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BNP should join next polls to prove popularity: Hanif

BNP should join next polls to prove popularity: Hanif

-- 2018-01-19 03:14:19

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub- Ul Alam Hanif on Friday said BNP should join the next general election to prove its popularity. "They are now feeling complacency of imagination," he said...

BNP observes Zia’s 82nd birth anniversary

BNP observes Zia’s 82nd birth anniversary

-- 2018-01-19 02:08:38

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has paid tribute to party founder, the late Ziaur Rahman, on his 82nd birthday. The BNP chief visited Rahman’s grave at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar alongside s...

Wild elephant attacks Rohingya camp, killing one

Wild elephant attacks Rohingya camp, killing one

-- 2018-01-19 01:01:58

A Rohingya man was killed in an elephant attack in Majurchhara area of Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila early Friday. The deceased has been identified as Yakub Ali, 45, son of one Mahmud Ali...

Govt plans March re-launch of Tk 10 rice programme

Govt plans March re-launch of Tk 10 rice programme

Talha Bin Habib 2018-01-18 12:00:00

The government is set to re-launch a programme in March, under which the ultra-poor people will get rice at Tk 10 per kilogramme (kg). The move comes after suspension of the programme during the peri...

Students get class routines from district police super

Students get class routines from district police super

Our Correspondent 2018-01-18 12:00:00

A total of 1000 students of Gaibandha Govt. Boys' High School received class routines from the district police on Wednesday amid much enthusiasm and festivity. Superintendent of police (SP) Mashrukur...

RAB detains 18 with 31 computers, pirated CDs in Ctg

RAB detains 18 with 31 computers, pirated CDs in Ctg

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 18 people along with31 computers and huge pirated CDs from a shopping complex in the city on Wednesday night. Acting on a tip off, a team of Rab condu...

UN cuts food in East Africa for Bangladesh

UN cuts food in East Africa for Bangladesh

Thomson Reuters Foundation 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Cuts in food rations for 1.5 million refugees in east Africa, due to funding shortages, could increase school dropouts, crime and malnutrition, a United Nations official said on Wednesday. With human...

SC asks FF Trust to pay Tk 990m to Moon Cinema Hall owner

SC asks FF Trust to pay Tk 990m to Moon Cinema Hall owner

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ordered the Bangladesh Freedom Fighter Welfare Trust to pay Moon Cinema Hall owner Tk 990 million in a case. A five-member bench led by acting Chief Ju...

RAB detains 5 over Tongi double-murder

RAB detains 5 over Tongi double-murder

FE Online Desk 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested five people including the mastermind in the sensational double-murder case in Tongi of Gazipur. A team of Rab-1 arrested them from Ershadnagar in Tongi around 2...

Cops arrest five students over schoolboy murder

Cops arrest five students over schoolboy murder

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Police on Thursday arrested five college students in connection with the recent killing of a student of Chittagong Collegiate School in the city's Jamal Khan area. Among them, four 2nd year students...

Police detain 11 on various charges

Police detain 11 on various charges

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Police arrested 11 persons including four wanted accused from different areas of Habiganj district in last 12-hour ending at 9am this morning. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nazim Uddin sa...

HC  halts felling  of trees on Jessore-Benapole road

HC halts felling of trees on Jessore-Benapole road

FE Online Desk 2018-01-18 12:00:00

The High Court on Thursday stayed the decision of cutting down the century-old trees on both sides of Jessore-Benapole road for six months. The Court also issued a rule asking the government to expla...

Vegetable cultivation gains popularity in Natore

Vegetable cultivation gains popularity in Natore

Our Correspondent 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Vegetable cultivation has brought smiles on the faces of hundreds marginal peasants in Natore district in this season. According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), the farmers have already...

Students’ protests halt traffic on Dhaka streets

Students’ protests halt traffic on Dhaka streets

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Hundreds of students of colleges under the University of Dhaka have blockaded streets in the capital for three hours on Thursday to press for the announcement of exam results. About 300 students of s...

AL is positive of winning DNCC by-polls: Obaidul

AL is positive of winning DNCC by-polls: Obaidul

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said that ruling Awami League had a 100 per cent chance of winning the Dhaka North City Corporation (D...

BNP to get 80pc votes this time!

