Military exercise Shanti Doot to begin at Rajendrapur Monday

Military exercise Shanti Doot to begin at Rajendrapur Monday

-- 2018-02-24 17:47:37

A multinational exercise on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations named 'Exercise: Shanti Doot-4' will begin on Monday. It will be held at Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operatic Training (BI...

BNP’s countrywide demo on Monday over foiling of black flag march

BNP’s countrywide demo on Monday over foiling of black flag march

-- 2018-02-24 17:11:49

Country’s main opposition party will bring out processions across the country on Monday protesting the attack on their black flag demonstration in the capital.   BNP senior joint secr...

BNP should concentrate on polls: Norway

BNP should concentrate on polls: Norway

-- 2018-02-24 16:34:20

Norwegian Ambassador in Dhaka Sidsel Bleken said that BNP should concentrate on elections as the international community will support the democratic process in Bangladesh. She said, "I absolutely thi...

Square Pharmaceuticals begins 17th Golf Tournament

Square Pharmaceuticals begins 17th Golf Tournament

-- 2018-02-24 15:25:36

Square Pharmaceuticals Limited has kicked off the three-day long 17th Square Golf Tournament 2018 at Kurmitola Golf Club in the City. Tapan Chowdhury, Managing Director of Square Pharmaceuticals inau...

EBL inks deal with Shanta Multiverse

EBL inks deal with Shanta Multiverse

FE Online Desk 2018-02-24 14:37:06

Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has recently signed a customer benefit agreement with Shanta Multiverse Limited in Dhaka. M Khorshed Anowar, head of business, retail banking of the bank, and Mayesha Khond...

Rainfall likely in parts of country

Rainfall likely in parts of country

-- 2018-02-24 14:08:01

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours as of 9 am tomorrow. Weather ma...

Garlic farming gets momentum in Rajshahi

Garlic farming gets momentum in Rajshahi

-- 2018-02-24 13:56:36

A large number of growers are passing a busy time in farming direct-seeded garlic in the Rajshahi region, including its vast Barind area during the current season. They are optimistic of getting a bu...

Habiganj police detain 17 on various charges

Habiganj police detain 17 on various charges

-- 2018-02-24 12:30:26

Police arrested 17 persons including 10 wanted accused from different areas of Habiganj in last 12-hour ending at 9 am this morning. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nazim Uddin said, they w...

Police foil BNP’s black flag programme, 20 held 

Police foil BNP’s black flag programme, 20 held 

-- 2018-02-24 12:03:48

Police on Saturday foiled BNP’s black flag showing programme in front of its Nayapaltan central office protesting against the denial of permission to hold a rally in Dhaka city. When BNP leader...

Jessore college girl commits ‘suicide’

Jessore college girl commits ‘suicide’

-- 2018-02-24 11:59:43

A female college student allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room at Fatepur village in Chaugachha upazila on Friday noon. The deceased, Pryia, 17, was daughter of...

Assailants shoot ex-army man dead in Comilla

Assailants shoot ex-army man dead in Comilla

-- 2018-02-24 11:35:12

A retired army person was gunned down by some unknown assailants at Dhanuakhola village in Sadar upazila early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Mobarak Hossain, 60, son of late Abdul Jalil of...

Three die in Keraniganj road crash

Three die in Keraniganj road crash

-- 2018-02-24 11:02:40

Three people have been killed in a road accident when a truck rammed an autorickshaw in Dhaka’s South Keraniganj Upazila. The incident occurred around midnight on Friday in the Ikuria Bazar are...

Sharp fall in mustard output hits farmers, beekeepers

Sharp fall in mustard output hits farmers, beekeepers

Yasir Wardad 2018-02-24 10:30:05

Mustard output has dropped sharply this season due to flooding and waterlogging, causing huge losses to farmers as well as beekeepers. The beekeepers estimated that honey production has plummeted by...

EEU trade deal gets delayed as Dhaka not ready

EEU trade deal gets delayed as Dhaka not ready

Syful Islam 2018-02-24 10:04:08

Signing of a deal with Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) to expand trade with East European countries mainly targeting duty-free market access to Russia was deferred again as the text of the agreement cou...

Muhith calls for boosting cotton production to cut import reliance

Muhith calls for boosting cotton production to cut import reliance

FE Report 2018-02-24 09:51:36

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has called for an end to the sugarcane cultivation in the country, saying that the lands used for growing the produce should be used for cotton production instead. "It is...

