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First phase of Biswa Ijtema ends with Akheri Munajat

First phase of Biswa Ijtema ends with Akheri Munajat

-- 2020-01-12 12:17:55

The first phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, ended in Gazipur on Sunday through the Akheri Munajat (final prayers). Maulana Zubair Hassan, Bangladeshi leade...

41pc enterprises bemoan meagre SME loan: Study

41pc enterprises bemoan meagre SME loan: Study

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2020-01-12 11:33:57

Nearly 41 per cent of small enterprises consider scanty the amount of loan offered by SME Foundation under its Credit Wholesale (CWS) programme, according to a study. The Bangladesh Institute of De...

Wheat acreage continues to shrink as farmers switch to other crops

Wheat acreage continues to shrink as farmers switch to other crops

FE REPORT 2020-01-12 10:38:10

Wheat acreage has continued to shrink in the country as many farmers switch to maize and vegetables farming for higher profits. Wheat blast that first hit wheat fields in 2015 has also discouraged th...

BKMEA pleads for easing bond provision

BKMEA pleads for easing bond provision

FE REPORT 2020-01-12 10:30:18

Hundreds of local knitting units are facing trouble with opening inland letters of credit (LCs) as some banks are putting pressure on manufacturers under the foreign exchange guideline. As a result,...

‘MPs cannot join electioneering’

‘MPs cannot join electioneering’

-- 2020-01-11 20:51:06

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Saturday said members of parliament (MPs) neither can take part in electioneering nor act as election coordinators in the upcoming polls to Dhaka nor...

Allow MPs to join city polls electioneering: 14-party

Allow MPs to join city polls electioneering: 14-party

UNB 2020-01-11 20:26:24

The Awami League-led 14-party alliance on Saturday demanded that the City Corporation (Election Code of Conduct) Rules 2016 be amended to pave the way for MPs to join electioneering for candidates in...

'News on Shahriar’s supposed India visit misleading'

'News on Shahriar’s supposed India visit misleading'

-- 2020-01-11 19:28:28

The reports on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam’s 'supposed' visit to India to attend a conference in New Delhi are misleading, the government has said. The foreign ministry...

Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign begins

Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign begins

-- 2020-01-11 18:16:42

The national Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign is underway across the country on Saturday, aiming to feed vitamin A plus capsules to 2.10 crore children aged between six to 59 months, reports UNB....

Maize cultivation progressing in Rangpur region

Maize cultivation progressing in Rangpur region

-- 2020-01-11 18:13:36

Tender plants of maize are growing superbly now predicting bumper production of the cereal crop in Rangpur agriculture region where farmers continuing sowing its seeds during this Rabi season. After...

PM to leave for Abu Dhabi Sunday

PM to leave for Abu Dhabi Sunday

-- 2020-01-11 18:03:26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will start for Abu Dhabi tomorrow (Sunday) on a three-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend “Abu Dhabi Sustainable Week”, “Zayed...

5,233 affected by cold-related disease in 24 hrs

5,233 affected by cold-related disease in 24 hrs

-- 2020-01-11 17:40:24

Various cold-related diseases have affected 5,233 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Saturday. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control...

Garment worker ‘killed after rape’ on moving bus in Dhamrai

Garment worker ‘killed after rape’ on moving bus in Dhamrai

UNB 2020-01-11 17:30:57

A female garment worker was killed after 'being raped' on a running bus in Dhamrai upazila sometime of Friday night. Police recovered the body of Mamata Begum, 19, daughter of Shahajan Khan, from an...

'Lawmakers can do all but campaigning in city polls'

'Lawmakers can do all but campaigning in city polls'

-- 2020-01-11 17:02:38

Senior Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed has said lawmakers can extend all kinds of support to their party-backed candidates other than asking for votes during their campaigns for the Dhaka city corpor...

Teachers should uphold dignity of their profession: President

Teachers should uphold dignity of their profession: President

UNB 2020-01-11 16:51:37

President Abdul Hamid on Saturday urged the teachers of public universities to uphold the dignity of their profession without being attracted to any kind of greed or lure. "You could join any other l...

UPDF activist shot dead in Khagrachhari

UPDF activist shot dead in Khagrachhari

-- 2020-01-11 14:34:03

An activist of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political group, was shot dead by unidentified miscreants at Moratila in Panchhari upazila on Friday ni...

