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Eric Dane, Rebecca to end 14-year marriage

Eric Dane, Rebecca to end 14-year marriage

-- 2018-02-18 13:06:56

Actor Rebecca Gayheart has filed for divorce from former 'Grey's Anatomy' star Eric Dane after 14 years of marriage. According to court documents, the actor, best known for films such as 'Jawbreaker'...

Man held over Chittagong gun attack on police

Man held over Chittagong gun attack on police

-- 2018-02-18 13:01:55

Police have arrested a young man for opening fire on a police checkpoint in Chittagong. The latest arrests made on Sunday takes the number of arrestees to six over the incident that left an assistant...

RAB arrests three JMB suspects with explosives

RAB arrests three JMB suspects with explosives

-- 2018-02-18 12:56:01

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three suspected activists of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Bilshahar village in Tanore upazila of Rajshahi district...

PM to inaugurate 29 projects in Rajshahi

PM to inaugurate 29 projects in Rajshahi

-- 2018-02-18 12:10:21

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate 20 development projects and lay foundation stones of nine others during her visit to Rajshahi on February 22. Rajshahi City Awami League Preside...

JU three-day art camp begins

JU three-day art camp begins

-- 2018-02-18 10:59:56

A three-day long art camp began on the campus of Jahangirnagar University on Saturday. Department of Fine Arts in association with the Indian High Commission in Dhaka arranged the programme for the s...

IPO subscription of Advent Pharma closes tomorrow

IPO subscription of Advent Pharma closes tomorrow

FE Report 2018-02-18 10:26:10

The IPO (initial public offering) subscription of Advent Pharma will close tomorrow (Monday). The company opened its IPO subscription on February 11. The Bangladesh Securities & Exchange Commiss...

Khaleda not to appear before court for Barapukuria case hearing

Khaleda not to appear before court for Barapukuria case hearing

-- 2018-02-17 23:41:32

A senior jail official has said they are not taking Khaleda Zia to court on Sunday for the hearing of another graft case. The Special Judge’s Court No. 2 of Dhaka is scheduled to hear the Barap...

27 unauthorised brickfields in operation in Lama

27 unauthorised brickfields in operation in Lama

Our Correspondent 2018-02-17 23:35:11

 Drum chimney and rigid chimney are being used in 27 brickfields openly in Lama upazila of the hilly Bandarban district. These hills have been developed in violation of policy of the forest and i...

Boro cultivation going on in full  swing in Sylhet, Netrakona

Boro cultivation going on in full swing in Sylhet, Netrakona

Our Correspondent 2018-02-17 23:34:39

Boro farming is going on in full swing in Sylhet region. A good number of farmers will continue the paddy cultivation till mid-March, an official said, adding, there is a possibility to exceed the ta...

Rohingya kids’ yearning for friends, home

Rohingya kids’ yearning for friends, home

UNB 2018-02-17 23:12:34

More than 1,300 children have received psychosocial support from the UN migration agency - IOM in Cox's Bazar since September 2017. Children account for around 60 per cent refugees who fled 'industri...

BD to hold free, fair polls in favourable environment: UN hopes

BD to hold free, fair polls in favourable environment: UN hopes

-- 2018-02-17 22:23:30

United Nations has expressed optimism that a favourable climate will be created in Bangladesh to hold a free and fair election. UN Secretary-General’s Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, "...like...

BNP eyes ‘90s-like synchronised movement to ‘restore’ democracy

BNP eyes ‘90s-like synchronised movement to ‘restore’ democracy

-- 2018-02-17 21:53:45

Country’s main opposition party is looking for a way to launch a synchronised movement that is similar to the early 90s protest against then president Hussain Muhammad Ershad.  The aim of...

Bangladesh establishes formal ties with Kosovo

Bangladesh establishes formal ties with Kosovo

-- 2018-02-17 21:50:16

Bangladesh has established formal diplomatic ties with Kosovo through signing a Joint Communiqué on Friday. Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Masud Bin Momen and Con...

Rohingyas see no enabling atmosphere to return, immediate repatriation ‘unlikely’

Rohingyas see no enabling atmosphere to return, immediate repatriation ‘unlikely’

-- 2018-02-17 21:48:20

Rohingya people’s repatriation may take further time as verification of first-batch Rohingya list, handed over by Bangladesh, now 'depends on Myanmar' as there is no specific timeframe to comple...

Ekushey Book Fair becomes friends’ rendezvous

Ekushey Book Fair becomes friends’ rendezvous

-- 2018-02-17 21:30:12

Amar Ekushey Book Fair has turned out to be a grand meeting place for friends of different ages, neighbourhoods and educational institutions. In a great ambience that the Ekushey Book Fair offers, fr...

