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Stern action against rebels soon, says Awami League

Stern action against rebels soon, says Awami League

-- 2018-12-15 16:35:03

The ruling Awami League says it will soon take ‘harsh’ action against rebel candidates. The party made the statement at a press conference in Dhaka and it was reiterated by the party&rsqu...

Police arrest man with $20,000 at Benapole

Police arrest man with $20,000 at Benapole

-- 2018-12-15 15:42:39

A man was arrested at Benapole Land Port border with a huge amount of foreign currencies on Saturday. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) troopers seized $20,200 cash, Indian and Bangladeshi currencies, an...

DMP fines traffic offenders over Tk 1.884m

DMP fines traffic offenders over Tk 1.884m

FE Online Report 2018-12-15 13:41:15

Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Friday realised over Tk 1.884 million in fines from traffic offenders. In simultaneous drives across the city streets, the DMP filed a total...

Broccoli cultivation gains popularity in Rajshahi

Broccoli cultivation gains popularity in Rajshahi

-- 2018-12-15 13:21:10

Cultivation of broccoli, a non-conventional winter vegetable, has gradually been gaining popularity in Rajshahi region by dint of its lucrative market price and growing demand. Along with other conve...

Low pressure system forming in Bay of Bengal

Low pressure system forming in Bay of Bengal

-- 2018-12-15 13:16:46

A low pressure system has intensified in the Bay of Bengal, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. The Met Office has advised the Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra ports...

Customs seize 52 gold bars at Sylhet airport

Customs seize 52 gold bars at Sylhet airport

-- 2018-12-15 13:01:08

Customs officials seized 52 gold bars worth around Tk 27.0 million from an aircraft at the Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Saturday. Ahmedur Reza Chowdhury, an assistant commissioner at the...

Police detain 34 drug suspects in Dhaka

Police detain 34 drug suspects in Dhaka

FE Online Report 2018-12-15 12:56:03

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-drug drive arrested 34 suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs. A special team of DMP, comprising Detecti...

Dr Kamal urges President Hamid for meeting

Dr Kamal urges President Hamid for meeting

-- 2018-12-15 12:32:05

The Jatiya Oikyafront has sent a letter to President Md Abdul Hamid to request a meeting amid the ongoing campaigns for the 11th parliamentary elections. The leader of the alliance, Dr Kamal Hossain,...

BGB nabs two youths with gold bars in Benapole

BGB nabs two youths with gold bars in Benapole

-- 2018-12-15 11:50:22

Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two youths along with eight gold bars from Putkhali border area under Sharsha upazila in Jashore district on Friday night. They were identified a...

Road crashes claim six lives in four districts

Road crashes claim six lives in four districts

-- 2018-12-15 11:37:52

At least six people were killed in separate road accidents in Pabna, Rajshahi, Sirajganj and Jashore districts on Friday. In Pabna, a motorcyclist and his wife were killed as his two-wheeler rammed i...

CAAB discounts suggestions to shed dual responsibility

CAAB discounts suggestions to shed dual responsibility

Kamrun Nahar 2018-12-15 10:11:32

The national aviation watchdog cannot perform properly in terms of service delivery and regulatory function for having dual responsibility, experts said. It is unable to act both as a regulator and a...

NBFIs in tight corner

NBFIs in tight corner

Jubair Hasan 2018-12-15 10:08:56

The current effort to bring down lending and deposit rates has started putting pressure on non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs), sector insiders said. To comply with the directive, the non-bank...

Govt gives BJMC Tk 1.40b to pay dues, wages

Govt gives BJMC Tk 1.40b to pay dues, wages

FE Report 2018-12-15 09:57:04

The government has funded Tk 1.40 billion as loan for payment of jute purchase dues, wages and festival allowances for jute mill workers, officials said. Of them, some Tk 1.0 billion is for payment o...

Hasina urges people not to cast vote for war criminals

Hasina urges people not to cast vote for war criminals

-- 2018-12-14 21:42:32

Mentioning that BNP has given nominations to war criminals, their relatives and corrupt elements in different constituencies, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the people of the country not...

Attack disrespects martyred intellectuals: Dr Kamal

Attack disrespects martyred intellectuals: Dr Kamal

-- 2018-12-14 18:17:07

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday described the attack on his motorcade near the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in the city as a serious act of disrespect to martyred intellectuals....

