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BNP just maintained a follow-up to Niko deal: Khaleda

BNP just maintained a follow-up to Niko deal: Khaleda

-- 2018-11-08 16:52:05

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said the Niko deal was signed when Awami League was in power and the BNP government just maintained its continuity. Khaleda came up with the remarks when she w...

DMP chief asks cops to don riot gear while on duty

DMP chief asks cops to don riot gear while on duty

-- 2018-11-08 16:31:05

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia on Thursday asked his officials to wear riot gear (helmet, bulletproof jacket and leg-guard) while performing professional duties for sa...

Taking Khaleda back to jail illegal

Taking Khaleda back to jail illegal

-- 2018-11-08 16:24:10

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government has taken back their Chairperson Khaleda Zia to jail without the 'discharge certificate' from Bangabandhu Shei...

Election Commission meets on schedule

Election Commission meets on schedule

-- 2018-11-08 14:08:05

The Election Commission is holding a daylong meeting to finalise the schedule for the 11th parliamentary election. Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda is presiding over the meeting. Election co...

CVA detects six companies’ tax evasion of Tk 28m

CVA detects six companies’ tax evasion of Tk 28m

FE Report 2018-11-08 13:49:17

Customs Valuation and Internal Audit (CVA) Commissionarate unearthed tax evasion worth Tk 28 million through import of some 18 consignments, said a press statement on Wednesday. A team of CVA conduct...

Chinese miner dies in Barapukuria coal mine accident

Chinese miner dies in Barapukuria coal mine accident

-- 2018-11-08 13:42:44

A Chinese miner was killed and a Bangladesh worker sustained injuries in an accident in an underground tunnel of Dinajpur’s Barapukuria coal mine on early Thursday. The incident took place arou...

Khaleda Zia shifted back to jail from BSMMU

Khaleda Zia shifted back to jail from BSMMU

-- 2018-11-08 12:39:12

Prison authorities have transferred BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to the Old Dhaka jailhouse from hospital for a court appearance in the Niko graft case. The move followed a decision to set up a make...

Suspected drug trader dies in police ‘shootout’ in Chuadanga

Suspected drug trader dies in police ‘shootout’ in Chuadanga

-- 2018-11-08 12:22:39

A man who was named in several drug cases has been killed in an alleged shootout with police in Chuadanga. The ‘shootout’ took place at Ujalpur playground in Sadar Upazila at around 2:30...

Khaleda Zia to be shifted back to jail from BSMMU

Khaleda Zia to be shifted back to jail from BSMMU

-- 2018-11-08 11:47:37

Jail authorities have moved to transfer BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to the Old Dhaka jailhouse from hospital for a court appearance in the Niko graft case. The move came after a decision to set up a...

UN expert for halting plan of Rohingya repatriation

UN expert for halting plan of Rohingya repatriation

FE Report 2018-11-08 11:11:32

A UN human rights expert has urged Bangladesh to shelve the plan to start repatriating Rohingya refugees to Rakhine this month, saying the Myanmar government has failed to provide guarantees they woul...

DMP files 3,772 cases for traffic rules violation

DMP files 3,772 cases for traffic rules violation

FE Online Report 2018-11-08 10:52:38

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday filed 3,772 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation on the city streets as part of its regular drives....

Fire kills all eight of a family in Joypurhat

Fire kills all eight of a family in Joypurhat

-- 2018-11-08 10:16:20

All the eight members of a family have died in a fire ignited apparently by an electric malfunction of a rice cooker in the northern district of Joypurhat. The incident occurred at 10pm on Wednesday...

Global social business summit to spotlight plastic pollution

Global social business summit to spotlight plastic pollution

Asjadul Kibria, from Wolfsburg, Germany 2018-11-08 10:02:59

The ninth edition of the annual social business summit kicks off today (Thursday) in the German city of Wolfsburg with global leaders and thinkers rethinking the future of human civilisation, which is...

NPL bulge blamed on too many banks

NPL bulge blamed on too many banks

FE Report 2018-11-08 09:56:20

The presence of too many banks and the resultant competition are some of the main reasons for the rising amount of non-performing loan in the country, experts have said. They also said that state-own...

Japan team reviewing six big PPP projects

Japan team reviewing six big PPP projects

Munima Sultana 2018-11-08 09:53:40

A Japanese delegation is reviewing progress in six large infrastructure development projects under public-private partnership (PPP). Official sources said this visit is part of the memorandum of unde...

