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Commercial cow farming gearing up for Eid festival

Commercial cow farming gearing up for Eid festival

-- 2018-08-16 11:51:27

Commercial beef cattle farming has gained prominence in the country targeting the Muslim Eid festival. The country’s cattle farming went through a boom after the supply of cows from India dried...

Pickup van driver, helper die in Sylhet road crash

Pickup van driver, helper die in Sylhet road crash

-- 2018-08-16 11:13:54

A pickup van's driver and helper were killed as the vehicle went out of control and turned upside down on Dhaka-Sylhet road at Lalbar in South Surma upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased have...

'BD not to label Rohingyas as Myanmar nationals'

'BD not to label Rohingyas as Myanmar nationals'

FE Report 2018-08-16 11:08:28

Myanmar claims that Bangladesh has agreed to stop labelling the identity cards it has been issuing Rohingya refugees as "Myanmar National's Registration Card, ' Myanmar media reported on Wednesday. M...

RAB detains ‘drug traders’ with 0.27m Yaba pills in city

RAB detains ‘drug traders’ with 0.27m Yaba pills in city

-- 2018-08-16 11:00:00

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested six suspected drug traders along with 0.27 million (2.7 lakh) pieces of Yaba tablets from the city's Elephant road area. The drive was conducted from...

BPDB to take bids from private cos until Sept 20

BPDB to take bids from private cos until Sept 20

FE Report 2018-08-16 10:42:30

The government has invited bids from potential entrepreneurs to build the country's first waste-based power plant to generate around 5.0 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The state-run Bangladesh Power...

Barisal-Kuakata four-lane upgrade: RHD pushes for approval

Barisal-Kuakata four-lane upgrade: RHD pushes for approval

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-08-16 10:35:05

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has proposed widening of Barisal-Patuakhali-Kuakata highways into four-lane despite, though the condition of the Dhaka-Barisal highways is poor, officials sai...

LoGIC project helps community people adapt to adverse effect  of climate change

LoGIC project helps community people adapt to adverse effect of climate change

FE Desk 2018-08-15 21:05:08

Raniganj union council under Chilmari upazila of Kurigram organised a workshop on 'Validating the climate change risks assessed by the community people' recently, according to a statement. Under the...

Red spinach cultivation brings smile on faces  of Natore farmers

Red spinach cultivation brings smile on faces of Natore farmers

Roving Correspondent 2018-08-15 21:04:16

NATORE, Aug 15: Commercial red spinach cultivation has brought smile on the faces of poor farmers in the district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said an elaborate progr...

Last respects paid to Golam Sarwar in Barishal

Last respects paid to Golam Sarwar in Barishal

-- 2018-08-15 20:47:21

People from all walks of life paid their last respects to Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar, who passed away at a Singapore hospital on Monday night, in Barishal on Wednesday. The body of the renowned jour...

Three die in Kishoreganj road accident

Three die in Kishoreganj road accident

-- 2018-08-15 20:38:32

Three people died in a road accident on Bhairab-Kishoreganj road in Kuliarchar upazila of Kishoreganj on Sunday afternoon. The accident took place when a passenger bus and battery-run auto-rickshaw c...

National Mourning Day observed

National Mourning Day observed

-- 2018-08-15 20:07:44

Nation observed the National Mourning Day on Wednesday with due reverence and solemnity, marking the 43rd anniversary of assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Presi...

PM, family members join milad at Bangabandhu Museum

PM, family members join milad at Bangabandhu Museum

-- 2018-08-15 19:38:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended a milad and doa mahfil in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Wednesday. Bangladesh Mohila Awami League arranged the programme after As...

Govt snatches all basic rights: Fakhrul

Govt snatches all basic rights: Fakhrul

-- 2018-08-15 18:43:29

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the current government snatched all the basic rights of common people alongside the rights of political parties. The BNP leader made...

606 devotees fail to perform Hajj this year: Minister

606 devotees fail to perform Hajj this year: Minister

-- 2018-08-15 18:41:14

A total of 606 people could not fly to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year for various reasons, including illness, death and negligence of hajj agencies, said Religious Affairs Minister Principal M...

