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Rain likely in Dhaka, Sylhet, Chattogram

Rain likely in Dhaka, Sylhet, Chattogram

-- 2018-12-19 16:09:28

Drizzle to light rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Sylhet and Chattogram divisions on Wednesday while weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the...

Latif Siddiqui falls sick during indefinite hunger strike

Latif Siddiqui falls sick during indefinite hunger strike

-- 2018-12-19 14:55:21

Tangail-4 independent candidate Latif Siddique has been rushed to hospital after his health deteriorated on the third day of a hunger strike in front of the returning officer’s office to press f...

‘92pc people under uninterrupted power supply’

‘92pc people under uninterrupted power supply’

-- 2018-12-19 13:27:13

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid recently said that about 92 per cent people of the country are now getting uninterrupted power supply. The country achieved the sig...

Miscreants torch AL election campaign office

Miscreants torch AL election campaign office

-- 2018-12-19 12:20:30

Miscreants vandalised an election campaign office of the Awami League candidate of Sherpur-1 constancy at Bagbari Bazar under Sadar upazila in the early hours of Wednesday. According to Md Nazrul Isl...

Cops detain 28 in Dinajpur

Cops detain 28 in Dinajpur

-- 2018-12-19 11:53:54

Law enforcers, in special drives arrested 28 people including three drug pedlars from different areas of Dinajpur district in last 12-hour ending at 8:00am on Wednesday morning. Law enforcers also se...

Internet speed to be brought down on voting day: EC secy

Internet speed to be brought down on voting day: EC secy

-- 2018-12-19 11:43:09

Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmad on Wednesday said the commission is considering to slowdown internet speed on the polling day of the 11th parliamentary election slated for December 30....

BGB recover firearms, gunpowder in C’nawabganj

BGB recover firearms, gunpowder in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-12-19 11:32:26

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered two pistols, two magazines, 11 rounds of bullet and 5.5 kilograms of gunpowder from Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Tuesday night. BGB sources...

BD Asia’s 2nd most gender equal country

BD Asia’s 2nd most gender equal country

-- 2018-12-19 11:05:55

Bangladesh has retained the second place among the most gender equal countries in Asia this year, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF) report. After jumping 25 notches last year, the country h...

‘Gas line fire’ burns 11 of a family in Narayanganj

‘Gas line fire’ burns 11 of a family in Narayanganj

-- 2018-12-19 10:34:55

At least 11 members of a family received burn injuries in a fire that was ignited reportedly from gas line leakage in Haq Bazar of Fatullah in Narayanganj on early Wednesday. Among the injured, nine...

TIB airs concern over attacks on opposition candidates

TIB airs concern over attacks on opposition candidates

FE Report 2018-12-19 10:19:18

Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) expressed its grave concern over 'rampant attacks on and harassment of' the opposition party candidates, contesting in the 11th general election due on Dec...

Move to test dredge main channel of Payra port

Move to test dredge main channel of Payra port

FE Report 2018-12-19 09:53:59

The government has now taken a move to dredge the main channel of Payra port on a test basis, officials said. It will carry out dredging to check the siltation rate and decide as to whether it will b...

Peasants in Rangpur zone busy preparing Boro seedbeds

Peasants in Rangpur zone busy preparing Boro seedbeds

-- 2018-12-18 21:38:52

RANGPUR, Dec 18: The peasants in five districts under the Rangpur agriculture zone are passing busy time preparing Boro seedbeds.While visiting different areas in the district this correspondent found...

1,563 families in Jhenidah, Sylhet  get houses free of cost

1,563 families in Jhenidah, Sylhet get houses free of cost

Our Correspondent 2018-12-18 21:36:34

JHENIDAH, Dec 18: A total of 1,523 homeless families in the district have got houses free of cost under Prime Minister's Ashrayan Project II.The total allocation for the construction of the houses was...

Bumper black gram yield in sight in Tangail, Natore

Bumper black gram yield in sight in Tangail, Natore

Our Correspondent 2018-12-18 21:35:24

TANGAIL, Dec 18: Officials at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office in Tangail and growers are expecting a bumper mashkalai or black gram yield this season. DAE official sources said ab...

Saiful new president, Farida general secy of Jatiya Press Club

Saiful new president, Farida general secy of Jatiya Press Club

-- 2018-12-18 21:26:41

The panel, led by Saiful Alam of the Daily Jugantar and Farida Yasmin of the Daily Ittefaq, swept the election to the executive committee of the Jatiya Press Club held on Tuesday, bagging 13 posts out...

