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Govt to buy vessels for Mongla Port involving Tk 7.67b

Govt to buy vessels for Mongla Port involving Tk 7.67b

-- 2019-12-31 18:33:10

The government is set to procure marine vessels for the Mongla Port in a bid to properly handle the growing number of ocean going ships. The approval for the Tk 7.67 billion project came at the regu...

HC questions legality of a clause of BB recruitment circular

HC questions legality of a clause of BB recruitment circular

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-12-31 18:06:21

The High Court on Tuesday questioned the legality of a controversial clause of a Bangladesh Bank recruitment circular issued on December 1, 2019, to appoint officers in 188 posts of ‘Assistant D...

'Focus on nurturing merits than celebrating GPA-5'

'Focus on nurturing merits than celebrating GPA-5'

-- 2019-12-31 17:48:02

Education Minister Dipu Moni has urged everyone to assist the government in ensuring the students nurture their merit rather than celebrating GPA-5 in public exams. She also hoped the results of Juni...

Over 8,000 babies will be born in BD on New Year’s Day

Over 8,000 babies will be born in BD on New Year’s Day

-- 2019-12-31 17:20:52

Approximately 8,093 babies will be born in Bangladesh on the first day of new year, 2020, according to UNICEF. Bangladeshi babies will account for 2.06 per cent of the estimated 392,078 babies to be...

Almost half of Padma Bridge now visible

Almost half of Padma Bridge now visible

UNB 2019-12-31 16:54:00

Almost half of the much-hyped Padma Bridge has become visible after installation of the 20th span. The 3,600-tonne 3-F span was installed at 1:00 pm on Tuesday on pillar no 18 and 19, said Deputy Ass...

Bangladeshis top visitors in India in 2019

Bangladeshis top visitors in India in 2019

-- 2019-12-31 16:33:52

The Indian High Commission in Dhaka issued 1.5 million visas to Bangladesh nationals in 2019, the highest for any single country, reports bdnews24.com. The high commission has celebrated the mileston...

JSC, JDC results: Girls outshine boys

JSC, JDC results: Girls outshine boys

-- 2019-12-31 15:23:51

Girls performed better than boys in this year’s Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations. The pass rate of female students is 88.64 per cent while that o...

Dhaka-Delhi people-to-people ties growing: Riva Ganguly

Dhaka-Delhi people-to-people ties growing: Riva Ganguly

-- 2019-12-31 14:03:47

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over growing people-to-people contact between Bangladesh and India noting issuance of record 1.5 million (15 l...

54 prisoners died behind bars in 11 months: Report

54 prisoners died behind bars in 11 months: Report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-12-31 14:02:29

A total of 54 prisoners died in different jails across the country during the January-November period of this outgoing year, according to an independent rights body. The report of Ain o Salish Kend...

Jute mills workers’ hunger strike rolls into Day-3

Jute mills workers’ hunger strike rolls into Day-3

-- 2019-12-31 14:01:18

Workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore continued their fast-unto-death for the third consecutive day on Tuesday. They are trying to force the government to accept their 11-point...

PEC, Ebtedayee pass rates drop

PEC, Ebtedayee pass rates drop

-- 2019-12-31 13:57:15

The pass rate in Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee exams have declined to 95.5 per cent and 95.96 per cent respectively. In the PEC exams, 326,088 students have secured GPA-5, while 11...

PM stresses modern tech-based education for students

PM stresses modern tech-based education for students

-- 2019-12-31 13:55:18

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for giving the students a modern technology-based education to make them prepared to face the ever-changing trends of the era. “We want to giv...

Violence against women, children rises alarmingly in Jan-Nov

Violence against women, children rises alarmingly in Jan-Nov

FE Online Report 2019-12-31 13:05:54

Violence against women and children, specially the incidents of rape and murder, witnessed an alarming rise across the country in the first eleven months of the current calendar year, according to a r...

2019: An eventful year for Bangladesh

2019: An eventful year for Bangladesh

JUBAIR HASAN 2019-12-31 13:02:45

Time has come to say goodbye to another year on the Gregorian calendar and welcome a new one. 2019 was a very eventful year that left behind so many challenges for Bangladesh as far as her inclusive...

Rain likely across country on Thursday, Friday

Rain likely across country on Thursday, Friday

-- 2019-12-31 12:42:08

Rain is likely to occur across the country, including the capital, on Thursday and Friday, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Tuesday. “Rain is likely to occur in Dhaka and other part...

