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Candidates with clean record to get AL nominations: Quader

Candidates with clean record to get AL nominations: Quader

-- 2019-12-27 18:06:32

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said that no controversial candidates will get the ruling party’s nomination in the upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and...

Two killed in Kishoreganj road crash

Two killed in Kishoreganj road crash

UNB 2019-12-27 17:29:21

At least two people were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident in Kamaliarchar area of Kishoreganj district on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Faizul Islam Chowdhury, 60, of...

Further rains, fall in temperature likely

Further rains, fall in temperature likely

FE ONLINE DESK 2019-12-27 14:29:14

Further rains are likely today in different parts of the country already reeling under a cold wave, said a meteorologist of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) this morning The rains might...

Six Huji leaders held in city

Six Huji leaders held in city

-- 2019-12-27 13:22:49

Six leaders of the banned militant outfit ‘Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh’ (Huji) have been arrested in the city’s Badda area. An official of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime b...

Gaibandha-3 MP M Yunus Ali Sarker passes away

Gaibandha-3 MP M Yunus Ali Sarker passes away

-- 2019-12-27 13:16:17

Awami League MP Dr M Yunus Ali Sarker died at a hospital in the capital city on Friday. He was 66. Dr M Yunus, elected MP from Gaibandha-3 constituency, left behind his wife, one son and a host of re...

Three held in Jhenaidah while entering Bangladesh from India

Three held in Jhenaidah while entering Bangladesh from India

-- 2019-12-27 12:25:23

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained three people from a bordering area in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah district early Friday while they were entering the country from India illegally....

Fire guts 100 shanties in Mirpur

Fire guts 100 shanties in Mirpur

-- 2019-12-27 11:51:23

A fire has burnt down about 100 shanties at a slum in Mirpur area of Dhaka city. The fire broke out at the slum in Kalshi's Baunia Badh around 1:00am on Friday, reports bdnews24.com. Eleven units of...

400-foot bridge on Netrakona road now useless for lack  of approach road

400-foot bridge on Netrakona road now useless for lack of approach road

Our Correspondent 2019-12-27 00:23:52

NETRAKONA, Dec 26: A 400-foot bridge on the Maizpara-Jayanagar road under Kalmakanda upazila in the district has been lying unused due to lack of approach roads.  Sources said the bridge was con...

Healthcare centre in remote Sunamganj area lying almost  unused for five years

Healthcare centre in remote Sunamganj area lying almost unused for five years

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-12-27 00:22:49

SYLHET, Dec 26: A government-run health facility for female and children has been lying almost unused for over the last five years as no physician has yet been posted there. Even its formal opening...

Naogaon farmers turn to mustard farming

Naogaon farmers turn to mustard farming

-- 2019-12-27 00:21:31

OUR CORRESPONDENTs NAOGAON, Dec 26: Peasants in Manda upazila of the district are showing interest in mustard cultivation, disheartened by the lower prices of the other crops like paddy, wheat, maize...

No expulsion from PEC, Ebtedayee exams: Govt

No expulsion from PEC, Ebtedayee exams: Govt

-- 2019-12-26 20:53:12

The government has revoked the rules on expelling students from Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee exams. The amendment was announced on Thursday following a rule issued by the High Cou...

BCL activist starts case against Nur, his associates

BCL activist starts case against Nur, his associates

-- 2019-12-26 18:38:46

A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist has started a case against DUCSU Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and his associates in the Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council on charges o...

Air pollution in Dhaka posts significant health risk

Air pollution in Dhaka posts significant health risk

-- 2019-12-26 17:20:38

Uncovered trucks hauling construction materials overnight in and around Dhaka are posing a significant health risk as the dust from the vehicles adds to the already polluted air of the capital, report...

Nat'l Moon Sighting Committee meets Friday

Nat'l Moon Sighting Committee meets Friday

-- 2019-12-26 17:06:00

A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held tomorrow (Friday) to review the information on the appearance of the new moon of the month of Jamadi-ul-Awal of 1441 Hijri. The meetin...

Harvest of T-Aman paddy completed in Gaibandha

Harvest of T-Aman paddy completed in Gaibandha

-- 2019-12-26 16:56:14

Harvest of transplanted (T) Aman paddy, a high valued crop, has been completed in all the seven upazilas in Gaibandha during the current season. Office sources said Department of Agriculture Extens...

