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North region to face acute power shortage from Monday

North region to face acute power shortage from Monday

-- 2018-07-22 21:09:23

The north region is likely to experience unusual power problems from Monday as the authorities concerned are going to shut down the third and last unit of Barapukuria Coal-fired Thermal Power Plant....

Charge sheet of Holey Artisan attack Monday

Charge sheet of Holey Artisan attack Monday

-- 2018-07-22 21:03:38

The charge sheet in the case filed over the terror attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery will be submitted to a court on Monday. Chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Md Monirul Isla...

Bangladesh advances nine notches in e-govt survey

Bangladesh advances nine notches in e-govt survey

-- 2018-07-22 20:57:16

Bangladesh has been ranked 115th in the United Nations E-Government Survey 2018 among the 193 countries.  The country has moved up nine places from its previous 124th position in 2016. Access t...

HC order on Khaleda’s bail plea Monday

HC order on Khaleda’s bail plea Monday

-- 2018-07-22 20:36:37

The High Court is scheduled to deliver its order on Monday on a bail petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed over an arson attack in Cumilla. The High Court bench of Justice AKM...

Freedom fighters to get free healthcare at govt hospitals

Freedom fighters to get free healthcare at govt hospitals

-- 2018-07-22 19:51:25

Freedom fighters will get medical treatment at all government and specialised hospitals at free and/or minimal cost. To this end, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry o...

DC conference to begin July 24

DC conference to begin July 24

-- 2018-07-22 19:26:11

Three-day conference of Deputy Commissioners (DCs), an annual meeting of the heads of district administrations with the policymakers of the government, will begin on July 24 in the capital. Prime Min...

AL central committee to meet Monday

AL central committee to meet Monday

-- 2018-07-22 18:56:29

Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) sits in a meeting on Monday with AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The meeting will be held at 6pm at the Prime Minister's off...

Internet speed to be slow on July 25-30

Internet speed to be slow on July 25-30

-- 2018-07-22 18:46:39

Internet users may experience slow internet speed on July 25-30 due to the repair work on the submarine cable, SEA-ME-WE-4. Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) Managing Director Mashiu...

Two kids drown in Chandpur

Two kids drown in Chandpur

-- 2018-07-22 18:44:28

Two children drowned in a pond in Badda area under Hajiganj upazila in Chandpur on Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Akib Patwari, 4, son of Barkat Patwari, and his cousin Tanisha Aktar, 5...

Road crashes leave three dead in Rajshahi

Road crashes leave three dead in Rajshahi

-- 2018-07-22 18:37:07

Three people were killed in separate road accidents at Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Emadad Hossain Chandu, 50, son of Emaj Uddin of Faradpur village in Goda...

11.6m animals ready for Eid slaughtering: Govt

11.6m animals ready for Eid slaughtering: Govt

-- 2018-07-22 18:21:09

The government says Bangladesh has a total of 11.6 million cows, buffaloes, goats and sheep ready for Eid slaughtering. Of them, 4.457 million are cows and buffaloes, while 7.1 million are goats and...

Entrust efficient, patriotic officers with higher commands: PM

Entrust efficient, patriotic officers with higher commands: PM

-- 2018-07-22 18:18:12

Prime Minister Sehikh Hasina has asked army to entrust skilled, efficient and patriotic officers with its higher commands for continued constitutional democracy and pace of development. The Prime Min...

Amar Desh editor hurt in ‘BCL attack’

Amar Desh editor hurt in ‘BCL attack’

-- 2018-07-22 18:13:20

The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) allegedly carried out an attack on Bangla daily Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman on Kushtia court premises on Sunday after the court...

Dreadful situation prevails in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barishal: BNP

Dreadful situation prevails in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barishal: BNP

-- 2018-07-22 18:06:43

BNP on Sunday alleged that a dreadful situation has been created in Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barishal cities ahead of July 30 polls due to the 'wholesale' arrest of the polling agents of its mayoral candi...

'Climate change problems should get priority for agriculture'

'Climate change problems should get priority for agriculture'

-- 2018-07-22 17:31:36

President Abdul Hamid has said climate change-related problems should be solved on a priority basis to maintain the achievements in the agriculture sector and take the successes forward. The Presiden...

Three-day fish fair starts in city

Three-day fish fair starts in city

-- 2018-07-22 17:04:46

A three-day fish fair began at city’s Krishibid Institute Bangladesh (KIB) Sunday. The Department of Fisheries (DoF) under the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock organised the ‘Fish Fair...

