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Govt to ensure equal rights for all: PM

Govt to ensure equal rights for all: PM

-- 2019-01-31 16:59:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government's goal is to ensure equal rights for all people irrespective of their religions and casts. "There should be equal rights for all people, i...

ADB president greets PM

ADB president greets PM

-- 2019-01-31 16:55:06

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao on Thursday greeted Sheikh Hasina on her appointment as the Bangladesh Prime Minister for the fourth term. A two-member ADB team, comprising its...

Two get 14 yrs jail for abducting schoolgirl in Jashore

Two get 14 yrs jail for abducting schoolgirl in Jashore

-- 2019-01-31 16:43:43

A court in Jashore on Wednesday sentenced two people to 14 years imprisonment for abducting a schoolgirl in 2006. The court also fined the two convicts - Wasim Sheikh, son of Ibad Ali and Babul Morol...

‘Golden Rice to be released soon’

‘Golden Rice to be released soon’

-- 2019-01-31 16:33:13

Golden rice, a new variety of rice helpful to fight Vitamin A deficiency, will be released soon. Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzak made the disclosure after a meeting with International Rice Resea...

Doctor ‘commits suicide’ in Chattogram

Doctor ‘commits suicide’ in Chattogram

-- 2019-01-31 16:20:45

A physician allegedly killed himself over family feud at Chandgaon residential area in Chattogram city in the early hours of Thursday. The dead man was identified as Mostafa Murshed Akash, 33, son of...

Police recover body of fruit trader in Sylhet

Police recover body of fruit trader in Sylhet

-- 2019-01-31 14:30:44

A fruit trader was found dead at a house at Madina Market in Sylhet city on Thursday. The trader was identified as Shahab Uddin, 40, a resident of Moglabazar of Dakkhin Surma upazila. Selim Mia, off...

Ship struggles to keep afloat on Meghna at Chandpur

Ship struggles to keep afloat on Meghna at Chandpur

-- 2019-01-31 14:09:32

A ship with a broken hull has been struggling to stay afloat on the Meghna river in Chandpur. MV Abdul Jalil, taking in water, was anchored to the bank next to the Chandpur launch terminal in an effo...

Ekushey Book Fair begins Friday

Ekushey Book Fair begins Friday

FE Online Report 2019-01-31 13:38:28

The month-long 'Amar Ekushey Grantha Melā 2019’ (Book Fair) is set to kick off in the capital's Bangla Academy premises and its adjoining Suhrawardy Udyan area on Friday. Prime Minister Sheikh...

Work jointly to establish exploitation-free ‘Sonar Bangla’: President

Work jointly to establish exploitation-free ‘Sonar Bangla’: President

-- 2019-01-31 12:20:59

President M Abdul Hamid has said the Bangalee nation needs to forge an unwavering unity to build exploitation-free “Sonar Bangla” by uprooting terrorism, militancy, drug abuse and corrupti...

Three die in Mymensingh road accident

Three die in Mymensingh road accident

-- 2019-01-31 12:20:00

Three people were killed and two others injured after an ambulance overturned at Alalpur in Sadar upazila of Mymensingh in the early hours of Thursday. The accident took place at around 3:00am when a...

Criminal dies in Feni ‘shootout’

Criminal dies in Feni ‘shootout’

-- 2019-01-31 11:36:21

A suspected robber was killed in a 'shootout' between two groups of robbers in Feni’s Chagalnaiya upazila in the early hours of Thursday. The dead man was identified as Mohiuddin Sabuj alias Sa...

RAB arrests three with arms, ammo in Natore

RAB arrests three with arms, ammo in Natore

-- 2019-01-31 11:19:27

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three suspected arms trader along with firearms and ammunition in Lalpur upazila of Natore on Thursday. The arrestees are Faim Hossain Palak, Sweet an...

Money laundering: CIID nabs Crescent boss Kader

Money laundering: CIID nabs Crescent boss Kader

-- 2019-01-31 10:47:24

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) has arrested the chairman of Crescent Leather Products Ltd and Crescent Tanneries Ltd MA Kader over money-laundering charge. A CIID team pick...

EMRD spends 54pc of ADP allocation in H1

EMRD spends 54pc of ADP allocation in H1

FE Report 2019-01-31 10:30:34

The Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) has spent on an average 54.14 per cent of the allocation against the projects being implemented under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) during the...

