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RAB nabs four suspected Ansar-al-Islam members

-- 2017-12-26 12:00:00

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested four members of banned Islamist outfit Ansar-al-Islam from Bhoruapara area in Puthia upazila under Rajshahi district Monday night. A team o...

Prospect of broccoli farming bright in Rajshahi

-- 2017-12-26 12:00:00

Farming of broccoli, a non-conventional winter vegetable, has been gaining popularity in Rajshahi district by dint of its lucrative market price and gradually growing demands. Paulina Marmu, a farmer...

Graft case: Khaleda's lawyer concludes arguments for third day

-- 2017-12-26 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyer concluded the defence arguments for the third day in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Khaleda Zia's defence lawyer Advocate Abdur Rezzak Khan placed the closin...

Govt promises to talk with teachers this week  

-- 2017-12-26 12:00:00

The government vowed to hold talks with the primary school teachers over pay scale this week. Teachers from across the country began a hunger strike at Dhaka Central Shaheed Minar on Saturday over w...

First RMG factory in prison opens today

-- 2017-12-26 12:00:00

Country’s first ever garments factory in prison will be opened in Narayanganj today (Wednesday). The mini-garment factory will be opened aiming to facilitate income-generating activities among...

Garage fire kills two in Jessore

-- 2017-12-26 11:35:24

Two people were killed and two others wounded in a fire that broke out at a garage at Kismat Nawapara of Jessore on Monday night. Parimal Chandra Kunda, Assistant Director of Jessore Fire Service an...

AL to name mayor candidate after schedule: Quader  

-- 2017-12-26 10:39:03

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said his party is seeking public opinion to choose the mayoral candidate for the upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-election....

Regulator creating rules to tighten corporate governance

Mohammad Mufazzal 2017-12-26 10:31:50

The securities regulator has drafted corporate-governance guidelines with the code of conduct for directors to ensure transparency in board affairs alongside accelerating a company's growth. Official...

Applications seeking IDRA clearance on the rise

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2017-12-26 10:14:52

A number of fresh applications from big infrastructures projects were submitted to the insurance regulator, seeking its approval for insuring with foreign insurers which, industry insiders say, is a c...

Judges’ conduct rules not to affect judiciary: Anisul

-- 2017-12-26 09:47:18

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said the freedom of the Judiciary will not be affected by the disciplinary rules of lower court judges. The minister came up with the remarks while addressing as th...

Govt bans open-air events on New Year’s Eve

-- 2017-12-26 09:39:59

No open air event will be allowed on New Year’s Eve, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan. "We won't allow any meeting, rally and musical event in the open place for the celebrations of the New...

Khaled Mahmood becomes BPDB chairman again

-- 2017-12-26 07:07:15

Engineer Khaled Mahmood has become the chairman of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for another two-year term. Engineer Mahmood completed his regular service as chairman on December 22. Eng...

Every district to get BSTI office

-- 2017-12-26 06:42:19

The government plans to set up Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) offices in every district to ensure standard products and services for the people. Industries ministry's Secretary M...

Police arrest three with 20000 yaba

-- 2017-12-26 06:29:58

Detective Branch of police arrested three people of a family with 20000 pieces of yaba tablets from Kahaloo upazila of Bogra on Monday night. Bogra's Police Superintendent Md Asaduzzaman revealed the...

Next election under current parliament: Tofail

-- 2017-12-26 06:08:58

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said next national election will be held under the existing parliament. The Awami League advisor said the constitution gives this parliament's validity up until Jan...

Police arrest 8 BNP-Jamaat men with cocktails

-- 2017-12-26 06:05:29

Satkhira police arrested 8 members of BNP-Jamaat along with 4 cocktail bombs from a house in Kamal Nagar area in the district on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the eight in a drive whi...

Rangamati SP sees lack of public voice against crimes

-- 2017-12-26 06:02:31

Rangamati district's police chief has said that the local people are not enough sincere and active against the incidents of violence in the area. Superintendent of Police Sayed Tariqul Hasan on Tuesd...

President urges to focus youths in all efforts

-- 2017-12-26 05:23:08

President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday said Bangladesh should keep the new generation at the focal point in all of development activities. "The development and progress of a nation depend on the education...

Singer Shafin to vie for DNCC mayor post

-- 2017-12-26 04:29:14

Popular Band singer Shafin Ahmed will contest in the by-polls to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral post. Bobby Hajjaj, chairman of newly formed Nationalist Democratic Movement, announce...

Farming of Rabi crops on the rise in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2017-12-26 04:18:15

A large number of growers in the Sylhet division have been showing their interest in farming varieties of winter crops during the current Rabi season. Compared to the previous seasons, farmers are no...

BUBT observes ‘EEE Day-2017’

-- 2017-12-26 04:15:07

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) has observed its anniversary day entitled ‘EEE Day-2017’ at its permanent cam...

PBI to probe Ctg multiple rape case

-- 2017-12-26 04:01:51

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has said that it’ll investigate into the rape of four women during a robbery in Chittagong. Additional Superintendent Md Moin Uddin, who heads the PBI&rsquo...

NRBC Bank opens 61st branch

-- 2017-12-26 03:52:27

NRB Commercial Bank Limited has opened its 61st branch at Hathazari upazila of Chittagong district. Alternative Director Dr Kutub Uddin inaugurated the branch on Tuesday, says a press release. ...

DNCC by-polls: SSC exams to be rescheduled

-- 2017-12-26 02:32:42

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams scheduled for Feb 24 and 25 are to be rescheduled for voting in the by-polls to elect the mayor for Dhaka North City. Voters in the 36 new...

Fire engulfs 10 houses in Khulna

-- 2017-12-26 01:59:24

Ten houses were gutted in a fire that broke out at Garuikhali Housing project in Khulna’s Paikgacha upazila on Monday night. The fire originating from a kitchen of a house at 8 pm soon engulfe...

A moving death trap for women

SM Najmus Sakib 2017-12-25 12:00:00

All but one of 43 individuals victimised by the battery-run easy bikes are women. The appalling information has been divulged during a recent investigation conducted by FE after the victims got admit...

Three BSF members held in Rajshahi

FE Online Desk 2017-12-25 12:00:00

Three members of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) have been detained as they trespassed into Bangladesh on Monday morning. They are Assistant Sub Inspector Harnam Shing, constables Rakesh K...

Modhumoti Bank holds board meeting

FE Online Desk 2017-12-25 12:00:00

Modhumoti Bank Limited organised the 32nd meeting of the board of directors at its head office in the capital on Sunday. Humayun Kabir, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor...

BGB releases three BSF trespassers

-- 2017-12-25 12:00:00

The three troopers of India’s Border Security Force (BSF), held for trespassing in Bangladesh, have been sent back. Early on Monday, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Rajshahi’s Paba U...

Primary school teachers break hunger strike

-- 2017-12-25 12:00:00

Assistant teachers of government primary schools broke their indefinite hunger strike on Monday evening following assurance of government to upgrade their pay-scale. The teachers ended their strike b...