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Power supply to 819 houses in Chandpur

Power supply to 819 houses in Chandpur

-- 2018-03-03 17:50:03

A total of 819 houses of seven villages under Faridganj upazila of Chandpur have been brought under rural electrification network by Chandpur Palli Bidyut Samity-2 (CPBS) on Saturday. Local lawmaker...

Police arrest fake NSI official

Police arrest fake NSI official

-- 2018-03-03 17:32:25

Police arrested a man, who used to pose as an official of the National Security Intelligence (NSI), and his accomplice from Hazrakanda of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur early Saturday. The detainee has b...

Call to ensure quality services to displaced Myanmar nationals

Call to ensure quality services to displaced Myanmar nationals

FE Online Report 2018-03-03 17:27:14

Local and overseas experts have called for integrated efforts among the agencies to ensure standard and quality services to the forcibly-displaced Myanmar nationals (FDMN). They came up with the sugg...

Minor girl crushed under wardrobe in Ctg

Minor girl crushed under wardrobe in Ctg

-- 2018-03-03 17:17:28

A minor girl was killed after being crushed under a falling wardrobe or almirah in the Sanoara residential area under Chandgaon upazila in Chittagong on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified...

Myanmar removes weapons from border: Home minister

Myanmar removes weapons from border: Home minister

-- 2018-03-03 16:57:13

Myanmar has removed its heavy weapons along Tambru border in Bandarban following a flag meeting held on Friday. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan revealed the information on Saturday replying to a query...

Six foreign officials of Karnaphuli Tunnel project mugged

Six foreign officials of Karnaphuli Tunnel project mugged

-- 2018-03-03 16:33:49

Six Chinese nationals working on the Karnaphuli Tunnel project were mugged at Rangadia area of Chittagong on Friday. Police said, no suspects were detained over the incident occurred at an area close...

Al-Arafah Islami Bank opens agent banking outlet at Radhagonj

Al-Arafah Islami Bank opens agent banking outlet at Radhagonj

FE Online Desk 2018-03-03 15:25:42

Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited has recently inaugurated its 120th agent banking outlet at Radhagonj Bazaar in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi district. The bank opened the new outlet where the customer...

Improvement in graft index reflects government efforts: PM

Improvement in graft index reflects government efforts: PM

-- 2018-03-03 14:49:49

The country’s improvement in the global corruption index is a reflection of various steps taken up by the government to eliminate the graft, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. “After...

C’nawabganj mango growers eye bumper yield

C’nawabganj mango growers eye bumper yield

-- 2018-03-03 14:00:33

The mango growers of Chapainawabganj district, known as the capital of mango in Rajshahi, are expecting a high yield this season as mango trees are in full bloom due to favourable weather. 84 per cen...

Saudi Arabia detains Biman crew carrying drugs

Saudi Arabia detains Biman crew carrying drugs

-- 2018-03-03 13:26:27

Saudi Arabian law enforcers have detained two Biman Bangladesh crew members with banned drugs on them from a Riyadh hotel. The two Bangladeshi nationals, Mamun Shishir aka Ferdous, 30, and Arif Patha...

Two found dead in Savar

Two found dead in Savar

-- 2018-03-03 12:42:21

A young man and a teenage girl were found dead in separate places in Savar on Saturday morning. Ibne Farhad, Sub-Inspector of Savar Model Police Station, said miscreants hacked the youth, aged at 22,...

Painting exhibition on Bangabandhu underway

Painting exhibition on Bangabandhu underway

-- 2018-03-03 12:38:31

A 10-day solo Pata Painting exhibition titled 'Chitra Pate Bangabandhu' of Patua Nazir Hossain is underway at the Bangladesh National Museum. The inauguration ceremony of the 32nd solo Pata Painting...

PM to open 47 projects in Khulna today

PM to open 47 projects in Khulna today

-- 2018-03-03 12:26:35

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate 47 development projects and lay the foundation stones of 52 other schemes in Khulna city and district during her day-long visit on Saturday (today). S...

UNHCR acts to protect Rohingyas from elephant attacks

UNHCR acts to protect Rohingyas from elephant attacks

-- 2018-03-03 12:00:19

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the International Union for Conservation of Nature have launched an action plan to prevent further deaths from wild elephant attacks at the Kutupalo...

Pregnant woman dies at KMCH

Pregnant woman dies at KMCH

-- 2018-03-03 11:55:51

A pregnant woman’s alleged death due to medical negligence sparked tension at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) early Friday. Manwara Begum, 32, wife of Faruk Hossain, journalist of local...

