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ACC targets coaching centre

-- 2017-12-14 11:36:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has recommended stopping question paper leaks, guidebooks, and private coaching centres in a report to the government. The commission recommended dropping multip...

Cops nab three neo-JMB operatives

-- 2017-12-14 11:34:57

Police arrested three operatives of militant outfit neo-JMB, including Abdus Samad alias Arif  Mamu alias Ashique, one of its founders, in the city’s Mohakhali area of Dhaka on Wednesday ni...

President pays homage to martyred intellectuals

-- 2017-12-14 11:25:43

President Abdul Hamid paid homage to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals' Mausoleum at Mirpur in the capital on Thursday morning. The President placed the wreat...

AL destroying spirit of liberation: BNP

-- 2017-12-14 10:19:23

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday accused the Awami League (AL) of destroying the spirit of the Liberation War whenever they come to power by enfeebling freedom of expressi...

Yunus suggests circular economy to tackle climate challenges

-- 2017-12-14 10:01:09

Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus has urged the global community towards building circular economy as a means to tackle the climate change challenges. He made these remarks during the plenar...

Akayed visited Rohingya camps in Oct: Family

-- 2017-12-14 09:04:41

Akayed Ullah, the man accused of setting off a bomb in a New York subway passage, last visited Bangladesh on September 8 and stayed for less than two months. His mother-in-law Mahfuza Akhter said, "A...

Home ministry promotes 96 ASPs to SPs  

-- 2017-12-14 08:56:57

The home ministry on Thursday promoted 96 Additional Superintendents of Police (Adi-SPs) to the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP). The promoted officers were upgraded to grade-5 from grade 6 of t...

Indian citizen dies in Bangladesh jail

-- 2017-12-14 08:44:53

An Indian citizen has died of heart attack at the central jail of Jessore in Bangladesh. The deceased was identified as Domi Ram, 50, son of Santo Ram. Acting jailer Syed Hasan Ali said Kotwali thana...

EC mulls new EVM in Rangpur city polls

-- 2017-12-14 08:38:53

Election Commission (EC) is going to use newly-designed EVM on trial basis in the upcoming election to the Rangpur city corporation. The old EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) was used for the last time...

Quader eyes bringing back fugitive war criminals

-- 2017-12-14 07:52:16

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday expressed hope of bringing back war criminals from abroad who were awarded death sentence. "I hope that the present government would bring b...

Dhaka hosts regional climate change workshop Dec 17-18

-- 2017-12-14 07:34:03

A two-day regional workshop on building capacity of the people living in the Bay of Bengal area to combat the risks of climate change will begin in the city on December 17. A regional workshop on gro...

Land Minister’s son expelled from Jubo League

-- 2017-12-14 07:33:31

Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif’s son Shirhan Sherif Tomal has been expelled from Jubo League. Action against Tomal, who is also the Ishwardi upazila Jubo League president, was taken follow...

Rare Liberation War documents go online

-- 2017-12-14 05:33:24

People now have access to a good number of rare documents on the Liberation War in 1971. Liberation War e-Archive Trust posted the documents on their website on the occasion of the 46th anniversary...

Govt imposes 7-day relief interval at Ukhia, Teknaf

Our Correspondent 2017-12-14 04:01:54

Cox's Bazar district administration has imposed a week-long 'relief interval' by NGO's involved in distribution of aid to Rohingya refugees at Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas. According to sources, distric...

SEU inks MoU with Genex Infosys

FE Online Desk 2017-12-14 03:47:54

Southeast University (SEU) and Genex Infosys Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate training, internship, and job placement opportunities of SEU’s students. The signi...

AMCL (PRAN) okays 32pc dividend

FE Online Desk 2017-12-14 03:30:25

Agricultural Marketing Company Limited (AMCL PRAN) organised 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) recently. The AGM, held at Fuzi Trade Centre of Badda in Dhaka, approved 32 per cent cash dividend for i...

ADB keeps BD's growth projection unchanged

FE Report 2017-12-14 03:17:46

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its latest outlook supplement repeated its pared-down growth projection at 6.9 per cent for Bangladesh in the current fiscal year. In September last, the Bank in i...

BSEC yet to finalise amendment to mutual fund rules

FE Report 2017-12-14 03:14:40

The market prices of most of the listed mutual funds (MFs) are yet to cross their face value due to various reasons including investors' shaky confidence. For a long time, the units of the listed MFs...

Martyred Intellectuals' Day today

-- 2017-12-14 01:08:15

The nation is set to observe the Martyred Intellectuals' Day today (Thursday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS. On this day 46 years ago, on the eve of the nation's victory, the marauding Pakistan...

Bogra peasants eye bumper mustard production Farming starts in Nilphamari

Our Correspondent 2017-12-13 12:59:01

BOGRA, Dec 12: An excellent growth of mustard across the Bogra district has made the growers optimistic of getting bumper production during the current season. The cultivation of mustard has been e...

Next hearing on Judges’ rules on Jan 2

-- 2017-12-13 12:12:08

The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed January 2 for the next hearing on the gazette notification issued on lower court judges' conduct rules. A four-member Appellate Division bench, led by acting Chie...

Cultivators start preparing Boro seedbed after harvesting paddy

Our Correspondent 2017-12-13 12:00:00

Farmers are now busy preparing Boro seedbed after harvesting T-Aman crop in the district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Boro seedbed have already been prepared on some 5,...

WDB to dredge eight rivers in Moulvibazar, Sunamganj

Iqbal Siddiquee 2017-12-13 12:00:00

With a target to restore navigability of waterways and save crops from floods in the haor region, the Water Development Board (WDB) is going to dredge eight rivers in Moulvibazar and Sunamganj distric...

Power generation cost soaring on rise in int'l fuel prices

M Azizur Rahman 2017-12-13 12:00:00

The country's overall electricity generation cost started rising significantly from November 2017 amid escalating oil prices in the international market, as the power production is heavily dependent o...

New economic corridor 'can make $150b output by 2050'

FE Report 2017-12-13 12:00:00

The proposed South-west Bangladesh Economic Corridor (SWBEC) may help generate up to US$ 150 billion of economic output by 2050, if implemented in a well-coordinated manner, the Asian Development Bank...

Magura's Shalikha upazila now under cent per cent electricity

Our correspondent 2017-12-13 12:00:00

Palli Bidyut Samity (rural electrification association) has brought Shalikha upazila completely under its network in Magura. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared it recently, said Binoy Kumar Roy, D...

Laxmipur ADC, UNO seek apology for power abuse

Agencies 2017-12-13 12:00:00

Laxmipur additional deputy commissioner (ADC) and Sadar UNO have sought an unconditional apology to the High Court for abusing their power to jail a former civil surgeon recently. ADC Sheikh Morshedu...

Gazipur factory worker dies of burn injuries

-- 2017-12-13 12:00:00

A female worker, who suffered burns in a gas cylinder explosion at a Gazipur factory yesterday, has died early Wednesday. The deceased Shefali Akter, a worker at 'FS Cosmetics Ltd', succumbed to her...

Unite to ensure victory in upcoming elections: Hasina

-- 2017-12-13 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the party leaders and activists to remain alert so that the ‘sure victory’ can not slip away the upcoming eleventh parliamentary elections t for intr...

Three die in Rajshahi road crash

-- 2017-12-13 12:00:00

Three people including a woman died in a road accident on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi on Wednesday. 20 others were injured in the accident occurred at Matikata area. The d...