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Non-MPO teachers continue demo

Non-MPO teachers continue demo

-- 2019-03-23 13:36:57

Teachers and employees of non-MPO educational institutions continued their demonstration for the fourth day on Saturday as their demands have not been met. Demanding enlistment of their institutions...

Quader’s health condition improves further: Physician

Quader’s health condition improves further: Physician

-- 2019-03-23 13:19:16

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Qauder's health condition improved further after the bypass surgery, Prof Dr Abu Nasar Rizvi of BSMMU said. His Ando tranquil tube has been removed. Besid...

55 gold bars seized in Dhaka, Jashore

55 gold bars seized in Dhaka, Jashore

-- 2019-03-23 13:11:40

At least fifty-five gold bars have been seized at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka and in Sharsha upazila of Jashore district. In Dhaka, a team of Customs Intelligence and Inves...

DUCSU holds first meeting

DUCSU holds first meeting

-- 2019-03-23 12:46:45

After nearly three decades, the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union is sitting for its first meeting. Vice President Nurul Haq Nur and other newly-elected leaders attended the event at the...

Man drowns in Padma river as hundreds look on

Man drowns in Padma river as hundreds look on

FE Online Desk 2019-03-23 12:37:01

A 68-year-old man has drowned in the Padma river right in front of hundreds of people with none of them moving to rescue him. Some of them only snapped photos and recorded videos of the sickening sce...

HC revokes ex-AL leader’s bail in Noakhali gang-rape case

HC revokes ex-AL leader’s bail in Noakhali gang-rape case

-- 2019-03-23 12:29:22

The High Court has revoked its previous order that granted a one-year interim bail to sacked Awami League leader Ruhul Amin in a case over the gang-rape of a woman in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali a...

Vegetables in city markets remain pricey

Vegetables in city markets remain pricey

FE Report 2019-03-23 11:45:14

Prices of essentials including most vegetables in the city markets remain high since late February, due to supply shortage and sudden rainfall along with hailstone in last month. The traders said s...

Road safety panel to make 111 recommendations

Road safety panel to make 111 recommendations

-- 2019-03-23 11:35:55

The road safety panel led by former minister of shipping Shajahan Khan is preparing to submit a report with 111 recommendations on how to restore order to the roads. Among the proposals in the draft...

Laldia terminal: CPA seeks proposals from five global port giants

Laldia terminal: CPA seeks proposals from five global port giants

Syful Islam 2019-03-23 10:15:39

The authorities have started sending request for proposal (RFP) documents to five short-listed global port giants to submit offers for building the Laldia multipurpose terminal in Chattogram, offici...

$4.2b ADB assistance likely during 2020-22

$4.2b ADB assistance likely during 2020-22

FHM Humayan Kabir 2019-03-23 10:07:09

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expected to make available financial assistance with US$ 4.20 billion over a period of next three years for developing Bangladesh's infrastructure and alleviating p...

Ershad sacks ‘failing’ brother GM Quader as party co-chairman

Ershad sacks ‘failing’ brother GM Quader as party co-chairman

-- 2019-03-23 09:42:59

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has dismissed his brother GM Quader as the party's co-chairman, citing his 'failures' after several attempts to install him as his heir. Ershad made the announcement t...

Research says number of 1971 genocide victims likely to cross 3.0m

Research says number of 1971 genocide victims likely to cross 3.0m

-- 2019-03-22 21:22:25

An academic study group on Friday unveiled partial findings of its ongoing research on 1971 genocide, fearing the casualty figure of the Liberation War could exceed 3.0 million, once their nationwide...

Oikyafront to form human chain on Mar 30

Oikyafront to form human chain on Mar 30

-- 2019-03-22 20:54:42

Jatiya Oikyafront will form a human chain in the city on March 30 to push for its various demands, including the annulment of gas-tariff hike proposal. Leaders and activists of the alliance will form...

Quader out of danger: Doctor

Quader out of danger: Doctor

-- 2019-03-22 20:42:53

Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader is doing well after having a bypass surgery, doctors said Friday. “He’s out of danger and will be shifted to a cabin in three to four days,” s...

Nur to take charge as DUCSU VP Saturday

Nur to take charge as DUCSU VP Saturday

-- 2019-03-22 19:20:39

Nurul Haque Nur has said he will take charge on Saturday, capping all speculations about the inauguration of the newly elected leader of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU). Sp...

