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 ‘AL-BNP clash’ leaves Jubo League leader dead in Noakhali

 ‘AL-BNP clash’ leaves Jubo League leader dead in Noakhali

-- 2018-12-11 20:49:50

A Jubo League leader was killed in a clash between the supporters of Awami League (AL) and BNP over electioneering at Ejbalia under Sadar upazila in Noakhali on Tuesday. The victim was identified as...

Political parties should refuse violence: US envoy

Political parties should refuse violence: US envoy

-- 2018-12-11 19:24:17

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller has said all political parties should refuse violence to ensure peaceful election campaign ahead of 11th parliamentary election. "Violence hinders the democr...

PM’s proposal of UN global compact on migration adopted

PM’s proposal of UN global compact on migration adopted

-- 2018-12-11 18:41:52

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s proposal of UN Global Compact on Migration was adopted at the 11th Global Forum on Migration and Development in Marrakech of Morocco. A Bangladesh delegation led...

BNP, its alliance gear up electioneering in city

BNP, its alliance gear up electioneering in city

-- 2018-12-11 18:12:13

The candidates of BNP and its alliance partners for the 11th parliamentary elections launched their election campaign in the capital on Tuesday. BNP candidate for Dhaka-8 constituency Mirza Abbas alo...

‘Volunteers play vital role in building resilient community’

‘Volunteers play vital role in building resilient community’

-- 2018-12-11 18:00:17

UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Mia Seppo said volunteers play an important role in building a resilient community. She made the remarks while speaking at International Volunteer Day celebration eve...

EC releases 5.0m euro for Rohingyas

EC releases 5.0m euro for Rohingyas

-- 2018-12-11 17:07:34

The European Commission (EC) has released an additional 5.0 million euro to provide life-saving food assistance to the Rohingya communities living in Bangladesh. This comes on top of the 40 million e...

Festivity in the air ahead of PM's election rally in Kotalipara

Festivity in the air ahead of PM's election rally in Kotalipara

-- 2018-12-11 16:54:21

Awami League leaders and activists in Kotalipara, an upazila of their party chief Sheikh Hasina's constituency in Gopalganj, have expressed enthusiasm over a planned rally to be held on Wednesday. Th...

Vote for ‘Boat’, Quader urges youth

Vote for ‘Boat’, Quader urges youth

-- 2018-12-11 16:36:58

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged young voters to cast their votes in favour of Awami League in the upcoming parliamentary ele...

PM heads science, telecom ministries

PM heads science, telecom ministries

-- 2018-12-11 16:30:14

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken the charge of two more ministries on Tuesday after the government accepted the resignation of four technocrat ministers. The Cabinet Division issued a gazette n...

Lawmen arrest two ‘militants’ for plotting to kill filmmaker

Lawmen arrest two ‘militants’ for plotting to kill filmmaker

-- 2018-12-11 16:06:46

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)'s Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit arrested two suspected militants for plotting the murder of filmmaker Khijir Hayat Khan in the capital. The two...

EC challenges HC order on BNP leaders' candidacy

EC challenges HC order on BNP leaders' candidacy

-- 2018-12-11 14:50:40

The Election Commission has filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of Supreme Court against an High Court order that cleared the way for BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul Quddus Taluk...

DMP arrests 47 drug suspects in city

DMP arrests 47 drug suspects in city

FE Online Report 2018-12-11 14:36:03

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-narcotics drive arrested 47 suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs in the last 24 hours ending at 6:00am...

Attack on Fakhrul’s motorcade during election campaign

Attack on Fakhrul’s motorcade during election campaign

-- 2018-12-11 13:59:18

A group of men has attacked BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s motorcade in Thakurgaon, his party colleague has alleged. The attack was carried out during an election rally in...

DMP realises over Tk 3.65m from traffic offenders

DMP realises over Tk 3.65m from traffic offenders

-- 2018-12-11 13:49:56

The Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday realised over Tk 3.65 million in fines from traffic offenders. In a simultaneous drive on the city streets conducted on the day,...

SC upholds HC order on BNP’s Ali Azgar candidacy

SC upholds HC order on BNP’s Ali Azgar candidacy

-- 2018-12-11 12:57:35

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order cancelling BNP candidate Ali Azgar’s candidature for Mymensingh-1 constituency in the upcoming 11th parliamentary election....

