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Board reschedules Sunday’s JSC, JDC exams to Friday

Board reschedules Sunday’s JSC, JDC exams to Friday

-- 2018-11-03 11:41:22

Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations of November 4 (Sunday) have been rescheduled to November 9 (Friday). The matter was confirmed by Professor Ziaul Haque...

Jail Killing Day being observed

Jail Killing Day being observed

-- 2018-11-03 11:38:03

The nation is observing the Jail Killing Day today (Saturday) with due solemnity. On November 3, 1975, four national leaders and heroes of the country's Liberation War—Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajudd...

Police detain 30 in Habiganj

Police detain 30 in Habiganj

-- 2018-11-03 11:32:02

Police arrested 30 people including 18 wanted accused and 12 accused in regular cases from different areas of Habiganj district on Saturday. The crackdown was in operation for 12 hours which ended at...

Youth gets six-month jail for stalking schoolgirl in Faridpur

Youth gets six-month jail for stalking schoolgirl in Faridpur

-- 2018-11-03 11:17:16

A mobile court has sentenced a young man to six months in jail for stalking a schoolgirl at Ramdeb Nagar village of Boalmari upazila in Faridpur. The convict is Mehedi Islam, 19, son of Akubbar, a re...

Pre-polls talks with Hasina raising hopes: Badruddoza

Pre-polls talks with Hasina raising hopes: Badruddoza

-- 2018-11-03 10:55:03

Jukto Front coalition chief AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury says he is drawing heart from the way the pre-election dialogue has kicked off with the ruling coalition headed by Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina...

Two die in Mymensingh ‘gunfights’

Two die in Mymensingh ‘gunfights’

-- 2018-11-03 10:49:38

Two suspected drug traders were killed in reported gunfights in Sadar and Muktagachha upazilas of Mymensingh district on Saturday. In Muktagachha, 'drug trader' Abdullah Al Kafi, 31, son of Mostafizu...

Surge in complaints over consumer rights violations

Surge in complaints over consumer rights violations

Saif Uddin 2018-11-03 10:32:26

The number of complaints against consumer rights violations has marked a sharp rise in recent times, thanks to the growing public awareness. The data available with the Directorate of National Consum...

Chinese labour market beckons BD workers

Chinese labour market beckons BD workers

Ismail Hossain from Beijing 2018-11-03 10:28:58

China has the potential to be a destination for Bangladesh to export labour, thanks to its rising wages, shrinking workforce and ever expanding production capacity in the world's second-largest econom...

PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu, 4 national leaders

PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu, 4 national leaders

-- 2018-11-03 10:24:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four national leaders marking the Jail Killing Day. In memory of the leaders, the P...

Govt backs off from setting up free Wi-Fi zones, finally

Govt backs off from setting up free Wi-Fi zones, finally

Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2018-11-03 10:16:25

The government has finally backtracked on a plan to set up a thousand free Wi-Fi zones across the country, when it came to the question of financial viability of such a scheme. At the same time, it a...

Electrocution kills one in Gopalganj

Electrocution kills one in Gopalganj

-- 2018-11-02 22:04:24

A man was killed after being electrocuted at Mollakandi in Gopalganj sadar upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Jashim Molla, 28, son of Aku Molla of Mollakandi village, reports UNB. Th...

Bangladesh, India to jointly protect FFs’ graveyards in Tripura

Bangladesh, India to jointly protect FFs’ graveyards in Tripura

-- 2018-11-02 21:35:29

Bangladeshi and Indian authorities will jointly develop and protect the graveyards of Bangladeshi freedom fighters (FF) along the bordering areas in Tripura. "We are collecting every detail about the...

Govt wants free, fair election: PM

Govt wants free, fair election: PM

-- 2018-11-02 21:32:05

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government wants to hold a free, fair and neutral election so that people can choose their leadership. The Prime Minister came up with the statement in her i...

PM-Jukta Front dialogue begins

PM-Jukta Front dialogue begins

-- 2018-11-02 20:57:57

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is in talks with Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury-led Jukta Front on Friday evening over the next general election. The dialogue began at 7:45pm at Prime Minister's official r...

Poverty rate to decline by 5-6pc in near future: PM

Poverty rate to decline by 5-6pc in near future: PM

-- 2018-11-02 18:54:05

Urging people to re-elect the Awami League again, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her plan is to reduce the poverty rate by 5 to 6 more per cent in the coming days. The prime Minister came up w...

