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Two-day revenue conference begins Sunday

Two-day revenue conference begins Sunday

-- 2023-02-03 19:18:15

A two-day revenue conference is set to begin on Sunday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city with an aim to develop the country's revenue management system. The new bu...

Runway tyre burst halts flight operations at Sylhet airport for over two hours

Runway tyre burst halts flight operations at Sylhet airport for over two hours

-- 2023-02-03 19:17:54

A tyre of a Biman Bangladesh plane burst while taking off, suspending operations at Sylhet Osmani International Airport for two and a half hours on Friday, reports bdnews24.com. No aircraft took off...

Nipah virus spreads over 28 districts

Nipah virus spreads over 28 districts

-- 2023-02-03 18:18:47

The government has given directives to the relevant authorities to keep the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Dedicated Covid-19 Hospital ready in the wake of the spread of the Nipah virus in 28 d...

Up to 3,800 tonnes of Indian lentils arrive at Benapole port

Up to 3,800 tonnes of Indian lentils arrive at Benapole port

-- 2023-02-03 18:00:30

A consignment of 3,800 tonnes of lentils has arrived at the Benapole port from neighboring India ahead of fasting month of Ramadan on Thursday night. Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) imported...

10 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours with no deaths

10 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours with no deaths

-- 2023-02-03 17:27:07

Bangladesh has recorded 10 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,588. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,443 over the 24-hour period, r...

Shahriar inaugurates 'Made in Bangladesh' exhibition in South Africa

Shahriar inaugurates 'Made in Bangladesh' exhibition in South Africa

-- 2023-02-03 17:01:43

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has inaugurated the exhibition "Made in Bangladesh" at a local hotel in South Africa's Pretoria. The exhibition was organised by the Bangladesh Hig...

Malaysian Home Minister to visit Bangladesh February 4-5

Malaysian Home Minister to visit Bangladesh February 4-5

-- 2023-02-03 16:56:06

Bangladesh expects to have an “elaborate discussion” with Malaysia this week on manpower recruitment in an effort to make the overall recruitment process more transparent and expeditious....

Bangladesh moves up two places in Democracy Index

Bangladesh moves up two places in Democracy Index

-- 2023-02-03 16:50:26

Bangladesh has moved two places up to rank 73rd in the latest edition of the Democracy Index. The South Asian nation posted a score of 5.99 out of 10 in 2022, unchanged from the previous year, accord...

Picnic bus collides with covered van in Ctg, 30 hurt

Picnic bus collides with covered van in Ctg, 30 hurt

-- 2023-02-03 16:33:52

At least 30 people have been injured after a bus carrying students on a study tour from Netrokona collided with a covered van in Chattogram. The incident occurred on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar...

Two construction workers beaten to death on suspicion of theft in Rajshahi

Two construction workers beaten to death on suspicion of theft in Rajshahi

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-03 12:59:13

Two construction workers have died after they were brutally beaten over the alleged theft of Tk 1 million in Rajshahi. Police have arrested four people in connection with the incident. The assailants...

IMF backs Bangladesh’s energy price hike

IMF backs Bangladesh’s energy price hike

-- 2023-02-02 22:24:43

The International Monetary Fund has welcomed Bangladesh’s efforts to cut subsidies for the energy sector by raising the prices of fuel oil, gas and power, hinting at more price rises. In a coun...

PMO cuts expenditures for electricity

PMO cuts expenditures for electricity

-- 2023-02-02 20:09:18

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has cut about half of the costs for electricity and entertainment as well as one-fourth cost of fuel. From June to September 2022, electricity, fuel, and entertainme...

Goods worth Tk 1.31b seized in January: BGB

Goods worth Tk 1.31b seized in January: BGB

-- 2023-02-02 19:52:57

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Thursday said they seized goods, arms, and drugs worth Tk 1.31 billion in January. The seized items include 523,268 yaba pills, 3.169kg crystal meth, 14,617 bottles of P...

Bangladesh to discuss with Malaysia on transparent recruitment system

Bangladesh to discuss with Malaysia on transparent recruitment system

-- 2023-02-02 19:40:34

Bangladesh expects to have an “elaborate discussion” with Malaysia this week on manpower recruitment in an effort to make the overall recruitment process more transparent and expeditious....

Bangladesh asks Adani Power to negotiate lower import price for coal

Bangladesh asks Adani Power to negotiate lower import price for coal

-- 2023-02-02 19:26:07

Bangladesh has sent a letter to Adani Power Limited to negotiate a lower import price for coal under a power purchase agreement, the state minister for energy and power said on Thursday. Nasrul Hamid...

