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Editors to meet standing committee over digital security act

Editors to meet standing committee over digital security act

-- 2018-04-19 20:58:19

Members of Editors' Council, an association of newspapers editors, will meet Parliamentary Standing Committee on Posts, Telecommunications and ICT on April 22 to place their proposals regarding amendm...

Canada PM hails Hasina for handling  Rohingya crisis

Canada PM hails Hasina for handling Rohingya crisis

-- 2018-04-19 20:28:48

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her outstanding leadership in handling the Rohingya crisis.  "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has be...

Cyber criminals can’t escape punishment by deleting contents

Cyber criminals can’t escape punishment by deleting contents

-- 2018-04-19 20:28:33

Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mostafa Jabbar on Thursday warned that cyber criminals would not be spared even if they deleted their contents on social media sites. "The...

President gives assent to five bills

President gives assent to five bills

-- 2018-04-19 20:19:14

President Abdul Hamid on Thursday gave assent to five bills passed in the 20th session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad. The bills are: the "Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Council...

Green group for restricting ship movements in Sundarbans river

Green group for restricting ship movements in Sundarbans river

-- 2018-04-19 20:14:09

Experts at a seminar have called for making the river routes in Sundarbans off-limits for ships carrying oil, chemical, coal and harmful materials. The speakers expressed their concern over the repea...

BD receives $4,530m remittance until April

BD receives $4,530m remittance until April

-- 2018-04-19 20:08:51

Bangladesh sent 2,49,528 workers overseas with employments and received USD $ 4,530.46 million as remittance till April 13 this year that contributed significantly in the socio-economic advancement of...

Anisul assures editors of placing their concerns before committee

Anisul assures editors of placing their concerns before committee

-- 2018-04-19 19:12:12

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said the Editors' Council that steps will be taken to place editors’ recommendations, regarding some sections of the proposed Digital Security Act, before a P...

Hearing on charge framing against Khaleda in Niko graft case May 13

Hearing on charge framing against Khaleda in Niko graft case May 13

-- 2018-04-19 18:53:12

A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed May 13 for holding hearing on framing charges against BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia in Niko graft case. Mahmudul Kabir, judge of Dhaka Special Judge Court-9, set the dat...

Govt yet to take any steps on quota reformation

Govt yet to take any steps on quota reformation

-- 2018-04-19 18:47:08

The government is yet to make any progress in reforming the existing quota system for government jobs, although the Prime Minister announced to abolish it a week ago, according to Senior Public Admini...

Pro-AL panel sweeps DU syndicate polls

Pro-AL panel sweeps DU syndicate polls

-- 2018-04-19 18:18:34

Pro-Awami League 'blue panel' teachers on Thursday swept Dhaka University syndicate, academic council, and finance committee elections by securing 12 posts out of 13. The white panel, backed by BNP...

Free medical services for freedom fighters soon: Minister

Free medical services for freedom fighters soon: Minister

-- 2018-04-19 18:04:44

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq has said the government will launch free medical services for the freedom fighters within a month.  He made the remarks at a rally after inaugura...

Khulna SSC examinee drowns in pond

Khulna SSC examinee drowns in pond

-- 2018-04-19 18:03:06

An SSC examinee drowned in a pond at Boyra Police Lines area in Khulna city on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Sajid Arefin Siddiqi, 15, son of Selim Reza Siddiqi, and he appeared in...

PM digitally clears 13 urgent files

PM digitally clears 13 urgent files

-- 2018-04-19 16:41:30

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is now in London to join the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), has cleared 13 urgent files digitally. "Despite her busy schedule in London, the...

‘Medical negligence’ leads to mother’s death at Rajshahi clinic

‘Medical negligence’ leads to mother’s death at Rajshahi clinic

-- 2018-04-19 16:08:02

A new mother’s alleged death due to ‘negligence of physicians’ sparked tension at a private hospital in Rajshashi on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sultana Begum, 30, wife...

EC likely to amend electoral code of conduct

EC likely to amend electoral code of conduct

-- 2018-04-19 14:21:30

The Election Commission (EC) plans to amend the electoral code of conduct ahead of Gazipur and Khulna city corporation elections. The move comes in response to the ruling party Awami League’s d...

