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DNCC cleaners commemorate Annisul by working more    

-- 2017-12-03 08:39:28

Around 3000 cleaners of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Sunday worked one hour more to show respect to departed Mayor Annisul Haque. Generally, the city corporation cleaners' work from 5.50am...

BNP silent about Khaleda's offshore assets: Hasan

-- 2017-12-03 08:14:00

Awami League central leader Dr Hasan Mahmud has claimed that BNP leaders remain tight-lipped about Zia family's offshore properties in Saudi Arabia. Criticising BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Is...

Gulshan café attack charge sheet this month

-- 2017-12-03 07:31:16

The charge sheet in the case filed over the attack at Gulshan Holey Artisan café will be submitted by this month. Chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC) Monirul Islam r...

Bounty for killers of B’Baria AL leader

-- 2017-12-03 07:11:49

Brahmanbaria police have declared bounty of Tk 200,000 for information to arrest the killers of district's Nabinagar upazila Awami League leader Swapna Akhter. Additional Police Superintendent of the...

Gazipur minor girl ‘strangulated to death’

-- 2017-12-03 07:03:38

An eight-year-old girl was allegedly tortured and strangulated to death in Uttarpara area of Shreepur upazila in Gazipur on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Mousumi Aktar, daughter of Quoddus M...

ACC quizzes two ex-directors of BASIC Bank

-- 2017-12-03 06:41:41

The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has questioned two former directors of BASIC Bank over the embezzlement of Tk 35 billion in loans. Anwarul Islam and Anis Ahmed were grilled for one and a half h...

Miscreants hack youth to death in Bogra

-- 2017-12-03 03:53:08

A youth was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in Satmatha area of the town on Saturday night. The youth was Sabbir Hossain, 17, hailed from Mataji village under Mohadebpur upazila in Naogaon...

Karmasangsthan Bank holds training event

FE Online Desk 2017-12-03 03:31:10

Karmasangsthan Bank has organised a training programme for its managers and senior officers at the bank head office on Sunday. Parikshit Datta Choudhury, Chairman of Karmasangsthan Bank attended the...

Muggers hack Gas station worker, rob in Gazipur

-- 2017-12-03 03:13:45

Muggers have robbed a gas station worker of Tk 1 million after stabbing him in a drive-by attack in Gazipur. The victim, Niamat Ali, 35, works as a manager at the Hazi Mofizuddin CNG Filling Station...

RCC development works going on at a snail's pace

-- 2017-12-03 01:22:22

Development works under Rajshahi City Corporation are going on at a snail's pace as RCC authorities have failed to repay TK 200 million arrears bills to 60contractors. RCC authorities have taken up t...

Gopalganj road crash kills 7

-- 2017-12-02 12:53:57

Seven people, including a minor, were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident. The accident took place when a bus rammed a truck in Betgram area on Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Sadar upazila on Fr...

Police detain 68 in Dinajpur

-- 2017-12-02 12:18:42

Police detained 68 people and recovered huge drugs from different areas of the district. According to the district police control room, a special drive was conducted from Thursday night to Friday mor...

Land dispute kills mother, 2 kids in Kishoreganj

-- 2017-12-02 12:09:45

A woman and her two children were hacked to death and her husband was seriously injured over land related dispute in Pakundia upazila of Kishoreganj on Saturday morning. The deceased were wife of Mos...

PC raises question about extra funds for Padma Bridge land acquisition

FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-12-02 12:00:00

The Planning Commission (PC) has expressed its reservation about the demand for an additional fund of Tk 14 billion placed by the Bridge Division for acquisition of land at the Padma Multipurpose Brid...

SoCBs see profit drop or count loss

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2017-12-02 12:00:00

Six state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) saw their combined net profit erode in the last calendar year, largely for their own shortcomings, sources said. Of them, two scam-hit SoCBs -- Sonali and BAS...

Bangladesh slips one step in global entrepreneurship index

FE Report 2017-12-02 12:00:00

Bangladesh fell one notch down the latest Global Entrepreneurship Index to 134th position among 137 countries taken for global ranking, indicating some drawback to the country's business environment....

JICA sees SPM pipeline as major obstacle to Matarbari seaport

Syful Islam 2017-12-02 12:00:00

The pipeline of single point mooring (SPM) will emerge as a major obstacle to the main channel of the proposed seaport in Matarbari area, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has informed the...

Annisul Huq’s body arrives in Dhaka

FE Online Desk 2017-12-02 12:00:00

The body of the Dhaka North Mayor Annisul Huq arrived in Dhaka Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday arond 12.45 pm. Annisul’s younger brother and Chief of Army Staff General Abu Belal Mu...

PM visits Annisul Huq’s family in Banani

-- 2017-12-02 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has condoled with the family of Dhaka North Mayor Annisul Huq, who she had supported for the position two years ago. Hasina visited Annisul’s home in Banani after h...

Last respects to Mayor Annisul

-- 2017-12-02 12:00:00

People are paying their last respect to Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq at the army stadium in Dhaka.The body was taken there from his Banani residence in the afternoon. Annisul’...

Mayor Annisul laid to eternal rest, qulkhwani Wednesday

-- 2017-12-02 12:00:00

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq, who passed away at a London hospital on Thursday while undergoing treatment, was laid to eternal rest in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon. Annisul wa...

Law Minister fears summons over judges’ rules

-- 2017-12-02 12:00:00

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was ‘causing a ruckus’ over the service rules for lower court judges. It was by the grace of Allah that the long...

BNP bigwigs pay last respect to Annisul

-- 2017-12-02 12:00:00

Senior leaders of BNP paid last respect to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq, who passed away at a London hospital on Thursday, by placing wreaths at his coffin. A BNP delegation,...

Bangla Academy turns 63 today

FE Online Desk 2017-12-02 12:00:00

Bangla Academy has turned 63 today (on Sunday) with the 62nd founding anniversary being celebrated in a befitting manner and festivity. The country's national language authority, Bangla Academy was f...

Annisul's dream won’t go in vein: Quader

-- 2017-12-02 12:00:00

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that they would not let the dream of late Mayor Annisul Huq go in vein. "Annisul Huq dreamt of t...

Shantu Larma warns of unrest in the hills

-- 2017-12-02 11:54:08

Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, popularly known as Shantu Larma, has warned the Bangladesh government that the hill regions will be engulfed in unrest unless it fully honours the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tr...

Natore priest went into hiding willingly!

-- 2017-12-02 11:47:13

The Natore police have claimed that the missing Christian priest, who was rescued on Friday from South Surma Bus Terminal area of Sylhet district town, willingly went into hiding. Superintendent of N...

Int'l Day of Persons with Disabilities tomorrow

-- 2017-12-02 11:23:19

International Day of Persons with Disabilities and National Disabled Day-2017 will be observed in the country as elsewhere in the world tomorrow (on Sunday) aiming to create mass awareness to extend s...

Father looks on as Annisul begins journey towards eternity

-- 2017-12-02 11:09:35

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq's father Shariful Huq did not know about the death of his son for two days, but the nonagenarian is taken to Annisul's residence to have a last gl...

Stocks break four-week winning streak

Babul Barman 2017-12-02 11:05:15

Stocks drifted lower last week that ended Thursday, snapping a four-week gaining streak, as cautious investors opted for booking profit on quick-gaining stocks. Brokers said the risk-averse investors...