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Economist sees jute as next growth driver

Economist sees jute as next growth driver

FE Report 2018-03-08 10:30:54

Proper policy support and adjustment of fiscal burden could help the jute sector become one of the important economic growth drivers of the country, said economist Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman on Wednesda...

Zafar Iqbal shifted to cabin

Zafar Iqbal shifted to cabin

-- 2018-03-07 22:55:27

Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal was shifted to a cabin from the ICU of Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on Wednesday. The eminent writer has been undergoing treatment at CMH after suffering serious injuries...

Cabinet body approves DWASA project contracts involving Tk 9.06b

Cabinet body approves DWASA project contracts involving Tk 9.06b

-- 2018-03-07 22:19:17

Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase has approved contracts under three projects involving Tk 9.06 billion for improvement of Dhaka city's water and sewerage system. The committee approved the propos...

Police arrest 13 with 3,000 yaba tablets

Police arrest 13 with 3,000 yaba tablets

-- 2018-03-07 21:27:19

Detective Branch (DB) of police in separate drives arrested 13 drug traders and seized 3,300 pieces of yaba tablets from Sadar upazila in Noakhali on Wednesday. District DB police sources said the dr...

Khaleda facing adverse situation with courage: Fakhrul

Khaleda facing adverse situation with courage: Fakhrul

-- 2018-03-07 21:04:23

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said their Chairperson Khaleda Zia is facing 'adverse situation' with courage. The BNP leader made the remarks while talking to reporters after m...

Traffic in turmoil as AL rally blocks some Dhaka roads

Traffic in turmoil as AL rally blocks some Dhaka roads

-- 2018-03-07 20:57:17

The ruling Awami League’s rally at Suhrawardy Udyan has left Dhaka commuters in trouble. Many suffered due to inadequate public transport on Wednesday, while others spent hours in the gridlock...

Four envoys present credentials to President

Four envoys present credentials to President

-- 2018-03-07 20:52:39

Ambassadors of China, Egypt and Palestine and High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Bangladesh presented their credentials to President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Wednesday afternoon. The envoys are Z...

Saudi cylinder blast leaves Bangladeshi, two others dead

Saudi cylinder blast leaves Bangladeshi, two others dead

-- 2018-03-07 20:43:29

A Bangladesh national and two Indians were killed in an explosion of a gas cylinder in Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. The Bangladeshi victim was identified as Asadullah, 22, hailed from Madarganj in J...

Merit-listed candidates to fill vacant quota posts

Merit-listed candidates to fill vacant quota posts

-- 2018-03-07 20:28:19

The posts of different government jobs, which remain vacant for not getting eligible candidates from quota, will be filled from merit lists. The government issued a notification in this regard relaxi...

PM calls for unity against militancy, corruption

PM calls for unity against militancy, corruption

-- 2018-03-07 20:08:10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to remain united against militancy, terrorism and corruption. “We have to work together to protect the youth from militancy, terrorism and drugs,&rdqu...

Roof collapse leaves three workers dead

Roof collapse leaves three workers dead

-- 2018-03-07 18:43:27

Three workers were killed and another three injured as the roof of a refuelling station collapsed on them at Khanpukur in Panchagarh on Wednesday noon. The deceased were identified as Mawla Liton, 35...

PM to fly to Singapore Sunday

PM to fly to Singapore Sunday

-- 2018-03-07 18:00:22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Singapore on Sunday on a four-day official visit at the invitation of her Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong. During her visit, a bilateral meet...

.bd and .bangla domains get cheaper

.bd and .bangla domains get cheaper

-- 2018-03-07 17:49:59

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) has decided to provide allocation and registration of .bd (dot bd) and .bangla (dot bangla) domains at a flat yearly rate of Tk 800 from now on. A...

‘Robber’ dies in Rangpur gunfight

‘Robber’ dies in Rangpur gunfight

-- 2018-03-07 17:28:44

A suspected robber was killed and another injured in a 'gunfight' with law enforcers in Munshipara graveyard area of Rangpur early Thursday. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained imme...

Royal Bengal Tiger spotted in Sylhet tea estate

Royal Bengal Tiger spotted in Sylhet tea estate

-- 2018-03-07 17:20:00

A photo showing presence of a Royal Bengal Tiger in Malnichhara Tea Estate area in Sylhet has gone viral on Facebook drawing huge public attention. One Mohammad Mansun saw the tiger sitting on a road...

