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ACC quizzes five BDBL officials 

ACC quizzes five BDBL officials 

-- 2018-10-17 18:17:31

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) quizzed five Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) officials on Wednesday for giving Tk 500 million (Tk 50 crore) loan allegedly to ineligible individuals and obs...

Oikya Front to restore democracy, voting rights: Fakhrul

Oikya Front to restore democracy, voting rights: Fakhrul

-- 2018-10-17 17:38:44

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said Jatiya Oikya Front, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, has been formed to 'restore' democracy and people's voting rights. "No democratic spac...

Hasina calls on Saudi King Salman

Hasina calls on Saudi King Salman

-- 2018-10-17 17:36:34

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday had a meeting with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at his royal palace in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Hasina's meeting with Salman, also the custodian of...

BD role model in climate change adaptation: Ban Ki-moon

BD role model in climate change adaptation: Ban Ki-moon

-- 2018-10-17 17:32:34

Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Bangladesh is a role model in showing the world that even a developing country could roll out so many trends setting climate initiatives with courage and f...

Two female ‘militants’ surrender at Narsingdi hideout

Two female ‘militants’ surrender at Narsingdi hideout

-- 2018-10-17 16:44:49

Two female suspected militants surrendered in response to the request of law enforcers on the second day of the 'Gordian Knot' operation at the another 'militant den' at Gangpar in Madhabdi municipali...

BNP claims 20-party alliance to be intact

BNP claims 20-party alliance to be intact

-- 2018-10-17 16:37:03

BNP on Wednesday claimed that the 20-party alliance still remains intact as only a few leaders of its two components quit the coalition in a bid to make their 'personal gains'. "The 20-party have not...

BD ranks 103rd in global competitiveness index

BD ranks 103rd in global competitiveness index

-- 2018-10-17 16:15:25

Bangladesh has taken 103rd place out of 140 nations in the annual World Economic Forum global competitiveness ranking. The latest ranking shows Bangladesh slipping below 100 again after it had moved...

Fishermen attack mobile court in Chandpur

Fishermen attack mobile court in Chandpur

-- 2018-10-17 15:09:52

A least four people, including a fisheries department officer, have been injured as some fishermen allegedly attacked members of a mobile court at Shotaki area in Matlab Upazila of Chandpur. The fish...

ACC to quiz Transcom Group chairman Thursday

ACC to quiz Transcom Group chairman Thursday

-- 2018-10-17 14:07:14

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will quiz Transcom Group Chairman and chief executive officer Latifur Rahman on Thursday over allegations of amassing wealth illegally The ACC sent a letter signe...

CTTC deploys drone to observe Narsingdi hideout

CTTC deploys drone to observe Narsingdi hideout

-- 2018-10-17 13:44:50

The members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational (CTTC) have deployed a drone to observe the situation at the second 'militant den' at Gangpar area in Madhabdi municipality of Narsingdi. On the se...

Farmers set up 5,935 light traps to protect cropland

Farmers set up 5,935 light traps to protect cropland

Our Correspondent 2018-10-17 13:30:42

Farmers in the Nilphamari district are setting up light trap in their cropland for pest management and becoming successful. DAE sources said some 5,935 light traps have been set up across the distric...

Expressway for VIPs, CIPs ‘no remedy to traffic jam’

Expressway for VIPs, CIPs ‘no remedy to traffic jam’

Our Correspondent 2018-10-17 12:17:57

CHATTOGRAM: Construction of the proposed elevated expressway from Lalkhan Bazar to the Chattogram International Airport is aimed at facilitating movement of only the VIPs and CIPs and not for common p...

SWAT prepares to raid second Narsingdi building

SWAT prepares to raid second Narsingdi building

-- 2018-10-17 12:04:49

SWAT is preparing to launch an anti-terror raid on Nilufa Villa, one of the two 'militant' hideouts law enforcers had cordoned off in Narsingdi on Monday night. Security had been tightened around the...

Police recover body of youth from Surma river

Police recover body of youth from Surma river

-- 2018-10-17 11:47:14

Police have recovered the body of a young man from Surma River in Sylhet region. The deceased was identified as Sumon Ahmed, 27, son of Abdul Malik from Pirpur village in sadar upazila. Enamul Hossa...

Uttarkhan house fire death toll reaches five

Uttarkhan house fire death toll reaches five

-- 2018-10-17 10:27:25

A man who suffered burn injuries along with seven others in a fire incident in the city's Uttarkhan area early Saturday succumbed to his wounds five days after the accident on Wednesday morning, takin...

