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Cyclone Asani unlikely to hit Bangladesh, says state minister

Cyclone Asani unlikely to hit Bangladesh, says state minister

-- 2022-05-08 19:27:29

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Enamur Rahman on Sunday said cyclone Asani may not hit Bangladesh. Speaking a press briefing at his office at the secretariat, the state minister...
No special privileges for minister’s ‘relatives’, says railways ministry

No special privileges for minister’s ‘relatives’, says railways ministry

-- 2022-05-08 18:31:31

The railways ministry has ordered employees not to give any special privileges to people who identify themselves as relatives of the minister, Nurul Islam Sujan. The ministry sent copies of the order...
PM asks scientists to innovate climate tolerant crops   

PM asks scientists to innovate climate tolerant crops   

-- 2022-05-08 18:16:22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged agriculture scientists to innovate climate tolerant crops for ensuring food security across the globe. She also laid emphasis on food preservation, reduct...
Court cannot pass order to absorb project employees under revenue budget

Court cannot pass order to absorb project employees under revenue budget

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-08 17:22:35

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has observed that a court cannot pass an order to absorb the employees or officers of a project who have been appointed on a contract basis under the revenu...
Over 2,300 litres of hoarded soybean oil recovered in Chattogram

Over 2,300 litres of hoarded soybean oil recovered in Chattogram

-- 2022-05-08 17:21:45

A mobile court led by an executive magistrate has recovered 2,328 litres of soybean oil from a retailers’ house at Chattogram’s Fatikchhari. The raid was part of a government crackdown am...
Don’t go to foreigners as we can resolve all issues, PM urges labour leaders

Don’t go to foreigners as we can resolve all issues, PM urges labour leaders

-- 2022-05-08 17:19:26

Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina has urged factory owners and labour leaders to resolve their issues among themselves instead of going to outsiders. Noting that some labour leaders are quick to make comp...
Thai envoy eyes deeper people-to-people ties with Bangladesh

Thai envoy eyes deeper people-to-people ties with Bangladesh

-- 2022-05-08 16:58:11

Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Makawadee Sumitmor has said Bangladesh and Thailand should promote deeper mutual understanding at the people-to-people level to cultivate closer contact in all dimensions...
Bangladesh logs 23 Covid cases, no deaths in 24hrs

Bangladesh logs 23 Covid cases, no deaths in 24hrs

-- 2022-05-08 16:33:58

Bangladesh has registered 23 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,952,799. The government recorded no fatalities in the 24-hour count and the death toll from th...
Social welfare minister hospitalised with chest pain

Social welfare minister hospitalised with chest pain

-- 2022-05-08 16:09:50

Minister of Social Welfare Nuruzzaman Ahmed has been admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital with complaints of chest pain. He is 72. The minister attended an event in the Lalmonirhat’s Ad...
DSCC conducts eviction drive at Hawkers Owners Association Market

DSCC conducts eviction drive at Hawkers Owners Association Market

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-05-08 15:06:34

An eviction drive is being carried out at the Hawkers Owners Association Market in Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital. Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) launched the drive in the makeshift two-store...
Chattogram businessman beaten to death for 'not paying extortion money'

Chattogram businessman beaten to death for 'not paying extortion money'

-- 2022-05-08 14:36:10

A businessman in Chattogram’s Pahartali has been allegedly beaten to death for not paying extortion money. The victim, 45-year-old Md Farid, ran a motor business at Pahartali Railway Colony....
BR revokes suspension of ticket examiner Shafiqul

BR revokes suspension of ticket examiner Shafiqul

-- 2022-05-08 14:23:20

The railway authorities have revoked the suspension of Shafiqul Islam, a travelling ticket examiner (TTE), for 'behaving rudely' with ticketless passengers amid widespread criticism. On Sunday Shahid...
Bangladesh bakes in heatwave as Cyclone Asani brews over bay

Bangladesh bakes in heatwave as Cyclone Asani brews over bay

-- 2022-05-08 13:01:58

As six southern regions of Bangladesh swelter in unrelenting heat, a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has turned into a cyclone. Sustaining winds of up to 88 kph, the cyclone has been named '...
Dentist arrested on suspicion of murdering wife, daughters in Manikganj

Dentist arrested on suspicion of murdering wife, daughters in Manikganj

-- 2022-05-08 11:13:05

A dentist has been arrested on charges of murdering his wife and two daughters in Manikganj’s Ghior. The bodies of the victims, identified as Lovely Akter, 35, and her children Chhowa Akter,...
Hasina says some people are trying to oust AL government

Hasina says some people are trying to oust AL government

-- 2022-05-08 09:28:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said some people who always find fault with her government are trying to grab power, reports bdnews24.com. Speaking at the ruling Awami League’s Central Working...
Dhaka-bound people suffer for 10-km tailback near Daulatdia