Man dies in Badda gun attack

Man dies in Badda gun attack

-- 2018-02-17 21:10:04

A man died hours after sustaining injuries in a gun attack at Merul Badda area in Dhaka on Saturday. Police arrested one of the suspected attackers with a revolver at Hatirjheel after the attack ar...

PM returns home after visiting Italy, Vatican City

PM returns home after visiting Italy, Vatican City

-- 2018-02-17 20:34:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Saturday evening concluding her four-day official visit to Italy and Vatican City. An Etihad Airways flight carrying the Prime Minister landed at Hazrat...

UAE ‘likely to hire’ more BD workers

UAE ‘likely to hire’ more BD workers

-- 2018-02-17 19:59:08

State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan said on Saturday that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is likely to hire more Bangladeshi manpower soon. The minister said, "They've (UAE) assured u...

Ban on rallies in Dhaka still effective

Ban on rallies in Dhaka still effective

-- 2018-02-17 19:56:08

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the ban slapped by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on holding any rally in the capital is still in force. "The DMP will decide about allowing BNP to hold...

Police detain three for torching PM's banner

Police detain three for torching PM's banner

-- 2018-02-17 19:29:11

Police have detained three people for their alleged involvement in torching a campaign banner ahead of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit in Rajshahi. The arrested were identified as Papon, 32, Rab...

Accord reports garment factories remediated 82pc hazardous issues

Accord reports garment factories remediated 82pc hazardous issues

FE Online Report 2018-02-17 19:04:30

Some 82 per cent of total flaws, identified by Accord, have so far been fixed in garments factories. The EU based retailer’s platform came up with the findings in its remediation progress repor...

Attack on Ctg police: Two SSC examinees detained

Attack on Ctg police: Two SSC examinees detained

-- 2018-02-17 18:39:13

Police have arrested two secondary school certificate (SSC) examinees over a gun attack on a police officer at a checkpoint in Chittagong. The arrestees are Rakib and Prottoy, this year's SSC candida...

BNP cannot go missing for one person: Obaidul Quader

BNP cannot go missing for one person: Obaidul Quader

-- 2018-02-17 17:43:00

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP, as a party,  cannot go missing through boycotting upcoming general election for only one person. "Although BNP chairperson Khaldel...

Expatriate dies in Meherpur road crash

Expatriate dies in Meherpur road crash

-- 2018-02-17 17:08:48

A Saudi expatriate was killed in a road accident on Ashrafpur-Bhobanando road in Meherpur on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Al-Mamun.45, son of late Alim Sheikh, a resident of Rashikpur vil...

BLLSA celebrates second founding anniversary

BLLSA celebrates second founding anniversary

FE Online Desk 2018-02-17 15:16:08

Bangladesh Lawyers' and Law Students' Association (BLLSA) observed its second founding anniversary. High Court Justice Md Abu Tariq attended the function as chief guest at A Ka Mu Gias Uddin Milky Au...

Badda road accident kills elderly woman

Badda road accident kills elderly woman

FE Report 2018-02-17 15:07:02

A woman has been killed in a road accident at Fuji Tower area of Badda in the capital on Saturday morning.  The deceased, Rizia Begum (55) was crushed under the wheels of a speedy covered van wh...

Students protest seeking quota reformation in govt jobs

Students protest seeking quota reformation in govt jobs

-- 2018-02-17 14:37:08

Scores of current and former students of Dhaka University staged demonstrations at the foot of Raju memorial sculpture in the university premises on Saturday morning demanding a reformation of the exi...

Miscreants shoot dead UPDF activist in Khagrachhari

Miscreants shoot dead UPDF activist in Khagrachhari

-- 2018-02-17 14:06:21

A group of miscreants have gunned down an activist of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) at Harinathpar area under Khagrachhari Sadar upazila on Saturday morning. UPDF sources said the deceased,...

Strawberry farming progressing fast in Rajshahi

Strawberry farming progressing fast in Rajshahi

-- 2018-02-17 13:16:22

The cultivation of Strawberry, a succulent fruit popular in different parts of the globe, has been gaining popularity in Rajshahi. Farmers in the region are extending the farming of the fruit because...

Cousin hacks man to death

Cousin hacks man to death

-- 2018-02-17 13:14:49

A young man was hacked to death allegedly by his cousin at Digong village in Helatola union of Kolaroa upazila in Satkhira on Friday night.  The deceased was identified as Rubel (26), son Hasan...