HC delivers split order on Khaleda’s candidacy

HC delivers split order on Khaleda’s candidacy

Agencies 2018-12-11 11:46:02

High Court judges are divided over whether BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is currently serving time in prison over graft, will be able to contest the December 30 election. The bench of Justice Syed...

Malaysia eager to invest in BD

Malaysia eager to invest in BD

Our Correspondent 2018-12-11 10:59:23

Malaysian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Nur Ashikin Mohd Taib on Monday showed her country's eagerness to make investment in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has made extensive development for which the busi...

Fire breaks out at cotton mill in Habiganj

Fire breaks out at cotton mill in Habiganj

-- 2018-12-11 10:46:28

A fire has broken out at a cotton mill in Noyapara of Madhobpur upazila under Habiganj district early Tuesday. The fire originated at warehouse no 3 of Saiham Texttile Mills around 1:30am, according...

Focus on migrant workers’ rights in poll manifestos

Focus on migrant workers’ rights in poll manifestos

FE Report 2018-12-11 10:43:53

Rights campaigners called on the political parties to include the right issues of migrant workers in their election manifestos to ensure their human rights. More than 10 million Bangladeshi workers a...

Full execution of new VAT law likely in FY 22, says Muhith

Full execution of new VAT law likely in FY 22, says Muhith

FE Report 2018-12-11 10:36:44

Finance Minister A M A Muhith on Monday said the new VAT law might be fully implemented in fiscal year (FY) 2021-22. He made the comment just after a day the National Board of Revenue (NBR) chief ple...

BTRC blocks 54 web portals again

BTRC blocks 54 web portals again

-- 2018-12-11 10:21:09

Hours after unblocking 58 news portals, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has blocked 54 of them again. Emdadul Haque, secretary general of Internet Service Providers' Associ...

Ershad off to Singapore for health checkup

Ershad off to Singapore for health checkup

-- 2018-12-11 09:44:38

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has left Dhaka for Singapore for a medical checkup. Ershad along with party presidium member Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu and his APS Manjurul Islam left Hazrat Shahjalal Inte...

High prices delight Bogura, Joypurhat potato farmers

High prices delight Bogura, Joypurhat potato farmers

Our Correspondent 2018-12-11 00:52:00

BOGURA, Dec 10: Farmers in the district are happy with the fair market prices of the newly-harvested potato. The early cultivated potato is being sold at Tk 1,600 to Tk 1800 per maund in the retail...

Rangpur broccoli cultivators make handsome profit

Rangpur broccoli cultivators make handsome profit

Our Correspondent 2018-12-11 00:51:19

RANGPUR, Dec 10: The broccoli cultivators in different areas of the district are hopeful about a plentiful yield of the vegetable in this season. This year winter vegetable growers under the distri...

Satkhira veg prices fall on supply glut

Satkhira veg prices fall on supply glut

-- 2018-12-11 00:50:35

SATKHIRA, Dec 10 (UNB): The oversupply of vegetables is forcing farmers in Satkhira to sell their produces at lower prices, raising fears that they will not be able to get back their production costs....

Election campaign to begin in full-flow Tuesday

Election campaign to begin in full-flow Tuesday

-- 2018-12-10 22:09:52

Election campaign is expected to begin in full-swing from Tuesday as Election Commission (EC) has opened the campaign field after completing official formalities including allocation of symbols among...

Body of missing minor found in septic tank

Body of missing minor found in septic tank

-- 2018-12-10 21:11:07

Police recovered the body of a minor boy who went missing on December 3 from a septic tank at Ghona village in Matlab South upazila in Chandpur on early Monday. The deceased was identified as Mohamma...

BTRC unblocks 58 websites

BTRC unblocks 58 websites

FE Online Desk 2018-12-10 20:49:39

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has unblocked 58 websites, including some news portals. BTRC Senior Assistant Director (Media) Jakir Hossain Khan said the websites were...

BGB Air Wing to get 2 helicopters next year

BGB Air Wing to get 2 helicopters next year

-- 2018-12-10 20:40:31

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will get two helicopters for its Air Wing within December next year, said its Director General Maj Gen Md Shafeenul Islam here on Monday. While talking to UNB after visi...

45kg touchstone idol recovered in Rajbari

45kg touchstone idol recovered in Rajbari

-- 2018-12-10 19:50:47

A touchstone statue of Hindu goddess 'Lakshmi Narayan' was recovered from the district's Baliakandi upazila of Rajbari on Monday. Police's Detective Branch made the recovery during a raid in the upaz...