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Modi reaffirms India’s commitment to work with Bangladesh

Modi reaffirms India’s commitment to work with Bangladesh

-- 2019-02-07 14:47:22

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reaffirmed his country’s commitment to work with Bangladesh to build on the existing momentum during the new term in office of Prime Minister Shei...

Eviction drive along Karnaphuli enters fourth day

Eviction drive along Karnaphuli enters fourth day

-- 2019-02-07 14:05:48

The authorities resumed an eviction drive for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday to free the Karnaphuli riverbanks from encroachers. The local administration resumed the drive around 10:30 am whi...

‘Wrong treatment’ kills minor in Barishal

‘Wrong treatment’ kills minor in Barishal

-- 2019-02-07 12:52:21

A minor boy died allegedly due to wrong treatment in Barishal on Wednesday. The ill-fated was Rean, six-month-old son of Al Amin, a resident of Hospital Road area in the city. Al Amin, father of the...

RAB arrests three with firearm, ammo in C’nawabganj

RAB arrests three with firearm, ammo in C’nawabganj

-- 2019-02-07 12:39:36

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three alleged firearms pedlars with a pistol, two magazines and five rounds of bullet from Shibganj Bazar area under Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabgan...

Headmaster dies in Rangpur road mishap

Headmaster dies in Rangpur road mishap

-- 2019-02-07 11:50:46

A school headmaster was killed when a bus rammed a motorbike on Dhaka-Rangpur highway at Gorermath in Mithapukur upazila on Wednesday night. The victim was Abdul Majid, 50, headmaster of Fakirhat Gov...

Fire guts seven houses in Bagerhat

Fire guts seven houses in Bagerhat

-- 2019-02-07 11:45:56

A fire broke out at Bagerhat’s in Fakirhat upazila burning out seven houses in Rudrakhali village on Wednesday. Local people said the fire, originated from electric short circuit, broke out at...

Miscreants gun down AL leader in Pabna

Miscreants gun down AL leader in Pabna

-- 2019-02-07 10:43:31

A local Awami League leader and freedom fighter was shot to death by miscreants at Rooppur village in Iswardi upazila of Pabna on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified Mustafizur Rahman Selim,...

15-hr banking at all ports

15-hr banking at all ports

FE Report 2019-02-07 10:39:55

Bank branches at land and seaports will remain open 15 hours a day to facilitate faster delivery of goods and simplify commercial activities. The decision was made at a meeting on Wednesday as part o...

'Be compliant to regain consumer confidence'

'Be compliant to regain consumer confidence'

FE Report 2019-02-07 10:36:46

Housing and public works minister SM Rezaul Karim has said realtors must follow rules and regulations relevant to construction to regain consumer confidence. "Some developers violate rules while co...

Labourers pass idle time  in Naogaon as less rice  procured from local mills

Labourers pass idle time in Naogaon as less rice procured from local mills

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-06 21:33:38

NAOGAON, Feb 06: A good number of rice mill labourers of Naogaon district are passing idle time due to the government's decision to purchase less rice. Sources said, the mill owners of the region h...

Bangla Sign Language Day Thursday

Bangla Sign Language Day Thursday

-- 2019-02-06 20:30:48

“Bangla Sign Language Day-2019” will be observed on Thursday amid festivity across the country aiming to flourish inherent talents and abilities of the physically challenged people and ens...

Govt to decide Jamaat ban after court verdict

Govt to decide Jamaat ban after court verdict

-- 2019-02-06 20:13:43

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that the government has nothing to do right now to ban Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party as a case in this regard remains pending with the...

Cop lands in jail in Chattogram yaba recovery case

Cop lands in jail in Chattogram yaba recovery case

-- 2019-02-06 18:58:21

A Chattogram court on Wednesday sent Sub-inspector (SI) Khandaker Saifuddin of Bakalia thana to jail in connection with a case for possession of yaba tablets. Rejecting his bail plea, Metropolitan Ma...

Minister dismisses ‘plastic rice’ news

Minister dismisses ‘plastic rice’ news

-- 2019-02-06 18:54:43

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzak on Wednesday trashed reports on the manufacturing of so-called plastic rice in Bangladesh, saying it was impossible. "News reports on plastic rice are baseless. The...

21 citizens to receive Ekushey Padak this year

21 citizens to receive Ekushey Padak this year

-- 2019-02-06 17:42:12

21 eminent citizens will receive the prestigious Ekushey Padak this year. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs disclosed the names of the award receipeints on Wednesday. Ekushey Padak is the second-hig...

