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Army to be deployed from Dec 24 to Jan 2

Army to be deployed from Dec 24 to Jan 2

-- 2018-12-13 21:50:25

Army will be deployed for 10 days from December 24 in the forthcoming national election slated for December 30, said Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed on Thursday night. "The army will...

55,066 hectares of land come under veg farming in  Sylhet division

55,066 hectares of land come under veg farming in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2018-12-13 21:30:10

SYLHET, Dec 13: Some 55,066 hectares of land have so far been brought under the farming of winter vegetables in the four districts of Sylhet division. Bottle gourd, pumpkin, radish, bean, tomato, c...

4.56m tonnes of potato yield  likely in Rajshahi

4.56m tonnes of potato yield likely in Rajshahi

-- 2018-12-13 21:29:10

RAJSHAHI, Dec 13 (BSS): Farmers and others concerned are hopeful about a good potato yield in Rajshahi region during the current season as overall climatic condition remains favourable for the farming...

No hike in mobile call rates: HC

No hike in mobile call rates: HC

-- 2018-12-13 21:03:05

The High Court on Thursday imposed a ban on hiking mobile phone call rates and charging users for call drops. A bench comprising Justice Tariq ul Hakim and Justice Md Shohrowardi also issued a rule s...

JP to unveil election manifesto Friday

JP to unveil election manifesto Friday

-- 2018-12-13 20:41:34

Amid the absence of its chairman HM Ershad, Jatiya Party is going to present its election manifesto on Friday. Ershad's special assistant and party presidium member Ruhul Amin Howlader will formally...

Police arrest BNP candidate Milon

Police arrest BNP candidate Milon

-- 2018-12-13 19:54:30

Police arrested BNP candidate from Gazipur-5 constituency Fazlul Haque Milon from his residence at Bottul village in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur district on Thursday afternoon. Abdus Sabur, additiona...

AL to celebrate win in month of victory: Quader

AL to celebrate win in month of victory: Quader

-- 2018-12-13 18:51:50

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the party will celebrate the election victory in the month of victory by bagging the maximum seats in the 11th parliamentary election. &...

Nation set to pay homage to martyred intellectuals Friday

Nation set to pay homage to martyred intellectuals Friday

-- 2018-12-13 18:51:13

The nation is set to observe the Martyred Intellectuals’ Day tomorrow (Friday) in a befitting manner. Just two days before the country’s victory on this day 47 years ago, the marauding Pa...

Top BNP leader faces sedition charges

Top BNP leader faces sedition charges

-- 2018-12-13 18:34:10

An intercepted telephone conversation purportedly between a BNP stalwart and a senior official of a Pakistani spy agency has set the social media ablaze. With the audio leaks out in the open, BNP lea...

UNGA adopts BD’s resolution on ‘Culture of Peace’

UNGA adopts BD’s resolution on ‘Culture of Peace’

-- 2018-12-13 18:28:58

Like each year, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on the ‘Culture of Peace’. Charge d Affaires and Deputy Permanent Rep...

Split Order: Khaleda’s lawyers to file no-confidence motion

Split Order: Khaleda’s lawyers to file no-confidence motion

-- 2018-12-13 18:19:30

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyers decided on Thursday to file a no-confidence motion with a one-man High Court bench, fearing they would not get justice in the petition relating to cancellation of...

‘Grand alliance uses different symbols for strategic reasons’

‘Grand alliance uses different symbols for strategic reasons’

-- 2018-12-13 18:16:13

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the ruling party-led grand alliance is taking part in polls with different symbols due to st...

US Embassy to remain closed on Dec 16

US Embassy to remain closed on Dec 16

-- 2018-12-13 18:07:34

The US Embassy in Dhaka, including the Consular Section, the American Center, Archer K. Blood American Center Library, and the Education USA Student Advising Center, will remain closed on Sunday on th...

AL removes female leader after assault video goes viral

AL removes female leader after assault video goes viral

-- 2018-12-13 18:03:28

The Awami League (AL) has removed Sweeti Akter, a ward-level leader in Dhaka’s Rupnagar, after a video of her assaulting a rickshawpuller went viral on the social media, according to bdnews24.co...

CEC alerts lawmen against possible attempts to worsen situation

CEC alerts lawmen against possible attempts to worsen situation

-- 2018-12-13 17:53:41

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Thursday asked the law enforcement agencies to remain alert against any possible attempt to create a 2014-like situation centring the upcoming nation...

