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CPD to celebrate birth centenary of Bangabandhu

CPD to celebrate birth centenary of Bangabandhu

-- 2020-01-21 18:20:10

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) this year will celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh’s Independence throug...

BNP enjoys extra advantage in city election campaign: Hasan

BNP enjoys extra advantage in city election campaign: Hasan

BSS 2020-01-21 17:07:03

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said BNP is enjoying an extra advantage in the campaign for the upcoming elections to the Dhaka north and south city corporations as law did not bar their top...

Cold-related diseases affect 5,853 people in 24 hours

Cold-related diseases affect 5,853 people in 24 hours

UNB 2020-01-21 16:35:14

Various cold-related diseases affected  5,853 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Tuesday. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control...

BSF kills Bangladeshi youth along Panchagarh border

BSF kills Bangladeshi youth along Panchagarh border

-- 2020-01-21 15:07:14

A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Mominpara border in Sadar upazila of Panchagarh early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Hasan Ali, 25, son of Tabib...

Abrar murder case: Court takes charges into cognisance

Abrar murder case: Court takes charges into cognisance

-- 2020-01-21 13:58:08

A Dhaka court on Tuesday took the charges into cognisance against 25 in the case over the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad. Dhaka Metropolitan...

Tabith Awal comes under attack in city

Tabith Awal comes under attack in city

-- 2020-01-21 13:35:23

BNP’s Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls mayoral candidate Tabith Awal came under attack during election campaign in the city’s Gabtoli area on Monday. Witnesses said when Tabith a...

Dhaka elections: No motorcycles on polls day

Dhaka elections: No motorcycles on polls day

-- 2020-01-21 13:26:44

The Election Commission (EC) has imposed restrictions on the movement of vehicles during the upcoming Dhaka city corporation elections on Feb 1. No motorcycles will be permitted in electoral areas fr...

AL MP Ismat Ara Sadique dies at 78

AL MP Ismat Ara Sadique dies at 78

-- 2020-01-21 12:57:19

Awami League lawmaker and former State Minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara Sadique passed away in Dhaka city on Tuesday. She was 78. Sadique was born in Keshabpur upazila’s Bhogoti vil...

Rape suspect dies in gunfight in Dhaka

Rape suspect dies in gunfight in Dhaka

-- 2020-01-21 11:22:04

A rape suspect has died in a so-called shootout with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in  Khilkhet area of Dhaka city. The incident took place in Dhanadhin Barua area at 2:15 am on Tuesday, accordi...

Bangladesh on alert for deadly coronavirus

Bangladesh on alert for deadly coronavirus

-- 2020-01-21 11:12:33

The authorities have put the airports on alert to prevent deadly coronavirus from spreading in Bangladesh by screening travellers from China where the number of patients has more than tripled in day...

Govt asks BB to instruct banks to act accordingly

Govt asks BB to instruct banks to act accordingly

REZAUL KARIM 2020-01-21 10:53:21

The government has asked the central bank to immediately instruct all commercial banks for taking all necessary measures to facilitate quick imports of some 17 essential commodities by traders, offici...

E-passport launch tomorrow

E-passport launch tomorrow

FE REPORT 2020-01-21 10:52:38

The government is finally set to launch e-passports tomorrow (Wednesday), through issuing the first passport to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Earlier the Department of Immigration and Passport (D...

City printers see heyday

City printers see heyday

SAIF UDDIN 2020-01-21 10:47:01

The printers in the capital are making a brisk business in the recent days following increased demand for printed materials, like - posters and leaflets, to be used for electioneering in two Dhaka cit...

Poppy plants grow  in CSIR gardens!

Poppy plants grow in CSIR gardens!

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-01-20 21:41:05

RAJSHAHI, Jan 20: Poppy plant, an ingredient for preparing banned drug 'opium' is being cultivated at the garden of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research, Rajshahi, on a large scale. Though...

Khulna, Rangpur, Cumilla farmers find mustard growing profitable

Khulna, Rangpur, Cumilla farmers find mustard growing profitable

Our Correspondent 2020-01-20 21:39:59

KHULNA, Jan 20: Mustard cultivation is popular among the growers in the district. A good number of farmers said mustard production in the Rabi season is profitable as it requires low labour and pro...

