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Obaidul Quader asks BCL to hold council in March

-- 2018-01-06 04:48:41

Awami League General Secretary Oabidul Quader has asked Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders to hold its next council within March this year. "I have discussed with our leader Prime Minister Sheik...

Beacon Pharmaceuticals holds 16th AGC

-- 2018-01-06 03:42:40

Beacon Pharmaceuticals Limited has organised its 16th Annual General Conference (AGC) at its factory premises in Mymensingh, recently. Nurun Nahar Karim, chairman of the organisation, was presided o...

ACC to grill 6 more AB Bank directors Sunday

-- 2018-01-06 03:32:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will quiz six more members of AB Bank on Sunday over alleged laundering of Tk 1.65 billion to UAE. The directors of AB Bank are - Shishir Ranjan Bose, Mejbahul Ha...

WUB holds orientation programme

-- 2018-01-06 03:28:36

World University of Bangladesh (WUB) has organised students’ orientation programme of spring semester-2018 at its auditorium. The WUB arranged the programme for the Faculty of Science & En...

Author Shawkat Ali on life support

-- 2018-01-06 03:01:38

Author Shawkat Ali has been put on life support around 5:30am on Saturday, his son Asif Shawkat Kallol told. He is 81. Doctors will brief the family on his condition at 6pm, Kallol said. Ali had bee...

Pulse cultivation on rise in Panchagarh

-- 2018-01-06 02:25:22

Hundreds of farmers in Panchagarh are showing interest in cultivating different varieties of pluses due to their lucrative market price. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) off...

Cold wave hits Rajshahi, Chuadanga hardest

-- 2018-01-06 01:46:58

Temperature in Rajshahi and Chuadanga has fallen to 5.8 degrees Celsius as a cold wave continues to sweep across the country in the first week of 2018. Khulna, Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions and part...

Police recover 181 bottles of Phensidy in Magura

-- 2018-01-05 12:45:11

Police recovered 181 bottles of Phensidyl syrup from a truck at Ramnagar on Dhaka-Magura road in sadar upazila on Thursday night. Police waylaid a Dhaka-bound truck, fully loaded with vegetables, aro...

Police recover woman’s body in Keraniganj

-- 2018-01-05 12:14:59

Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman from Keraniganj, at the outskirts of the city. Police found the body, with a scarf wrapped around the neck, on Thursday after locals at Munshi Noadd...

BNP won't join polls under incumbent govt: Moudud

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Friday said BNP must not take part in the upcoming election  under the incumbent government. Moudud made the remarks while addressing a dis...

BNP to stage demo across Dhaka city Saturday

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

BNP will stage demonstrations in all wards of Dhaka city on Saturday protesting denial of permission to it for holding rally at Suhrawardy Udyan marking what it calls “Democracy Killing Day&rdqu...

Cold wave may persist for two more days

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

The ongoing cold wave across the country may last for a day or two across the country sending the temperature to as low as 6.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday. According to the met office, a ridge of sub...

AL’s ex-local leader Torab Ali dies

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

Former local Awami League leader Torab Ali, who was acquitted in the Peelkhana massacre trial, has died. He was among the 12 people acquitted from the charges by the High Court last year. Ali, who h...

Biman gears up to provide smooth pilgrimage

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

Taking lessons from the flight hiccups during 2017’s Hajj season, the national flag carrier does not want to take any risk this year.  Biman has decided to induct four aircraft in its flee...

Former caretaker adviser Dhiraj Kumar Nath passes away

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

Former caretaker government adviser Dhiraj Kumar Nath died on Friday at the of 73. Family sources said the retired bureaucrat breathed his last at 5:55pm at Labaid Hospital in Dhaka, says bdnews24....

Rohingya massacre was carefully planned: OIC

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

The human rights body of the OIC has said the situation of Rohingyas bears the characteristics of an organised campaign of ethnic cleansing. Rohingya pogrom is a crime against humanity under internat...

14 Bangladeshis return after serving jail in India

-- 2018-01-05 11:47:13

Fourteen Bangladeshis including five children, returned home through Benapole check-post on Thursday night after serving jail term for one and a half years in India. Tarikul Islam, officer-in-charge...

Heavy fog halts ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route

-- 2018-01-05 11:23:38

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River disrupted since early Thursday due to heavy fog. The authorities of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) suspended th...

Cop goes missing in Munshiganj

-- 2018-01-05 11:16:25

A police constable went missing as a trawler of River Police capsized in the Meghna River after being hit by a sand-laden bulkhead near Char Abdullah in sadar upazila. Constable Ibrahim, hailing from...

Dhaka south to offer free WiFi in public places

-- 2018-01-05 10:28:03

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is set to bring all public places under free WiFi coverage from the next month, allowing residents to get uninterrupted internet access, officials said. To facilit...

Ziauddin made Bangladesh’s permanent representative to OAS  

-- 2018-01-05 07:59:20

Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin has been made Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the Organisation of American States (OAS). Ambassador Ziauddin presented copies of...

Non-MPO teachers, employees call off hunger strike

-- 2018-01-05 06:16:05

Non-enlisted teachers and employees in the Monthly Pay Order system called off hunger strike on Friday after receiving the Prime Minister’s assurance about their demand. The teachers and employ...

Bangladesh to allow 5pc ethanol blend

FE Online Desk 2018-01-05 05:14:42

The government to allow 5 per cent ethanol blend that will allow the use of ethanol with conventional fuels, but does not mandate production levels. Local outlets are reporting that the government is...

Lax security menaces DU campus

-- 2018-01-05 05:05:28

Dhaka University (DU) campus has been facing the menaces of mugging, night-time insecurity and overcrowding by outsiders in recent times.  Rules and security measures were well in place for past...

One dies in Gazipur construction site collapse

-- 2018-01-05 05:05:17

A worker was killed as the roof collapsed at a construction site in Gazipur. The incident was reported on Friday from the district’s Sreepur Upazila. The fire service said at least seven other...

Comilla Medical College closed after BCL clash

-- 2018-01-05 04:55:23

Comilla Medical College authorities declared the institution closed until January 11 following a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Friday. At least 10 students were inj...

Gulistan market fire under control

-- 2018-01-05 04:42:01

The fire broke out at Gulistan underground market on Friday afternoon is now under control. According to UNB, fire service sources said that the fire broke out around 3:15pm. Several televisions say...

Around 1500 become self-reliant making paper packets in Bogra

Our Correspondent 2018-01-04 12:52:33

BOGRA, Jan 3: Around 1500 female workers from poor and marginal families of different remote villages of Bogra district became self-reliant making paper packets (locally known as thonga) from last f...

Home-based turkey farm owners improve lot in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-01-04 12:49:45

JOYPURHAT, Jan 3:  A good number home based farm owners are becoming self-reliant rearing turkey bird in Joypurhat district from last few years. According to District Livestock Office (DLO) so...

Lentil farming goes big in Rajshahi region

-- 2018-01-04 12:43:36

Lentil farming is increasing gradually in the region including its vast Barind tract as it requires less cost for cultivation and irrigation. The farmers are much interested in lentil cultivation sin...