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New HYV rice developed

New HYV rice developed

A Correspondent 2020-01-07 11:15:54

MYMENSINGH, Jan 06: Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) Vice-Chancellor Pro Dr Lutful Hassan has developed a high-yielding rice variety. Sources said, the name of new rice variety is BAU Dhan-3....

BTRC seeks EoI to hire auditor for Banglalink

BTRC seeks EoI to hire auditor for Banglalink

FE REPORT 2020-01-07 10:46:38

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will conduct an information system audit or complete inspection in Banglalink to scrutinise all types of relevant records of the company...

No offshore survey this exploration season

No offshore survey this exploration season

FE REPORT 2020-01-07 10:29:22

The much-hyped offshore survey to discover new hydrocarbon reserve in the country's territorial water in the Bay of Bengal is set to miss the current exploration season due to delay in project appro...

Live up to single-digit interest rate promise: PM to bankers

Live up to single-digit interest rate promise: PM to bankers

UNB 2020-01-06 21:17:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged bank owners not to go back on their promise this time as in the past to bring down the interest rate to single digit. "I’ve fulfilled all of your de...

Court orders to freeze 194 bank accounts of GK Shamim

Court orders to freeze 194 bank accounts of GK Shamim

UNB 2020-01-06 20:56:31

A court in Dhaka has asked the authorities concerned to freeze 194 bank accounts of Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim in a money laundering case. Dhaka Senior Special Judge KM Imrul Kayesh passed t...

Offender worked on his own: DU rape victim

Offender worked on his own: DU rape victim

-- 2020-01-06 20:43:03

The rape victim, a second-year student of Dhaka University (DU), on Monday informed police that the perpetrator, who violated her in the city’s Kurmitola area, worked on his own. “We came...

SREDA finalises draft guideline to buy idle electricity from solar plants

SREDA finalises draft guideline to buy idle electricity from solar plants

UNB 2020-01-06 20:34:23

The Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) has finalised a draft policy guideline for purchasing idle electricity from solar power plants now being used for running irrigation...

Action against those involved in DU student’s rape: Minister

Action against those involved in DU student’s rape: Minister

-- 2020-01-06 19:58:49

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday said legal actions will be taken soon against those involved in the rape of Dhaka University (DU) student. The Home Minister said this while talking to...

PM to address nation on Tuesday evening

PM to address nation on Tuesday evening

UNB 2020-01-06 19:02:56

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on Tuesday evening marking the first anniversary of her current government formed through the December-30, 2018 general election. State-owned Bang...

Severity of cold wave worsens in northern districts

Severity of cold wave worsens in northern districts

-- 2020-01-06 18:58:04

After a little respite for couple of days, severity of the season’s second spell of cold wave worsened on Monday affecting normal life in northern districts of the country. According to officia...

ACC not authorised to arrest anyone directly: PM

ACC not authorised to arrest anyone directly: PM

BSS 2020-01-06 18:30:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is not authorised to arrest any suspect directly. She also urged public organisations and statutory bodies, including the AC...

Writ seeks directive to defer DNCC, DSCC polls

Writ seeks directive to defer DNCC, DSCC polls

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-01-06 17:36:55

A writ petition was filed on Monday with the High Court seeking its directive to bring change in the election schedule of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC)....

Evidence suggests DU student was raped: Doctors

Evidence suggests DU student was raped: Doctors

-- 2020-01-06 17:26:42

The physicians of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital have found evidence of rape on the second-year student of Dhaka University. The student was raped in the capital’s Kurmitola area on Sunday,...

Bogura agriculture at stake as topsoil goes to brick kilns

Bogura agriculture at stake as topsoil goes to brick kilns

-- 2020-01-06 17:11:36

Dozens of illegal brick kilns, set up in arable land near schools and colleges, have formed a powerful clique who are removing the fertile topsoil for making bricks, rendering the fields unusable for...

45 dengue patients receiving treatment at hospitals

45 dengue patients receiving treatment at hospitals

-- 2020-01-06 15:08:30

Forty five dengue patients, including 35 in the capital, are being treated at hospitals across the country. Ten new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Monday. Six...

