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Number of voters now stands at 104.1m: EC

Number of voters now stands at 104.1m: EC

-- 2018-01-31 18:09:05

The number of voters in the country has now increased to 104.1 million from 101.4 million in 2017, according to the Election Commission's updated electoral roll published Wednesday. "The number of to...

JS sitting resumes

JS sitting resumes

-- 2018-01-31 17:24:19

The sitting of the Jatiya Sangsad resumed at 4.30 pm on Tuesday with Deputy Speaker M Fazley Rabbi Miah in the chair. BSS said the day's proceedings began with recitation from the Holy Quran.

Govt wants to create unstable situation in politics: BNP

Govt wants to create unstable situation in politics: BNP

-- 2018-01-31 17:16:23

BNP on Wednesday alleged that the government is making a chaotic situation in the country ahead of verdict on a graft case of its chairperson Khaleda Zia. “The government's main target is now t...

10 to die for killing farmer in Habiganj

10 to die for killing farmer in Habiganj

-- 2018-01-31 16:19:09

A Habiganj court has sentenced 10 people to death for killing a farmer at Baghjur village under Baniachong upazila of the district in 2001. Ali and his accomplices later hacked Razzak to death with s...

HC bars ex-AB Bank chief from flying abroad

HC bars ex-AB Bank chief from flying abroad

-- 2018-01-31 14:38:07

The High Court has barred former AB Bank chairman M Wahidul Haque and ex-official Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal and issued a rule asking why their bails will not be scrapped. The Anti-Corruption Commission...

ONE Bank opens 93rd branch

ONE Bank opens 93rd branch

FE Online Desk 2018-01-31 14:22:01

ONE Bank Limited has opened its 93rd branch at Tanbazar area in Narayangonj district, recently.  Sayeed H Chowdhury, chairman of the ONE Bank, inaugurated the branch on Sunday, according to a m...

Robi team greets Mustafa Jabbar

Robi team greets Mustafa Jabbar

FE Online Desk 2018-01-31 13:34:52

Robi’s senior management team has greeted Mustafa Jabbar, newly-appointed Posts, Telecommunications, Information and Communication Technology Minister, at his office. Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, Robi&r...

Fog  halts ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari route

Fog halts ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari route

-- 2018-01-31 11:23:51

Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kathalbari route in the Padma River disrupted since early Wednesday due to thick fog. Shah Newaz Khaled, assistant general manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport...

BSEC approves Bashundhara Paper IPO, IDLC Growth Fund application

BSEC approves Bashundhara Paper IPO, IDLC Growth Fund application

FE Report 2018-01-31 10:43:00

The securities regulator has approved the proposal of issuing above 26.04 million IPO shares by the Bashundhara Paper Mills to raise a capital worth Tk 2.0 billion under the book building method. The...

Women make progress, but still lag behind in many areas

Women make progress, but still lag behind in many areas

FE Report 2018-01-31 10:23:46

Despite significant progress in reducing gender gap in the country in last two decades, women still lag behind in areas like education, energy, transport and urban development, according to a study....

Gopalganj growers make good profit from high-yielding tomato varieties

Gopalganj growers make good profit from high-yielding tomato varieties

Our Correspondent 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Farmers of Raghunathpur union under Sadar upazila are making a good profit by growing 'Beautiful-2' tomato variety this season. Dilip Biswas, a farmer of Raghunathpur village under Sadar upazila, sai...

Bogra eyes good coriander yield

Bogra eyes good coriander yield

Our Correspondent 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Coriander cultivators of the district are expecting a good output this season amid a favourable weather condition. The growers are now busy taking care of the cropland to get a satisfactory productio...

Police detain BNP leader Gayeshwar in Dhaka

Police detain BNP leader Gayeshwar in Dhaka

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Police have detained BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in Dhaka’s Gulshan. Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the member of the party’s policymaking body National Standi...

Gazipur road crash kills three

Gazipur road crash kills three

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

At least three people died and two others were injured in a road accident at MC Bazar on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Sreepur upazila on Wednesday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be...

DU expels 15 for test fraud

DU expels 15 for test fraud

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

The syndicate of Dhaka University (DU) permanently expelled 15 students on charges of gaining admission to the university through fraudulent methods, while also alleging their involvement in admission...

