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Bus mows into parked auto-rickshaw, killing five

Bus mows into parked auto-rickshaw, killing five

-- 2017-12-31 02:21:33

Five people, including a couple, were killed in a road accident at Baghabari Bus Stand in Shahjadpur upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased have been identified as Sirajul Islam, 30, and his wife Ar...

Tripura election: BSF keeps vigil along Bangladesh border

Tripura election: BSF keeps vigil along Bangladesh border

FE Online Desk 2017-12-31 01:13:45

The BSF has been told to keep a close vigil on the 856-km-long India-Bangladesh border in Tripura to prevent entry of unwanted elements into the state, where assembly elections are due early next year...

Fog halts ferry, flight operations, causes highway crash

Fog halts ferry, flight operations, causes highway crash

-- 2017-12-30 12:22:15

Fog disrupted flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route on Friday, causing sufferings to thousands of passengers, report agencies. Dens...

JnU student dies in Thakurgaon road mishap

JnU student dies in Thakurgaon road mishap

-- 2017-12-30 12:15:40

A Jagannath University student was killed and his friend wounded after a sugarcane-laden tractor hit their motorcycle on Thakurgaon-Baliadangi road in Baliadangi upazila on Friday night. The deceased...

Banks scramble for rescheduling loans to avert NPL buildup

Banks scramble for rescheduling loans to avert NPL buildup

Siddique Islam 2017-12-30 12:00:00

Banks got into a last-minute race seeking permission from the central bank to allow rescheduling loans under special considerations to help avert further buildup of their classified loans, as the year...

Makkah crash kills expat woman, 2 sons

Makkah crash kills expat woman, 2 sons

-- 2017-12-30 12:00:00

An expatriate Bangladeshi woman and her two minor children were killed and two other Bangladeshis injured in a road traffic accident in Saudi Arabia. The accident occurred on their way to Madinah aft...

CETP construction co again seeks time extension

CETP construction co again seeks time extension

Ismail Hossain 2017-12-30 12:00:00

The JLEPCL-DCL, a China-Bangladesh joint venture company, has again sought extension of the deadline for the construction of central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at Savar Tannery Estate up to June...

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route resumes

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route resumes

-- 2017-12-30 12:00:00

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route has resumed after a 9-hour disruption caused by thick fog on Saturday. The ferry services remained suspended on the route from 10pm on Friday to 7am on Satur...

Police arrest ‘JMB’s southern region chief’ from Bogra

Police arrest ‘JMB’s southern region chief’ from Bogra

-- 2017-12-30 12:00:00

Police have arrested a leader of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh(JMB) at Omarpur in Nandigram upazilain of Bogra early Saturday. Police said he is the militant outfit’s southern regio...

'No  rooftop celebration on New Year's Eve'

'No rooftop celebration on New Year's Eve'

FE Online Desk 2017-12-30 12:00:00

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) must be informed about any indoor programmes organised on the night of December 31 to celebrate the new year whereas no outdoor celebration is allowed. Commissioner of...

Lack of alternatives escalating polythene bag usage: Experts

Lack of alternatives escalating polythene bag usage: Experts

-- 2017-12-30 12:00:00

The manufacturing and usage of polythene shopping bag keep growing across the country despite a ban on it. The increase in use of plastic bags is attributable to the failure of authorities concerned...

BNP wants to hold rally on January 5

BNP wants to hold rally on January 5

-- 2017-12-30 12:00:00

BNP wants to hold a rally on January 5 at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka to protest 10th parliamentary election held on that day in 2014. The party observes January 5 as 'Democracy Killing Day' every year...

BNP has faith in conspiracy: Hanif

BNP has faith in conspiracy: Hanif

-- 2017-12-30 12:00:00

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-Ul Alam Hanif has said BNP doesn't have any faith in election commission; rather their faith is now in conspiracy. "BNP don't have any faith in people, peo...

Ghaghot river dries up due to lack of dredging

Ghaghot river dries up due to lack of dredging

Our Correspondent 2017-12-30 12:00:00

The Ghaghot river, flowing through Rangpur region, has dried up with the beginning of dry season.Lack of excavation or dredging has contributed to worsening the situation that has put irrigation and f...

