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Two ‘drug traders’ die in 'gunfight' with RAB

Two ‘drug traders’ die in 'gunfight' with RAB

-- 2019-01-02 11:10:05

Two suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Dagonbhuiyan upazila of Feni district early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Mo...

Potato price may go further up

Potato price may go further up

Yasir Wardad 2019-01-02 10:51:26

The acreage of potato cultivation is set to decline this year as farmers are switching to other crops after witnessing severe losses last year. As a result, potatoes might be pricier this year, exper...

IDCOL's Solar Home System running out of steam

IDCOL's Solar Home System running out of steam

Sajibur Rahman 2019-01-02 10:43:56

The Solar Home System (SHS) programme of the state-run Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) is losing its edge because of growing renewable energy business and expansion of electricity n...

Re-election to B’baria centres on Jan 9

Re-election to B’baria centres on Jan 9

-- 2019-01-02 10:41:28

Polls to three polling stations in Brahmanbaria-2 constituency will be held on Jan 9, SM Asaduzzaman, the Election Commission (EC) Secretary, said. The EC suspended voting at the three centres—...

Alliance winds up operations

Alliance winds up operations

FE Report 2019-01-02 10:24:35

The 'Alliance' has shut down its operations in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh as its transitional period ended on December 31. To this end, the North America-based apparel brands a...

Ershad names GM Quader as his successor

Ershad names GM Quader as his successor

-- 2019-01-02 09:54:46

Jatiya Party co-chairman GM Quader will be the chairman of the party in absence of his elder brother and party's current chairman HM Ershad. Ershad made the announcement in a statement issued late on...

Election was free and fair: NHRC chairman

Election was free and fair: NHRC chairman

-- 2019-01-01 21:43:42

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque on Tuesday said Sunday’s general election was held in a free, fair and neutral manner. “All (parties) took part in the e...

Gazette on 298 MPs-elect likely today

Gazette on 298 MPs-elect likely today

-- 2019-01-01 21:20:26

The Election Commission (EC) is likely to publish the gazette on the 298 MP-elects of the 11th parliamentary today (Wednesday). "The gazette was sent to the Bangladesh Government Press on Tuesday eve...

Papaya farming expands in Tangail

Papaya farming expands in Tangail

Our Correspondent 2019-01-01 21:06:29

TANGAIL, Jan 01: Papaya cultivation has brought smile on the faces of many grassroots growers in the district. Sources said many growers have been earning handsome profit from commercial cultivatio...

Rangpur farmers optimistic  about achieving good  mustard yield

Rangpur farmers optimistic about achieving good mustard yield

Our Correspondent 2019-01-01 21:04:44

RANGPUR, Jan 01: The farmers of eight districts under Rangpur division are optimistic about achieving a good yield of mustard during the current season. Visiting different areas this FE corresponde...

BNP calls ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ candidates for urgent meeting

BNP calls ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ candidates for urgent meeting

-- 2019-01-01 20:51:50

In the wake of its debacle in Sunday's polls, BNP has convened an emergency meeting of the candidates who contested the 11th national election with its symbol the 'Sheaf of Paddy'. The meeting will b...

Man found dead near Thakurgaon border

Man found dead near Thakurgaon border

-- 2019-01-01 20:40:56

Police recovered the body of a man from the bank of Nagor River in Haripur Upazila's bordering Dabori area of Thakurgaon district on Tuesday. Police said the body of Nizarul Islam, 35, bore some inju...

Saudi King, Qatari Emir greet Hasina

Saudi King, Qatari Emir greet Hasina

-- 2019-01-01 20:23:30

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Tuesday congratulated Bangladesh Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on her party's absolute victory in the 11th national election. The...

'New cabinet members to take oath before January 10'

'New cabinet members to take oath before January 10'

-- 2019-01-01 19:39:39

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said new cabinet members will take oath before January 10, the Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The road tra...

Deaths of two female RMG workers spark protest

Deaths of two female RMG workers spark protest

FE Online Desk 2019-01-01 18:30:04

Deaths of two female readymade garment workers in a road accident in the city’s Malibagh area have triggered a protest. Several hundred fellow garment workers took to the streets in front of Ab...

