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Madrasah teachers continue hunger strike

Madrasah teachers continue hunger strike

-- 2018-01-12 06:23:20

Nine more Ebtedayee madrasah teachers fell sick on the fourth day of their ongoing indefinite hunger strike in front of the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka on Friday. Bangladesh Independent Ebtedayee Madr...

Road crashes kill four across country

Road crashes kill four across country

-- 2018-01-12 04:14:14

Three separate road crashes have killed four people across the country. In Faridpur, two people were killed and many others were injured when a car hit a road divider on a highway amid dense fog. Po...

Two Biswa Ijtema devotees die

Two Biswa Ijtema devotees die

-- 2018-01-12 03:18:11

Two devotees died on Thursday night while coming to join at the 53rd Biswa Ijtema held on the bank of Turag River in Tongi, Gazipur. The deceased were identified as Quazi Azizul Haq, 65, and Abdul Ma...

Unabated sand lifting from Nagor River  in Bogra threatens houses, cropland

Unabated sand lifting from Nagor River in Bogra threatens houses, cropland

Our Correspondent 2018-01-11 12:58:19

BOGRA, Jan 10: A good number of houses as well as cropland are seriously threatened due to frequent unabated sand lifting from Nagor River under Bogra district. Sources said, people of Balodmara, Lal...

Three robbers die in Sundarbans ‘gunfight’

Three robbers die in Sundarbans ‘gunfight’

-- 2018-01-11 12:11:18

At least three alleged robbers were killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in Sukhpara Char area under Swarankhola range of the Sundarbans on Thursday morning. The Identities...

Tareque Masud Film Week begins Friday

Tareque Masud Film Week begins Friday

-- 2018-01-11 12:10:38

The ‘Tareque Masud Film Week’ will begin on Friday at European Standard School in the city’s Dhanmondi.The opening ceremony of the festival will be held at 5 pm, said organisers. Mu...

US grand jury charges Bangladeshi with terror attack

US grand jury charges Bangladeshi with terror attack

Reuters 2018-01-11 12:00:00

The Bangladeshi man accused of attempting a suicide bombing in a busy New York City commuter hub in the name of Islamic State in December was indicted on US terrorism charges by a grand jury on Wednes...

BRTC faces halt in auction on 4G spectrum

BRTC faces halt in auction on 4G spectrum

-- 2018-01-11 12:00:00

The High Court has stayed the telecom regulator’s notice for auctioning 4G spectrum and inviting applications for licences. Thursday’s order by Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahme...

Bank recruitment tests on Friday

Bank recruitment tests on Friday

-- 2018-01-11 12:00:00

Written tests to recruit officers for eight banks will be held on Friday as scheduled, as a chamber judge has frozen the previous High Court order. On Sunday, the High Court halted entry tests for na...

PM seeks cooperation for country's development

PM seeks cooperation for country's development

-- 2018-01-11 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday sought utmost assistance for the country’s development programmes to change the socioeconomic status of the mass people. The Prime Minister said this wh...

SC upholds BB decision to remove NRBC Bank's MD

SC upholds BB decision to remove NRBC Bank's MD

-- 2018-01-11 12:00:00

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Bangladesh Bank decision to remove the Managing Director of NRBC Bank Dewan Mujibur Rahman from his post for violating the rules. A five-member Appellate Divi...

PM for promoting awareness of development programmes

PM for promoting awareness of development programmes

-- 2018-01-11 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked all concerned to let the countrymen to know about ongoing and future development programmes. "Our aim is to develop the country, simplify the life and improve t...

ACC failed to prove graft allegation: Khaleda’s lawyer

ACC failed to prove graft allegation: Khaleda’s lawyer

-- 2018-01-11 12:00:00

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyer on Thursday said that Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has failed to prove any allegation of graft against his client. Khaleda's lawyer Zamir Uddin Sarkar said th...

No restriction on 4G spectrum auction, licensing

No restriction on 4G spectrum auction, licensing

-- 2018-01-11 12:00:00

Chamber judge of the Supreme Court stayed the High Court order that stalled 4G spectrum auction and licensing process on Thursday. The SC Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain stayed the HC verdict, which was...

Call to set up legal framework for crowdfunding

Call to set up legal framework for crowdfunding

FE Report 2018-01-11 11:03:21

Experts at a roundtable have called for developing a policy and legal framework for blockchain so that Bangladesh can reap the benefit of this global phenomenon. Digital companies in Bangladesh have...