Ostrich rearing gaining  momentum at Sonatola

Ostrich rearing gaining momentum at Sonatola

Our Correspondent 2017-12-30 12:00:00

Commercial ostrich farming is gaining momentum in Sonatola upzila of the district. A good number of people have already started getting benefit from the bird. "I have taken an initiative to rear the...

PM inaugurates free textbook distribution

PM inaugurates free textbook distribution

-- 2017-12-30 11:42:04

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday formally launched the distribution of free textbooks among students up to the secondary level for the academic year 2018. She handed over textbooks to some st...

PGCB eyes increment of power generation

PGCB eyes increment of power generation

-- 2017-12-30 09:59:26

Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) will set up three new grid-substations in different parts of the country. The state-owned company will also carry out extension works in 5 existing grid substa...

25 hurt in Rajshahi road crash

25 hurt in Rajshahi road crash

-- 2017-12-30 08:50:47

At least 25 people were injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Kadirpur Jamadarni intersection in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi on Saturday afternoon. Hipzur Alam Munsi, officer-in-charge o...

Police arrest two AL leaders with venison in Bagerhat

Police arrest two AL leaders with venison in Bagerhat

-- 2017-12-30 08:27:28

Two local Awami League (AL) leaders were arrested along with 10 kilograms of venison from Bakultala village in Sarankhola upazila of Bagerhat on Saturday. The arrestees were identified as Jafar Taluk...

Fakhrul expresses optimism about returning to power

Fakhrul expresses optimism about returning to power

-- 2017-12-30 06:15:19

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday expressed his optimism and confidence about returning to power through the 11th parliamentary polls. "We've been on a movement, and will...

Three die in Chittagong landslide

Three die in Chittagong landslide

-- 2017-12-30 06:00:57

Three people have died in a landslide while removing slope soil from a hill in Rangunia upazila of Chittagong on Saturday afternoon. The incident took place around 2.30pm at Dakkhin Rajanagar area of...

Proper attention on academic activities must: PM

Proper attention on academic activities must: PM

-- 2017-12-30 04:47:33

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities concerned to give special attention to academic activities in their educational institutions.  "Our students are talented ones. We're givin...

Winter vegetable farming on rise in Sylhet

Winter vegetable farming on rise in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2017-12-30 03:40:01

Thousands of marginal farmers in Sylhet division are passing a busy time in farming various kinds of winter vegetables during the current season. An increase in demand has caused them to turn to farm...

Work with govt for local development: President

Work with govt for local development: President

-- 2017-12-30 03:13:44

President M Abdul Hamid called upon the social and professional organisations to work together with the government to ensure the country’s local development. A joint-effort is a must to do some...

Physically-challenged still get raw deal in hiring

Physically-challenged still get raw deal in hiring

SM Najmus Sakib 2017-12-30 03:01:34

Employers dictate the terms in recruitment tests for the physically-challenged people as the existing policy is fraught with flaws and complexities. Despite completing higher education, the physicall...

Magura road mishap kills one

Magura road mishap kills one

-- 2017-12-30 02:33:28

A man was killed and 14 people were injured in a collision between a truck and a human hauler on Magura-Jessore highway in Shimulia area of Sadar upazila of Magura district on Saturday. The deceased...

ICMAB holds 46th AGM

ICMAB holds 46th AGM

-- 2017-12-30 01:53:00

Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) has arranged its 46th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Dhaka. Jamal Ahmed Choudhury FCMA, President of the Institute, presided over t...

Miscreants hack Jubo League man dead in Satkhira

Miscreants hack Jubo League man dead in Satkhira

-- 2017-12-30 01:46:32

Unidentified miscreants hacked a local activist of Jubo League to death in Ghoshpara Beel area of Shyamnagar upazila on Friday night. The deceased was Asadur Rahman, 35, son of Abdul Jabbar of Aranga...

Miscreants stab fish enclosure owner to death

Miscreants stab fish enclosure owner to death

-- 2017-12-30 01:39:28

A fish enclosure owner was stabbed to death by some miscreants in Goshpara bil area of Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Asadur Rahman (35), son of Abdul...

BSF shoots Bangladeshi dead along Lalmonirhat border

BSF shoots Bangladeshi dead along Lalmonirhat border

-- 2017-12-30 01:17:01

A Bangladeshi national was gunned down by the members of Border Security Force (BSF) of India along Daikhawa border in Hatibandha upazila early Saturday. The deceased was Shafikul Islam, 22, a catt...