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IUB holds discussion on Rabindranath Tagore

IUB holds discussion on Rabindranath Tagore

FE Online Desk 2018-02-07 12:53:36

The School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has organised a discussion titled ‘Photography and Iconic Personality: Rabindranath Tagore’ on it...

Mango sprouting creates eye-catching look in Rajshahi

Mango sprouting creates eye-catching look in Rajshahi

-- 2018-02-07 12:36:20

As the winter season ended earlier, hundreds and thousands of mango trees have started sprouting buds in Rajshahi region. The blooming mango flowering at this stage predicts an excellent production o...

Mother attempts to commit suicide after killing sons

Mother attempts to commit suicide after killing sons

-- 2018-02-07 11:39:51

A woman killed her two sons by drowning and attempted to kill self  at a village in Sylhet’s Bishwanath Upazila. The woman is Beauty Akter Rony who is now under treatment at Sylhet Osmani...

Faridpur road crash kills five

Faridpur road crash kills five

-- 2018-02-07 11:37:50

At least five people were killed as a bus and an auto bike collided head-on in front of Brac office at Bhanga intersection under Bhanga upazila in Faridpur on Wednesday morning. Four of them are pass...

Khaleda Zia calls press meet on Wednesday

Khaleda Zia calls press meet on Wednesday

-- 2018-02-07 11:26:29

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has called a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, a day ahead of the verdict on a corruption case against her. The news conference will be held at 5pm at the BNP chief...

Cops detain 25 BNP men in Sunamganj

Cops detain 25 BNP men in Sunamganj

-- 2018-02-07 11:14:07

Police arrested at least 25 leaders and activists of BNP from different areas of the district since Tuesday afternoon. The BNP men were nabbed on charge of planning to carry out subversive activities...

Work on new waterline  progressing fast in  Lalmonirhat

Work on new waterline progressing fast in Lalmonirhat

A Correspondent 2018-02-07 00:00:00

The installation work of the 16 km-long new water supply line is progressing fast in Lalmonirhat municipal area. The Public Health Department of Lalmonirhat is implementing the work under the Water S...

A college teacher producing seedless guava in Rajshahi

A college teacher producing seedless guava in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent 2018-02-07 00:00:00

Abdul Jalil of Kakonhat area under Godagari upazila has launched a silent revolution in producing seedless guava for the first time in Bangladesh. This year he has cultivated 4,000 guava plants on 40...

REHAB seeks Tk 200b refinancing facility

REHAB seeks Tk 200b refinancing facility

Our Correspondent 2018-02-07 00:00:00

The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh has sought government announcement on single digit interest loan and a refinancing facility worth Tk 200 billion to bring dynamism in the real est...

Editors want section 32 of Digital Security Act revoked

Editors want section 32 of Digital Security Act revoked

-- 2018-02-06 23:36:10

The Editors' Council has expressed grave concern over section 32 of the proposed Digital Security Act and urged the government to revoke the section and other controversial ones from the law. The cou...

BCL activists ransack RESI principal’s office

BCL activists ransack RESI principal’s office

-- 2018-02-06 22:48:17

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists on Tuesday allegedly vandalised the Rajshahi Engineering Survey Institute (RESI) principal's office and ransacked papers over a trifling matter on Tuesday. T...

Quick rental power plant in Bhola may get another extension

Quick rental power plant in Bhola may get another extension

-- 2018-02-06 22:07:18

A 38.50 megawatt gas-fired quick rental plant in Bhola is likely to get an extension for three more years, official sources said. Power Division has moved a proposal in this regard for the approval o...

Minister asks CJ to launch probe into corruption allegations

Minister asks CJ to launch probe into corruption allegations

-- 2018-02-06 21:54:03

The law minister has urged newly-appointed chief justice (CJ) to launch investigation into corruption allegations brought by the attorney general (AG) against apex court officials. Anisul Huq made th...

OIC chooses Dhaka as City of Tourism for 2019

OIC chooses Dhaka as City of Tourism for 2019

-- 2018-02-06 21:31:44

Tourism ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states have chosen Dhaka as the "City of Tourism" for 2019. The declaration was made at the closing session of the 10th Islam...

AL lawmaker defends education minister over question leak

AL lawmaker defends education minister over question leak

-- 2018-02-06 19:51:22

Awami League lawmaker Shamsul Hoque Chowdhury has defended Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid amid huge criticisms for the 'failure' to prevent the repeated incidents of question paper leak. "If an...

