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Bangladesh logs six new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh logs six new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2023-02-23 17:33:11

Bangladesh has recorded six new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,786. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,445 over the 24-hour period, ac...

Four die as bus rams autorickshaw in Bogura

Four die as bus rams autorickshaw in Bogura

-- 2023-02-23 17:05:44

Four passengers of an autorickshaw have died after a bus ploughed into the three-wheeler in Bogura’s Shajahanpur Upazila. Two other passengers of the autorickshaw were injured after the acciden...

GP network restored after two hours

GP network restored after two hours

-- 2023-02-23 16:55:33

Grameenphone has managed to repair a breakdown in its fibre optic cables and restore its mobile network after a two-hour nationwide outage. The outage hit Dhaka, Chattogram, and many other parts of t...

University student dies in Jatrabari road crash

University student dies in Jatrabari road crash

bdnews24.com 2023-02-23 14:04:18

A university student has died and another has been injured after a bus hit their motorcycle in Dhaka's Jatrabari.The accident occurred in the Kajla Bhanga Bridge area around 9 am on Thursday.The...

Drive against buildings without fire safety certificate begins next week

Drive against buildings without fire safety certificate begins next week

-- 2023-02-22 21:33:09

The Fire Service and Civil Defence has announced a drive against buildings in Dhaka that do not have a fire safety certificate. Brig Gen Md Main Uddin, director general of the fire service, said the...

PM urges countrymen to boycott parties formed illegally by military dictators

PM urges countrymen to boycott parties formed illegally by military dictators

-- 2023-02-22 21:21:57

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina has called upon the countrymen to boycott the parties formed illegally by military dictators and remain vigilant against them. "It is impo...

Saudi Arabia to introduce biometric visa system for Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims

Saudi Arabia to introduce biometric visa system for Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims

-- 2023-02-22 19:46:56

The Saudi Arabian government is going to introduce biometric visa system from this year for the hajj pilgrims of Bangladesh, says BSS. According to a notification issued in Dhaka on Wednesday, pilgri...

IS bride Shamima loses UK citizenship appeal

IS bride Shamima loses UK citizenship appeal

-- 2023-02-22 18:36:50

A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State lost her latest appeal against the removal of her UK citizenship, with a judge ruling her possible trafficking was insuffic...

Eight more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

Eight more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2023-02-22 18:26:59

Eight more people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. Of the new patients, three were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it, according to the Directorat...

$4.5m deal signed to support Rohingyas in Bangladesh

$4.5m deal signed to support Rohingyas in Bangladesh

-- 2023-02-22 18:08:13

The government of Japan and UNHCR have signed an agreement for the protection and assistance of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The contribution of US$ 4.5 million [JPY 600 million] will be used f...

PM witnesses design of underpass to be built at HSIA, adjoining areas

PM witnesses design of underpass to be built at HSIA, adjoining areas

-- 2023-02-22 18:00:49

A landmark underpass is being constructed by the government to ease the movement of travellers, connecting Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), airport railway station, bus rapid transits (B...

Bangladesh reports seven more Covid cases

Bangladesh reports seven more Covid cases

-- 2023-02-22 17:40:26

Bangladesh has recorded 7 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,780. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,445 over the 24-hour period, acco...

Shikalbaha power plant to resume production in April

Shikalbaha power plant to resume production in April

-- 2023-02-22 17:16:50

The Shikalbaha 150MW Peaking Power Plant in Chattogram is set to repair its gas turbine and start production in April after being closed for a year and a half, authorities said. The Cabinet Committee...

HC suggests bringing radical changes to Companies Act

HC suggests bringing radical changes to Companies Act

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-02-22 15:55:37

Observing that the Companies Act, 1994 is unenforceable in many cases, the High Court has suggested bringing radical changes to the present company act in order to take Bangladesh to the level of a de...

By-election to Chattogram-8 constituency on April 27

By-election to Chattogram-8 constituency on April 27

UNB 2023-02-22 14:03:39

By-election to the Chattogram-8 constituency – left vacant following the death of Awami League MP Moslem Uddin Ahmed – will be held on April 27, 2023. Election Commission (EC) Secretary J...

3 die as bus rams autorickshaw in Chandpur

3 die as bus rams autorickshaw in Chandpur

bdnews24.com 2023-02-22 13:44:42

At least three passengers of an autorickshaw have died after it collided with a bus in Chandpur's Sadar Upazila. Another passenger was injured in the accident, which occurred around 7:30 am at...