Thick fog halts ferry services

Thick fog halts ferry services

-- 2018-01-11 10:16:22

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River remained halted from early Thursday due to dense fog. The authorities of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) kept su...

Biswa Ijtema begins Friday

Biswa Ijtema begins Friday

-- 2018-01-11 10:12:56

The 53rd Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims, will begin on Friday on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi on the outskirts of Dhaka. The first phase of the three-day Ijtema...

PM to address nation on Friday evening

PM to address nation on Friday evening

-- 2018-01-11 09:01:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on Friday evening marking the completion of her government's four years in office after the January-5, 2014 national election. The PM's speech wil...

Fakhrul sees patriotism behind Khaleda's comments about Padma Bridge

Fakhrul sees patriotism behind Khaleda's comments about Padma Bridge

-- 2018-01-11 08:39:05

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir sees patriotism behind recent comments of party's Chairperson Khaleda Zia about construction of Padma Bridge. "Khaleda made the comments based on med...

More than 2,000 online newspapers seek registration

More than 2,000 online newspapers seek registration

-- 2018-01-11 07:17:47

Some 2,018 online newspapers have so far applied seeking registration with the Press Information Department. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu revealed the statistics while replying to a question...

58pc readers cast doubt on news credibility: Study

58pc readers cast doubt on news credibility: Study

-- 2018-01-11 07:00:12

Some 58 per cent readers have cast doubt on the reliability of news presented to them every day, a survey has revealed.  The survey also found that 24 per cent readers put their trust on the new...

Maulana Saad not to join Ijtema: Home minister

Maulana Saad not to join Ijtema: Home minister

-- 2018-01-11 06:26:12

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said Indian Tabligh-Jamaat scholar Maulana Saad Kandhalvi will not attend the 53rd Bishwa Ijtema to be held from January 12-14. The minister revealed the decision...

President, PM greet Muslims on Bishwa Ijtema

President, PM greet Muslims on Bishwa Ijtema

-- 2018-01-11 06:06:20

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have greeted the Muslim devotees all over the world on the occasion of the Bishwa Ijtema, beginning at Tongi from Friday. In separate messages,...

Maintain ecological balance to enhance tourism: Minister

Maintain ecological balance to enhance tourism: Minister

-- 2018-01-11 04:18:03

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal on Thursday called for maintaining the country's ecological balance to boost its tourism. "Maintaining the biodiversity and ecological balance...

Politicisation obstructs fair polls: Sujan

Politicisation obstructs fair polls: Sujan

-- 2018-01-11 04:07:11

Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) has said though Rangpur City Corporation polls held peacefully, it can't be projected as a model for next national elections under political government. Politicisatio...

RAB nabs two ‘drug pedlars’

RAB nabs two ‘drug pedlars’

-- 2018-01-11 03:26:57

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two alleged drug pedlars along with 3,170 pieces of Yaba tablets worth of Tk 9 lakh from Sadar and Shibganj upazilas of Chapainawabganj on Wednesday....

BGMEA hands over insurance cheque to workers' nominees

BGMEA hands over insurance cheque to workers' nominees

FE Online Desk 2018-01-11 01:44:40

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has handed over 150 cheques to the nominees of RMG workers and employees who died during their service. The government trade body or...

WaveMaker starts business in Bangladesh

WaveMaker starts business in Bangladesh

FE Online Desk 2018-01-11 01:23:37

WaveMaker, GroupM’s new billion-dollar revenue, media, content and technology agency created from the merger of MEC and Maxus, started business in Bangladesh. Wavemaker Bangladesh, also a part...

Rajshahi silk factory to restart operation after 16 years

Rajshahi silk factory to restart operation after 16 years

Our Correspondent 2018-01-10 12:18:08

RAJSHAHI, Jan 9:  Rajshahi silk factory is going to restart operation once again after 16-years of closure. Fazley Hossain Badsha, Member of Parliament of Rajshahi sadar constituency, has taken u...

Spinach farming brings solvency for 30,000 marginal peasants in Sirajganj

Spinach farming brings solvency for 30,000 marginal peasants in Sirajganj

Roving Correspondent 2018-01-10 12:16:57

SIRAJGANJ, Jan 9:  Spinach cultivation brings solvency amid 30,000 marginal peasants in Sirajganj upazila in this current season due to its good market price with assistance of authority concern....