Gloomy weather likely to continue for two or three more days

Gloomy weather likely to continue for two or three more days

-- 2020-01-11 14:30:08

The foggy weather that started on Saturday morning is likely to continue for two or three more days across the country, said Met office. “The overcast condition may continue for another two o...

Bring an end to crimes against humanity, genocide: BD to UNSC

Bring an end to crimes against humanity, genocide: BD to UNSC

-- 2020-01-11 13:24:25

The Permanent Representative (PR) of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima has urged the UN Security Council to bring an end to crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes. She was addres...

Three more devotees die at Ijtema venue

Three more devotees die at Ijtema venue

-- 2020-01-11 13:18:54

Three more devotees died due to old age complications and severe cold at the Ijtema venue in Tongi area of Gazipur district on Friday night and early Saturday. The deceased were identified as AbdurRa...

10 Bangladeshi migrants injured in Greece police chase

10 Bangladeshi migrants injured in Greece police chase

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-01-11 13:14:55

Ten Bangladeshis have sustained injuries as a car carrying them crashed into a vehicle following a high-speed chase by police in Greece. They were among 13 migrants who had crossed into Greece from n...

PM condoles death of Oman Sultan

PM condoles death of Oman Sultan

-- 2020-01-11 12:53:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death Oman’s ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said. Sultan Qaboos, the longest-serving ruler of the Arab world, di...

AQI: Dhaka ranks third worst city

AQI: Dhaka ranks third worst city

-- 2020-01-11 11:38:56

Dhaka ranked third worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday morning. The capital city of Bangladesh had an AQI score of 207 at 8:51 am.  The air was classified as ‘very unhealthy&...

Two die in Chattogram road accident

Two die in Chattogram road accident

-- 2020-01-11 11:18:13

Two young men, including a police constable, were killed as a covered van hit their motorbike in Fauzdarhat area of Sitakundu upazila in Chattogram on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified a...

Local apps yet to fully grab market

Local apps yet to fully grab market

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2020-01-11 10:48:10

Local mobile apps have failed to fully penetrate the market for a lack of both big investment and quality Internet service, experts and industry insiders said. Digitisation of data and the total Inte...

Most BR projects risk delays

Most BR projects risk delays

MUNIMA SULTANA 2020-01-11 10:41:37

A move to raise the level of platforms of all rail stations to train floor height is likely to slow down most development projects of the Bangladesh Railway (BR) and increase the project cost. The de...

Noise pollution worsens in Secretariat area

Noise pollution worsens in Secretariat area

FE Report 2020-01-11 10:40:32

The noise pollution situation has worsened in the Secretariat area of the Dhaka city even after it was declared 'a no-horn zone', reveals a study. The sound level in the secretariat area remained 70...

BD passport gains marginal traction

BD passport gains marginal traction

FE REPORT 2020-01-11 10:38:08

Bangladesh's passport has made slight improvement, but shared ranking with countries like Iran, Congo and Eretria. The country improved its ranking by a notch to 98 in the 2020 Henley Passport Index,...

Ins for govt, pvt buildings to be made mandatory

Ins for govt, pvt buildings to be made mandatory

SYFUL ISLAM 2020-01-11 10:33:58

The government has moved to bring all public and private buildings under the mandatory insurance coverage to reduce the losses caused by disasters, officials said. A pilot project will be taken soon...

RAB seizes counterfeit notes from Dhanmondi house

RAB seizes counterfeit notes from Dhanmondi house

-- 2020-01-10 20:35:08

The Rapid Action Battalion has seized a large sum of counterfeit currencies from a house in Dhanmondi. The elite force raided the third floor of the house at road No. 7/A in Dhanmondi and recovered a...

'Bangladesh will move on with light of victory given by Bangabandhu'

'Bangladesh will move on with light of victory given by Bangabandhu'

UNB 2020-01-10 19:26:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the government wants to move ahead with the torch of victory that has been given by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by liberating the...

Political violence declines in 2019

Political violence declines in 2019

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-01-10 18:34:03

Incidents of political violence in the country witnessed a drastic fall in 2019 compared to that of 2018, according to a report of a local rights and legal aid body. Some 39 people were killed and 2,...