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Coast Guard arrests six Myanmar nationals with Yaba tablets

Coast Guard arrests six Myanmar nationals with Yaba tablets

-- 2018-02-28 21:06:32

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 300,000 pieces of Yaba tablets and arrested six Myanmar nationals from the southeastern side of Chhera dwip near Saint Martin's Island of Teknaf in Cox'sbaza...

Ministry to launch anti-drug info drive Thursday

Ministry to launch anti-drug info drive Thursday

-- 2018-02-28 21:04:02

The Information Ministry on Thursday will start a drive to create social awareness against drug abuse through disseminating information. As part of the drive, a video titled 'Love your life, stay awa...

DSCC mayor urges city dwellers to keep courtyards clean

DSCC mayor urges city dwellers to keep courtyards clean

-- 2018-02-28 20:58:59

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon on Wednesday urged the city dwellers to keep the courtyards clean to prevent the outbreak of dengue and chikungunya. He made the call...

ACC chief for open market management

ACC chief for open market management

-- 2018-02-28 20:10:50

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood stressed the open market management for business friendly environment in the country. He said, "Nowadays, the open market management is ver...

US has no favourite political party in BD: envoy

US has no favourite political party in BD: envoy

-- 2018-02-28 19:14:38

US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat has said her country has no favourite political party and personality in Bangladesh. The United States just expect fair polls in Bangladesh, she said. Bernicat...

Horticulture expo to begin in Khulna, Jhenidah, Jessore

Horticulture expo to begin in Khulna, Jhenidah, Jessore

-- 2018-02-28 18:57:04

A three-phase horticultural exposition will begin in Khulna, Jhenidah and Jessore districts from Thursday. Crosswalk Communications, will organise the fairs with the support of United States Agency f...

Process underway to confiscate property of Bangabandhu’s killers, razakars

Process underway to confiscate property of Bangabandhu’s killers, razakars

FE Online Desk 2018-02-28 18:22:44

The government plans to confiscate the property of Bangabandhu's killers and convicted war criminals and razakars. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said this while responding to a question from a lawmake...

20m women to involve in economic activities

20m women to involve in economic activities

-- 2018-02-28 18:20:46

The government has a plan to involve 20 million women directly in economic activities across the country under a programme of the Women and Children Affairs Ministry. Meher Afroze Chumki, State Mi...

16,286 pass 38th BCS preliminary test

16,286 pass 38th BCS preliminary test

-- 2018-02-28 17:51:04

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) published the results of the preliminary examination of the 38th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS). A total of 16,286 job-seekers have qualified for writt...

Two siblings die of burn injuries in Cox’s Bazar

Two siblings die of burn injuries in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-02-28 17:42:50

Two siblings were burned to death at Eidgaon union under Sadar upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Md Abdullah, 14, and Md Shahriar, 7, sons of Haji Moktar A...

BUP observes Faculty Day

BUP observes Faculty Day

FE Online Desk 2018-02-28 15:24:51

Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) observed the Faculty Day on Tuesday aiming at improving the quality of its teachers for the purpose of implementing its vision set for 2030. It was an ini...

Ctg road crash leaves transport worker dead

Ctg road crash leaves transport worker dead

-- 2018-02-28 15:24:50

A transport worker has been killed and another person injured as a covered van overturned after ramming into a truck at Bhangapul in Mirsarai Upazila in Chittagong on early Wednesday. Inspector Rabiu...

PM asks farmers’ children to embrace family legacy

PM asks farmers’ children to embrace family legacy

-- 2018-02-28 15:09:32

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on the children of farmers to be there in farming profession to utilise their knowledge in a greater way. "There shouldn't be any such attitude that farmers' c...

Pro-AL lawyers win Jamalpur Bar election

Pro-AL lawyers win Jamalpur Bar election

-- 2018-02-28 15:01:12

The pro Awami League lawyers’ forum, Bangabandhu Awami Ainjibi Parishad (BAAP), has clinched victory in the Jamalpur Bar Association (JBA) election. The panel backed by the ruling AL has succes...

DAE eyes bumper wheat production in Panchagarh

DAE eyes bumper wheat production in Panchagarh

-- 2018-02-28 14:27:51

The department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) is optimistic of getting a bumper yield of wheat in Panchagarh during the current season. Owing to the low production cost, farmers’ interest in wh...

Sea swimming may raise illness risk

Sea swimming may raise illness risk

-- 2018-02-28 13:57:31

Swimming in the sea substantially increases the chance of developing stomach bugs, ear aches and other illnesses, researchers have found. The University of Exeter Medical School and Centre for Ecolog...

