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Aquatic plants dying as  Beel Kumari drying up

Aquatic plants dying as Beel Kumari drying up

Our Correspondent 2018-12-12 21:00:34

RAJSHAHI, Dec 12:  The historical Beel Kumari, a large water body enriched in bio-diversity with rare, aquatic plants and fauna, has started drying up this year. The beel is also a means of li...

Grassroots people attain solvency by rearing ducks

Grassroots people attain solvency by rearing ducks

Our Correspondent 2018-12-12 20:58:29

NAOGAON, Dec 12: Atrai upazila of the district is generally well-known as high crop producing area. Apart from crop cultivation, farmers of the area are now concentrating in different aspects of ag...

LDA promises to change PM-centric system

LDA promises to change PM-centric system

-- 2018-12-12 19:03:53

The overhauling of the existing system and ensuring freedom of speech and "functional democracy" are the promises made by Left Democratic Alliance's (LDA) manifesto unveiled on Wednesday. Its convene...

Hasina kicks off AL’s election campaign

Hasina kicks off AL’s election campaign

-- 2018-12-12 18:59:34

Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday launched her party's election campaign through seeking vote for 'Boat' in the upcoming national election. "Hope, you'll give...

BGB seize 9.5kg gunpowder from Chapainawabganj

BGB seize 9.5kg gunpowder from Chapainawabganj

-- 2018-12-12 18:48:57

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized around 9.50kg of gunpowder from bordering Kukripara area in Shibganj upazila on Wednesday afternoon. Acting on a tip-off, a BGB patrol team from Raghun...

New bench formed to hear plea on Khaleda’s candidature

New bench formed to hear plea on Khaleda’s candidature

-- 2018-12-12 18:33:54

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Wednesday formed a new bench to hear the petition over BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's candidature in all the three constituencies she submitted nomination papers to...

18 migratory birds rescued in Sunamganj

18 migratory birds rescued in Sunamganj

-- 2018-12-12 18:20:04

A mobile court in Sylhet on Wednesday awarded six months' imprisonment to six people for hunting migratory birds in the Tanguar haor, a sanctuary, in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj. The convicts are A...

US puts focus on improvement of situation in Myanmar for Rohingyas

US puts focus on improvement of situation in Myanmar for Rohingyas

-- 2018-12-12 17:49:13

The United States said their efforts remain focused on steps that will improve the situation for Rohingyas and all people in Myanmar and as well as promote accountability for those who were responsibl...

Man dies in Gopalganj road mishap

Man dies in Gopalganj road mishap

-- 2018-12-12 17:16:41

A man was killed as a truck crushed him at Kashiana upazila in Gopalganj district in the early hours of Wednesday. The victim was identified as Mohammod Ali, 45, son of Lal Miah, a resident of Pona a...

President urges BAF officers to improve skills through practice

President urges BAF officers to improve skills through practice

-- 2018-12-12 17:14:05

President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday urged the newly commissioned officers of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) to remain active to improve their professional skills through practice and utilising the lessons...

EIU predicts election win for Awami League

EIU predicts election win for Awami League

-- 2018-12-12 17:10:38

The Economist Intelligence Unit, or EIU, expects the ruling Awami League will return to power in the Dec 30 parliamentary election. In the latest country briefing note, the EIU, the research and anal...

20 get life in prison for Madaripur police killing

20 get life in prison for Madaripur police killing

-- 2018-12-12 14:46:36

A court has sentenced 20 people from the banned extremist group, Sarbahara Party, to life in prison for killing a Special Branch police officer and an office assistant in Madaripur 13 years ago. Judg...

Cops detain 32 ‘drug pedlars’ in city

Cops detain 32 ‘drug pedlars’ in city

FE Online Report 2018-12-12 14:40:03

Law enforcers have detained 32 suspects from Dhaka city for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Different police station under the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) conducted the...

PM reaches Tungipara to begin election campaign

PM reaches Tungipara to begin election campaign

-- 2018-12-12 14:26:46

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Tungipara in Gopalganj on Wednesday to kick off her party's election campaign. She started her journey by road around 8:22 am from her...

BNP leaders Tuku, Dulu lose court battle for election

BNP leaders Tuku, Dulu lose court battle for election

-- 2018-12-12 14:18:50

An Appellate Division order has ruined the prospects of BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul Kuddus Talukdar Dulu. The chamber judge of the Supreme Court had earlier halted a High Court deci...

