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Customs officials seize 332 kg ‘Khat’ at Dhaka airport

Customs officials seize 332 kg ‘Khat’ at Dhaka airport

-- 2018-10-04 21:10:37

Customs officials seized 332 kilograms of Ethiopian cannabis, otherwise known as 'Khat', from the Cargo Unit of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday. A total of 17 suspected cartons rea...

Chilli farming exceeds target in Bogura this season

Chilli farming exceeds target in Bogura this season

Our Correspondent 2018-10-04 21:07:08

BOGURA, Oct 04: Due to repeated bumper production previous year, chilli farming has exceeded target this season in Bogura district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target...

Rangpur growers see good yield  of early cultivated radish

Rangpur growers see good yield of early cultivated radish

Our Correspondent 2018-10-04 21:06:15

RANGPUR, Oct 04: The growers of early cultivated radish in the district are hopeful about achieving a good yield of their produce during the current season due to a congenial weather condition and t...

23rd parliamentary session from Oct 21

23rd parliamentary session from Oct 21

-- 2018-10-04 20:43:22

The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will go into its 23rd session on October 21 which is likely to be the last session of the 10th parliament formed after the 2014 national election. The 23rd session will begin...

Customs detain man for possessing 12 gold bars at Dhaka airport

Customs detain man for possessing 12 gold bars at Dhaka airport

-- 2018-10-04 19:58:32

Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) detained a Biman passenger along with 12 gold bars weighing around 1.395 kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday...

AL factional clash in Narsingdi leaves two dead

AL factional clash in Narsingdi leaves two dead

-- 2018-10-04 19:51:11

Two people were killed and 11 others injured in clash between two factions of Awami League over establishing supremacy at Bogargot village in Sadar upazila on Thursday. The deceased were identified a...

Jabal-e-Noor owners to pay Tk 500,000 to victims’ families, SC upholds order

Jabal-e-Noor owners to pay Tk 500,000 to victims’ families, SC upholds order

-- 2018-10-04 19:35:41

The Appellate division of Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court order that had directed the owners of 'Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan' to provide Tk 500,000 to each family of the two students who were...

Quota system not applicable in 40th BCS recruitment

Quota system not applicable in 40th BCS recruitment

-- 2018-10-04 19:28:24

Chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) Dr Muhammad Sadiq on Thursday said the recruitment through the 40th BCS will be done based on merit, not quota. "The quota system won't be a...

People will elect JP as it has no stigma: Ershad

People will elect JP as it has no stigma: Ershad

-- 2018-10-04 19:27:57

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday said people will elect his party in the next election as it has no stigma.  By electing his party, they will get rid of Awami League and BNP, he added...

Liton to take over as RCC mayor Friday

Liton to take over as RCC mayor Friday

-- 2018-10-04 18:38:40

AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, newly elected mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), will take his official charge on Friday. To this end, the RCC has arranged a colourful installation ceremony at its gre...

Court again defers verdict on double murder case against lawmaker’s son

Court again defers verdict on double murder case against lawmaker’s son

-- 2018-10-04 18:32:48

A Dhaka court on Thursday again deferred the verdict in the New Eskaton double murder case filed against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan. The verdict was deferred as...

JS body for keeping Karnaphuli Paper Mills operational

JS body for keeping Karnaphuli Paper Mills operational

-- 2018-10-04 18:15:36

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs Ministry on Thursday recommended taking necessary steps to continue the operation of Karnaphuli Paper Mills and enhance its c...

BD stresses importance on safe, orderly migration : Envoy 

BD stresses importance on safe, orderly migration : Envoy 

-- 2018-10-04 17:38:21

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh Mission to the United Nations Masud Bin Momen said Bangladesh stresses importance on effective enforcement of labour laws with regard to migrant w...

Govt playing double standard over quota issue: Rizvi

Govt playing double standard over quota issue: Rizvi

-- 2018-10-04 17:31:08

BNP on Thursday accused the government of playing double standard over the quota issue and voiced doubt about the implementation of the decision of abolishing quota for the first and second class publ...

RAB nabs five int’l smuggling gang members

RAB nabs five int’l smuggling gang members

-- 2018-10-04 17:15:37

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in an overnight drive arrested five members of an international smuggling gang along with more than 43 kilograms of gold from Manikganj’s sadar upazila on...

