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People not responding to BNP's call: Obaidul Quader

People not responding to BNP's call: Obaidul Quader

-- 2018-03-11 18:57:08

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader alleged that people are not responding to BNP's call. "They do not have that much of strength now as people are not responding to their call," he said....

Hamid calls for investment, common policy for renewable energy

Hamid calls for investment, common policy for renewable energy

-- 2018-03-11 18:13:05

President Md Abdul Hamid has urged the international community to ensure investment and a common policy to meet the demand for renewable energy. “We need significant funds and cooperative agree...

BPSC to publish 37th BCS final results in April

BPSC to publish 37th BCS final results in April

-- 2018-03-11 18:12:08

The final results of the 37th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations will be published in April. Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) Chairman Dr Mohammad Sadiq confirmed media on Sunday...

500mmcfd LNG supply from Apr 25

500mmcfd LNG supply from Apr 25

-- 2018-03-11 18:09:16

The government is set to supply 500 mmcfd imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the national grid from April 25 to meet the country's growing energy demand, an official said on Sunday. "The first L...

Teesta deal: New Delhi trying to convince Mamata

Teesta deal: New Delhi trying to convince Mamata

-- 2018-03-11 18:04:06

Indian central government is trying to convince West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee regarding the long-awaited Teesta water-sharing deal. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed the m...

One-minute blackout on Mar 25

One-minute blackout on Mar 25

-- 2018-03-11 17:50:02

Bangladesh will observe a one-minute blackout on the night of March 25 in memory of the history's worst brutality carried out by the Pakistani Army on the "Black Night" of March 25, 1971. Home Minist...

Police detain 39 foreign nationals in Cox’s Bazar

Police detain 39 foreign nationals in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-03-11 17:40:50

Police have detained 39 foreign nationals for attempting to enter the Rohingya refugee camps at Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar without proper permissions. Cox’s Bazar Additional Superintendent of...

Two youths found dead in Savar

Two youths found dead in Savar

-- 2018-03-11 17:24:44

Police recovered bodies of two young men from separate places in Savar early Sunday. The deceased were identified as Badal Miah, 20, son of late Siddique Miah of Kaytara village in Mirzapur upazila o...

Man gets life for murder in Thakurgaon

Man gets life for murder in Thakurgaon

-- 2018-03-11 16:58:48

A Thakurgaon court has sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing his neighbour in Baliadangi upazila of the district in 2012. The lifer is Abdul Khalek, 38, son of Rahim Uddin of Mechoni...

Miscreants hack UPDF activist to death in Rangamati

Miscreants hack UPDF activist to death in Rangamati

-- 2018-03-11 15:15:10

A group of miscreants hacked a member of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) dead at his own residence in Rangamati’s Bagaichhari upazila on early Sunday. According to the locals, Nat...

Allocate Tk 7.3b for Rohingyas: PMO

Allocate Tk 7.3b for Rohingyas: PMO

FE Report 2018-03-11 14:34:21

Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the Ministry of Planning (MoP) to allocate Tk 7.30 billion to develop residence and infrastructure for the Rohingya people under Ashrayan project, officials s...

PM Hasina reaches Singapore

PM Hasina reaches Singapore

-- 2018-03-11 14:02:30

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Singapore on a four-day official visit at the invitation of her Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, which left Dhaka a...

HC defers order on Khaleda’s bail plea to Monday

HC defers order on Khaleda’s bail plea to Monday

-- 2018-03-11 13:26:48

The High Court has deferred its order on a petition seeking bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case until Monday. A bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Sh...

Padma Bridge now more visible with third span

Padma Bridge now more visible with third span

-- 2018-03-11 12:30:47

The third span (superstructure) of the Padma Bridge - largest bridge in Bangladesh - has been installed between pillars 39 and 40 on Sunday morning. With the installation of the third span around 8:3...

BGB seizes arms, ammo in C'nawabganj

BGB seizes arms, ammo in C'nawabganj

-- 2018-03-11 11:50:08

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a pistol, magazine and five rounds of bullet from Ajmatpur frontier area under Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Saturday evening. According to BG...

Public subscription of VIPB Growth Fund begins today

Public subscription of VIPB Growth Fund begins today

FE Report 2018-03-11 11:42:49

The public subscription of VIPB Growth Fund, the second open-ended mutual fund of VIPB Asset Management starts today (Sunday). The investors will be able to purchase the units of the VIPB Growth Fund...

