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No entry to cantonment without pass from Jan 1

No entry to cantonment without pass from Jan 1

-- 2017-12-22 04:10:57

Nobody will be allowed to enter the Dhaka Cantonment without pass from Jan 1, according to the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate or ISPR. The decision is taken for security reason inside th...

BD continues to work for int'l peace: Envoy

BD continues to work for int'l peace: Envoy

-- 2017-12-22 02:52:28

Bangladesh has said the UN's conflict response strategies need to be situated within the broader framework for political solution to conflicts. Permanent Representative (PR) of Bangladesh to the UN A...

Clash over land kills 2 in Bagerhat

Clash over land kills 2 in Bagerhat

-- 2017-12-22 02:34:21

Two people died and 10 others injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over a disputed land at Sonakhali village in Morelganj upazila on Friday. The deceased were Polash Sheikh, 40, son of...

Fog disrupts flight operations at Dhaka Airport

Fog disrupts flight operations at Dhaka Airport

-- 2017-12-21 12:06:45

Fog halted services at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for six hours, delaying a number of domestic and international flights. A blanket of fog once again disrupted the flight op...

Rangpur City polls a test for EC:Ershad

Rangpur City polls a test for EC:Ershad

-- 2017-12-21 12:00:00

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday said the election to Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) is a test for the Election Commission. The JP chief came up with the remark after casting his vote at t...

Farmlands on the wane for pond digging in Rajshahi

Farmlands on the wane for pond digging in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2017-12-21 12:00:00

Defying government rules, excavation of ponds in agricultural land is going on in various places of Rajshahi district.More than 3,000 ponds have been excavated so far in Rajshahi only in the last f...

Rangpur city polls proceeding fairly: Ershad

Rangpur city polls proceeding fairly: Ershad

-- 2017-12-21 12:00:00

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has said the Rangpur City Corporation election is going on calmly and fairly. Ershad came up the remark after casting his ballot at the Tozammel Hossain Memorial Child...

Good catches of baghair elate fishermen

Good catches of baghair elate fishermen

Our correspondent 2017-12-21 12:00:00

Fishermen are getting a good catch of baghair, a tasty species of fish, in Bogra's Dhunat upazila part of the Jamuna River this year.  Being happy with this, they do not want to waste any time o...

AL men forcing out agents from Rangpur polling centres: BNP

AL men forcing out agents from Rangpur polling centres: BNP

-- 2017-12-21 12:00:00

BNP has said the ruling party cadres are forcing out its polling agents from a number of centers soon after the start of voting. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged while spe...

PEC, Ebtedayee results on Dec 30

PEC, Ebtedayee results on Dec 30

-- 2017-12-21 12:00:00

The 3.1 million students sitting for their Primary Education Completion and Ebtedayee exams this year will receive their results on Dec 30.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set aside time on that day to an...

EC rejects BNP’s allegation over Rangpur city polls

EC rejects BNP’s allegation over Rangpur city polls

-- 2017-12-21 12:00:00

Rejecting BNP's allegation over the Rangpur City Corporation election, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Thursday said voters did not come up with any allegation. Expressing satisfac...

Number of forced disappearances 750 in 10yrs: Khaleda tweets

Number of forced disappearances 750 in 10yrs: Khaleda tweets

-- 2017-12-21 12:00:00

Chief of the BNP Khaleda Zia has alleged that at least 750 pro-democracy activists have become victims of forced disappearances over the last 10 years. According to her, the forced disappearances too...

Indian border guards gun down Bangladeshi

Indian border guards gun down Bangladeshi

-- 2017-12-21 12:00:00

A Bangladeshi citizen was shot dead by Indian border guards BSF (Border Security Force) at Shimultoli border in Patnitala upazila of Naogaon early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Ershad Ali,...

Jatiya Party secures landslide victory in Rangpur

Jatiya Party secures landslide victory in Rangpur

FE Online Desk 2017-12-21 12:00:00

Jatiya Party's candidate Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa has been unofficially declared winner in the mayoral polls of Rangpur City Coporation bagging 160,489 votes. His nearest rival, ruling Awami League'...

Rangpur polls a message for BNP: Quader

Rangpur polls a message for BNP: Quader

FE Online Report 2017-12-21 12:00:00

Awami League General Secretary and Road and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) polls is a message for Bangladesh National Party (BNP). Quader said it at a press...

