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BGB nabs two ‘smugglers’ in C’nawabganj

FE Online Desk 2017-11-27 03:17:23

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive nabbed two suspected smugglers along with arms and 50 bottles of Phensedyl from Chowka border point in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district...

AL-backed panel sweeps Khulna Bar polls

-- 2017-11-27 03:03:15

AL-backed Sommilito Ainjibi Somonnoy Parishad has won the annual election to the executive committee of Khulna District Bar Association, bagging eight out of 14 posts, including that of president. BN...

RAB detains one with drugs, Indian currency

-- 2017-11-27 02:53:58

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man along with 1.58 kilograms of heroin and 2 lakh Indian Rupee from Narendrapur Monnapara in Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj districy on Monday mor...

UK reaffirms Rohingya support, lauds BD role

-- 2017-11-27 01:56:14

United Kingdom's International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt on Monday pledged that the UK will continue to stand by Rohingya people and Bangladesh. UK has announced £12 million aid supp...

HC resumes delivering verdict over Peelkhana massacre

-- 2017-11-27 01:03:05

The High Court has begun its second day of reading the verdict over the murders during the 2009 mutiny at the border guards’ headquarters in Dhaka city. A three-member bench led by Justice Md S...

Local administration imposes section144 in Godagari

-- 2017-11-26 12:03:05

Local administration imposed section 144 at Madarpur Char in Godagari upazila on Sunday over cricket tournament arranged by two factions of ruling Awami League at the same venue and same time. AL fac...

Loan deal with China's Exim Bank likely by Dec

Munima Sultana 2017-11-26 12:00:00

A year-long uncertainty over getting Chinese loan for the Padma Rail Link project is likely to go soon as Exim Bank has confirmed signing of a loan agreement under government-to government arrangement...

Subsidy shrinkage soothes govt's FY17 budget-deficit burden

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2017-11-26 12:00:00

Government subsidies shrank in 2016-17 for subdued demand from some sectors to the relief of fiscal administrators from budget-deficit burden, but economists foresee a reversal this year. Officials c...

PM for resolving Rohingya crisis keeping good ties with Myanmar

-- 2017-11-26 12:00:00

The government wants to resolve the Rohingya crisis keeping 'good relations' with Myanmar. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said while speaking at the inaugural session of the three-day Envoys' Conferenc...

Many MNCs, liaison offices dodge tax-return filing

Doulot Akter Mala 2017-11-26 12:00:00

Government's revenue authority plans a search as many foreign companies, including liaison and representation offices, allegedly dodge submission of tax returns despite doing income-generating activit...

Two multinationals vie for contract on LNG supply, terminal bldg

M Azizur Rahman 2017-11-26 12:00:00

Two global firms are vying for clinching contract to build a small floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU) and supply around 200-million-cubic-foot-per-day (mmcfd) re-gasified LNG to Banglade...

BNP questions hasty repatriation deal

-- 2017-11-26 12:00:00

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has questioned the justification of hurriedly signing the Rohingya repatriation deal with Myanmay without involving the United Nations and other inter...

HC verdict on Pilkhana massacre today

-- 2017-11-26 12:00:00

The High Court is scheduled to deliver the verdict on death references of 152 people convicted of killings during the 2009 BDR mutiny and their appeals against the death penalty on Sunday. The death...

Cops nab one with arms

-- 2017-11-26 12:00:00

Police arrested an alleged arms trader along with a pistol, one bullet and two magazines from Chanchra in Jessore district town on Saturday night. The arrestee was identified as Diponkor Roy alias Di...

RAB arrest one with 6 lakh fake Indian currency

-- 2017-11-26 12:00:00

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained a Bangladeshi national along with 6.30 lakh fake Indian currency in Shibganj upazila on Saturday night. The arrestee was Masud Rana, 28, son of Mir Ho...

Take job as a great assignment: PM to envoys

-- 2017-11-26 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on the envoys to serve the country’s interests regarding their jobs as a great assignment. "Your service is not merely a job... Each of you is a small Ba...

Saudi to ease visa process for BD pilgrims

-- 2017-11-26 12:00:00

The Saudi Arabia government has decided to ease the visa processing for the Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims. Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims will enjoy immigration facilities and get pre-clearance from the custo...

HC pronounces Peelkhana verdict, sentencing likely tomorrow

-- 2017-11-26 12:00:00

The High Court proceedings in delivering the verdict over the killings during the 2009 mutiny at the border guards’ headquarters in Dhaka have rolled into Monday (tomorrow). A three-member ben...

Thakurgaon police set up 200 CCTV cameras

-- 2017-11-26 12:00:00

Police in Thakurgaon have installed some 200 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras at different crime-prone spots of the district in a bid to enhance security of the people. As criminal activities...

Rohingya return only after ensuring safety: President  

FE Online Desk   2017-11-26 12:00:00

President M Abdul Hamid Sunday assured the Rohingyas that they would be sent back to their homeland only after their safety is ensured. “Not only Bangladesh, but the entire world is also at you...

Previous enmity kills grocery in Gazipur

-- 2017-11-26 11:48:37

A grocery trader was killed and his wife injured over previous enmity of land related dispute at Tongi Bazar in the city early Sunday. The deceased was Yeasin, son of Nazrul Islam, hailing from Munsh...

SC disposes Ekram killing case within 4 months

-- 2017-11-26 11:33:58

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday ordered to dispose the Fulgazi upazila parishad chairman Ekramul Haque killing case within next four months. A five-member SC bench, led by actin...

Bike crash kills 2 teens in Rajshahi

-- 2017-11-26 11:26:24

Two teenage boys were killed in a motorcycle accident on Durgaspur-Katakhali road in Durgapur upazila. The accident took place when the bike hit a roadside tree around 7:30 pm, on Saturday night,leav...

Muhith stresses more admin decentralisation

FE Report 2017-11-26 11:23:10

Finance Minister AMA Muhith called on Saturday for greater decentralisation of the administration to render better public services to the grassroots level people. "What we need now is the total restr...

Naogaon bus plunge kills two

FE Online Desk 2017-11-26 11:03:44

Two people have been killed and at least 10 others sustained injuries when the driver of a Naogaon-bound bus lost control over the vehicle and fell into a roadside ditch at Panchamitola area in Manda...

Female SI ‘hangs herself’ in Savar

FE Online Desk 2017-11-26 10:45:12

Tahmina Akhter, a female Sub-Inspector of Savar Model Police Station, who was on maternity leave, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her own residence in Savar staff...

Schoolgirl ‘raped’ for four days after ‘abduction’

-- 2017-11-26 10:27:29

A schoolgirl was allegedly abducted and raped in confinement for four days in Melndaha upazila of Jamalpur district. The victim, a Class-VIII student, was found near Durmuth Railway Station Mosque in...

BNP says govt ‘sold’ itself to Myanmar

-- 2017-11-26 09:49:48

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government has 'sold itself' to Myanmar through signing the Rohingya repatriation instrument with the neighbouring country. "Und...

PM asks envoys stationed abroad to brighten image

-- 2017-11-26 09:11:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the Bangladeshi diplomats posted abroad to work hard for boosting the country image in the external world. On Sunday, she listened to the envoys twice while mak...

Smart NID to ensure fair polls: CEC

-- 2017-11-26 09:03:36

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has said smart National Identity (NID) cards will ensure free, fair and competitive elections. The CEC came up with the statement at smart NID ceremony at Na...