ORBIS, CEH open eye surgery camp for Rohingya children

ORBIS, CEH open eye surgery camp for Rohingya children

Our Correspondent 2018-12-12 13:48:46

Chittagong Eye Hospital (CEH) has launched a surgical and eye care programme for the Rohingya children sheltered in refugee camps in Bangladesh. With the help of ORBIS International under the project...

‘ASTHA’ to strengthen support for gender violence survivors

‘ASTHA’ to strengthen support for gender violence survivors

FE Online Desk 2018-12-12 13:41:14

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a national legal aid and human rights organisation, has officially launched a new project titled ‘ASTHA’, aimed at increasing access of the women and girls who a...

‘Digital Bangladesh Day’ being observed

‘Digital Bangladesh Day’ being observed

-- 2018-12-12 12:48:32

The government is observing the ‘Digital Bangladesh Day’ today (Wednesday) to make its Digital Bangladesh concept memorable. The theme of the day is ‘Digital Bangladesh will be Ba...

DB detains BNP leader Dulu

DB detains BNP leader Dulu

-- 2018-12-12 12:16:37

Detectives detained BNP leader Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu from his residence in the city's Gulshan area on Wednesday. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police detained him in the morning, said Masud...

CJ sends Khaleda file back to High Court panel

CJ sends Khaleda file back to High Court panel

-- 2018-12-12 12:09:10

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain sent Khaleda Zia’s election case back to a High Court panel for further clarification after two judges on Tuesday issued a split verdict on her nominations. Th...

Police recover schoolboy’s body in Jashore

Police recover schoolboy’s body in Jashore

-- 2018-12-12 12:08:31

Police recovered the body of a schoolboy with his throat slashed from a field in Monirampur upazila of Jashore. The victim was identified as Shimul Hossain, 16, an SSC candidate from Kashimpur High...

Two children die falling in water tank in city

Two children die falling in water tank in city

-- 2018-12-12 11:57:03

Two children died after falling into a water tank while playing near it in the city's Mohammadpur area on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Habib, 3, son of Borhanuddin Mostafa and Maria, 3, d...

RMG workers stage demo in Gazipur demanding wage hike

RMG workers stage demo in Gazipur demanding wage hike

-- 2018-12-12 11:41:41

Several hundred workers of different garment factories have been staging demonstration in front of their respective factories in Konabari and Kashimpur areas in Gazipur demanding raise in their wages...

Hasina on way to Gopalganj for election campaign

Hasina on way to Gopalganj for election campaign

-- 2018-12-12 10:39:59

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka for Gopalganj on Wednesday to kick off her party's election campaign. She started the journey by road around at 8:22am from her...

CAB call centre gets good responses

CAB call centre gets good responses

Saif Uddin 2018-12-12 10:39:19

A call centre dedicated to providing support and counselling for consumers regarding their rights received good responses in its first month of launching. The Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB)...

Local producers eye big share of powdered milk market

Local producers eye big share of powdered milk market

Yasir Wardad 2018-12-12 10:36:31

Local producers have been ramping up the production of powdered milk amid growing demand generated by both industrial use and household consumption. Although the domestic supply is still much lower,...

Govt body suggests duty rates for gold import

Govt body suggests duty rates for gold import

FE Report 2018-12-12 10:30:11

An inter-ministerial body has suggested downward revision of duty rate from the existing Tk 3000 to Tk 2000 for per bhori of gold brought under the baggage rules, officials said. The committee also...

Couple die in Brahmanbaria road crash

Couple die in Brahmanbaria road crash

-- 2018-12-11 21:51:38

A couple were killed as a bus collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw at Suhilpur on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway under Sadar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Bishnu Deb, 68...

CAAB signs deal with Halla Corporation to strengthen Sylhet airport runway

CAAB signs deal with Halla Corporation to strengthen Sylhet airport runway

-- 2018-12-11 21:36:52

The Civil Aviation Authority Bangladesh (CAAB) has signed a deal with the Halla Corporation to strengthen existing runway of Osmani International Airport in Sylhet. The deal was signed at CAAB headqu...

Flower farmers happy  as sales soar ahead of  Victory Day celebration

Flower farmers happy as sales soar ahead of Victory Day celebration

Our Correspondent 2018-12-11 21:01:47

JHENIDAH, Dec 11: Flower farmers in the district are happy as sale of their produce has soared ahead of the Victory Day celebration. Farmers' interest in growing flowers is on the increase and around...