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Fakhrul terms Rangamati gun attack well-planned

Fakhrul terms Rangamati gun attack well-planned

-- 2019-03-19 17:30:14

Terming Rangamati gun attack a well-designed one, BNP on Tuesday said violence and criminalisation by miscreants is growing centring elections in the country for lack of democracy and atmosphere for c...

BUP student falls victim to reckless driving in city

BUP student falls victim to reckless driving in city

-- 2019-03-19 17:15:42

Students of different private universities blocked the road in front of Jamuna Future Park following the death of a student of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) in a road crash in front of...

Couple suffers burn injuries in ‘AC explosion’

Couple suffers burn injuries in ‘AC explosion’

-- 2019-03-19 17:05:43

A couple sustained severe burn injuries after their air-conditioner exploded at their home in Uttara on early Tuesday, police said. The victims were named as Alamgir Bhuiyan, 50, and Bilkis Baby, 40,...

Dhaka issues travel alert for Bangladeshis in Australia

Dhaka issues travel alert for Bangladeshis in Australia

-- 2019-03-19 17:04:28

Bangladesh has issued a travel alert for its citizens wanting to travel to Australia following the recent terrorist attacks in New Zealand mosques. The government also asked Bangladeshis living in Au...

Passenger arrested with Yaba, hemp at Ctg airport

Passenger arrested with Yaba, hemp at Ctg airport

-- 2019-03-19 15:43:48

The Airport authorities arrested a passenger at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Tuesday morning for carrying 540 pieces of Yaba pills and 200 grams of hemp. The arrestee is Jamir U...

Protesters reject mayor’s request to call off road blockade

Protesters reject mayor’s request to call off road blockade

FE Online Desk 2019-03-19 15:13:25

Students and locals will not call off their blockade on the road in front of the Jamuna Future Park in Dhaka city, even though Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam have rushed there and req...

Border violence kills seven in first two months of 2019

Border violence kills seven in first two months of 2019

FE Online Report 2019-03-19 14:41:16

A total of seven Bangladeshis were killed in incidents of violence along the country's border in January-February 2019, according to a local independent rights body. The Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) rep...

Police find AL leader dead in Sunamganj

Police find AL leader dead in Sunamganj

-- 2019-03-19 14:02:03

A local leader of Awami League (AL) was found dead at Islampur village in Sadar upazila of Sunamganj district on Tuesday. The deceased is Md Joynal Abedin, 50, son of Md Muslim Uddin of the village a...

Quader’s bypass surgery tomorrow

Quader’s bypass surgery tomorrow

FE Online Desk 2019-03-19 13:23:30

Doctors at Singapore’s Mount Elizabth Hospital will have a bypass surgery on Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader tomorrow, instead of today. The operation will be done at 10:00am Sing...

Rangpur road crash claims lives of three

Rangpur road crash claims lives of three

-- 2019-03-19 13:15:13

Three people were killed in a road accident on Rangpur-Bagura highway in Pirganj upazila of the district on Tuesday. Officer-in-charge of Pirganj police station Swadesh Chandra said a covered van hit...

Two die in Narsingdi AL factional clash

Two die in Narsingdi AL factional clash

-- 2019-03-19 12:20:24

A clash between two factions of Awami League left at least two people dead and 15 others injured at Mirzarchar union in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified...

Miscreants shoot AL leader to death in Rangamati

Miscreants shoot AL leader to death in Rangamati

-- 2019-03-19 11:15:57

Bilaichhari Upazila Awami League President Suresh Kanti Tanchangya was shot to death by unidentified miscreants at Farua in the upazila on Tuesday morning. The incident took place around 9:30 am, ami...

FM bins US HR report on BD

FM bins US HR report on BD

FE Report 2019-03-19 10:59:14

Foreign Minister (FM) Dr A K Abdul Momen has categorically rejected the US Human Rights (HR) Report, saying the report is not objective, and in many cases it is more applicable to the US rather than...

BD's apparel export to US sees 6.65pc growth in 2018

BD's apparel export to US sees 6.65pc growth in 2018

Monira Munni 2019-03-19 10:34:49

Bangladesh's apparel exports to the United States grew by 6.65 per cent to US$ 5.40 billion in 2018 compared to that of 2017. The country fetched $ 5.06 billion in 2017, according to data from Offi...

BUP student's death in road crash sparks protest in city

BUP student's death in road crash sparks protest in city

FE Online Desk 2019-03-19 09:54:15

Students in their hundreds have blocked the road in front of the Jamuna Future Park in Dhaka city protesting against the death of a fellow of them from Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). S...

