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GPBS brings 3 50 families under power network in Muksudpur

GPBS brings 3 50 families under power network in Muksudpur

-- 2017-12-01 05:04:29

Gopalganj Palli Bidyut Samity has brought three hundred and fifty families from Krishnapur and Gopalpur villages under electrification network on Friday. A function was held in Gopalpur School field...

Police detain fake DB man in city

Police detain fake DB man in city

-- 2017-12-01 03:56:38

Detectives arrested a fake DB police from Moghbazar crossing in the city on Thursday night. The arrestee was Md Raisul Islam Hemo alias Himel. Detectives also recovered police handcuff, DB jacket, o...

Cops arrest Jamaat leader with gunpowder in C’nawabganj

Cops arrest Jamaat leader with gunpowder in C’nawabganj

-- 2017-12-01 03:47:09

Police arrested a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami along with 500 gram gunpowder at Benipur village in Nachole upazila early Friday. The arrestee is Rafiqul Islam, 48, assistant secretary of Nachole Upazila...

Villagers catch Meso tiger in Jessore

Villagers catch Meso tiger in Jessore

-- 2017-12-01 03:39:51

Village people caught a Meso tiger at Tengrali village in Sharsha upazila of the district on Thursday evening. Local people said a group of 10-12 people saw the Meso tiger in a paddy field of the vil...

EC starts distributing Smart NID cards in 27 districts

EC starts distributing Smart NID cards in 27 districts

-- 2017-12-01 02:59:41

The Election Commission or EC has launched smartcard distribution programme in 27 districts across the country.Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda inaugurated the distribution work in the Sadar...

Pope joins mass prayer at Suhrawardy Udyan

Pope joins mass prayer at Suhrawardy Udyan

-- 2017-12-01 02:25:13

Pope Francis, the spiritual leader Roman Catholics, joined a prayer service at the Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital city on Friday. Thousands of Catholics from different parts of the country attended...

Two Bangladeshis die in Saudi Arabia

Two Bangladeshis die in Saudi Arabia

-- 2017-12-01 02:11:38

Two Bangladeshis have died in separate incidents reported from Saudi Arabia. A small businesses-owner in near the capital Riyadh was run over by a car while a construction site accident killed a work...

Dhaka's rail links with north, south back on track

Dhaka's rail links with north, south back on track

-- 2017-12-01 01:33:53

Dhaka's train communications with northern and southern districts have resumed five hours after a freight train derailed in Pabna. Around 6am on Friday, two carriages of the train went off the tracks...

Arrest warrant against Khaleda for graft cases

Arrest warrant against Khaleda for graft cases

-- 2017-11-30 12:00:00

A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrant against BNP cheif Khaleda Zia as she failed to appear before it by Thursday afternoon in two graft cases. Dhaka Special Court-5 Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman passed t...

Pope arrives in city today

Pope arrives in city today

-- 2017-11-30 12:00:00

Pope Francis arrives in the city today (Thursday) on a three-day state visit carrying a message of harmony, peace, reconciliation and forgiveness, reports UNB. A planned meeting with a small group of...

SoEs' profit fall squeezes FY17 revenue earnings

SoEs' profit fall squeezes FY17 revenue earnings

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2017-11-30 12:00:00

Country's revenue from the second-biggest source shrank in 2016-17 as receipts from dividends and profits of the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) fell over 29 per cent short of Tk 323.50-billion target....

Hartal protesting power price hike underway

Hartal protesting power price hike underway

-- 2017-11-30 12:00:00

The eight-hour hartal, enforced by the left-leaning parties, protesting the fresh power price hike, is underway on Thursday in a slacked manner. The shutdown that began at 6:00am will continue till 2...

BD rolls out red carpet as Pope arrives

BD rolls out red carpet as Pope arrives

FE Online Desk 2017-11-30 12:00:00

Bangladesh rolled out the red carpet as Pope Francis, the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, arrived in Dhaka airport this afternoon Pope has arrived here on a three-day state visit Presid...

Rooppur power plant: PM launches core construction

Rooppur power plant: PM launches core construction

-- 2017-11-30 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the main construction of the nuclear power reactor at Rooppur in Pabna. This began the main phase of construction for the country’s first nuclear po...

Left-leaning students blocade Dhaka-Aricha highway

Left-leaning students blocade Dhaka-Aricha highway

-- 2017-11-30 12:00:00

Left-leaning students of Jahangirnagar University on Thursday blockaded the Dhaka-Aricha highway. They blockaded Joy Bangla gate of the university in support of thusday's countrywide hartal protestin...