Govt plans safe drinking water project for city dwellers

Govt plans safe drinking water project for city dwellers

-- 2018-02-06 19:34:50

The government has initiated a project to provide safe drinking water in the capital as per demand. The ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives will implement the project, ti...

More 138 new books hit book fair on Tuesday

More 138 new books hit book fair on Tuesday

FE Report 2018-02-06 19:04:52

Some 138 more new books have hit the stalls of Amar Ekushey Book fair on Tuesday. With these, a total of 530 new books have been released in this year’s Ekushey book fair, informed Bangla Acade...

PM to visit Italy, Vatican City next week

PM to visit Italy, Vatican City next week

-- 2018-02-06 18:53:24

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Italy and the Holy See (Vatican City) from February 12 to 14. She will also attend the annual governing council meeting of Rome-based International Fund for Ag...

Production at Fenchuganj Fertiliser Factory remains suspended

Production at Fenchuganj Fertiliser Factory remains suspended

-- 2018-02-06 18:44:34

The production at Fenchuganj Fertiliser Factory in Sylhet remained suspended since Tuesday morning as government decided to stop gas supply to all fertiliser factories. The government took the decisi...

BD products on display at Guwahati trade fair

BD products on display at Guwahati trade fair

-- 2018-02-06 17:36:25

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali on Monday visited a Jamdani Saree stall at the '25th Guwahati International Trade Fair' at Guwahati, Assam. UNB said this year 18 Bangladeshi st...

Chandpur minor dies in gas cylinder blast

Chandpur minor dies in gas cylinder blast

-- 2018-02-06 17:19:57

A six-month old baby girl died and three other members of a family were injured as a gas cylinder blasted at a village in Chandpur on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sumaiya Akhter Eva, daugh...

Law Minister vows to defend journalists

Law Minister vows to defend journalists

-- 2018-02-06 16:05:34

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said he will “fight free of cost” for journalists affected by the proposed Digital Security Act, dubbed as the emerging media-gagging law. He came up wi...

RAB detains one with arms in Munshiganj

RAB detains one with arms in Munshiganj

-- 2018-02-06 16:04:35

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man along with arms during a drive from Sadar upazila in Munshiganj on Monday. The detainee is identified as Md Jahangir Hossain Sarkar (39), son of Abul Kashe...

Dhaka Int’l Textile, Garment Machinery expo begins Thursday

Dhaka Int’l Textile, Garment Machinery expo begins Thursday

FE Online Report 2018-02-06 15:37:01

The 15th edition of a four day Dhaka International Textile and Garment Machinery (DTG) Exhibition 2018 will begin in the capital on Thursday. The exhibition popularly known as DTG-2018 and jointly or...

Four to die for Gazipur murder

Four to die for Gazipur murder

-- 2018-02-06 14:59:01

A Gazipur court on Tuesday sentenced four people to death for killing a CNG-run auto-rickshaw owner in 2012. The convicts are Kamrul Islam of Narsingdi, Shawkat of Gazipur, Mizan and Shaheen Miah of...

Faridpur road crashes kill six including Indian

Faridpur road crashes kill six including Indian

-- 2018-02-06 14:28:09

At least six people, including an Indian citizen, died and 22 others were injured in separate road accidents in the district on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Milon Molla, 26, and C...

Bangladesh opens hotline for citizens in Maldives

Bangladesh opens hotline for citizens in Maldives

-- 2018-02-06 13:01:10

Bangladesh has opened a hotline for its citizens living in the Maldives after President Abdulla Yameen on Monday declared a state of emergency for 15 days. Bangladeshis in Male have been asked to cal...

Fog halts ferry services on Padma

Fog halts ferry services on Padma

-- 2018-02-06 11:36:02

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Kathalia routes on the Padma disrupted due to dense fog. The ferry services were suspended around 1am Tuesday due to low visibility amid dense fog, sa...

Joydevpur-Elenga road project likely to get another revision

Joydevpur-Elenga road project likely to get another revision

FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-02-06 10:22:03

A four-lane road construction project from Joydevpur to Elenga is likely to be revised both in terms of cost and implementation period due to its changed design with new components and widened scope o...

Badruddoza terms prevailing crisis ‘acid test’ for government

Badruddoza terms prevailing crisis ‘acid test’ for government

-- 2018-02-06 00:00:00

President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury said the existing political crisis in the country is the government’s 'acid test'. The former president said it while addres...