-- 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...
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...
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...
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,...
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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...
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...
-- 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...
-- 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....
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
-- 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...
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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
-- 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...
-- 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&...
-- 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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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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...
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...
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,...
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