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Tarique joins nomination board through another app on third day

Tarique joins nomination board through another app on third day

-- 2018-11-20 13:48:34

Though the authorities concerned blocked telecommunication application Skype, BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman joined the nomination board using another app as the party started interviewing its nom...

Police recover body of elderly woman in Bagerhat

Police recover body of elderly woman in Bagerhat

-- 2018-11-20 12:39:16

Police recovered the body of an unidentified elderly woman from a pond in Bagerhat on Tuesday morning. The age of the deceased was around 70 years and she was mentally challenged. Locals spotted the...

EC has ‘no objection’ to photo of Khaleda in election posters

EC has ‘no objection’ to photo of Khaleda in election posters

-- 2018-11-20 12:35:12

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s participation in the upcoming election is yet to be confirmed but the Election Commission has no objection to the use of her photo in the election posters of her pa...

Thakurgaon boiler blast leaves worker dead

Thakurgaon boiler blast leaves worker dead

-- 2018-11-20 12:10:54

A worker was killed and another injured in a boiler explosion at a rice mill in Thakurgaon on Monday evening. The dead man was Nur Islam, 38, a worker of Shahjahan Rice Mill and son of late Mohammad...

Three die in Cox’s Bazar ‘shootouts’

Three die in Cox’s Bazar ‘shootouts’

Agencies 2018-11-20 12:00:51

Three people have been killed in two separate shootouts with RAB in Cox’s Bazar. Of them, two died in one incident and the third in another.  They have been identified as Ashik Jahan...

ACC warns candidates on wealth info

ACC warns candidates on wealth info

FE Report 2018-11-20 10:00:28

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmud has warned the candidates of the upcoming parliamentary polls not to give wrong information about their wealth in the affidavit to avert legal ac...

RAB arrests two drug dealers in Rangpur

RAB arrests two drug dealers in Rangpur

-- 2018-11-19 21:39:57

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives arrested two drug traders in Hazirhat area and Nazirerhat Bazar in the city early Monday. The detainees were identified as Md Shahjahan Mia,...

Tomato farming goes on in full swing in Bogura

Tomato farming goes on in full swing in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2018-11-19 21:23:31

BOGURA, Nov 19:  Tomato cultivation is going on in full swing in the district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office said farmers some 380 hectares of land have already been broug...

DAE eyes 1.71m tonnes  of maize production  in Rangpur div

DAE eyes 1.71m tonnes of maize production in Rangpur div

-- 2018-11-19 21:22:38

RANGPUR, Nov 19 (BSS): The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a production target of 1.71 million tonnes of maize from 0.18 million hectares of land during this Rabi season in Rangpur...

Bumper output delights papaya cultivators

Bumper output delights papaya cultivators

Roving Correspondent 2018-11-19 21:20:47

JOYPURHAT, Nov 19: Papaya growers in the district are delighted over the bumper production this season as the authority concerned has provided logistic support to the farmers. Besides, brisk sale mad...

Skype communication remains suspended across country

Skype communication remains suspended across country

-- 2018-11-19 20:55:23

All kinds of services of telecommunication application Skype have remained suspended across the country since Monday morning. Many Skype users claimed that they could not use the communication tool s...

Sufia Kamal’s 19th death anniversary Tuesday

Sufia Kamal’s 19th death anniversary Tuesday

-- 2018-11-19 20:41:41

The 19th death anniversary of poet Sufia Kamal, founding president of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad and a pioneer of Bengali women's emancipation, will be observed on Tuesday. Different socio-cultural o...

10 former defence personnel join Gano Forum

10 former defence personnel join Gano Forum

-- 2018-11-19 19:45:30

Ten retired defence officers on Monday formally joined Dr Kamal Hossain-led Gano Forum ahead of the 11th parliamentary elections. They joined Gano Forum, a key component of one of BNP's alliances Jat...

DNC scrutinising financial transactions of listed drug dealers

DNC scrutinising financial transactions of listed drug dealers

-- 2018-11-19 19:32:50

Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) is scrutinising financial transactions of some listed drug dealers to know their presumed involvement in money laundering. DNC's additional director (intelligenc...

Tarique’s video-conference: ‘EC has nothing to do’

Tarique’s video-conference: ‘EC has nothing to do’

-- 2018-11-19 18:59:09

Election Commission (EC) on Monday said the electoral code of conduct cannot prohibit BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman from taking interview of their party candidates from abroad through videoconfer...

