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Stress on India-BD power, energy cooperation

Stress on India-BD power, energy cooperation

-- 2019-03-16 17:50:32

Speakers at a seminar in the city on Saturday said there is huge scope for India-Bangladesh cooperation in the power and energy sectors as many areas still remained untapped for lack of positive attit...

Newly-elected DUCSU members at Ganabhaban

Newly-elected DUCSU members at Ganabhaban

-- 2019-03-16 17:00:13

Members of the newly-elected Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) went to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban on Saturday afternoon. Vice-President-elect Nurul Haque Nur, Gene...

Hunger strike for DUCSU re-election ends

Hunger strike for DUCSU re-election ends

-- 2019-03-16 16:21:38

Protesting Dhaka University (DU) students, who raised allegations of irregularities in DUCSU polls held on March 11, ended their hunger strike on Friday night after the university authorities assured...

Two Bangladeshis killed in NZ terror attack: State Minister

Two Bangladeshis killed in NZ terror attack: State Minister

-- 2019-03-16 14:34:28

Bangladesh has clarified that two of its nationals have been killed in terror attack at two mosques in New Zealand on Friday. "Ten Bangladeshis were affected [by the attacks]. Two of them died and th...

Cricketers’ safety comes first: Prime Minister

Cricketers’ safety comes first: Prime Minister

-- 2019-03-16 13:40:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that the safety of Bangladesh’s cricketers will be prioritised for any future matches abroad after the team narrowly avoided a terrorist attack in New Zealand&r...

Fourth grader found dead in Joypurhat

Fourth grader found dead in Joypurhat

-- 2019-03-16 13:18:58

The body of a 10-year-old was recovered from an abandon house at Biddi village in Panchbibi Upazila of Joypurhat. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman, son of Rezaul Karim of Dhurail village...

Six suffer burns in Sitakunda steel mill accident

Six suffer burns in Sitakunda steel mill accident

-- 2019-03-16 12:33:20

Six workers have been burned in an accident while melting iron at a steel mill in Chattogram’s Sitakunda. Two of the workers were allowed to go home after receiving first aid, but the four othe...

Shippers ready to tap trade

Shippers ready to tap trade

Syful Islam 2019-03-16 11:55:04

With China granting all Bangladeshi products duty-free and quota-free (DFQF) access shortly, freight carriers are all geared up to tap business, officials said. The shippers are readying themselves...

PM inaugurates 2nd Kanchpur Bridge

PM inaugurates 2nd Kanchpur Bridge

-- 2019-03-16 11:22:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the second Kanchpur Bridge on Shitalakkhya River to reduce bottlenecks on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway. The Prime Minister also opened the bridge...

Jute goods export to reach Tk 250b, if odds removed

Jute goods export to reach Tk 250b, if odds removed

Talha Bin Habib 2019-03-16 10:36:51

The country's export earnings from jute goods could be increased to around Tk 250 billion from existing Tk 80 billion annually subject to properly addressing the challenges being faced by the sector...

Rice procurement hits all-time high

Rice procurement hits all-time high

Yasir Wardad 2019-03-16 10:16:26

The government's aggregate procurement of rice from domestic sources has hit an all-time high of 2.2 million (22 lakh) tonnes in this fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, but fails to yield noticeable benefits...

DMP arrest 72 in anti-narcotics drive in city

DMP arrest 72 in anti-narcotics drive in city

-- 2019-03-15 21:16:31

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 72 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during in the ongoing anti-narcotics drives in the capital in last 24 hours till 6:00 am Friday. Detective...

Jatka Conservation Week begins Saturday

Jatka Conservation Week begins Saturday

-- 2019-03-15 21:14:45

The national 'Jatka Conservation Week-2019' will be observed in 36 Hilsa inhabited districts from Saturday to March 22 aiming to create mass awareness on preserving Jatka (Hilsa fry) to boost the nati...

President condemns shooting at New Zealand mosques

President condemns shooting at New Zealand mosques

-- 2019-03-15 20:48:27

President Md Abdul Hamid on Friday condemned the shooting at two mosques in New Zealand and reiterated Bangladesh’s firm commitment against terrorism. “We are deeply shocked to learn the...

Flyover to connect Sunamganj, Netrokona: Planning minister

Flyover to connect Sunamganj, Netrokona: Planning minister

-- 2019-03-15 20:28:56

The government is now planning to construct a flyover from Sunamganj district to Netrokona district for developing the road communication network of the haor areas. Planning Minister MA Mannan gave t...

