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Next govt to frame effective child dev plan, hope NGOs

Next govt to frame effective child dev plan, hope NGOs

FE Report 2018-12-24 12:28:38

The next government should formulate an effective and realistic child development plan, said a network of non-governmental organisations on Sunday. The election manifestos of several political partie...

Pass rate rises in JSC-JDC exams

Pass rate rises in JSC-JDC exams

-- 2018-12-24 12:02:33

The pass rate for this year’s eighth grade Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations is 85.83 per cent. This year 68,095 students have received a GPA 5.0....

Fire hits jute mill in Gazipur

Fire hits jute mill in Gazipur

-- 2018-12-24 11:02:16

A massive fire has broken out at a jute mill in Gazipur’s Sreepur, burning a substantial amount of jute products. The blaze started around 5:45am on Monday morning at the Sarah Jute Mill in the...

Hatirjheel road crash kills motorcyclist

Hatirjheel road crash kills motorcyclist

-- 2018-12-24 10:47:25

A motorcyclist was killed and another injured as their vehicle crashed into a road divider in city’s Hatirjheel area in the early hours of Monday. The deceased was identified as Rifat, 18, son...

"Make taxation progressive, easier to reduce inequality"

"Make taxation progressive, easier to reduce inequality"

FE Report 2018-12-24 10:39:39

Experts at a dialogue have called for making the country's taxation system progressive as they dubbed the existing one non-progressive that imposes huge indirect taxes on the poor. The commoners have...

BASIC Bank asked to take steps to improve health

BASIC Bank asked to take steps to improve health

Siddique Islam 2018-12-24 10:29:17

The regulators concerned have asked the top management of BASIC Bank Limited for taking effective measures, including boosting loan recovery drives, immediately to improve its overall performance, off...

Oikyafront rally at Suhrawardy on Dec 27 uncertain

Oikyafront rally at Suhrawardy on Dec 27 uncertain

FE Report 2018-12-24 10:11:47

The grand rally of the Jatiya Oikyafront at Suhrawardy Udyan due for December 27 hangs in the balance uncertain as it has not got police permission. A senior leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (B...

Ershad to return Wednesday: Chisti

Ershad to return Wednesday: Chisti

UNB 2018-12-23 22:20:39

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will return home from Singapore on Wednesday, just three days before the national election. "Our chairman was scheduled to return home tomorrow (Monday), but it was re...

25 ‘Jamaat leaders’ overcome legal hurdle to contest polls

25 ‘Jamaat leaders’ overcome legal hurdle to contest polls

-- 2018-12-23 21:56:10

The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday said the 25 reported Jamaat-e-Islami leaders can be there in the election race as the Commission has no authority to revoke their candidatures since they are con...

Honey collection brings  boon for farmers

Honey collection brings boon for farmers

-- 2018-12-23 21:25:16

RAJSHAHI, Dec 23 (BSS): Many people have become financially solvent by beekeeping in the region including its vast Barind tract. Honey hunting is being expanded gradually to many new areas contributi...

Bitter gourd yield pleases Naogaon peasants

Bitter gourd yield pleases Naogaon peasants

Our Correspondent 2018-12-23 21:24:32

NAOGAON, Dec 23: Peasants in the district are happy over high yield and fair price of bitter gourd, a popular vegetable in the country.  Bitter gourd produced in the district is being sent to di...

Oppression led to the birth of Bangladesh, says Imran Khan

Oppression led to the birth of Bangladesh, says Imran Khan

-- 2018-12-23 21:14:41

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that if the rights of the minorities are not upheld, it can lead to an uprising, reports bdnews24.com. The former cricketer spoke at a ceremony in Lahore o...

Mashrafe demands safety for his rivals

Mashrafe demands safety for his rivals

-- 2018-12-23 21:11:05

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has asked his campaign supporters to make sure there aren’t any attacks on rival candidates. “Make sure my rival candidates are not hurt physically or mentally. I wan...

Army deployed in 389 upazilas, Navy in 18

Army deployed in 389 upazilas, Navy in 18

-- 2018-12-23 19:35:33

Members of Bangladesh Army were deployed in 389 upazilas across the country on Sunday ahead of the national election slated for December 30. Besides, members of Bangladesh Navy were posted in 18 upaz...

Four quota reform leaders hurt in ‘BCL attack’ at DU

Four quota reform leaders hurt in ‘BCL attack’ at DU

-- 2018-12-23 19:31:33

Four activists of quota reform movement were injured in an attack allegedly by some Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists on the Dhaka University (DU) campus on Sunday. The injured are Md Sohrab,...

