FE Online Desk 2018-12-27 13:25:57
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on all stakeholders to ensure an environment free of violence, intimidation and coercion before, during and after the general election in Bangladesh, s...
-- 2018-12-27 13:00:42
Police in special drives arrested 79 people, accused in different cases, from eight upazilas of Satkhira district from Wednesday evening to Thursday morning. Of them, 22 were arrested from Sadar upaz...
-- 2018-12-27 12:09:01
Some unidentified miscreants hurled two crude bombs at the house of Asaduzzaman Bablu, general secretary of Gangni upazila unit BNP at Cougaccha in Meherpur on Wednesday night. Tozbira Zaman, wife of...
-- 2018-12-27 11:42:42
Police recovered the decomposed body of an unidentified man from Bhairab River in Jashore on Wednesday. Locals spotted the floating body of the elderly man at Naoapara Ferryghat in Abhoynagar upazila...
-- 2018-12-27 11:27:36
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said holding a fair election under the Awami League government is not possible. “The election process has turned into a farce and n...
-- 2018-12-27 10:41:58
At least 180 rooms at the workers colony in Chakrawarty area of Gazipur were gutted in a fire early Thursday. The fire originated from an electric short circuit at a tin-shed room of the colony aroun...
FE Report 2018-12-27 10:24:34
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has sought a guarantee from the government against a Tk 5.0 billion (500 crore) loan under the Bangladesh Bank (BB) refinancing scheme, officials said. The specia...
Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2018-12-27 10:20:10
The dredging of inland waterways is set to come under real-time monitoring as part of a government plan to develop a web-based system to track all such schemes. Shipping ministry is working to initia...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-12-27 09:37:53
The deployment of army will not deliver the goods if the Election Commission (EC) fails to play a neutral role, experts told the FE on Wednesday. Members of the armed forces have been stationed acros...
-- 2018-12-26 21:48:06
The Bangladesh Police Service Association on Wednesday protested the remarks of Jatiya Oikyafront convenor Dr Kamal Hossain on the law enforcement agency, saying his remarks were unexpected, unwarrant...
Our Correspondent 2018-12-26 20:49:03
BOGURA, Dec 26: Bumper yield of chilli has made hundreds of grassroots peasants in the district happy this season. Sources said chilli production in the district has exceeded all the records in t...
Our Correspondent 2018-12-26 20:46:12
GOPALGANJ, Dec 26: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in the district has taken a massive programme to grow Boro paddy on 80,690 hectares of land this season with a production target of 3...
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RAJSHAHI, Dec 26 (BSS): Field-level agricultural extension officials and scientists concerned along with the growers are expecting a good yield of mustard seed this season as the government has taken...
-- 2018-12-26 20:33:47
The Awami League-led Grand Alliance is likely to get 248 seats in the upcoming 11th parliamentary election, according to a survey. The Jatiya Oikyafront (JOF) may win in 49 constituencies and three m...
-- 2018-12-26 20:32:53
Bangladesh Army on Wednesday issued a warning note against the vested fraudulent clique who is demanding money from election candidates promising facilities identifying themselves as army officers. A...
-- 2018-12-26 20:23:49
Claiming that the Jatiya Oikyafront chief has failed to demonstrate his leadership, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said Dr Kamal Hossain should quit taking the responsibili...
-- 2018-12-26 20:21:32
A team of police officials met Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain at his Motijheel chamber on Wednesday to 'discuss security issues'. The police team, led by Deputy Commissioner (Motijheel Zone) Anwar...
-- 2018-12-26 19:08:20
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed three people, including a businessman, on a five-day remand in a case filed for distributing money among voters to influence the national election. Those remanded ar...
-- 2018-12-26 19:03:33
The High Court (HC) has blocked three more BNP candidates from competing in the 11th national parliamentary election because their resignations from their upazila chairman posts were not accepted. Pa...
-- 2018-12-26 18:31:02
The Editors' Council has urged the election commission to ensure the free movement of journalists' vehicles for three days from December 29 to 31. The council made the call in a letter signed by its...
-- 2018-12-26 18:18:44
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday came down heavily on the Jatiya Oikyafront for its ugly attitude at the election commission and rebuking the police. “None i...
-- 2018-12-26 17:48:16
Police say they have seized a large quantity of materials used to make petrol bombs and other makeshift weapons from a vehicle belonging to the brother of Ishaq Quader Chowdhury, the ‘paddy shea...
-- 2018-12-26 17:30:14
The Election Commission (EC) will hold 'mock voting' through electronic voting machines (EVMs) in six constituencies on Thursday as part of its preparation to use the machines there instead of ballot...
-- 2018-12-26 17:18:44
In yet another milestone, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's much acclaimed autobiography, The Unfinished Memoirs, has been published in Assamese language. The Assamese translation of the book, writ...
-- 2018-12-26 17:07:59
Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali on Tuesday visited a group of Bangladeshi freedom fighters who are receiving free medical treatment at the Army Hospital in New Delhi. He talked...
-- 2018-12-26 16:39:21
The High Court has rejected a writ petition filed challenging the candidature of Awami League candidate from Dhaka-17 candidacy Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque alleging Farooque is a bank loan defaulter...
-- 2018-12-26 16:36:00
The Information Ministry opened a media centre to disseminate the 11th national election-related information including its results at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka city on Wednesday. “The media cent...
-- 2018-12-26 16:28:20
Expressing doubt about fair polls, Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain has said they will not boycott upcoming parliamentary election under any circumstances. The Gono Forum president also annou...
-- 2018-12-26 16:16:40
Two motorcycle passengers have been killed after their vehicle was rammed by a bus in Mymensingh’s Nandail upazila. The accident occurred on the Mymensingh-Kishoreganj Highway in the Chamta are...
-- 2018-12-26 14:41:58
A team of police officials has met Oikya Front chief Dr Kamal Hossain at his Motijheel chamber in the capital to discuss 'security issues'. The police team, led by officer-in-charge of Motijheel Poli...
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