Russian propagandists target Reddit

Russian propagandists target Reddit

-- 2018-03-03 11:46:33

Russian propagandists targeted the popular news-sharing website Reddit to influence American political debate, a US website has claimed. It had been widely presumed that Reddit, a hub for campaigning...

Gono Bishwabidyalay holds alumni conference

Gono Bishwabidyalay holds alumni conference

FE Online Desk 2018-03-03 11:33:45

Gono Bishwabidyalay has arranged alumni conference-2018 for the first time to form a central alumni association at its campus. Prof Doctor Laila Parveen Banu, advisor of the programme & Gono Bish...

Election Commission considers campaign curbs on social media

Election Commission considers campaign curbs on social media

-- 2018-03-03 11:33:35

The Election Commission is weighing the idea of imposing restrictions on the election campaigns on social media especially those malicious and hate ones directed towards a particular candidate. The E...

Satkhira fire engulfs six shops

Satkhira fire engulfs six shops

-- 2018-03-03 11:12:48

At least six shops were gutted as a fire broke out in a shop at Pakapol intersection in Satkhira town on early Saturday. The fire originated from electric short circuit around 2:30am and soon engulfe...

Bus-microbus collision kills four in Cox’s Bazar

Bus-microbus collision kills four in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-03-03 11:07:07

Four people have died and six others suffered injuries after a Cox’s Bazar-bound bus of Shyamoli Paribahan collided with two microbuses at Harbang on Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway in Chakaria u...

Karnaphuli Gas introduces prepaid metering in Ctg

Karnaphuli Gas introduces prepaid metering in Ctg

Pankaj Dastider 2018-03-03 10:17:15

The consumers of compressed natural gas may feel happy as the gas bill is likely to decline considerably after the installation of the prepaid metering system in the domestic gas burners in the city....

SMS-based complaints about public hospitals spike

SMS-based complaints about public hospitals spike

Saif Uddin 2018-03-03 10:03:00

Mobile phone SMS-based service launched by the government to know about irregularities in public hospitals from service recipients has gained popularity in recent times. According to available data,...

Weekly analysis: Stocks extend losses amid liquidity crunch

Weekly analysis: Stocks extend losses amid liquidity crunch

Babul Barman 2018-03-03 09:48:07

Stocks extended the losing spell for the second consecutive week as beleaguered investors continued their sell-offs on sector-wise stocks. Brokers said the market extended losses as the institutional...

Urbanisation fuels demand for tomato ketchups, sauces

Urbanisation fuels demand for tomato ketchups, sauces

Yasir Wardad 2018-03-03 09:41:49

The demand for tomato ketchups is growing fast in the country, powered mostly by urban consumers' changing tastes and dietary habits. People familiar with manufacturing the condiments told the FE tha...

Plan to build 800-MW plant at  Rupsha sans ensuring gas supply

Plan to build 800-MW plant at Rupsha sans ensuring gas supply

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-03-03 00:25:45

The government has planned to build an 800-megawatt (MW) gas-based power plant at Rupsha in Khulna despite uncertainty over the supply of natural gas, officials said on Thursday. Power Division offic...

Mob beats ‘robber’ to death in Narshingdi

Mob beats ‘robber’ to death in Narshingdi

-- 2018-03-02 20:19:30

A suspected robber was beaten to death by a mob at Aganagar village in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Kamal Mia alias Pichhi Kamal, son of Jamal Hossai...

BGB members detain one with 10 gold bars

BGB members detain one with 10 gold bars

-- 2018-03-02 20:10:43

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a man and recovered 10 gold bars worth Taka 5 million from his possession in Benapole border area of Jessore on Friday. The arrested was identified a...

BNP reschedules rally on March 12

BNP reschedules rally on March 12

-- 2018-03-02 20:00:39

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) moved their rally at Suhrawardy Udyan demanding the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail from March 11 to March 12. BNP senior joint secretary general R...

DU observes National Flag Hoisting Day

DU observes National Flag Hoisting Day

-- 2018-03-02 19:37:33

The Flag Hoisting Day commemorating the hoisting of the first national flag of independent Bangladesh was observed on Friday at Dhaka University. DU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman inau...

Myanmar claims military presence along border for internal security

Myanmar claims military presence along border for internal security

-- 2018-03-02 19:22:34

Myanmar has claimed that they deployed military forces near the border with Bangladesh, where Rohingyas are camped, for internal security. It defended the increased security presence during the talks...