EC to spend Tk 2.71b for law enforcement agencies

EC to spend Tk 2.71b for law enforcement agencies

-- 2018-12-18 21:06:15

The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday fixed a budget of Tk 2.7183 billion for five forces who will be deployed to maintain law and order during the parliamentary polls. They are -- police, Rapid Ac...

US continues to encourage free, fair polls: Envoy

US continues to encourage free, fair polls: Envoy

-- 2018-12-18 20:53:05

US Ambassador in Dhaka Earl R Miller has said his country encourages all to participate in the democratic and electoral process in Bangladesh avoiding violence as the national election is scheduled to...

Police arrest 53 in Satkhira

Police arrest 53 in Satkhira

-- 2018-12-18 18:51:31

Police in special drives arrested 53 people from eight upazilas of Satkhira from Monday evening to Tuesday morning. Of them, 13 were arrested from Sadar upazila, 9 from Kolaroa upazila while the othe...

BNP's manifesto skips war crimes trial issue

BNP's manifesto skips war crimes trial issue

-- 2018-12-18 18:47:09

The BNP has avoided the issue of war crimes trials in its election manifesto, which was announced on Tuesday ahead of 11th parliamentary election. The party's manifesto did not make any promise to co...

Level-playing field prevails: CEC

Level-playing field prevails: CEC

-- 2018-12-18 18:00:28

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Tuesday once again claimed that there is a level-playing field for the forthcoming 11th parliamentary elections billed for December 30. "A congenial...

BNP’s Kushtia-4 candidate sued under Digital Security Act

BNP’s Kushtia-4 candidate sued under Digital Security Act

-- 2018-12-18 17:53:08

A case was filed in Kushtia against BNP candidate for Kushtia-4 constituency Mehedi Ahmed Rumi and a Tanti Dal leader under the Digital Security Act over their reported audio clip instigating violence...

Take decision on Jamaat candidates within three days: HC

Take decision on Jamaat candidates within three days: HC

-- 2018-12-18 17:33:00

The High Court has ordered the Election Commission to resolve within three days a plea to bar 25 Jamaat-e-Islami leaders from contesting in the election. Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Mohamma...

EC for declaring Dec 30 as general holiday

EC for declaring Dec 30 as general holiday

-- 2018-12-18 17:20:12

The Election Commission (EC) has directed the Public Administration Ministry to declare December 30 as a general holiday for the 11th parliamentary elections. A letter signed by the EC Joint Secretar...

Experts ‘frustrated’ with EC role

Experts ‘frustrated’ with EC role

FE Report 2018-12-18 17:00:22

The ground reality shows that the Election Commission (EC) has, so far, miserably failed to ensure a conducive atmosphere for holding a free and credible election. Experts came up with the observatio...

Panchagarh to cultivate potatoes on 5000 hectares of land

Panchagarh to cultivate potatoes on 5000 hectares of land

-- 2018-12-18 16:56:15

Around 5,000 hectares of land have been brought under potato cultivation in the current Rabi season in Panchagarh district. The farmers are seen busy over nurturing their potato fields. They started...

DMP fines traffic offenders Tk 2.092m

DMP fines traffic offenders Tk 2.092m

FE Online Report 2018-12-18 15:23:38

The Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday realised over Tk 2.092 million in fines from traffic offenders. In simultaneous drives on the city streets conducted on the day,...

Police arrest sexagenarian for spreading anti-state rumours

Police arrest sexagenarian for spreading anti-state rumours

FE Online Report 2018-12-18 14:57:36

A 63-year-old man has been arrested from Dhaka’s outskirt Savar for spreading anti-state rumours and propaganda through social media platforms. A team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Cri...

1016 platoons BGB deployed across country ahead of polls

1016 platoons BGB deployed across country ahead of polls

-- 2018-12-18 14:51:57

A total of 1016 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in different parts of the country, including the capital, ahead of the national election slated for December 30. Mohsin Re...

Maritime ports to continue hoisting signal no. 3

Maritime ports to continue hoisting signal no. 3

-- 2018-12-18 14:46:16

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to continue hoisting the local cautionary signal number three as a well-marked low is persisting over the Northwest...

DMP detains 26 drug suspects in Dhaka

DMP detains 26 drug suspects in Dhaka

FE Online Report 2018-12-18 13:30:56

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-drug drive arrested 26 people from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs. A special team of DMP, comprising Detective...