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MP Liton murder: Ex-JaPa MP Kader Khan, six others get death

MP Liton murder: Ex-JaPa MP Kader Khan, six others get death

Agencies 2019-11-28 12:33:18

A Gaibandha court has sentenced former Jatiya Party MP Abdul Kader Khan and six others to death for killing Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton three years ago. District and Sessions Judge Dil...

EU allocates Tk 13.17m for Bulbul victims

EU allocates Tk 13.17m for Bulbul victims

-- 2019-11-28 12:19:58

The European Union (EU) has allocated €140 000 Euro (Tk 13.17 million) to provide crucial humanitarian assistance to families affected by the recent cyclone Bulbul. The aid will directly benefit...

‘Drug trader’ dies in Noakhali ‘gunfight’

‘Drug trader’ dies in Noakhali ‘gunfight’

-- 2019-11-28 12:04:36

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of detective branch (DB) of police at West Mahduripur in Sadar upazila of Noakhali district early Thursday. The deceased was ide...

Verdict against ex-OC Moazzem today

Verdict against ex-OC Moazzem today

-- 2019-11-28 11:50:39

The verdict in a case filed against former officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain under the Digital Security Act is scheduled to be delivered on Thursday. Cyber Tribunal Ju...

SC defers Khaleda's bail hearing, seeks medical report

SC defers Khaleda's bail hearing, seeks medical report

-- 2019-11-28 11:47:38

The Supreme Court has ordered government-appointed doctors for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to submit a report on her health, pending a decision on a bail appeal in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case....

Govt plans skills development for 1.5m RMG workers

Govt plans skills development for 1.5m RMG workers

-- 2019-11-28 11:39:31

The government has taken an initiative to conduct a training programme for the skills development of some 1.50 million Ready-Made Garment (RMG) workers. The decision of the training programme has tak...

IDCOL to seek GCF support for coastal afforestation

IDCOL to seek GCF support for coastal afforestation

FE Report 2019-11-28 11:21:31

Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) is planning to mobilise US$ 80 million for enhancing the country's resilience of coastal ecosystem through afforestation. Of the amount, $ 60 mill...

Water transport workers call off strike

Water transport workers call off strike

-- 2019-11-28 11:08:08

Following a meeting with State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian at the ministry on Wednesday night, water transport workers who had declared a strike on Tuesday night withdrew...

CAB for separate division or ministry to protect consumers' interest

CAB for separate division or ministry to protect consumers' interest

FE REPORT 2019-11-28 10:46:25

The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) called for either forming a separate division or creating a new ministry to deal with the affairs of the consumers to protect their interests. "The gover...

ICC Bangladesh delegation meets President

ICC Bangladesh delegation meets President

-- 2019-11-27 22:11:28

A seven-member delegation of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Bangladesh, led by its President Mahbubur Rahman, met President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in the capital on Wednesday. At the...

‘Child-centred projects slower than other projects’

‘Child-centred projects slower than other projects’

FE Online Report 2019-11-27 21:53:48

The progress of implementation of child-cantred projects is comparatively less than that of other projects of the national budget, said a study of Save the Children. The scenario of child budget allo...

Another ‘tortured’ BD housemaid to return from S Arabia

Another ‘tortured’ BD housemaid to return from S Arabia

-- 2019-11-27 20:31:43

Hosna Akter – a Bangladeshi housemaid who appealed for help in a video alleging torture by her employer in Saudi Arabia -- is set to return home. She is expected to arrive at Shahjalal Internat...

BB governor stresses capacity dev to cope with banking challenges

BB governor stresses capacity dev to cope with banking challenges

-- 2019-11-27 18:05:50

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir on Wednesday underscored the need for investing in capacity development and knowledge management to cope with the growing challenges of the banking industry....

US Embassy to remain closed on Thursday

US Embassy to remain closed on Thursday

-- 2019-11-27 18:01:23

The US Embassy, including its consular section, will remain closed on Thursday in observance of the American holiday of Thanksgiving. The American Center, together with the Archer K Blood American Ce...

Circular for 41st BCS exam published

Circular for 41st BCS exam published

-- 2019-11-27 17:20:30

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has published the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) circular seeking applications for 2,166 posts. The circular was published on the PSC website on We...

108 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

108 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2019-11-27 16:45:29

More than 100 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Wednesday, reports UNB.  Forty-eight of them were hospitalised in Dhaka...

