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US mission offices in BD to remain closed Feb 18, 21

US mission offices in BD to remain closed Feb 18, 21

-- 2018-02-15 17:58:24

The US Embassy in Dhaka, including its consular section, will remain closed on February 18 and  February 21 to celebrate the President's Day, a US national day, and in observance of International...

Rivals kill journalist over land dispute in Laxmipur

Rivals kill journalist over land dispute in Laxmipur

-- 2018-02-15 17:45:45

A journalist was killed in a clash over land dispute at Khilbaicha of Sadar upazila in Laxmipur on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Shah Monir Palash, district correspondent of Bengal...

President offers fateha at Hazrat Shahjalal, Shahparan shrines   

President offers fateha at Hazrat Shahjalal, Shahparan shrines  

-- 2018-02-15 17:24:41

President Abdul Hamid offered ziarat at the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) and Hazrat Shahparan (R) in Sylhet on Thursday afternoon. President Hamid, who arrived here by a Biman Bangladesh Airline...

Miscreants hack UP chairman to death

Miscreants hack UP chairman to death

-- 2018-02-15 15:55:57

A union parishad chairman was chopped to death in an attack by some miscreants at Narail’s Dighlia union parishad premises on Thursday noon. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Latifur Rahman...

RMCH interns ‘assault’ RU teacher

RMCH interns ‘assault’ RU teacher

-- 2018-02-15 15:54:33

Prof Zahir Raihan, a teacher of Rajshahi University (RU) has been allegedly assaulted by a group of interns at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Wednesday night. The teacher of department o...

DSCC, UNICEF team up for ensuring slum kids’ welfare

DSCC, UNICEF team up for ensuring slum kids’ welfare

FE Online Report 2018-02-15 15:48:31

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and UNICEF Bangladesh have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve the delivery of basic services to the children in urban poor communities. They have team...

Fresh BNP programmes to free Khaleda

Fresh BNP programmes to free Khaleda

-- 2018-02-15 15:27:55

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced another round of peaceful countrywide programmes demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. Fresh programmes will cover the c...

ICB gives scholarship to employees’ children

ICB gives scholarship to employees’ children

FE Online Desk 2018-02-15 14:56:40

Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has provided scholarship to the meritorious children of its employees in different academic levels (PSC, JSC, SSC, HSC, Honours and Masters-2017 etc). Kazi...

Call for adequate budget to help curb child abuse

Call for adequate budget to help curb child abuse

FE Online Report 2018-02-15 13:56:42

Speakers at a discussion on Thursday called for sufficient allocation of budget and its proper implementation to help curb violence against children and their overall development. They also advocated...

High Court orders probe into SSC question paper leak

High Court orders probe into SSC question paper leak

-- 2018-02-15 13:08:12

The High Court on Thursday ordered a judicial probe into the allegations of question paper leaks in the ongoing Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations. Following a writ pe...

RAB nabs ‘arms trader’

RAB nabs ‘arms trader’

-- 2018-02-15 13:06:48

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged arms trader from Balukhalichhara area in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday night. The arrestee was identified as Md Abu Bakka...

No Bangladeshi among Florida shooting victims

No Bangladeshi among Florida shooting victims

-- 2018-02-15 12:42:14

No Bangladeshis were killed or injured in the shooting spree at a Florida high school, said Atiquer Rahman, executive vice president at the Association of Bi-National Chambers of Commerce in Florida....

Jhalakati mobile courts jail 79

Jhalakati mobile courts jail 79

-- 2018-02-15 11:57:42

Mobile courts in Jhalakati in January sentenced 79 people to different jail terms and realised around Tk 0.13 million in fine on different charges. Besides, 77 cases were filed during 50 mobile court...

Shanta First Income Unit Fund's public subscription opens

Shanta First Income Unit Fund's public subscription opens

FE Report 2018-02-15 11:12:03

The public subscription of Shanta First Income Unit Fund (SFIUF) began on Wednesday whose initial size is Tk 200 million. The securities regulator - Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSE...

HSIA uplift tumbles before takeoff

HSIA uplift tumbles before takeoff

Kamrun Nahar 2018-02-15 10:53:54

A new terminal construction and upgrading Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) has stalled for another preemptive plan, sources said. The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has no...

