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Bangabandhu satellite launching defers for 3 months

Bangabandhu satellite launching defers for 3 months

-- 2017-11-29 06:26:17

The launching schedule of the country's first commercial satellite, Bangabandhu-1, has been deferred for three months. It will now be launched sometime in March next year instead of previousely set l...

Rape, violence affect 71.5pc marginalised women: Study

Rape, violence affect 71.5pc marginalised women: Study

-- 2017-11-29 06:14:04

About 71.5 per cent marginalised women went through different forms of violence last year, reveals a study.  Out of 71.5 per cent, 1.56 per cent marginalised women fell victim to rape, the study...

Chinese co to construct Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway; Deal signed

Chinese co to construct Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway; Deal signed

FE Online Report 2017-11-29 05:57:19

Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has signed a contract with a Chinese company to construct the long-awaited Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway. The project will be completed on government-to-governme...

Man gets death over murdering four

Man gets death over murdering four

-- 2017-11-29 04:53:03

A court in Joypurhat has awarded the death penalty to a man for the murder of four people, including his 5-year-old son. The court of Joypurhat’s district and sessions judge pronounced the verd...

BNP supports hartal for power price hike

BNP supports hartal for power price hike

-- 2017-11-29 04:05:21

BNP has supported Thursday’s general strike called by the left parties protesting the latest power price hike. “We consider this hartal to be rational for the sake of the people. The BNP...

Standard Bank holds board meeting

Standard Bank holds board meeting

FE Online Desk 2017-11-29 03:41:24

Standard Bank Limited organised the 285th meeting of the board of directors at its head office in the capital on Wednesday. Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided over t...

40 female organisations get donation in Gaibandha

40 female organisations get donation in Gaibandha

-- 2017-11-29 03:39:21

Some 40 voluntary female organisations of the district got financial grant of Tk 0.80m from Bangladesh Mohila Kalyan Parishad. A function organised by the district office of department of women affai...

WUB students visit Techno Drugs industry

WUB students visit Techno Drugs industry

FE Online Desk 2017-11-29 03:26:55

The students of the 13th Batch of the Pharmacy Department of World University of Bangladesh (WUB) have visited the Techno Drugs Limited Company at Gazipur to enhance their knowledge about drug product...

Cops recover retired schoolteacher body in Kushtia

Cops recover retired schoolteacher body in Kushtia

-- 2017-11-29 03:22:56

Police recovered a body of a retired schoolteacher from a water body at Putia village in Kumarkhali upazila on Wednesday morning. Abdul Jabbar, 70, former teacher of JN High School of Kumarkhali and...

RMG export to the EU: The challenges ahead of Bangladesh

RMG export to the EU: The challenges ahead of Bangladesh

Zillul Hye Razi 2017-11-29 02:05:42

About two years ago, Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) had set a goal to increase annual export of readymade garments to 50 billion US dollars by 2021. There is also...

New markets for Bangladesh garments

New markets for Bangladesh garments

Forrest Cookson 2017-11-29 01:54:46

This article describes the unfortunate situation facing Bangladesh garment exporters in gaining access to markets in two key economic allies, India and China. Both countries have very important econo...

Role and importance of efficient accountants in RMG sector

Role and importance of efficient accountants in RMG sector

Fauzia Haque 2017-11-29 01:40:46

Generally, we all say, finance is the heart of any company, but do we believe it wholeheartedly? Maybe the answer is "No". Why? As an argument for such an answer, it may be mentioned that in our count...

Thrust on women’s role in their more economic empowerment

Thrust on women’s role in their more economic empowerment

FE report 2017-11-29 01:26:03

Experts at a programme on Tuesday stressed that women should raise their voice in a unified way to build consensus about the acceleration of economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs in the countr...

Good market prices delight Sirajganj  T-Aman growers

Good market prices delight Sirajganj T-Aman growers

Roving Correspondent 2017-11-29 01:23:26

SIRAJGANJ, Nov 28:  Hundreds of growers of the district are delighted over the good market price of the newly-harvested T-Aman paddy. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...

Bangladeshi dies in BSF firing

Bangladeshi dies in BSF firing

-- 2017-11-28 12:42:01

A Bangladeshi national was gunned down by Border Security Force (BSF) of India at Borogram border point in Kamalpur union under Dinajpur sadar upazila on Monday night. The deceased was identified as...

