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Bangla Academy appoints new DG

Bangla Academy appoints new DG

-- 2018-12-20 17:01:42

Poet Habibullah Siraji has been appointed as the new director general of Bangla Academy. The Public Relations Department of the academy said he took charge of the post on Thursday. Siraji replaced S...

Jubo League man hacked dead in Chattogram infighting

Jubo League man hacked dead in Chattogram infighting

-- 2018-12-20 16:58:28

A Jubo League activist was killed during a clash between two rival groups of the party at Bandar thana in Chattogram on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Md Shahed Prokash Rony, 28. Mohiuddin...

68 female candidates to contest national election

68 female candidates to contest national election

-- 2018-12-20 16:50:16

Sixty-eight women, who make up only about four per cent of the candidates, will compete in the Dec 30 polls. The figure was met with dissatisfaction by women’s rights activists. They demanded...

Police recover bullet-riddled body in Noakhali

Police recover bullet-riddled body in Noakhali

-- 2018-12-20 16:24:19

Police in Noakhali have recovered the bullet-riddled body of a suspected robber from Bancharampur area in Companyganj upazila in the early hours of Thursday. The dead man was identified as Haque Sahe...

No commitment to women’s development in manifestos: BMP

No commitment to women’s development in manifestos: BMP

FE Online Report 2018-12-20 15:41:38

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) has expressed its deep concerns and disappointments over the manifestoes that major political parties rolled out ahead of the 11th parliamentary elections. Those part...

Police arrest two drug suspects in Dhaka

Police arrest two drug suspects in Dhaka

FE Online Report 2018-12-20 15:39:24

Police arrested two people for their involvement with illegal drug dealing in Dhaka city on Wednesday night. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)'s Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit launched...

DMP fines traffic offenders Tk 2.706m

DMP fines traffic offenders Tk 2.706m

FE Online Report 2018-12-20 15:25:57

Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Wednesday realised over Tk 2.706 million in fines from traffic offenders. In simultaneous drives on the streets of Dhaka city conducted on t...

EC to reschedule Gaibandha-3 election

EC to reschedule Gaibandha-3 election

-- 2018-12-20 14:32:05

The Election Commission will halt and reschedule the Gaibandha-3 election following the death of Jatiya Oikya Front candidate TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury. “As a candidate has died, we are waiting...

Jatiya Oikya Front candidate Fazle Rabbi dies

Jatiya Oikya Front candidate Fazle Rabbi dies

-- 2018-12-20 13:21:07

TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury, a Jatiya Oikya Front candidate, has died at the age of 84. The former minister and six-time Gaibandha-3 MP had been suffering from heart disease for a long time. Chowdhury...

RMP distributes warm clothes among poor people

RMP distributes warm clothes among poor people

-- 2018-12-20 12:28:20

More than 500 poor and destitute people were given blankets for protecting them from cold during the current winter season in Rajshahi. Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) hosted the warm clothes dist...

Police recover body of madrasa student

Police recover body of madrasa student

-- 2018-12-20 12:16:29

Police recovered the hanging body of a student from a madrasa at Ranibazar in Rajshahi city on Wednesday. The dead student was identified as Talha Zubayer, 12, son of Afsar Ali of Bagha upazila. Acc...

BGB seizes explosive materials in Rajshahi

BGB seizes explosive materials in Rajshahi

-- 2018-12-20 11:36:05

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered six kilograms of explosive making materials worth Tk 0.328 million from Rajshahi on Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of BGB-1 conducted a driv...

Bagherhat road crash kills three

Bagherhat road crash kills three

-- 2018-12-20 11:18:24

At least three people were killed and 15 others injured when a bus overturned after hitting a road side tree on Khulna-Mongla highway at Sonatunia in Bagerhat’s Rampal upazila in the early hours...

Cabbage export to grow more than double this winter

Cabbage export to grow more than double this winter

Yasir Wardad 2018-12-20 10:47:15

Export of cabbage is going to more than double this winter, as the demand for the Bangladeshi produce is growing across the globe. The export volume might multiply in coming years, as local traders e...

SoCBs’ NPL: Finance ministry to make review next week

SoCBs’ NPL: Finance ministry to make review next week

Syful Islam 2018-12-20 10:43:32

In the wake of widespread criticism over mounting non-performing loans (NPL) in the banking system, the finance ministry is going to hold a meeting next week to review the situation, officials said....

