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Pumpkin output delights Bogra farmers

Our Correspondent 2017-11-23 08:55:33

BOGRA, Nov 23:  Pumpkin production has brought smile on the faces of hundred of ultra-poor peasants in the district this current season. Deputy director of the Department of Agriculture Extensio...

Canada assures full support on Rohingya issue  

-- 2017-11-23 06:00:52

Canada on Thursday assured their full support to Bangladesh on the Rohingya issue. The visiting Canadian Minister for International Development and La Francophonie, Global Affairs Marie-Claude Bibeau...

Propaganda about Mayor Annisul baseless: DNCC

-- 2017-11-23 04:58:30

The negative propaganda about ailing Mayor Annsiul Huq, who is now undergoing treatment in London, on social media is totally baseless, said a DNCC press release on Thursday. The condition of Mayor A...

Law enforcers seize 10 mounds of Hilsa fry

FE Online Desk 2017-11-23 04:03:23

The coast guard members seized 10 mounds of Hilsa fry and three fishing boats from Meghna River as part of Hilsha fish conservation drive. Sunil Chandra Mazumdar, Senior Assistant Director of Lakhmip...

Premier Bank inks deal with NLICL

FE Online Desk 2017-11-23 03:50:19

The Premier Bank Limited (PBL) has signed an agreement with National Life Insurance Company Limited (NLICL) on credit shield insurance plan programme at PBL’s head office, recently. According t...

NID smart card to be distributed in N'ganj

-- 2017-11-23 02:34:24

All preparations have been taken for distributing 4 lakh 76 thousands and 188 NID smart cards among the voters in Narayangnaj City Corporation. Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda in a simple...

Gopalganj farmers make extra profit from sale of jute stalks

Our Correspondent 2017-11-23 01:20:14

GOPALGANJ, Nov 22: The jute growers of Gopalganj Sadar, Muksudpur and Kasiani upazilas in the district have been making an extra profit of Tk 200 million every year from the sale of jute stalks. Acco...

Present govt to continue in office during polls: Tofail

-- 2017-11-23 01:19:11

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed speaks at a seminar organised by Sector Commanders Forum at the National Press Club in the city on Wednesday marking the UNESCO recognition of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...

NBR honours Islami Bank CEO

FE Online Desk 2017-11-22 12:43:42

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has honoured Managing Director and CEO of Islami Bank Bangladesh Md Abdul Hamid Miah as the highest tax payer in the banking sector. Fazle Kabir, Governor of Bangl...

Six Gaibandha war crime convicts get death sentence

FE Online Desk 2017-11-22 12:00:00

The International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday handed down death penalty to six Gaibandha war crimes convicts for committing war crimes during the 1971 liberation war. Those convicted are Jamaat's fo...

Rohingya repatriation talks with Myanmar begin

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

Bangladesh and Myanmar on Wednesday began their long-sought two-day talks with high hopes that it will yield outcomes to sign an MoU enabling both the countries to start the repatriation process of al...

Police detain four with hundi money

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

Police arrested four suspected hundi traders along with Tk 3.35 million from Shymlagachi area on Benapole-Jessore Highway on Tuesday night.  The arrestees were identified as Anis Sheikh (26...

Worship centres to get lands for relocation

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

The government has offered separate plots to worship centres in an effort to relocate them from grabbed river shores, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan has said. Khan made the announcement on Wednesday...

BNP chooses Babla for Rangpur city polls

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

BNP picked its Rangpur city unit BNP president Kausar Zaman Babla as its mayoral candidate in the Rangpur City Corporation polls slated for December 21. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alam...

BGB detains two drug pedlars at Benapole

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained two drug traders along with 20 kilograms of hemps from a paddy field at Benapole on Tuesday night. Lt Col Ariful Haque, commanding officer of BGB-49...

Rohingya repatriation deal likely Thursday

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

The signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Myanmar and Bangladesh titled 'Arrangement on Return of Displaced Persons from Rakhine State' is expected on Thursday. Bangladesh Foreign Mi...

62pc Rohingya camp water contaminated

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

The World Health Organisation(WHO) has said 62 per cent of the water drawn from wells at Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar is contaminated with high levels of bacteria, including E. Coli. &...

EC has no plan to deploy army in Rangpur poll:Shahadat

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury on Wednesday said EC has no plan to deploy Army in the upcoming Rangpur City Corporation election. “Regular law enforcing agencie...

Biman to get four aircraft

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has started procedure for adding four aircraft to its fleet to increase the domestic flight frequency to all the seven domestic routes of the country. The national flag c...

'Tonu murder mystery to be unearthed soon'

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the mystery behind the murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu would be unearthed soon. "CID is investigating into the sensational murder case to unearth the mystery...

Retain studentship of deprived students,SC to IU

-- 2017-11-22 11:11:16

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the authorities of Islamic University to uphold the studentship of 88 deprived students who got enrolled under F unit admission test. A five-member Appellate Divi...

Our eyes turned dry: Obaidul Quader

-- 2017-11-22 10:37:30

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that their eyes turned dry after shedding tears during BNP regime. "Our eyes have turned dry after shedding tears as 21,000 leaders and activists of...

Khulna ‘gunfight’ leaves ‘robber’ dead

FE Online Desk 2017-11-22 10:31:50

An alleged member of a forest robber gang was killed during a 'gunfight' with Police in Vayrar Khal area in Koyra upazila of Khulna on Tuesday night. Officer-in-Charge of Koyra Police Station, Enamul...

Fakhrul takes inspiration from Mugabe's resignation

-- 2017-11-22 10:13:03

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has found inspiration in the downfall of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe. Terming the incumbent Awami League-led government as a 'heavy stone', th...

BGB rescues 15 while being trafficked to India

-- 2017-11-22 10:09:30

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives rescued 15 people, including six males, six females and three children from Shadipur and Gathipara bordering areas at Benapole on Tuesday wh...

Zidan’s ‘killer’ arrested

-- 2017-11-22 09:09:10

The members of elite police force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested the alleged killer of 12-year-old madrasah student Mohammad Zidan from Sadarghat area in Dhaka on Wednesday. The arrestee...

Govt wants 'dynasty' in private banks: BNP

-- 2017-11-22 08:59:32

BNP has alleged that the government plans to create a scope for pro-Awami League businessmen to establish dynasty in private banks. The party's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made t...

FM's meeting with Myanmar minister ends

-- 2017-11-22 07:30:35

The bilateral meeting between Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and Myanmar's Minister for State Counsellor's office Kyauw Tint Swe has ended. They discussed various issues of bilateral interest, inclu...

PM rules out possibility of foodgrain shortage

-- 2017-11-22 07:11:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out the possibility of any major shortfall in foodgrain production though flood has caused damages to crops. "There will be no major shortfall in foodgrain prod...

HC rules over Apan Jewellers owners' bail

-- 2017-11-22 06:25:09

The High Court sought explanation as to why the owners of Apan Jewellers should not be granted interim bail. The on Wednesday issued five separate rules seeking in five money laundering cases filed a...