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President off to Switzerland to attend conference

President off to Switzerland to attend conference

-- 2018-10-22 12:03:17

President Abdul Hamid left Dhaka early Monday for Switzerland to attend two international conferences on investment and security in the Palais des Nations of Geneva. A regular flight of Emirates Ai...

New Barishal mayor Sadiq Abdullah takes oath

New Barishal mayor Sadiq Abdullah takes oath

-- 2018-10-22 11:30:10

Newly elected mayor of Barishal City Corporation Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah took oath of office on Monday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at a ceremony held at Shapla Hall of her of...

Pest attack worries Pirgachha Aman cultivators

Pest attack worries Pirgachha Aman cultivators

Our Correspondent 2018-10-22 10:42:34

Aman plants on vast tracts of lands have severely been affected by pest and disease at different areas under Pirgachha upazila in the district, making the peasants concerned about the output of the cr...

BB mulls SLR exemption for PKB

BB mulls SLR exemption for PKB

Rezaul Karim 2018-10-22 10:32:12

Bangladesh Bank (BB) is considering to exempt Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) from maintaining the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) as the central bank recently sought opinion from the government in this...

Increased female media workers to ensure gender equality: BNSF

Increased female media workers to ensure gender equality: BNSF

FE Report 2018-10-22 10:29:16

Bangladesh Nari Sangbadik Kendra (BNSK) has called for increasing female staff in the media outlets for bringing gender equality through ensuring women's skills at all levels. They also emphasised fo...

Proposed new customs law to facilitate international trade

Proposed new customs law to facilitate international trade

Doulot Akter Mala 2018-10-22 10:25:53

The proposed new customs law has some provisions like assessment to be made based on globally-recognised transaction value to facilitate international trade, officials said. Customs now follow diff...

Father, son among three die in Chandpur road crash

Father, son among three die in Chandpur road crash

-- 2018-10-22 10:02:25

At least three people, including a man and his son, were killed as a covered van hit an auto-rickshaw on Chandpur-Cumilla road near Bakila Bazar in Hajiganj upazila of Chandpur district early Monday....

Police recovers six bodies in N’ganj, Dhaka

Police recovers six bodies in N’ganj, Dhaka

-- 2018-10-21 21:39:57

Police recovered the bodies of six people from Araihazar upazila in Narayanganj and Diabari area in the capital early Sunday. In Narayanganj, police recovered the bodies of four young men from Panchr...

Mainul gets interim bail in two defamation cases from HC

Mainul gets interim bail in two defamation cases from HC

-- 2018-10-21 20:35:47

The High Court on Sunday granted bail for five months to Barrister Mainul Hosein in two defamation cases. An HC bench of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim passed the order af...

'81 state-owned mills, factories privatised'

'81 state-owned mills, factories privatised'

-- 2018-10-21 20:31:12

A total of 81 state-owned mills and factories in the country were privatised after the formation of the Privatisation Commission. Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, who is in-charge of the Prime M...

Oikyafront gets permission for Sylhet rally

Oikyafront gets permission for Sylhet rally

-- 2018-10-21 20:17:19

Jatiya Oikyafront has got permission to hold its public rally at Registry Field in Sylhet on October 24. Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Commissioner Golam Kibria confirmed the permission while talk...

Pay Tk 1.0m to each victim who lost eyesight: HC

Pay Tk 1.0m to each victim who lost eyesight: HC

-- 2018-10-21 19:17:25

The High Court (HC) on Sunday ordered to pay Tk 1.0 million to 17 people each , who lost eyesight in Chuadanga as their eye treatment went wrong in March, 2018. A High Court division bench comprising...

Current parliament session to run till Oct 25

Current parliament session to run till Oct 25

-- 2018-10-21 19:14:13

The 23rd session of the current tenth parliament that began at 4:45pm on Sunday will continue till October 25. The decision came at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the current p...

Masuda Bhatti sues Mainul Hosein

Masuda Bhatti sues Mainul Hosein

-- 2018-10-21 18:38:49

Journalist Masuda Bhatti has filed a defamation case against Barrister Mainul Hosein for hurling abusive words at her in a television talk show. Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman N...

23 rivers register rise, 62 fall

23 rivers register rise, 62 fall

-- 2018-10-21 18:28:32

Water levels in 23 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rises and 62 stations recorded falls. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, eight are ste...