BD, Kuwait to formulate manpower deal, foster excellence for workers

BD, Kuwait to formulate manpower deal, foster excellence for workers

-- 2018-03-07 17:07:07

Bangladesh and Kuwait have agreed to formulate Cooperation Agreement on Manpower (2000) and form a Joint Working Group under the aegis of the deal.  "Both sides have also agreed to work together...

Govt recruits 80pc of female police in last nine years

Govt recruits 80pc of female police in last nine years

-- 2018-03-07 16:01:09

The government has recruited nearly 80 per cent of the women police in the last nine and a half years, surging the number 11676 from 2520, official data shows. According to the data, the nu...

President to join solar summit in India

President to join solar summit in India

-- 2018-03-07 14:51:59

President Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka for India on Thursday, on a five-day official visit, to participate in the Solar Summit on March 11.   He will also join in the founding ceremony of Intern...

Senior BNP leaders to meet Khaleda in jail

Senior BNP leaders to meet Khaleda in jail

-- 2018-03-07 14:50:04

A group of senior BNP leaders led by Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is likely to meet Chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail on Wednesday. The BNP leaders were permitted to meet the former pr...

Six B'baria policemen suspended as they conceal drug recovery

Six B'baria policemen suspended as they conceal drug recovery

FE Online Desk 2018-03-07 13:44:16

Six policemen - four officials and two constables - in Brahmanbaria have been suspended for hiding a drug recovery. They are sub-inspectors Shyamal Mazumdar, Monir Hossain; assistant sub-inspectors F...

UN pays tribute to fallen BD peacekeepers

UN pays tribute to fallen BD peacekeepers

FE Online Desk 2018-03-07 13:41:04

United Nations officials in Mali have paid tribute to four fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers who were killed in the line of duty in the Mopti region of the country last week. On February 28, four pea...

PM to leave for Singapore Sunday

PM to leave for Singapore Sunday

FE Online Desk 2018-03-07 13:05:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Singapore on Sunday, beginning her four-day visit in the city-state. The visit follows an invitation by her counterpart Lee Hsien Loong, Foreign Mini...

Suspected robber dies in gunfight with police

Suspected robber dies in gunfight with police

-- 2018-03-07 12:23:14

A gunfight between police and robbers has left a ‘robber’ dead in Gazipur. The dead, Rouf Haolader, 38, was named in 16 cases over robbery and other charges, said Md Joinal Abedin, assis...

Govt likely to share 2.0pc VAT with ECR vendors

Govt likely to share 2.0pc VAT with ECR vendors

FE Report 2018-03-07 10:32:25

The revenue board may share up to 2.0 per cent of VAT with the vendors of electronic cash register (ECR) for their after-sales monitoring service, as the existing system floundered. Sources said the...

LNG import: Govt goes slow as infrastructure not ready yet

LNG import: Govt goes slow as infrastructure not ready yet

M Azizur Rahman 2018-03-07 10:12:28

The government has adopted a go-slow strategy to sign sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) with LNG suppliers as necessary infrastructure to 'evacuate' the fuel is not ready yet, officials said. They...

Homage to Bangabandhu on historic March 7

Homage to Bangabandhu on historic March 7

-- 2018-03-07 09:41:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this morning paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dha...

Success in Alu Bukhara  farming in Magura

Success in Alu Bukhara farming in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-03-07 00:43:27

Alu Bukhara, a kind of plum, is being produced in the district. Magura Horticulture Center sources said they have been cultivating the fruit from 2014. Officials said, "It was challenging to grow the...

Nation to observe historic March 7 today

Nation to observe historic March 7 today

-- 2018-03-07 00:23:22

The historic March 7 will be observed today (Wednesday). The day will recall the greatest Bangalee leader of all time Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his epoch-making speech that drew the cruci...

Fire guts three houses in Nilphamari

Fire guts three houses in Nilphamari

-- 2018-03-06 23:13:58

Three houses were burned down in a fire at Chowdhurypara village in Sadar upazila on Monday midnight. Witnesses said, the fire originated from an oven of the kitchen of Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury of th...

March 7 speech’s appeal will last forever: PM     

March 7 speech’s appeal will last forever: PM     

-- 2018-03-06 22:40:14

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the impact of Bangabandhu’s historic 7th March speech did not fade even after decades. "This is evergreen and fresh speech for us. When we listen to...