Shah Husain Imam new FE Editor

Shah Husain Imam new FE Editor

-- 2019-03-18 22:27:20

Shah Husain Imam, former Associate Editor of The Daily Star, has joined The Financial Express as its Editor. He succeeds late iconic business journalist Moazzem Hossain who passed away on August 01, 2...

Gopalganj farmers expect  plentiful Boro output

Gopalganj farmers expect plentiful Boro output

Our Correspondent 2019-03-18 21:45:24

GOPALGANJ, Mar 18: Farmers of Gopalganj Sadar are expecting a plentiful production of SL-8H, a Boro variety, this season. According to Sadar upazila agriculture office sources, a total of 21,600 hect...

Bumper mango production  in Magura likely this year

Bumper mango production in Magura likely this year

Our Correspondent 2019-03-18 21:44:25

MAGURA, Mar 18: Large-scale flowering of the trees this season is indicating a bumper mango yield in the district. A good number of farmers said they expect that mango production will be high this ye...

Sunflower farming expands in Sylhet

Sunflower farming expands in Sylhet

-- 2019-03-18 21:43:18

SYLHET, Mar 18 (UNB): Suitable land and buoyant yield, coupled with increasing demand, are encouraging more farmers in the region to start sunflower cultivation. The Bangladesh Agricultural Research...

High yield, fair price make Rajshahi potato cultivators happy

High yield, fair price make Rajshahi potato cultivators happy

-- 2019-03-18 21:42:17

Both yield and market price have made the potato growers happy in Rajshahi region including its vast Barind tract during the current harvesting season, reports BSS. Talking to the news agency, Md Ala...

Seven shot dead after Upazila election in Rangamati

Seven shot dead after Upazila election in Rangamati

-- 2019-03-18 21:35:14

Unidentified gunmen in Rangamati have shot dead at least seven people, including polling officials and security personnel, after the end of phase-2 Upazila election voting boycotted by an organisation...

One gets life term over woman’s miscarriage for beating

One gets life term over woman’s miscarriage for beating

-- 2019-03-18 20:12:48

A Kishoreganj court on Monday sentenced a man to life imprisonment and two people to six months in prison over the miscarriage of a woman following torture on her. The lifer is Kalam of Gaital villag...

DNCC removes illegal structures to solve water-logging problems

DNCC removes illegal structures to solve water-logging problems

FE Online Report 2019-03-18 19:47:12

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Monday launched eviction drive aiming to demolish illegal establishments and solve severe water-logging problems in the capital.  A team, led by Executive...

Five election officials shot dead in Rangamati

Five election officials shot dead in Rangamati

FE Online Desk 2019-03-18 19:39:50

Five election officials, including a presiding officer, were reportedly shot dead by miscreants in Bagaichhari upazila of Rangamati  on Monday evening. The victims were returning to upazila town...

Five Bangladeshis died in NZ mosque attack: FM

Five Bangladeshis died in NZ mosque attack: FM

-- 2019-03-18 19:25:46

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday said five Bangladesh nationals died in Friday's terror attacks in New Zealand mosques. The identified victims are former Prof of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agri...

EC needs more power: Mahbub Talukdar

EC needs more power: Mahbub Talukdar

-- 2019-03-18 18:37:42

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar has said the election commission needs more power to ensure greater participation of all parties and boost voter turnout in the polls. “If the EC is entrus...

E-passports likely from June

E-passports likely from June

-- 2019-03-18 17:53:39

Bangladesh is planning to start the distribution of digital passports, also known as e-passports, as early as June this year to ease immigration activities. The e-passport has an embedded electronic...

50-year-old man held on rape charge

50-year-old man held on rape charge

-- 2019-03-18 16:59:10

Police arrested a 50-year-old man at Rayermahal Paschimpara in Khulna on Sunday night reportedly for raping a young girl. Abdul Hasan Gazi was picked up after a case was filed against him with Arangh...

Cabinet proposes two-yr jail for adulterating fish

Cabinet proposes two-yr jail for adulterating fish

-- 2019-03-18 16:48:54

The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of the Fish and Fish Product (Inspection and Quality Control) Bill, enhancing the maximum punishment to two-year imprisonment for adulterating fis...

Bangabandhu Corner opens at Shilpakala Academy

Bangabandhu Corner opens at Shilpakala Academy

-- 2019-03-18 16:40:28

Bangabandhu Corner, comprising the books written on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, opened on Monday at Bangladesh Shilpkala Academy library. More than 300 books, written by d...