PM suspends Thursday’s news conference

PM suspends Thursday’s news conference

-- 2018-11-07 22:10:08

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has suspended her news conference scheduled for Thursday on the outcome of crucial talks with political groups ahead of the general election. Hasina’s Press Secreta...

High prices help Bogura cauliflower growers  earn good profit

High prices help Bogura cauliflower growers earn good profit

Our Correspondent 2018-11-07 21:55:01

BOGURA, Nov 07: Cauliflower growers in the district are earning good profit this season due good output and high market prices. More than 2,000 farmers of Sariakanndi, Sherpur, Shibganj, Sonatola, Sh...

Bangladesh summons Myanmar envoy over 'unprovoked' firing on border

Bangladesh summons Myanmar envoy over 'unprovoked' firing on border

-- 2018-11-07 20:27:51

The foreign ministry of Bangladesh has summoned Myanmar's Ambassador in Dhaka Lwin Oo to protest 'unprovoked' firing on Bangladesh border. Bangladesh expressed concern over the November 4 firing inci...

Oikyafront postpones road march towards Rajshahi

Oikyafront postpones road march towards Rajshahi

-- 2018-11-07 19:29:49

The Jatiya Oikyafront has postponed its road march programme towards Rajshahi, which was scheduled to be held on Thursday. BNP Secretary General, also the spokesman of the alliance, Mirza Fakhrul Isl...

No march-past at Nat’l Parade Ground on Dec 16

No march-past at Nat’l Parade Ground on Dec 16

-- 2018-11-07 18:35:15

The authorities will not hold march-past at the National Parade Ground on December 16 this year due to the upcoming national election. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal made the disclosure after a...

Customs seize luxury vehicle in Ctg

Customs seize luxury vehicle in Ctg

FE Online Report 2018-11-07 18:25:50

Customs Intelligence, Chattogram on Wednesday seized a Mercedes-Benz worth Tk 10 million on charge of importing it violating the country’s import policy. Acting on a tip off, a team of customs...

Man gets life term for killing wife in Jhenaidah

Man gets life term for killing wife in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-11-07 18:22:30

A Jhenaidah court on Thursday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing his wife in Sadar upazila in 2013. The convict is Riyad Munshi, son of Suleman Munshi of Sonadah village in Sadar u...

Four technocrat ministers ‘still in office’

Four technocrat ministers ‘still in office’

-- 2018-11-07 17:51:17

The four technocrat ministers, who submitted resignation letters as part of a process to reconstitute the cabinet ahead of the parliamentary election, are still continuing their official work. They s...

Legal notice served to ‘Pathao’

Legal notice served to ‘Pathao’

-- 2018-11-07 17:51:11

A legal notice has been served to ride-sharing service 'Pathao' on charge of irregularities. Tanjim Al Islam, a Supreme Court lawyer, on behalf of Afzal Hossain, a resident of West Sheurapara in the...

EC orders sending polling materials to field level Nov 8

EC orders sending polling materials to field level Nov 8

-- 2018-11-07 17:20:58

The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday issued an official letter asking the authorities concerned to send nomination forms and other polling materials to field level on November 8. The official le...

PM’s media briefing on dialogue outcomes Thursday

PM’s media briefing on dialogue outcomes Thursday

-- 2018-11-07 17:09:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference tomorrow (Thursday) on the outcomes of the dialogues between the Awami League-led 14-party alliance and other political parties. “Th...

CEC to announce election schedule today

CEC to announce election schedule today

-- 2018-11-07 17:00:11

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda will address the nation today (Thursday) to announce the schedule for the 11th parliamentary election. The speech will be broadcast simultaneously on Banglad...

Suspected robber dies in Shariatpur ‘shootout’

Suspected robber dies in Shariatpur ‘shootout’

-- 2018-11-07 16:47:11

A suspected ring leader of a robber gang was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Dasharta village in Shariatpur in the early hours of Wednesday. The victim was Salauddin, 39, a resident of G...

'Second round of dialogue brings no consensus'

'Second round of dialogue brings no consensus'

FE Online Desk 2018-11-07 16:38:35

The government led alliance and its opposition, Jatiya Oikyafront  have expressed different statements after the second round of dialogue that expose a deep division between two sides. Leaders o...

BNP submits list of 1046 ‘fictitious cases’ to PMO

BNP submits list of 1046 ‘fictitious cases’ to PMO

-- 2018-11-07 15:43:41

BNP submitted a list of 1046 'fictitious cases' filed against its leaders and activists to the Prime Ministers' office on Wednesday. BNP assistant office secretary Taiful Islam Tipu briefed media tha...