Two burn victims die at RMCH

Two burn victims die at RMCH

-- 2019-12-26 16:36:08

A minor girl and a mentally-retarded youth, who suffered burn injuries in separate incidents of fire in Sundarganj and Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha, died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH...

Legal notice served demanding security for Nur

Legal notice served demanding security for Nur

FE Online Report 2019-12-26 15:43:56

A legal notice has been served to the government and Dhaka University (DU) authorities demanding adequate security for DUCSU vice president (VP) Nurul Haque Nur. Appropriate legal proceedings will be...

Crude bomb found near Madhur Canteen

Crude bomb found near Madhur Canteen

-- 2019-12-26 15:33:40

A live crude bomb was recovered from near Madhur Canteen on the Dhaka University campus on Thursday. Students spotted the bomb lying near the canteen around 11:20am and informed the university author...

Court defers charge hearing of defamation case against Mainul

Court defers charge hearing of defamation case against Mainul

FE Online Report 2019-12-26 15:20:22

A Dhaka Court on Thursday deferred the charge hearing to April 4, 2020 of a defamation case filed against former Advisor to the Caretaker Government Barrister Mainul Hosein for hurling abusive words a...

Info minister slams election commissioner

Info minister slams election commissioner

-- 2019-12-26 14:33:31

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said Election Commissioner (EC) Mahbub Talukdar should quit his post before delivering the kind of speech he did recently. EC Mahbub on Wednesday unde...

Stand by people selflessly: PM to BAF  officers

Stand by people selflessly: PM to BAF officers

-- 2019-12-26 13:16:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said it is everyone's expectation that newly-commissioned officers  of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) will stand beside people selflessly and serve the countr...

Police recover woman’s body in Habiganj

Police recover woman’s body in Habiganj

-- 2019-12-26 12:53:12

Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman from a paddy field at Rajiura in Habiganj Sadar upazila early Thursday. On information, police recovered the body around 1:30am, said Md Masuk Ali,...

Dhaka ranks worst in AQI ranks again

Dhaka ranks worst in AQI ranks again

-- 2019-12-26 11:55:26

Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, was again ranked the worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Thursday morning. Dhaka had a score of 348 at 8:00am, which means the air quality was ‘hazardous&...

Temperature drops to 5.7˚C in Tetulia

Temperature drops to 5.7˚C in Tetulia

-- 2019-12-26 11:29:18

The temperature plummeted further to 5.7˚C in Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh on Thursday morning. “This is the lowest recorded temperature so far this year,” said Arif Hossain, a meteorolo...

BPO sector needs plan, skilled human resource

BPO sector needs plan, skilled human resource

Saif Uddin 2019-12-26 10:54:33

A distinct lack of skilled human resources and a long-term plan, and limited country branding pose a challenge to the potential business process outsourcing (BPO) sector in Bangladesh. Introducing a...

Dhaka bypass expressway: China-led JV breaks ground today

Dhaka bypass expressway: China-led JV breaks ground today

MUNIMA SULTANA 2019-12-26 10:46:43

The construction of Dhaka bypass expressway begins today (Thursday) a year after the signing with a Chinese concessionaire. The expressway will be built by China-led joint-venture under the Public Pr...

RMG exporters face costly air shipment, discount on bills

RMG exporters face costly air shipment, discount on bills

FE REPORT 2019-12-26 10:44:55

The country's textile and clothing exporters are allegedly facing delays in releasing the imported raw materials from the Chattogram Customs House (CCH) by up to 46 days on different excuses. As a...

Cross-border trade under SASEC: ADB to support BD’s reform

Cross-border trade under SASEC: ADB to support BD’s reform

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2019-12-26 10:30:55

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expected to help Bangladesh ease transborder and regional trade through facilitating infrastructural development and regulatory reforms, officials have said. Under...

Organic guava farming  brings healthy returns

Organic guava farming brings healthy returns

Our Correspondent 2019-12-25 22:36:01

BENAPOLE, Dec 25: Guava cultivation is gaining popularity among farmers in the eight upazilas of Jashore district for repeated abundant yield and fair prices. Sources said, a good number of farmers h...

Two youths killed in Keraniganj road crash

Two youths killed in Keraniganj road crash

-- 2019-12-25 18:19:33

Two motorcyclists were killed after a truck hit their bike in Zhilmil residential area of Keraniganj on Wednesday. The victims were identified as Russell, 22, and Rabbi, 25, residents of Mugda in the...