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BCL men beat protesters to 'rescue' besieged VC

BCL men beat protesters to 'rescue' besieged VC

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

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists on Tuesday swooped on ‘anti-repression group’ students at Dhaka University to 'rescue' its besieged Vice Chancellor (VC). The activists of BCL, r...

New electricity bill keeps stricter penalty for illegal use

New electricity bill keeps stricter penalty for illegal use

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

The "Electricity Bill, 2018" was passed in the parliament on Tuesday keeping provision for increased penalty for illegal use of electricity. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nas...

Central bank should enjoy more 'instrument independence'

Central bank should enjoy more 'instrument independence'

FE Report 2018-01-23 11:25:28

Central banks in countries like Bangladesh should enjoy more 'instrument independence' in determining monetary policy, vital for moving an economy. Simultaneously, said a noted banker of India, there...

BGMEA, TU leaders meet Thursday to discuss wage hike

BGMEA, TU leaders meet Thursday to discuss wage hike

Monira Munni 2018-01-23 10:35:42

Apparel sector leaders will sit with labour leaders Thursday to discuss the present situation of the industry and mobilise opinion about wage hike in the sector. Leaders of Bangladesh Garment Manufac...

NBR moves to set up TIU to check tax evasion

NBR moves to set up TIU to check tax evasion

Doulot Akter Mala 2018-01-23 10:18:38

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has moved to establish an automated tax information unit (TIU) with interconnectivity of data banks of other relevant entities to track large financial transactions...

PM for quick repatriation of Rohingyas

PM for quick repatriation of Rohingyas

-- 2018-01-23 10:06:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants quick repatriation of Myanmar's forcibly displaced Rohingya people from Bangladesh to their own living places in Rakhaine. The Prime Minister also renewed her call...

Govt to extend MRP deal with British firm

Govt to extend MRP deal with British firm

-- 2018-01-23 09:31:13

The government is likely to extend its current deal with a British firm for extra 5 million machine readable passport (MRP) booklets and 5.5 million lamination foils. The Department of Immigration an...

Former Proshika chairman gets jail

Former Proshika chairman gets jail

-- 2018-01-23 06:27:09

The High Court on Tuesday awarded a one-month jail in civil prison for former Proshika chairman Qazi Faruque Ahmed for violating court's directive. The bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman also directe...

ACC launches investigation against suspected edn ministry officials

ACC launches investigation against suspected edn ministry officials

-- 2018-01-23 06:22:45

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation against some education ministry officials for their alleged involvement in graft. ACC chairman Iqbal Mahmud came up with the revelat...

UAE Hospital treats 9,000 Rohingyas free of cost

UAE Hospital treats 9,000 Rohingyas free of cost

FE Online Desk 2018-01-23 06:19:12

UAE doctors have treated over 9,000 children and elderly patients among Rohingya refugees at the Zayed Humanitarian Field Hospital in the Cox Bazaar. The hospital began its operating in Bangladesh si...

NPLs bother banking sector very much: Muhith

NPLs bother banking sector very much: Muhith

FE Report 2018-01-23 04:04:30

Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Monday the country's banking sector is bothered very much about the non-performing loans (NPLs) and argued that it has been a big problem since the independence when i...

Narail road mishap takes two lives

Narail road mishap takes two lives

-- 2018-01-23 03:21:45

A grandmother and her granddaughter have been killed after a Kalnaghat-bound truck hit a three-wheeler easy bike carrying them on Narail-Lohagora road in Narail Sadar upazila Tuesday noon. The deceas...

Police arrest Khaleda’s adviser Taimur in Narayanganj

Police arrest Khaleda’s adviser Taimur in Narayanganj

FE Online Desk 2018-01-23 03:15:33

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser and also a party leader from Narayanganj Taimur Alam Khandakar has been arrested. The police detained him from Narayanganj's Chanmari area at 1:15pm on Tuesday i...

Police detain 21 in Habiganj

Police detain 21 in Habiganj

-- 2018-01-23 03:14:57

Police arrested 21 persons including 12 wanted accused from different areas of Habiganj district in last 12-hour ending their drives at 9am on Tuesday. Nazim Uddin, Assistant Superintendent of Polic...

Rohingya children need Psychological-support

Rohingya children need Psychological-support

-- 2018-01-23 03:02:10

More than half of all child refugees – at least 170,000 – in Bangladesh’s camps are at risk of psychological and social distress. For at least 50,000 of them, the stress can be toxi...

BKB holds managers' conference

BKB holds managers' conference

FE Online Desk 2018-01-23 02:19:52

Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) has organised its branch managers' conference of Barisal division, recently. The BKB arranged the day-long conference for divisional audit officer, chief regional manager...