Banks must reduce classified loans by this year: BB

Banks must reduce classified loans by this year: BB

Siddique Islam 2018-12-20 10:32:02

The central bank has asked all the scheduled banks for taking effective measures to reduce the volume of classified loans significantly by the end of this year. The bankers have, however, sought judi...

Enam Ahmed Chaudhury joins AL

Enam Ahmed Chaudhury joins AL

-- 2018-12-19 21:56:48

BNP's vice-chariman Enam Ahmed Chaudhury, who sought nomination of BNP from Sylhet-1 constituency, has joined the Awami League. Chaudhury met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and greeted her with a bouqu...

Reza Kibria’s motorcade comes under attack in Habiganj

Reza Kibria’s motorcade comes under attack in Habiganj

-- 2018-12-19 21:50:53

The motorcade of Jatiya Oikya Front candidate for Habiganj-1 Dr Reza Kibria came under attack while he was campaigning at Banderbazar area in Nabiganj upazila on Thursday. Former assistant organising...

20,000 fishermen families living in hardship

20,000 fishermen families living in hardship

Our Correspondent 2018-12-19 21:28:16

GOPALGANJ, Dec 19: About 20,000 fishermen families have been living in hardship for long as most of the water bodies in the district are drying up fast. According to the district fisheries office sour...

DMP files over 4,000 cases against violators of traffic rules

DMP files over 4,000 cases against violators of traffic rules

FE Online Report 2018-12-19 20:25:25

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Wednesday realised over Tk 22.9 million as fines from various traffic rule offenders. In separate drives, DMP filed a total of 4053 cases against different modes of...

US to prioritise economic engagement with Bangladesh

US to prioritise economic engagement with Bangladesh

-- 2018-12-19 20:07:07

US Ambassador Earl R Miller on Wednesday said increased economic engagement with Bangladesh will be one of their top priorities in the coming years and termed Bangladesh a significant market for them...

Oikyafront leaders hold view-exchange meeting with diplomats

Oikyafront leaders hold view-exchange meeting with diplomats

-- 2018-12-19 19:11:37

A delegation of Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, held a view-exchange meeting with foreign diplomats on Wednesday. The diplomats, representing nearly two dozens of foreign missions station...

‘Bad election to invite bad consequences’

‘Bad election to invite bad consequences’

-- 2018-12-19 18:40:57

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain on Wednesday warned that the consequences will be very bad if the 11th parliamentary elections are not held in a fair and credible manner. "I see a very brigh...

Nanak terms BNP manifesto ‘confusing, disappointing’

Nanak terms BNP manifesto ‘confusing, disappointing’

-- 2018-12-19 18:18:09

Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Wednesday said BNP's election manifesto is extremely 'disappointing and confusing' for the nation. He made the remarks at a press co...

DMP to beef-up security ahead of Christmas Day, 31st night

DMP to beef-up security ahead of Christmas Day, 31st night

-- 2018-12-19 17:11:11

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has planned a stringent security measures ahead of the Christmas Day on December 25 and 31st night for peaceful observance of the days. “We will provide all poss...

Govt fully supportive of business-friendly environment: PM

Govt fully supportive of business-friendly environment: PM

-- 2018-12-19 17:04:20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government is fully supportive to ensure the business-friendly environment in the country. Describing the private sector as the driving force of the economy,...

Five held over attack on police in Tangail

Five held over attack on police in Tangail

-- 2018-12-19 16:51:21

Four people have been injured in an attack on police in Tangail. Five people have been arrested in connection with the incident. The attack took place around midnight on Tuesday in the city's Barocho...

Ensure BNP’s win through vote revolution: Fakhrul

Ensure BNP’s win through vote revolution: Fakhrul

-- 2018-12-19 16:37:54

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday called upon voters to ensure the victory of 'Sheaf of Paddy' through a 'vote revolution' on December 30 to free Khaleda Zia from jail and...

Kushtia-1 candidate sent to jail

Kushtia-1 candidate sent to jail

-- 2018-12-19 16:30:14

A Kushtia court sent BNP's Kushtia-1 candidate Reza Ahmed Bachchu to jail in a case filed over the possession of illegal firearms and explosive on Wednesday. Kushtia District and Sessions Judge Arup...

Mahbub Talukdar protests CEC's comment

Mahbub Talukdar protests CEC's comment

-- 2018-12-19 16:24:05

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar has protested the remarks of Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda about his recent statement that there is no level playing field in the election. Mahbub Ta...