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FFs account for only 9.2pc quota in 10 BCS exams

FFs account for only 9.2pc quota in 10 BCS exams

Our Correspondent 2018-09-08 10:04:45

The quota for freedom fighters (FFs) and female candidates could not be fulfilled in the last 10 BCS examinations. "Only 9.2 per cent of the successors to the freedom fighters were appointed through...

BD to be nominated as WHO executive board member

BD to be nominated as WHO executive board member

FE Online Desk 2018-09-07 21:37:00

Bangladesh will be nominated as a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board at Geneva Headquarters in Switzerland for a 3-year period beginning from 2019. The disclosure came at t...

Country moves ahead in every sector: Mosharraf

Country moves ahead in every sector: Mosharraf

-- 2018-09-07 20:31:47

The LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has said the country is moving forward in every sector under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “Once upon a...

PM unveils book containing intelligence documents on Bangabandhu

PM unveils book containing intelligence documents on Bangabandhu

-- 2018-09-07 20:18:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled a book containing intelligence documents on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The book, titled Secret Documents of Intelligence Branch...

Lawyers meet Khaleda at jail

Lawyers meet Khaleda at jail

-- 2018-09-07 20:09:54

Four lawyers of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia met her at the Old Dhaka Central Jail at Nazimuddin Road on Friday. The four Supreme Court lawyers, led by BNP standing committee member Jamiruddin Sircar,...

JS goes into session Sunday

JS goes into session Sunday

-- 2018-09-07 19:45:17

The Jatiya Sangsad will go into its 22nd session on Sunday after a 58-day recess. President M Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising his power bestowed upon him by article 72 (1) of the Consti...

Two ‘thieves’ die in lynch-mob attack

Two ‘thieves’ die in lynch-mob attack

-- 2018-09-07 19:20:33

Two suspected thieves were killed in a lynch-mob attack in Gourisankarhat in Raujan upazila headquarters in Chattogram early Friday. The deceased were identified as Mokter Hossain and Saiful Islam, r...

National unity to turn into political unity: Mosharraf

National unity to turn into political unity: Mosharraf

-- 2018-09-07 19:02:24

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has said different political parties' current efforts to forge a national unity for holding a fair election will soon turn into a political unity. "Count...

International Literacy Day to be observed on Saturday

International Literacy Day to be observed on Saturday

-- 2018-09-07 18:56:05

The International Literacy Day will be observed on Saturday in Bangladesh, like other countries around the globe, in a befitting manner. “Literacy and skills development” is the global th...

Home minister rejects BNP’s allegation over arrest

Home minister rejects BNP’s allegation over arrest

-- 2018-09-07 18:28:01

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has rejected BNP's allegation of arresting its leaders and activists arbitrarily. "Members of law enforcement agencies do not arrest any innocent person," the minister...

Khulna ice-cream factories running in unhygienic condition

Khulna ice-cream factories running in unhygienic condition

-- 2018-09-07 16:16:03

Almost all the ice-cream factories in the city are running without any operational licence and in very unhygienic condition. Experts said substandard ingredients are used to produce ice-creams which...

Jhum farmers rejoice over paddy production in Rangamati

Jhum farmers rejoice over paddy production in Rangamati

-- 2018-09-07 15:59:04

Bumper production of paddy has brought smiles to the faces of jhum farmers in Rangamati district this year, thanks to the timely rainfall and favourable weather. During a recent visit to jhum cultiva...

RAB seizes 200 gold bars from Padma riverbank

RAB seizes 200 gold bars from Padma riverbank

-- 2018-09-07 14:42:49

A Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) team has seized 200 bars of gold weighing about 23 kilograms on the bank of the Padma in Dhaka’s Dohar area. They also arrested five suspects in this connection....

Two suspects in publisher murder die in ‘shootouts’

Two suspects in publisher murder die in ‘shootouts’

-- 2018-09-07 14:14:09

Two suspects in the murder of publisher Shahjahan Bachchu have died in alleged shootouts with police in Munshiganj. The incident of the gunfights took place at around 1:45 am at Hashara KC Road in...

Police recover bullet-riddled body in Gazipur

Police recover bullet-riddled body in Gazipur

-- 2018-09-07 13:09:17

Police on Thursday recovered the bullet-riddled body of an unidentified youth from Hilejor area in Kapasia upazila under Gazipur region. When police went to the area after hearing sounds of gunshots,...

