-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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,...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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