Dhaka-bound people suffer for 10-km tailback near Daulatdia

-- 2022-05-07 21:23:46

Eid holidaymakers have been suffering since Saturday morning to cross the Padma River as a 10-kilometer long tailback was created on Dhaka-Khulna highway and regional road adjacent to Daulatdia ferry...
TIB condemns suspension of TTE, says Railways Minister should resign

TIB condemns suspension of TTE, says Railways Minister should resign

-- 2022-05-07 19:52:15

Transparency International Bangladesh has condemned the suspension of a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) for fining three people claiming to be Railway Minister's relatives who were travelling without...
Maritime ports to hoist cautionary signal 1 as storm brews over the bay

Maritime ports to hoist cautionary signal 1 as storm brews over the bay

-- 2022-05-07 19:33:11

The well-marked low over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining South Andaman Sea has intensified into a depression over the same area. Bangladesh Meteorological Department asked the maritime ports to...
'Offences committed by state institutions can be sued'  

'Offences committed by state institutions can be sued'  

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-05-07 18:52:03

The High Court in a full text of a verdict has observed that a compensable offence committed by the government officials and employees or by the state institutions is a strict liability of the concern...
Human hauler collides with truck in Dhaka, one dead

Human hauler collides with truck in Dhaka, one dead

-- 2022-05-07 18:33:46

A man was killed and several others injured when a human hauler, locally known as a Leguna, collided head-on with a truck on the embankment road at Dhaka’s Rayerbazar on Saturday. Confirming th...
Bangladesh-born British politician Lutfur Rahman elected Tower Hamlets’ mayor

Bangladesh-born British politician Lutfur Rahman elected Tower Hamlets’ mayor

-- 2022-05-07 17:32:59

Bangladesh-born British politician Lutfur Rahman has secured a comeback by winning the vote to become mayor of Tower Hamlets in East London. "I am honoured to have been elected as your next mayor of...
Low pressure over Bay turns into well-marked low, likely to intensify

Low pressure over Bay turns into well-marked low, likely to intensify

-- 2022-05-07 17:04:47

The low pressure area over South Andaman Sea and adjoining area has intensified into a well-marked low and now lies over Southeast Bay and adjoining South Andaman Sea. It is likely to intensify furth...
Death toll from Natore road accident reaches seven

Death toll from Natore road accident reaches seven

-- 2022-05-07 16:22:06

The death toll from a bus collision in Natore reached seven as another critically injured woman succumbed to her injuries at a hospital. Two buses from opposite directions collided in the Bonpara-Hat...
10 Covid-19 cases, no death reported in 24 hours

10 Covid-19 cases, no death reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-05-07 15:46:20

Bangladesh has registered 10 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,952,776. The government recorded no deaths in the 24-hour count, keeping the total toll from t...
Rush of vehicles creates 10 km-long tailback at Daulatdia

Rush of vehicles creates 10 km-long tailback at Daulatdia

-- 2022-05-07 15:38:47

A rush of vehicles carrying people back to Dhaka after Eid-ul-Fitr has created a 10 km-long traffic gridlock at the Daulatdia ferry terminal. The tailback, stretching from Zero Point at the ferry ter...
Road accidents claim 18 lives per day in April

Road accidents claim 18 lives per day in April

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-07 14:04:37

Some 543 people were killed and 612 others injured in road accidents across the country in April this year. It means, on average, some 18 people died in road mishaps every day in April 2022. Some 589...
Six dead, 20 injured as two buses collide in Natore

Six dead, 20 injured as two buses collide in Natore

-- 2022-05-07 12:57:32

Six people have died and at least 20 others are injured as two buses collided in Natore’s Baraigram Upazila. The accident occurred at 11:30 am on Saturday in the Bonpara-Hatikumrul area, said S...
Rain or thundershowers likely in next 24 hours

Rain or thundershowers likely in next 24 hours

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-05-07 12:25:51

People in most parts of the country including Dhaka may witness rain or thundershowers accompanied by intense lightning flashes in the next 24-hour as the low pressure area over South Andaman Sea and...
Dr Wazed's 13th death anniversary Monday

Dr Wazed's 13th death anniversary Monday

-- 2022-05-07 11:52:46

The 13th death anniversary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's husband Dr M A Wazed Miah (Sudha Miah) to be observed in Rangpur on Monday as Dr Wazed Smriti Sangshad (DWSS) has taken programmes to comme...
Oil anarchy on even after price hike

Oil anarchy on even after price hike

FE REPORT 2022-05-07 08:51:56

Volatility on the edible-oil market still prevails even after a record-breaking price raise by the government as groceries almost ran dry of the cooking oils on Friday. The result is obvious: consume...

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