HC asks govt to transfer Khaleda to BSMMU

HC asks govt to transfer Khaleda to BSMMU

-- 2018-10-04 17:14:34

The High Court has ordered the government to shift BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, or BSMMU, from jail quickly and reconstitute a five-member medical team f...

Govt issues notice abolishing quotas for top govt jobs

Govt issues notice abolishing quotas for top govt jobs

-- 2018-10-04 17:02:16

The government has issued a gazette notification abolishing the existing quota system in the recruitment process of the first and second class government jobs. The Public Administration Ministry issu...

CMP for 5-tier security measure on Durga Puja

CMP for 5-tier security measure on Durga Puja

-- 2018-10-04 16:43:52

Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has taken five-tier security arrangement to ensure peaceful celebration of upcoming Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community. “The...

Malta farming gains ground in B’baria

Malta farming gains ground in B’baria

-- 2018-10-04 15:46:33

The farming of malta (sweet orange), a juicy citrus fruit enriched with vitamin C, is gaining popularity among famers in Brahmanbaria district as it yields good profit. The malta farming in the distr...

US Embassy to remain closed Oct 7

US Embassy to remain closed Oct 7

-- 2018-10-04 15:42:28

The US Embassy in Dhaka including its consular section will remain closed on Sunday on the occasion of Columbus Day, an American holiday. The American Center with the Archer K. Blood American Cent...

DMP earns Tk 70 million as fine in September

DMP earns Tk 70 million as fine in September

-- 2018-10-04 15:35:34

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) realised Tk 70 million as fine from different vehicles for traffic rule violations during a month-long drive and awareness campaign in September last to bring disciplin...

Six hurt in Pabna gas cylinder blast

Six hurt in Pabna gas cylinder blast

-- 2018-10-04 14:13:04

Six people sustained injured in a gas cylinder explosion at the National Development Fair premises in front of Ishwardi Upazila Parishad office on Thursday. The victims are: Bappi, 35, a balloon vend...

Libya deports 60 Bangladeshi migrants

Libya deports 60 Bangladeshi migrants

-- 2018-10-04 13:57:38

Libyan authorities, in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration, have deported 60 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants from the country. The Libyan Anti-illegal Immigration Department...

BD commits to green energy at ISA in India

BD commits to green energy at ISA in India

-- 2018-10-04 12:47:09

Bangladesh is committed to green, clean and sustainable energy, the state minister for foreign affairs has said at the first General Assembly of International Solar Alliance (ISA) in India. Md Shahri...

PM opens 3-day Development Fair

PM opens 3-day Development Fair

-- 2018-10-04 12:12:15

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the 4th countrywide national Development Fair, aiming to showcase the development activities of the present government. The Prime Minister opened the fair...

20 jailed in Habiganj

20 jailed in Habiganj

-- 2018-10-04 11:57:33

Police arrested 20 people including six drug traders, 13 wanted accused and an accused in regular case from different areas of Habiganj district in last 12-hour ending at 9:00 am on Thursday morning....

Speeding van kills one in Keraniganj

Speeding van kills one in Keraniganj

-- 2018-10-04 11:45:33

A man was killed while another injured when a pick-up van hit a rickshaw in Keraniganj on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Shafiqul Islam, 52, son of Sohrab Hossain of West Rabishur....

Protesters block roads demanding quota restoration

Protesters block roads demanding quota restoration

-- 2018-10-04 11:37:44

Two organisations have been demonstrating at Dhaka’s Shahbagh demanding that the 30 per cent quota for them be kept in government jobs. Muktijoddhar Sontan Command and Muktijoddhar Paribar &m...

Keraniganj road crash kills one

Keraniganj road crash kills one

-- 2018-10-04 11:22:24

A man was killed while another injured when a pick-up van hit a rickshaw at Dakpara area in Keraniganj on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Shafiqul Islam, 52, son of Sohrab Hossain of...

Ban on hilsa fishing from Oct 7 to 28

Ban on hilsa fishing from Oct 7 to 28

FE Report 2018-10-04 11:16:39

The government has imposed a 22-day ban on catching, selling, transporting and hoarding hilsa fish from October 07 to October 28. Any fisherman violating this instruction will land in jail for one...