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Two bikers die in Madaripur road mishap

-- 2017-11-24 02:59:53

Two motorcyclists were killed and another was injured in a road accident at Kadirpur village in Shibchar upazila on Thursday night. The deceased were identified as Kanchan Mirza, 35, son of Khaled Mi...

5 years on, Tazreen fire case in slow lane

-- 2017-11-24 02:55:16

The government is facing criticism from labour leaders and the court for not being able to produce witnesses in the case over the Tazreen Fashions fire leaving more than a hundred workers dead in 20...

Nation to celebrate March 7 speech honour

-- 2017-11-24 02:49:36

The nation will celebrate the UNESCO recognition of the historic March 7 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman across the country tomorrow (Saturday). Cabinet Secretary Mo...

Khulna road crash injures 20 college teachers

-- 2017-11-24 02:25:05

Twenty teachers of Government B. L. College were injured in a road accident. The accident took place on Rupsha Bridge here early Friday. Jahidul Islam, principal of the college, said A bus of Falgu...

Man to die for murdering wife in Gazipur

-- 2017-11-23 12:52:31

A Gazipur court has sentenced a man to death for murdering his wife. The Gazipur District and Sessions Judge’s Court handed down the verdict  on Thursday.The court also fined the convict T...

SEU celerates 15th Anniversary

FE Online Desk 2017-11-23 12:48:11

Southeast University (SEU) has observed its 15th Anniversary at Tejgaon permanent campus in Dhaka city. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal was present in the programme as the Chief Guest. He inaugu...

ACC summons BASIC Bank’s ex-Chairman Bachchu

-- 2017-11-23 12:46:29

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned former BASIC Bank Chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu for questioning over a massive loan fraud. Bachchu and a few others have been instructed to appea...

Mymensingh road crash kills bus helper

-- 2017-11-23 12:41:43

Niranjon Chandra (55), a bus helper was killed in a road accident at Babtir crossing area under Muktagachha upazila in Mymensingh on Thursday morning. The accident occurred in the area around 9:30 am...

Transport workers’ indefinite strike underway in Dinajpur

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Indefinite strike, enforced by transport workers demanding compensation for damaged vehicles and action against involved persons, is underway in the district. They will continue the strike until thei...

Bangladesh ink Rohingya repatriation ‘instrument’ with Myanmar

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Dhaka and Nay Pyi Daw have at long last inked an 'instrument' on Rohingya repatriation with no ending deadline amid high hopes that the forcibly-displaced Rohingyas will start returning to their homel...

Agro-processing sector grows far below 'its potentials'

Saif Uddin 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Country's agro-processing sector could contribute a lot more to the economy, especially in terms of export earnings, if necessary policy supports and patronisation are provided for its development, a...

Embassy observes 'BD Armed Forces Day' in New Delhi

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Embassy of Bangaladesh observed “BD Armed Forces Day” in New Delhi on Tuesday with tributes paid to father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the martyrs of the 1971 War o...

Miscreants kill female AL leader in Brahmanbaria

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Unidentified miscreants killed a female Awami League leader in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on Wednesday night, Officer-in-Charge of Nabinagar police station confirmed it to FE Online. The decea...

Two BD firms to get $1 million UN grant

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Two Bangladeshi companies have received the $1 million 2017 UN Energy grant from the United Nations for a novel project to spur solar entrepreneurship. Grameen Shakti and ME SOLshare received the gra...

PM calls for immediate Rohingya repatriation

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday renewed her call to Myanmar to immediately start the repatriation of their forcibly displaced Rohingya nationals from Bangladesh. "We're continuing our bilate...

AL infighting leaves 10 injured

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of Awami League (AL) and its affiliate organisation Swechchasebak League over establishing supremacy at Ghullia village in Mohammadpur...

Power tariff to rise by 5.3pc next month

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has decided to raise on an average power tariff by 5.3 per cent or Tk. 0.35 per unit. BERC Chairman Monwar Islam declared the decision saying that t...

Party feud behind AL's Shapna murder: Police

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

A case has been filed against party opponents over the murder of Brahmanbaria Awami League leader Shapna Akhtar. Police have also taken an autorickshaw driver into custody for questioning, reports bd...

Start repatriation immediately: PM to Myanmar

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has renewed her call to Myanmar to immediately start taking back the forcibly displaced Rohingya nationals from Bangladesh.  "We're continuing our bilateral talks wi...

‘Govt formed committee against hajj agencies’ anomalies’

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Religious Affairs Minister Principal Matiur Rahman on Thursday told parliament that the government formed a committee seeking its report against the hajj agencies involved in anomalies. The minister...

Khaleda claims ‘complete innocence;’ next hearing Thursday

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Khaleda Zia, Chairperson of the BNP, has claimed during her testimony in the Zia Welfare Trust graft case that she is ‘completely innocent.’ She made the comment in reply to a question fr...

Myanmar maintains 1992 Rohingya repatriation formula

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Myanmar on Thursday said the instrument signed with Bangladesh on return of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar was based on the joint statement signed in 1992 that Bangladesh has opposed all along....

Hartal on Nov 30 protesting power tariff hike

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Different political parties including BNP and the left-leaning ones have protested government's latest move to hike electricity price. The leftist political parties have declared to enforce an eight-...

Quader threatens befitting reply to arson attempt

-- 2017-11-23 11:53:59

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that BNP will no longer be allowed to resort to any arson attack in the name of movement. He also said that any anarchy would be faced with a be...

Police recover sexagenarian man’s body in Chandpur

-- 2017-11-23 11:31:40

Unidentified miscreants killed a sexagenarian man from in Sadar upazila on Wednesday. Police recovered the body from Bangabandhu Road area of Sadar upazila. Local people found the body and called po...

Miscreants slash Hindu journo’s throat in Jessore

-- 2017-11-23 11:01:27

A journalist sustained severe injuries as a group of miscreants slashed his throat at Chanchra Harinar Beel in Sadar upazila on Thursday evening. The victim was identified as Ananda Das, 55, the assi...

Train kills youth while lying on rail track

-- 2017-11-23 10:55:17

A young man was killed when a train crushed him in Ruhia area in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night while listening to songs on his mobile phone lying down on the railway tracks. According to UNB repor...

Shariah-based banking entails double-digit deposit growth

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2017-11-23 10:16:53

Bangladesh's Islamic banking bagged a buoyant year-on-year deposit growth, at a double-digit rate, as of last September. Many insiders attribute such surge to "trust" of the clients on the banking sy...

Tazreen tragedy trial lingers in deposition delays

-- 2017-11-23 10:00:22

A number of organisations on Friday will observe the fifth anniversary of Tazreen Fashions tragedy. As many as 112 workers died and 200 others got injured on November 24 in 2012 in a deadly fire incid...

Industries outside EZs unlikely to get new gas line from next year

M Azizur Rahman 2017-11-23 09:44:25

New industries outside the country's economic zones (EZs) would hardly get piped natural gas connections from next year as the authorities have already started discouraging it. Officials said the mov...