Indian nationals shoot Bangladeshi teen

Indian nationals shoot Bangladeshi teen

-- 2019-03-22 17:16:43

A Bangladesh youth was shot dead by Indian nationals at Companiganj Upazila in Sylhet on Friday morning. The deceased, 19-year-old Md Babul Mia, was the son of Muslim Uddin of Turung village of the u...

Journo Anwarul Haq passes away

Journo Anwarul Haq passes away

-- 2019-03-22 14:04:17

Noted journalist M Anwarul Haque, also former president of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) and one of the founding members of Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB), has passed away. He...

Six, including student, die in Barishal road crash

Six, including student, die in Barishal road crash

FE Online Desk 2019-03-22 12:56:48

Six people, including a college student, have died and five others sustained injuries as a bus hit a human hauler, locally known as Mahendra, on Barishal-Banaripara road at Tetultala in the city on Fr...

Padma Bridge gets ninth span; now 1350 metres visible

Padma Bridge gets ninth span; now 1350 metres visible

-- 2019-03-22 12:18:49

Around 1350 metres of the much-hyped Padma Bridge is now visible with the installation of ninth span on the pillars no 34 and 35 on Friday. The 150-metre span, weighing 3,140 tonnes, was installed at...

10-km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway

10-km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway

-- 2019-03-22 10:41:18

A 10-km tailback was created on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla on Friday, causing immense sufferings to passengers. Police said that the tailback was created stretching from...

UNHCR rules out Rohingya fund misuse

UNHCR rules out Rohingya fund misuse

FE Report 2019-03-22 09:29:36

The UN refugee agency said the funds meant for the humanitarian response to the Rohingya have not been misused. Visiting assistant high commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refuge...

Regulators resolve to revamp bond market

Regulators resolve to revamp bond market

Siddique Islam 2019-03-22 09:14:26

A number of regulatory bodies Thursday decided to make coordinated efforts for revamping the country's moribund bond market and help it meet the long-term financing need of the economy. The resolve w...

Hasina dreaming of staying in power forever: BNP

Hasina dreaming of staying in power forever: BNP

-- 2019-03-22 00:15:26

A BNP senior leader alleged on Thursday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is dreaming of hanging onto power for life by restoring one-party Baksal rule, reports UNB. "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a dis...

Okra growers hopeful of achieving good output

Okra growers hopeful of achieving good output

Our Correspondent 2019-03-21 21:24:46

RANGPUR, Mar 21: The okra growers in the district are optimistic of achieving a good yield during the current season due to a congenial weather condition. Okra is cultivated at Annadanagor, Chhawla,...

DU panel to probe Ducsu polls ‘irregularities’

DU panel to probe Ducsu polls ‘irregularities’

-- 2019-03-21 21:15:00

Dhaka University (DU) Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman has formed a seven-member probe panel to look into the allegations of irregularities in the elections to DU Central Student's Union (Ducs...

‘DMP failed to ensure traffic discipline on roads’

‘DMP failed to ensure traffic discipline on roads’

-- 2019-03-21 20:29:46

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Thursday admitted that the DMP and other authorities concerned have failed to ensure discipline on roads in the capital. Speaking at a...

Rain, thunder showers likely on Friday

Rain, thunder showers likely on Friday

-- 2019-03-21 19:46:41

Rain/thunder showers, accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind, is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with hails at isolate places in the ne...

Three students among six killed in road crashes

Three students among six killed in road crashes

-- 2019-03-21 19:45:55

At least six people, including three students, were killed and four others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj, Khulna, Manikganj, Brahmanbaria and Narsingdi districts on Thursday. In Sir...

Stress on updating CFF to minimise impact of climate change

Stress on updating CFF to minimise impact of climate change

-- 2019-03-21 18:05:24

Speakers at a workshop laid emphasis on updating the document - climate fiscal framework (CFF) -to make it more citizen centric and reduce impact of climate change. The climate fiscal framework, inst...

PM donates Tk 20m to 10 people

PM donates Tk 20m to 10 people

-- 2019-03-21 17:49:19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday gave financial assistance of a total of Tk 20 million (Tk 2.07 crore) to 10 persons to meet expenses for their treatment and livelihood. The premier handed ov...