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BNP promises higher GDP growth in polls manifesto

BNP promises higher GDP growth in polls manifesto

-- 2018-12-18 13:03:34

BNP rolled out its election manifesto for the 11th parliamentary elections on Tuesday with a set of promises, including making democracy its everyday practice, building a revenge-free Bangladesh and r...

HC rejects appeals to restore Khaleda’s nominations for polls

HC rejects appeals to restore Khaleda’s nominations for polls

-- 2018-12-18 13:02:32

The High Court has rejected three petitions to restore Khaleda Zia’s nominations for three parliamentary races in the Dec 30 polls. As a result the BNP chairperson is blocked from competing in...

AL will come to power again, Quader hopes

AL will come to power again, Quader hopes

-- 2018-12-18 12:48:22

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday expressed hope that his party will be elected again in the upcoming national election slated for D...

Voting underway in Jatiya Press Club election

Voting underway in Jatiya Press Club election

-- 2018-12-18 11:36:04

Voting to elect the new managing committee of the Jatiya Press Club is underway in Dhaka city on Tuesday. The voting began at 9:00 am and will continue until 5:00 pm without any break. Over 1200 vot...

Turkish national among two dies in Rajshahi road mishap

Turkish national among two dies in Rajshahi road mishap

-- 2018-12-18 11:31:49

A Turkish national and a pick-up van driver were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway at Senbhag in Puthia upazila on Monday night. The victims were identified as driver Golap Hossain,...

In manifesto, AL promises urban facilities in rural areas

In manifesto, AL promises urban facilities in rural areas

-- 2018-12-18 10:51:23

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday rolled out her party’s 21-point manifesto with various pledges, including expansion of urban facilities to villages and creatin...

Small footwear makers need low-cost fund to flourish

Small footwear makers need low-cost fund to flourish

Saif Uddin, back from Kishoreganj 2018-12-18 10:39:58

Despite having immense potential, footwear manufacturing business in Bhairab cannot flourish at the desired level, largely due to lack of both low-cost fund and technical assistance, according to insi...

Overseas jobs for BD workers witness sharp fall this year

Overseas jobs for BD workers witness sharp fall this year

Arafat Ara 2018-12-18 10:34:22

Bangladesh celebrates the 'International Migrants Day 2018' today (Tuesday) amid substantial fall in overseas jobs and soaring costs of migration. The day is being observed, as also elsewhere in the...

Petrobangla to count capacity payment for few more weeks

Petrobangla to count capacity payment for few more weeks

M Azizur Rahman 2018-12-18 10:24:09

Petrobangla is unlikely to utilise the full capacity of the floating LNG import terminal and its re-gasification facility before next few weeks due to the scarcity of imported LNG. But the state-run...

Jatiya Press Club election Tuesday

Jatiya Press Club election Tuesday

-- 2018-12-17 21:17:19

The election to the Jatiya Press Club managing committee will be held on Tuesday. The voting to elect the new managing committee of the club for the 2018-19 tenure will begin at 9:00am and continue t...

Sweet potato cultivators  expecting bumper output

Sweet potato cultivators expecting bumper output

Roving Correspondent 2018-12-17 21:10:14

JOYPURHAT, Dec 17: Due to favourable weather conditions and timely supply of necessary agri-input, sweet potato farmers are expecting a bumper output in the district.Experts said sweet potato is vitam...

Deviated person can give nothing to nation: PM

Deviated person can give nothing to nation: PM

-- 2018-12-17 21:04:38

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said those who have got deviated from ethics and ideology can give nothing to the nation. Without naming anybody, the Prime Minister said, "None can do anything good...

AL calls Oikyafront’s manifesto a joke

AL calls Oikyafront’s manifesto a joke

-- 2018-12-17 20:40:48

The Awami League has described the promise mentioned in Jatiya Oikyafront's election manifesto to continue the trial for war criminals as a joke to the nation. Joint general secretary of Awami League...

HC blocks four nominees from competing in election

HC blocks four nominees from competing in election

-- 2018-12-17 20:20:38

Four BNP-nominated Upazila chairmen who sought to compete in the parliamentary election have been blocked from entering the race by a series of court orders. Dhaka-20 candidate Tamiz Uddin, Bogura-3...

DMP arrests 22 in anti-drug drive

DMP arrests 22 in anti-drug drive

FE Online Report 2018-12-17 18:51:01

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-drug drive arrested 22 suspects from different areas of the city for selling and consuming narcotics. A special team of DMP, comprising Detective Bra...

