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Intel elects B’deshi born Omar Ishrak as board chairman

Intel elects B’deshi born Omar Ishrak as board chairman

-- 2020-01-23 12:58:57

Bangladeshi born Omar Ishrak has been elected chairman of the Intel Corporation board of directors succeeding Andy Bryant who stepped down after serving for seven years. The California-based chip mak...

Man dies after bus hits rickshaw-van in city

Man dies after bus hits rickshaw-van in city

-- 2020-01-23 12:48:53

A rickshaw-van puller was killed after a bus crashed into his three-wheeler in Motijheel area of Dhaka city on Thursday. The dead man has been identified only as Hiru, 50, reports bdnews24.com. Hir...

Padma Bridge gets 22nd span

Padma Bridge gets 22nd span

-- 2020-01-23 12:26:22

The 22nd span of the much-hyped Padma Bridge has been installed. The 1-E span installed on pillar no 5 and 6 of the bridge on Thursday, according to media reports. The work to take the span near pil...

CU shuttle train services suspended amid BCL strike

CU shuttle train services suspended amid BCL strike

-- 2020-01-23 11:48:27

Chittagong University’s (CU) iconic shuttle train services remained suspended since Thursday morning amid a strike by a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) faction on the campus following an interna...

Engineering univ for rail transport proposed

Engineering univ for rail transport proposed

Munima Sultana 2020-01-23 11:06:06

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has initiated to establish a railway engineering university under public-private partnership (PPP) amid a dearth of experts to support traditional and modern train transpor...

Local edible oil exporters in a tight spot

Local edible oil exporters in a tight spot

SYFUL ISLAM 2020-01-23 10:52:33

India has imposed restrictions on edible oil import in its market, which has started taking toll on Bangladesh's exports to the neighbouring country, officials say. While the control is not country-s...

BD finalises reply to ILO complaints

BD finalises reply to ILO complaints

MONIRA MUNNI 2020-01-23 10:38:27

Bangladesh has finalised its reply to complaints about 'non-observance' of top ILO conventions related to worker rights, officials said. This response is part of a move to avoid the formation of a co...

Outstanding loans of bank directors stand at Tk 1.71 trillion: Minister

Outstanding loans of bank directors stand at Tk 1.71 trillion: Minister

-- 2020-01-22 21:46:26

The outstanding loans of bank directors now stand at over Tk 1.716 trillion at the end of September 2019, which is 11.21 per cent of the total loans disbursed by all banks. They have taken loans from...

Double-murder accused held in Chattogram

Double-murder accused held in Chattogram

UNB 2020-01-22 18:44:58

Detectives arrested the main accused of a double-murder case, who had gone into hiding after securing bail from the High Court, from Dhorla village in Boalkhali upazila early Wednesday. The arrestee...

CEC urges law enforcers to ensure malpractice-free election

CEC urges law enforcers to ensure malpractice-free election

-- 2020-01-22 18:10:55

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has called on the law enforcement to ensure that the Dhaka city elections are free from any irregularity or malpractices. He also warned that any alleg...

Cold-related diseases affect 6,010 in 24 hours

Cold-related diseases affect 6,010 in 24 hours

BSS 2020-01-22 17:34:48

Various cold-related diseases have affected 6,010 people across the country in the last 24 hours. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room showed that 971 of the patie...

'Publish advertisement asking SK Sinha, 10 others to appear'

'Publish advertisement asking SK Sinha, 10 others to appear'

BSS 2020-01-22 17:31:45

A Dhaka court has ordered authorities concerned to publish advertisement in newspaper asking 11 people including former Chief Justice Surendra Kuman Sinha to appear before it in a graft case. Dhaka M...

E-passport is a ‘Mujib Year’ gift for nation: PM

E-passport is a ‘Mujib Year’ gift for nation: PM

BSS 2020-01-22 16:59:10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has launched the much-awaited electronic passport (e-passport) along with the automated border control management programme, saying that it (e-passport) is a gift for the...

Ex-minister’s son attempts ‘suicide’ in Khulna

Ex-minister’s son attempts ‘suicide’ in Khulna

-- 2020-01-22 16:59:05

The younger son of former fisheries and livestock minister Narayan Chandra Chanda tried to kill himself by drinking toilet cleaner in Dumuria of Khulna district on Wednesday. Abhiit Chandra Chanda, 2...

