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RAB arrests two with 148,000 Yaba tablets

-- 2018-11-28 18:19:12

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested two suspected drug traders along with 148,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Baklia thana area in Chattogram on Wednesday morning. The arreste...

ADB to promote climate-smart dev investments in BD

-- 2018-11-28 18:11:45

The government of Bangladesh, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and stakeholders at a dissemination forum on Wednesday discussed tools for designing climate-smart development projects. Programming Divisio...

Ershad doesn’t need to go to Singapore: Hawlader

-- 2018-11-28 17:51:13

Jatiya Party secretary general ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader on Wednesday said their chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad does not need to go to Singapore for treatment as he is now fine. "Our Chairman HM Ersh...

Brigadier General Mostafa Kamal Pasha becomes IG Prison

-- 2018-11-28 17:28:09

Brigadier General A K M Mostafa Kamal Pasha has become the Inspector General (IG) of Prisons. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification in this regard on Wednesday, reports UNB. Be...

BNP expresses doubt over EC’s polls preparations

-- 2018-11-28 17:08:16

The BNP has said the Election Commission’s preparation for holding the parliamentary election is questionable. "Overall preparations by the Election Commission are questionable. There is no sig...

‘Dr Kamal won’t contest polls’

-- 2018-11-28 17:07:07

Neither Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain nor his daughter Barrister Sara Hossain will participate in the 11th parliamentary elections. "Sir (Kamal) is not going to join the election as his ph...

Two get life term for killing student

-- 2018-11-28 16:58:25

A court in Kishoreganj on Wednesday convicted two people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing college student Shafiq Azad in 1999. The convicts are Piplu and Sajib, son of Fazlur...

Unity with convicts very unfortunate: PM

-- 2018-11-28 16:53:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Dr Kamal Hossain and some civil society members joined hands with the people who were convicted for terrorism and corruption. “Dr Kamal Hossain and some ci...

Cops arrest six over theft at Pakistan High Commission

-- 2018-11-28 16:26:33

Police arrested six people, including the main accused, from different areas of Dhaka city on Tuesday night in connection with a theft case filed by Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka. The arrestees a...

Sherpur road crash kills schoolgirl

-- 2018-11-28 14:25:59

A schoolgirl was killed as a human hauler hit her at Charpara Mohalla in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Takia Begum, 15, a class seven student of A...

Fear about election fraud deepening, says BNP

-- 2018-11-28 14:14:37

BNP has alleged that the Election Commission's preparation for holding the next general election is questionable as it could not yet appoint election officials to 85 upazilas. Speaking at a press con...

Top court upholds HC order banning convicts from elections

-- 2018-11-28 13:57:27

The Supreme Court did not respond to an appeal filed by BNP leader Dr AZM Zahid Hossain who sought a stay order on the High Court verdict that banned convicts with prison sentences of more than two ye...

Fire guts five shops in Satkhira

-- 2018-11-28 13:22:04

At least five shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Budhhata bazar in Assasuni upazila of Satkhira district on Tuesday night. The fire originated from an electric short circuit at a shop name...

Former mayor Khoka gets 10-year jail in graft case

-- 2018-11-28 12:30:28

A Dhaka court has sentenced four people including former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and BNP leader Sadek Hossain Khoka to ten years imprisonment in a case filed for alleged corrup...

Police recover body of schoolboy in Gopalganj

-- 2018-11-28 12:24:00

A schoolboy was found dead beside a hatchery at Loharanko village of Kotalipara upazila in Gopalganj. The dead boy was identified as Raisul Islam Jisan, 9, son of Fazlul Haq Mollah and a class four s...

DAE targets 1,86,500 tonnes winter vegetables production

-- 2018-11-28 12:15:09

The department of agriculture extension (DAE) in Narsingdi has fixed a target of producing 1,86,500 tonnes of winter vegetable over 8922 hectares of land in the district this Robi season. DAE deputy...

Candidates giving false wealth info to face action: ACC chief

FE Report 2018-11-28 11:49:24

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Tuesday said the commission will take action against the election candidates who will provide false information on their affidavits. The nat...

European Parliament not sending observer to Bangladesh election

-- 2018-11-28 11:22:49

The European Parliament will not observe the upcoming general election in Bangladesh scheduled to be held on December 30, the EU delegation office in Dhaka has said. The co-chairs of the European Par...

Shohoz to expand service outside Dhaka with foreign investment

Adnan Hossain Bhuiyan 2018-11-28 11:01:09

Shohoz, a Dhaka-based start-up widely known for its ride-hailing service, now plans to expand its operation outside the capital city with fresh foreign investment. The app-based firm, which started i...

Govt bonds’ yields rise notably

Siddique Islam 2018-11-28 10:53:48

Yields on the government treasury bonds (T-bonds) increased significantly on Tuesday, as the banks were reluctant to invest their funds in the long-term securities ahead of the national polls. The...

Authority ferrets out anomalies over source tax deduction

Doulot Akter Mala 2018-11-28 10:51:47

The revenue board has unearthed irregularities in tax deduction by some of the companies, firms and other deducting authorities. Officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said the withholding...

Results of non-govt teachers' registration examination published

-- 2018-11-27 21:21:17

The final results 14th teachers' registration examination taken by Non-Government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) were published on Tuesday. A total of 19,863 candidates ca...

Allowance of BPO's ED employees increases by 77pc

-- 2018-11-27 21:05:17

The government has decided to increase the monthly allowance of extra departmental (ED) staffs of Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) up to 77 per cent. The order came on November 25, after a three-month in...

Winter crop cultivation expanding in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2018-11-27 20:50:14

SYLHET, Nov 27: About 50,621 hectares of land in four districts of Sylhet division have so far been brought under the production of different winter crops and vegetables. Of the total, highest 34,907...

Boro growers busy preparing seedbeds

Our Correspondent 2018-11-27 20:49:22

GOPALGANJ, Nov 27: Farmers in the district are passing busy time in preparing Boro seedbeds. The Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC), the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)...

High prices delight Tangail ginger cultivators

Our Correspondent 2018-11-27 20:48:25

TANGAIL, Nov 27: High prices of ginger both in retail and wholesale market in all the 12 upazilas of the district have delighted the growers. Most farmers of the item are now busy harvesting the pr...

Over 150 ex-military officers to work for AL

-- 2018-11-27 20:32:45

More than 150 former officers of the armed forces expressed solidarity with the Awami League and pledged to work for the party’s victory in the upcoming national election. The retired officer...

No showdown during nomination paper submission: EC

-- 2018-11-27 20:08:32

Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed has asked the election contenders not to come with any procession or stage showdown while submitting their nomination papers to returning officers. "Th...

Army chief delivers keynote speech at NDC

-- 2018-11-27 19:57:54

Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed delivered the keynote speech in a joint session of National Defence Course at National Defence College (NDC) at Mirpur cantonment in the city on Tuesday. In his...

Mayor Hanif’s 12th death anniversary Wednesday

-- 2018-11-27 18:12:55

The 12th death anniversary of Mohammad Hanif, the first elected mayor of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and former president of Dhaka City unit of Awami League (AL), will be observed tomorrow (Wednesday...