Put pressure on Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation: Dutch envoy  

Put pressure on Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation: Dutch envoy  

-- 2018-12-17 18:27:23

Newly appointed Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bangladesh Hendrikus GJ Harry on Monday stressed the need for continued international pressure on Myanmar to take back their nationals living in Bangla...

DMP realises Tk 1.4m as fines on Sunday

DMP realises Tk 1.4m as fines on Sunday

FE Online Report 2018-12-17 18:22:46

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Sunday realised over Tk 1.376 million as fines from different traffic rule offenders. In separate drives, DMP filed a total of 2,129 cases against different modes o...

Probe attack on Dr Kamal within three days, EC asks IGP

Probe attack on Dr Kamal within three days, EC asks IGP

-- 2018-12-17 17:05:00

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday sent a letter to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) asking him to submit an investigation report within three days over the recent attack on Jatiya Oikyafront...

BNP to launch its own manifesto Tuesday

BNP to launch its own manifesto Tuesday

-- 2018-12-17 17:00:37

BNP is going to roll out its own election manifesto for the 11th parliamentary elections on Tuesday, a day after launching of the election manifesto by its alliance Jatiya Oikyafront. BNP senior lead...

AL election manifesto Tuesday

AL election manifesto Tuesday

-- 2018-12-17 16:56:26

Awami League will launch its election manifesto on Tuesday, ahead of the 11th national election slated for December 30. AL Assistant Office Secretary Biplob Barua said Prime Minister and party presid...

Jatiya Oikyafront leaders meet CEC

Jatiya Oikyafront leaders meet CEC

-- 2018-12-17 16:50:48

Leaders of Jatiya Oikyafront, led by its chief Dr Kamal Hossain, went to the Election Commission (EC) on Monday afternoon to meet Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda. The team reached the Nirba...

Tangail road crash leaves two dead

Tangail road crash leaves two dead

-- 2018-12-17 16:46:20

Two people were killed and four others injured as a bus rammed a pick-up van at Pakutia under Ghatail upazila in Tangail on Monday. The deceased were identified a Rezaul Karim Shyamol, 32, a resident...

Act to end child labour: Speakers

Act to end child labour: Speakers

FE Report 2018-12-17 15:40:15

There need a legislative and policy action to end child labour and to protect young workers involved in domestic work in the country, speakers said at a roundtable on Monday. They also called for pro...

US hopes credible election

US hopes credible election

-- 2018-12-17 13:59:40

Newly appointed US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Robert Miller has expressed hope that the next general election in Bangladesh will be credible and peaceful. "We hope the next election will be free,...

Panam Nagar losing fight against time 

Panam Nagar losing fight against time 

-- 2018-12-17 13:24:30

Panam Nagar was once a thriving city in Sonargaon bustling with life. The city, believed to have been founded in late 13th century, got preferential treatment from the rulers over the centuries becaus...

Oikyafront unveils polls manifesto with various promises

Oikyafront unveils polls manifesto with various promises

-- 2018-12-17 12:47:40

Jatiya Oikyafront has rolled out its 14-point election manifesto promising to ensure the balance of power between the President and the Prime Minister, and introducing upper house in Parliament. Chie...

182 injured in 10 districts as pre-election violence escalates

182 injured in 10 districts as pre-election violence escalates

-- 2018-12-17 11:13:14

At least 182 people were injured in pre-election violence in Chattogram, Narsingdi, Bhola, Tangail, Chandpur, Bagerhat, Naokhali, Natore, Rangamati and Faridpur districts on Sunday. In Chattogram, BN...

Four die in Chandpur 'murder-suicide'

Four die in Chandpur 'murder-suicide'

-- 2018-12-17 10:09:55

Police recovered the bodies of a couple and their two minor children from their residence at Debpur village of Chandpur Sadar upazila on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Mainuddin, 35,...

AL men sued over attack on Dr Kamal

AL men sued over attack on Dr Kamal

-- 2018-12-16 20:23:32

Activists of the Awami League (AL) and its front organisations were accused in a case on early Sunday in connection with the attack on Jatiya Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal Hossain’s motorcade, re...

PM releases postage stamp on Victory Day   

PM releases postage stamp on Victory Day  

-- 2018-12-16 20:07:04

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Sunday released a commemorative postage stamp, a first-day cover and a data card marking the 48th Victory Day, reports UNB. She released the stamp, Tk 10 first-...