Mujib Borsho: Govt to plant 10m saplings

Mujib Borsho: Govt to plant 10m saplings

-- 2019-11-27 14:16:50

The government will plant 10 million saplings across the country marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen came up with...

One dead in city road crash

One dead in city road crash

-- 2019-11-27 14:10:27

An unidentified rickshaw puller was killed after being run over by a truck in city’s Gandaria on early Wednesday. The accident took place around 3:30am, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of...

MP Liton Murder: Court set to deliver verdict Thursday

MP Liton Murder: Court set to deliver verdict Thursday

-- 2019-11-27 14:03:25

The verdict in former Awami League MP Manjurul Islam Liton’s murder case is scheduled to be delivered on Thursday. District and Sessions Judge Dilip Kumar Bhoumik is set to pronounce the judgme...

500 BNP men sued over attack on police

500 BNP men sued over attack on police

-- 2019-11-27 12:44:29

A case was filed against 500 people in connection with Tuesday’s clash between police and a group of BNP leaders and activists in front of the High Court. Matiur Rahman, sub-inspector of Shahba...

Holey Artisan attack: Seven militants sentenced to death

Holey Artisan attack: Seven militants sentenced to death

-- 2019-11-27 12:32:08

Seven men were sentenced to death on Wednesday for their roles in the Holey Artisan café attack, the deadliest terror attack in Bangladesh’s history that claimed the lives of 22 people, i...

Police arrest BNP leader Ulfat

Police arrest BNP leader Ulfat

-- 2019-11-27 12:24:38

Police have arrested the pro-BNP Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal President Ishtiaq Aziz Ulfat at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Ulfat arrested in early hours of Wednesday in connec...

Army Chief’s Myanmar visit to play positive role in resolving Rohingya crisis: FM

Army Chief’s Myanmar visit to play positive role in resolving Rohingya crisis: FM

FE Online Report 2019-11-27 11:51:42

Bangladesh Army Chief’s visit to Myanmar will play a positive role in resolving Rohingya crisis, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Wednesday. “This will open a new channel of neg...

Launch services disrupted at Sadarghat as workers go on strike

Launch services disrupted at Sadarghat as workers go on strike

-- 2019-11-27 11:24:08

Launch services between Dhaka and southern districts have stalled after a group of workers called a strike over a charter of 15 demands. Only one launch left the Sadarghat terminal on Wednesday, bdne...

Gulshan attack: Eight accused in court as nation awaits verdict

Gulshan attack: Eight accused in court as nation awaits verdict

-- 2019-11-27 11:22:09

All eight accused in the Holey Artisan café attack case were brought to the court amid tight security on Wednesday morning. A prison van carrying the accused from Keraniganj Central Jail reach...

Artificial fibre import doubles in five years

Artificial fibre import doubles in five years

MONIRA MUNNI 2019-11-27 11:05:50

Import of manmade fibre (MMF), especially polyester and viscose, has doubled since 2014, showing gradual shifting of the country's RMG industry to use of non-cotton fibre in manufacturing apparel item...

BJMC gets Tk 1.0b loan to pay wages to workers

BJMC gets Tk 1.0b loan to pay wages to workers

FE Report 2019-11-27 10:59:58

The finance ministry has given Tk 1.0 billion as loan, subject to some conditions, to Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) to pay wages and allowances to the workers and employees under the state...

Seismic survey in offshore blocks: Norwegian-US JV set to get the job

Seismic survey in offshore blocks: Norwegian-US JV set to get the job

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2019-11-27 10:53:49

The Norwegian-US joint venture (JV) company TGS-Schlumberger is finally bagging the job of carrying out the non-exclusive multi-client seismic survey in offshore blocks in December nearly four years a...

Hakaluki Haor to be listed as ‘Ramsar site’

Hakaluki Haor to be listed as ‘Ramsar site’

Our Correspondent 2019-11-26 22:30:48

SYLHET, Nov 26: Hakaluki Haor, the country's largest water body spreading over a vast area in Sylhet and neighbouring Moulvibazar district, is going to be listed as 'Ramsar site', the third in Banglad...

Dried fish trading gains popularity  in Pabna district

Dried fish trading gains popularity in Pabna district

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2019-11-26 22:29:36

PABNA, Nov 26: Dried fish trading is gaining popularity in the district, specially in the Chalan Beel area. Talking to this correspondent a good number of fishermen in Suzanagar upazila said they c...