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Thousands cyclists join Independence Day procession

Thousands cyclists join Independence Day procession

-- 2018-03-26 16:58:25

Thousands of cyclists brought out a colourful cycle procession in Dhaka on Monday on the occasion of the 48th Independence Day. The procession tilted 'Independence Day Ride-2018', was arranged by BD...

ACC chief seeks united effort against corruption

ACC chief seeks united effort against corruption

-- 2018-03-26 16:50:12

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmud has sought a collective effort for preventing corruption to ensure sustainable economic development. "Bangladesh has attained all criteria to gr...

Plane crash survivor Shahin’s condition worsens

Plane crash survivor Shahin’s condition worsens

-- 2018-03-26 16:43:34

The condition of US-Bangla plane crash survivor Shahin Bepari has deteriorated, said a doctor of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).  "The condition of Shahin Bepari, who was under treatment...

Cops arrest three BNP leaders in B’baria

Cops arrest three BNP leaders in B’baria

-- 2018-03-26 15:43:31

Three leaders of district unit BNP, including its general secretary Jahirul Haque Khokon, have been arrested in Brahmanbaria on Monday. Nobir Hossian, Officer-in-Charge of Sadar Model Police Station...

Bicyclist dies in Gazipur road crash

Bicyclist dies in Gazipur road crash

-- 2018-03-26 14:15:56

A 24-year-old man has been killed after a truck hit his bicycle from behind at Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway adjacent to the Fu-Wang factory in Gazipur Sadar upazila. The incident occurred in Hotapara are...

Miscreants stab SUST student dead

Miscreants stab SUST student dead

-- 2018-03-26 13:57:55

A student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) was hacked to death by miscreants in Keane bridge area of in Sylhet early Monday. The deceased has been identified as Mehedi Al Sa...

Get ready to lead country forward, PM asks children

Get ready to lead country forward, PM asks children

-- 2018-03-26 12:49:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on the children and juveniles to get prepared to take the country forward in the future, considering themselves as successors of a victorious nation. “Th...

Google Doodle marks Bangladesh Independence Day

Google Doodle marks Bangladesh Independence Day

-- 2018-03-26 12:15:23

Search engine giant Google has posted a special doodle on its home page, celebrating the 48th Independence and National Day of Bangladesh, just like previous years. The special doodle, dedicated to t...

President, PM pay respects to Liberation War martyrs

President, PM pay respects to Liberation War martyrs

Agencies 2018-03-26 11:32:21

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Dhaka's Savar on Monday morning marking the 48t...

Direct container transport from Korea to Ctg port begins

Direct container transport from Korea to Ctg port begins

Our Correspondent 2018-03-26 10:30:33

A mother vessel carrying containers arrived in the Chittagong port from the Bussan Port of Korea on Saturday, marking the beginning of direct container transportation between the two ports. Businesse...

BB issues new rules on hiring CFO, CITO for banks

BB issues new rules on hiring CFO, CITO for banks

FE Report 2018-03-26 10:00:07

The central bank has introduced a new set of regulations on appointment of chief financial officer (CFO) and chief information technology officer (CITO) of the banks to ensure good governance in the b...

Journalist Rahman Jahangir passes away

Journalist Rahman Jahangir passes away

FE Online Desk 2018-03-26 09:58:03

Veteran journalist Rahman Jahangir has passed away aged around 68. He died at Lab Aid Hospital in Dhaka city at 5 am on Monday, his family says. He was currently editorial consultant of The Financia...

Migration cost spikes on ‘visa trading’

Migration cost spikes on ‘visa trading’

FE Report 2018-03-26 09:49:40

Discussants at a seminar Sunday identified illegal visa trading, influence of local and foreign brokers and vague job and wage agreements as key barriers to ensuring low-cost and safe migration of out...

47 years on, Bangladesh emerges as thriving nation

47 years on, Bangladesh emerges as thriving nation

Asjadul Kibria 2018-03-26 09:25:38

The nation celebrates the 48th Independence and National Day today with Bangladesh emerging as a thriving economy with notable success in many socio-economic indicators. The aspiration of the people...

A wide area of Padma riverbank turns into garbage piles, slums

A wide area of Padma riverbank turns into garbage piles, slums

Our Correspondent 2018-03-26 00:48:52

RAJSHAHI, Mar 25: Nearly 10-kilometre area at the bank of the Padma river surrounding Rajshahi city which was once a place of entertainment and thought as pleasure lovers' paradise, has now has almost...