Three cases follow BNP attacks on police

Three cases follow BNP attacks on police

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Police have started three cases over attacks on police personnel by BNP activists near the High Court in Dhaka. Two cases were filed under the Special Powers Act—one at Ramna Police Station and...

Customs recover huge firecrackers from train in Benapole

Customs recover huge firecrackers from train in Benapole

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Customs Intelligence officials recovered 3.5 maunds firecrackers from a commuter train at Navaran rail station on Wednesday morning. Acting on a tip off, a team of customs intelligence conducted the...

Murder suspect dies in Pabna ‘shootout’

Murder suspect dies in Pabna ‘shootout’

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

A suspected leader of outlawed ‘Zulhas Bahini’ was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Dhalarchar in Bera upazila early Wednesday. Zulhash Mandal was arrested at the New Mar...

PM warns against financial anomalies

PM warns against financial anomalies

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Reiterated her government's steadfast stance against corruption and misuse of public money, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned that the government would never tolerate corruption and financial irregu...

Democracy Index: Bangladesh scores lowest in a decade

Democracy Index: Bangladesh scores lowest in a decade

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Bangladesh has ranked the lowest position of the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Democracy Index-2017 in a decade. The EIU said Bangladesh's score fell to its lowest in line with a global decline...

BNP trying to launch sabotage ahead of national polls: Qamrul

BNP trying to launch sabotage ahead of national polls: Qamrul

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Food Minister Advocate Qamrul Islam said BNP has taken ill strategies to delay proceedings of the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case to create anarchy in the country ahead of the national elections....

Scrap presidential election plan: SC lawyer

Scrap presidential election plan: SC lawyer

FE online Desk 2018-01-31 00:00:00

A Supreme Court lawyer has served a legal notice on the Election Commission (EC) and the government seeking cancellation of the presidential elections in 24 hours. Advocate Eunus Ali Akond on Wednesd...

Shimulia-Kawrakandi ferry services resume after three hrs

Shimulia-Kawrakandi ferry services resume after three hrs

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Ferry services on Shimulia-Kawrakandi route resumed after three hours of disruption caused by thick fog on Wednesday morning. The ferry services suspended at 6:00am due to poor visibility caused by d...

Country’s total voter number reaches 104.1m: EC

Country’s total voter number reaches 104.1m: EC

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

The number of the country's voters has increased to 104.10 million, according to the Election Commission.Releasing the updated voter list at a press conference at Nirbachon Bhaban, acting secretary to...

RAB detains two ‘JMB men’ in Rajshahi

RAB detains two ‘JMB men’ in Rajshahi

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) claimed arrest of two alleged members of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Rajshahi city early Wednesday. The arrestees...

Bangladesh betters rule of law performance

Bangladesh betters rule of law performance

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Bangladesh has been ranked at 102nd among 113 countries in an indicator that measures how the rule of law is experienced and perceived by people in general across the world. The indicator, published...

AL picks Abdul Hamid again for presidential run

AL picks Abdul Hamid again for presidential run

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Ruling Awami League has nominated incumbent President M Abdul Hamid as its candidate to contest upcoming presidential election. The presidential voting is scheduled to be held in the parliament on Fe...

USA insists Myanmar on creating conditions for voluntary Rohingya return

USA insists Myanmar on creating conditions for voluntary Rohingya return

-- 2018-01-30 22:28:47

USA has said it’ll continue to call upon Myanmar government to create right conditions in Rakhine state so that persecuted Rohingyas can voluntarily return to homes safely from Bangladesh. Visi...

BNP men snatch away fellows vandalising prison van

BNP men snatch away fellows vandalising prison van

-- 2018-01-30 20:24:49

BNP activists allegedly snatched away two of their fellows from law-enforcers by vandalising a prison van in front of High Court on Tuesday afternoon. Police said BNP men also broke two rifle butts o...

State seeks Khaleda’s maximum punishment in Zia Charitable case

State seeks Khaleda’s maximum punishment in Zia Charitable case

-- 2018-01-30 18:54:59

Country’s anti-corruption watchdog has pleaded for maximum punishment, which is seven-year imprisonment, for BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia and other accused in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Th...