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Food import strategy risky to meet shortage: President

Food import strategy risky to meet shortage: President

-- 2018-02-14 19:14:30

Stressing on increasing production for food security, President Md Abdul Hamid has said the strategy to meet the shortage through importing food grains is very risky. The President came up with the s...

Government inaugurates alternate routes to ease Dhaka-Tangail communication

Government inaugurates alternate routes to ease Dhaka-Tangail communication

FE Online Report 2018-02-14 19:10:59

The government on Wednesday inaugurated Balia-Warsi-Mirzapur road and a bridge over Bongshi River to ease communication between Dhaka and Tangail. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader f...

Tk 56.16b project to end Ctg water logging

Tk 56.16b project to end Ctg water logging

-- 2018-02-14 19:05:13

The government has taken a mega project involving Tk 56.16 billion to remove water logging from the port city. The Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) will implement the project under the supervi...

BD seeks pragmatic EU role for sustainable Rohingya return

BD seeks pragmatic EU role for sustainable Rohingya return

-- 2018-02-14 18:48:52

Bangladesh urged the European Parliament delegation to encourage its member states to put pressure on Myanmar to ensure peaceful and sustainable return of Rohingyas. State Minister for Foreign Affair...

UK BNP says sorry over attack on BD mission

UK BNP says sorry over attack on BD mission

-- 2018-02-14 18:39:06

The United Kingdom (UK) unit of BNP has ‘regretted’ the attack on the Bangladesh High Commission in London from a recent demonstration of the party. The demonstration was organised ahead...

Govt plans labour courts in Sylhet, Rangpur

Govt plans labour courts in Sylhet, Rangpur

FE Online Desk 2018-02-14 18:10:15

Government has chalked out a plan to set up two labour courts in Sylhet and Rangpur – taking the total number to nine. State Minister for Labour Md Mujibul Haque said this on Wednesday while ta...

No room for corrupt people during AL regime: Quader

No room for corrupt people during AL regime: Quader

-- 2018-02-14 18:03:09

 Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said no corrupt person will be spared during the Awami League rule. "Terrorists and drug traders have no place in Awami League and no...

Man gets death in Bagerhat over murder

Man gets death in Bagerhat over murder

-- 2018-02-14 17:59:52

A Bagerhat court has sentenced a man to death, another to life-term imprisonment and 29 others to five years jail each for killing a man over a disputed land in 2001. The condemned convict is Athab A...

Schoolboy dies in beating

Schoolboy dies in beating

-- 2018-02-14 17:31:02

A schoolboy was allegedly beaten to death by rivals at Bokchara intersection under Sadar upazila in Satkhira following dispute over a trifling matter on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as...

Petitioner wants Khaleda to be shown arrested in defamation case

Petitioner wants Khaleda to be shown arrested in defamation case

-- 2018-02-14 17:16:31

An appeal has been filed seeking BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in jail, to be shown arrested in a defamation case filed for undermining Bangladesh's national flag and map. A pro-Awami League organ...

Legal notice seeks Nahid’s removal within 24 hours

Legal notice seeks Nahid’s removal within 24 hours

-- 2018-02-14 17:13:45

A Supreme Court lawyer has served a legal notice seeking removal of Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid for his 'failure to prevent question paper leakage in all public examinations.' Lawyer Advocat...

'Friendship Gate' opens at BD-Meghalaya border

'Friendship Gate' opens at BD-Meghalaya border

-- 2018-02-14 16:44:58

Meghalaya Governor Ganga Prasad on Tuesday inaugurated the ‘Friendship Gate’ at Bangladesh-Meghalaya border. The gate has been constructed near Integrated Check post, 90 km South of capit...

IBBL inaugurates agent banking outlet in Manikganj

IBBL inaugurates agent banking outlet in Manikganj

-- 2018-02-14 15:26:24

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has opened its agent banking outlet at South Jamsha Bazar area of Singair Upazila in Manikganj. Arastoo Khan, Chairman of IBBL was present at the programme as th...

BRACU celebrates ‘Bosonta Utsab’ with underprivileged children

BRACU celebrates ‘Bosonta Utsab’ with underprivileged children

FE Online Desk 2018-02-14 14:53:33

BRAC University (BRACU) celebrated the advent of spring along with underprivileged children on Tuesday. In association with its Office of Co-curricular Activities (OCA), the private university organi...

Court takes cognisance of charge over woman assault by policemen

Court takes cognisance of charge over woman assault by policemen

-- 2018-02-14 14:15:17

A court in Jhenaidah on Tuesday took cognisance of the charges against eight police personnel for assaulting a woman, demanding extortion and threatening to evict her family. The court also ordered P...

