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316 aspirants appeal against nomination rejections

316 aspirants appeal against nomination rejections

-- 2018-12-05 10:54:48

Around half of the candidates, whose nominations were rejected, have appealed to the Election Commission against the returning officers’ decisions. The EC received a total of 3,065 properly fil...

Government securities: Last fiscal’s yield curve witnesses steeper rise

Government securities: Last fiscal’s yield curve witnesses steeper rise

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2018-12-05 10:32:51

The gap between short and long-term government fixed-income securities yields was steeper during fiscal year 2018 than its previous year, which indicated a 'tightened year" for money market. The cent...

BD-India cruise service likely to start in March

BD-India cruise service likely to start in March

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-12-05 10:29:26

Passenger cruise service between Bangladesh and India is likely to start in March next year. Once it is launched, people can travel from Kolkata to Assam or from Bangladesh to Kolkata or Assam by riv...

Liquidity shortfall hits Karmasangsthan Bank

Liquidity shortfall hits Karmasangsthan Bank

Rezaul Karim 2018-12-05 10:23:07

Karmasangsthan Bank has sought finance ministry's assistance in mitigating its liquidity shortfall that turns serious, officials said. The state-run bank has been operating on loans, they said. The...

Aritry’s father sues Viqarunnisa principal for ‘instigating her suicide’

Aritry’s father sues Viqarunnisa principal for ‘instigating her suicide’

-- 2018-12-05 10:16:40

The father of Aritry Adhikary has accused Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Principal Nazneen Ferdous and two others of instigating the grade-nine student to take her own life. Dilip Adhikary start...

ICAO conducts security audit of Dhaka airport

ICAO conducts security audit of Dhaka airport

Kamrun Nahar 2018-12-05 09:49:53

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has carried out security audit of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city from November 25 to December 04 after a gap of nine...

US-based NDI discusses election monitoring issue with EC 

US-based NDI discusses election monitoring issue with EC 

-- 2018-12-04 21:05:46

A delegation of US-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) on Tuesday held a meeting with the Election Commission (EC) to know about the matters related to local and foreign observers of the 11th na...

Water chestnut farming brings solvency to  Bogura peasants

Water chestnut farming brings solvency to Bogura peasants

Our Correspondent 2018-12-04 21:04:33

BOGURA, Dec 04: Cultivation of water chestnut, locally known as 'Paniphal', has brought financial solvency to the grassroots peasants in the district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...

Pro-AL teachers sweep Duta election

Pro-AL teachers sweep Duta election

-- 2018-12-04 20:50:20

Awami League-backed Blue Panelteachers of Dhaka University (DU) swept the DU Teachers' Association (DUTA) election on Tuesday, bagging 14 out of 15 executive committee posts. Prof Maksud Kamal of Ear...

HC to design suicide prevention policy

HC to design suicide prevention policy

-- 2018-12-04 20:43:11

The High Court (HC) has formed a five-member committee headed by the additional education secretary to design a national policy on the prevention of suicides among students. The move came on Tuesday...

55th death anniversary of Suhrawardy Wednesday

55th death anniversary of Suhrawardy Wednesday

-- 2018-12-04 19:46:22

The 55th death anniversary of Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy will be observed in the country on Wednesday. Different political and socio-cultural have taken up elaborate programmes on the occasion, repor...

EC finalises 40,199 polling stations

EC finalises 40,199 polling stations

-- 2018-12-04 19:40:49

The Election Commission (EC) has finalised a total of 40,199 polling stations across the country for holding the 11th parliamentary elections slated for December 30. The commission has started publis...

Mentally challenged boy found dead in abandoned well

Mentally challenged boy found dead in abandoned well

-- 2018-12-04 19:36:57

Fire fighters recovered the body of a mentally challenged teenage boy from an abandoned well at Dhurkhagrakhali village in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj on Tuesday. Locals said Motaleb,16, son of Ala...

14-party alliance alerts EC about 'secret agenda' of foreign observers

14-party alliance alerts EC about 'secret agenda' of foreign observers

-- 2018-12-04 19:27:47

The 14 party-alliance has requested the election commission to be cautious over the 'secret agenda' of foreign election observers and suggested them to be careful. General secretary of Bangladesh Sam...

