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Authorities plan three-month ban on tourism in Sundarbans

Authorities plan three-month ban on tourism in Sundarbans

-- 2018-11-04 13:01:03

The Forest Department has taken a move to impose a ban on tourism in the Sundabans from June to August considering the three months as a breeding period of wild animals. A proposal in this regard has...

PM attends Qawmi thanksgiving rally at Suhrawardy Udyan

PM attends Qawmi thanksgiving rally at Suhrawardy Udyan

-- 2018-11-04 12:46:56

The Qawmi madrasa 'Shukrana Mahfil', or thanksgiving rally, organised to commemorate the government’s recognition of the education system’s highest certification as equivalent to a postgra...

Shahriar urges people to vote for AL

Shahriar urges people to vote for AL

-- 2018-11-04 12:41:33

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP, has urged the people to vote for Awami League (AL) in the coming national polls for the sake of continuing the present pace of development in the...

No choice left but to take to streets: BNP

No choice left but to take to streets: BNP

UNB 2018-11-04 12:22:24

Unhappy with the outcome of the dialogue between their Jatiya Oikayfront and the 14-party ruling alliance, BNP policymakers now have made up their minds to launch a ‘non-stop’ street agita...

JSC examinee stabbed in Gazipur over game dispute

JSC examinee stabbed in Gazipur over game dispute

-- 2018-11-04 11:49:16

A group of students knifed a JSC examinee in Gazipur’s Tongi township. The incident took place at Purba Arichpur area on Saturday afternoon over a dispute involving a game, said Md Kamal Hossai...

Police detain three over schoolboy murder in Chuadanga

Police detain three over schoolboy murder in Chuadanga

-- 2018-11-04 11:48:30

Police arrested three young men from different areas of Chuadanga district town in connection with the killing of a school boy. The arrestees were identified as Sumon, 18, son of Makbul Hossain, Iraq...

Police arrested BNP leader in Sylhet

Police arrested BNP leader in Sylhet

-- 2018-11-04 10:55:16

Police arrested a local BNP leader from Osmaninagar upazila in Sylhet on Saturday night in a case filed under the Special Powers Act. Identified as Goyas Mia, son of Safiq Ullah of Brahmangram in Goa...

Rajshahi road crash kills two

Rajshahi road crash kills two

-- 2018-11-04 10:48:30

Two motorcyclists were killed as a truck hit their vehicle on Rajshahi-Dhaka highway in Tarapur area of Puthia upazila in Rajshahi on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Emon Ali, son of...

KDS Accessories posts 31pc revenue growth

KDS Accessories posts 31pc revenue growth

Babul Barman 2018-11-04 10:03:34

KDS Accessories, a Chittagong-based leading garment accessories producer, maintained a steady sales and profit growth since listing on the bourses. The garment accessories maker posted a 31 per cent...

ADN Telecom's IPO bidding begins tomorrow

ADN Telecom's IPO bidding begins tomorrow

FE Report 2018-11-04 09:55:06

The bidding for discovering cut-off price for initial public offering (IPO) of ADN Telecom Ltd by eligible investors will begin tomorrow (Monday). The electronic bidding will continue until 5.00pm on...

Poultry industry sets sight on export markets

Poultry industry sets sight on export markets

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-11-04 09:49:45

Bangladesh's poultry industry has started getting ready to leave its footprint in the global export market as it has already introduced good international practices, insiders have said. Government of...

BD may get ‘competitive edge’ amid US-China trade tension

BD may get ‘competitive edge’ amid US-China trade tension

Munima Sultana 2018-11-04 09:42:08

The ongoing US-China trade tension may create a short-term "competitive advantage" for Bangladesh in both import and export sectors, according to an assessment of the Bangladesh Bank. But the central...

Police recover crude bombs from Ctg Shibir office

Police recover crude bombs from Ctg Shibir office

-- 2018-11-03 22:30:07

Police on Saturday night recovered six crude bombs during a block raid at the central office of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Chawkbazar area of the port city. Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Deputy...

Lemon farming brings smile on Natore cultivators’ faces

Lemon farming brings smile on Natore cultivators’ faces

Roving Correspondent 2018-11-03 21:43:42

NATORE, Nov 03: Commercial lemon cultivation has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of grassroots farmers in the district.Sources said high profit and low production cost were the main reasons for...

