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Nat’l Moon Sighting Committee meets Saturday

Nat’l Moon Sighting Committee meets Saturday

-- 2018-07-12 19:11:26

A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held on Saturday (July 14) to review the information on the appearance of the new moon of the holy month of Zilqad of 1,439 Hijri. The meetin...

Editors acknowledge need for safety protocol

Editors acknowledge need for safety protocol

-- 2018-07-12 18:31:54

Editors, journalists, academics and activists on Thursday recognised the need for a common framework of guideline towards better safety and security of journalists in the context of increasing threats...

Five get life term in Netrakona double murder case

Five get life term in Netrakona double murder case

-- 2018-07-12 18:10:01

A Netrokona court on Thursday sentenced five people to life term imprisonment in a case over killing a man and his son over a land dispute at Rupchandrapur village in Atpara upazila in 2011. The life...

BNP to participate next election, CEC hopes

BNP to participate next election, CEC hopes

-- 2018-07-12 17:52:59

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda hopes the BNP will participate in the next general election. "Still, I hope BNP will participate in the next general election...we'll hold an inclusive...

No more 2001-like election, Obaidul Quader says

No more 2001-like election, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2018-07-12 17:49:14

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the dream for a ‘2001-like blueprint election’ will never be fulfilled. The Road Transport and Bridges Minister, came up with the re...

Bangladesh Ambassador meets Colombian President

Bangladesh Ambassador meets Colombian President

-- 2018-07-12 16:58:22

Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Mohammad Ziauddin presented the Letters of Credence as the non-resident Ambassador to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at the Presidential Palace at Bogota in Co...

Oli Ahmed’s car comes under attack

Oli Ahmed’s car comes under attack

-- 2018-07-12 16:53:34

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president Colonel (rtd) Oli Ahmed's car was vandalised on Wednesday at Chandina of Cumilla on Thursday. Unidentified people hurled brickbats at Oli Ahmed's car, breakin...

Indian envoy calls on Prime Minister

Indian envoy calls on Prime Minister

-- 2018-07-12 15:45:19

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla made a curtsey call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office in the capital on Thursday. They discussed the progress of the projects...

Eight mugged by ‘doping gang’

Eight mugged by ‘doping gang’

-- 2018-07-12 15:27:07

Eight passengers were mugged after being doped allegedly by gang members on Dhaka-Tangail Highway at Kharajora in Kaliakoir upazila early Thursday. Dr Prabir Kumar, the resident medical officer of Ka...

Dhaka-KL to sign MoU on defence training

Dhaka-KL to sign MoU on defence training

-- 2018-07-12 15:12:25

Bangladesh and Malaysia are preparing to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on defence training and technical cooperation. PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the m...

Khaleda’s bail in graft case extended until July 19

Khaleda’s bail in graft case extended until July 19

-- 2018-07-12 15:02:18

The High Court has extended the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia until July 19 in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The HC bench of Justice M. Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed...

Rivals stab man to death in Naogaon

Rivals stab man to death in Naogaon

-- 2018-07-12 14:20:04

A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his rivals in Dosoti village of Manda upazila in Naogaon on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Taijul Islam, 45, son of Saber Mandal of the villag...

BGB-BGP talks end with better border security promise

BGB-BGP talks end with better border security promise

-- 2018-07-12 13:40:16

The conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) ended in Dhaka on Thursday where delegations from both sides agreed to prevent transnational crimes, enhance...

Apex court asks HC to hear Khaleda’s review plea

Apex court asks HC to hear Khaleda’s review plea

-- 2018-07-12 12:47:33

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has asked the High Court to start the hearing on the review petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia against a lower court verdict sentencing five year...

Light to moderate rain likely to occur in 24hrs

Light to moderate rain likely to occur in 24hrs

-- 2018-07-12 11:56:37

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind and lightning flashes is likely to occur at some places across the country in the next 24-hour ending 9 am Frida...

DU denies campus ban for outsiders, blames media

DU denies campus ban for outsiders, blames media

-- 2018-07-12 11:47:33

In a dramatic reversal to its announcement barring unauthorised outsiders on the campus that drew spectacular assaults, the Dhaka University now says it made no such announcement. It rather blames th...

