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Xmas celebration: President stresses strengthening communal harmony

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

President Md Abdul Hamid has called upon all to play an effective role to strengthen the glorious tradition of communal harmony in Bangladesh. "People of all religions here are tied with mutual love...

Country's first six-lane flyover opens January 4

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

The country's first ever six-lane Dhaka-Chittagong Flyover at Mohipal in Feni will open on January 4. The government has constructed the 660-metre six-lane flyover involving Taka 1.81 billion to ease...

Deadline nears, party registration elicits poor response

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

A total of merely seven political parties have so far applied to the Election Commission (EC) for registration although the application deadline is set to expire on December 31. Only a handful of new...

BD celebrates Xmas with message of tolerance, communal harmony

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

Christmas was celebrated in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world on Monday with a call to strengthen communal harmony in the country. The Christians in Bangladesh celebrated Christmas by holding spe...

Bridge turns into death trap

Our Correspondent, Bogra 2017-12-25 12:00:00

A steel-made bridge over a swamp, locally known as beel, in Kadma area of Bogra’s Adamdighi upazila has posed a death trap to thousands of people, but authorities are blind to repairing it. Th...

Badruddoza urges PM to meet teachers’ demand  

-- 2017-12-25 10:59:46

Chairman of the newly formed political alliance, Juktafront, AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Monday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to meet the demand of primary school teachers. He also urged the gov...

DNCC mayoral polls: AL, BNP nominees almost decided

-- 2017-12-25 10:51:31

Atiqul Islam has started campaign to contest the forthcoming by-polls to the mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) as an Awami League candidate. The former president of Bangladesh Garm...

Police recover youth’s body

-- 2017-12-25 10:42:37

A young man was found dead at Nabagram in Sreepur upazila of Magura on Monday morning.  The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Rezaul Islam, the Officer-in-Charge of Sreep...

Christmas Day today

-- 2017-12-25 10:34:34

Christians are celebrating Christmas Day in Bangladesh today (Monday) with festivity commemorating the birthday of Jesus Christ as elsewhere in the world. On the occasion, they have illuminated chur...

ACC seeks banking info of Bachchu, family

FE Report 2017-12-25 10:20:38

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sought information on the banking transactions of former BASIC Bank Chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu and his family members. To this connection, the anti-gra...

Fire-fighters extinguish flames at city’s textile mill

-- 2017-12-25 08:29:40

Fire fighters have managed to douse off fire at a textile mill in the city's Shyampur area. Duty Officer at the Fire Service and Civil Defence central control room, Mahmudul Haque confirmed the infor...

AL will accept whatever people decides: Nasim

-- 2017-12-25 07:33:26

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Monday said Awami League will gladly accept people's verdict in the next general election. He came up with the remarks while addressing a programm...

Minister’s remarks expose irregularities from within: BNP

-- 2017-12-25 06:49:20

BNP on Monday hit out at Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid for his remark that not only officials, but also the ministers are 'thieves'. The party said the minister’s comments has exposed th...

Flood-hit farmers get Tk 153m cash incentive

Our correspondent 2017-12-25 04:40:38

Flood-hit poor and marginal farmers have got a cash incentive of more than Tk 153 million under an agricultural rehabilitation programme in four districts of Sylhet division. A total of 17,848 farmer...

PRAN stands with Mashrafe’s foundation

-- 2017-12-25 03:44:38

PRAN Drinking Water has taken an initiative to stand with the Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s Narail Express Foundation. PRAN Beverage Limited signed an agreement on Sunday with t...

IU law faculty gets new dean

-- 2017-12-25 03:18:47

Dr Reba Mondal, Professor of Department of Law, has been appointed as the dean of Law and Shariah faculty of Islamic University in Kushtia. She was replaced by Professor Dr Nurun Nahar, said sources...

BTV's 53rd anniversary

-- 2017-12-25 02:49:21

The state-run television channel Bangladesh Television (BTV) is celebrating its 53rd founding anniversary on Monday with a range of special programmes. BTV started its journey on December 25 in 1964...

Sylhet farmers busy preparing Boro seedbeds for bumper production

Our Correspondent 2017-12-25 01:15:48

SYLHET, Dec 24: Farmers in different areas of Sylhet division are busy with preparing Boro seedbeds with an expectation to get a bumper production of the crop this season, officials and farmers info...

Line sowing method gaining popularity in Jhenidah

Our Correspondent 2017-12-25 01:14:51

JHENIDAH, Dec 24: Line sowing of different winter crops including mustard, pulses, maize, wheat and vegetable is getting popular in the district for the advantage of easy weeding out, less fungus af...

Natore T-Aman growers happy over good market price

Roving Correspondent 2017-12-25 01:13:41

NATORE, Dec 24: Thousands of growers in the district are delighted over the good market price of newly harvested T-Aman paddy. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office said farmers fail...

EC begins constituency demarcation work

-- 2017-12-24 12:35:02

The Election Commission has begun to work on the delimitation process of the parliamentary constituencies where there are issues or dispute over the boundary of the parliamentary seats. The EC will b...

BCC moves to apprise state-run agencies of Competition Act

FE Report 2017-12-24 12:04:17

The Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) has taken a move to apprise relevant state-run agencies of the Competition Act and commission in order to make the law and entity effective, officials said....

Snowden unveils phone app to spy on spies

AP 2017-12-24 12:00:00

The former National Security Agency contractor who exposed US government surveillance programmes by disclosing classified material in 2013 has a new job: app developer. Edward Snowden in a video mess...

PM in Ctg for annual parade

FE Online Desk 2017-12-24 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached Chittagong on Sunday morning to join the annual President’s Parade of Bangladesh Navy in the port city. The premier is scheduled to visit the Chasma Hil...

BD, Bhutan bid for free trade

Doulot Akter Mala 2017-12-24 12:00:00

Bangladesh and Bhutan initiated negotiations for free trade and transit under bilateral arrangements to augment paltry business transactions between the two countries. Meanwhile, a four-nation sub-re...

Immediate reforms imperative to discipline banking system

FE Report 2017-12-24 12:00:00

Alarm bells rang louder Saturday from economists' meet for immediate reform to restore discipline in Bangladesh's banking system, seen largely ridden with irregularities. Financial-market analysts ma...

Govt seeks review on 16th amendment verdict

-- 2017-12-24 12:00:00

The government on Sunday filed a review petition seeking cancellation of the full verdict of the Supreme Court that upheld a High Court judgment scraping the 16th constitutional amendment. The prosec...

Khaleda wants neutral govt for polls

-- 2017-12-24 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia said her party wants to participate in the general next election under a non-party neutral government. "We want multiparty democracy to be restored in the country and the...

Navy to become builder from buyer one day: PM

-- 2017-12-24 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed the hope that Bangladesh Navy would turn into a builder force from a buyer one gradually. The government has taken various steps to this end, the premier said w...

BRAC Bank distributes blankets among cold-hit people

-- 2017-12-24 12:00:00

The employees of BRAC Bank Limited distributed blankets among the cold-affected people in three districts recently. Senior officials of the bank, in assistance with the local administration, distribu...