KAMPS provides free treatment, medicine to 3,000 patients

KAMPS provides free treatment, medicine to 3,000 patients

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-22 13:38:18

Nearly 3,000 underprivileged patients received free treatment and medicines in a free medical camp at Sakhipur in Tangail district on Tuesday, reads a press release. Voluntary organisation Kidney Awa...

Gas explosions took 82 lives in 3 years in Narayanganj, threats remain: Police, fire service

Gas explosions took 82 lives in 3 years in Narayanganj, threats remain: Police, fire service

UNB 2023-02-22 12:09:55

At least 82 people died in gas explosion-related fires in Narayanganj over the last three years, according to police and fire service. This excludes the number of victims of such fire incidents who di...

At least 1 dead as market in Chattogram catches fire

At least 1 dead as market in Chattogram catches fire

bdnews24.com 2023-02-22 08:53:32

At least one person has been killed in a fire incident at a market in Chattogram’s Anderkilla.The fire broke out in the tin-roofed shops of Samabaya Market on Sirajuddaula Road around 12:1...

Bangladesh raises admission fees by 20pc for private medical college students

Bangladesh raises admission fees by 20pc for private medical college students

bdnews24.com 2023-02-22 08:27:50

The government has raised the fees for admission to private medical and dental colleges by 20 per cent to nearly Tk 1.95 million, starting from the 2022-23 education year.The Medical Education a...

President-elect Shahabuddin hosts doa on Int'l Mother Language Day

President-elect Shahabuddin hosts doa on Int'l Mother Language Day

-- 2023-02-21 23:38:38

President-elect Md. Shahabuddin hosted a doa mahfil at his Gulshan residence after Asr prayers on the occasion of the Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day on Tuesday. Prayers (doa) were...

Sramik League activists engage in clash over placing wreath at Shaheed Minar

Sramik League activists engage in clash over placing wreath at Shaheed Minar

-- 2023-02-21 22:42:57

At least six people were injured in a clash between two groups of Sramik League, one of Awami League’s front organisations, over placing wreaths at a Shaheed Minar in Manikganj on Tuesday. Acco...

Holy Shab-e-Barat on March 7 night

Holy Shab-e-Barat on March 7 night

-- 2023-02-21 22:42:46

The Muslim festival of Shab-e-Barat will be celebrated in Bangladesh on Mar 7 night, the National Moon-Sighting Committee has announced. It fixed the date in a meeting presided over by State Minister...

Three police stations in city get new OCs

Three police stations in city get new OCs

-- 2023-02-21 22:24:36

Three police stations of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have got new officers-in-charge (OCs). The three stations are Banani, Kamrangirchar and Uttarkhan police stations, reports UNB. An officia...

Russia summons Bangladesh envoy over sanctioned ships dispute

Russia summons Bangladesh envoy over sanctioned ships dispute

-- 2023-02-21 21:11:11

Russia summoned the ambassador of Bangladesh on Tuesday to protest over Dhaka's decision to block the entry of Russian ships into Bangladeshi ports. Bangladesh earlier this month banned dozens of Rus...

Saudi mandates two vaccines for Bangladeshi pilgrims

Saudi mandates two vaccines for Bangladeshi pilgrims

-- 2023-02-21 19:54:45

Saudi Arabia has mandated vaccines against meningitis and seasonal influenza along with Covid-19 shots for Bangladeshi pilgrims who will perform Hajj in 2023. The religious affairs ministry said in a...

Nation recalls language heroes

Nation recalls language heroes

-- 2023-02-21 19:47:10

The nation on Tuesday recalled the supreme sacrifice of the language heroes on this day 71 years back with a fresh call for recognising Bangla as one of the UN official languages, marking the Shaheed...

BGMEA provides humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Turkey

BGMEA provides humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Turkey

-- 2023-02-21 19:34:07

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has stood beside Turkey with humanitarian aid to express solidarity with those affected by the recent devastating earthquakes and...

PM for research to preserve, revitalise, develop mother languages

PM for research to preserve, revitalise, develop mother languages

-- 2023-02-21 19:16:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday laid emphasis on the necessity of research on languages, saying that International Mother Language Institute (IMLI) has the responsibility to preserve all the l...

UN greets people of Bangladesh in many languages on February 21

UN greets people of Bangladesh in many languages on February 21

-- 2023-02-21 18:56:48

In a video published on February 21, on the United Nations in Bangladesh official Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube accounts, the UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, Gwyn Lewis, together with the staf...