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Schoolboy dies in Joypurhat mudslide

Schoolboy dies in Joypurhat mudslide

-- 2018-02-19 10:44:16

A schoolboy was killed in a mudslide while working in a brick kiln in Akkelpur municipality area under Joypurhut district on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Jany Mandol, 13, only son o...

HSIA aborts SI’s air travel sans document

HSIA aborts SI’s air travel sans document

FE Report 2018-02-19 10:28:06

A sub-inspector (SI) of police, Ashikur Rahman, was handed over to the Dhaka range of police after he was detained from a Thai Airways flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). He was...

Auditor detects mismatches in PGCB annual report

Auditor detects mismatches in PGCB annual report

FE Report 2018-02-19 10:07:26

The auditor has identified mismatches in the financial statement of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) for the year ended on June 30, 2017. Following the mismatches, the auditor said on the basi...

Rajshahi Sugar Mills fails to achieve production target

Rajshahi Sugar Mills fails to achieve production target

Our Correspondent 2018-02-19 00:10:37

Even after procuring excessive sugarcane against the target, Rajshahi Sugar Mills has failed to achieve its production target during the current crushing season. As a result, RSM is going to incur a h...

Sand lifting from Jamuna poses erosion threat

Sand lifting from Jamuna poses erosion threat

Our Correspondent 2018-02-19 00:09:08

Unabated sand lifting from the Jamuna is going on in Dhunot upazila of the district. Defying the law and order situation, a section of unscrupulous people have been lifting sands from the river causi...

Construction of new building for Gopalganj Sadar Police nears end

Construction of new building for Gopalganj Sadar Police nears end

Our Correspondent 2018-02-19 00:08:14

GOPALGANJ, Feb 18: Construction of a four-storied building of the Gopalganj Sadar Police Station will be completed soon as 99 per cent work have already been finished. According to the officials of t...

Govt mulls motorcycle unit in all fire service stations

Govt mulls motorcycle unit in all fire service stations

FE Online Desk 2018-02-18 22:04:20

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said that the government has a plan to install motorcycle unit in every fire service station across the country. On Sunday, he said, "The government has a plan to s...

15,919 convicted prisoners in BD: Home Minister

15,919 convicted prisoners in BD: Home Minister

-- 2018-02-18 22:02:26

There are a total of 15,919 convicted prisoners in different jails across the country. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan came up with the information while replying to a starred question from treasury...

Murder suspect dies in ‘shootout’ with police   

Murder suspect dies in ‘shootout’ with police  

-- 2018-02-18 21:37:55

A man, who was arrested for killing his fellow gang member, died in an alleged shootout with police in the capital’s Hatirjheel area on Sunday. Police arrested Nurul Islam with a gun in his p...

Jatiya Party wants Muhith’s retirement right away, not in December

Jatiya Party wants Muhith’s retirement right away, not in December

-- 2018-02-18 21:31:34

A senior Jatiya Party lawmaker has asked the finance minister to go on retirement now, not waiting for December to relieve the nation, taking responsibility of massive damage in the country's economic...

Anisul says court taking reasonable time for publishing Khaleda verdict

Anisul says court taking reasonable time for publishing Khaleda verdict

-- 2018-02-18 21:17:38

The court is taking the reasonable time to prepare the full verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. Law Minister Anisul Huq came up with the remarks on Sund...

Yellow journalism has no positive role: President

Yellow journalism has no positive role: President

-- 2018-02-18 20:48:45

President Abdul Hamid has said that untrue, provocative and yellow journalism can never play positive role for mass people as well as democracy. The President came up with the statement while address...

DU publishes route map to mark Feb 21

DU publishes route map to mark Feb 21

-- 2018-02-18 20:39:04

The 'Ekushey Udjapan Samonnay Committee' on Sunday finalised a route map for regulating public movement to the Central Shaheed Minar on February 21, the historic International Mother Language Day. Th...

BNP says it’ll stand by arrested leaders, activists

BNP says it’ll stand by arrested leaders, activists

-- 2018-02-18 20:19:03

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has decided to stand beside its arrested leaders and activists alongside carrying out a peaceful movement demanding its chairperson Khaleda Zia's release from ja...

Narail UP chairman murder: AL leader, 14 others sued

Narail UP chairman murder: AL leader, 14 others sued

-- 2018-02-18 20:08:17

A case has been filed against 15 people, including a local Awami League leader, in connection with the murder of UP Chairman Latifur Rahman Polash. The case was filed with Lohagora Police Station acc...