PM to visit Delhi Sep 9-10

PM to visit Delhi Sep 9-10

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-02-02 19:23:30

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to visit New Delhi from September 9 to 10 to attend the G 20 summit, a spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. It may be mentioned that after ass...

Freedom50 starts Bangladesh Bike Ride on Feb 3

Freedom50 starts Bangladesh Bike Ride on Feb 3

FE Online Desk 2023-02-02 19:21:56

Freedom50 will organise the Bangladesh Bike Ride from February 3 to February 8 across the country to raise awareness of the global climate emergency and raise money to build an eco-school in Banglades...

JS passes Mujibnagar University, Meherpur Bill,2023

JS passes Mujibnagar University, Meherpur Bill,2023

-- 2023-02-02 19:01:40

The Mujibnagar University, Meherpur Bill, 2023 was passed in the parliament on Thursday aiming to cope up with the ever evolving modern knowledge of the world. Education Minister Dipu Moni moved the...

Writ challenges decision to not allot Adrasha stall at Ekushey Book Fair

Writ challenges decision to not allot Adrasha stall at Ekushey Book Fair

FE Online Desk 2023-02-02 18:56:49

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court challenging the authorities’ decision of not allotting a stall to Adarsha Prokashona at Ekushey Book Fair this year.   Mahabub Rahman, t...

Bangladesh reports 10 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh reports 10 new Covid cases, one death

-- 2023-02-02 18:46:38

Bangladesh has recorded 10 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,578. The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,443 over the 24-hour period, accordin...

Father appeals against verdict giving custody of children to Japanese mother  

Father appeals against verdict giving custody of children to Japanese mother  

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-02-02 18:34:32

Bangladesh-born US citizen Imran Sharif has filed an appeal petition challenging the family court verdict that dismissed the case filed by him seeking custody of his children. Judge of the District a...

'Prices of agricultural materials will not be increased'

'Prices of agricultural materials will not be increased'

-- 2023-02-02 18:14:28

Agriculture Minister and Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Dr Md Abdur Razzaque has said the prices of agricultural materials, including fertilisers and seeds, will not be increased in the country....

LPG price increase by Tk 22.15 per Kg

LPG price increase by Tk 22.15 per Kg

-- 2023-02-02 17:59:43

The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has substantially increased by Tk 22.15 per kg to Tk 124.85 from the previous price of Tk 102.70 per kg for February. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commissio...

Minimum price of private Hajj travel packages up by Tk 150,000

Minimum price of private Hajj travel packages up by Tk 150,000

bdnews24.com 2023-02-02 15:29:12

Privately-run Hajj travel agencies have set the minimum price for this year’s pilgrimage package at Tk 672,618 per person, nearly Tk 150,000 up from the previous year. The decision was an...

Mild cold wave may spread

Mild cold wave may spread

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-02 14:30:16

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (Feb 2) said that mild cold wave is sweeping over the districts of Nilphamari, Pabna, Dinajpur and Kurigram and it may continue in the next 24 hou...

Hasina inaugurates construction of country’s first subway

Hasina inaugurates construction of country’s first subway

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-02 13:27:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the construction work of the first subway in Bangladesh a month after the country rolled out its first metro rail system. The prime minister inaugurated the M...

US$10,493m remitted to country in FY-23: PM tells JS

US$10,493m remitted to country in FY-23: PM tells JS

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-02 11:42:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Feb 1) told Parliament that the country has received US$ 10,493 million remittances till December of the current fiscal year, BSS reports. "T...

29 countries by bike: Romanian girl now in Satkhira

29 countries by bike: Romanian girl now in Satkhira

-- 2023-02-02 11:42:12

Elena, a Romanian tourist, has always wanted to travel the world on a bike. She has so far visited 29 countries. Elena came to Satkhira on Monday from India and is now staying at a private organizati...

Trader found dead in Munshiganj

Trader found dead in Munshiganj

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-02 10:21:04

A 64-year-old trader was found dead at Jashurgaon in Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj district on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Sattaranjan Datta. Aminul Islam, officer-in-charge of...

Dhaka's air still ‘unhealthy’ this morning

Dhaka's air still ‘unhealthy’ this morning

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-02 10:16:38

Dhaka's air quality is in the 'unhealthy' zone this morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 155 at 9:04 am, the capital of Bangladesh ranked 16th on the global list of cities with the worst...