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Maritime ports to continue hoisting signal no. 2

Maritime ports to continue hoisting signal no. 2

-- 2018-11-14 16:18:37

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number two (Rpt) as the cyclonic storm ‘Gaja’ lies over southwest bay a...

BNP slams AL 'for breaching electoral code of conduct'

BNP slams AL 'for breaching electoral code of conduct'

FE Online Report 2018-11-14 14:44:47

BNP’s senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has reproached the ruling Awami League for using public money and state media in campaign for national elections due in December. The senior joint secretar...

Coast Guard seizes 2,30000 Yaba pills worth Tk 110.50m

Coast Guard seizes 2,30000 Yaba pills worth Tk 110.50m

FE Online Report 2018-11-14 14:18:29

Members of Coast Guard in a drive seized 2,30000 Yaba tablets worth Tk 110.50 million (11 crore 50 lakh) from Sera-deep of Sent Martin island in Teknaf on Wednesday. In a special drive, the Coast gua...

BNP activists, police clash at Naya Paltan

BNP activists, police clash at Naya Paltan

-- 2018-11-14 13:45:33

A fierce clash broke out between police and BNP leaders and activists in front of the party's Naya Paltan Central office in Dhaka on Wednesday, disrupting traffic in the areas. Witnesses said BNP sta...

BGB nabs two ‘cattle smugglers’ in Nilphamari

BGB nabs two ‘cattle smugglers’ in Nilphamari

-- 2018-11-14 13:43:51

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested two alleged cattle smugglers along with Indian cattle in Nilphamari. The arrestees are Joyen Uddin, 32, and Abdur Razzak, 18, of Domar upa...

Man dies in Mymensingh ‘shootout’

Man dies in Mymensingh ‘shootout’

-- 2018-11-14 13:35:25

One person has died in a ‘shootout’ with police during an anti-drug drive in Mymensingh on Wednesday. The gunfight took place near Shambhuganj Bridge at around 1:00 am, said OC Shah Kamal...

ACC realises Tk 715.20m from convicts

ACC realises Tk 715.20m from convicts

FE Report 2018-11-14 13:12:23

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has realised Tk 715.20 million from individuals convicted by court in different graft cases between 2013 and 2017, said ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Tuesday. In...

Grassroots families in Rajshahi, Natore achieve solvency rearing ducks

Grassroots families in Rajshahi, Natore achieve solvency rearing ducks

Our Correspondent 2018-11-14 12:59:42

RAJSHAHI: Thousands of poor and grassroots families living in villages adjacent to various water bodies of the district have attained financial solvency by rearing ducks. Sources said more than 3,000...

Woman dies in Natore road mishap

Woman dies in Natore road mishap

-- 2018-11-14 12:53:19

A woman was killed when a bus knocked her down at Chandpur in Natore Sadar uapzila on Wednesday. The deceased Mamtaz Begum was a vegetable vendor. Mostafizur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of Sadar Polic...

Muhith wants taxpayers’ number to reach 40m

Muhith wants taxpayers’ number to reach 40m

FE Report 2018-11-14 12:39:07

Income tax fair has begun in all divisional headquarters, four districts and seven upazilas. Finance Minister AMA Muhith inaugurated the weeklong tax fair Tuesday at city's Officers' Club premises on...

‘Bangladesh needs to focus more on decentralised dev’

‘Bangladesh needs to focus more on decentralised dev’

FE Report 2018-11-14 12:36:44

Bangladesh should concentrate more on decentralised development, said Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Manmohan Parkash in Dhaka Tuesday. "Dhaka and Chittagong account for 60 to 7...

Aman prices drop on high yield

Aman prices drop on high yield

Yasir Wardad 2018-11-14 12:31:49

Paddy prices have dropped remarkably this bumper Aman season, hurting the local peasantry who are already struggling with a rise in production costs. Market watchers said millers, importers and other...

Rohingya refugees fear fresh persecution in Myanmar

Rohingya refugees fear fresh persecution in Myanmar

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-11-14 12:30:35

The process of Rohingya repatriation faces fresh complexities as many of the Rohingyas, scheduled to be sent back to their homeland, seemed to be unwilling to go back, fearing fresh persecution. The...

BTRC seizes 42,000 SIM cards, VoIP equipment

BTRC seizes 42,000 SIM cards, VoIP equipment

-- 2018-11-11 13:25:39

The Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in October seized about 42,000 SIM cards, used for illegally routing international calls through voice over internet protocol (VoIP), during separat...

