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BD offers special economic zone to Qatari investors

BD offers special economic zone to Qatari investors

FE Report 2018-09-24 14:50:10

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said the Bangladesh government is ready to offer one or more special economic zones to Qatari investors exclusively, which they can develop and oper...

Japan-BD jt venture gets 100 acres of land at Mirsarai

Japan-BD jt venture gets 100 acres of land at Mirsarai

FE Report 2018-09-24 13:33:35

Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has allocated 100 acres of land in Mirsarai to a joint venture investor Nippon and McDonald Steel Industries Limited. A land lease agreement in this regard...

BNP's rally for Khaleda’s release Thursday

BNP's rally for Khaleda’s release Thursday

-- 2018-09-24 13:30:09

BNP has announced it will hold a public rally in the capital on Thursday to press home its demands for releasing of its jailed-chief Khaleda Zia and holding the next generation election under a non-pa...

Drug suspect dies in alleged shootout with RAB in Mirpur

Drug suspect dies in alleged shootout with RAB in Mirpur

-- 2018-09-24 12:09:26

A drug crime suspect has been killed in an alleged shootout with RAB in Dhaka’s Mirpur. The gunfight occurred in the Beribadh area early on Monday morning, said RAB-2 In-Charge Assistant Superi...

Two die as bus hits bike in Magura

Two die as bus hits bike in Magura

-- 2018-09-24 11:03:21

Two people were killed as a speedy bus hit their motorcycle at Magura-Kamarkhali road in the district on early Monday. The deceased have been identified as Moniruddin Talukder, 38, son of Shahjahan T...

Ctg regasified LNG supply rises as RasGas vessel docks

Ctg regasified LNG supply rises as RasGas vessel docks

FE Report 2018-09-24 10:42:30

RasGas's LNG-carrying vessel finally docked at Moheshkhali's floating LNG (liquefied natural gas) import terminal on Saturday after a three-day struggle due to rough sea. Re-gasified LNG (R-LNG) supp...

DNCC Panel Mayor Osman Gani laid to rest

DNCC Panel Mayor Osman Gani laid to rest

-- 2018-09-23 21:40:45

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Panel Mayor Osman Gani, who died in a Singapore hospital on Saturday morning, was laid to eternal rest in Dhaka on Sunday evening. He was buried at Banani Graveyar...

14-party alliance meeting Monday

14-party alliance meeting Monday

-- 2018-09-23 20:40:38

A meeting of 14-party alliance will be held at Priyanka Community Centre at Dhanmondi in the city on Monday. Spokesperson of the alliance and AL Presidium Member Mohammed Nasim requested all concerne...

Govt bans hilsa fishing for 22 days from Oct 7

Govt bans hilsa fishing for 22 days from Oct 7

-- 2018-09-23 20:37:19

The government has imposed a 22-day ban on catching, selling and transporting hilsa in a 7,000-km breeding ground to ensure the safe spawning of this popular fish during its peak breeding period. The...

Three die in Kishoreganj road crash

Three die in Kishoreganj road crash

-- 2018-09-23 20:19:43

Three people, including a child, died in a road accident in Kishoreganj district on Sunday. The accident took place when a bus crashed into a motorcycle on Kishoreganj-Mymensingh Highway at Daukia ar...

Rail link with five districts resumes after 26 hrs

Rail link with five districts resumes after 26 hrs

-- 2018-09-23 19:35:38

The rail communications of five districts with other parts of the country resumed after 26 hours of suspension on Sunday afternoon. The rail communications were suspended on Saturday morning as heavy...

300,000 job vacancies in 28 hi-tech parks by next three years

300,000 job vacancies in 28 hi-tech parks by next three years

-- 2018-09-23 19:23:38

Over 300,000 youths both males and females will get jobs within next three years in 28 hi-tech parks being constructed outside Dhaka. State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunai...

People do not want political unrest before election: Qader

People do not want political unrest before election: Qader

-- 2018-09-23 18:30:43

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the people of the country do not want any movement before the national election, according to UNB. "Ten years have passed by...in which ye...

BCB selector Nannu’s house robbed

BCB selector Nannu’s house robbed

-- 2018-09-23 18:07:58

The house of Minhajul Abedin Nannu, former national cricket team player and chief selector of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), has been robbed. Nannu was in the United Arab Emirates for the 2018 Asia...

