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Rohingyas arrivals on despite Pope’s call for tolerance

-- 2017-11-28 09:29:43

Rohingya people, estimated to be 624,251 in total, have crossed into Cox's Bazar in just three months – thereby fleeing violence and oppression in Myanmar's Northern Rakhine State. With this, t...

BD calls for peaceful Palestine solution

-- 2017-11-28 07:18:13

Bangladesh has urged the international community to work in unison to find a just, peaceful and lasting solution to the Palestinian question. It also called for translating its solidarity with the Pa...

People affected by Padma rail get compensation

-- 2017-11-28 07:13:57

Bangladesh Railway has started distributing compensation cheques to the people who are affected by Padma rail link project. The cheques were distributed among the affected people at a function held a...

Process of introducing new buses in city remains stalled

Munima Sultana 2017-11-28 06:15:48

Efforts to introduce new buses under the 'company system' have remained stalled due to sickness of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor and lack of initiatives by the authorities concerned to...

Amu off to Malaysia for business conference

-- 2017-11-28 04:41:01

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Tuesday left here for Malaysia to join the "Economic Times Asian Business Leaders Conclave (ABLC)". Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammad Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul...

Quader urges partymen to get united ahead of elections

-- 2017-11-28 04:00:38

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged the party leaders and activists to get united ahead of the election and solve internal problems. The main focus of Awami League wil...

DScE arranges pre-workshop on social transformation

FE Online Desk 2017-11-28 03:03:26

Dhaka School of Economics (DScE) has arranged a pre-workshop on “Social Transformation through Women Empowerment and Mitigate of Climate Change” recently. Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad pres...

Four steps for financial security of women

-- 2017-11-28 02:42:47

Four pieces of advice can help for ensuring financial security of women . Financial Health Review Women tending to live longer than men, and years of research has proven that extra years mean additi...

Muggers kill bike owner

-- 2017-11-28 01:20:58

Miscreants snatched away a motorcycle killing its owner in Nathpara Boropukur Kanda of Sadar upazila of Satkhira district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Iman Ali (55), son of Zinu Sarder,...

0.49m tonnes wheat production target in Rangpur division

-- 2017-11-28 01:10:21

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing over o.49 million tonnes of wheat from Rangpur division during this Rabi season. The DAE officials said the farmers are n...

Joypurhat, Nilphamari potato growers happy over market price as harvest starts

Roving Correspondent 2017-11-27 12:47:27

JOYPURHAT, Nov 26:  The potato growers of the district are delighted for good market price this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), the marginal farmers of the di...

Impressive profit lures peasants to grow tomato on larger scale

Our Correspondent 2017-11-27 12:46:30

RANGPUR, Nov 26: The tomato growers of Rangpur district are expecting an abundant yield of the vegetable during the current season owing to favourable weather condition. Visiting some areas of the di...

Man in Dhaka ‘hacks’ mother dead

-- 2017-11-27 12:36:23

A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her son in Dhaka’s at Dakhshin Khan on Sunday night.   The deceased was identified as Momtaj Begum (56), wife of late Amin Uddin Khan, hailing from...

Rajshahi housewife ‘kills self’

FE Online Desk 2017-11-27 12:35:44

Anjuara Begum, wife of Mansur Rahman, hailing from Mokhmoil village of Rajshahi’s Bagmara upazila, allegedly killed herself by taking poison at her own residence in the village early Monday. Fa...

HC confirms death for 139 in BDR case

-- 2017-11-27 12:00:00

The High Court has upheld death sentence for 139 convicts over the murders during the 2009 mutiny at the border guards’ headquarters in Dhaka. The court also confirmed life sentence for a total...

Government’s tax receipts fall Tk 33.55b short of Q1 target

Doulot Akter Mala 2017-11-27 12:00:00

Tax-revenue collection fell short of the target by Tk 33.55 billion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (FY). All of the three wings of the revenue board missed their respective targets i...

Mosquito coil triggers fire, killing youth

-- 2017-11-27 12:00:00

A young man who suffered serious burn injuries in a fire at his Debarpar home in Khulshi area of Chittagong on Sunday died at a hospital on Monday morning. Police said the fire, originated from a mos...

Bangladesh slips by one notch to 147

FE Report 2017-11-27 12:00:00

Bangladesh has gone one notch down in the latest ICT Development Index (IDI) of International Telecommu-nications Union (ITU). It secured 147th place in this year's IDI index, one step down from the...

NSU arranges Annual Cultural Evening

FE Online Desk 2017-11-27 12:00:00

North South University Shangskritik Shangathan (NSUSS) has organised 21st Annual Cultural Evening (ACE) at North South University (NSU) central auditorium recently. They organised the event based on...

Boost cooperation on naval security: President

-- 2017-11-27 12:00:00

President Md Abdul Hamid has called on Indian Ocean region countries to boost cooperation on naval security. "It is not possible for one country to defend its maritime regions alone," the President s...

Cabinet approves draft BMDA law

-- 2017-11-27 12:00:00

The cabinet approved the draft of "The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) Law, 2017" aimed at bringing the organisation under a legal structure. The approval came at a regular cabinet m...

Pope coming on Thursday, to meet Rohingyas

FE Online Desk 2017-11-27 12:00:00

Pope Francis will arrive Thursday afternoon on a three-day visit with a message of reconciliation, forgiveness and peace. A planned meeting with a small group of persecuted Rohingya people is expecte...

Torab gets acquitted in BDR case

-- 2017-11-27 12:00:00

Awami League leader of Dhaka city Torab Ali is among the persons who were acquitted by the High Court in BDR mutiny case. Most of the convicts were jawans or non-commissioned officers of the erstwhil...

BNP presses partymen for door to door visit

-- 2017-11-27 10:30:55

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has asked his party leaders and activists to go to door to door to mobilise people's support. He also asked his party colleagues to get united, organ...

Two-crop farming on same land gains popularity in Bogra

Our Correspondent 2017-11-27 09:29:47

BOGRA, Nov 27: Simultaneous farming of two crops on the same land is gaining popularity in the district.According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, more than 560 hectare...

Ratargul forest still awaits co-management system

Iqbal Siddiquee 2017-11-27 09:29:09

SYLHET, Nov 27: Even a year after the decision was taken, the authority concerned couldn't establish the much-talked co-management system on the country's lone swamp forest 'Ratargul' for its proper m...

Cops knew about ‘pre-planned’ Rangpur Hindu attack!

-- 2017-11-27 06:17:38

Police and administration knew about the pre-planned attack on Hindus in Rangpur recently, but did nothing to stop it. Civil society members came up with the claim on Monday while addressing a press...

624,000 Rohingyas now in Bangladesh

-- 2017-11-27 05:36:12

The number of new arrivals now stands at 624,000 as 3,000 more Rohingyas entered Bangladesh since November 22, said UN Migration Agency on Monday. As of November 25, Bangladesh Immigration and Passpo...

NRBC Bank opens new branch in Narayanganj

FE Online Desk 2017-11-27 03:42:56

NRB Commercial Bank Limited has opened its 56th branch on Monday at Dubai Plaza in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj district. Dr Rafiqul Islam Khan, Sponsor Shareholder of the Bank, inaugurated the b...

Khulna AL leader passes away

-- 2017-11-27 03:28:30

Khulna Awami League’s acting general secretary Gazi Abdul Hadi died at a hospital in capital Dhaka on Sunday night. He was 65. Abdul Hadi who was undergoing treatment at Square Hospitals since...