China for smooth polls in Bangladesh

China for smooth polls in Bangladesh

FE Online Report 2018-04-19 12:49:04

China wants the next general election in Bangladesh to be smooth and fair as it has a huge investment here, said Li Guang Zun, economic and commercial counsellor of Chinese Embassy in Dhaka. "We have...

Two get 8-yr jail for Yaba trading

Two get 8-yr jail for Yaba trading

-- 2018-04-19 11:57:53

A court in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday sentenced two people to eight years imprisonment each for possession Yaba tablets. The convicts were identified as Sheikh Absar Kamal, son of late Abul Kashe...

Truck runs over BGB man in Cumilla

Truck runs over BGB man in Cumilla

-- 2018-04-19 11:55:22

A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was killed when a speeding truck ran over him on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chauddagram upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased, Abul Kalam, was a lance na...

Speeding truck kills schoolboy in Jashore

Speeding truck kills schoolboy in Jashore

-- 2018-04-19 11:47:48

A schoolboy was killed as a speedy truck dashed his bicycle on Keshabpur-Boga road in Keshabpur upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Saifuzzaman alias Sumon, a Class-VII stu...

First reverse auction sees no bids accepted

First reverse auction sees no bids accepted

Siddique Islam 2018-04-19 11:25:27

The first reverse auction for buy-back of the government securities was held Wednesday at the central bank headquarters in Dhaka without accepting any bids, officials said. Only three primary dealer...

Cops arrest Jamaat leader in Lakshmipur

Cops arrest Jamaat leader in Lakshmipur

-- 2018-04-19 10:58:44

Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Shamserbad area in the Lakshmipur municipality town in connection with an arson case on Wednesday night. Acting on a tip-off, police raided Pol...

Corporate tax may see cuts, says NBR chief

Corporate tax may see cuts, says NBR chief

FE Report 2018-04-19 10:46:45

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan on Wednesday said the revenue authority will provide necessary trade facilitation to the local electrical and electronic manuf...

Two minor girls die after falling into pond in B’baria

Two minor girls die after falling into pond in B’baria

-- 2018-04-19 10:41:06

Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Boro Bakail village in Brahmanbaria sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Madhu Begum, 7, daughter of Mafiz Mia and Eti Akter, 8, daughter o...

Six Bangladeshis die in Saudi fire

Six Bangladeshis die in Saudi fire

-- 2018-04-19 10:36:11

A fire in the Saudi Arabian city of Ha’il has left at least six expatriate Bangladeshi workers dead and another ‘critically’ injured in a grim repeat of a similar incident that kille...

Quota reform activists demand  withdrawal of cases in a week

Quota reform activists demand withdrawal of cases in a week

-- 2018-04-19 00:23:51

The organisation of students demanding reform of the quota system in government jobs has given the police and Dhaka University (DU) authorities a week's deadline to withdraw the cases over violent cla...

BD wins three major elections in UN

BD wins three major elections in UN

-- 2018-04-18 22:06:02

Bangladesh has won three major elections in the United Nations recently. With this victory, Bangladesh will now represent the Asia-Pacific Group to Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for four y...

Rajshahi litchi growers upbeat about bumper production

Rajshahi litchi growers upbeat about bumper production

Our Correspondent 2018-04-18 21:23:39

RAJSHAHI, Apr 18:  The litchi trees of the district are now full of young fruits.  Due to favourable climatic condition so far, litchi growers of the district are hopeful of a good harvestin...

Water flow in Teesta increases suddenly

Water flow in Teesta increases suddenly

-- 2018-04-18 21:22:30

The water flow in the Teesta River has increased suddenly at the barrage point in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat. The level of water in the river near Teesta Barrage area started to rise from Tues...

Bacterial leaf blast may affect Boro yield  in Bogura

Bacterial leaf blast may affect Boro yield in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2018-04-18 21:22:26

 BOGURA, Apr 18:  A good number Boro paddy growers of the district are worried due to massive attack of bacterial leaf blast disease. Unfavourable weather is the main reason of the disease,...

Road management not responsible for Rajib's death: Obaidul Quader

Road management not responsible for Rajib's death: Obaidul Quader

-- 2018-04-18 20:48:58

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the road management is not responsible for the death of Titumir College student Rajib Hasan. The minister made the remarks on Wednesday referri...