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UNESCO reiterates commitment to promote languages

UNESCO reiterates commitment to promote languages

-- 2018-02-21 11:24:11

The UNESCO has marked the 19th International Mother Language Day with the reiteration of its commitment to defend and promote languages across the world. "A language is far more than a means of commu...

RMG market expansion faces lots of challenges

RMG market expansion faces lots of challenges

FE Report 2018-02-21 10:50:56

Low productivity, shortage of mid-level management professionals and limited backward and forward linkages are among major challenges that need to be addressed for further expansion of the country's R...

BPC seeks DCs’ help to curb fuel oil smuggling

BPC seeks DCs’ help to curb fuel oil smuggling

FE Report 2018-02-21 10:03:34

State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) recently sought intervention by deputy commissioners (DCs) of bordering districts to check smuggling out of fuel oil across the border. It also reques...

Nation pays homage to language martyrs

Nation pays homage to language martyrs

-- 2018-02-21 09:48:21

Nation paid rich tribute to the martyrs of the 1952 historic Language Movement marking 'Amar Ekushey', the Language Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day. The great Language Movement, a s...

BSEC frames code of conduct for eligible investors

BSEC frames code of conduct for eligible investors

FE Report 2018-02-21 09:45:58

The securities regulator has set some code of conduct for eligible investors (EIs) in the bidding process to ensure 'justified' price of IPO (initial public offering) shares under the book building me...

Padma Bridge cost up by Tk 50b before construction begins

Padma Bridge cost up by Tk 50b before construction begins

Munima Sultana 2018-02-21 09:27:41

The estimated cost of Padma rail-link project has been revised upward by Tk 50 billion before start of construction of railway infrastructure in one and a half years now. The overall cost of the proj...

President asks PSC  to gain people's  confidence

President asks PSC to gain people's confidence

-- 2018-02-21 00:32:39

President Md Abdul Hamid asked the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) to work with more accountability and accuracy to gain people's confidence, reports UNB. He made the call when a 13-member...

Mango buds in full bloom in Rajshahi, Rangpur

Mango buds in full bloom in Rajshahi, Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2018-02-21 00:30:23

RAJSHAHI, Feb 20: Though it is early of the Bangla month of Falgun, mango buds in many trees of the district are in full bloom. The mango prospect also seems bright during the coming season in great...

A language movement veteran goes unrecognised even after 66 years

A language movement veteran goes unrecognised even after 66 years

Our Correspondent 2018-02-21 00:29:29

MAGURA, Feb 20: Language veterans are yet to get state recognition even after 66 years of language movement. This is unfortunate told language veteran Khan Ziaul Hoque of Magura. Expressing regret...

Thrust on BD-India relations

Thrust on BD-India relations

-- 2018-02-20 22:03:19

Speakers at a dialogue in the city on Tuesday laid emphasis on joint efforts to make Bangladesh-India relations a model of growth and development for others. They also observed that the two neighbour...

Govt plans SSC exams in new method from next year

Govt plans SSC exams in new method from next year

-- 2018-02-20 21:38:34

The government plans to introduce a new method to arrange the secondary school certificate (SSC) examinations from next year to prevent question paper leaks. The plan was made at an inter-ministry me...

Child malnourishment in city slums fares worse, undermines SDG 11

Child malnourishment in city slums fares worse, undermines SDG 11

FE Online Report 2018-02-20 21:10:36

State of child wellbeing remains much worse in city corporation slums than in non-slums and municipalities of other areas, an official survey has revealed. According to the study, the poor state of c...

Govt finds six reasons behind question leaks

Govt finds six reasons behind question leaks

-- 2018-02-20 20:43:15

The government has identified six reasons behind leaks of question papers of public examinations. The reasons were identified at a high-level meeting called by Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid at...

Govt promotes three officials to secretaries

Govt promotes three officials to secretaries

-- 2018-02-20 20:08:14

The government has promoted three acting secretaries, including those at the Election Commission and Expatriates' Welfare and Oversees Employment Ministry, to secretaries. The Public Administration M...

16 personalities to get Independence Award this year

16 personalities to get Independence Award this year

-- 2018-02-20 19:10:14

The government has finalised names of 16 personalities for Independence Award-2018 for their outstanding contributions at national level. The Cabinet Division revealed the names through a statement o...