Police recover three bodies in Sirajganj, Cox’s Bazar

Police recover three bodies in Sirajganj, Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-11-02 18:43:50

Three youths were found dead in Sirajganj and Cox's Bazar districts on Thursday. In Sirajganj, police recovered the decomposed bodies of two young men from the Phuljor River in Ghatina Bridge area in...

Two Jamaat leaders among 81 held in Bagerhat

Two Jamaat leaders among 81 held in Bagerhat

-- 2018-11-02 18:34:00

Police arrested 81 people, including two Jamaat leaders, from different places of Bagerhat early Friday. The arrested Jamaat leaders are Mohidul Islam, 35, ameer of Betaga union unit Jamaat in Fakirh...

First-ever waste-based power plant awaits implementation under IPP mode

First-ever waste-based power plant awaits implementation under IPP mode

-- 2018-11-02 18:29:23

After its 'failure' to implement the country's first-ever waste-based power plant project at Keraniganj on the outskirts of the capital on its own initiative, the government has now decided to go for...

Van driver killed as container falls on him in Chattogram

Van driver killed as container falls on him in Chattogram

-- 2018-11-02 17:59:48

A covered van driver was killed as a container from a lorry fell on his vehicle at Chhoto Kumira at Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram on Friday morning. The deceased was identified Md Royal, 40, hailin...

Hopes fading after dialogue, says Rizvi

Hopes fading after dialogue, says Rizvi

-- 2018-11-02 17:52:57

Hopes raised by the dialogue in political circles to break an election-time impasse are fading due to the government’s stubborn attitude to the opposition, said BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. &l...

Social Security Strategy Action Plan to be launched Sunday

Social Security Strategy Action Plan to be launched Sunday

-- 2018-11-02 17:49:52

The Cabinet Division is going to launch the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) Action Plan on Sunday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city. Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speak...

Butterfly Fair held at JU

Butterfly Fair held at JU

-- 2018-11-02 17:25:06

A daylong Butterfly Fair was held on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus on Friday amid festivity. JU Vice-chancellor Prof Farzana Islam inaugurated the fair by releasing butterflies and balloon...

Cops arrest five suspected drug pedlars in city

Cops arrest five suspected drug pedlars in city

-- 2018-11-02 17:00:52

Police arrested five alleged drug dealers along with 18,000 pieces of contraband yaba tablets and seized a truck from Dhaka city’s Gabtali area on Thursday. The arrestees are Nurul Amin, 35, Ab...

PM to hold talks with Jukta Front on Friday evening

PM to hold talks with Jukta Front on Friday evening

-- 2018-11-02 16:21:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold talks with Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury-led Jukta Front on Friday evening over the next general election. The dialogue is scheduled to begin at 7:30pm at Prime M...

Five of a family suffer burn injuries in Savar gas cylinder blast

Five of a family suffer burn injuries in Savar gas cylinder blast

-- 2018-11-02 14:08:47

Five members of a family received critical burn injuries when a gas cylinder exploded at a house in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka city on Friday. They are Arab Ali, 50, his wife Hasina, 40, and the...

Oikyafront rally in Dhaka Tuesday

Oikyafront rally in Dhaka Tuesday

FE Online Report 2018-11-02 13:29:28

The Jatiya Oikyafront will hold a rally at Suhrawardy Uddyan on Tuesday to push for their seven-point demand. Main component of the Oikyafront, the BNP announced this at a press briefing at its Naya...

Netrokona farmers delight in bumper jute production

Netrokona farmers delight in bumper jute production

-- 2018-11-02 12:19:27

The farmers of Netrokona share gratification over bumper jute production in the current season. In all ten upazilas of the district, farmers managed to attain fair prices for the crop. Department of...

Schoolgirl 'commits suicide' in Jhenaidah

Schoolgirl 'commits suicide' in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-11-02 11:54:19

A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house in Jhenaidah. This happened after she failed to secure pass marks in the test examination on Thursday. The v...

Cox’s Bazar ‘shootout’ leaves two dead

Cox’s Bazar ‘shootout’ leaves two dead

-- 2018-11-02 11:37:50

A ‘shootout’ in Cox’s Bazar has left two people dead on Friday morning. According to police it was a drive to nab a drug suspect. The incident took place at Khurermukh in Sabrang un...

Bangladesh shouldn't rely too much on overseas borrowing: ADBI chief

Bangladesh shouldn't rely too much on overseas borrowing: ADBI chief

-- 2018-11-02 11:10:37

Bangladesh needs to mobilise domestic investment alongside increasing it in infrastructure with 'spillover tax revenues', not relying too much on overseas money as infrastructural needs in Bangladesh...