Rohingya influx causes serious threat to waste management

Rohingya influx causes serious threat to waste management

FE Report 2018-10-17 10:15:06

Waste management has become a key concern for Cox's Bazar now as population of Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas of this district has risen to more than 1.5 million people due to the Rohingya influx. The hi...

Block account facilities for jute sector may cause losses to banks, BB opines

Block account facilities for jute sector may cause losses to banks, BB opines

Rezaul Karim 2018-10-17 09:59:02

Banks concerned are likely to suffer financial losses if the country's jute sector is allowed block account facilities, the central bank has opined. It may also create liquidity crisis including drop...

Jan-Sept overseas hiring falls 24pc

Jan-Sept overseas hiring falls 24pc

FE Report 2018-10-17 09:55:47

The country's overseas employment dropped by more than 24 per cent in the first nine months of the current calendar year compared to that of the previous year, official statistics showed. It happened...

One dies while saving street hawker in Benapole

One dies while saving street hawker in Benapole

-- 2018-10-16 21:41:47

A man was killed trying to save a street hawker who was being beaten by some miscreants at Sadipur intersection in Benapole on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Hasanuzzaman, 50, member of...

Bangladeshi scientists develop vaccine to fight cattle infectious disease

Bangladeshi scientists develop vaccine to fight cattle infectious disease

-- 2018-10-16 20:59:35

A team of Bangladeshi scientists led by Dhaka University Microbiology Department Professor Dr Md Anwar Hossain has developed a new trivalent vaccine for cattle infectious disease, Foot and Mouth Disea...

Cauliflower cultivation gains popularity  in Joypurhat

Cauliflower cultivation gains popularity in Joypurhat

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-16 20:56:51

JOYPURHAT, Oct 16: Early winter cauliflower cultivation is gaining popularity across the district due to high market prices. More than 12,000 farmers of Akkelpur, Kalai, Khetlal, Panchbibi and Sada...

Two eateries get fines in city

Two eateries get fines in city

-- 2018-10-16 20:28:13

Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) and Armed Police Battalion (APBn) on Tuesday conducted anti-adulteration drives in the city's Kalabagan and Mirpur areas and fined two eateries, including a Chi...

HC stays EC letter cancelling registration of Oikyaboddha Nagorik Andolon

HC stays EC letter cancelling registration of Oikyaboddha Nagorik Andolon

-- 2018-10-16 20:22:50

The High Court on Tuesday stayed the Election Commission's letter cancelling the registration of Oikyaboddha Nagorik Andolon, a political party led by Dr Kazi Faruk Ahmed. The HC also issued a rule s...

Two envoys present credentials to President

Two envoys present credentials to President

-- 2018-10-16 19:18:43

Ambassadors of South Korea and Netherlands separately presented the credentials to President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday at Bangabhaban. The envoys are - Hu Kang-il of South Korea and Hendrikus G.J (Harry...

Disagreements among commissioners not to affect national polls: CEC

Disagreements among commissioners not to affect national polls: CEC

-- 2018-10-16 19:17:08

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has said disagreements among the election commissioners over taking decisions would not affect conducting the upcoming national polls. The CEC made the...

BAF chief meets Indian officials in New Delhi

BAF chief meets Indian officials in New Delhi

-- 2018-10-16 18:48:23

Chief of Bangladesh Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat met Indian high civil and military officials separately in New Delhi on Monday. The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) chief made a cour...

Newly formed Oikya Front announces first-ever programme

Newly formed Oikya Front announces first-ever programme

-- 2018-10-16 18:23:27

Newly formed Jatiya Oikya Front will start their programmes by holding a grand rally in Sylhet city on Oct 23. The rally will be held to mobilise public support in favour of their seven-point demand...

Legal notice issued over Digital Security Act

Legal notice issued over Digital Security Act

-- 2018-10-16 18:05:24

A lawyer of the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a legal notice to the concerned authorities for proper amendments to nine sections of the much-debated Digital Security Act. The lawyer, SM Zulfikar Al...

NAP, NDP sever ties with 20-party alliance

NAP, NDP sever ties with 20-party alliance

-- 2018-10-16 17:39:01

Three days after formation of a new alliance involving BNP, the BNP-led 20-party alliance suffered a split as two of its components announced to leave it. National Awami Party (NAP) and National Demo...

Man gets death sentence for killing wife in Chuadanga

Man gets death sentence for killing wife in Chuadanga

-- 2018-10-16 17:28:33

A tribunal in Chuadanga on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife over dowry in 2011. The convict is Mamun Ali, son of Akubbar Ali of Sadabari vilalge in Damurhuda up...