FBCCI urges Turkish cos to set up JV industries

FBCCI urges Turkish cos to set up JV industries

FE Report 2018-02-15 10:09:29

The country's apex trade-body urged Turkish businesses on Wednesday to set up factories of various key sectors here under joint venture (JV) for mutual benefits of the two countries. It also proposed...

PKB moves closer to required paid up capital

PKB moves closer to required paid up capital

Arafat Ara 2018-02-15 09:59:26

Wage Earners' Welfare Board (WEWB) has contributed an amount of Tk 1.0 billion to facilitate Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) for shoring up its capital base before converting it into a scheduled bank, sou...

Abnormal price hike of betel  leaf in Rajshahi markets

Abnormal price hike of betel leaf in Rajshahi markets

Our Correspondent 2018-02-15 00:49:03

The price of betel leaf has registered an abnormal rise over the last two weeks in the local market of the district. Due to such increase of the palatable chewing delicacy, betel-leaf chewing fans of...

Low rate disheartens potato cultivators as harvest  begins in Natore

Low rate disheartens potato cultivators as harvest begins in Natore

Roving Correspondent 2018-02-15 00:47:56

Newly-harvested potato has started appearing in the local market of the district but the farmers are not happy over the present rate. A good number of farmers said a bumper production of potato has b...

ICT minister backs digital process to prevent question leak

ICT minister backs digital process to prevent question leak

-- 2018-02-14 22:14:43

The posts, telecommunications and information technology minister has said that a digital system for formulating and distributing question papers may help prevent leakage. Talking to reporters on Wed...

Two get life for killing youth in Sirajganj

Two get life for killing youth in Sirajganj

-- 2018-02-14 22:02:16

A Sirajganj court on Wednesday sentenced two people to life-term imprisonment for killing a young man in Ullahpara upazila in 2007. The convicts are Lavu Pramanik, 28, son of Golam Mostafa of Satbari...

One year on, EC’s clarity in focus to gain public trust

One year on, EC’s clarity in focus to gain public trust

-- 2018-02-14 22:00:16

Country’s election experts have said the current Election Commission (EC) needs to gain public confidence by making its neutral role obvious ahead of the next general election.  The expert...

Tribunals for women have 165,550 pending cases: Law Minister

Tribunals for women have 165,550 pending cases: Law Minister

-- 2018-02-14 21:47:02

A total of 165,550 cases are pending with Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunals across the country. Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq made the disclosure at Parl...

Home boss says no plan to shift Khaleda elsewhere

Home boss says no plan to shift Khaleda elsewhere

-- 2018-02-14 21:27:05

The home minister has said that they have no plan right now to shift BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia elsewhere from the old Dhaka central jail of Nazimuddin Road. Asaduzzaman Khan came up with the remark...

Myanmar home minister arrives in Dhaka today

Myanmar home minister arrives in Dhaka today

-- 2018-02-14 21:21:49

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said a 12-member Myanmar delegation, led by its Home Minister, will arrive in Dhaka on Thursday at his invitation to discuss the issue. "Rohingya repatriation w...

EU lawmakers want citizens' real choice in election

EU lawmakers want citizens' real choice in election

-- 2018-02-14 21:15:36

Visiting European Parliamentary delegation has expressed its hope that all political parties of Bangladesh will stand for establishing real choice of citizens at the ballot box. The delegation came u...

Khaleda’s election future in court’s hand: EC

Khaleda’s election future in court’s hand: EC

-- 2018-02-14 20:59:55

The Election Commission (EC) has said that the court will decide whether BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be able to join the next parliamentary polls or not. EC Secretary Helal Uddin said this on We...

Payra project to get ‘national priority’

Payra project to get ‘national priority’

-- 2018-02-14 20:26:05

The government has decided to declare the Payra project as ‘national priority project’ to accelerate the speed of its construction work. Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said, "We will...

Trial of Tarique in two cases, eight others underway

Trial of Tarique in two cases, eight others underway

-- 2018-02-14 20:04:08

The trial proceedings in eight cases, including two over August 21 grenade attack and one sedition case, against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman are now underway. He has also been convicted in two...

Khaleda’s lawyers yet to get certified copy of verdict

Khaleda’s lawyers yet to get certified copy of verdict

-- 2018-02-14 19:33:50

Lawyers of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia are yet to get the certified copy of the verdict that sentenced her to five years' imprisonment in a graft case. Advocate Sanaullah Mia, counsel of the BNP chie...