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Dhaka, KL working to amend G2G deal

Dhaka, KL working to amend G2G deal

Arafat Ara 2018-10-04 11:12:32

Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur (KL) have started working on amendments to the existing government to government (G2G) plus deal in recruiting workers from Bangladesh, sources said. The Malaysian government...

Transplantation of T-Aman seedlings near completion  in Sylhet region

Transplantation of T-Aman seedlings near completion in Sylhet region

Our Correspondent 2018-10-03 21:05:55

SYLHET, Oct 03: Farmers in Sylhet division are about to complete transplantation of T-Aman paddy cultivation in the region, DAE officials and farmers said. Already the DAE's target is surpassed by 3....

Faridpur farmers make good profit by growing spinach in summer

Faridpur farmers make good profit by growing spinach in summer

-- 2018-10-03 21:04:57

FARIDPUR, Oct 03 (UNB): While his fellow-villagers are engaged in traditional farming, Bachchu Mollah, a farmer of Sadar upazila, has come up with a unique idea - farming spinach in summer. His idea h...

Biman aircraft makes emergency landing in Sylhet

Biman aircraft makes emergency landing in Sylhet

-- 2018-10-03 20:40:20

An aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines made an emergency landing amid panic among the passengers at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Wednesday afternoon. The plane, however, landed safely...

EC names Sadiq as Barishal city mayor

EC names Sadiq as Barishal city mayor

-- 2018-10-03 20:32:52

The Election Commission has officially named Awami League candidate Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah as the mayor of Barishal City Corporation. Returning Officer Md Mujibur Rahman announced the results at th...

Police arrest ‘JMB men’ in Meherpur

Police arrest ‘JMB men’ in Meherpur

-- 2018-10-03 20:22:15

Police arrested four suspected activists of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with crude and molotov bombs at Fouzadari in Meherpur district early Wednesday. The arre...

Two children drown in Cumilla

Two children drown in Cumilla

-- 2018-10-03 18:36:40

Two minor boys drowned in a pond at Atakra village under Laksam upazila in Cumilla on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Mahi Uddin, 8, son of Foyez Ahmed and Md Mohan, 7, son of Safayetullah...

12 rivers swell, 80 fall

12 rivers swell, 80 fall

-- 2018-10-03 18:33:54

Water levels in 12 rivers stations, monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), have marked rise and 80 stations recorded fall. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, one is stead...

Foreign ministry starts public hour service

Foreign ministry starts public hour service

-- 2018-10-03 18:30:51

The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Wednesday started public hour service to provide hand to hand support to mass people. Under the service, anyone can visit Room no-322 of the ministry from 10:00am to 1...

BD Force Commander completes mission in Cyprus

BD Force Commander completes mission in Cyprus

-- 2018-10-03 18:26:45

Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir of Bangladesh, who was appointed the force commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in July 2016, has completed his mission recently....

Youth crushed under train in Jashore

Youth crushed under train in Jashore

-- 2018-10-03 18:24:48

A young man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Arabpur level cossing in the district town of Jashore on Wednesday noon. The deceased was identified as Jasim Uddin, 26, son of Badar Uddin of H...

BGB seizes Tk 715m smuggled narcotics, goods in Sept

BGB seizes Tk 715m smuggled narcotics, goods in Sept

-- 2018-10-03 18:18:08

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods and contraband drugs worth over Tk 715 million (Tk 71.56 crore) in mostly frontier areas across the country throughout September this year. The...

Court rejects Khaleda’s bail plea in Cumilla arson attack case

Court rejects Khaleda’s bail plea in Cumilla arson attack case

-- 2018-10-03 17:49:10

A court in Cumilla has rejected the bail petition of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a murder case filed over the deaths of eight people in an arson attack in the district in 2015. Senior Judicial Mag...

Digital Security Act for preventing social vices: PM

Digital Security Act for preventing social vices: PM

-- 2018-10-03 16:59:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the new Digital Security Act is meant to combat the abuse of digital platforms in spreading radicalisation, terrorism and pornography that often leads to family p...

Customs recovers 12 gold bars in Benapole

Customs recovers 12 gold bars in Benapole

-- 2018-10-03 16:41:22

Customs intelligence officials arrested a man and recovered 12 gold bars from his stomach at Benapole check post on Wednesday noon. The arrestee was identified as Shaidullah Khan, 37, son of Altab Ud...