Demolition work of BGMEA Bhaban starts

Demolition work of BGMEA Bhaban starts

-- 2020-01-22 15:20:34

The demolition work of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association building (BGMEA Bhaban) formally started on Wednesday. Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim inaugura...

BD moves up eight notches on Democracy Index

BD moves up eight notches on Democracy Index

-- 2020-01-22 15:11:54

Bangladesh has gained eight places on the latest Democracy Index 2019, compared to the previous year, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Although there was no big movement at the top...

BSF shoots dead two Bangladeshis along Lalmonirhat border

BSF shoots dead two Bangladeshis along Lalmonirhat border

-- 2020-01-22 15:00:12

Two Bangladeshis were shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Amjhol border in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Suruj Mia, 35,...

Three die from electrocution in Dhaka

Three die from electrocution in Dhaka

-- 2020-01-22 14:14:09

Three construction workers have died from electrocution after coming into contact with a high-voltage live wire on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka. The incident occurred at around 11:00am o...

Kurigram shivers as mercury falls to 7.2°C

Kurigram shivers as mercury falls to 7.2°C

-- 2020-01-22 13:24:40

People in Bangladesh’s northern district Kurigram is shivering as a moderate cold wave started sweeping over the region on Wednesday, after five days of reprieve. Local weather office recorded...

HC bans laminated election posters

HC bans laminated election posters

-- 2020-01-22 12:53:06

The High Court has banned the publication and display of laminated posters within the boundaries of the two city corporations ahead of the Dhaka elections in light of its damaging effect on the enviro...

PM inaugurates e-passport services

PM inaugurates e-passport services

-- 2020-01-22 11:32:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the e-passport services at a programme at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Dhaka on Wednesday. E-passports add a layer of security to tra...

BCL forms ward-level committees to support AL candidates

BCL forms ward-level committees to support AL candidates

-- 2020-01-22 11:18:53

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has formed ward-level committees to campaign for Awami League (AL) mayoral candidates contesting Dhaka city polls. They have formed 54 committees for Dhaka North City...

Boro output may drop this season

Boro output may drop this season

Yasir Wardad 2020-01-22 10:38:05

Cold wave coupled with dense fog has caused a delay in Boro farming in the country this year, raising concerns over achieving the target of its cultivation and production. Market experts, however,...

Jasim Uddin Museum yet to be fully open

Jasim Uddin Museum yet to be fully open

A Correspondent 2020-01-21 21:31:40

FARIDPUR, Jan 21: Construction of Jasim Uddin Museum was completed in 2013 at a cost of Tk 130 million. Later, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the museum on March 29, 2017 during a visit t...

Bangladeshi Immigrant Day in New York State on Saturday

Bangladeshi Immigrant Day in New York State on Saturday

-- 2020-01-21 20:43:43

New York State in the United States will observe Bangladeshi Immigrant Day again this year on September 25 (Saturday), which marks Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s speech...

President, PM pay homage to Ismat Ara Sadique

President, PM pay homage to Ismat Ara Sadique

BSS 2020-01-21 20:35:47

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to Awami League (AL) lawmaker and former state minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara Sadique by placing wreaths separately...

Keraniganj road crash claims four lives

Keraniganj road crash claims four lives

UNB 2020-01-21 20:09:04

Four people were killed and two others injured in a triangular collision among a microbus, an auto-rickshaw and a motorbike at Hazratpur in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the capital, on Tuesday. On...

ASOCIO award handed over to PM

ASOCIO award handed over to PM

FE Online Report 2020-01-21 19:31:16

State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak  handed over the ASOCIO ICT Education Award to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the cabinet meeting on Monday....

HC orders to freeze bank accounts, seize passports of 20

HC orders to freeze bank accounts, seize passports of 20

BSS 2020-01-21 19:15:00

The High Court (HC) has ordered authorities concerned to freeze bank accounts and to seize passports of 20 persons, including former managing director of NRB Global Bank and Reliance Finance Limited P...

BD awaits donors for first-ever kidney transplant from brain-dead

BD awaits donors for first-ever kidney transplant from brain-dead

BSS 2020-01-21 18:55:52

The country’s physicians are awaiting donors to begin country's first-ever kidney transplant from the brain-dead to partially meet the demand of kidney transplant. “We are ready to go for...