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VAT online project gets revision in cost, time

VAT online project gets revision in cost, time

FE Report 2018-01-24 11:02:51

The government revised the VAT online project for the second time with increased cost and extended implementation period. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) endorsed the...

Rohingya repatriation - a PR ploy by Myanmar!

Rohingya repatriation - a PR ploy by Myanmar!

FE Online Desk 2018-01-24 10:54:00

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Bangladesh to suspend the bilateral deal struck with Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation, saying it threatens the refugees' security and well-being. The Myanmar au...

Square, Beximco Pharma, GP dominate turnover chart

Square, Beximco Pharma, GP dominate turnover chart

FE Report 2018-01-24 10:28:43

Top 10 traded companies accounted for more than 40 per cent transactions of the premier bourse Tuesday while Square Pharmaceuticals, Beximco Pharma and Grameenphone dominated the list. Dealers said t...

City rickshaw-puller beaten dead

City rickshaw-puller beaten dead

-- 2018-01-24 10:28:28

A rickshaw-puller has been beaten to death in the capital city's Bhashantek area. UNB said the deceased was identified as Tajul Islam, 40. Hailing from Dikdail village in Tarail upazila of Kishoregan...

H R Textile Mills approves 10pc cash dividend

H R Textile Mills approves 10pc cash dividend

-- 2018-01-24 10:18:36

The 33rd Annual General Meeting of H R Textile Mills Limited was held at Spectra Convention Centre Limited in the city on Monday, said a press release. The company declared 10 per cent cash dividend...

Two journalists receive splinter injuries at Benapole

Two journalists receive splinter injuries at Benapole

-- 2018-01-24 09:09:52

Two journalists of a private television channel received splinter injuries during a clash between two groups of workers in the Benapole Port area in Jessore on Wednesday. The injured are Jessore dist...

Media responsible for poor projection of women: Study

Media responsible for poor projection of women: Study

-- 2018-01-24 07:27:05

Bangladeshi media sway from appropriately representing women in their contents, a study has revealed.  The findings of the report show that women are represented in just 16 per cent contents of...

Seven get death over murder of Habiganj farmer

Seven get death over murder of Habiganj farmer

-- 2018-01-24 07:17:15

Seven people were awarded death sentences in Habiganj in a case filed over killing a farmer almost ten years ago. The Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Court awarded the verdict on Wedne...

Khaleda wants strong movement against 'neo-Baksal'

Khaleda wants strong movement against 'neo-Baksal'

-- 2018-01-24 07:01:09

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said a strong movement is a must to 'restore democracy' by defeating 'neo-Baksal'. "People are now strongly committed to ousting the neo-Baksal regime. We must remove...

179 construction workers lost lives in workplaces in 2017

179 construction workers lost lives in workplaces in 2017

FE Online Report 2018-01-24 05:37:37

At least 179 construction workers lost lives in accidents at different under-construction sites last year in the country. Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation (OSHE) reve...

EC to take measures for holding presidential polls: Anisul

EC to take measures for holding presidential polls: Anisul

FE Online Desk 2018-01-24 04:41:06

Law Minister Anisul Huq said the Election Commission will take necessary steps for holding the presidential elections at the due time as per the constitution The policymakers of Awami League will dec...

BD cancels Chinese road construction project

BD cancels Chinese road construction project

-- 2018-01-24 04:11:40

Bangladesh has cancelled a road construction project with a major Chinese company which was building the Dhaka Sylhet highway on charges of attempting to bribe Bangladeshi officials. Government has a...

Pakistan police arrest Zainab killer

Pakistan police arrest Zainab killer

-- 2018-01-24 04:02:27

A man suspected in the rape and killing of a 7-year-old girl has been arrested and has confessed to hers and at least seven other child killings, Punjab province's top official said. Police launched...

Strike at all educational institutions Jan 29

Strike at all educational institutions Jan 29

-- 2018-01-24 03:31:50

Progotishil Chhatra Jote (PCJ), a combine of left-leaning student organisations, called for countrywide strike at educational institutions across the country on January 29 protesting Tuesday’s a...

RAB arrests three fake DB men with arms

RAB arrests three fake DB men with arms

-- 2018-01-24 03:23:54

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three fake members of Detective Branch (DB) with arms from airport area in the capital on Tuesday evening. The arrestees were identified as Ilius Sikd...