Seven-man body to take stock of abandoned commercial assets

Seven-man body to take stock of abandoned commercial assets

Rezaul Karim 2019-01-31 10:23:55

The government is set to start investigation soon to take stock of its abandoned commercial assets in 15 districts of the country, officials said. The government will carry out the investigation aimi...

Conviction rate in graft cases drops in 2018

Conviction rate in graft cases drops in 2018

Adnan Hossain Bhuiyan 2019-01-31 09:28:20

The rate of conviction in graft cases lodged by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) dropped in 2018 after a steady rise in the previous three years. The punishment rate was 60.64 per cent last year,...

Widespread consumer demand makes  cabbage peasants happy in Bogura

Widespread consumer demand makes cabbage peasants happy in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2019-01-30 21:47:35

BOGURA, Jan 30: Widespread demand of hundreds of consumer's has made cabbage growers in Bogura district happy. During the time last year, they suffered due to low market price but this year they are...

Cultivation of Malta gains  popularity in Naogaon

Cultivation of Malta gains popularity in Naogaon

Our Correspondent 2019-01-30 21:46:17

NAOGAON, Jan 30: The farming of Malta, a juicy citrus fruit, enriched with vitamin C, is gaining popularity among farmers in Porsha Upazila of the district as it yields good profit. Department of Agr...

T-Aman growers upset over rice price fall in Joypurhat

T-Aman growers upset over rice price fall in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2019-01-30 21:45:26

JOYPURHAT, Jan 30: T-Aman rice growers of the five upazilas of the district are upset due to excessive price fall in Joypurhat district. They are forced to sell their produced paddy below the product...

Speaker nominates five-member chairman panel

Speaker nominates five-member chairman panel

-- 2019-01-30 21:36:38

A five-member chairman panel was nominated for the first session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad on Wednesday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury gave this nomination of the panel. The panel members are...

Experts stress media role to promote flight safety

Experts stress media role to promote flight safety

-- 2019-01-30 21:32:25

Speakers at a roundtable on Wednesday stressed the significant role of mass media in promoting flight safety in the aviation sector of the country. Novoair, one of the country’s private airline...

Five promoted to senior secretaries

Five promoted to senior secretaries

-- 2019-01-30 21:03:26

The government has promoted five secretaries to the ranks of senior secretaries. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Wednesday. Those promoted are Seco...

17 JU students suspended

17 JU students suspended

-- 2019-01-30 19:23:58

The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) suspended 17 students on separate charges of sexual harassment, taking drugs and assault. The decision was taken at the January 18 syndicate meeting,...

PM welcomes criticism in parliament

PM welcomes criticism in parliament

-- 2019-01-30 18:44:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has welcomed the criticism of the government from the opposition in the parliament as it is very important in a democratic process. “In the trend of democracy, crit...

Rony gets life sentence for double murder

Rony gets life sentence for double murder

-- 2019-01-30 18:18:00

Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of former Awami League MP Pinu Khan, has been sentenced to life in prison for a double murder in Eskaton in 2015. Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Monjurul Imam...

Info Minister terms TIB report faulty, politically motivated

Info Minister terms TIB report faulty, politically motivated

-- 2019-01-30 17:41:07

Rejecting the report of Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB), Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said the report is faulty and politically motivated. The minister came up with the...

Fakhrul pushes for reelection under neutral admin

Fakhrul pushes for reelection under neutral admin

-- 2019-01-30 17:37:14

Reiterating that the current parliament has not been formed with people's mandate, BNP on Wednesday demanded reelection under a neutral administration to establish a 'pro-people' government. "Awami l...

Former joint secretary gets five-yr jail in graft case

Former joint secretary gets five-yr jail in graft case

-- 2019-01-30 17:33:22

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced former joint secretary Rafiqul Mohamed to five years jail in a case filed for embezzling government property through forgery. Special Judge court-4 judge Sheikh N...

DMP chief promises better security for city dwellers

DMP chief promises better security for city dwellers

-- 2019-01-30 17:29:45

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Wednesday promised to provide better security for the capital's residents. "We want to turn Dhaka into a city where no-one will harass...

Dr Shirin Sharmin re-elected Speaker for third time

Dr Shirin Sharmin re-elected Speaker for third time

-- 2019-01-30 16:26:17

For the first time in history, parliament on Wednesday elected Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury as the Speaker for the third consecutive term. The attending MPs of the newly-formed 11th Jatiya Sangsad una...