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Coast Guard seize Tk 210m current nets

-- 2017-11-26 08:06:51

Bangladesh Coast Guard members have seized around 6 million metres illegal current nets worth Tk 210 million in Bhola district town. A team of the coast guard conducted drives at different shops and...

Digital system reduces hassle at BRTA: Minister

-- 2017-11-26 07:03:56

Introduction of digital service system has ensured hassle-free services at Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). Roads, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader made the remarks on Sunday...

RCC polls govt, EC’s acid test: BNP  

-- 2017-11-26 06:22:31

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said the upcoming Rangpur and other city corporations’ election will be decisive in testing validity for both the government and the Elect...

Smart NID for 16m new voters next year

-- 2017-11-26 06:18:39

The Election Commission (EC) will provide over 16 million young voters with smart National Identity (NID) cards at the end of 2018.  The provision of these NIDs comes as EC’s plan to compl...

BDR carnage case: Judges unanimous on punishment

-- 2017-11-26 06:10:22

The three judges of the High Court bench are unanimous on sentencing the judgement on BDR carnage case. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam made the remarks while talking to newsmen at the Supreme Court o...

B’baria AL leader murder: Police arrest two

-- 2017-11-26 04:56:09

Police arrested two more people in connection with the murder of Brahmanbaria's Nabinagar upazila Awami League leader Swapna Akter. Police said Jaher Miah, 32, son of Abul Kalam Mia of Koroibari vill...

Dinajpur transport workers withdraw strike

-- 2017-11-26 04:41:12

Transport workers of Dinajpur withdrew their strike on Sunday. They went on an indefinite on Wednesday following a clash with some students of Hajee Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU)....

BUFT celebrates recognition of 7th March speech

FE Online Desk 2017-11-26 03:35:13

BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT) brought out a rally, celebrating the UNESCO’s recognition of the historic 7th March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a world docum...

IFAD to see projects’ impact in rural

-- 2017-11-26 03:12:21

A delegation of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) began a five-day working trip to Bangladesh on Sunday to see impact of development projects on living conditions for rural poor...

Police recover body of youth in Savar

-- 2017-11-26 02:48:11

Locals found an unidentified young man dead under a bridge on Dhaka-Aricha highway early Sunday. “Local peoplespotted the body of a man, who was beaten and hacked to death, lying under a bridge...

‘BIFFL Green Convention and Expo-2017’ begins

FE Online Desk 2017-11-25 12:58:14

 A two-day ‘BIFFL Green Convention and Expo-2017’ began Saturday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, Dhaka. The event is a part of BIFFL’s national awareness camp...

DDWS organises free eye medical camps

FE Online Desk 2017-11-25 12:41:26

Dwarka Das Welfare Society (DDWS), in association with Bashundhara Eye Hospital & Research Institute and Vision Care, has organised free eye medical camps at its women college auditorium in Kushti...

UNHCR against repatriating Rohingyas immediately

FE Online Desk 2017-11-25 12:23:50

The UN refugee agency says it is against the repatriation of Rohingya refugees immediately citing unsafe and unsustainable conditions for their returns in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. “At pr...

AL to win in next election : Quader

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that his party would win in the next general election because of its sincerity and capability. Quader told the reporters while visiting Dhaka-Tangai...

Always remember historic March 7: PM

FE Online Desk 2017-11-25 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said hundreds of those gathered at the Suhrawardy Udyan today that she always lovingly remembers the day of March 7, 1971 where Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman deliv...

India arrests yet another Bangladeshi for terror links

FE Online Desk 2017-11-25 12:00:00

Indian police have arrested one more Bangladeshi for alleged links with two suspected members of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), a militant outfit based in Bangladesh. Two members of the militant outf...

UNHCR to participate in Rohingya repatriation process: FM

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on saturday said on UNHCR will participate in the process of repatriating the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their homeland. “The signing of the arrangement is...

Police detain 28 on various charges

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

Police arrested 28 people including an alleged drug trader and 13 wanted accused from different areas of Habiganj district in last 12-hour ending at 9 am on Saturday.   Assistant Superintendent...

GMB Akash becomes Hony in online community

FE Online Desk 2017-11-25 12:00:00

Hony has become one of the most dedicated online communities with over 18 million followers on Facebook and 7.3 million followers on Instagram. Brandon Stanton started a photography project since 201...

Kolkata conducts manhunt for ABT militant Tamim

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

West Bengal police have conducted a manhunt for two Bangladeshis with suspected militant ties. One of them is believed to be an important member of the banned Islamic group Ansarullah Bangla Team. P...

NGO workers suggest ways to end violence against women

FE Online Report 2017-11-25 12:00:00

NGO workers and paralegals have said violence against women could be eliminated if they become financially self-sufficient. They said this on Saturday, when The International Day for the Elimination...

'Govt used public servants for political purposes'

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday alleged that the government is using the public servants for political purposes. The BNP leader made the allegation while addressing a...

Repatriation deal covers refugees of recent violence: FM

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

Myanmar will take back only those refugees who entered Bangladesh following the violence on Oct 9, 2016 and Aug 25 this year, said Foreign Minister (FM) AH Mahmood Ali on Saturday. The FM said it re...

President to visit Rohingya camps today

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

President Md Abdul Hamid will visit Rohingya camps in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar on Sunday. President's Press Secretary Mohammad Joynal Abedin said Abdul Hamid is going to Cox's Bazar on a two-day...

Cops recover lawyer dead body in Ctg

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

Police recovered the body of a lawyer from his residence at Chawkbazar police station in the port city on Saturday morning. The deceased was Omar Faruk Bappi, 40, son of Ali Ahmed of Ali Kadam upazil...

Int’l language conference begins in DU

FE Online Desk 2017-11-25 12:00:00

A two-day long conference on “Language Teaching and Learning” has begun at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban Auditorium of Dhaka University (DU). Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman, Vice-Chan...

Programme in Dhaka marking Bangabandhu’s Julio-Curie award

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

A socio-cultural organisation arranged a programme on Saturday marking Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibar Rahman’s acceptance of Julio Curie medal. The Julio Curie Bangabandhu Shanti Sangsad organised...

80pc married BD women get abused: Report

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

More than 80 per cent of the currently married women in Bangladesh have experienced violent behaviour from their partners at least once, reveals a report.  According to the report, the violence...

Chuadanga train collision snaps rail link with Khulna

-- 2017-11-25 11:34:24

The rail link between Khulna and the rest of the country was snapped after a Partbatipur-bound train, carrying oil, collided with another freight train coming from the opposite direction near Darshana...

Cops detain Sherpur Udichi gen secretary

-- 2017-11-25 11:34:07

Police detained two people, including the general secretary of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigosthi Sherpur unit over an extortion case on Friday night. Inspector Md Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sadar...