Certified copy of Khaleda verdict likely on Monday   

Certified copy of Khaleda verdict likely on Monday  

-- 2018-02-18 19:56:21

Khaleda Zia's counsels are likely to get on Monday a certified copy of the verdict that sentenced the BNP chairperson to five years' imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Khaleda's la...

USA promises continued Rohingya support   

USA promises continued Rohingya support  

-- 2018-02-18 19:49:39

The United States has assured Bangladesh of continuing its political and humanitarian support to help the hosts address the ongoing Rohingya crisis. Deputy Assistant to the US President and Senior...

BNP rules out chance of polls participation sans Khaleda

BNP rules out chance of polls participation sans Khaleda

-- 2018-02-18 19:16:22

A senior BNP leader has said that his party will not participate in the next general election with its chief Khaleda Zia in jail.    BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi sai...

Ministry confirms finding SSC question leak evidence

Ministry confirms finding SSC question leak evidence

-- 2018-02-18 19:08:14

A panel formed by the education ministry has confirmed that the question of a subject was completely leaked during this year's secondary school certificate (SSC) examinations. The body, formed to scr...

Nasrul Hamid receives Spain's highest civil honour

Nasrul Hamid receives Spain's highest civil honour

-- 2018-02-18 18:28:00

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid Bipu has received the "Commitment to the Number of the Civil Merit Order", the highest civil honour of Spain. Spanish Ambassador to...

Govt to issue gazette notification on national building code soon

Govt to issue gazette notification on national building code soon

FE Online Report 2018-02-18 17:50:56

The government is set to issue gazette notification soon as it has finalised national building code. Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said this on Sunday in the...

Albania to follow Bangladesh dev scheme to achieve growth

Albania to follow Bangladesh dev scheme to achieve growth

-- 2018-02-18 17:27:18

Albania has said it could learn a great deal from the development scheme Bangladesh adopted to become a manufacturing export-oriented economy. Deputy Foreign Minister of Albania Etjen Xhafaj made the...

Bangladesh set to enter 4G era on Monday

Bangladesh set to enter 4G era on Monday

-- 2018-02-18 17:10:14

Bangladesh set to enter fourth generation data service era on Monday aiming to ensure fastest network service to mobile phone users. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will han...

UK stars set up anti-harassment fund

UK stars set up anti-harassment fund

-- 2018-02-18 15:29:05

Harry Potter star Emma Watson has donated £1m to a new campaign aimed at helping those affected by harassment. The donation comes as nearly 200 female British and Irish stars have signed an ope...

Southeast Bank inks MoU with PRAN-RFL

Southeast Bank inks MoU with PRAN-RFL

FE Online Desk 2018-02-18 15:10:48

Southeast Bank Limited has recently signed an agreement with PRAN-RFL Group for nationwide distributors’ payment collection. S M Mainuddin Chowdhury, Additional Managing Director of the bank an...

Court issues warrants against 23 BNP men

Court issues warrants against 23 BNP men

-- 2018-02-18 15:10:08

A Dhaka court on Sunday has issued arrest warrants against 23 BNP leaders and activists including the party’s joint secretary general Barkatullah Bulu, journalist leader Shawkat Mahmud, in a sab...

Prime Bank signs participatory agreement with BB

Prime Bank signs participatory agreement with BB

FE Online Desk 2018-02-18 14:40:09

Prime Bank recently signed a participatory agreement with Bangladesh Bank (BB) on the JICA-assisted Foreign Direct Investment Promotion Project. Managing Director& CEO of Prime Bank Rahel Ahmed a...

BNP submits memorandum to DC seeking Khaleda's release

BNP submits memorandum to DC seeking Khaleda's release

-- 2018-02-18 14:10:55

BNP on Sunday submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Dhaka, demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. A BNP delegation, led by its Dhaka district unit preside...

Myanmar seeks info on ARSA

Myanmar seeks info on ARSA

-- 2018-02-18 14:08:56

Myanmar has urged Bangladesh to investigate and provide information about the list of "terrorists and criminals" belonging to the ARSA, which had been previously sent to Bangladesh. Myanmar Union Min...

Sylhet man allegedly hacks wife to death

Sylhet man allegedly hacks wife to death

-- 2018-02-18 13:19:23

A housewife was allegedly hacked to death by her husband at Sonatonpunji village in Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Jahanara Begum (19), wife of ricksh...