Authorities sue six BSMRSTU students over ragging

Authorities sue six BSMRSTU students over ragging

-- 2019-02-06 17:34:53

The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) authorities filed a case against six students, who had been expelled for life for ragging two first-year students. As...

Govt seals off border with Myanmar to stop further influx

Govt seals off border with Myanmar to stop further influx

-- 2019-02-06 17:20:21

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said Bangladesh-Myanmar border has been sealed off to stop further influx from Myanmar amid violence there. "We had kept our border open for adequate...

Two college students die in Dhaka, Kurigram

Two college students die in Dhaka, Kurigram

-- 2019-02-06 16:10:08

Police in Dhaka and Kurigram have recovered two bodies of college students on Wednesday. In Dhaka, police recovered the hanging body of a college student from Khalpar area in Keraniganj upazila of th...

Police recover college student’s hanging body in Keraniganj

Police recover college student’s hanging body in Keraniganj

-- 2019-02-06 16:05:40

Police recovered the hanging body of a college student from Khalpar area in Keraniganj upazila of the city in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mahmud Hasan, 22, a third ye...

BD ‘needs research-based innovation’ to compete with others

BD ‘needs research-based innovation’ to compete with others

-- 2019-02-06 15:19:58

Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands Sheikh Mohammed Belal has said Bangladesh needs research-based innovation to compete with other developing countries. In terms of digital innovation and techn...

Four to die for killing child in Sylhet

Four to die for killing child in Sylhet

-- 2019-02-06 13:58:26

Four people have been sentenced to death for abducting and murdering a nursery school student in Sunamganj’s Chhatak Upazila in Sylhet. Sylhet Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Md Rezaul Karim announ...

PM inaugurates six power plants

PM inaugurates six power plants

-- 2019-02-06 13:12:22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated six power plants which have added some 1,062 megawatt (MW) electricity to the national grid. Besides, she opened nine grid sub-stations, power supply to S...

Anti-encroachment drive along Buriganga resumes

Anti-encroachment drive along Buriganga resumes

-- 2019-02-06 12:59:15

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) conducted drive at Koylaghat in the city's Kamrangirchar on Wednesday for the second consecutive day to demolish illegal establishments along the Bu...

Ex-caretaker govt adviser ASM Shahjahan dies

Ex-caretaker govt adviser ASM Shahjahan dies

-- 2019-02-06 12:25:54

Former police chief and caretaker government adviser ASM Shahjahan has died at the age of 78. He breathed his last at around 12:00am Wednesday in Dhaka’s Apollo Hospital. He had been suffering...

Woman, granddaughter die in Sylhet road crash

Woman, granddaughter die in Sylhet road crash

-- 2019-02-06 11:24:19

A woman and her granddaughter were killed and two others injured when a bus hit a CNG run-auto rickshaw on Sylhet-Fenchuganj road at Dharampur in Moglabazar upazila, Sylhet on Tuesday. The deceased w...

Watchdog receives many complaints against traders at DITF

Watchdog receives many complaints against traders at DITF

Saif Uddin 2019-02-06 10:36:44

A number of visitors at the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2019 have lodged complaints with the authorities concerned against violation of consumer rights by the traders. Their allegations inc...

Hunt is on for way to ease NPL pressure

Hunt is on for way to ease NPL pressure

Siddique Islam 2019-02-06 10:29:07

The central bank is trying to find a way out to ease pressure of defaulted loans that have already reached an alarming level in the country's banking system. It has already formed three committees to...

ADB to work closely with BD for faster project implementation

ADB to work closely with BD for faster project implementation

-- 2019-02-05 21:19:13

Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Manmohan Parkash on Tuesday said they will work very closely with Bangladesh to make sure that the projects are implemented faster and better. "We...

Joypurhat peasants expect good mustard output

Joypurhat peasants expect good mustard output

Roving Correspondent 2019-02-05 21:10:40

JOYPURHAT, Feb 05: The mustard seed farmers of Joypurhat district are expecting a good yield this season due to favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agro-inputs.  The must...

Sudden egg price rise makes  Bogura farmers happy

Sudden egg price rise makes Bogura farmers happy

Our Correspondent 2019-02-05 21:09:51

BOGURA, Feb 05: The sudden rise of egg price have made farmers happy in Bogura district as it has increased by Tk 4 to 5 for a hali (four pieces) within a couple of weeks. Though egg producers are ha...