Blockade on bus services from Dhaka to north via Bogra

Blockade on bus services from Dhaka to north via Bogra

-- 2018-02-28 13:25:49

Transport workers have blocked bus services via Bogra protesting against the shutdown of two transport counters in the capital Dhaka. The association of motor vehicle workers and owners in Dhaka shut...

Road crash kills youth in city

Road crash kills youth in city

-- 2018-02-28 13:12:03

An unidentified youth was killed in a road accident in Kollyanpur area under Darus Salam Police Station in the capital on early Wednesday. Quoting locals, Sub-Inspector Abu Sayed of the Police Statio...

Mill worker dies after getting caught in machine

Mill worker dies after getting caught in machine

-- 2018-02-28 12:25:48

A paper mill worker was killed in his factory when he was caught up in a machine at Roufabad under Bayazid Bostami Police Station of port city Chittagong on Wednesday morning. The deceased has been i...

6 get life for murdering SSC examinee

6 get life for murdering SSC examinee

-- 2018-02-28 12:22:12

A court in Chittagong on Tuesday sentenced six people to life term imprisonment for killing a SSC examinee in Patia upazila in 1991. The court also sentenced another person to five years rigorous imp...

US puts sanctions on BD terror group

US puts sanctions on BD terror group

-- 2018-02-28 10:58:27

The US Treasury Department has added two individuals and seven organisations in Africa and Asia connected to Islamic State to its sanctions list for global terrorism, it said on Tuesday. The Treasury...

Govt to launch automation in migrant workers' recruitment

Govt to launch automation in migrant workers' recruitment

FE Report 2018-02-28 10:48:12

The government has planned to introduce automation system in workers' recruitment to help reduce their migration cost as well as to ensure transparency and accountability in the process. As a part of...

BSEC seeks clarification from DSE on some issues

BSEC seeks clarification from DSE on some issues

Mohammad Mufazzal 2018-02-28 10:28:26

The securities regulator sought clarification from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Tuesday on some clauses of the Chinese consortium's proposal, submitted to the premier bourse to be its strategic part...

FBCCI rejects latest VAT rule amendment

FBCCI rejects latest VAT rule amendment

Doulot Akter Mala 2018-02-28 10:03:01

The apex chamber rejected government-proposed amendments to the existing VAT rules to resolve a standoff as it terms the draft a copycat of the ditched VAT and SD Act 2012. The Federation of Banglade...

C'bazar airport upgradation  cost may swell to Tk 20b

C'bazar airport upgradation cost may swell to Tk 20b

Kamrun Nahar 2018-02-28 00:41:44

The cost of Cox's Bazar Airport upgradation project is likely to reach a staggering Tk 20.16 billion, up from its present estimate of Tk 11.93 billion, as the project cost is awaiting its third revi...

Govt takes project for fencing  borders with India, Myanmar

Govt takes project for fencing borders with India, Myanmar

FE Report 2018-02-28 00:40:28

Bangladesh will fence off some border patches with barbed wire to secure Border Outposts and frontiers with neighbouring India and Myanmar, officials said, apparently following some recent developme...

Construction of Raniganj bridge over Kushiara  going on in Jagannathpur

Construction of Raniganj bridge over Kushiara going on in Jagannathpur

Our Correspondent 2018-02-28 00:35:23

The much talked about Raniganj bridge on the river Kushiara in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj would bring a major shift in the locals communication. It would reduce three hours for travelling from...

Pabna bamboo craft artisans seek loan facility

Pabna bamboo craft artisans seek loan facility

Roving Correspondent 2018-02-28 00:34:29

A good number of people in Charmohor upazila under the district have been making bamboo items from the last three decades. Bamboo craft artisan Akmal Hossain said, "We do not have own land. We work i...

DNCC launches hotline to tackle mosquito menace

DNCC launches hotline to tackle mosquito menace

-- 2018-02-27 21:55:24

In the face of the growing mosquito menace in recent times, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has launched a mobile hotline to take its mosquito-control services to the doorsteps of city-dwellers....

AL's Nizam Hazari to know his MP status March 1

AL's Nizam Hazari to know his MP status March 1

-- 2018-02-27 21:41:32

The High Court will deliver its verdict Thursday (March 1) on a writ petition filed challenging the legality of parliament membership of Awami League MP Nizam Uddin Haza The single bench of Justice M...