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BNP leaders discuss Khaleda’s upcoming case verdict   

BNP leaders discuss Khaleda’s upcoming case verdict  

-- 2018-01-27 22:51:17

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia held an urgent meeting of her party's standing committee Saturday night.The meeting was held as a Dhaka court fixed date for pronouncing verdict in a graft case filed again...

2nd span installation of Padma Bridge fails

2nd span installation of Padma Bridge fails

-- 2018-01-27 22:19:00

Installation of the second span of the much-talked-about Padma Bridge failed to reach fruition between pillars number 38 and 39 on Saturday. Project surveyor Mir Faruque Hossain said the floating cra...

Indonesian President arrives in Dhaka to visit Rohingya camps

Indonesian President arrives in Dhaka to visit Rohingya camps

-- 2018-01-27 19:04:24

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo have arrived in Dhaka on Saturday for a two-day tour to visit the Rohingya refugee camps. The two arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal Intern...

Most respectable person to become presidential nominee: Quader

Most respectable person to become presidential nominee: Quader

-- 2018-01-27 18:04:22

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said their party will nominate a most respectable person for presidency. "We're yet to choose our candidate for the president polls. Prime Minister S...

Moulvibazar road crash kills mother, son

Moulvibazar road crash kills mother, son

-- 2018-01-27 12:31:15

A woman and her minor son died when a head-on collision between a tractor and CNG-run auto-rickshaw occurred at Arjuna in Barlekha upazila on Friday night. The accident took place around 9:30pm as th...

RAB detains 3 ABT men in N’ganj

RAB detains 3 ABT men in N’ganj

-- 2018-01-27 12:17:12

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three suspected members of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Rupganj upazila on Friday night. The arrestees are identified as Rezaur Rahman, 27, Abu R...

UCB distributes blankets at Panchagarh

UCB distributes blankets at Panchagarh

FE Online Desk 2018-01-27 12:11:11

United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) has distributed blankets for the poor and distressed people suffering due to massive cold wave at Panchagarh, recently. Mohammed Shawkat Jamil, Additional Managin...

Installation of 2nd span of Padma Bridge starts

Installation of 2nd span of Padma Bridge starts

-- 2018-01-27 12:08:30

The installation work of second span of the Padma Bridge began at the Jajira point in Shariatpur on Saturday morning. The work of Padma Multipurpose Bridge became visible with the installation of a 1...

Google to allow ‘muting’ pestering ads

Google to allow ‘muting’ pestering ads

-- 2018-01-27 12:00:00

Google will now let people "mute" advertisements that encourage them to buy products from websites they have previously visited. So-called reminder ads track which products people have looked at onli...

JU five-day cultural fest begins

JU five-day cultural fest begins

-- 2018-01-27 12:00:00

A five-day cultural festival has begun on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus. "Jalshiri", a JU based cultural organisation, arranged the programme for the 13th time. A drama "Nillakhan" will be st...

FBCCI to organise int’l youth summit

FBCCI to organise int’l youth summit

FE Online Desk 2018-01-27 12:00:00

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has organised a preparatory meeting ahead of the International Youth Summit. The apex trade body will hold the youth summit to b...

Humans kill 13 tigers in 15 years

Humans kill 13 tigers in 15 years

-- 2018-01-27 11:16:30

A total of 13 tigers have been killed by people in one and a half decades in Bangladesh. During the period, around 265 people were killed in tiger attacks in different areas close to the Sundarbans m...

IMF seeks to know about impact of new VAT law postponement

IMF seeks to know about impact of new VAT law postponement

Syful Islam 2018-01-27 10:09:42

Due to delay in executing new VAT law for two years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the government about its impacts on revenue collection over the budgetary target, officials said....

BD proposes to take steps against chemical terrorists

BD proposes to take steps against chemical terrorists

-- 2018-01-27 03:41:19

Ambassador Sheikh Mohammed Belal, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons), proposed to provide capacity building measures for the deve...

CPBS-1 brings 154 houses under power network

CPBS-1 brings 154 houses under power network

-- 2018-01-27 02:16:48

Chandpur Palli Bidyut Samity (CPBS-1) has brought a total of 154 houses of two villages under Kachua upazila of Chandpur under rural electrification network recently. Former home minister Dr Mohiuddi...