Plot on to kill Khaleda in jail, alleges BNP

Plot on to kill Khaleda in jail, alleges BNP

-- 2018-09-07 12:40:15

Voicing serious concern over its chairperson's health condition, BNP has alleged that the government is out with an 'evil plan' to kill Khaleda Zia in jail. "The family members of our leader Khaleda...

Cops detain seven drug suspects among 21 in Dinajpur

Cops detain seven drug suspects among 21 in Dinajpur

-- 2018-09-07 11:58:38

Law enforcers in special drives arrested 21 people, including seven suspected drug pedlars, from different areas of Dinajpur district in the last 12-hour until 8:00 am on Friday. Law enforcers also s...

Fire breaks out, kills temple employee in Ctg

Fire breaks out, kills temple employee in Ctg

-- 2018-09-07 11:40:30

A temple employee died of suffocation as a fire broke out at Askar Dighier Par in Chattogram city on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Arun Chakrawarty, 60, accountant of Sree Sree Lokna...

C’nawabganj ‘shootout’ leaves ‘drug pedlar’ dead

C’nawabganj ‘shootout’ leaves ‘drug pedlar’ dead

-- 2018-09-07 11:32:57

A suspected drug pedlar was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Nayadiari in Gomostapur upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Abul Hos...

North Korean hacked Bangladesh Bank: US

North Korean hacked Bangladesh Bank: US

-- 2018-09-07 10:23:56

The US government on Thursday charged and sanctioned a North Korean man in the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware cyberattack and the 2014 cyberassault on Sony Corp, US officials said. The charges, part...

ICC says it has jurisdiction over alleged crimes against Rohingya

ICC says it has jurisdiction over alleged crimes against Rohingya

-- 2018-09-06 22:43:56

The International Criminal Court ruled on Thursday that it has jurisdiction over alleged deportations of Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh as a possible crime against humanity, reports Reuter...

Flower cultivation brings solvency to Bogura farmers

Flower cultivation brings solvency to Bogura farmers

Our Correspondent 2018-09-06 21:12:42

BOGURA, Sept 06: A good number of people in the district have attained financial solvency by cultivating varieties of flower. A decade ago, farmers of Sadar, Shibganj, Shajahanpur and Sherpur upazila...

Muhith won’t contest JS polls

Muhith won’t contest JS polls

-- 2018-09-06 21:03:17

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said he will not contest in the upcoming parliament elections. “I am not contesting elections. I will propose my younger brother MA Momen’s name in...

DMP bans carrying of arms, gathering around JS

DMP bans carrying of arms, gathering around JS

-- 2018-09-06 20:44:52

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposed a ban on carrying all kinds of firearms, explosives and other harmful objects around the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban from Saturday midnight to ensure smooth functioni...

Jatiya Party to contest in 300 constituencies: Ershad

Jatiya Party to contest in 300 constituencies: Ershad

-- 2018-09-06 19:49:22

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday said their party will fill candidates in all the 300 constituencies in the upcoming national election, aiming to return to power for ensuring good governanc...

35pc school students face bullying in Bangladesh: UNICEF

35pc school students face bullying in Bangladesh: UNICEF

-- 2018-09-06 19:35:11

In Bangladesh, 35 per cent students aged between 13 and 15 reported being bullied one or more days in 30 days or involved in a physical fight at least once in 12 months in 2014, says a new report, acc...

Literacy rate reaches 72.9pc

Literacy rate reaches 72.9pc

-- 2018-09-06 19:20:57

The literacy rate in the country is now 72.9 per cent which was 72.3 last year. Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman made the disclosure on Thursday. There are 33.5 million (3.35 cr...

Police arrest 10 over forest guard murder in Chattogram

Police arrest 10 over forest guard murder in Chattogram

-- 2018-09-06 19:05:06

Police on Thursday arrested 10 people, including prime accused Nazrul Islam, in connection with the murder of a forest guard at Bhujpur in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram. Officer-in-charge of Bhuj...

39th special BCS results published

39th special BCS results published

-- 2018-09-06 18:54:27

A total 13,750 doctors qualified in the MCQ type written part of the 39th (Special) Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination . A total 13, 219 candidates have come out successful for assistant surg...

Police submit chargesheet against owners, workers of Jabale Noor

Police submit chargesheet against owners, workers of Jabale Noor

-- 2018-09-06 18:40:28

Police have filed charges against two owners of transport company Jabale Noor and four workers in a case over the deaths of two college students in the Airport Road crash that triggered massive protes...