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PM arrives in Patuakhali

PM arrives in Patuakhali

-- 2018-02-08 11:50:37

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Patuakhali on Thursday morning on a daylong visit to Patuakhali and Barisal districts to inaugurate 'Sheikh Hasina Cantonment' and 54 development projects. She wi...

PM to visit Barisal today

PM to visit Barisal today

-- 2018-02-08 11:31:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit Barisal on Thursday to open a cantonment named after her located on the bank of Payra River in Lebukhali area. The PM will also address a public ral...

Rohingya influx still continues

Rohingya influx still continues

Our Correspondent 2018-02-08 09:46:22

Influx of the Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh still continued despite a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the two countries. According to Bangladesh-Myanmar bordering sourc...

Magura tomato cultivators  achieve bumper output

Magura tomato cultivators achieve bumper output

Our Correspondent 2018-02-08 01:00:18

MAGURA, Feb 07: Tomato growers of the district are expecting to earn Tk 120 million this year. A bumper production of the fruit has been achieved this season. Farmers are also satisfied over the pres...

Uneasy calm grips country ahead of Khaleda verdict

Uneasy calm grips country ahead of Khaleda verdict

-- 2018-02-07 23:37:43

Tension has been running high as an uneasy calm has gripped the country over Thursday's verdict in a graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The party earlier vowed to register its protests i...

Khaleda turns emotional, recalls loss of near and dear ones

Khaleda turns emotional, recalls loss of near and dear ones

-- 2018-02-07 23:22:41

The BNP chairperson turned emotional on Wednesday while talking about the loss of her husband, mother and younger son, and said that people are now her relatives. In a choked voice at her press confe...

Quader says BNP at war against court

Quader says BNP at war against court

-- 2018-02-07 23:15:44

The Awami League general secretary has claimed that BNP has declared a 'war' against the court after having failed to launch a movement. Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said, "BNP doesn't obey the law an...

Video of police manhandling a girl goes viral

Video of police manhandling a girl goes viral

-- 2018-02-07 23:11:39

A video of a girl being manhandled by two policemen on a road in front of Bangabhaban in the capital has gone viral on Facebook. In the 30-second video, a police officer was seen slapping the girl se...

Dr Kamal decries politicisation, lobbying

Dr Kamal decries politicisation, lobbying

-- 2018-02-07 23:08:39

President of Gono Forum Dr Kamal Hossain has criticised public university teachers who become desperate to get promoted as professors on political consideration and through lobbying instead of the bas...

BD, Turkey talk Rohingya crisis

BD, Turkey talk Rohingya crisis

-- 2018-02-07 22:52:23

Dhaka and Ankara have discussed enhanced cooperation between the two Muslim nations to help solve Rohingya crisis that has affected Bangladesh severely. M Allama Siddiki, Bangladesh Ambassador to Tur...

PM says August 21 grenade case proceedings at final stage

PM says August 21 grenade case proceedings at final stage

-- 2018-02-07 21:20:43

The prime minister has told the parliament that the trial proceedings of August 21 grenade attack case are now at the final stage with 225 witnesses finishing their depositions. Sheikh Hasina on Wedn...

Government moves for increasing forests coverage to 20pc

Government moves for increasing forests coverage to 20pc

-- 2018-02-07 20:47:24

The government has taken a move for increasing coverage of forests to 20 per cent with 64,000 hectares of new land for fresh forestation across the country. Minister for Environment and Forests Anisu...

HSC, equivalent exams to begin April 2

HSC, equivalent exams to begin April 2

-- 2018-02-07 19:32:51

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin across the country on April 2. The examination routine was published on the website of education ministry on Wednesda...

ASEAN stresses durable solution of Rohingya crisis

ASEAN stresses durable solution of Rohingya crisis

-- 2018-02-07 18:59:27

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have placed emphasis again on a durable solution of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar. Ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations also called f...

Broadband internet to go all unions by 2018: Minister

Broadband internet to go all unions by 2018: Minister

-- 2018-02-07 18:43:22

Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar has expressed his hope to bring every union under optical fibre broadband internet connection by 2018. The minister also pla...