CU BCL calls indefinite strike

CU BCL calls indefinite strike

-- 2018-02-20 18:01:02

A fraction of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong University (CU) unit on Tuesday called a blockade for an undefined period, protesting the arrest of their fellow men and demanding resignati...

Bangla Academy chalks out spl programmes to mark Feb 21   

Bangla Academy chalks out spl programmes to mark Feb 21  

-- 2018-02-20 17:51:21

Bangla Academy has taken elaborate programmes to mark the International Mother Language Day on February 21. The month-long book fair (Amar Ekushey Boi Mela), which is already underway, is taking a di...

Five face death penalty over murder in Chandpur

Five face death penalty over murder in Chandpur

-- 2018-02-20 17:27:45

A court in Chandpur has sentenced five men to death in a case filed over killing a young man in 2008. Additional district and Sessions Judge Mamunur Rashid handed down the verdict on Tuesday, said Ad...

Myanmar diplomatic missions want safe Rohingya repatriation

Myanmar diplomatic missions want safe Rohingya repatriation

FE Online Desk 2018-02-20 17:23:39

The diplomatic missions in Myanmar have urged the Myanmar authorities to address the underlying problems, including security, freedom of movement, citizenship and access to livelihoods alongside healt...

PM calls for upholding own culture, tradition

PM calls for upholding own culture, tradition

-- 2018-02-20 17:11:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the countrymen to uphold own culture and tradition while keeping pace with the globalisation. "We may have to learn many languages, many things and use newer te...

BNP appeals against Khaleda sentence; HC hearing Thursday

BNP appeals against Khaleda sentence; HC hearing Thursday

FE Online Desk 2018-02-20 16:37:09

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s lawyers have filed an appeal with the High Court (HC) challenging her sentence in the Zia Orphanage Trust case. Law affairs secretary of BNP Barrister Kaiser Kamal...

Two int’l flights miss schedules at HSIA

Two int’l flights miss schedules at HSIA

-- 2018-02-20 16:28:55

Two international flights missed their arrival schedules at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital on Tuesday. A flight from Oman was scheduled to arrive at 10:45am, but i...

SIBL inaugurates agent banking unit at Baridhara

SIBL inaugurates agent banking unit at Baridhara

FE Online Desk 2018-02-20 15:23:49

Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) recently has opened its 67th agent banking unit at Baridhara area in Dhaka. Zafar Alam, deputy managing director of SIBL, formally joined the ceremony as the chief g...

Standard Bank opens branch in Bagichahat

Standard Bank opens branch in Bagichahat

FE Online Desk 2018-02-20 15:15:23

Standard Bank Limited has inaugurated its 125th branch at Bagichahat in Chandanaish upazila of Chittagong. Kamal Mostafa Chowdhury, director and founder vice chairman of the bank, was present at the...

Four die in Mymensingh road mishap

Four die in Mymensingh road mishap

-- 2018-02-20 14:37:40

Four people have been killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway at Ram Gopalpur area of Gouripur upazila in Mymen...

BNP-cops clash leaves 50 wounded

BNP-cops clash leaves 50 wounded

-- 2018-02-20 14:19:07

At least 50 BNP men have sustained wounds in a clash with police at Supermarket Chattar of Faridpur district town on Tuesday morning. Demanding the release of the party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia,...

BD, Myanmar sit for talks on Rohingya repatriation

BD, Myanmar sit for talks on Rohingya repatriation

-- 2018-02-20 13:31:23

Bangladesh and Myanmar officials are now in discussion over the repatriation of over 6,500 Rohingyas living in no-man's land near Tambru on Bangladesh-Myanmar border. The meeting began at 10:00am on...

IU takes preparation for Amar Ekushey

IU takes preparation for Amar Ekushey

-- 2018-02-20 12:30:05

Authority of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia, has completed all the preparations to observe Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day tomorrow with due respect and in a befitting manner at...

PM hands over Ekushey Padak 2018

PM hands over Ekushey Padak 2018

-- 2018-02-20 11:46:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday distributed coveted Ekushey Padak-2018 among 21 eminent personalities in recognition of their outstanding contributions to respective fields. She handed over t...

Rajshahi road crash takes three lives

Rajshahi road crash takes three lives

-- 2018-02-20 11:44:57

Three people have been killed including a child and at least 20 people injured in a collision between two buses on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway in Kamarpara area of Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on...