FE Report 2019-03-10 10:23:05
The import of mango has declined gradually in recent years, thanks to a sustained rise in local production of the delicious tropical fruit. This trend in mango imports has thus saved millions of fore...
-- 2019-03-10 09:28:22
Voting in the election to 78 Upazila Parishads has started in the first of five phases. Started at 8:00am, it will continue till 4:00pm without any break. The size of the electorate in the 78 upazil...
-- 2019-03-09 20:46:22
At least 15 shops were burned down and 15 people sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a market in Moiddhya Baburhat in Chandpur sadar upazila on Saturday. The affected shop owners said...
-- 2019-03-09 20:33:11
Gono Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday alleged that democracy was buried in the country by holding a 'tainted and so-called' national election on December 30. Speaking at a meeting o...
-- 2019-03-09 20:21:55
A fire that broke out at 'Anarkali Super Market' in the city's Mouchak area on Saturday afternoon was brought under control after 30 minutes of frantic effort. The fire originated on the third floor...
-- 2019-03-09 20:15:44
A Rajshahi mobile court on Saturday sentenced 11 Awami League men, including a municipality mayor, to five-day imprisonment each for violating electoral code of conduct in Durgapur upazila of the dist...
-- 2019-03-09 19:47:35
A total of 17,208 employees of different offices under the Land Ministry submitted their wealth statements as per the instruction of the land minister. Out of 17,576, some 368 employees could not sub...
-- 2019-03-09 19:40:39
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has urged BNP to join the local government elections without making the Election Commission (EC) and the elections questionable. “I think that the countryme...
-- 2019-03-09 19:24:59
At least seven people died and nine others were injured in separate road accidents in Barishal, Dinajpur, Narail and Bogura on Saturday. In Bogura, a car collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw killin...
-- 2019-03-09 19:08:35
Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim is hopeful of making the Purbachal housing project liveable by December of this year through ensuring all public services. “Various obstacles d...
-- 2019-03-09 19:03:48
The 4th edition of Women Leadership Summit promoting women empowerment and aspiring for gender-balanced future was held in the city on Saturday. With the theme 'creative leadership through diversity'...
-- 2019-03-09 18:50:01
A total of 185,286 women, subjected to physical and mental tortures, have received legal help through toll-free national helpline ‘16430’ since launching of the service in 2016. Revealing...
-- 2019-03-09 18:22:12
A fire broke out at the Anarkali Market in the city’s Mouchak area on Saturday. The fire originated from third floor of the five-storey building around 5:20pm, said Kamrul Hasan, duty officer o...
-- 2019-03-09 18:20:58
BNP said the recent comments made by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda prove the vote rigging allegations raised by the Jatiya Okayfront is true, according to bdnews24.com. “The C...
-- 2019-03-09 18:04:55
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday defended deaths during alleged cross fires, saying law enforcement agencies only fire in self-defence during anti-drug drives. "Many civil society members c...
-- 2019-03-09 17:49:29
Papaya framing has been gaining popularity among farmers in the district for last few years as many farmers found the occupation as an important source of income generation leading to their economic s...
-- 2019-03-09 17:47:14
Bangladesh-Russia Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) has expressed their satisfaction over construction progress of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). They made the expression at the 4th meeting of...
-- 2019-03-09 17:29:43
Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Saturday said the government is taking various initiatives to build Purbachal as a modern city. “As part of expansion of Dhaka city, Purbach...
-- 2019-03-09 16:55:22
Customs officials recovered six gold bars, weighing 60 tolas, from the rectum a passenger at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram Saturday. Jamal Uddin, who arrived in the port city by a f...
-- 2019-03-09 14:28:22
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put emphasis on creating mass awareness in society to eliminate discriminations and violence against women saying that only enacting laws is not enough to get this don...
FE Online Desk 2019-03-09 13:35:43
A 24-hour restriction has been imposed on the movement inside Dhaka University for its central students'union election. The restriction will come into effect at 6:00 pm on Sunday and it will continue...
-- 2019-03-09 13:01:45
A bus crashed into a human-hauler on Barishal-Patuakhali highway in Rupatoli area on Saturday morning, leaving a woman dead and three other people injured. The deceased has been identified as Renu Be...
-- 2019-03-09 12:45:43
The Facebook page of State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has been hacked, soon after a similar incident involving the page of the minister of industries. In addition t...
-- 2019-03-09 12:35:20
The World Bank has approved a $165million grant to help Bangladesh provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for the Rohingyas who fled violence in Myanmar and took shelter in Te...
-- 2019-03-09 12:11:00
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a suspected drug trader along with 13,430 pieces of Yaba pills from a hotel in Chattogram’s Station Road area under Kotwali thana on F...
FE Online Desk 2019-03-09 12:00:25
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has talked to doctors and relatives after he was taken off the breathing tube on Saturday morning. He may be shifted to a cabin from the coronary ca...
-- 2019-03-09 11:21:45
China and the United States are still working day and night to achieve a trade deal that matches the interests of both sides and the hopes of the world, including eliminating tit-for-tat tariffs, a se...
-- 2019-03-09 11:08:34
Bodies of four other people, who went missing in a boat capsize in the Buriganga River on Thursday, were recovered on Saturday, raising the death toll from the incident to five. The deceased were ide...
Babul Barman 2019-03-09 10:13:02
Stocks ended lower for the sixth straight weeks that ended Thursday amid dull trading as investors continued their selling binge on sector-wise shares. Market analysts said majority investors were re...
Syful Islam 2019-03-09 10:10:15
The World Bank (WB) conducts a mid-term review of the implementation progress of its ongoing Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with Bangladesh tomorrow (Sunday), officials say. In the review meet...
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