Security Council to keep Rohingya issue high on agenda

Security Council to keep Rohingya issue high on agenda

-- 2018-02-14 14:13:11

Bangladesh has called on the Security Council to act for the world as the custodian for the process of voluntary, safe and dignified return of the forcibly displaced Rohingya to Myanmar's Rakhine Stat...

Woman among two die in gas cylinder blast

Woman among two die in gas cylinder blast

-- 2018-02-14 13:57:49

Two people, including a woman, have died in a gas cylinder blast at Adinath Temple in Maheshkhali upazila under Cox's Bazar. The accident took place as they were selling gas balloons in front of the...

PM Hasina firm on putting corrupts on trial

PM Hasina firm on putting corrupts on trial

Agencies 2018-02-14 13:23:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the trial of those involved in corruption, terrorism, and militancy must be held as the government is determined to build a peaceful environment in the country....

‘Rivals’ beat schoolboy to death

‘Rivals’ beat schoolboy to death

-- 2018-02-14 11:34:56

A schoolboy was allegedly beaten to death by rivals at Bokchara intersection in Sadar upazila of Satkhira following dispute over a trifling matter on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Sha...

BNP ends hunger strike following police request

BNP ends hunger strike following police request

FE Online Desk 2018-02-14 11:18:38

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has ended its scheduled six-hour hunger strike in Dhaka much earlier following a request from the law-enforcers. The strike was observed demanding immediate rel...

‘Ramp up budget spending on overseas employment sector’

‘Ramp up budget spending on overseas employment sector’

FE Report 2018-02-14 10:30:12

The government should scale up budgetary allocations for the overseas employment sector to help ensure migrants' rights, activists said on Tuesday. They also urged the authorities to implement the ex...

Joypurhat creeper arum farmers make handsome profit

Joypurhat creeper arum farmers make handsome profit

Roving Correspondent 2018-02-14 00:32:22

Hundreds of farmers in Panchbibi upazila of the district are earning a handsome amount of money by growing creeper arum (Loti Kochu). Sources said creeper arum farming has brought financial solvency...

Gopalganj eyes bumper Boro yield

Gopalganj eyes bumper Boro yield

Our Correspondent 2018-02-14 00:31:28

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken a massive programme to grow Boro paddy in Gopalganj Sadar during the current season. Sources said a total of 19,400 hectares of land have been...

Tarique enough to intensify BNP crisis: Obaidul Quader

Tarique enough to intensify BNP crisis: Obaidul Quader

-- 2018-02-13 22:41:00

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said that Tarique Rahman is enough to intensify the crisis of BNP. The Road Transport and Bridges Minister came up with this remarks while tal...

BNP briefs foreign diplomats

BNP briefs foreign diplomats

-- 2018-02-13 22:19:34

The BNP has briefed foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka about country’s latest political situation following the jailing its chairperson Khaleda Zia. The briefing was held at the party chairpe...

BNP slams Quader for accusing Tarique of London attack

BNP slams Quader for accusing Tarique of London attack

-- 2018-02-13 21:35:49

BNP on Tuesday heavily come down on Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader for his remark regarding involvement of Tarique Rahman in the recent attack on Bangladesh High Commission office in Lo...

Tight user-spectrum ratio results in poor telco service

Tight user-spectrum ratio results in poor telco service

-- 2018-02-13 21:28:26

Country’s mobile network operators (MNOs) have once again proved to be apathetic in buying spectrum during the latest bid. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) put a total...

HC halts plan to fell 4,000 trees in Manikganj

HC halts plan to fell 4,000 trees in Manikganj

-- 2018-02-13 20:19:49

The High Court (HC) has issued a rule to maintain the status over the decision of cutting down 4,000 trees by the Singair-Manikganj road in Manikganj district. An HC bench of Justice Zubayer Rahman C...

Govt to take 300MW power from India’s NTPC

Govt to take 300MW power from India’s NTPC

FE Online Desk 2018-02-13 20:04:49

Government has awarded neighbouring India’s state-owned power producer NTPC a contract for 15 years to supply 300 megawatt power. A wholly-owned subsidiary of India’s biggest power produc...

Narayanganj judge seeks apology to SC

Narayanganj judge seeks apology to SC

-- 2018-02-13 19:55:34

The Joint District Judge of Narayanganj sought apology to the Supreme Court for the failure to dispose of a case in more than 10 years. A four-member Appellate Division bench, led by Chief Justice Sy...