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Reckless driving victim Rajib on life support

Reckless driving victim Rajib on life support

-- 2018-04-10 10:03:05

Government Titumir College student Rajib Hasan who got his right arm lost being pressed between two buses in the capital has been kept on life support at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Rajib...

Power and Energy Ministry’s internship to be raised to 500: Nasrul Hamid

Power and Energy Ministry’s internship to be raised to 500: Nasrul Hamid

-- 2018-04-09 21:26:45

The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) will increase the number of internship for students to 500 soon. "We hope, shortly we will be able to raise the internship to 500," State M...

Rangpur sajina growers eye more profit this season

Rangpur sajina growers eye more profit this season

Our Correspondent 2018-04-09 21:00:40

RANGPUR, Apr 09: The sajina (drumstick) growers of the district are in joyous mood as they have been witnessing a congenial weather condition this year which made them hopeful about attaining an excel...

Root rot, fungal diseases hamper betel leaf farming

Root rot, fungal diseases hamper betel leaf farming

Our Correspondent 2018-04-09 20:59:55

MAGURA, Apr 09: A good number of betel leaf growers of the district are in difficult situation due to root rot and fungal diseases of the plants. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Magura...

Police arrest five over 'gang-rape' on bus

Police arrest five over 'gang-rape' on bus

-- 2018-04-09 20:30:45

Five people, including a bus driver and his assistant, were arrested in connection with the 'gang-rape' of a garment worker on a bus at Kachmach in Dhamrai on Dhaka-Aricha Highway. The arrestees are...

BD sent 51,98,914 workers abroad in 9 yrs: Minister

BD sent 51,98,914 workers abroad in 9 yrs: Minister

-- 2018-04-09 20:13:12

A total of 51,98,914 male and female Bangladeshi workers were sent abroad from 2009 to 2017. Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam BSc made the disclosure while replying t...

Govt e-mail mandatory for civil servants in correspondence

Govt e-mail mandatory for civil servants in correspondence

-- 2018-04-09 19:52:20

The cabinet has given approval to the drafts of a number of acts, including the 'Government E-mail Policy-2018,' making it mandatory for civil servants to use official domain during e-mail corresponde...

Cabinet okays new agro regulation bill

Cabinet okays new agro regulation bill

-- 2018-04-09 19:51:50

The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of 'The Agriculture Produce Markets Regulation Bill, 2018' toughening punishment for violation of the law. The approval was given at the regular...

Zafar Iqbal supports quota reformation to protect FFs’ honour

Zafar Iqbal supports quota reformation to protect FFs’ honour

-- 2018-04-09 19:48:53

Renowned writer Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal has said that quota reform is needed to protect the honour of freedom fighters. "The quota ratio in our country is not appropriate," said the Professor of Shah...

BNP backs reform of quota system

BNP backs reform of quota system

-- 2018-04-09 19:07:33

BNP on Monday termed justified the demand of demonstrating students and job-seekers for reform of the existing quota system in government service. Speaking at an emergency press conference at the par...

Nahid condemns attack on DU VC’s house

Nahid condemns attack on DU VC’s house

-- 2018-04-09 19:04:41

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has condemned the attack on the residence of the Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor. The minister said legal action will be taken against the attackers. Nurul Isla...

Quota reformation demo to remain postponed until May 7

Quota reformation demo to remain postponed until May 7

FE Online Desk 2018-04-09 18:46:18

The demonstration demanding reformation in existing quota system for public service will remain postponed until May 7. The decision was taken at a meeting with 20 representatives of the protesters at...

Pro-BNP physicians demand 'proper medical tests' for Khaleda

Pro-BNP physicians demand 'proper medical tests' for Khaleda

-- 2018-04-09 18:20:48

Pro-BNP doctors have said that detained BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia needs proper medical tests. They also alleged that Khaleda's physical problems cannot be diagnosed with some 'simple medical tests'...

BTCL’s Nilkhet exchange disconnected from phone, internet service

BTCL’s Nilkhet exchange disconnected from phone, internet service

-- 2018-04-09 17:57:31

About 713 telephone lines and internet services of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) under Nilkhet Exchange got disconnected due to cutting of underground optical fibre. The clien...

PM asks to review existing quota system

PM asks to review existing quota system

FE Online Desk 2018-04-09 17:56:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the Ministry of Public Administration to scrutinise existing quota system in public service. The Prime Minister gave the direction at Monday's cabinet meetin...

