-- 2018-02-01 18:39:42
The proposed 'Digital Security Act of 2018' comes in contradiction to the constitutional rights of free speech and opinion, said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). TIB said it in a statemen...
-- 2018-02-01 18:13:04
Over two-third of the country’s agricultural lands do not have organic elements essential for maintaining their fertility, a report has revealed. The study shows that chemical overdoses a...
-- 2018-02-01 16:48:56
A gang of muggers stabbed a 'bKash' agent to death in the city's Uttara area on Thursday. The victim is identified as Alamin, 25. When Alamin was collecting money from bKash agent shops in Uttara se...
-- 2018-02-01 15:35:07
Members of Coast Guard Bangladesh in a drive have seized nine maunds of jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 inches in length) from Meghna river in Chandpur early Thursday. Lt Sinchan Ahmed, commander of Ch...
-- 2018-02-01 13:22:12
By dint of much interest among the farmers and others concerned, acreage of wheat farming in bed-planting method has started gaining momentum in the region including its vast barind tract for the last...
-- 2018-02-01 12:12:31
A truck driver and a helper were arrested along with seven kata pistols from Debpur Police Outpost area in Burichong upazila early Thursday. The arrestees were driver Rubel, 25, and helper Al Amin Sa...
-- 2018-02-01 12:01:35
The train communication of the country's northern part with Dhaka halted due to a collision between two freight trains in Bhangura railway station on Thursday morning. Oshim Kumar Talukder, Paksi div...
-- 2018-02-01 11:48:10
A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police on Kushtia-Jhenidah highway in Mahishdanga area under Islamic University Police Station on Thursday. The deceased could not be identif...
FE Report 2018-02-01 10:08:57
The visiting delegation of Bhutan expressed deep interest on Wednesday to develop business relationships with Bangladesh. The expression of interest came at a meeting between the 36-member Bhutanese...
FE Online Report 2018-02-01 00:00:00
Two international flights have missed the schedule at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday. Of those, Kathmandu-bound BG-071 left the airport at 11:00 am, which is around 45 minutes be...
Our Correspondent 2018-02-01 00:00:00
Speakers at a day-long workshop in the on Wednesday focused on the need to modernise the country fishery sector to increase production. Addressing as the chief guest, Sylhet Agricultural University (...
Our Correspondent 2018-02-01 00:00:00
Potato growers of the district are expecting to get a bumper production this season. The plants are growing well. Growers may start harvesting from February. The Department of Agriculture Extension (...
-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00
The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair will begin today (Thursday) on the Bangla Academy premises and adjoining Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital, reports UNB. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugura...
FE Report 2018-02-01 00:00:00
Pensioners won't have to line up for payments anymore as the annuity will reach their bank accounts automatically through electronic fund-transfer (ETF) system, officials said. The government will in...
Doulot Akter Mala 2018-02-01 00:00:00
Importers have been facing difficulties in releasing their imported goods from customs houses due to a different type of duty levied through an order issued by the customs wing recently. In its order...
-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00
Five units of fire-fighters brought the blaze under control that broke out in Baunia Bandh slum under Turag Police Station of the city on Thursday morning. The fire that originated around 10:05am was...
-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Thursday said examinations will be cancelled as soon as it is proved that the question papers were leaked. The minister made the warning while talking to repor...
-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00
The train communications of Dhaka with the country's northern part restored three hours after disruption following a collision between two freight trains in Bhangura railway station on Thursday mornin...
-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh’s new police chief Dr Jabed Patwary on Thursday said that the law enforcement agencies would take "Zero Tolerance" policy against drugs and militancy. The IGP came up with the warnin...
FE Online Report 2018-02-01 00:00:00
Passengers suffered hugely as two trains failed to maintain their schedule on Thursday. Of the trains, Nilsagar Express left Dhaka's Kamalapur Railway Station for Nilphamari's Syedpur Railway St...
-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00
The President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset is scheduled to pay an official visit to Bangladesh on February 4-7, the first official visit by any Swiss president to Bangladesh. There will...
-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00
A Myanmar government spokesman said a petrol bomb was thrown at the residential compound of the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but she was not at home and damage was minor. Spokesman Zaw Htay sai...
-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00
Initiatives have been taken to bring all citizens under the national pension scheme (NPS). Finance Minister AMA Muhith made the disclosure on Thursday, adding that the government would give an outlin...
-- 2018-01-31 23:42:28
European Union (EU) is sending a high-powered parliamentary delegation to Bangladesh in the second week of February to assess Rohingya situation on the ground and discuss other important issues. EU&r...
-- 2018-01-31 23:33:12
The BNP does not recognise those who attacked on police outside the High Court on Tuesday, saying they were infiltrators not its activists. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up w...
-- 2018-01-31 23:26:03
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that a huge number of police, including plainclothes ones, have been deployed in front of its chairperson's Gulshan residence. Senior joint secretary ge...
FE Online Report 2018-01-31 20:43:33
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has temporarily suspended two of its engineers over their alleged irregularities in the ‘Newly Connected Four Union Development Project’. One contracto...
-- 2018-01-31 19:32:11
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that the BNP has given a clear sign of choosing violent path through launching an attack on police in a militant style. “They have atta...
-- 2018-01-31 19:19:52
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the size of the cabinet will get smaller during the next general election. Sheikh Hasina also reiterated her government's stance that there will be no unconstitu...
-- 2018-01-31 18:52:34
The government has no plan right now to raise further the age limit for entering into government service. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came up with the statement at the parliament during her sc...
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