EC to meet president on Nov 1

EC to meet president on Nov 1

-- 2018-10-21 18:28:04

The Election Commission will meet President Abdul Hamid on November 1 before the announcement of the schedule for the 11th parliamentary election. President Hamid’s Press Secretary Jainul Abedi...

JS adopts condolence motion at deaths of five ex-MPs, noted personalities

JS adopts condolence motion at deaths of five ex-MPs, noted personalities

-- 2018-10-21 18:27:02

Parliament on Sunday unanimously adopted a condolence motion expressing profound grief at the demise of five former MPs and some noted personalities. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury moved the con...

Nat’l Road Safety Day Monday

Nat’l Road Safety Day Monday

-- 2018-10-21 18:15:51

The National Road Safety Day will be observed in the country tomorrow (Monday) amid different programmes, including rallies and discussions. This year’s theme of the day is: ‘Ain mene cho...

23rd parliament session begins

23rd parliament session begins

-- 2018-10-21 18:04:45

The 23rd session of the current parliament began at 4:45pm on Sunday with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. This session is likely to be the last session of the 10th parliament as the...

Three-day int’l water exposition to begin Oct 25

Three-day int’l water exposition to begin Oct 25

-- 2018-10-21 18:01:15

The 2nd Water Bangladesh International Expo 2018 will be held at the International Convention City on 25-27 October under the joint aegis of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives (LGRD...

Father Marino laid to eternal rest in Bagerhat

Father Marino laid to eternal rest in Bagerhat

-- 2018-10-21 17:45:05

Father Marino Rigon, Italian-born Bangladesh's honorary citizen and freedom fighter, was laid to eternal rest beside Saint Paul's Church in Bagerhat district on Sunday, a year after his death. A guar...

PM to address press conference on Monday

PM to address press conference on Monday

-- 2018-10-21 17:25:25

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference on Sunday to brief the media about her just-concluded Saudi Arabia visit. PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim on Sunday said the pres...

Jamalpur court issues arrest warrant against Mainul

Jamalpur court issues arrest warrant against Mainul

-- 2018-10-21 17:05:18

A court in Jamalpur district has issued a warrant to arrest Barrister Mainul Hosein in a defamation case filed for hurling abusive words at journalist Masuda Bhatti in a television talk show. Judge S...

Country now an ‘AL colony’: Rizvi

Country now an ‘AL colony’: Rizvi

-- 2018-10-21 16:42:12

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday alleged that their leaders and activists have now became second-class citizens as the country has turned into an 'Awami League colony'....

BGB recovers eight smuggled air gunes in Jashore

BGB recovers eight smuggled air gunes in Jashore

-- 2018-10-21 14:57:48

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered eight air guns smuggled from India at Daulatpur in Chowgachha upazila of Jashore on Sunday morning. Being tipped off, a team of BGB conducted a dri...

Minister Inu hints at amending Digital Security Act

Minister Inu hints at amending Digital Security Act

-- 2018-10-21 14:41:04

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has hinted at the possibility of revisions to the newly introduced Digital Security Act. “All laws can be changed or amended,” he said at the third na...

Court scraps bail, Amir Khosru in jail

Court scraps bail, Amir Khosru in jail

-- 2018-10-21 14:11:54

A court has scrapped the bail of BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in an ICT Act case and sent him to jail. Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Akbar Hossain Mridha made t...

Writ seeks stay on admission procedure of DU ‘Gha’ unit

Writ seeks stay on admission procedure of DU ‘Gha’ unit

-- 2018-10-21 14:06:12

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking a stay order on the admission procedure of 'Gha' unit for 2018-2019 academic session under Social Science Faculty of Dhaka University (DU)....

Four Bangladeshis die in South Africa fire

Four Bangladeshis die in South Africa fire

-- 2018-10-21 13:54:16

Four Bangladeshis including three members of the family were killed after a fire broke out in South Africa in the early hours of Saturday. The victims are two siblings - Anwar Hossain and Mosharaf Ho...

Bangladeshi worker dies, four others missing after Malaysia landslide

Bangladeshi worker dies, four others missing after Malaysia landslide

-- 2018-10-21 13:45:48

A Bangladeshi national was among four foreign workers killed in a landslide at a construction site in the northwest Malaysian state of Penang. Four other Bangladeshi nationals are among the five worke...