President goes to Kishoreganj Monday on five-day visit

President goes to Kishoreganj Monday on five-day visit

-- 2018-09-23 17:59:15

President M Abdul Hamid will visit his home district Kishoreganj on September 24-28 to attend several programmes at Austagram, Itna and Mithamain upazilas. “The President will leave for Kishore...

Writ seeks investigation on 4,000 ‘fictitious cases’

Writ seeks investigation on 4,000 ‘fictitious cases’

-- 2018-09-23 17:51:20

Three pro-BNP lawyers have filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking directives to form an independent committee to probe the authenticity of around 4,000 'fictitious cases'. The cases were f...

Govt appoints new DCs in 10 districts

Govt appoints new DCs in 10 districts

-- 2018-09-23 17:48:09

The government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DC) in 10 districts. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday. As per the notification, Deputy...

PM leaves London for New York

PM leaves London for New York

-- 2018-09-23 17:31:55

After a two-day stopover, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left London for New Yorkon Sunday morning to join the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A British Airways flight carry...

DMP files 8,385 cases for traffic rules violation

DMP files 8,385 cases for traffic rules violation

-- 2018-09-23 16:58:10

Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in their simultaneous drives on the city streets of Dhaka on Saturday filed 8,385 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rules vi...

‘Addict’ son hacks mother dead in Kushtia

‘Addict’ son hacks mother dead in Kushtia

-- 2018-09-23 16:37:15

A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her 'drug addict' son in Kushtia’s Angdia village of Daulatpur upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Banera Khatun, 45, wife of Aziz...

Alcohol overdose kills youth in Satkhira

Alcohol overdose kills youth in Satkhira

-- 2018-09-23 15:56:34

A young man died after allegedly taking 'too much foreign made alcohol' at Shuktia village in Patkelghata upazila of Satkhira early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Kamal Gazi, 27, son of Abdul...

Chattogram road crash leaves two dead

Chattogram road crash leaves two dead

-- 2018-09-23 14:13:05

Two people were killed following a collision among a car, a microbus, and a parked CNG-run auto rickshaw at Panchlaish area in the port city early Sunday. The deceased have been identified as car pas...

TIB finds staggering graft in Mongla, Burimari ports

TIB finds staggering graft in Mongla, Burimari ports

FE Online Report 2018-09-23 13:57:44

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has found bribery evidence at all the stages of service delivery in Mongla sea and Burimari land ports. The sensitive information of corruption came out in...

RMG workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway demanding arrears

RMG workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway demanding arrears

-- 2018-09-23 13:41:27

The workers of a readymade garment factory have blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Maleker Bari since Sunday morning demanding their salaries and other dues. The agitated workers of ‘Newtex Fa...

RAB nabs two with narcotics in C’nawabganj

RAB nabs two with narcotics in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-09-23 12:41:56

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives arrested two perpetrators with banned narcotics from different areas under Chapainawabganj district. In a raid on Saturday night, the elite...

Sundarban wildlife gets extended sanctuary

Sundarban wildlife gets extended sanctuary

-- 2018-09-23 12:15:29

The biodiversity boundary has been extended in the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. Experts expect the move to help boost all types of forest resources, including wildlife, fishe...

Rearing ducks becomes boon for Rajshahi villagers

Rearing ducks becomes boon for Rajshahi villagers

-- 2018-09-23 11:49:58

Rashida Begum, 45, a resident of Beel Sohar village under Tanore upazila, has been able to break the poverty cycle after finding the way of a better livelihood though self-employment. Earning money f...

Drug suspect dies in alleged shootout in Jhenaidah

Drug suspect dies in alleged shootout in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-09-23 11:16:25

A suspected drug dealer has been killed in an alleged shootout in Jhenaidah’s Kotchandpur. The gunfight occurred at around 2:00 am on Sunday in the upazila’s Boluhor area, said Additional...

New road transport law doesn't reflect public opinion: PWAB

New road transport law doesn't reflect public opinion: PWAB

FE Report 2018-09-23 10:42:12

Passengers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (PWAB) has criticised the recently passed Road Transport Act-2018 saying the public opinion about road safety has not been reflected in it. The platform w...

BHBFC to launch Tk 2.0b scheme for farmers

BHBFC to launch Tk 2.0b scheme for farmers

SM Najmus Sakib 2018-09-23 10:34:16

Farmers of the country's rural areas are set to come under house financing network from next month (October) with a reduced interest rate. Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) has al...