Rail communication with Sylhet resumes

Rail communication with Sylhet resumes

-- 2017-11-30 12:00:00

Train communications of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chittagong were restored after two hours of suspension following derailment of a train near to Bhatera Railway Station in Kulaura upazila on Thursday morn...

Dairy farming, a fortune maker for many in Joypurhat

Dairy farming, a fortune maker for many in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2017-11-30 12:00:00

More than 500 ultra-poor dairy farm owners have become self-reliant in Joypurhat district in recent years. Once in extreme poverty, they are now leading a life of dignity where they no longer have to...

54pc women living in urban areas face violence: Study

54pc women living in urban areas face violence: Study

FE Online Report 2017-11-30 12:00:00

More than 54 per cent women living in urban areas face violence in the country, revealed a study by ActionAid on Thursday. The research titled ‘Whose City?’ that launched globally as pa...

Bangladesh, Cambodia to ink 11 deals

Bangladesh, Cambodia to ink 11 deals

-- 2017-11-30 12:00:00

Bangladesh may sign 11 deals with Cambodia during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official visit to the Southeast Asian nation. Foreign Affairs Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali came up with th...

Mayor Annisul no more

Mayor Annisul no more

FE online Desk 2017-11-30 12:00:00

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq, who had been undergoing treatment at a London hospital for neurological problem, passed away on Thursday. He was 65. He breathed his last at Lon...

Pope avoids 'Rohingya' in speech again

Pope avoids 'Rohingya' in speech again

FE Online Desk 2017-11-30 12:00:00

Pope Francis has avoided using the word "Rohingya" again while addressing a meeting at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Thursday. Earlier on Tuesday, he did not use this word in his address during his visit i...

Govt provides 547 families with land in Pabna

Govt provides 547 families with land in Pabna

-- 2017-11-30 11:53:44

The government provided 547 landless families with ghas land of the district on Wednesday. Local Lawmaker Alhaj M Makbul Hossain handed over the documents of the land to the landless families on the...

Thirty global firms to supply LNG to BD from spot mkts

Thirty global firms to supply LNG to BD from spot mkts

M Azizur Rahman 2017-11-30 11:44:21

Bangladesh has selected 30 firms and their consortia from different countries across the globe to source LNG (liquefied natural gas) from spot markets to ensure availability of the energy. The Rupant...

Derailment cracks Sylhet's rail link with Dhaka, Ctg

Derailment cracks Sylhet's rail link with Dhaka, Ctg

-- 2017-11-30 11:34:13

Train communication of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chittagong remained suspended for the derailment of an intercity train on Thursday morning. One of the compartments of the Sylhet-bound Jalalabad Express...

ETF launching eludes investors

ETF launching eludes investors

FE Report 2017-11-30 11:27:05

The stock exchanges are yet to launch the exchange traded fund (ETF) though nearly three years have already passed since the move was initiated. The officials of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchang...

‘Gunfight’ leaves ‘criminal’ dead in Ctg

‘Gunfight’ leaves ‘criminal’ dead in Ctg

-- 2017-11-30 10:47:08

Mohim Uddin alias Mohin, 36, a listed criminal was killed in an alleged gunfight between his cohorts and the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in port city's Panchlaish area on early Thursday....

Heavy fog disrupts ferry services

Heavy fog disrupts ferry services

-- 2017-11-30 09:33:58

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River remained halted from early Thursday due to dense fog. The authorities of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) has sus...

Road crash: Mother, daughter among 3 die

Road crash: Mother, daughter among 3 die

-- 2017-11-30 09:10:45

Three people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed in a road accident on Sherpur-Dhunot road in Bogra on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Mitu Begum, 30, wife of Mizanur Rahman of...

Govt tackles militancy successfully: Home minister

Govt tackles militancy successfully: Home minister

-- 2017-11-30 08:34:26

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has claimed that the government successfully tackled militancy. "The government always maintains a zero-tolerance policy over militancy," he said. The minister m...

Pope wants decisive measures over 'refugee crisis'

Pope wants decisive measures over 'refugee crisis'

-- 2017-11-30 07:18:29

Pope Francis has sought decisive measures to resolve not only the political issue over 'refugee crisis' but also to provide immediate material assistance to respond to the humanitarian needs. Visitin...