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Truck plunges into ditch, killing two in Madaripur

Truck plunges into ditch, killing two in Madaripur

-- 2018-11-26 12:50:59

A truck driver and his helper were killed and two people injured as the vehicle plunged into a roadside ditch at Boilgram village in Rajoir upazila of Madaripur on early Monday. The deceased was iden...

EVMs: EC to pick six seats by lottery

EVMs: EC to pick six seats by lottery

-- 2018-11-26 12:00:57

The Election Commission (EC) is scrutinising 48 parliamentary constituencies for the potential use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) on an experimental basis in the coming general election. Six of...

RAB arrests eight JMB suspects in city

RAB arrests eight JMB suspects in city

-- 2018-11-26 10:53:24

Members of Rapid Action Battalion in separate drives arrested eight suspected members of Radical Youth Group of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Dhaka's Mohammadpur, K...

Three students die in Chattogram road crash

Three students die in Chattogram road crash

-- 2018-11-26 10:48:04

Three madrasa students on a motorcycle were killed in a head-on collision with an oil-laden truck on Chattogram-Khagrachhari highway in Fatikchhari upazila on Sunday night. The deceased were identifi...

Shortage of cargo ships hits goods transportation

Shortage of cargo ships hits goods transportation

Rezaul Karim 2018-11-26 10:36:32

The government is set to increase the number of freight vessels to overcome the supply and demand mismatch, officials said. Presently, the country has been facing an acute shortage of lighterage sh...

BB asks NBFIs to provide info about poll candidates

BB asks NBFIs to provide info about poll candidates

FE Report 2018-11-26 10:25:05

The central bank has asked non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) to share information about default loans of the aspirants of the national elections, if any, with the returning officials. The...

Governance failure major risk to doing business in BD

Governance failure major risk to doing business in BD

Asjadul Kibria 2018-11-26 10:19:02

The failure of national governance becomes a major risk to doing business in Bangladesh and also in two other South Asian nations Nepal and Sri Lanka, according to a recent report released by the Worl...

EC to spend Tk 7.02b in JS polls

EC to spend Tk 7.02b in JS polls

Jubair Hasan 2018-11-26 09:22:52

Election Commission (EC) has prepared a record Tk 7.02-billion budget for holding the upcoming 11th Jatiyo Sangsad (JS) election, with maintenance of law and order receiving the largest share, officia...

BD capable of holding fair polls: EU parliamentary delegation

BD capable of holding fair polls: EU parliamentary delegation

-- 2018-11-25 21:15:42

The visiting European parliamentary delegation has said the Bangladesh government is capable of holding the next general election in a free and fair way. “What I have heard talking to political...

Maize cultivation exceeds  target in Joypurhat

Maize cultivation exceeds target in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-11-25 20:59:13

JOYPURHAT, Nov 25: The farmers have exceeded maize cultivation target this current season getting bumper production previous year in Joypurhat district. The sowing process of the seed is going on in...

Retired govt official changes his fortune  by cultivating banana in Magura

Retired govt official changes his fortune by cultivating banana in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-11-25 20:58:28

MAGURA, Nov 25: The story is about a retired government service holder who has turned his fortune wheel by cultivating banana. The name of this successful farmer is Md Mominuddin of village Norihati u...

AL nominees at a glance

AL nominees at a glance

FE Online Desk 2018-11-25 20:32:32

Awami League on Sunday handed over nomination letters to the selected aspirants to contest the upcoming parliamentary elections, slated for December 30. Party senior leaders started the distribution...

Six WASA officials relieved of duties over immoral practices

Six WASA officials relieved of duties over immoral practices

FE Online Report 2018-11-25 20:09:10

Six revenue inspectors of WASA were relieved of their responsibilities for misusing power and tampering with water bills during a drive conducted by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday. Th...

Road accidents leave 11 dead in six districts

Road accidents leave 11 dead in six districts

-- 2018-11-25 20:08:11

At least eleven people were killed in separate road accidents in Kushtia, Natore, Bagerhat, Shariatpur, Panchagarh and Chattogram districts on Sunday. In Kushtia, four people, including a sub-inspect...

HC asks lower court to complete Gatco case trial within 6 months

HC asks lower court to complete Gatco case trial within 6 months

-- 2018-11-25 19:38:10

The High Court has directed the lower court to complete the trial proceedings of the Gatco graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others within six months. It also ordered Gatco dir...