Readers suffer due to space shortage at Jhenidah Islamic Foundation

Readers suffer due to space shortage at Jhenidah Islamic Foundation

Our Correspondent 2018-11-03 21:43:17

JHENIDAH, Nov 03: The Islamic Foundation (IF) here faces acute space shortage hampering its activities including the serene reading environment.The institution runs its activities at a rented building...

Separate road accidents leave three dead

Separate road accidents leave three dead

-- 2018-11-03 20:17:03

At least three people were killed while another severely injured in separate road accidents in Jhenaidah and Manikganj districts on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Al-Amin, 45, son of late...

President, PM congratulate U-15 football team

President, PM congratulate U-15 football team

-- 2018-11-03 19:47:42

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday congratulated Bangladesh Under-15 national football team for clinching the trophy of SAFF under-15 championships tournament by bea...

PM condemns Oikyafront for holding dialogue, movement simultaneously

PM condemns Oikyafront for holding dialogue, movement simultaneously

-- 2018-11-03 19:12:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday criticised BNP and Jatiya Oikyafront for announcing programmes for movement when the dialogue is going on and said their this stance is incomprehensible to her...

Rally for extension of age limit: Police detain 10

Rally for extension of age limit: Police detain 10

-- 2018-11-03 18:32:18

Police detained 10 protesters from Shahbagh area in Dhaka on Saturday when they tried to form a rally demanding extension of age limit to 35 from 30 for entering the civil service. Demonstrators unde...

Announce election schedule after dialogue: Dr Kamal

Announce election schedule after dialogue: Dr Kamal

-- 2018-11-03 18:10:42

Jatiya Oikyafront has formally requested the Election Commission to announce the schedule for 11th parliamentary election after the conclusion of ongoing dialogue. Dr Kamal Hossain, on behalf of the...

DMP files 2,874 cases for traffic rule violation

DMP files 2,874 cases for traffic rule violation

-- 2018-11-03 17:07:29

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in their simultaneous drives on the city streets on Friday filed 2,874 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation. Th...

BNP announces two-day programme marking November 7

BNP announces two-day programme marking November 7

-- 2018-11-03 16:53:52

BNP has announced a two-day programme marking November 7 to observe what it said the 'civil-military uprising' on the day of 1975. Senior joint secretary general of the party Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announ...

Five-km tailback on Dhaka-Chittagong highway

Five-km tailback on Dhaka-Chittagong highway

-- 2018-11-03 16:43:34

Hundreds of passengers were stuck in a five-km tailback stretched from Daudkandi toll plaza to Shaheednagar in Cumilla on Dhaka-Chattogram highway. The tailback ensued on Friday and was persisting ti...

Police recover beheaded body in Sylhet

Police recover beheaded body in Sylhet

-- 2018-11-03 16:31:21

Police have recovered the beheaded body of a man in Sylhet on Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Sultan Miah, aged 30 years, son of Alkas Miah of Durga Kandi village in Sunamganj district...

Stern action against anarchy after election schedule: Home minister

Stern action against anarchy after election schedule: Home minister

-- 2018-11-03 16:25:55

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said that strict actions will be taken against any attempt to create anarchy after the announcement of election schedule. The minister came up the warning while tal...

372 homeless families get houses in Chuadanga

372 homeless families get houses in Chuadanga

-- 2018-11-03 16:13:02

A total of 372 homeless families have got new houses in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga district. “The houses were built in seven unions and one pourasabha of the upazila through the Prime Mini...

FFs threaten strong agitation for 30pc quota in govt jobs

FFs threaten strong agitation for 30pc quota in govt jobs

Our Correspondent 2018-11-03 13:53:44

Freedom fighters (FFs) at a view-exchange meeting in the city on Thursday demanded that the 30 per cent quota for their descendants be reinstated in the government jobs immediately; otherwise the auth...

No more talks after Nov 7, says Quader

No more talks after Nov 7, says Quader

-- 2018-11-03 13:04:34

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says there will be no further discussions after November 7, when the Election Commission is likely to announce the schedule for the coming national parlia...

Construction worker falls off bridge, drowns in river

Construction worker falls off bridge, drowns in river

-- 2018-11-03 12:51:03

A construction worker accidentally drowned in Poysa river after falling from an under-construction bridge in Gopalganj on Friday. He was Shamrat Mollah, 28, son of Ishahak Mollah, a resident of Chat...

No alternative to Sheikh Hasina’s leadership: Shahriar

No alternative to Sheikh Hasina’s leadership: Shahriar

-- 2018-11-03 11:57:12

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has said there is no alternative to leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for continuation of development spree in the country. “Bangladesh...