Ballot papers to reach ROs seven days before polls

Ballot papers to reach ROs seven days before polls

-- 2018-12-14 18:06:39

Returning officers (RO) is expected to get the ballot papers seven days before the National Election slated for December 30. Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed said while briefing r...

Film director Amjad Hossain dies

Film director Amjad Hossain dies

-- 2018-12-14 17:26:27

Eminent film director Amjad Hossain has died at the age of 76 in a Bangkok hospital. Amjad suffered a stroke in November and was put on life support in a Dhaka hospital, according to bdnews24. When...

Number of prisoners in BD stands at 89,097

Number of prisoners in BD stands at 89,097

FE Online Report 2018-12-14 17:19:01

The number of prisoners stood at 89,097 as of December 14, 2018, according to the Prisons Directorate under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Of the total number of prisoners, 17,147 are convicts and the...

Dr Kamal loses temper over Jamaat question

Dr Kamal loses temper over Jamaat question

-- 2018-12-14 16:48:51

Dr Kamal Hossain was visibly angry when he was asked about his position on the Jamaat-e-Islami, an Islamist party that openly opposed Bangladesh’s struggle for freedom from Pakistan. Kamal, 81,...

Jamaat threat to BD’s democracy: US Congressman

Jamaat threat to BD’s democracy: US Congressman

-- 2018-12-14 16:39:43

An influential US Congressman has said the United States stands with the Bangladeshi people seeking free, fair and safe democratic elections but cautioned that Islamist groups like Jamaat-e-Islami pos...

DMP arrests 27 over drug charges in city

DMP arrests 27 over drug charges in city

FE Online Report 2018-12-14 15:42:03

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in special anti-drug drives arrested 27 suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs.  They also recovered 299 pieces of ya...

Two die in Dhaka accident

Two die in Dhaka accident

-- 2018-12-14 15:01:25

Two people have been killed after a covered van hit a motorbike at Agargaon area in Dhaka city. The accident took place near the children’s theme park Shishu Mela in Agargaon at around 11:30pm...

'Awareness building imperative to prevent cyber crime'

'Awareness building imperative to prevent cyber crime'

FE Report 2018-12-14 15:01:02

Experts at a workshop in the city have called for raising awareness among people, especially the youth section of society, to prevent cyber crime and extremism in the country. There is no alternative...

Suspected drug pedlar dies in Cox’s Bazar ‘shootout’

Suspected drug pedlar dies in Cox’s Bazar ‘shootout’

-- 2018-12-14 14:46:22

A suspected drug pedlar was killed in a reported shootout with police in Cox’s Bazar in the early hours of Friday. The dead was identified as Yusuf Bahadur, 32, son of Khalil Ahmed of Choto Hab...

25pc Khulna brick kilns illegal: DoE

25pc Khulna brick kilns illegal: DoE

-- 2018-12-14 13:40:31

More than one-fourth brick kilns in Khulna district are operating illegally as 45 of them did not renew their licences, the Department of Environment (DoE )'s Khulna office said. Sources at the DoE...

Dr Kamal’s motorcade comes under attack

Dr Kamal’s motorcade comes under attack

-- 2018-12-14 12:52:04

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain's motorcade came under attack near Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur in Dhaka while returning after paying tributes there on Friday morning, leaving at...

DMP collects over Tk 2.8m in fines from traffic offenders

DMP collects over Tk 2.8m in fines from traffic offenders

FE Online Report 2018-12-14 12:17:51

Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Wednesday realised Tk 2.818 million in fines from traffic offenders. A total of 4,827 cases were also filed against different modes of vehic...

One dies in Habiganj clash

One dies in Habiganj clash

-- 2018-12-14 11:53:07

A man was killed while 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of people at Noagaon village under Baniachang upazila in Habiganj on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Matiur Rahman...

Four train roof passengers die being hit by Hardinge Bridge girder

Four train roof passengers die being hit by Hardinge Bridge girder

-- 2018-12-14 11:27:48

At least four people were killed and five others injured after being hit by an overhead girder of Hardinge Bridge while travelling on a train roof at Pakshi in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna early Friday....

President, PM pay tributes to martyred intellectuals

President, PM pay tributes to martyred intellectuals

-- 2018-12-14 10:08:00

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals on the occasion of the Martyred Intellectuals Day. First the President and then the P...