PM to inaugurate second Kanchpur Bridge Saturday

PM to inaugurate second Kanchpur Bridge Saturday

-- 2019-03-15 18:27:10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the second Kanchpur Bridge on the rive Shitalakkhya on Saturday. “The Prime Minister will open the four-lane bridge through a videoconference from h...

BNP denounces NZ shootings, wishes safe return of cricketers

BNP denounces NZ shootings, wishes safe return of cricketers

-- 2019-03-15 18:04:34

BNP on Friday voiced deep concern over the terror attacks at two mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch where Bang Bangladesh cricket team is now staying. Speaking at a press conference at the party's...

Each hajj pilgrim can carry $1,000: BB

Each hajj pilgrim can carry $1,000: BB

-- 2019-03-15 17:50:47

Each hajj pilgrim can carry up to US$ 1,000 or equivalent currencies while performing the next pilgrimage. This amount is completely out of the overall expenses estimated by the ministry concerned fo...

Rizvi threatens agitation against move to hike gas tariff

Rizvi threatens agitation against move to hike gas tariff

-- 2019-03-15 17:30:42

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the government is planning to increase the gas tariffs again to inflict sufferings on common people and to plunder public money....

‘Govt has nothing to do with Khaleda’s freedom’

‘Govt has nothing to do with Khaleda’s freedom’

-- 2019-03-15 16:27:55

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s freedom is a matter of court; the government has nothing to do with this. “...

PM condemns New Zealand mosque shootings

PM condemns New Zealand mosque shootings

-- 2019-03-15 14:22:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has strongly condemned the terror attacks at two mosques in New Zealand which left 40 people, including two Bangladeshis, dead. Sheikh Hasina offered deep condolences in...

Police arrest man for ‘raping’ 5yr old girl

Police arrest man for ‘raping’ 5yr old girl

-- 2019-03-15 12:56:33

A 48-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl in the Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila on Friday. The arrestee was identified as Mostafa alias Mosta, 48, son of Shetu Mandal of...

Four die in road crashes in two districts

Four die in road crashes in two districts

-- 2019-03-15 12:53:29

At least four people have been killed and three others injured in two separate road accidents in Manikganj and Khulna districts. In Manikganj, three people were killed after a truck hit a pick-up va...

Three Bangladeshis among those killed in Christchurch gun attacks

Three Bangladeshis among those killed in Christchurch gun attacks

-- 2019-03-15 12:23:13

Three Bangladeshis are among those killed in Christchurch terror attack at mosques, Bangladesh Honorary Consul Shafiqur Rahman Bhuiyan says. Two of them are Lincoln University teacher Dr Abdus Samad...

Woman dies in Khulna road crash

Woman dies in Khulna road crash

-- 2019-03-15 10:46:59

A woman has been killed and three others were injured when a bus hit a van on Khulna-Satkhira road in Dumuria upazila's Chuknagar. The deceased was identified as Fatima Begum, 44, daughter of Abdul B...

DU’s Ruqayyah Hall girls withdraw hunger strike

DU’s Ruqayyah Hall girls withdraw hunger strike

-- 2019-03-15 10:42:46

Five female students of Dhaka University's Ruqayyah Hall who went on a fast unto death over their four-point demand withdrew their strike on Thursday night. They also threatened to resume the strike...

Bangladesh players narrowly escape mosque shooting

Bangladesh players narrowly escape mosque shooting

-- 2019-03-15 09:59:22

New Zealand police were hunting "an active shooter" in the centre of Christchurch city on Friday after a gunman opened fire at a mosque inflicting multiple fatalities. The Bangladesh cricket team wer...

Development sans freedom unsustainable: Experts

Development sans freedom unsustainable: Experts

FE Report 2019-03-15 09:56:26

Leading economists and political scientists observed on Thursday that economic development at the expense of individual freedom is not sustainable. Citing a historical perspective, political adviser...

Hopper pest attack worries  Naogaon mango growers

Hopper pest attack worries Naogaon mango growers

Our Correspondent 2019-03-14 21:06:07

NAOGAON, Mar 14: Mango growers in several upazilas of the district are worried due to severe hopper pest attack. Farmers are trying to get rid of the pest by spraying pesticides on their trees. The...

Move to build 583MW power plant at Meghnaghat

Move to build 583MW power plant at Meghnaghat

-- 2019-03-14 20:56:27

The government on Thursday signed five separate contracts with Summit Corporation Limited and GE Consortium for constructing a Combined Cycle Power Plant at Meghnaghat, Narayanganj having 583MW power...