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Youth stabbed dead in Cumilla

Youth stabbed dead in Cumilla

-- 2018-10-15 14:31:27

A young man was stabbed to death by another youth at Bishnupur Daskshinpara in Cumilla on early Monday. The deceased was identified as Sujon, 20, son of Mizan Miah of Mohichail area in Chandina upazi...

Road crashes claim three lives in city

Road crashes claim three lives in city

-- 2018-10-15 13:51:42

At least three people were killed in two separate road accidents in Mirpur and Banani areas of Dhaka. Two of the dead have been identified as Razzak, 46, and Zahidur Rahman Dudu, 45. The third vict...

EC to meet field-level officials Tuesday

EC to meet field-level officials Tuesday

-- 2018-10-15 13:46:33

The Election Commission is going to meet the field-level officials with the 11th national election looming. The EC has called the meeting with regional election officials, senior district election of...

EC Mahbub Talukder boycotts meeting

EC Mahbub Talukder boycotts meeting

-- 2018-10-15 13:39:30

Issuing a 'note of dissent', Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder has boycotted a meeting of the Election Commission again. Ten minutes after the start of the 36th meeting of the Commission at Nir...

Durga Puja begins amid festivity

Durga Puja begins amid festivity

-- 2018-10-15 13:26:37

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, has begun today (Monday) with the incarnation (Bodhon) of goddess Durga at temples across the country, marking Sashthi. The five-day...

Editors’ Council demands amendment to Digital Security Act

Editors’ Council demands amendment to Digital Security Act

FE Online Report 2018-10-15 12:49:50

The Editors' Council on Monday demanded that the Digital Security Act 2018 be amended during the next session of this parliament which is likely to be held on October 21, 2018. General secretary of t...

Transport owners suspend strike on Ctg -Cox’s Bazar highway

Transport owners suspend strike on Ctg -Cox’s Bazar highway

-- 2018-10-15 12:28:20

Chattogram Road Transport Owners Association has suspended their indefinite strike on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway upon assurance from the administration. The decision came from an emergency meetin...

Two die in Mymensingh, Tangail ‘gunfights’

Two die in Mymensingh, Tangail ‘gunfights’

-- 2018-10-15 11:53:20

A suspected leader of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) and a drug trader were killed in separate gunfights in Mymensingh and Tangail districts early Monday. In Mymensingh, Sharifur Rahma...

RAB to watch social media during general elections

RAB to watch social media during general elections

-- 2018-10-15 11:40:56

The government is taking up a project to task the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB with monitoring the social media for four months leading to and after the next general elections. The move comes at a t...

Customs detains Malaysian national with 7kg gold

Customs detains Malaysian national with 7kg gold

-- 2018-10-15 11:29:22

Customs officials have detained a Malaysian national with seven kilograms of gold at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The detainee, 47-year-old Chan Gee Keong, arrived in Dhaka a...

Power from waste: Nasrul for specific solutions

Power from waste: Nasrul for specific solutions

FE Report 2018-10-15 10:35:18

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid asked Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) to come up with specific solutions to utilise waste materials...

Aman harvest begins

Aman harvest begins

FE Report 2018-10-15 10:20:31

The harvest of Aman paddy has begun in many parts of the country with higher yield rates, raising hopes for another bumper output this season. The government is expecting 14.1 million tonnes of Aman...

New VAT law up for revision ahead of July 01 deadline

New VAT law up for revision ahead of July 01 deadline

FE Report 2018-10-15 10:15:06

The new Value Added Tax (VAT) law, passed by the parliament in 2012, and VAT Rules-2016 would be amended for the sake of smooth implementation from the next fiscal year. Some important provisions of...

Eco-friendly light trap, perching methods cut cost, ensure healthy-crops

Eco-friendly light trap, perching methods cut cost, ensure healthy-crops

Our Correspondent 2018-10-14 22:03:07

RANGPUR, Oct 14: The peasants at different areas under the district are showing their interest in cultivating T-Aman paddy using eco-friendly light trap method introduced by the Department of Agricu...

GP introduces new number series ‘013’

GP introduces new number series ‘013’

-- 2018-10-14 21:09:49

Grameenphone on Sunday introduced a new number series '013,' alongside the existing '017' series. The new number series was unveiled at a local hotel by Brigadier General Md Mustafa Kamal, Director G...