RAB rescues 23 fishermen from clutches of robbers

RAB rescues 23 fishermen from clutches of robbers

-- 2018-08-15 18:19:28

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rescued 23 fishermen from the clutches of forest robbers in Marki Canal of Sibla River in the Sundarbans on Wednesday. A suspected robber was killed in a repor...

Tidal surge likely to flood coastal districts

Tidal surge likely to flood coastal districts

-- 2018-08-15 18:06:19

The low-lying areas of the coastal districts and offshore islands and Chars are likely to be inundated by surge height of 2-3 feet above normal astronomical tide under the influence of a monsoon depre...

Police detain two students over spreading rumours

Police detain two students over spreading rumours

-- 2018-08-15 17:59:55

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) members of police have arrested two students, one of a private university and another of a madrasha, from Farmgate and Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka. They are sa...

606 fail to fly to KSA to perform Hajj: Minister

606 fail to fly to KSA to perform Hajj: Minister

-- 2018-08-15 16:53:44

A total of 606 people could not fly to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year for various reasons, including illness, death and negligence of hajj agencies, said Religious Affairs Minister Principal M...

Quota movement: Police nab Eden College student in Sirajganj

Quota movement: Police nab Eden College student in Sirajganj

-- 2018-08-15 16:48:15

Police in a drive arrested a student of Eden college, also a leader of Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council, a platform that led the quota reform movement, from her uncle’s hou...

Authority suspends two cops after accused flees custody

Authority suspends two cops after accused flees custody

-- 2018-08-15 15:58:37

Two policemen of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) were suspended recently over the escape of an accused from their custody. Sub-inspector Fakhrul Islam of Akbar Shah Police Station and Constable...

RAB nabs two drug pedlars in C’nawabganj

RAB nabs two drug pedlars in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-08-15 15:43:28

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two alleged drug traffickers with 2,086 bottles of contraband phensidyl from Dariapur Truck Terminal area under Chapainawabganj sadar upazila Wednesday...

15-km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway

15-km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway

-- 2018-08-15 14:13:30

Hundreds of passengers have been stuck in 15-kilometre-long tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway since Wednesday morning due to slow movement of vehicles ahead of Eid-ul-Azha in Daudkandi area. The t...

Seven cops, two police organisations receive award

Seven cops, two police organisations receive award

-- 2018-08-15 13:42:05

The Rangpur Range of Bangladesh Police has awarded its seven personnel and two organisations with medals in recognition of their professional and organisational excellence in discharging duties. Depu...

Rajshahi road crash leaves three dead

Rajshahi road crash leaves three dead

-- 2018-08-15 13:22:19

At least three people were killed after a bus ploughed through a shop at Naudapara area in Rajshahi city on Wednesday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, sources said. Th...

PM pays homage to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

PM pays homage to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

-- 2018-08-15 12:37:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid rich tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mazar on the occasion of his 43rd martyrdom anniversary. After...

Police constable held with Yaba pills in Khulna

Police constable held with Yaba pills in Khulna

-- 2018-08-15 11:33:56

A police constable was arrested along with Yaba tablets from a residential hotel in Khulna city on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Pritam Mandal, a constable of Khulna Metropolitan Poli...

DU gets largest portrait of Bangabandhu installed

DU gets largest portrait of Bangabandhu installed

-- 2018-08-15 11:25:14

Bangladesh Charushilpi Sangsadon Tuesday installed a 43-foot high portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhaka University's famous Teacher-Student Center (TSC) paying tribute to the nation's...

President, PM pay respects to Bangabandhu

President, PM pay respects to Bangabandhu

-- 2018-08-15 10:22:30

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday led the nation in paying homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the 43rd anniversary of his martyr...

StanChart launches new home finance solution

StanChart launches new home finance solution

FE Report 2018-08-15 09:58:59

The Standard Chartered has recently introduced its new variant of home finance solution called 'MortgageOne' in the Bangladesh market. Under this new home loan scheme, the customer's loan account i...

BHBFC seeks govt nod to cut flat loan interest rate to 9.0pc

BHBFC seeks govt nod to cut flat loan interest rate to 9.0pc

Syful Islam 2018-08-15 09:53:46

The Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) has sought the government's approval to reduce the interest rate on flat purchase loans to 9.0 per cent, officials said. Presently, the rat...