Murder suspect of Bangladeshi store owner in Florida surrenders

Murder suspect of Bangladeshi store owner in Florida surrenders

-- 2018-07-22 16:42:22

A suspect in the murder of a Bangladeshi man, the father of two high school students who survived the shooting in Parkland, Florida, has turned himself in to police, according to US media reports. Th...

Quader dismisses BNP’s election conditions

Quader dismisses BNP’s election conditions

-- 2018-07-22 16:32:51

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has dismissed the conditions the BNP announced for its participation in the upcoming general election. Bangladesh will not agree to any provisions before...

Three-wheeler crushes minor in C’nawabganj

Three-wheeler crushes minor in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-07-22 16:10:12

A minor boy was killed as a three-wheeler hit him from behind at Kollyanpurarea in Chapainawabganj district town on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Abdulla Al Huzaifa, 1.5 years old an...

Cops recover two bodies in Gaibandha

Cops recover two bodies in Gaibandha

-- 2018-07-22 13:38:47

Police recovered the bodies of a man and an auto-rickshaw driver from Sadullapur and Polashbari upazila in Gaibandha on Sunday. Borhan Uddin, officer-in-charge of Sadullapur Police Station, said loca...

Police arrest BNP leader over bombing on Bulbul rally

Police arrest BNP leader over bombing on Bulbul rally

-- 2018-07-22 13:28:57

Police have arrested Rajshahi BNP General Secretary Motiur Rahman Montu in a case filed over the crude bomb attack on a rally of the party's mayoral candidate Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul. A joint team of...

Thrust on land ports' capacity-building

Thrust on land ports' capacity-building

FE Report 2018-07-22 13:17:04

The trade prospects between Bangladesh and India are being hindered by some challenges including lack of capacity in the land customs ports, non-payment issue of an Indian company and non-tariff barri...

RAB raids weapons factory in Cox’s Bazar; arrests two

RAB raids weapons factory in Cox’s Bazar; arrests two

-- 2018-07-22 12:43:20

The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has detained two men in a raid on a weapons factory in Cox’s Bazar’s Maheshkhali upazila. The detainees were involved in making and selling weapons, RAB...

Fire guts BAU celebration stage

Fire guts BAU celebration stage

-- 2018-07-22 11:53:34

A fire gutted the stage built for the celebration of the 57th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) on Saturday night. President Abdul Hamid is scheduled to attend the prog...

Bus rams into auto-rickshaw in Rangpur, killing four

Bus rams into auto-rickshaw in Rangpur, killing four

-- 2018-07-22 11:15:12

At least four people have been killed when a Thakurgaon-bound bus rammed into an auto-rickshaw on Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Hajirhat area of Rangpur city on Sunday morning. Two of the deceased were...

Advocacy group decries BGMEA's wage proposal

Advocacy group decries BGMEA's wage proposal

FE Report 2018-07-22 10:51:43

A foreign anti-sweatshop advocacy group has strongly condemned the owners' minimum monthly wage proposal for ready-made garment (RMG) workers in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Expor...

LNG FSRU still awaiting tying up with pipeline

LNG FSRU still awaiting tying up with pipeline

M Azizur Rahman 2018-07-22 10:44:18

The quantity of LNG (liquefied natural gas) imported by state-owned Petrobangla is diminishing everyday due to 'boil-off' and 'evaporation' as the expensive fuel has been stranded in the Bay for aroun...

Indo-Bangla Pharma revises IPO schedule again

Indo-Bangla Pharma revises IPO schedule again

FE Report 2018-07-22 10:42:45

Indo-Bangla Pharmaceuticals has again revised the schedule of IPO (initial public offering) subscription. As per the revised schedule, the company’s public subscription will start on August 9 a...

Indigenous fish species on the verge of extinction

Indigenous fish species on the verge of extinction

Our Correspondent 2018-07-21 21:24:15

MAGURA, July 21: Once the district was enriched by varieties of fishes. History tells the district was named Magura due to abundant production of Magur fish in the open waterbodies. But the scenario h...

Rough weather disrupts ferry services on Padma

Rough weather disrupts ferry services on Padma

-- 2018-07-21 21:02:11

Strong current due to rough weather continued disrupting ferry services on two major routes on the River Padma on Saturday, inflicting miseries to passengers and truckers. Thousands of passengers to...