US-Bangla Airlines celebrates 2,000 days

US-Bangla Airlines celebrates 2,000 days

-- 2020-01-06 15:00:26

US-Bangla Airlines, a privately owned Bangladeshi airline, on Monday celebrated its 2,000 days of successful operations in the country. In press statement, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, Managing Direct...

Father, daughter die in road accident

Father, daughter die in road accident

-- 2020-01-06 14:38:43

A man and his daughter were killed after a truck hit his motorcycle in Rajarampur area of sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Monday. The deceased were identified as Golam Rabbani, 42, and h...

DU student rape: Protesters block Shahbagh, case filed

DU student rape: Protesters block Shahbagh, case filed

-- 2020-01-06 14:32:00

Dhaka University (DU) protesters blocked the key Shahbagh intersection on Monday demanding punishment of people involved in the rape of a female student of the university in the capital's Kurmitola on...

195 women murdered by husbands in Jan-Nov: ASK

195 women murdered by husbands in Jan-Nov: ASK

FE Online Report 2020-01-06 14:28:21

Some 195 women were murdered by their husbands across the country as an outcome of domestic violence alone in January to November 2019, according to a report of a local independent rights body. Apart...

HC asks govt to ban single-use plastics in one year

HC asks govt to ban single-use plastics in one year

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-01-06 13:52:39

The High Court on Monday directed the concerned bodies of the government to ban the carrying, selling, use and marketing of the single-use plastics in the coastal areas and in all hotels, motels and r...

Case filed over DU student rape

Case filed over DU student rape

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-01-06 13:22:53

A case has been filed against an unidentified man on charges of picking up and raping a girl student of Dhaka University in the capital's Kurmitola on Sunday night. The father of the victim student n...

Mild cold wave grips north

Mild cold wave grips north

-- 2020-01-06 13:02:28

A mild cold wave is sweeping over Rajshahi, Pabna, Kurigram, Jashore and Chuadanga districts following two days of drizzle. The country’s lowest temperature was recorded at 8.8 degrees Celsius...

Police detain eight over RSTU student murder in Natore

Police detain eight over RSTU student murder in Natore

-- 2020-01-06 10:48:20

Police detained eight people, including a girl, in connection with the murder of a Rajshahi Science and Technology University (RSTU) student in Nabinkinchapur village of Natore Sadar upazila early Mon...

Dhaka University student ‘raped’ in Kurmitola

Dhaka University student ‘raped’ in Kurmitola

-- 2020-01-06 10:37:13

A second-year student of Dhaka University (DU) was allegedly raped in Dhaka city’s Kurmitola area on Sunday night. The victim is now undergoing treatment at the One-Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) of...

Four of a family among six die in Faridpur road crash

Four of a family among six die in Faridpur road crash

-- 2020-01-06 10:25:14

Overspeeding, poor visibility, and using the wrong lane are believed to have led to the road accident in which six lives were lost in Faridpur sadar upazila’s Kanaipur area on Monday morning. T...

Satkhira’s traditional ‘mele’ mat  industry on verge of extinction

Satkhira’s traditional ‘mele’ mat industry on verge of extinction

-- 2020-01-05 22:07:30

SATKHIRA, Jan 05 (UNB): A crisis of raw materials , low prices of finished goods and availability of cheaper alternatives are pushing the once thriving 'mele' mat industry of Satkhira towards extincti...

‘Election win not possible without waging movement’

‘Election win not possible without waging movement’

-- 2020-01-05 20:35:36

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said those who failed to wage a movement will never be able to win any election, reports UNB. Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minis...

E-passport from Jan 22

E-passport from Jan 22

-- 2020-01-05 18:47:11

Distribution of the e-passport (electronic passport) is set to start from January 22 since the authorities have completed preparation and formalities in this regard, reports BSS. “We are workin...

HC for appointing psychologists at all educational institutions

HC for appointing psychologists at all educational institutions

-- 2020-01-05 18:37:16

The High Court (HC) on Sunday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why directives should not be given to recruit counsellors and clinical psychologists in educational institutions acro...

Man killed in Jurain train accident

Man killed in Jurain train accident

-- 2020-01-05 17:35:15

An unidentified man, aged about 44, was killed in a train accident in the capital’s Jurain Railgate area on Sunday morning. Quoting eyewitnesses, police said a Dhaka-bound train from Naray...