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Refrain from unhealthy competition for children, PM urges guardians

Refrain from unhealthy competition for children, PM urges guardians

-- 2019-03-13 16:24:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the guardians not to get involved in unhealthy competition for the future of their children. She also mentioned that, "There is no competition among the childre...

Three-day ultimatum for fresh DUCSU polls schedule

Three-day ultimatum for fresh DUCSU polls schedule

-- 2019-03-13 14:34:45

Members of various panels, who boycotted Monday's Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) elections, have given the authorities a three-day ultimatum to announce fresh polls schedule. Severa...

Police arrest two murder suspects in Sylhet

Police arrest two murder suspects in Sylhet

-- 2019-03-13 13:30:45

Police arrested two college students on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in the killing of a young man. The arrestees were identified as Razu Mia, 20, a student of Dakkhin Surma Government Colle...

Supreme Court Bar Association election underway

Supreme Court Bar Association election underway

-- 2019-03-13 13:29:48

Voters of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) are casting ballots to elect the new executive committee for 2019-20 period. Voting in the two-day polls began at 10:00am on Wednesday and will continue...

Obaidul Quader shifted to cabin from ICU

Obaidul Quader shifted to cabin from ICU

-- 2019-03-13 13:16:19

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Singapore, was shifted to a cabin from the ICU on Wednesday after his condition improved further. "He...

Hunger strike for fresh DUCSU polls continues

Hunger strike for fresh DUCSU polls continues

-- 2019-03-13 12:44:39

The hunger strike of five Dhaka University students rolled into the second day on Wednesday demanding re-election to the Central Students' Union (DUCSU). They started the strike at the foot of Raju S...

Ruqayyah Hall students demand provost’s resignation

Ruqayyah Hall students demand provost’s resignation

-- 2019-03-13 12:27:13

Students of Dhaka University's Ruqayyah Hall demonstrated early Wednesday demanding resignation of Provost Zeenat Huda and withdrawal of a case filed against five people on Monday. They also demanded...

BD poised to emerge as 30th largest economy: MIGA VP

BD poised to emerge as 30th largest economy: MIGA VP

-- 2019-03-13 12:22:08

Bangladesh is poised to emerge as the world's 30th largest economy over the next few years with a trillion-dollar GDP, a top official of Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) said Wednesday....

'Prepare youths for Fourth Industrial Revolution'

'Prepare youths for Fourth Industrial Revolution'

FE Report 2019-03-13 11:15:58

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh doesn't have any alternative but to get prepared for the Fourth Industrial Revolution by focusing on skills, training, education and knowledge. "...

Govt, traders draw up price stability plan by month-end

Govt, traders draw up price stability plan by month-end

FE Report 2019-03-13 10:54:24

The government will sit with the stakeholders at the end of this month to devise strategies for keeping supplies and prices of essential items stable in the country during upcoming Ramadan. To this...

Double-decker train likely in cities

Double-decker train likely in cities

Munima Sultana 2019-03-13 10:48:56

The rail authorities are contemplating double-decker commuter train service between short-distance towns, aiming to carry double the existing passengers. Under the move, the Bangladesh Railway (BR)...

BTMA opposes Titas gas price hike plea

BTMA opposes Titas gas price hike plea

FE Report 2019-03-13 10:36:39

The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) has strongly opposed the proposal of the Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company to raise service charge and gas price. On Tuesday, the trade b...

Coconut cultivation up in Tangail district

Coconut cultivation up in Tangail district

Our Correspondent 2019-03-12 21:10:05

Coconut cultivation is on the rise across the district for high profit. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Tangail sources, coconut is grown on 582 hectares of land in the dis...

RU teacher creates ‘snake database’

RU teacher creates ‘snake database’

RU Correspondent 2019-03-12 21:09:23

RAJSHAHI, Mar 12: A teacher at Rajshahi University (RU) has created the country's first and only 'snake database' including snakes' venom and their toxicity. Prof Dr Abu Reza of Genetic Engineering D...

Urs of Khwaja Mainuddin Chisty at Maidan on Wednesday

Urs of Khwaja Mainuddin Chisty at Maidan on Wednesday

-- 2019-03-12 19:10:05

The annual urs marking the 807th death anniversary of Hazrat Shah Sufi Khawaja Mainuddin Chisty (RA) will be observed on the premises of Mia Saheb's Maidan at Luxmibazar in Old Dhaka on Wednesday. A...