‘Robber’ dies in Jhenaidah ‘shootout’

‘Robber’ dies in Jhenaidah ‘shootout’

-- 2018-07-12 11:31:12

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Purundapur village of Maheshpur upazila in Jhenaidah early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Nurul Islam alias Nur Dakat, 48...

India sends back Khaleda’s British lawyer from airport

India sends back Khaleda’s British lawyer from airport

-- 2018-07-12 10:50:03

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's legal consultant Lord Alexander Carlile was denied entry into India on Wednesday for not having obtained the appropriate Indian visa. Carlile, a British national, arrive...

Three minor boys drown in Sherpur

Three minor boys drown in Sherpur

-- 2018-07-12 10:37:36

Three minor boys drowned in a water body at Kauner char in Sribordi upazila of Sherpur on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Nur Mohammad, 7, son of Fakir Ali, Mohammad Ali, 7, son of S...

Trade bodies protest SRO over e-tracking tech in Ctg port

Trade bodies protest SRO over e-tracking tech in Ctg port

Pankaj Dastider 2018-07-12 10:29:35

A regulatory order issued by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) for introducing electronic sealing and locking of containers or vehicles carrying cargoes from the Chittagong port to nearby off-docks...

BHBFC sets higher loan disbursement target

BHBFC sets higher loan disbursement target

SM Najmus Sakib 2018-07-12 10:20:43

The Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) has set the loan disbursement target at Tk 6.0 billion for fiscal year 2018-19. The state-run corporation set the target at its executive boa...

Corruption key barrier to improving business climate

Corruption key barrier to improving business climate

FE Report 2018-07-12 10:12:47

Corruption, low tax-GDP ratio and unnecessary regulations are major impediments to improving business climate in Bangladesh, said US ambassador Marcia Bernicat on Wednesday. She underlined the need f...

Khaleda, Goyeshwar face arrest warrant

Khaleda, Goyeshwar face arrest warrant

-- 2018-07-11 23:15:41

A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrant against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and her party’s standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy in a defamation case. The case was filed over m...

TIB urges President to appoint CAG immediately

TIB urges President to appoint CAG immediately

-- 2018-07-11 21:44:23

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged President Md Abdul Hamid to appoint the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) immediately. In a press statement, TIB Executive Director Dr If...

Pheromone trap use boosting vegetable production in Bogura

Pheromone trap use boosting vegetable production in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2018-07-11 21:40:24

BOGURA, July 11: Pheromone trap is smoothly boosting fresh vegetable production in Bogura district. Meanwhile, by dint of the method the farmers are being succeeded to reduce production cost as a res...

Slow progress in paddy procurement  in Sunamganj, Habiganj

Slow progress in paddy procurement in Sunamganj, Habiganj

Our Correspondent 2018-07-11 21:39:10

SYLHET, July 11: Farmers in Sylhet region are in great trouble for not getting fair price of paddy at open market. Normally paddy price go up a little due to easy transportation by boat in rural areas...

'No scope to reform 30pc FF quota'

'No scope to reform 30pc FF quota'

-- 2018-07-11 21:29:54

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has said there is no scope to reform 30 per cent quota for freedom fighters in government service due to a legal obligation. The minister came up wi...

JS passes Power & Energy (Amendment) Bill

JS passes Power & Energy (Amendment) Bill

-- 2018-07-11 20:40:07

The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Wednesday passed the 'Speedy Supply of Power and Energy (Special Provision) (Amendment) Bill, 2018', extending some provisions of the existing law by three years. The bill...

Teachers, employees end hunger strike

Teachers, employees end hunger strike

-- 2018-07-11 20:31:46

Teachers and employees of non-MPO educational institutions called off their hunger strike on Wednesday. They took the decision after getting government's assurance to fulfil the demand of enlisting t...

RAB arrests ‘militant’ in Manikganj

RAB arrests ‘militant’ in Manikganj

-- 2018-07-11 20:27:23

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Singair upazila in Manikganj on Wednesday. The arrestee was identified as...