55th death anniv of Shaheed Suhrawardy Wednesday

55th death anniv of Shaheed Suhrawardy Wednesday

-- 2018-12-04 19:12:16

The 55th death anniversary of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy will be observed in the country on Wednesday. Different political and socio-cultural have taken up elaborate programmes on the occasion....

Road accident kills one in city

Road accident kills one in city

-- 2018-12-04 18:39:35

A woman died on a Dhaka street when a bus hit her autorickshaw on Tuesday. The accident occurred at the Bijoy Sarani intersection, killing Akhter Jahan Rumpa, 28. Rumpa used to work in a private eye...

Migratory birds flock to northern region

Migratory birds flock to northern region

-- 2018-12-04 18:28:19

With advent of the winter season, migratory birds from the Himalayan and Siberian regions are coming to water bodies of northern region, giving a pleasant look to the areas. The riverine char areas a...

PSC, JSC results by Dec 27

PSC, JSC results by Dec 27

-- 2018-12-04 17:49:05

The results of Primary School Certificate (PSC), Ebtedayee, Junior School Certificate (JSC), and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will be published between December 25 and 27.  An of...

Appeals to be scrutinised according to merit: EC

Appeals to be scrutinised according to merit: EC

-- 2018-12-04 17:37:34

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder on Tuesday said the Election Commission (EC) will scrutinise each appeal, filed by the candidates whose nomination papers have been cancelled, according to its me...

BNP carrying out nomination trade, alleges Quader

BNP carrying out nomination trade, alleges Quader

-- 2018-12-04 17:27:32

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday alleged that BNP nominated their candidates for the upcoming general election in exchange for money. Quader made the allegation at the Awami...

Viqarunnisa teacher suspended over student's suicide

Viqarunnisa teacher suspended over student's suicide

-- 2018-12-04 16:51:04

The authorities of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College have suspended morning shift in-charge of its Baiely Road branch Zinnat Ara amid public anger over the suicide of a student. The teacher was sus...

Fire breaks out at Navana Tower

Fire breaks out at Navana Tower

-- 2018-12-04 16:19:09

A fire has spread through Gulshan’s Navana Tower. Two firefighting units rushed to the scene and brought the flame under control. According to fire department official Ataur Rahman, the fire...

278 AL, 555 BNP aspirants in race

278 AL, 555 BNP aspirants in race

-- 2018-12-04 15:16:05

Returning officers have rejected nominations of three Awami League candidates and 141 of the BNP after screening their applications to run for parliament. The Jatiya Party saw 38 of its candidates dr...

DMP nabs 55 suspects over drug charges

DMP nabs 55 suspects over drug charges

FE Online Report 2018-12-04 14:40:00

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-drug drive arrested 55 suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs. A special team of DMP, comprising Detecti...

DMP files 4,133 cases for traffic rule violation

DMP files 4,133 cases for traffic rule violation

FE Online Report 2018-12-04 13:59:52

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday filed 4,133 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation on the city streets as part of its regular drives. T...

Probe body to investigate schoolgirl’s suicide

Probe body to investigate schoolgirl’s suicide

-- 2018-12-04 12:17:09

A three-member probe committee has been formed to investigate the suicide incident of a class-IX student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College (VNSC). Following the direction of Education Minister N...

Rivals stab local Secchasebok League leader in Ctg

Rivals stab local Secchasebok League leader in Ctg

-- 2018-12-04 11:52:57

The president of a local unit of Secchasebok League was stabbed to death allegedly by rivals in Chattogram on Monday night. The dead man was identified as Jamal Uddin Akbar, 35, son of late Yasin Mia...

BD-Lanka FTA signing halts on political turmoil

BD-Lanka FTA signing halts on political turmoil

Rezaul Karim 2018-12-04 11:24:08

Uncertainty is looming large over Bangladesh's signing a free-trade agreement (FTA) with Sri Lanka due to political turmoil prevailing in the South Asian island nation, said a senior official of Minis...

Female doctor dies in city road crash

Female doctor dies in city road crash

-- 2018-12-04 11:04:54

A female physician was killed in a road crash when a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying her in the city's Bijay Sarani area early Tuesday. The deceased Dr Akhter Jahan Ruma, 28, was an ophthalm...

Crop loans come under CIB reporting

Crop loans come under CIB reporting

FE Report 2018-12-04 10:27:49

The outstanding crop loans of the agriculture sector have come under Credit Information Bureau (CIB) reporting system of the central bank from now. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked all banks to rep...