BNP to get 80pc votes this time!

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

The secretary general of BNP has claimed that 80 per cent people will cast vote for their party if the next election is held in a fair and credible manner. He came up with the prediction on Thursday...

Road crash kills 2 bikers in city

Road crash kills 2 bikers in city

-- 2018-01-18 11:53:19

Two motorcyclists died in a road accident in the city's Gendaria area early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Russel, 26, Salahuddin, 27. The accident took place as a covered van hit a motor...

Ivy, Shamim blame each other for clashes

Ivy, Shamim blame each other for clashes

-- 2018-01-18 11:40:43

Top Narayanganj Awami League leaders - Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy and MP AKM Shamim Osman - have blamed each other over Tuesday’s clashes between their supporters over the eviction of hawkers from t...

Govt expects Padma Bridge completion by December

Govt expects Padma Bridge completion by December

-- 2018-01-18 10:33:59

The road transport and bridges minister has told the parliament that all-out efforts are on to complete the construction work on the Padma bridge by December this year. Obaidul Quader said, "Efforts...

Amendment to policy on VAT consultants' appointment soon

Amendment to policy on VAT consultants' appointment soon

Doulot Akter Mala 2018-01-18 09:54:52

The revenue authorities will recast the policy on appointment of VAT consultants to prevent alleged abuse of licence for this service and appoint more such go-betweens in the tax collection. Official...

Literacy rate now stands at 71pc

Literacy rate now stands at 71pc

-- 2018-01-18 09:54:20

Country's literacy rate has increased to 71 per cent from the earlier figure of 46 per cent in 2009. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal revealed the statistics in parliament on Thursday. While repl...

Narayanganj gun-totters to face action: Home minister

Narayanganj gun-totters to face action: Home minister

-- 2018-01-18 07:07:51

Home Minster Asaduzzaman Khan has said action will be taken against those who were seen carrying firearms during Tuesday's clash in Narayanganj.  The minister said this after inaugurating a reva...

Mayor Ivy falls ill, rushed to Dhaka for treatment

Mayor Ivy falls ill, rushed to Dhaka for treatment

-- 2018-01-18 06:52:23

Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy fell sick with a low blood pressure today and was immediately taken to a hospital in Dhaka. Ivy's personal secretary Abul Hossain told UNB that her...

Rural people hail AIIB power sector project

Rural people hail AIIB power sector project

-- 2018-01-18 04:54:32

A power sector project of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is considered a transformative milestone for rural Bangladesh. Millions of people who live in areas without any access to the...

BRAC Bank holds sale convention

BRAC Bank holds sale convention

FE Online Desk 2018-01-18 03:31:49

BRAC Bank Limited has organised a sale convention to celebrate its outstanding achievement in retail assets and liability sales in 2017. In recognition of extraordinary performance, the privately-own...

Cops detain 3 ‘muggers’in city with Tk 0.6m

Cops detain 3 ‘muggers’in city with Tk 0.6m

-- 2018-01-18 03:18:00

Detectives have arrested three suspected muggers from the city’s Badda and Jatrabari areas in connection with mugging of Tk 4.00 million from a garment employee of Uttara. The arrestees are Moh...

PM receives Tk 42.5m for relief fund

PM receives Tk 42.5m for relief fund

Agencies 2018-01-18 02:48:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday received donation and blankets for her Relief and Welfare Fund at a simple ceremony held in the capital. Twenty government and private organisations and ind...

New Rangpur city mayor takes oath

New Rangpur city mayor takes oath

-- 2018-01-18 02:28:39

Newly elected Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation Mostafizar Rahman has taken oath of office. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at her office on Thursday. LGRD and Cooperatives Minist...

DPDT launches registration online

DPDT launches registration online

FE Report 2018-01-18 02:22:04

The Department of Patent, Design and Trademark (DPDT) has launched its online application service. Industry Minister Amir Hossain Amu inaugurated the service on Thursday at a ceremony at BIAM Founda...

WhatsApp now lets iPhone users watch YouTube videos

WhatsApp now lets iPhone users watch YouTube videos

-- 2018-01-18 01:19:44

WhatsApp has finally rolled out a new feature for iOS users where they can play YouTube videos right within the instant messaging app. Beginning Thursday, when a friend sends a YouTube link on WhatsA...