Every vote will add to BD’s development, says Hasina

Every vote will add to BD’s development, says Hasina

-- 2018-12-13 17:46:01

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all to cast vote for her party to ensure a hunger- and poverty-free Bangladesh. "Every vote is valuable and your one will hel...

Three die in Chuadanga road mishap

Three die in Chuadanga road mishap

-- 2018-12-13 17:06:26

Three people, including two brothers, were killed in a road accident on Chuadanga-Meherpur road on Thursday. The victims were identified as Rakib Hasan, 22, Sakib Hasan, 12, sons of Akul Ali of Kulpa...

Petition to High Court seeks compensation for mobile call drops

Petition to High Court seeks compensation for mobile call drops

-- 2018-12-13 14:57:57

A group of people has filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the validity of increasing mobile-phone call charges without the consent of customers. The petition also calls into questio...

Cast vote for Awami League to continue development: Hasina

Cast vote for Awami League to continue development: Hasina

-- 2018-12-13 13:12:07

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all to cast vote for her party to ensure a hunger and poverty-free Bangladesh. "Every vote is valuable and your one vote will...

AL to win up to 220 seats: Joy

AL to win up to 220 seats: Joy

-- 2018-12-13 13:06:27

Prime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said the ruling Awami League will win somewhere between 168 and 220 seats on its own in the next parliamentary election billed for December 30. Joy,...

Rajshahi sees fast progress of flyover construction

Rajshahi sees fast progress of flyover construction

-- 2018-12-13 12:17:27

The work on construction of a flyover for the first time in Rajshahi city is progressing fast. The flyover is being constructed at Budhpara Railway crossing with an estimated cost of Tk 2.928 bi...

DMP arrests 46 for selling, consuming drugs in city

DMP arrests 46 for selling, consuming drugs in city

FE Online Report 2018-12-13 12:04:56

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-narcotics drive arrested 46 suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs. A special team of DMP, comprising De...

Youth dies after falling off flyover in city

Youth dies after falling off flyover in city

-- 2018-12-13 11:50:21

A young man died reportedly after falling from the Mayor Hanif Flyover in Dhaka city's Swamibagh area on Wednesday night. He was identified as Mahibul Hasan Hridoy, 26, son of Abdul Halim from Louhaj...

Rupganj OC Moniruzzaman withdrawn

Rupganj OC Moniruzzaman withdrawn

-- 2018-12-13 11:18:22

The officer-in-charge (OC) of Rupganj Police Station Mohammad Maniruzzaman has been withdrawn following the directives of the Election Commission (EC). Inspector Abdul Haq was assigned as the new OC...

DMP collects over Tk 3.5m in fines from traffic offenders

DMP collects over Tk 3.5m in fines from traffic offenders

FE Online Report 2018-12-13 10:40:58

Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday realised over Tk 3.531 million in fines from traffic offenders. A total of 4,752 cases were also filed against different modes of ve...

BGMEA alleges move to instigate workers into demo over wages

BGMEA alleges move to instigate workers into demo over wages

FE Report 2018-12-13 10:29:18

Apparel makers have alleged that a vested quarter was trying to influence garment workers to agitate ahead of the national elections. "A vested quarter is trying to make the country unstable, ahead o...

Gas supply crunch spurs demand for electric cookers

Gas supply crunch spurs demand for electric cookers

Yasir Wardad 2018-12-13 10:24:08

Sales of electric cookers have soared in the country amid shortage of natural gas supply to households, said trade insiders. Rising incidents of LPG cylinder blasts has also prompted the consumers to...

Mymensingh road crash claims lives of two

Mymensingh road crash claims lives of two

-- 2018-12-13 10:07:57

Two people were killed when a covered van run over them on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Shikarikanda in Mymensingh city on Thursday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, repo...

Decision on armed forces deployment on Thursday

Decision on armed forces deployment on Thursday

-- 2018-12-12 22:25:46

The Election Commission (EC) Secretariat drafted a proposal for deploying the armed forces for nine days from December 24 to January 1 to act as the striking forces in the upcoming elections. The pro...

Dr Kamal starts Oikyafront’s election campaign in Sylhet

Dr Kamal starts Oikyafront’s election campaign in Sylhet

-- 2018-12-12 21:03:59

Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, formally flagged off its election campaign in Sylhet on Wednesday through offering fateha at the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (R). Dr Kamal together with Jat...