Govt responds to ‘disheartening’ US statement

Govt responds to ‘disheartening’ US statement

-- 2018-12-23 18:57:22

Bangladesh is “disheartened” by the US State Department’s statement concerning observers for its upcoming general election, the foreign ministry said. In a statement issued on Sunda...

Media centre to relay polls info: Tarana

Media centre to relay polls info: Tarana

-- 2018-12-23 18:27:34

The Information Ministry is all set to launch a media centre at Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in the city to provide election related information from December 29-31. State Minister for Information Tar...

President urges all to develop sports

President urges all to develop sports

-- 2018-12-23 18:25:28

President Abdul Hamid on Sunday urged the affluent people and corporate houses to supplement the government efforts to develop sports in the country. He made the call at a prize distribution ceremony...

President urges NDC graduates to utilise expertise for development

President urges NDC graduates to utilise expertise for development

-- 2018-12-23 18:21:46

President M Abdul Hamid on Sunday asked the participants of National Defence Course (NDC) and Armed Forces War Course (AFWC) to contribute more to the country’s overall development by facing cha...

Ensure level-playing field: Dr Kamal to army

Ensure level-playing field: Dr Kamal to army

-- 2018-12-23 18:15:21

Welcoming the decision to deploy the Armed Forces from Monday across the country, Jatiya Oikyafront Chief Dr Kamal Hossain on Sunday said they must create a level-playing field for all the parties and...

Canada for fostering peaceful campaign environment in BD

Canada for fostering peaceful campaign environment in BD

-- 2018-12-23 18:14:34

Canada has encouraged all involved in the electoral process to work together in fostering a peaceful campaign environment, enabling the people of Bangladesh to participate safely in free, fair, inclus...

Turnover rate of disabled-people almost zero per cent at work

Turnover rate of disabled-people almost zero per cent at work

-- 2018-12-23 17:58:00

The turnover rate of differently-abled people is almost zero per cent now as they carry out their tasks with responsibility in jobs. However, as they have some physical or intellectual limitations, o...

Amjad Hossain laid to eternal rest

Amjad Hossain laid to eternal rest

-- 2018-12-23 17:22:48

Noted film director and actor Amjad Hossain was laid to eternal rest at his hometown in Jamalpur on Sunday. Amjad Hossain was buried beside the graves of his parents at Jamalpur municipality graveyar...

Observers from 16 countries apply for monitoring Dec 30 polls

Observers from 16 countries apply for monitoring Dec 30 polls

-- 2018-12-23 17:10:08

A total of 178 observers representing 16 countries and foreign organisations have applied to the Election Commission (EC) to monitor the upcoming 11th parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. EC source...

10 hurt as RMG workers protest in Gazipur

10 hurt as RMG workers protest in Gazipur

-- 2018-12-23 16:23:25

The workers of a garment factory, who went on strike few days back for salary hike, went on a rampage seeing their factory shut at Gazipur on Sunday. Police said the workers of NAZ Limited factory in...

3,300 army members to facilitate EVM use in election

3,300 army members to facilitate EVM use in election

-- 2018-12-23 15:06:37

Around 3,300 members of Bangladesh Army have been engaged for providing various types of technical support, including training, for using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in polling stations of six c...

PM urges northerners to vote for ‘Boat’

PM urges northerners to vote for ‘Boat’

-- 2018-12-23 14:57:49

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the people of Rangpur region to cast their votes for 'Boat' to complete the unfinished projects taken for the development of the north...

Police detain 86 in Satkhira

Police detain 86 in Satkhira

-- 2018-12-23 14:35:20

Police in special drives arrested 86 people accused in different cases from eight upazilas of Satkhira district from Saturday evening to Sunday morning. Of them, 22 were arrested from Sadar upazila,...

Huge gridlock on Bangabandhu Bridge as toll system collapses

Huge gridlock on Bangabandhu Bridge as toll system collapses

-- 2018-12-23 14:14:34

A huge gridlock has been created on both sides of Bangabanhu Bridge as the computerised toll collection system of the bridge broke down on Sunday morning. Due to the malfunction of the system, the...

Latif Siddiqui steps aside from election race

Latif Siddiqui steps aside from election race

-- 2018-12-23 14:04:28

Tangail-4 independent candidate Abdul Latif Siddiqui on Sunday stepped aside from the election race protesting attacks on his election campaigns by his rivals. A former Awami League minister, Latif S...