China likely to confirm $3.0b loan next month

China likely to confirm $3.0b loan next month

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-02-24 09:35:10

The much-awaited US$3.0 billion (Tk 247.49 billion) Chinese loan for the Padma Bridge railway link mega project is likely to be confirmed next month, as Bangladesh has removed the 'obstacle' to get th...

BNP more united than before, claims Fakhrul

BNP more united than before, claims Fakhrul

-- 2018-02-23 21:35:11

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has claimed that their party is now much stronger and more united than in the past after the imprisonment of its chairperson Khaleda Zia.  "They...

Road accidents claim 14 lives in five districts

Road accidents claim 14 lives in five districts

-- 2018-02-23 21:22:32

At least 14 people died and 22 others were injured in separate road accidents in five districts on Friday. Mymensingh suffered the highest casualties, where four people died after a bus plunged into...

Over 720,000 Rohingya children need urgent help: UNICEF

Over 720,000 Rohingya children need urgent help: UNICEF

FE Online Report 2018-02-23 20:50:24

More than 720,000 Rohingya children are threatened either by the approaching cyclone season in Bangladesh or by ongoing violence and denial of their basic rights in Myanmar. The UNICEF revealed the i...

Miscreants ‘strangle’ schoolboy in C’nawabganj

Miscreants ‘strangle’ schoolboy in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-02-23 20:44:47

A schoolboy was strangled by unidentified miscreants at Borogachi Bhatapara in Bholahat upazila in Chapainawabganj on Friday noon. The deceased was identified as Rajib Ahmed, a class VII student of B...

Court sentence three to jail for selling turtles

Court sentence three to jail for selling turtles

-- 2018-02-23 20:39:52

A mobile court Friday sentenced three businessmen to nine months imprisonment each for selling endangered species of turtles in Shakhari Bazar area in the capital. The convicted were Ponir Chandra Da...

Divisional digital innovation fair begins in Ctg

Divisional digital innovation fair begins in Ctg

-- 2018-02-23 20:30:56

A three-day 'Chittagong Divisional Digital Innovation-2018' fair began in the port city on Friday aimed at making people aware of e-technologies and reach government services to the people's doorstep....

RAB detains 11 foreigners in Cox’s Bazar

RAB detains 11 foreigners in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-02-23 20:19:33

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained 11 foreign nationals near a Rohingya refugee camp at Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar on Friday. The law enforcers claimed that the arrestees did not have any passport...

Sisimpur attracts huge crowd at book fair

Sisimpur attracts huge crowd at book fair

FE Online Report 2018-02-23 19:44:38

Sisimpur has attracted huge crowd at children’s corner of Amar Ekushey Book Fair like every year. Parents gathered Bangla Academy premises with their children on Friday like every day holidays...

President seeks Singapore support for Rohingya repatriation

President seeks Singapore support for Rohingya repatriation

-- 2018-02-23 19:02:22

President Abdul Hamid on Friday sought cooperation from Singapore for the repatriation of Rohingyas who took shelter in Bangladesh. President Hamid said this when Singapore President Halimah Yacob ph...

Sylhet train services resume 16 hours

Sylhet train services resume 16 hours

-- 2018-02-23 18:54:45

Train communication of Sylhet with the capital resumed, after 16 hours after Dhaka-bound Upaban Express with 1,000 passengers aboard derailed in Srimangal of Moulvibazar. Railway engineer Mujibur Rah...

Indian high commission office in Sylhet soon: Envoy

Indian high commission office in Sylhet soon: Envoy

-- 2018-02-23 18:43:37

The High Commission of Indian in Bangladesh will set up its office in Sylhet within next two months, said High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Sringla on Friday.   "The office will be set up here so...

ADB President due Feb 27

ADB President due Feb 27

-- 2018-02-23 18:40:36

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao will pay a two-day visit to Bangladesh from February 27. During the visit, the ADB president will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Finance Mini...

Law enforcers arrest 153 over SSC question leaks: Nahid

Law enforcers arrest 153 over SSC question leaks: Nahid

-- 2018-02-23 17:50:45

Law enforcers have so far arrested 153 people in 52 cases filed over alleged question leaks since the start of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations on February 1. Education Minister Nurul...

‘Robber’ dies in Ctg gunfight   

‘Robber’ dies in Ctg gunfight  

-- 2018-02-23 17:38:15

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Boro Kumira bridge area of Sitakundu upazila in Chittagong early Friday. The identities of the d...