Two die in Rangpur road mishap

Two die in Rangpur road mishap

-- 2018-03-11 11:30:54

Two people were killed and seven others injured in a road accident at Islampur on Rangpur-Bogra highway in Mithapukur upazila on Sunday morning. Mozammel Haque, officer-in-charge of Mithapukur Police...

Man dies in city road accident

Man dies in city road accident

-- 2018-03-11 11:01:47

A man was killed and another injured in a road accident in Science Laboratory area in Dhaka early Sunday. The accident took place when a speedy private car hit a rickshaw in the area around 12:30am,...

Stagnant private investment ‘poses a major challenge’

Stagnant private investment ‘poses a major challenge’

FE Report 2018-03-11 10:41:47

A "stagnant" state of private-sector investment as a ratio to GDP (gross domestic product) would stand as one of major challenges facing Bangladesh for smooth transition from the LDC status. Speakers...

PM leaves Dhaka for Singapore

PM leaves Dhaka for Singapore

-- 2018-03-11 09:55:10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka for Singapore on a four-day official visit at the invitation of her Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying...

Anu Mahammad terms Rampal Power Plant death trap for Sundarbans

Anu Mahammad terms Rampal Power Plant death trap for Sundarbans

-- 2018-03-10 21:51:57

Member-secretary of National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports Professor Anu Mohammad on Saturday termed the Rampal Power Plant a death trap for the Sundarbans and the...

Journalist Syed Mahmud in eternal rest

Journalist Syed Mahmud in eternal rest

-- 2018-03-10 20:52:53

Veteran journalist Syed Mahmud was laid to his eternal rest at Azimpur graveyard in the city on Saturday. A large number of journalists joined his namaz-e-janaja on National Press Club (JPC) premises...

Robust structural foundation key to smooth LDC graduation: Experts

Robust structural foundation key to smooth LDC graduation: Experts

FE Online Report 2018-03-10 20:34:00

Bangladesh needs to undertake time-befitting measures to develop a strong structural foundation to graduate from Least Developed Country (LDC) status, said speakers. To build a robust foundation, ma...

BD to fight terrorism, militancy through sports, PM expects

BD to fight terrorism, militancy through sports, PM expects

-- 2018-03-10 20:32:14

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh will fight militancy, terrorism and drug addiction through sports. The Prime Minister came up with the statement while addressing the opening ceremony...

Another worker dies at Jaflong stone quarry

Another worker dies at Jaflong stone quarry

-- 2018-03-10 20:05:51

In the wake of recent tragic deaths at stone quarries, a worker was killed and another injured in a mudslide while they were extracting stones at Jaflong under Goainghat upazila in Sylhet on Saturday....

PM's Singapore tour begins Sunday

PM's Singapore tour begins Sunday

-- 2018-03-10 20:04:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave Dhaka for Singapore on Sunday morning on a four-day official visit. The Prime Minister is visiting the country at the invitation of her Singaporean...

39 writers receive Shishu Academy award

39 writers receive Shishu Academy award

FE Online Report 2018-03-10 20:02:19

Some 39 writers received ‘Agrani Bank-Shishu Academy Children literature’ awards on Saturday for their contribution in several categories. Finance Minister AMA Muhith distributed the awar...

No food shortage during calamities in 2017, minister claims

No food shortage during calamities in 2017, minister claims

-- 2018-03-10 19:43:39

No one suffered from scarcity of food during natural disasters last year as the government ensured sustainable disaster management. Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury...

Three primary school students hurt in Faridpur roof collapse

Three primary school students hurt in Faridpur roof collapse

-- 2018-03-10 19:25:51

Three students of a primary school were injured as roof of an abandoned building collapsed on them in Sadarpur upazila of Faridpur. They were playing under the roof of the building during lunch break...

Police rescue stolen baby from Joypurhat, detain maidservant

Police rescue stolen baby from Joypurhat, detain maidservant

-- 2018-03-10 19:16:52

A baby girl, stolen from Dakhhinkhan of the capital on Friday, was rescued from Jitapur-Hotatpara village in Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat on Saturday. The rescued baby is six-month old Sumaya, daugh...