Six-month stay on primary teachers’ recruitment in 14 districts

Six-month stay on primary teachers’ recruitment in 14 districts

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

The High Court has stayed appointments of assistant teachers for primary schools for six months for breaching recruitment rules in 14 districts. Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Md Mahmud Hassa...

Nearly 5.4 million new voters to be enrolled: EC

Nearly 5.4 million new voters to be enrolled: EC

UNB 2020-01-20 20:19:43

Bangladesh has got around 5.37 million new voters after its 2018 general election, according to the draft updated electoral rolls revealed by the Election Commission on Monday. The number of voters w...

Bangladesh has 3241 media outlets, minister says

Bangladesh has 3241 media outlets, minister says

-- 2020-01-20 20:13:17

BSS There are 3241 public and private media outlets, including print and electronic, in the country, according to the estimate till December 2019. Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud gave the inf...

Tk 11.7m compensation for air crash casualty

Tk 11.7m compensation for air crash casualty

-- 2020-01-20 19:38:24

The cabinet on Monday gave final approval to a draft law on air transportation, proposing an enhanced compensation of Tk 11.7 million for every casualty in any air crash, while the previous amount was...

One-third of BD youth not in education, employment or training

One-third of BD youth not in education, employment or training

FE Online Report 2020-01-20 19:34:27

One-third of the youth in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are not in education, employment or training (NEET) and the rate is 40 per cent in India. The World Economic Situation and...

Tk 600m budget for Dhaka city polls

Tk 600m budget for Dhaka city polls

-- 2020-01-20 17:27:28

The election commission’s budget for the Dhaka city elections trebled to Tk 600 million from five years ago. More than 500 million voters are expected to head to the polling centres on February...

Five get death sentence over 1988 Laldighi Massacre

Five get death sentence over 1988 Laldighi Massacre

-- 2020-01-20 16:53:40

After long 32 years of the gruesome killing of 24 people attending Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina's rally in Chittagong in 1988, a court in the port city on Monday sentenced five people to death in...

Bomb attacks on police: Two 'JMB members' held

Bomb attacks on police: Two 'JMB members' held

-- 2020-01-20 15:06:11

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit arrested two suspected members of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Shonir Akhra area on Sunday night. The arrestees were identified as...

Police arrest ex-Nandail mayor in Mymensingh

Police arrest ex-Nandail mayor in Mymensingh

-- 2020-01-20 15:04:49

Police have arrested former municipality mayor of Nandail Municipality in Mymensingh over allegations of a controversial social media post concerning the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...

Lawmen arrest seven with contraband phensedyl in C’nawabganj

Lawmen arrest seven with contraband phensedyl in C’nawabganj

-- 2020-01-20 15:00:49

Law enforcers in separate drives arrested seven suspected drug dealers from different areas in Shibganj and Godagari upazila of Chapainawabganj on Monday. The arrestees were identified as Milon Ali,...

Two new dengue patients admitted in 24hrs

Two new dengue patients admitted in 24hrs

-- 2020-01-20 14:51:04

Two new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has said. In its regular update, the DGHS noted that currently...

Cold-related diseases affect 5,733 in 24 hrs

Cold-related diseases affect 5,733 in 24 hrs

-- 2020-01-20 14:48:57

Various cold-related diseases affected 5,733 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Monday. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room sh...

Govt appoints 97 new assistant judges

Govt appoints 97 new assistant judges

-- 2020-01-20 13:45:25

Ninety-seven new assistant judges have been appointed for the subordinate courts. The law ministry on Sunday issued a gazette notification in this regard, reports UNB. In the notification, the law m...

Naimul Abrar’s Death: Prothom Alo editor gets bail

Naimul Abrar’s Death: Prothom Alo editor gets bail

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-01-20 13:24:11

The High Court (HC) has granted anticipatory bail to Bangla daily Prothom Alo editor and publisher Matiur Rahman for four weeks in the case filed in connection with the death of Residential Model Coll...

PM mourns death of FF AL leader Tanzel

PM mourns death of FF AL leader Tanzel

-- 2020-01-20 12:02:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Magura district unit of Awami League president and valiant Freedom Fighter Tanzel Hossain Khan. She prayed for t...