Pass rate in JSC, JDC exams rises to 87.9pc

Pass rate in JSC, JDC exams rises to 87.9pc

-- 2019-12-31 12:34:12

The pass rate has risen 2.07 percentage points to 87.9 per cent in Junior School Certificate and Junior Dakhil Certificate exams year-on-year. As many as 78,429 students achieved GPA-5, according to...

PM inaugurates free textbook distribution programme

PM inaugurates free textbook distribution programme

-- 2019-12-31 12:20:30

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina today formally inaugurated free textbook distribution programme for the academic year 2020 as the ‘National Textbook Festival’ is set to be celebrated across t...

Ministry doubles LNG import terminal, re-gasification capacity

Ministry doubles LNG import terminal, re-gasification capacity

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2019-12-31 11:40:34

The power and energy ministry doubled the LNG import terminal and re-gasification capacity and added 2,153 megawatt (MW) of electricity totalling the country's overall installed capacity to 19,467 MW...

All-time high onion, record low paddy prices mark 2019

All-time high onion, record low paddy prices mark 2019

Yasir Wardad 2019-12-31 10:32:06

Both consumers and farmers experienced major setbacks in the outgoing calendar year (2019) following an all-time high onion prices as well as a record low paddy price in all seasons. Prices of onio...

New platform ‘Ganotantra Uddhar Andolon’ introduced

New platform ‘Ganotantra Uddhar Andolon’ introduced

-- 2019-12-30 22:26:22

‘Ganotantra Uddhar Andolon’, a new platform of other parties, was launched on Monday in the city with an objective to ‘restore democracy’ in the country. Nagorik Oikya Convene...

PEC, JSC, equivalent exams’ results Tuesday

PEC, JSC, equivalent exams’ results Tuesday

-- 2019-12-30 21:31:47

The results of Primary Education Completion (PEC), Ebtedayee, Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) are set to be released on Tuesday. Education Minister Dipu Moni and S...

Khulna jute mills workers continue hunger strike unto death

Khulna jute mills workers continue hunger strike unto death

Our Correspondent 2019-12-30 21:11:10

KHULNA, Dec 30: Hundreds of jute mill workers in Khulna region were continuing their hunger strike unto death for the second consecutive day to press home their 11-point demand. Sources said, the wor...

Alampur children’s park likely to open soon

Alampur children’s park likely to open soon

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-12-30 21:09:48

SYLHET, Dec 30: At last, the much-desired children park in the Sylhet divisional city suburban Alampur area is going to be formally inaugurated soon. Sources said, it would help meet a long standing...

MRT line-6 project progressing fast

MRT line-6 project progressing fast

FE Report 2019-12-30 20:17:01

Installation of tracks and electricity poles along the Uttara-Motijheel metro rail corridor has started from the depot site at Diabari, showing a good progress in the mass rapid transit line-6 project...

Khokon accepts PM's decision on DSCC mayoral nomination

Khokon accepts PM's decision on DSCC mayoral nomination

-- 2019-12-30 20:15:33

Mayor of Mohammad Sayeed Khokon DSCC has accepted the ruling Awami League’s decision to leave him out of the race for the office in the Jan 30 elections to the two city corporations in the capit...

Bangladesh shuts mobile networks along borders with India

Bangladesh shuts mobile networks along borders with India

-- 2019-12-30 18:49:05

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has ordered a shutdown of mobile networks along the borders with India citing security reasons, an order estimated to affect around 10 million us...

Foreign vessels to face punishment for fishing in BD territory

Foreign vessels to face punishment for fishing in BD territory

BSS 2019-12-30 18:21:12

The cabinet has approved the draft of the Marine Fisheries Act, 2019 keeping three-year jail term and Taka 50.0 million as the highest penalty for foreign vessels for fishing in Bangladesh territory....

Medical waste management plant being established in Rajshahi

Medical waste management plant being established in Rajshahi

-- 2019-12-30 17:51:31

A medical waste management plant is being established in Rajshahi city aimed at bringing all the wastes including the risky and harmful ones produced in both public and private clinics, diagnostics an...

Three ‘pirates’ held in Sundarbans

Three ‘pirates’ held in Sundarbans

-- 2019-12-30 17:40:23

Three suspected members of a notorious pirate gang were arrested from the Sundarbans by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on early Monday. The arrestees are - Siddiqur Rahman, 34, son of Jumman Ali Gazi,...

Police foil leftists’ black flag march

Police foil leftists’ black flag march

-- 2019-12-30 16:50:41

Police have foiled the Left Democratic Alliance’s 'black flag' march towards the Prime Minister’s Office demanding the government’s resignation and a re-election under a caretaker go...