Cumilla arson case: Hearing on Khaleda’s bail plea on Jan 7

Cumilla arson case: Hearing on Khaleda’s bail plea on Jan 7

-- 2018-11-25 19:23:39

A Cumilla court on Sunday fixed January 7 for hearing on a bail petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed over the arson attack in Chouddagram upazila in the district in 2015 that...

Local NGOs, civil society bodies seek transparency of Rohingya aid

Local NGOs, civil society bodies seek transparency of Rohingya aid

-- 2018-11-25 18:19:35

Local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) have expressed dismay on UN-led Joint Response Planning (JRP) preparation to face Rohingya crisis. They also demande...

BNP demands reshuffle at field-level admin

BNP demands reshuffle at field-level admin

-- 2018-11-25 18:13:52

The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Sunday demanded the transfer of every Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police to another district ahead of the upcoming parliamentary polls. "We demanded tra...

Korea to provide $4.6m to face natural disasters

Korea to provide $4.6m to face natural disasters

-- 2018-11-25 16:46:29

South Korea will provide US$4.6 million to support operations of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Bangladesh to help households and communities become more resilient in the face of natural disasters....

Election Officer dies after cardiac arrest in Rajshahi

Election Officer dies after cardiac arrest in Rajshahi

-- 2018-11-25 16:32:01

Election Officer of Rajshahi Niamul Haque died after a possible cardiac arrest in Rajshahi in the early hours of Sunday. He was 52. He left behind his wife, three daughters and host of relatives, col...

PM describes cooperatives as tested strategy for economic development

PM describes cooperatives as tested strategy for economic development

-- 2018-11-25 16:28:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described the cooperatives as a tested strategy for economic development of a country. “Cooperative is a philosophy. It’s a tested strategy for socio-econ...

Activism Against Gender-Based Violence begins today

Activism Against Gender-Based Violence begins today

FE Report 2018-11-25 14:52:19

The 16 days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence begin today (Sunday) with elaborate programmes chalked out by different human rights organisations. This year's UN theme, 'Orange the World:#Hear...

Oikyafront to finalise candidates for all constituencies by Wednesday

Oikyafront to finalise candidates for all constituencies by Wednesday

-- 2018-11-25 14:28:43

Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, will finalise its candidates for all 300 constituencies before Wednesday based on consensus of all of its alliance partners. BNP secretary general Mirza Fa...

Treat all candidates equally: CEC to executive magistrates

Treat all candidates equally: CEC to executive magistrates

-- 2018-11-25 14:18:21

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has asked the executive magistrates to treat all the candidates equally while discharging their election duties. "Your duty is to treat all the candidates eq...

Four, including PEC examinee, die in road crashes

Four, including PEC examinee, die in road crashes

-- 2018-11-25 12:42:29

At least four people were killed in three separate road accidents in Natore and Chattogram districts on Sunday morning. In Natore, two people were killed and 30 others including 20 students were inju...

Miscreants gang rape girl in Sylhet

Miscreants gang rape girl in Sylhet

-- 2018-11-25 12:41:01

A fourteen-year-old girl was gang raped by some miscreants at her Sheurkhal village house in Balaganj upazila of Sylhet on Thursday. On Friday, victim's father filed a case with Balaganj Police Stati...

Two die in Kushtia, Cox’s Bazar ‘shootouts’

Two die in Kushtia, Cox’s Bazar ‘shootouts’

Agencies 2018-11-25 12:25:12

Two suspects, of whom one is a robber and another a drug trader, were killed in as many reported shooutouts between themselves in as many districts in the early hours of Sunday. The victims were iden...

AL starts issuing letters to selected aspirants  

AL starts issuing letters to selected aspirants  

-- 2018-11-25 12:12:23

Awami League (AL) has started issuing letters to the aspirants who have been selected to contest the upcoming 11th parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on December 30. Party senior leaders st...

Writ seeks stay on 11th parliamentary elections

Writ seeks stay on 11th parliamentary elections

-- 2018-11-25 12:07:38

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking a stay on the announced schedule of the 11th parliamentary elections. Advocate Eunus Ali Akond filed the petition the bench concerned of the...

New Khulna railway station starts operation Sunday

New Khulna railway station starts operation Sunday

-- 2018-11-25 10:46:25

The newly-constructed railway station in Khulna began its operation on Sunday morning. Md Majibur Rahman, managing direction of Bangladesh Railway (West Zone), officially inaugurated the operation by...