Ex-BB governor Farashuddin buys AL nomination form

Ex-BB governor Farashuddin buys AL nomination form

-- 2018-11-11 13:04:14

Former Bangladesh Bank Governor Mohammed Farashuddin has bought a nomination form seeking to contest the upcoming parliamentary election on the Awami League ticket. Dr Farashuddin, the seventh govern...

RAB nabs 29 suspected drug traders in Sylhet

RAB nabs 29 suspected drug traders in Sylhet

-- 2018-11-11 12:51:41

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 29 drug traffickers including six females along with huge cache of drugs in Sylhet city. A team of RAB-9 led by its Commanding Officer Lt Colonel Azad...

DMP files 2,416 cases for traffic rules violation

DMP files 2,416 cases for traffic rules violation

FE Online Report 2018-11-11 12:33:29

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) filed 2,416 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation on the city streets as part of its regular drives. The DMP on...

Cyclone ‘Gaja’ forms over Bay

Cyclone ‘Gaja’ forms over Bay

-- 2018-11-11 12:31:29

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist distant warning signal no two as a deep depression formed into a cyclonic storm named ‘Gaja’. It for...

Two minors drown in Sirajganj pond

Two minors drown in Sirajganj pond

-- 2018-11-11 11:48:41

Two minor boys drowned while bathing in a pond in Sirajganj on Saturday evening. The victims have been identified as Mithun Akanda, 6, son of Mano Akanda of Rooppur village and Imran, 8, son of Hanif...

Man turns himself in after killing brother

Man turns himself in after killing brother

-- 2018-11-11 11:42:11

A man came to the police station in Dhaka’s Ashulia holding a bloody machete to turn himself in after slitting the throat of his older brother over a land dispute. The incident occurred in the...

Create an atmosphere conducive to polls

Create an atmosphere conducive to polls

FE Report 2018-11-11 11:16:52

Voters emphasised on Saturday creating an atmosphere conducive for electing honest, capable and dedicated candidates in the 11th parliamentary polls slated for December 23. They also called for creat...

Jute sector sees highest rise in market price

Jute sector sees highest rise in market price

FE Report 2018-11-11 11:01:44

The jute sector has witnessed the highest rise in market price during the last week on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Some major sectors such as bank, financial institution, fuel & power and tel...

Quake jolts Northeastern Bangladesh

Quake jolts Northeastern Bangladesh

-- 2018-11-11 10:33:35

An earthquake of 5.4-magnitude on the Richter scale shook Northeastern parts of the country including Sylhet on Saturday night. The epicentre of the moderate quake was India-Myanmar bordering region,...

BNP finally decides to join polls; ‘announcement today’

BNP finally decides to join polls; ‘announcement today’

-- 2018-11-11 10:11:57

Leaving behind all the concerns and confusions, BNP, which had boycotted the last general election, has finally decided to join the upcoming one and will send a letter to the Election Commission (EC)...

Dhakeswari land recovery: Temple committee thanks PM

Dhakeswari land recovery: Temple committee thanks PM

-- 2018-11-10 21:47:48

The Dhakeswari National Temple Committee on Saturday thanked Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina for recovering one and a half bigha land of the Dhakeswari National Temple. “We thank her (PM) fro...

Bangabandhu-1: Earth stations not necessary for local TV channels

Bangabandhu-1: Earth stations not necessary for local TV channels

-- 2018-11-10 21:41:36

Local television channels would not require establishment of their own earth stations to get service from country’s first geostationary communication satellite, Bangabandhu-1. Bangladesh Commun...

Off-season pumpkin cultivation makes peasants happy

Off-season pumpkin cultivation makes peasants happy

Roving Correspondent 2018-11-10 21:09:14

JOYPURHAT, Nov 10: Off-season pumpkin cultivation is gaining popularity among the grassroots growers in Akkelpur upazila of the district.Sources said peasants are making Tk 30,000 to Tk 40,000 from th...

Raw jute crisis hampers production at Khulna-Jashore region mills

Raw jute crisis hampers production at Khulna-Jashore region mills

-- 2018-11-10 21:08:39

KHULNA, Nov 10 (UNB): Production in nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna-Jeshore region is being hampered due to crisis of raw jute while the stock of unsold jute products is increasing.Jute products...

New US envoy Miller due Nov 18

New US envoy Miller due Nov 18

-- 2018-11-10 20:53:23

Newly appointed US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller is scheduled to arrive in city on November 18 to begin his Bangladesh assignment, said an official on Saturday. Upon arrival, he will present...

Election decision of BNP, allies in two days

Election decision of BNP, allies in two days

-- 2018-11-10 20:45:34

The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies are expected to announce its decision in two days on whether it will join the 11th parliamentary election. The 20-party alliance held talks...