PM calls for cooperation to make BD further prosperous

PM calls for cooperation to make BD further prosperous

-- 2017-12-21 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought cooperation from all, irrespective of religions, casts and creeds, in making Bangladesh a more prosperous country. "This is our country, this country is for th...

BB raises EDF allocation by 20 per cent

BB raises EDF allocation by 20 per cent

Siddique Islam 2017-12-21 10:38:27

The central bank has increased the allocation of Export Development Fund (EDF) scheme by 20 per cent or US$500 million aiming to facilitate the country's exporters for boosting their business activiti...

Most businesses yet to obtain e-BIN though deadline nears

Most businesses yet to obtain e-BIN though deadline nears

Doulot Akter Mala 2017-12-21 10:03:11

Around 95 per cent of the businesses having VAT registration were still conducting import-export and other activities with their old identification numbers (BINs) the validity of which is set to expir...

Govt initiates two deals to buy re-gasified LNG

Govt initiates two deals to buy re-gasified LNG

M Azizur Rahman 2017-12-21 09:33:55

The government has initiated two separate sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) with Trafigura and the joint venture (JV) of Gunvor and Exmar to purchase 200 mmcfd each of imported re-gasified LNG from...

Voting underway in Rangpur

Voting underway in Rangpur

-- 2017-12-21 09:20:21

Voting in the Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) elections began on Thursday morning amid a four-tier security measure having the presence of over 5,500 security personnel. The balloting in 193 polling s...

BNP blames EC for ‘not fair’ Rangpur polls

BNP blames EC for ‘not fair’ Rangpur polls

-- 2017-12-21 08:24:34

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that the Rangpur City Corporation election was not fair, neutral and peaceful due to the 'subservient' Election Commission's failure. It also said t...

Model kitchen market on cards to ensure safe food

Model kitchen market on cards to ensure safe food

-- 2017-12-21 06:07:19

Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA), in collaboration with city corporations, has planned to establish model kitchen markets in big cities.  Through establishment such market, BFSA aims to a...

Jamuna Bank opens 117th branch

Jamuna Bank opens 117th branch

FE Online Desk 2017-12-21 04:05:20

Jamuna Bank Limited (JBL) has inaugurated its 117th branch at Binodpur in Panchasar union of Munshiganj, recently.   Al Haj Nur Mohammed, Chairman of the Jamuna Bank Foundation, was present in t...

Schoolgirl killing: police detain Prime accused

Schoolgirl killing: police detain Prime accused

-- 2017-12-21 03:54:20

Police arrested the key accused of a schoolgirl murder case from Jalalabad area of Sylhet early Thursday, five days after the killing. The arrestee was Yahiya, 22, son of Jamal Miah of the same upazi...

Fair price delights Joypurhat Kheera growers

Fair price delights Joypurhat Kheera growers

Roving Correspondent 2017-12-21 03:33:42

Early cultivated Kheera (cucumber) has brought smiles on the faces of hundreds of peasants of Joypurhat district as it is being sold at a lucrative price in the market this season. The vegetable has...

Police nab Meherpur UP member with arms

Police nab Meherpur UP member with arms

-- 2017-12-21 03:23:11

Police arrested a union parishad (UP) member along with a foreign made pistol, three bullets, phensedyl and yaba pills from his house at Chargoal village under Gangni upazila of Meherpur district Thur...

BAPEX holds 28th AGM

BAPEX holds 28th AGM

FE Online Desk 2017-12-21 02:12:05

Petroleum Exploration & Production Company Limited (BAPEX) has organised its 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Gulshan area of the capital city, recently. The AGM approved the audited accounts...

US Embassy to remain closed Monday

US Embassy to remain closed Monday

-- 2017-12-21 01:29:41

The US Embassy in Dhaka will remain closed on December 25 (Monday) in observance of Christmas Day. Consular Section including the American Center with the Archer K Blood American Center Library and t...

Work with honesty: PM to officials

Work with honesty: PM to officials

-- 2017-12-21 01:13:32

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the new officials to work with courage facing the challenges of the 21st century. “In this ever-changing world, you’ll have to make yourselves mor...

Strengthen your mutual trust: PM to BGB

Strengthen your mutual trust: PM to BGB

-- 2017-12-20 12:17:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to raise the spirit of mutual confidence and respect to each others. The Prime Minister said this while addre...