Reaffirming that their movement will be a non-violent one, BNP Dhaka city unit convener Mirza Abbas has warned the government of dire consequences if it tries to obstruct their programmes. ‘Our movement will be non-violent and peaceful. Don’t try to...
A local Awami League (AL) leader was chopped to death by miscreants at Radhanagar in Sreepur Upazila of Magura district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Pratap Saha, 50, president of AL's Kadirpara union unit in the Upazila....
A Jubo League man was shot and hacked to death by miscreants in Gopinathpur in Laxmipur Sadar Upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Mohon Patwari, son of Hossain Ahmed Patwari of Gopinathpur village. Locals said Mohon came...
Any individual or institution willing to hold directly or indirectly 5 per cent shares or more in any commercial bank will now require permission from Bangladesh Bank to do so. The central bank on Monday asked those who already control...
Once again noting that Bangladesh is becoming an Asian Tiger, US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena on Tuesday said the country's pharmaceutical industry will play a great role in this regard. He made the remarks while talking to reporters...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban this (Wednesday) evening. 'Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will make a courtesy call on the President at Bangabhaban at 6:00pm,' President's press secretary Ihsanul Karim said, according to a news...
Police recovered the body of an unidentified young girl from Talertal area in Rajnagar Upazila of Moulvibazar district on Tuesday. Locals said they spotted the body of the girl, aged around 18, beside a road in Talertal area in the...
Police recovered the body of a minor girl cut into six pieces in Nijampur village under Kolapara Upazila in Patuakhali district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Sumi, 6, daughter of late Hamed Ali of the same village....
FE Online Report | 2014-11-05 00:00:00
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the 4th session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, reached 5,069.09 points, gaining 4.77 points after the...
Family members have met condemned war crimes convict and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman at Dhaka Central Jail in Old Dhaka on Wednesday morning. Ten members of his family turned up at the prison to meet him just before 10:00am. After...
Republicans won control of the US Senate, capturing seats from Democrats in elections on Tuesday shaped by deep voter discontent with President Barack Obama. With Republicans strengthening their majority in the House of Representatives, Obama will spend his final 2...
A bus has turned turtle to leave at least 10 people injured at Khilkhet's Airport Road in the city. Officer-in-Charge of Khilkhet Police Station Nazrul Islam said the accident took place around 7:30am on Wednesday. A Sadarghat-bound bus from Gazipur...
India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel arrested a Bangladeshi from Nitpur border point under Porsha Upazila in Naogaon district on Tuesday afternoon. The arrestee is Omar Ali, 42, son of Niaz Uddin, a resident of Nitpur Diarapara village. Subedar Harunur...
Another leader of banned outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) has been arrested in Dhaka city. HuJI leader Md Ibrahim, 40, was nabbed from the city's Sayedabad area on Tuesday night, said Saidur Rahman, Additional Deputy Commissioner of the Detective Branch (DB)...
A readymade garment (RMG) worker was killed as a tank lorry hit him at Mastarbari Bus Stand in Gazipur city on Tuesday night. The dead is Suman, 28, worker of 'BG Garments' situated in Sreepur Upazila of Gazipur and a...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel recovered 14 crude bombs from Balubagan area in Chapainawabganj town on Wednesday morning. Major Kamruzzaman Pavel, commanding officer of Chapainawabganj RAB-5, said being informed, a team of the elite force launched a drive in the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the target has been fixed to bring 3 million more families under renewable solar energy system through Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) in the next 3 years. ‘We’ve fixed target to provide solar...
Amnesty International (AI), a leading international rights group, has accused Israel of committing war crimes during this summer’s war in Gaza Strip. AI says Israel displayed ‘callous indifference’ in attacks on family homes in the densely populated coastal strip that...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-05 00:00:00
Stocks extended their losing streak for the third straight session Wednesday with choppy trading as investors' selling spree continued. Amid the countrywide shutdown, the market opened with a mixed trend. At the end of the session, DSEX, the prime index...
A 25-member delegation of RCCI Public School and College went to India through Burimari Immigration Check Post (ICP) on Patgram border in Lalmonirhat on a 7-day education tour on Tuesday. According to Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) sources,...
Dipak Kumar Biswas, son of Martyr Surendranath Biswas and grandson of Martyr Nishikanta, on Wednesday submitted his deposition against Engineer Abdul Jabbar, accusing the fugitive of ordering the killing of his loved ones. Dipak, 62, a retired school teacher from...
Members of law enforcement agencies maintained a sharp security vigil in Dhaka city as fresh spell of 48-hour nonstop nationwide hartal (shutdown) enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami is underway with lukewarm response from the city dwellers. Jamaat called for the strike in...
Export earnings from the USA, the largest export destination for Bangladesh goods, witnessed a 8.42 per cent fall during the 1st quarter (July-Sept) of the current fiscal (2014-2015) mostly due to poor performance of major exportable items to the US...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel arrested 22 Bangladesh nationals while entering the country through Putkhali border point in Benapole on Tuesday night, after going to India illegally. The arrestees hail from different areas of Jessore, Narail, Satkhira and Bagerhat districts....
Customs Intelligence officials arrested a man along with 96,000 Saudi riyals at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Hannan Lavlu, a resident of Ramganj of Lakshmipur district. Sources at customs...
A boy who failed in the test examination for the 2015 year's SSC examinations allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday night at Uttar Garkanda in Nalitabari Upazila in Sherpur district. The deceased was identified as Jahangir Hossain, 17, a class X...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
PABNA, Nov 3: A salesman was strangulated to death at Hemayetpur on the Pabna-Pakshey road of Pabna Sadar Upazila early Monday. The deceased Md Alamin Hossain, 25, son of Atiar Rahman of village Bahadurpur in Pabna Sadar Upazila was a...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 3 (BSS): BINADhan-7, a short-duration paddy variety innovated by Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), has gained popularity among the farmers and consumers in the region including its vast Barind tract for the last couple of years. The...
BARGUNA, Nov 3 (BSS): Many farmers who used to cultivate paddy, wheat, jute and other crops are now cultivating vegetables as it has changed the fate of peasants' in six upazilas of the district in recent times. A good number...
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