Commercial duck rearing on the rise in Bogra

Commercial duck rearing on the rise in Bogra

Our Correspondent 2018-03-26 00:48:00

 BOGRA, Mar 25: Many people in the district have attained financial solvency by rearing ducks on commercial basis. A good number of rearers of Dupchanchia, Nandigram, Sherpur, Adamdigghi, Kahalo...

Nation set to celebrate 48th Independence Day

Nation set to celebrate 48th Independence Day

-- 2018-03-25 23:10:08

The nation is set to celebrate the 48th Independence and National Day on Monday with due respect. On March 26, 1971, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared Bangladesh’s...

Cop, wife get life sentence for killing domestic aide

Cop, wife get life sentence for killing domestic aide

-- 2018-03-25 23:05:21

A court on Sunday sentenced an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police and his wife to life imprisonment for killing a housemaid after rape in 2003.   The convicts are ASI Altab Hossain and his...

PM reassures BD support to Palestinian cause

PM reassures BD support to Palestinian cause

-- 2018-03-25 23:00:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated Bangladesh's support to independent Palestine state, saying the brotherly country enjoys a special place in the hearts of the people of Bangladesh. S...

‘VIP car’ used to smuggle Yaba

‘VIP car’ used to smuggle Yaba

-- 2018-03-25 22:56:11

The members of Detective Branch of police on Sunday seized 50,000 pieces of contraband Yaba pills from a Pajero vehicle with VIP flagstand and government sticker from Fakinnirhat area of Karnafuli in...

‘Fellow member’ stabs SUST BCL leader

‘Fellow member’ stabs SUST BCL leader

-- 2018-03-25 22:51:46

A Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) unit leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed allegedly by a fellow on the campus on Sunday. The victim is Zahid Hasan, organising...

Sub-registrar suspended over bribery scandal in Narayanganj

Sub-registrar suspended over bribery scandal in Narayanganj

-- 2018-03-25 20:57:53

A sub-registrar was suspended on Sunday after a video footage of bribe taking by him went viral in social media. The suspended sub-registrar, Eshak Ali Mandal, was working at Araihazar Upazila Land R...

Govt launches e-chalan for smooth passport, NID processing

Govt launches e-chalan for smooth passport, NID processing

-- 2018-03-25 20:39:15

The government has introduced 'e-chalan' to facilitate people to pay fees for passport, police verification and national ID card online which is expected to ensure hassle-free services to the people....

BTRC mulls higher internet prices to curb Facebook ‘addiction’

BTRC mulls higher internet prices to curb Facebook ‘addiction’

-- 2018-03-25 20:36:31

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is planning to set different price rates for internet use, especially for social media sites such as Facebook, in an effort to curb the &ldquo...

Three minor girls drown in Chandpur

Three minor girls drown in Chandpur

-- 2018-03-25 20:30:11

Three minor girls drowned while taking bath in the Meghna River at Ibrahimpur village in Chandpur on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Fatema Akhter, 6, daughter of Swapan Rarhi, Mariam, 6, dau...

Three die in Jessore road crash

Three die in Jessore road crash

-- 2018-03-25 20:26:52

Three people died and seven others were injured as a truck hit a human hauler at Harikhali area of Sharsha upazila in Jessore on Sunday afternoon. The deceased were identified as human-hauler driver...

Law enforcers capable of foiling any militant attack: Minister

Law enforcers capable of foiling any militant attack: Minister

-- 2018-03-25 19:31:03

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said the government has equipped law enforcers with all modern facilities to prevent any type of terrorist and militant attack like the one at Gulshan cafe. "Our la...

Five doctors summoned over decapitating newborn

Five doctors summoned over decapitating newborn

-- 2018-03-25 19:14:24

The High Court (HC) on Sunday summoned five doctors of Comilla Medical College Hospital over the alleged decapitation of a baby during a caesarean operation. The doctors are head of gynaecology Dr...

Work together to break away from middle-income trap: UN to BD

Work together to break away from middle-income trap: UN to BD

-- 2018-03-25 19:02:39

UN assistant secretary general Haoliang Xu has suggested Bangladesh to work together to escape the middle-income trap it faces.  The country should focus on structural transformation, innovation...

Trump lauds Hasina’s leadership in addressing Rohingya crisis

Trump lauds Hasina’s leadership in addressing Rohingya crisis

-- 2018-03-25 18:15:31

US President Donald Trump has lauded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s “personal leadership’ in addressing the Rohingya crisis. In a message to Hasina on Bangladesh’s Independenc...