Biman's marketing confce starts today

Biman's marketing confce starts today

Kamrun Nahar 2018-01-27 00:00:00

After four years, Biman Bangladesh Airlines holds its marketing conference today(Sunday) aiming to carry out a mid-term review of overall sales performance, which was negative in the last six months,...

Govt forms body to boost e-commerce sector

Govt forms body to boost e-commerce sector

Talha Bin Habib 2018-01-27 00:00:00

The government has initiated a move to develop the country's e-commerce business in conformity with international standard, an official said. The ministry of commerce (MoC) has formed a committee hea...

Two motorcyclists die in Ctg road crash

Two motorcyclists die in Ctg road crash

-- 2018-01-27 00:00:00

Two motorcyclists were killed when a bus ran over their vehicle on Chittagong- Cox's Bazar highway at Kagojipara in Patia upazila on Saturday morning. One of the deceased was identified as Mahbubul A...

Ferry services  on Paturia-Daulatdia  resume

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia resume

-- 2018-01-27 00:00:00

After a one-hour disruption due to thick fog, ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River resumed on Saturday morning. Sources said, “The ferry services were disrupted from 8am...

Matarbari power plant work starts Sunday

Matarbari power plant work starts Sunday

-- 2018-01-27 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled on Sunday to inaugurate the main construction work of Matarbari 1,200MW coal-based power plant’ via video conference from Ganabhaban. The Japan Interna...

BCL urges DU to release report on clash

BCL urges DU to release report on clash

-- 2018-01-27 00:00:00

Nine organisations allied with the Bangladesh Chhatra League have called on the administration to release a probe report into campus clashes within 24 hours. The incident had involved a BCL attack on...

HRW writes to PM urging probe into enforced disappearances

HRW writes to PM urging probe into enforced disappearances

-- 2018-01-27 00:00:00

The Human Rights Watch has called on the Bangladesh government to take urgent steps to confirm the whereabouts and release of men held by its security authorities outside the authority of the courts....

12 get Bangla Academy Award

12 get Bangla Academy Award

-- 2018-01-27 00:00:00

Twelve personalities have been named as recipients of the Bangla Academy Sahitya Puraskar 2017 for their outstanding contributions to their respective field of literature. Director General of Bangla...

Dr Kamal urges police not to take sides during next polls

Dr Kamal urges police not to take sides during next polls

-- 2018-01-27 00:00:00

Ganoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain has urged police not to work for any specific political party during the next general election. "Bangladesh police have water lily (Shapla), the national emblem,...

Protests defy passenger woes

Protests defy passenger woes

-- 2018-01-27 00:00:00

Passengers in bus cut dejected figures as they remained stuck in heavy gridlock near the Nilkhet-New Market intersection in the city on Saturday when students of seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka U...

President wants Indonesia role in Rohingya solution

President wants Indonesia role in Rohingya solution

-- 2018-01-27 00:00:00

President Abdul Hamid on Saturday sought further support from Indonesia in solving the prevailing Rohingya crisis. A Bangabhaban spokesman said this when visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo pai...

Miscreants beat youth to death in Munshiganj mosque

Miscreants beat youth to death in Munshiganj mosque

-- 2018-01-26 12:56:20

A youth was killed by some miscreants in a mosque where he took shelter on Thursday evening at Jashaldia village in Lawhajong upazila. The deceased was 26, son of Hasen Molla of the village, who had...

Severe cold damages seedbeds in Bogra

Severe cold damages seedbeds in Bogra

Our Correspondent 2018-01-26 12:55:21

BOGRA, Jan 24: Boro paddy growers from different villages are worried for as severe cold like situation have damaged many seedbeds in the district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extensio...

Farmers of Sylhet region passing busy time cultivating Rabi crops

Farmers of Sylhet region passing busy time cultivating Rabi crops

Our Correspondent 2018-01-26 12:54:32

SYLHET, Jan 25: Farmers of greater Sylhet region have been passing busy time for cultivation of different Rabi crops, including vegetable of all types and others. So far, crops on 87,144 hectares had...

BD urges UN to stop violence in Palestine

BD urges UN to stop violence in Palestine

-- 2018-01-26 12:28:29

Bangladesh has called upon the Security Council to prevail upon Israel to immediately halt its illegal settlements and violence in the occupied Palestinian territories. Masud Bin Momen, Bangladesh's...