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School headmistress arrested for selling new books in Habiganj

School headmistress arrested for selling new books in Habiganj

-- 2023-01-18 21:20:29

A headmistress of a government primary school has been arrested on charges of selling new books meant for distribution for free among students. Ayesha Akter, the accused headmistress at Kadamtali Gov...
3,58,125 posts vacant in ministries, divisions, directorates: State minister

3,58,125 posts vacant in ministries, divisions, directorates: State minister

-- 2023-01-18 20:43:35

There are 3,58,125 vacant posts in various ministries, divisions and directorates of the government, according to State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain. The state minister gave the...
IMF’s deputy managing director visits Padma Bridge

IMF’s deputy managing director visits Padma Bridge

-- 2023-01-18 20:33:54

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director (DMD) Antoinette Monsio Sayeh today expressed her happiness for Padma Bridge during a three-hour visit to the project site. "We, including I...
Obaidul Quader says patrons of militancy must be resisted at any cost

Obaidul Quader says patrons of militancy must be resisted at any cost

-- 2023-01-18 20:21:39

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said ‘the wild clutch of the patrons of militancy’ is becoming visible in the country and they must be resisted at any cost. "Th...
Mirza Fakhrul accuses govt of lying about Donald Lu’s statement

Mirza Fakhrul accuses govt of lying about Donald Lu’s statement

-- 2023-01-18 20:16:41

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said that the government has lied about the statement made by Donald Lu, US assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of South and Cent...
We’re not taking loan from IMF with any conditions, says PM

We’re not taking loan from IMF with any conditions, says PM

-- 2023-01-18 19:31:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that the loan Bangladesh is taking from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has no significant conditions attached to it. “IMF provid...
Toronto-bound Biman Dreamliner’s seat panels, LED screens vandalised

Toronto-bound Biman Dreamliner’s seat panels, LED screens vandalised

-- 2023-01-18 18:51:43

Social media photos of the interior of a Boeing Dreamliner jet of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have shown broken seat handles, panels and dangling LED screens. Biman authorities said the Boeing 787-9 Dr...
Two dengue patients die, 14 hospitalised in 24 hours

Two dengue patients die, 14 hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2023-01-18 17:50:15

Two more dengue patients died and 14 people were hospitalised with dengue in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning. With the new number, the official death toll from dengue rose to five this year, acco...
DNCRP opens consumers complaint management portal

DNCRP opens consumers complaint management portal

FE Online Report 2023-01-18 17:48:18

The Directorate of National Consumers Right Protection on Wednesday inaugurates a consumer complaint management system (CCMS) portal aiming the consumers could file complaints in an easy and convenien...
Two Ansar members found dead inside Agrani Bank branch

Two Ansar members found dead inside Agrani Bank branch

-- 2023-01-18 17:31:09

Two security guards (Ansar members) were found dead inside Radhganj Bazar branch of Agrani Bank in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi on Wednesday morning. According to UNB, the deceased were identified as...
Bangladesh logs 13 more Covid cases

Bangladesh logs 13 more Covid cases

-- 2023-01-18 17:23:07

Bangladesh reported 13 more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning. With the new number, the country's total caseload rose to 2,037,399, according to the Directorate General of Health...
More than 1,000 illegal money exchangers operating in Bangladesh: CID

More than 1,000 illegal money exchangers operating in Bangladesh: CID

-- 2023-01-18 17:18:34

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh Police arrested 14 hundi traders involved in illegal and over-the-rate transactions while conducting drives in Dhaka. Legal action has also b...
Man dies in a shootout between Rohingya factions at border zero-line

Man dies in a shootout between Rohingya factions at border zero-line

-- 2023-01-18 17:02:16

A man has been killed and another injured by gunfire at a Rohingya camp near the Tambru zero-line near the border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari. “Locals have sent in reports of intermitte...
45 more community vision centres inaugurated in 13 districts

45 more community vision centres inaugurated in 13 districts

-- 2023-01-18 15:53:08

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated another 45 community vision centres in 13 districts across the country. The newly opened centres pushed the total number of community vision centres to 13...
Fire burns down 30 shops in Noakhali trade hub

Fire burns down 30 shops in Noakhali trade hub

-- 2023-01-18 15:14:47

A fire has burnt down at least 30 shops at the Railway Market in the trade hub of Chowmuhani in Noakhali. The blaze erupted around 5 am on Wednesday and it swept through the market afterwards, accord...
Govt raises gas prices for industrial users, power producers