WB practice manager to visits CPTU on Tuesday

WB practice manager to visits CPTU on Tuesday

FE Online Desk 2018-04-09 17:12:54

Elmas Arisoy, World Bank’s Practice Manager for Solutions and Innovations in Procurement, will visit Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) in Dhaka on Tuesday. The CPTU works under Implemen...

Obaidul Quader sits with anti-quota demonstrators

Obaidul Quader sits with anti-quota demonstrators

FE Online Report 2018-04-09 16:57:44

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has started a meeting with 20 representatives of the protesters, who are demanding quota reform in government jobs, at secretariat. According to bdnews24...

Quota reform movement spreads countrywide

Quota reform movement spreads countrywide

-- 2018-04-09 14:44:54

Students demanding reforms to the civil service quota system have again taken up positions on the Dhaka University campus and continued protests after overnight clashes with police and Chhatra League...

AL factional clash leaves UP member dead

AL factional clash leaves UP member dead

-- 2018-04-09 14:35:32

A factional clash of Awami League at Atalia village in Terokhada upazila in Khulna has left a union parishad member dead and four people, including two women, injured on Monday morning. The deceased...

India assures Bangladesh of progress on Teesta deal

India assures Bangladesh of progress on Teesta deal

-- 2018-04-09 14:18:19

Bangladesh is ‘happy’ over India’s position on the Rohingya refugee issue and its progress on the pending Teesta water sharing deal, Foreign Secretary Md Shahdiul Haque says after a...

DB detains four ‘question leakers’

DB detains four ‘question leakers’

-- 2018-04-09 12:42:40

Detectives have arrested four people from Dhaka's Uttara area for their alleged involvement in HSC question paper leak. A team of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police conducted a drive in th...

Attackers aimed to kill him, says DU VC

Attackers aimed to kill him, says DU VC

-- 2018-04-09 12:23:31

Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman said the late night attack on his residence is not connected to the quota reform protests, but was an attempt to murder him. The masked attacker...

India to provide Tk 640m grant for three projects

India to provide Tk 640m grant for three projects

-- 2018-04-09 10:57:19

The government of India will provide around Tk 640 million as grant to Bangladesh for the implementation of three small projects related to primary education, CHT region and road infrastructures, repo...

Rape accused dies in 'gunfight' with RAB

Rape accused dies in 'gunfight' with RAB

-- 2018-04-09 10:44:07

An accused in a rape case was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Kholadanga Mandalgati in Sadar upazila of Jashore on Monday. The deceased was identified as...

Women entrepreneurs seek three-year tax holiday

Women entrepreneurs seek three-year tax holiday

FE Report 2018-04-09 10:34:50

The Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) has proposed granting a three-year tax holiday for the startups run by women while the India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (...

Raise savings tools’ investment ceiling

Raise savings tools’ investment ceiling

FE Report 2018-04-09 10:28:39

Government secretaries have requested the finance minister to raise the ceiling on investment in savings tools to help them during their old age, sources said. They made the request at a pre-budget d...

Rajshahi mango production  likely to increase this season

Rajshahi mango production likely to increase this season

Our Correspondent 2018-04-08 22:04:35

RAJSHAHI, Apr 08: The production of mango in Rajshahi district is likely to increase during the current year. Sources said the number of mango trees has been increased this year, the climatic conditi...

Bill placed to bring meteorological dept under legal framework

Bill placed to bring meteorological dept under legal framework

-- 2018-04-08 21:25:18

A bill titled 'Abhawa Bill, 2018', first-ever legal framework in the country to deal with the issues relating to the meteorological activities, was placed in Parliament on Sunday. Law Minister Anisul...

Gulshan Plaza catches fire

Gulshan Plaza catches fire

FE Online Report 2018-04-08 20:52:19

A fire broke out at a shopping centre, Gulshan Plaza, at Gulshan area of Dhaka at around 7.25pm on Sunday. Duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters Ataur Rahman said at least 5 fir...

Police disperse anti-quota protesters from Shahbagh

Police disperse anti-quota protesters from Shahbagh

-- 2018-04-08 20:41:49

Police dispersed the job seekers and university students from Shahbagh intersection on Sunday evening, nearly five hours after they blocked the intersection demanding reforms of the existing quota sys...