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Khaleda suffering from several complications, getting worse: Medical board

Khaleda suffering from several complications, getting worse: Medical board

-- 2018-10-08 20:21:02

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been suffering from several complications, including rheumatoid arthritis and out-of-control diabetes, said the five-member medical board, formed by Bangabandhu Sheikh...

HC extends Khaleda’s bail in Zia Orphanage case

HC extends Khaleda’s bail in Zia Orphanage case

-- 2018-10-08 20:08:31

The High Court on Monday extended until October 11 the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. An HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rah...

CU teacher on three-day remand

CU teacher on three-day remand

-- 2018-10-08 19:57:44

A court in Chattogram has granted a three-day remand to interrogate Maidul Islam, an assistant professor of Chittagong University (CU), in a case filed for making 'derogatory remarks' on Prime Ministe...

Ariful takes charge as SCC mayor

Ariful takes charge as SCC mayor

-- 2018-10-08 19:54:35

Ariful Haque Chowdhury took mayoral charge of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) on Monday for the second consecutive term. SCC Secretary Md Badrul Haque handed over the charge to him around 4 pm followin...

SC orders govt to pay Tk990m to owner of Moon Cinema

SC orders govt to pay Tk990m to owner of Moon Cinema

-- 2018-10-08 19:02:14

The Appellate Division has ordered the government to pay the owner of Moon Cinema Hall Tk 990 million, the present-day value of its land and establishments, in a case that goes back decades. The case...

Appellate Division to get three new judges

Appellate Division to get three new judges

-- 2018-10-08 18:41:11

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is set to get new judges as the President has appointed three more judges to the division after a long period. Justice Zinat Ara, Justice Abu Bakar Siddiqu...

Doctors’ unavailability at UZ hospitals regrettable: PM

Doctors’ unavailability at UZ hospitals regrettable: PM

-- 2018-10-08 18:31:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticised the physicians who are not available at their work stations at the upazila (UZ) level. "We're appointing doctors and nurses as required, but it's reg...

MoFA alerts banks, financial institutions about forged letters

MoFA alerts banks, financial institutions about forged letters

-- 2018-10-08 17:25:20

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has detected a move of seeking financial support from banks and financial institutions using forged signatures of the ministry officials. The MoFA issued a stat...

Draft law proposes death penalty for yaba use, trafficking

Draft law proposes death penalty for yaba use, trafficking

-- 2018-10-08 16:50:48

The draft of Narcotics Control Act 2018 has kept provisions of death penalty for production, trafficking, distribution and use of over 5gm of yaba or 25gm of heroin or cocaine. The cabinet approved t...

Sayed Hamidullah’s 10th death anniversary tomorrow

Sayed Hamidullah’s 10th death anniversary tomorrow

FE Online Desk 2018-10-08 16:17:52

The annual holy Urs of Alhaz Hazrat Shah Sufi Sayed Hamidullah (RA) will be held at Mia Shaheb's Maidan Darbar Sharif in Luxmibazar area of Old Dhaka on Tuesday. A day-long programme, inclu...

BTRC seizes 11,000 SIM cards, VoIP equipment

BTRC seizes 11,000 SIM cards, VoIP equipment

FE Online Report 2018-10-08 14:56:46

The country’s telecom regulator in September seized nearly 11,000 SIM cards and Tk 3.7 million equipment in connection with illegal Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business from across the c...

President signs Digital Security Bill into law

President signs Digital Security Bill into law

-- 2018-10-08 14:00:54

President Abdul Hamid has assented to the Digital Security Bill passed in the 22nd session of the current parliament, making it a law. His Press Secretary Joynal Abedin said the President signed the...

Mahalaya being celebrated throughout country

Mahalaya being celebrated throughout country

-- 2018-10-08 13:45:47

The Hindus in the country have been celebrating the Mahalaya, the auspicious occasion of Mahalaya, where Goddess Durga is invoked, on Monday across the country amidst ritual festivity. Mahalaya that...

High Court acquits Maya of graft charges

High Court acquits Maya of graft charges

-- 2018-10-08 13:42:35

The High Court has acquitted Awami League leader and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya of charges in a 2007 corruption case, overturning the 13-year prison sentence awarded...

RAB arrest bus driver, helper with 21,200 Yaba

RAB arrest bus driver, helper with 21,200 Yaba

-- 2018-10-08 13:10:39

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in a drive arrested a bus driver and a helper along with 21,000 Yaba tablets from Karnaphuli area of Chattogram port city on Monday. The arrestees are driver Md...