Eid-e-Milaudunnabi Wednesday

Eid-e-Milaudunnabi Wednesday

-- 2018-11-19 18:34:04

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the anniversary of birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), will be observed on Wednesday amid religious fervour and due solemnity across the country. On the oc...

Fakhrul claims Khaleda eligible to join election

Fakhrul claims Khaleda eligible to join election

-- 2018-11-19 18:11:17

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their party thinks Khaleda Zia is eligible for joining the election and she will do that. "It matters little what the ruling party lea...

Nasim urges EC to take action against Tareq

Nasim urges EC to take action against Tareq

-- 2018-11-19 17:58:22

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim on Monday urged the Election Commission (EC) to take action against acting BNP chairperson Tareq Rahman for breaching the electoral code of conduct....

Candidates to face actions for concealing information on wealth

Candidates to face actions for concealing information on wealth

FE Online Report 2018-11-19 17:38:48

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) chief said actions will be taken against the candidates in the forthcoming election who will provide false or concealed information of wealth in the affidavit. &...

Gunfights in Kushtia, Cox’s Bazar leave two ‘robbers’ dead

Gunfights in Kushtia, Cox’s Bazar leave two ‘robbers’ dead

-- 2018-11-19 17:22:30

Two suspected robbers were killed in separate 'gunfights' with law enforcers in Cox's Bazar and Kushtia districts early Monday. In Cox's Bazar, Abul HasanManik, 30, a suspected pirate was killed in a...

Sujon urges EC to exercise full authority for fair polls   

Sujon urges EC to exercise full authority for fair polls   

-- 2018-11-19 17:17:14

Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujon) on Monday urged the Election Commission (EC) to exercise its full authority to make sure the credibility of the forthcoming 11th parliamentary election. "Our Election...

HC orders providing proper treatment to Khaleda

HC orders providing proper treatment to Khaleda

-- 2018-11-19 17:08:16

The High Court (HC) on Monday asked the authorities concerned to provide proper treatment to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, if necessary, as per the recommendations of the medical board formed for her t...

Govt launches 'Mother of Humanity' social welfare award

Govt launches 'Mother of Humanity' social welfare award

-- 2018-11-19 16:50:10

The government will honour five individuals or organisations with ‘Mother of Humanity’ award every year to recognise their contributions for the marginalised, the disadvantaged and the dis...

New US envoy Earl Miller arrives in Dhaka

New US envoy Earl Miller arrives in Dhaka

-- 2018-11-19 16:14:46

Newly appointed US Ambassador-designate to Bangladesh Earl R Miller arrived in Dhaka on Sunday to begin his Bangladesh assignment. Miller will soon present his credentials to President Abdul Hamid....

Election campaign materials not yet removed

Election campaign materials not yet removed

Sajibur Rahman and SM Nazmus Sakib 2018-11-19 15:58:49

Election campaign materials, including posters, banners, graffiti and festoons, are still visible at different places in Dhaka city even a day after the deadline to remove them. On November 8, the El...

Khaleda Zia seeks stay on High Court verdict in orphanage case

Khaleda Zia seeks stay on High Court verdict in orphanage case

-- 2018-11-19 13:54:38

A provisional leave to appeal was filed on Monday seeking stay on the High Court verdict that extended the jail term of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case to 10 years fr...

PEC examinee dies in Chattogram road crash

PEC examinee dies in Chattogram road crash

-- 2018-11-19 13:33:02

A Primary Education Completion (PEC) examinee was killed and a minor girl injured in a collision between a human hauler and a CNG-run autorickshaw in Port Colony area of Chattogram on Monday morning....

Biman flight from London misses arrival schedule at HSIA

Biman flight from London misses arrival schedule at HSIA

FE Online Report 2018-11-19 13:28:30

A flight of Biman Bangladesh airlines has failed to meet its arrival schedule at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Monday. The flight from London was scheduled to arrive at the airport...

Tarique interviews BNP aspirants for second day through video call

Tarique interviews BNP aspirants for second day through video call

-- 2018-11-19 12:51:38

BNP acting Chairperson Tarique Rahman has continued to attend the party's parliamentary board’s interviews of the aspirants for the upcoming 11th parliamentary elections on the second day despit...

Services export sees 55.52pc growth in Q1

Services export sees 55.52pc growth in Q1

FE Report 2018-11-19 11:10:05

The export earnings from the country's service sector stood at US$ 1.40 billion, marking a robust 55.52 per cent growth during the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY) over the correspon...