UCB donates vehicle to ‘Proyash’

UCB donates vehicle to ‘Proyash’

FE Online Desk 2018-01-24 02:50:16

United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) has donated a vehicle to Proyash, Bangladesh Army operated institute of special needs, as the corporate social responsibility. A E Abdul Muhaimen, Managing Direct...

DIU organises science innovation fair

DIU organises science innovation fair

FE Online Desk 2018-01-24 02:18:02

Daffodil International University (DIU) organised a two-day long ‘BFF-Samakal Science Innovation Fair-2017-2018’ on its campus, ended on Tuesday. Mustafa Jabbar, minister, Ministry of Pos...

Net house potato farming on rise in Rajshahi region

Net house potato farming on rise in Rajshahi region

-- 2018-01-24 01:40:40

Potato farming through net house system is increasing gradually in Rajshahi region including its vast Barind for multiplying the tissue-culture based seed-potato successfully. Abu Hena Mostofa Kamal,...

Two die of biting cold in Khulna

Two die of biting cold in Khulna

-- 2018-01-23 12:56:08

An elderly man and a woman died due to biting cold in Kapilmuni union of Paikgaccha upazila on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Monika Rani Biswas, 102, and Krishno Chandra Biswas, 75....

Soaring vegetable price worries buyers in Bogra

Soaring vegetable price worries buyers in Bogra

-- 2018-01-23 12:38:31

People of fixed-income group of the district are worried due to high price of all kinds of vegetable. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office source said farmers have cultivated varietie...

State-owned Kushtia poultry farm battles,

State-owned Kushtia poultry farm battles,

-- 2018-01-23 12:25:46

The lone state-owned poultry farm in the district, was established at the cost of Tk 10 million, is now in dire condition. An unprecedented hike in the prices of chicks, poultry feed, medicine, elect...

Country's 89pc people have access to electricity: Survey

Country's 89pc people have access to electricity: Survey

FE Report 2018-01-23 12:00:00

A telephonic perception survey revealed on Monday that 89 per cent people of the country have access to electricity until early 2017. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in association with Bangl...

Govt mulls shutting down Facebook, Twitter during SSC examinations

Govt mulls shutting down Facebook, Twitter during SSC examinations

-- 2018-01-23 12:00:00

The government plans to stop Facebook, Twitter and other social media across the country during the SSC and equivalent examinations to prevent question paper leakage. Education Minister Nurul Islam N...

Cops sue edn ministry employees, Lakehead owner

Cops sue edn ministry employees, Lakehead owner

-- 2018-01-23 12:00:00

The detectives have filed a case against Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid’s Personal Officer Motaleb Hossain, ministry staff Nasiruddin and Lakehead Grammar School owner Khaled Hasan Matin....

Agitated students besiege DU VC office

Agitated students besiege DU VC office

FE Online Desk 2018-01-23 12:00:00

The students of Dhaka University (DU) besieged the office of Vice-Chancellor Prof Akhtaruzzaman demanding cancellation of the university’s affiliation with seven colleges and punishment of the C...

Frobel Play School celebrates its 15th anniv

Frobel Play School celebrates its 15th anniv

FE Online Desk 2018-01-23 12:00:00

Frobel Play School, a pre-school in Chittagong, has celebrated its 15 years of founding anniversary, recently. The inclusive and innovative pre-school celebrated the day with a huge, gala event at th...

NCC files case against nine for trying to kill Ivy

NCC files case against nine for trying to kill Ivy

-- 2018-01-23 12:00:00

Narayanganj City Corporation on Tuesday filed a case against nine people and unnamed 100 others for attempting to kill the Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy. They tried to kill Mayo...

Number of homeless people now stands at 281,000: Minister

Number of homeless people now stands at 281,000: Minister

-- 2018-01-23 12:00:00

A senior minister has said the number of homeless people in the country is now 281,000, while that of landless is 1.07 million.  Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif revealed the information in t...

Edn ministry suspends two staffers

Edn ministry suspends two staffers

-- 2018-01-23 12:00:00

The Ministry of Education suspended its two staffers accused of bribery over reopening the Lakehead Grammar School. “The suspension order will remain in force until the completion of the trial,...

Hawkers must leave footpaths: Ivy

Hawkers must leave footpaths: Ivy

-- 2018-01-23 12:00:00

Hawkers in Narayanganj cannot run their businesses on footpaths, Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy has said once again. Ivy said this while speaking to the media in Dhaka on Tuesday, after she was released from...