PM starts media briefing on UN visit

PM starts media briefing on UN visit

-- 2018-10-03 16:35:24

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is addressing a press conference to brief journalists about the outcome of her recent weeklong visit to the United States to attend the 73rd UN General Assembly. The pres...

DMP files 4,436 cases for traffic rule violation

DMP files 4,436 cases for traffic rule violation

-- 2018-10-03 16:20:40

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in their simultaneous drives on the city streets on Tuesday filed 4,436 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation. I...

Cabinet scraps quotas for top govt jobs

Cabinet scraps quotas for top govt jobs

-- 2018-10-03 15:09:46

The cabinet has accepted recommendations for abolishing quotas for class I and II government jobs. The decision was taken at its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Secretariat on...

Push Myanmar to force return of Rohingyas, UN chief urges India

Push Myanmar to force return of Rohingyas, UN chief urges India

-- 2018-10-03 13:35:31

UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has asked India to support Bangladesh and pressure Myanmar for the safe and dignified return of Rohingyas to their homeland. Speaking up for Bangladesh, he said,...

Dry weather until early tomorrow: Met office

Dry weather until early tomorrow: Met office

-- 2018-10-03 13:32:39

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted dry weather with temporary party cloudy sky at most places across the country in next 24 hours ending at 9:00 am tomorrow. The Met office al...

Seven top BNP leaders get anticipatory bail

Seven top BNP leaders get anticipatory bail

-- 2018-10-03 13:11:56

The High Court (HC) has granted anticipatory bails to seven top BNP leaders including its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed with Hatirjheel Police station. A High Court be...

HC to hear writ on parliament dissolution Sunday

HC to hear writ on parliament dissolution Sunday

-- 2018-10-03 12:33:27

The High Court has fixed Sunday for hearing the writ petition filed seeking its directives on dissolution of the 10th parliament 42 days ahead of the national election and formation of a caretaker gov...

Assailants hack Jubo League leader dead

Assailants hack Jubo League leader dead

-- 2018-10-03 11:54:17

A Jubo League leader has been hacked to death in Sirajganj. The incident took place at Ranigram Bazar area at around 9:00 am on Wednesday, said Mohammed Daud, chief of the local police station. The...

Fire guts garment factory in Gazipur

Fire guts garment factory in Gazipur

-- 2018-10-03 11:42:43

A readymade garment factory was gutted by fire today morning. The incident took place at Borobari in Gazipur city at around 9:00 am. According to Md Akhteruzzaman, assistant director of Gazipu...

Train crushes youth in Rajshahi

Train crushes youth in Rajshahi

-- 2018-10-03 11:35:20

A young man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Rajshahi’s Puthia upazila. The deceased was identified as Emdadul Haq, 22, son of Rezaul Karim of Khudrajamia village in the upazila. Haq...

Mirsarai Economic Zone to have technology centre

Mirsarai Economic Zone to have technology centre

Our Correspondent 2018-10-03 10:43:30

The government is going to set up a technology centre in the Mirsarai Economic Zone to facilitate export diversification, create skilled workforce and support technical development. The technology ce...

Motorbike sales zoom up

Motorbike sales zoom up

SM Najmus Sakib 2018-10-03 10:38:23

Motorbike sales have seen a significant rise in the country over the past several years as the import-based industry gets a boost from the government's policy support. According to trade insiders,...

Call for customs to cut scrutiny below 5.0pc

Call for customs to cut scrutiny below 5.0pc

Syful Islam 2018-10-03 10:32:28

The customs have been asked to bring down physical inspection of imported containers to below 5.0 per cent to expedite delivery, officials said. Customs officials now physically verify 12 per cent to...

Pumpkin cultivation changes financial condition of farmers

Pumpkin cultivation changes financial condition of farmers

-- 2018-10-02 22:24:46

PANCHAGARH, Oct 02 (BSS): Pumpkin cultivation has changed the socio-economic condition of many farmers of the district this year. A large number of farmers involved themselves in high-yielding pumpki...

TIB urges govt to review Digital Security Bill

TIB urges govt to review Digital Security Bill

FE Online Report 2018-10-02 20:42:27

Transparency International, Bangladesh has urged the government to repeal the ‘suppressive’ sections of the Digital Security Bill 2018 which has been passed recently in the parliament amid...