Detectives arrest six over DU ‘Gha’ unit question paper leak

Detectives arrest six over DU ‘Gha’ unit question paper leak

-- 2018-10-14 20:41:01

Police arrested six people for their alleged involvement in the reported question paper leak of 'Gha' unit admission test under Social Sciences faculty of Dhaka University. The law enforcers arrested...

President, PM greet Hindu community on Durga Puja

President, PM greet Hindu community on Durga Puja

-- 2018-10-14 18:26:45

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday felicitated the Hindu community in separate messages on the occasion of the Durga Puja. In his message, President Hamid said the co...

Govt briefs diplomats on Digital Security Act

Govt briefs diplomats on Digital Security Act

-- 2018-10-14 18:19:52

The government on Sunday briefed the foreign diplomats on the newly enacted Digital Security Act- 2018 amid calls from various sections for amendment to some of its sections. Foreign Minister AH Mahm...

Durga Puja begins Monday amid festivity

Durga Puja begins Monday amid festivity

-- 2018-10-14 18:19:39

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will begin on Monday with the incarnation (Bodhon) of the Goddess Durga on the day of Maha Sashthi at temples across the cou...

LDA announces two-day programme demanding ‘fair’ polls

LDA announces two-day programme demanding ‘fair’ polls

-- 2018-10-14 18:06:35

Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) on Sunday announced a two-day programme to press for holding the next polls under a non-party neutral administration. As part of the programmes, the LDA will hold a 'ma...

DMP will not allow bags inside puja venues

DMP will not allow bags inside puja venues

-- 2018-10-14 17:31:28

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia has said no bags will be allowed inside Durga Puja celebration venues as part of security measures. The DMP chief came up with the statement...

Padma bridge conspirators to get befitting reply: PM

Padma bridge conspirators to get befitting reply: PM

-- 2018-10-14 17:19:16

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said those involved in a conspiracy to block the Padma Bridge project will get a befitting reply as the landmark structure is set to be erected completely. “Som...

BNP raps govt for filing ‘fictitious’ cases against its leaders

BNP raps govt for filing ‘fictitious’ cases against its leaders

-- 2018-10-14 17:15:09

BNP on Sunday presented a list of its dead, sick, and hajj-performing leaders reportedly implicated in various 'fictitious' cases filed over the last one and a half months. BNP senior joint secretary...

Anti-narcotic team detain BCL leader with Yaba pills

Anti-narcotic team detain BCL leader with Yaba pills

-- 2018-10-14 17:09:37

Members of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) detained a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and his accomplice allegedly along with 30 Yaba tablets in Kurigram on Sunday. The deta...

JP to hold grand rally in city on Oct 20

JP to hold grand rally in city on Oct 20

-- 2018-10-14 16:50:21

Jatiya Party (JP) will hold a grand rally at the Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka city on October 20 ahead of the next general election. JP Chairman and former president Hussain Muhammad Ershad urged the pa...

Speaker off to Geneva to attend IPU assembly

Speaker off to Geneva to attend IPU assembly

-- 2018-10-14 16:07:05

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Sunday left Dhaka for Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 139th assembly of Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU). The assembly with the theme ‘Pla...

Graft trial can continue in Khaleda's absence: HC

Graft trial can continue in Khaleda's absence: HC

-- 2018-10-14 13:32:12

The High Court (HC) has cleared the way to continue the trial proceedings of Zia Charitable Trust graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in her absence. A bench of Justice Obaidul Hasan and J...

Police recover body of driver in Natore

Police recover body of driver in Natore

-- 2018-10-14 13:05:39

Police recovered the body of an easy-bike driver from a paddy field in Natore on Sunday morning. The deceased was Yusuf Ali, aged 22 and son of Abdul Khalek of Borogachha area. Farid Uddin, officer-...

Indian Khasias kill Bangladeshi youth near Sylhet border

Indian Khasias kill Bangladeshi youth near Sylhet border

-- 2018-10-14 12:10:47

A young Bangladeshi man was shot to death by members of Indian Khasia community group near Sylhet border in Khanaighat upazila on Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Mamun Uddin, 28, son o...

PM Hasina opens Padma Bridge Rail Link Construction  Project

PM Hasina opens Padma Bridge Rail Link Construction Project

-- 2018-10-14 12:01:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday opened the construction work on the rail link between Dhaka and Jashore under the ‘Padma Bridge Rail Link Construction Project.’ She also unveiled t...