Broadcast media to get new wage board: Inu

Broadcast media to get new wage board: Inu

-- 2019-01-01 18:05:32

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday has said a new wage board will be formed for broadcast media.  The minister made the statement in response to a question during a discussion of t...

UN welcomes opposition’s participation in polls

UN welcomes opposition’s participation in polls

-- 2019-01-01 18:04:39

The United Nations has welcomed the participation of the opposition in elections for the first time in last ten years. “We called on all sides to exercise restraint and ensure a peaceful post e...

Infant drowns in Chuadanga

Infant drowns in Chuadanga

-- 2019-01-01 17:59:45

A three-year-old minor boy drowned at Mochainagar village in Alomdanga upazila of Chuadanga district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Rohan Ahmed, son of Masud Rana, hailed from Baro Gangn...

‘Everybody to be under electricity coverage within six months’

‘Everybody to be under electricity coverage within six months’

-- 2019-01-01 17:54:04

The government is working to bring the whole country under electricity coverage, said State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday. "Everyone will have access to power within the next six months,...

Chhatra Dal marks low-key 40th anniversary

Chhatra Dal marks low-key 40th anniversary

-- 2019-01-01 17:33:54

The BNP’s student organisation, the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, has not organised any programme on the 40th anniversary of its formation. The party usually holds events to mark the occasion every...

Tofail says lax preparation behind BNP’s defeat

Tofail says lax preparation behind BNP’s defeat

-- 2019-01-01 17:26:33

BNP suffered debacle in the national election because it lacked proper polls preparations, senior Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed said on Tuesday. During an interaction with journalists in the city,...

Police arrest six ‘Jamaat-Shibir men’ with bombs

Police arrest six ‘Jamaat-Shibir men’ with bombs

-- 2019-01-01 17:08:28

Six suspected members of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir were arrested with improvised bombs and Jihadi books at South Keraniganj in the city on Monday night. "We suspect...

Man dies in clash over land in Moulvibazar

Man dies in clash over land in Moulvibazar

-- 2019-01-01 16:54:47

A man was killed in a clash with his rivals over a piece of land in Moulvibazar’s district's Juri upazila on Tuesday. Police said the victim, 53-year-old Taher Ali of Kalinagar village, had a l...

Muhith says new govt will focus on curbing graft

Muhith says new govt will focus on curbing graft

-- 2019-01-01 16:53:32

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said the new government will give special attention to curbing corruption to keep up the country’s development trend. “The new government will work...

Sri Lankan President, PM congratulate Hasina

Sri Lankan President, PM congratulate Hasina

-- 2019-01-01 16:44:08

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Sri Lankan Prime Mister Ranil Wickremesinghe congratulated Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday on her party's victory in Bangladesh's general election. Sirisena and...

Jatiya Party unhappy over election results: Ranga

Jatiya Party unhappy over election results: Ranga

-- 2019-01-01 16:30:54

Jatiya Party secretary general Moshiur Rahman Ranga has said they are not happy with results of their party in the 11th parliamentary election. "We're not happy with the election results as Jatiya Pa...

Female garment worker dies in city road crash

Female garment worker dies in city road crash

-- 2019-01-01 16:16:18

A teenage female worker of a readymade garment factory was killed when a bus hit her at Malibagh Chowdhurypara in Dhaka city on Tuesday. The young woman was identified as Mim Akhter, 14. Sub-inspect...

Assailants shoot college student in Jashore

Assailants shoot college student in Jashore

-- 2019-01-01 16:11:36

A college student was shot by unidentified assailants in Jashore in the early hours of Tuesday. The victim, Sajib Hasan Sujon, 22, was a second-year management student at Uposhohor College. Police s...

DMP collects over Tk 0.89m in fines from traffic offenders

DMP collects over Tk 0.89m in fines from traffic offenders

FE Online Report 2019-01-01 14:22:11

Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday realised over Tk 0.89 million (Tk 8, 93,350), in fines from traffic offenders in the city. Besides, a total of 1,769 cases were also...

DMP arrests four drug suspects in city

DMP arrests four drug suspects in city

FE Online Report 2019-01-01 14:08:45

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-drug drive arrested four suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs. A special team of DMP, comprising Detec...