Khaleda vows not to ‘bow down,’ remains doubtful about justice

Khaleda vows not to ‘bow down,’ remains doubtful about justice

-- 2018-02-07 18:02:59

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has alleged that the country's trial system has been turned into a mockery through interference and politicisation. Asserting that she will not bow down, the former prime...

Cops take steps to keep law & order situation under control: Minister

Cops take steps to keep law & order situation under control: Minister

-- 2018-02-07 17:39:22

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said law enforcement agencies have taken all the necessary measures to prevent the BNP members from committing any subversive activities centring the verdic...

Police didn’t arrest Habib-un-Nabi: DMP

Police didn’t arrest Habib-un-Nabi: DMP

-- 2018-02-07 17:06:33

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah said BNP is spreading out propaganda over the detention of Dhaka South BNP President Habib Un Nabi Khan Sohel. He came up with the remark...

SSC examinees fear violence over Khaleda's verdict

SSC examinees fear violence over Khaleda's verdict

FE Report 2018-02-07 16:59:22

Around two million secondary school certificate and equivalent examinees guardians are in tension about the examinations to be held on Thursday. Tensions have been mounting over the outcome of Zia Or...

Police tighten security ahead of Khaleda verdict

Police tighten security ahead of Khaleda verdict

-- 2018-02-07 15:58:01

Law enforcers have tightened the security across the country and stationed multiple checkpoints in all of Dhaka’s entry points to prevent BNP supporters from entering the capital so they cannot...

BD to be part of India’s tiger census

BD to be part of India’s tiger census

-- 2018-02-07 15:29:18

Bangladesh along with other countries of the subcontinent will be part of India’s tiger census to estimate the tigers and territorial spread of the animal in the region. The census, which began...

Switzerland wants peace, economic growth in BD

Switzerland wants peace, economic growth in BD

-- 2018-02-07 14:57:13

Expressing satisfaction over developing relations with Bangladesh, Swiss President Alain Berset has wished for a continuous economic progress in the country with a peaceful situation. "We agreed to s...

Satkhira road crash kills one

Satkhira road crash kills one

-- 2018-02-07 14:53:24

A man was killed and 10 others were injured in a road accident at Chhayghoria on Satkhira-Jessore road in Sadar upazila of Satkhira on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Hazi Abdul Maz...

BIDS ranks 102 among top global think tanks

BIDS ranks 102 among top global think tanks

FE Online Report 2018-02-07 14:42:56

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) ranked 102 among 142 top think tanks of the world, according to the 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. Prepared and published by the Think T...

IFIC Bank inks deal with Bangladesh Bank

IFIC Bank inks deal with Bangladesh Bank

FE Online Desk 2018-02-07 14:21:22

IFIC Bank Limited has entered into the participatory agreement with Bangladesh Bank (BB) of SME Development project under Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistance, recently. Shah A Sarwar, managing di...

Police detain 222 BNP-Jamaat men in separate drives

Police detain 222 BNP-Jamaat men in separate drives

-- 2018-02-07 14:17:39

Police in separate drives arrested at least 222 leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat from seven districts. The arrests were made in Gazipur, Chittagong, Naogaon, Lakshmipur, Chuadanga, Meherpur, and S...

Armed forces now more developed, competent: PM

Armed forces now more developed, competent: PM

-- 2018-02-07 14:10:52

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said today's armed forces are much developed, competent and intelligent as the government made tremendous infrastructure development. She said this while addressing a...

Most private healthcare facilities run unregulated: TIB study

Most private healthcare facilities run unregulated: TIB study

FE Report 2018-02-07 13:50:39

The country's most of the private healthcare facilities are running without proper rules and regulations, a study says. The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) revealed the study, made on 116...

CMP imposes ban on traffic

CMP imposes ban on traffic

-- 2018-02-07 13:20:21

Chittagong Metropolitan Police on Wednesday enforced a restriction on vehicular movement and carrying sharp weapons, explosives, flammable materials in the port city on Thursday. Security measures ha...

Abdul Hamid becomes president again

Abdul Hamid becomes president again

FE online Desk 2018-02-07 12:53:49

Abdul Hamid, AL candidate for 23rd presidential polls, has been re-elected president uncontested as no other candidates filed nomination. Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda announced the devel...