Three militants die in RAB's retaliation

Three militants die in RAB's retaliation

FE Online Desk 2017-11-28 12:00:00

Three bodies were found during a drive in a suspected militant den conducted by members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Char Alatuli village of Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila early Tuesday. Mufti M...

Patuakhali road mishap kills trucker, helper

Patuakhali road mishap kills trucker, helper

-- 2017-11-28 12:00:00

The driver and his helper of a Barguna-bound vegetable-laden truck were killed when the vehicle plunged into a roadside ditch on Patuakhli-Kolapara road in Patuakhli Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning....

One  dies in shootout with Rajbari police

One dies in shootout with Rajbari police

-- 2017-11-28 12:00:00

A suspected extremist was killed allegedly in an shootout with police in Rajbari’s Sadar Upazila. Police Station SI Kamal Hossain said the shootout happened around 3am on Tuesday in the Upazila...

‘Neighbour’ stabs man to death

‘Neighbour’ stabs man to death

-- 2017-11-28 12:00:00

A man was stabbed to death by rivals over trifling matter in Rashed Colony area of Chittagong district on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Md Jamal Hossain (40), son of Farid Ahmed....

Local airlines gearing up services for holidays

Local airlines gearing up services for holidays

FE Online Desk 2017-11-28 12:00:00

The local airlines, US-Bangla, Novoair and Regent are engaged in the fierce competition along with Bangladesh Biman for the upcoming holiday season. The Airline companies have made the decision to at...

Lots of challenges to prevent human trafficking: Kamal

Lots of challenges to prevent human trafficking: Kamal

-- 2017-11-28 12:00:00

Human trafficking is not fully being prevented due to having several challenges,said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal."Still there are lots of challenges to prevent human trafficking," he added.Th...

Three get death over Mymensingh child murder

Three get death over Mymensingh child murder

-- 2017-11-28 12:00:00

Three people were awarded death sentence in a case filed over the murder of a child in Mymensingh in 2011. The Mymensingh Additional Sessions Judge’s Court announced the verdict on Tuesday. Th...

Krishi Bank DGM lands in jail

Krishi Bank DGM lands in jail

-- 2017-11-28 12:00:00

A Dhaka court has sent Bangladesh Krishi Bank 's Deputy General Manager (DGM) Zubair Monjur to jail in three separate cases. The court order on Tuesday follows the cases filed by the Anti-Corruption...

Mayor Annisul’s condition deteriorates, on life support

Mayor Annisul’s condition deteriorates, on life support

FE Online Desk 2017-11-28 12:00:00

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq, who has been undergoing treatment in London, is now on life support as his condition deteriorated. Annisul’s family members informed on Tu...

RAB detains two Ansarullah men with explosives

RAB detains two Ansarullah men with explosives

-- 2017-11-28 11:18:24

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested two members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) along with explosives and Jihadi books from Gandaria area of the capital...

16th amendment verdict review in December: AG

16th amendment verdict review in December: AG

-- 2017-11-28 10:45:44

The review petition against the Supreme Court verdict on the 16th amendment of the Constitution will be filed in December, said Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Tuesday. "We found the certified copy...

Labour directorate now a department

Labour directorate now a department

Monira Munni 2017-11-28 10:32:43

The government has upgraded the labour directorate to a department and approved 209 new posts and six regional offices for it, officials said. The total manpower of the Department of Labour would be...

Mobile court fines traders in Jhenidah

Mobile court fines traders in Jhenidah

-- 2017-11-28 10:30:30

Separate mobile courts fined four LP gas traders to Tk42,500 and three shop owners to Tk 7,500 in the district town. The mobile court led by executive magistrate RaziaAkhter Chowdhury fined while con...

Unearth main motive behind BDR mutiny: BNP

Unearth main motive behind BDR mutiny: BNP

-- 2017-11-28 10:07:33

BNP on Tuesday demanded a fair and neutral investigation into the BDR mutiny in 2009 to unearth the main motive behind the brutal incident. "I don't want to make any comment about the verdict, but I...

BKMEA seeks duty-free facility for knit items export to Brazil

BKMEA seeks duty-free facility for knit items export to Brazil

FE Report 2017-11-28 10:03:36

Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) has sought duty-free facility for export of knit products to Brazil, and also proposed direct trade between the two countries to enh...