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Publish gazette asking PK Halder to appear: Court

Publish gazette asking PK Halder to appear: Court

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-25 20:08:05

A court in Dhaka has directed the authorities concerned to publish a gazette asking former managing director of NRB Global Bank Prashanta Kumar Halder, better known as PK Halder, and nine others to ap...

Hadisur’s family to get $500,000 in compensation

Hadisur’s family to get $500,000 in compensation

-- 2022-05-25 19:07:12

The family of Hadisur Rahman, the naval engineer who was killed after a projectile hit Bangladeshi ship Banglar Samriddhi in Ukraine during the war with Russia, will get $500,000 in compensation. The...

UNHCR urges regional countries to take care of Rohingyas like Bangladesh 

UNHCR urges regional countries to take care of Rohingyas like Bangladesh 

-- 2022-05-25 19:07:12

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has appealed to the regional countries including India to take care of the refugees they already host and relieve Bangladesh fr...

Govt to give out ‘Land Service Award’

Govt to give out ‘Land Service Award’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-25 18:49:06

The government has decided to give 'Land Service Award' to the field level public servants in the land office in recognition of their special contribution in providing transparent, efficient, pro-peop...

‘DSCC to construct public toilets at all wards’  

‘DSCC to construct public toilets at all wards’  

-- 2022-05-25 17:55:56

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has said at least one public toilet will be constructed in 75 wards each under the city corporation.  He came up with the ann...

Keep environment in mind in development projects, says PM  

Keep environment in mind in development projects, says PM  

-- 2022-05-25 17:45:23

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities concerned to take high care of the environment and ecology while taking up any development project.   "Everybody has to pay attenti...

Sonali Bank MD Humayun, eight others jailed for loan scams

Sonali Bank MD Humayun, eight others jailed for loan scams

-- 2022-05-25 17:43:22

A Dhaka court has sentenced nine people, including a former managing director of Sonali Bank, to 17 years in jail for embezzlement of Tk 2.7 million through loan forgery. Judge Md Iqbal Hossain deliv...

Parliament gets Tk 3.41 billion budget for FY 22-23 

Parliament gets Tk 3.41 billion budget for FY 22-23 

-- 2022-05-25 17:32:25

The Parliament Secretariat Commission has approved a Tk 3.41 billion budget for parliament to spend on its development and non-development activities for FY2022-23.   The approval was given...

34 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

34 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-05-25 17:15:03

Bangladesh has registered 34 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,953,328. But no new fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from t...

Bangladesh, S Korea ink MoU for nuclear energy cooperation 

Bangladesh, S Korea ink MoU for nuclear energy cooperation 

-- 2022-05-25 17:11:21

Bangladesh and South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the collaboration in the peaceful use of nuclear energy.  The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) and Ba...

Cop suspended for ‘raping girl’ in Feni

Cop suspended for ‘raping girl’ in Feni

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-25 15:43:31

A police constable of Feni Model Police Station has been suspended for allegedly raping a girl. The suspended police constable is Sharif Uddin Bablu, 26, son of Jamal Uddin of Jamtala Chowdhury Bari...

ACC report on former CJ Sinha due Aug 3

ACC report on former CJ Sinha due Aug 3

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-25 15:35:15

The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court has set August 3 for the investigation report of the Anti-Corruption Commission’s money laundering case against former Chief Justice Sur...

24-year-old student 'kills self' on video call with woman

24-year-old student 'kills self' on video call with woman

-- 2022-05-25 14:09:32

A 24-year-old third-year honours student allegedly ended his life during a video call with his girlfriend in Boalmari village of Chudanga in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased, Fazle Rabbi, s...

Remembering rebel poet Nazrul

Remembering rebel poet Nazrul

-- 2022-05-25 12:13:16

Wednesday marks the 123rd birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, widely revered for his limitless contribution to Bengali literature. Known and regarded as the ‘rebel poet’...

Awami League would come to power again, says Obaidul Quader

Awami League would come to power again, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-05-24 21:40:22

Calling the party leaders and workers to uphold unity, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said the Awami League would again come to power after winning in the next national elections....

Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj both get GI certificate for Fazli mango 

Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj both get GI certificate for Fazli mango 

-- 2022-05-24 21:38:16

The juicy Fazli variety of mangoes has been declared as "Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj's Fazli mango" concluding the hearing about the ownership of the fruit as both the neighbouring district claimed that...

BNP initiates talks with opposition parties to wage ‘united movement’

BNP initiates talks with opposition parties to wage ‘united movement’

-- 2022-05-24 21:34:29

BNP has initiated talks with the opposition political parties on Tuesday to work out the outline for launching a united movement against the government. On the first day, BNP held talks with Nagorik...

Uncertainty over repatriation may push Rohingya refugees towards crimes: PM

Uncertainty over repatriation may push Rohingya refugees towards crimes: PM

-- 2022-05-24 20:43:35

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the prolonged uncertainty of repatriation may push Rohingya refugees towards criminal activities. "They (Rohingyas) are becoming frustrated due to protracted unc...

Bank officials can travel abroad for Hajj, treatment, foreign-funded workshop: BB

Bank officials can travel abroad for Hajj, treatment, foreign-funded workshop: BB

-- 2022-05-24 20:28:27

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has amended the bank officials' overseas travel restrictions a day after issuing the notification. The central bank's latest guideline in this regard has allowed bank officials&rs...

US ambassador to Bangladesh voices concern over DSA

US ambassador to Bangladesh voices concern over DSA

-- 2022-05-24 20:18:47

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Tuesday reiterated Washington’s concern over Bangladesh’s Digital Security Act. “The United States has made their concerns about the DSA cl...

Hajj flights to begin June 5

Hajj flights to begin June 5

-- 2022-05-24 17:58:21

The government has decided to start Hajj flights on June 5, despite indicating earlier that the travels would begin as early as May 31. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will open the Hajj camps on June 3...

Haji Salim appeals challenging HC verdict

Haji Salim appeals challenging HC verdict

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-24 17:55:30

Haji Mohammad Salim, a ruling party lawmaker from Dhaka-7 constituency, filed appeal petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court challenging the High Court verdict that upheld his convic...

HC for forming authority for management of Hatirjheel project

HC for forming authority for management of Hatirjheel project

FE ONINE REPORT  2022-05-24 17:55:12

The High Court has suggested forming an authority titled ‘Hatirjheel Lake Preserve, Development and Management Authority’ under the direct supervision of the Prime Minister Office (PMO)...

BSMMU VC urges awareness, not panic, over monkeypox 

BSMMU VC urges awareness, not panic, over monkeypox 

-- 2022-05-24 17:37:15

No Monkeypox cases have been detected in Bangladesh so far, said Prof Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed, Vice-Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).  He also urged people not to...

Mild heat wave may continue in three districts: BMD 

Mild heat wave may continue in three districts: BMD 

-- 2022-05-24 17:24:35

Mild heat wave is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi, Khulna, and Jashore and it may continue, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin valid for 24 hours commencing 9:00 am tod...

Setting up SEZs slows down for land scarcity, pandemic

Setting up SEZs slows down for land scarcity, pandemic

-- 2022-05-24 17:19:03

The progress of setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZ) has slowed down due to complexities in land acquisition and development activities due to Covid-19. The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BE...

Bangladesh reports 34 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh reports 34 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2022-05-24 17:02:33

Bangladesh has registered 34 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,953,298. But no new fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from t...

HC grants Khaleda bail in Cumilla bus bombing case

HC grants Khaleda bail in Cumilla bus bombing case

-- 2022-05-24 16:59:00

The High Court has settled a rule, granting bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case over a bomb attack on a bus in Cumilla's Chauddagram filed under the Special Powers Act seven years ago. The...

Padma Bridge to be inaugurated on June 25

Padma Bridge to be inaugurated on June 25

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-24 13:19:15

The much-awaited Padma Bridge will be opened on June 25 this year. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the bridge from the Mawa approach side after a citizen gathering at 10:00 am.  Af...

Haji Salim appeals against 10-year imprisonment in a graft

Haji Salim appeals against 10-year imprisonment in a graft

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-24 12:58:32

Awami League leader Haji Mohammad Salim has appealed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for acquittal following a High Court verdict that confirmed his 10-year imprisonment in a graft case...