-- 2017-12-28 09:33:00
Although BNP had a plan to stage a comeback in politics reorganising it at the grassroots level, the outgoing year - 2017 - apparently turned into another bad year for it as the party confined itself...
-- 2017-12-28 09:28:20
Dhaka remained active in various global forums strengthening bilateral ties, particularly in terms of economic cooperation, in 2017 – but has not succeeded in using its geopolitical and geostrat...
-- 2017-12-28 09:16:04
A man and his daughter died in a road accident on Thursday. The accident took place when a bus rammed their motorcycle at Bypass road in Kandivita area of Natore municipality in the afternoon. The d...
-- 2017-12-28 07:27:04
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that punitive action would be taken against any party man involved in nomination infighting centering the election to the Dhaka South City Corpor...
FE Online Desk 2017-12-28 06:19:42
Flight operations remained halted for more than five hours at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Thursday. The air service disruption continued from 5:00am to 10:15am in the morning...
-- 2017-12-28 05:39:16
The US embassy in Dhaka, including the American Center, will remain closed on Monday on the occasion of New Year's Day, an American holiday. The embassy, including the Consular Section with the Arch...
BSS, UNB 2017-12-28 05:17:54
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has criticised the government physicians for their lack of willingness to stay at workplaces across the country’s remote areas. “When we appoint new doctors,...
-- 2017-12-28 04:15:32
Agriculture experts are expecting bumper production of groundnut as farmers have exceeded the fixed farming target of the cash crop by 36.72 percent during the current Rabi season in Rangpur agricultu...
-- 2017-12-28 02:56:59
Google is making its voice assistant sound more like humans than robots. The company is working on a new text-to-speech system called Tacotron 2 which is essentially a neural network architecture for...
Our Correspondent 2017-12-28 02:23:42
A three-day regional Ijtema has begun in Jessore district. Mufti Abdul Bareq, Kakrail Mosque Imam, delivered the opening speech at the congregation, kicked off on Thursday morning. Thousands of Musl...
FE Online Desk 2017-12-28 02:15:24
NRB Bank Limited opened its 36th branch at Kazirhat area in Zajira upazila of Shariatpur on Tuesday. BM Muzammel Haque, MP, Shariatpur-1, was present in the programme as the chief guest, says a press...
FE Report 2017-12-28 02:02:10
The country's local garment factories those meet mainly domestic demand are running without rules and regulations, often violating workers' rights severely, according to a new study. More than half o...
Yasir Wardad 2017-12-28 01:48:12
Bangladesh is one of the bottom-ranked countries in Asia in terms of processing agricultural produces that makes a strong bite on the country's export earnings from farm sector, according to a latest...
-- 2017-12-28 01:43:11
Border Security Force (BSF) of India picked up a Bangladesh national from Burimari border point in Lalmonirhat district on Thursday. The detainee was identified as Abdul Latif, 25, son of Rafiqul Isl...
FE Online Desk 2017-12-28 01:07:23
United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) has opened its 176th branch at Anowara upazila of Chittagong district. Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, MP, State Minister, Ministry of Land, inaugurated the branch on Tues...
Kamrun Nahar 2017-12-27 12:39:14
The government is working to adopt the revised Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for Dhaka for the 2016-2035 period, updating the existing database, amid doubts from the experts and environment activists ove...
Our Correspondent 2017-12-27 12:36:07
JHENIDAH, Dec 26: The repair work of Tikary Bridge on the Narkelbaria-Tikary Road over the Sanchai river is yet to start though 18 months have already passed since it has broken-down. According to...
FE Online Desk 2017-12-27 12:00:00
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) inaugurated its 16th agent banking outlet at Suhilpur Bazar in sadar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Friday. Razwanur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of Brahmanb...
M Azizur Rahman 2017-12-27 12:00:00
The energy regulator asked the power board to gather information about international oil prices before making payment to private importers to check alleged price-fixing and money laundering. Sources...
-- 2017-12-27 12:00:00
Four people including a woman have been killed and at least 11 others wounded after a Kurigram-bound bus in which they were travelling, crashed into a roadside tree on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in Bog...
-- 2017-12-27 12:00:00
Detective Branch (DB) of police discovered a yaba production factory at Double Mooring area in Chittagong city on Wednesday. Nearly 250,000 pieces of yaba tablets were found at the factory, DB police...
FE Online Desk 2017-12-27 12:00:00
The Business Club of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) has organised a seminar on ‘Why We Fail?’ at the permanent campus of the university, recently. The business cl...
-- 2017-12-27 12:00:00
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Bangladesh Army is now quite different from the one a decade back in terms of infrastructure, strategy and technology. "The present army is much more develop...
-- 2017-12-27 12:00:00
Two training aircrafts of the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) crashed in Maheshkhali of Cox's Bazar on Wednesday after a collision in midair. Sources said two planes caught fire soon after the crash. Fire...
-- 2017-12-27 12:00:00
Awami League central executive committee will sit at Ganabhaban, the official residence of the Prime Minister on January 6. The meeting, with AL President Sheikh Hasina, also the Prime Minister, in t...
-- 2017-12-27 12:00:00
Expelled Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader of Shariatpur Arif Hawladar has confessed that he raped six women, took video clips of the nefarious acts and released those on the internet. Arif gave...
-- 2017-12-27 11:40:43
At least 12 shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Baniakhali Bazar in Dumuria upazila of Khulna on Tuesday night. Locals said the fire originated from electric short circuit at a shop around 10 pm...
-- 2017-12-27 11:05:39
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has claimed his party will be a factor in the next national election. The former President on Wednesday also said they are yet to decide whether they will contest the...
-- 2017-12-27 10:53:16
The government's revenue authority has instructed its tax offices to ensure representation of the tax lawyers in dealing with tax files following their allegations against involvement of supporting st...
-- 2017-12-27 10:49:38
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will grill former chairman of AB Bank M Wahidul Haque and its managing director M Fazlur Rahman. The ACC sent notices on Wednesday to them face questioning in a g...
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