Customs nab one with 3,000 Yaba at HSIA

Customs nab one with 3,000 Yaba at HSIA

-- 2018-10-08 12:09:20

Officials of Customs Intelligence arrested a passenger along with 3000 Yaba pills at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Sunday. The arrestee, identified as Jasim Uddin, lande...

Pay owner of Moon Cinema Hall Tk 1b by Dec 8: SC

Pay owner of Moon Cinema Hall Tk 1b by Dec 8: SC

-- 2018-10-08 12:05:28

The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs to pay Tk 1.0 billion to the owner of Moon cinema hall by December 8. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed b...

Labour leaders express concern over proposed labour law draft

Labour leaders express concern over proposed labour law draft

FE Report 2018-10-08 10:24:37

Labour leaders at a roundtable expressed deep concern over some provisions of the proposed draft of the labour law, including those on compensation, definition of workers and maternity benefits. Term...

Canada wants to boost trade ties with Bangladesh

Canada wants to boost trade ties with Bangladesh

FE Report 2018-10-08 10:20:08

Canadian High Commissioner Benoit Prefontaine said on Sunday that his country wants to enhance trade relations with Bangladesh. "Canada keen to develop trade relations with Bangladesh," he said at a...

Shipping lines turn gearless as Ctg port gets gantry cranes

Shipping lines turn gearless as Ctg port gets gantry cranes

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2018-10-08 10:10:45

Shipping companies operating to and from the Chittagong port are now switching over to gearless vessels instead of geared vessels after the installation of a large number of gantry cranes there. Th...

Fire guts factory, six warehouses in Munshiganj

Fire guts factory, six warehouses in Munshiganj

-- 2018-10-08 10:05:16

A factory and six warehouses were gutted as a fire broke out at Komolaghat Bandar in Mirkadam municipality of Munshiganj early Monday. Zahurul Islam, a fireman at Munshiganj Fire Service, said the fi...

Growers eyeing good yield of early cultivated cauliflower

Growers eyeing good yield of early cultivated cauliflower

Our Correspondent 2018-10-07 21:49:23

RANGPUR, Oct 07: The early cultivated cauliflower growers under the district are expecting an abundant yield of their produce during this season due to congenial weather condition. Sources said the f...

Joypurhat farmers start harvesting BRRI-62, BINA-7 rice varieties

Joypurhat farmers start harvesting BRRI-62, BINA-7 rice varieties

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-07 21:48:46

JOYPURHAT, Oct 07: Paddy farmers of the district are happy over the satisfactory yield of BRRI-62 and BINA-7 this season. High land is suitable for farming the paddy varieties. Growers are passing...

Construction of Sunamganj CJM court building goes  on at a snail’s pace

Construction of Sunamganj CJM court building goes on at a snail’s pace

Our Correspondent 2018-10-07 21:47:58

SYLHET, Oct 07: A 10-storey building for the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court is being constructed for easing the long standing sufferings of litigants as well as the lawyers in Sunamganj district to...

'Govt will be responsible for problems following quota cancellation'

'Govt will be responsible for problems following quota cancellation'

-- 2018-10-07 21:17:43

The quota reform protesters have said the government will have to take responsibilities for the consequences, if any, in the aftermath of the cancellation of quota system in government service. The B...

BGB arrests Chuadanga UP member with 28-kg silver

BGB arrests Chuadanga UP member with 28-kg silver

-- 2018-10-07 20:15:38

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Sunday arrested a Union Parishad (UP) member from Parkrishnapur village of Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga. The arrestee was identified a Khairul Islam, 38,...

Verdict on Maya’s appeal against graft conviction Monday

Verdict on Maya’s appeal against graft conviction Monday

-- 2018-10-07 20:11:11

The High Court on Monday will deliver its verdict after re-hearing on the appeal filed by Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya against a lower court order that had s...

Each division to get medical university: PM

Each division to get medical university: PM

-- 2018-10-07 19:56:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pledged to set up a medical university in each division if she can get mandate to form government for another term. Sheikh Hasina came up with the statement while add...

Landline users face disruptions

Landline users face disruptions

-- 2018-10-07 19:37:24

About 600,000 landline users across the country faced difficulties on Sunday after a ‘core cable’ of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd was disconnected. However, the BTCL says...

Khaleda’s treatment to remain unchanged before new tests

Khaleda’s treatment to remain unchanged before new tests

-- 2018-10-07 19:04:14

The medical board formed to supervise BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s health has decided not to make any immediate change to her treatment until she undergoes tests. The medical board came to the decis...