Tk 3.0m worth of honey sold at ‘Mou Mela’: Organisers

Tk 3.0m worth of honey sold at ‘Mou Mela’: Organisers

FE Online Report 2019-03-12 18:40:41

An estimated Tk 3.0 million worth of honey was sold at the National Bee Fair (Jatiya Mou Mela)- 2019, said the organisers. The three-day fair, which ended on Tuesday, kicked off at Akm Giasuddin Milk...

Govt working to cut migration cost

Govt working to cut migration cost

-- 2019-03-12 17:49:38

State Minister for Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Imran Ahmad, MP on Tuesday said the government is working to bring migration cost down. “It is possible to earn huge fore...

Chhatra League welcomes new DUCSU VP Nur

Chhatra League welcomes new DUCSU VP Nur

-- 2019-03-12 17:48:48

The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has welcomed Nurul Haq Nur, the newly-elected vice president of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union. BCL President Rezwanul Haque Chowdhury Shovon w...

Speaker leaves for Morocco to join PUIC

Speaker leaves for Morocco to join PUIC

-- 2019-03-12 17:44:10

Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury left Dhaka last night for Morocco to join the 14th Session of Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States (PUIC) that began in the Moroccan capital...

Khulna division jute mills workers enforce strike

Khulna division jute mills workers enforce strike

-- 2019-03-12 17:36:16

Workers of state-owned jute mills in Khulna division are enforcing a 24-hour strike to press home their nine-point demands that include payment of outstanding wages. The strike began at 8am on Tuesda...

CID identifies five more Chawkbazar fire victims

CID identifies five more Chawkbazar fire victims

-- 2019-03-12 17:16:41

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has identified five more victims of Chawkbazar fire through DNA test. The CID disclosed the identities of the deceased at a press briefing at its conferenc...

Two die in BD jail during Jan-Feb

Two die in BD jail during Jan-Feb

FE Online Report 2019-03-12 16:58:17

Two prisoners died in custody across the country from January - February in 2019, according to an independent rights body. Of them, one was under trial prisoner while the other one is convict, acco...

Authorities rule out DUCSU revote

Authorities rule out DUCSU revote

FE Online Desk 2019-03-12 15:30:43

Authorities have ruled the possibility of a revote in the Dhaka University Central Students Union election, though major panels that boycotted the elections alleging huge anomalies on Monday made such...

Protesters stage demo in Dakshin Keraniganj against BIWTA decision

Protesters stage demo in Dakshin Keraniganj against BIWTA decision

-- 2019-03-12 14:53:41

Garment traders, boat owners and workers demonstrated at Kaliganj Gudaraghat on Tuesday morning against BIWTA's decision to relocate nine boat crossing ghats from Sadar Launch Terminal. AKM Arif, por...

BCL in protest to push for revote in DUCSU VP election

BCL in protest to push for revote in DUCSU VP election

FE Online Desk 2019-03-12 14:33:35

Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League have demanded a re-vote in the Dhaka University Central Students Union vice president election. Taking a position in front of the residence of V...

Protests spread over DUCSU election results

Protests spread over DUCSU election results

-- 2019-03-12 13:15:58

A number of student organisations and alliances that contested the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) election are demonstrating on the campus demanding fresh polls. The first Duc...

Will DUCSU VP-elect Nur take oath?

Will DUCSU VP-elect Nur take oath?

FE Online Desk 2019-03-12 12:48:24

Doubts have come up whether Nurul Huq Nur will take oath as the vice president (VP) of Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) in the end, as his panel already boycotted the election alleging...

BGB nabs four ‘hundi traders’ at Benapole

BGB nabs four ‘hundi traders’ at Benapole

-- 2019-03-12 12:24:30

Four suspected hundi traders were detained with Tk 1 million from Amrakhali area of Benapole by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Monday night. The detainees are Saheb Ali, 26, son of Insan Ali; Shipo...

Nur, Liton sued for harassment during DUCSU polls

Nur, Liton sued for harassment during DUCSU polls

-- 2019-03-12 11:41:19

A case has been lodged with the Shahbagh Police against Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) VP-elect Nurul Haq Nur, leftist student panel vice presidential candidate Liton Nandi ove...

BB finalises gold dealer guideline

BB finalises gold dealer guideline

Siddique Islam 2019-03-12 11:24:59

The central bank has finalised a guideline for appointing authorised gold dealers (AGDs), who will be eligible to import gold bars directly, officials said. Under the guideline, authorised dealer (...