Govt raises gas prices for industrial users, power producers

-- 2023-01-18 14:17:50

The government has increased the prices of natural gas for industrial units and power producers for the second time in just over six months. The gas price for industrial units of all sizes has been s...
Erosion by Jamuna river in Sirajganj scares people

Erosion by Jamuna river in Sirajganj scares people

-- 2023-01-18 13:15:39

An untimely erosion by the river Jamuna in Sirajganj's Chouhali Upazila has frightened local people. An area of one and a half square kilometres in Baghutia Union’s Binain to Char Salimabad hav...
'Not wealth and oppulance, serving humanity a must for blood donation'

'Not wealth and oppulance, serving humanity a must for blood donation'

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-18 11:25:27

Mental barriers to donating blood are needed to break to meet its demand in the country, senior secretary of public security division Md. Aminul Islam Khan said on Tuesday. Mr Aminul said th...
Power cuts are back in some areas despite fall in demand during winter

Power cuts are back in some areas despite fall in demand during winter

bdnews24.com 2023-01-18 09:05:09

The frequent power cuts began in mid-2022 due to an acute energy crisis and the situation remained the same until the arrival of winter in December. Although the demand has remained low amid the...
NOAB urges govt to take realistic steps for newspapers

NOAB urges govt to take realistic steps for newspapers

FE REPORT 2023-01-18 08:53:35

Newspaper owners have urged the government to take realistic steps to address some hurdles facing the newspaper industry in a bid to ensure freedom of press and healthy growth of the industry. They...
Bangladesh to remove smoking zones airports

Bangladesh to remove smoking zones airports

-- 2023-01-17 21:19:05

State Minister for Civil Aviation M Mahbub Ali on Tuesday told the parliament that the government will take measures to remove all the smoking zones at all the airports as part of its goal to build a...
CID carrying out raids on some foreign exchange dealers in Dhaka

CID carrying out raids on some foreign exchange dealers in Dhaka

-- 2023-01-17 21:08:21

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has started raids on some foreign exchange dealers at different locations in Dhaka. CID received complaints that foreign exchange traders were il...
Obaidul Quader says BNP has no capacity to oust government

Obaidul Quader says BNP has no capacity to oust government

-- 2023-01-17 20:58:41

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP has no capacity to oust the incumbent AL government through a movement. "BNP has fallen sick after hearing the statement of the US...
BNP alleges govt creating barriers to opposition parties’ meetings, rallies

BNP alleges govt creating barriers to opposition parties’ meetings, rallies

-- 2023-01-17 20:52:06

The BNP on Tuesday accused the government of creating barriers to meetings and rallies of opposition parties in the country. “BNP and other political parties have now been on a movement to real...
Zafar Iqbal, Hasina Khan admit to plagiarism in 7th grade textbook

Zafar Iqbal, Hasina Khan admit to plagiarism in 7th grade textbook

-- 2023-01-17 20:08:30

Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal and Prof Hasina Khan, who were involved in the writing and editing of a seventh-grade science book, have accepted allegations of plagiarism in the board textbook. The admiss...
Govt working to generate 40pc electricity from clean energy by 2041, says Nasrul

Govt working to generate 40pc electricity from clean energy by 2041, says Nasrul

-- 2023-01-17 19:45:13

As part of the long-term master plan for the power sector, the government has been working to implement the plan in phases to generate 40 per cent of electricity from clean energy by 2041. “Pla...
All five victims of Dhamrai kitchen gas blast die

All five victims of Dhamrai kitchen gas blast die

-- 2023-01-17 19:14:08

The last victim of the blast in a kitchen at Dhamrai in Dhaka has died, taking the death toll in the incident to five. Hosne Ara, 35, died at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic...
US for keeping good ties with Bangladesh as it's going to be a big economy, says Momen

US for keeping good ties with Bangladesh as it's going to be a big economy, says Momen

FE ONLINE REPORT   2023-01-17 19:04:41

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said that the USA want to maintain good relations with Bangladesh because of its economic success.  "We are a growing to become a big&...
Bangladesh Bank resets prices of commemorative gold coins

Bangladesh Bank resets prices of commemorative gold coins

-- 2023-01-17 18:48:00

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has reset the prices of commemorative gold coins citing a price hike of the metals in local and international markets. Prices of gold coins issued on the occasion of the Internat...
Payra power plant may halt production due to coal crisis

Payra power plant may halt production due to coal crisis

-- 2023-01-17 18:43:54

1,320 MW coal-fired Payra power plant may halt its production as banks have declined to open letters of credit (LCs) to import coal due to the dollar crisis, according to UNB. “We may not conti...

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