IU Rotaract Club elects new committee

IU Rotaract Club elects new committee

-- 2018-01-23 01:55:06

Imran Nazir and Akhtar Hossain Azad have been elected the president and the secretary respectively of Rotaract Club of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia on Monday. The election was held at Teachers...

Police detain Indian national with yaba tablets

Police detain Indian national with yaba tablets

-- 2018-01-23 01:55:04

Police have arrested an Indian citizen with 182 yaba tablets in his possession in Netrokona. Acting on a tip-off in the northern district Lithon Marak, 33, was arrested on Monday, said Police Sub-Ins...

Police recover bodies of woman, daughter in city

Police recover bodies of woman, daughter in city

-- 2018-01-23 01:46:14

Police have recovered the bodies of a woman and her child from a house in Sabujbagh of Dhaka. The deceased are 25-year-old Shantona Akter and her daughter Mahfuza, around a year old. They lived in a...

Villagers beat dead a tiger in Bagerhat

Villagers beat dead a tiger in Bagerhat

-- 2018-01-23 01:27:11

Local people beat a Royal Bengal Tiger dead after it entered into the village from the Sundarbans at Moreganj in Bagerhat. Md Mahmudul Hasan, East Sundarbans divisional forest officer (DFO) said the...

Police recover two bodies from Syllhet hotel

Police recover two bodies from Syllhet hotel

-- 2018-01-22 12:44:06

Police have recovered the bodies of a man and a woman from a hotel room in Sylhet. The bodies were found in Hotel Meherpur at the city’s Sobhani Ghat around 10.30pm on Sunday, Kotwali Police OC...

245 hectares of land come under garlic production in Joypurhat

245 hectares of land come under garlic production in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-01-22 12:00:00

Garlic peasants of the district are eyeing a bumper production this season amid a favourable weather condition. The plants are growing well across the district as the local agri office has provided a...

Pumpkin farming going on in Bogra river basin area

Pumpkin farming going on in Bogra river basin area

Our Correspondent 2018-01-22 12:00:00

Hundreds of poor and marginal farmers of Jamuna, Bangalee and Nagore rivers basin of the district are expecting to make a good profit from pumpkin cultivation. Excellent growing of the vegetable is p...

Four Ijtema devotees die in Sylhet head-on crash

Four Ijtema devotees die in Sylhet head-on crash

-- 2018-01-22 12:00:00

Four people were killed and another 10 injured after a bus, carrying 30 Biswa Ijtema devotees, collided head-on with a truck on a Sylhet highway. The incident was reported from Rashidpur Shatmail nei...

Three Bangladeshis among nine die in Saudi road crash

Three Bangladeshis among nine die in Saudi road crash

-- 2018-01-22 12:00:00

Nine workers, including three Bangladeshis, were killed and six others injured in a road accident in Al-Baha province of Saudi Arabia on Saturday evening. The Bangladeshi nationals were identified as...

Unauthorised water jars under scanner in Dhaka

Unauthorised water jars under scanner in Dhaka

-- 2018-01-22 12:00:00

The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) conducted a drive against sales of ‘filtered’ water jars without its approval at Motijheel and Paltan neighbourhoods in Dhaka on Mon...

Neighbours of Myanmar wait on progress in Rakhine

Neighbours of Myanmar wait on progress in Rakhine

-- 2018-01-22 11:25:19

Bangladesh and other four members of Myanmar are eager to see the progress made so far on the ground in the Rakhine Sate as Rohingya repatriation reaches final stage. Bangladesh Ambassador to Yangon,...

BFSA orders recall of all Lactalis baby food items

BFSA orders recall of all Lactalis baby food items

FE Report 2018-01-22 11:11:34

Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has ordered withdrawal of all baby food items, manufactured by French dairy group Lactalis, from the country's market due to bacterial contamination. BFSA, thr...

OVL to start exploration drilling in offshore block SS-09 in April

OVL to start exploration drilling in offshore block SS-09 in April

M Azizur Rahman 2018-01-22 10:49:15

ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) would carry out exploration in an offshore block (SS-09) by April this year, after being encouraged by the findings of 2D seismic surveys conducted earlier, said a senior offic...

Beximco Synthetics' share price soaring sans PSI

Beximco Synthetics' share price soaring sans PSI

FE Report 2018-01-22 10:36:28

Share price of Beximco Synthetics is soaring without any price sensitive information (PSI) as the company's price surged further by 7.69 per cent Sunday. In the last one month, the Z-category issue j...