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Holy Shab-e-Barat on March 18

Holy Shab-e-Barat on March 18

-- 2022-03-03 21:20:16

Muslims in Bangladesh will observe the holy Shab-e-Barat on the night of March 18 as the Shaban moon was not sighted in the country on Thursday. As the moon was not sighted the holy month of Shaban w...

28 stranded Bangladeshi crew shifted to safer place

28 stranded Bangladeshi crew shifted to safer place

-- 2022-03-03 21:19:11

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said 28 crew members stranded on a Bangladeshi ship in war-torn Ukraine have been shifted to a relatively safer place there. He said the crew members have moved...

Bangladesh decides to abandon two ships

Bangladesh decides to abandon two ships

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2022-03-03 20:52:43

Bangladesh on Thursday has decided to abandon the two ships which are trapped in the Port Olivia in Ukraine, senior officials of the foreign ministry told the FE. The decision was taken following the...

Russia condoles death of Bangladeshi in Ukraine invasion

Russia condoles death of Bangladeshi in Ukraine invasion

-- 2022-03-03 19:48:57

Russia has sent condolences over the death of a Bangladeshi national amid the invasion of Ukraine. Hadisur Rahman, the third engineer of the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation vessel Banglar Samriddhi,...

HC hopes BB will not be harsh in implementing its circular on bankers’ salary   

HC hopes BB will not be harsh in implementing its circular on bankers’ salary  

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-03-03 19:41:07

The High Court expects that the Bangladesh Bank will not be harsh in implementing its circular issued for fixing the minimum salary for the entry level officials and staffs of the private banks till t...

Urbanisation remains unstructured, unbalanced in Bangladesh

Urbanisation remains unstructured, unbalanced in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-03 17:46:12

Urbanisation remained largely unstructured and imbalanced in Bangladesh mainly due to the slow pace of urban poverty reduction and decentralisation in the recent decades, said experts. Although Dhaka...

Bangladesh abstains from voting on Ukraine crisis

Bangladesh abstains from voting on Ukraine crisis

-- 2022-03-03 17:15:49

Four South Asian countries - Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan - are among 35 abstentions as the UN General Assembly voted at an emergency session Wednesday on Ukraine issue. The vote on the...

Bangladesh logs 657 new virus cases, five deaths

Bangladesh logs 657 new virus cases, five deaths

-- 2022-03-03 17:01:54

Bangladesh has registered 657 new Covid-19 cases in a day, the lowest since Jan 2, taking the total caseload to 1,945,765. Another five deaths from the coronavirus were recorded in a 24-hour count, w...

Sailors on ‘MV Banglar Samriddhi’ call for immediate help

Sailors on ‘MV Banglar Samriddhi’ call for immediate help

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-03 14:30:41

Sailors on the ‘MV Banglar Samriddhi’ said that they still face fatal danger at the Ukrainian port of Olvia and have pleaded for someone to save them. “We are still on the ship,&rdq...

SC to resume in-person proceedings on March 6

SC to resume in-person proceedings on March 6

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-03 14:14:49

Judicial proceedings of the country's both Appellate Division and High Court of the Supreme Court will be conducted physically from Sunday (March 6), following strict health guidelines amid the ongoin...

Bangladeshi killed in attack on ship 'Banglar Samriddhi' at Ukraine port

Bangladeshi killed in attack on ship 'Banglar Samriddhi' at Ukraine port

-- 2022-03-03 09:06:07

An engineer on board the Bangladeshi vessel ‘MV Banglar Samriddhi’, which is stranded at a port in Ukraine, has been killed amid Russia’s invasion of the Eastern European country....

Most telecom operators deliver below set benchmark

Most telecom operators deliver below set benchmark

FE REPORT 2022-03-03 08:47:35

Mobile-phone operators Grameenphone (GP), Robi and Teletalk have failed to meet the benchmark of 4G data speed in Dhaka division, excluding the areas under two city corporations. However, only the Ba...

'Joy Bangla' made national slogan

'Joy Bangla' made national slogan

-- 2022-03-02 22:50:08

The government has issued a notification declaring 'Joy Bangla' as the national slogan of Bangladesh. The Cabinet Division issued the notification on Wednesday, reports UNB.  According to the n...

Government to take action for reducing prices of necessities before Ramadan

Government to take action for reducing prices of necessities before Ramadan

-- 2022-03-02 21:10:47

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi says that he is preparing to take action against businesses to reduce the inflated prices of necessities ahead of Ramadan.  “The media should spread the word...

UNDP, Unilever and Narayanganj City Corporation move to curb plastic pollution

UNDP, Unilever and Narayanganj City Corporation move to curb plastic pollution

-- 2022-03-02 20:51:47

UNDP, Unilever Bangladesh and Narayanganj City Corporation jointly took a move to reduce plastic pollution by recycling and reusing plastic waste. As part of the joint initiative and symbolic one, so...

Pay gap between high and low-ranking officials of private banks is abnormal, BB report says

Pay gap between high and low-ranking officials of private banks is abnormal, BB report says

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-02 20:42:27

Bangladesh Bank in a report submitted to the High Court has argued that there are abnormal differences between the salaries of the high and low-ranking officials of private banks.  The central b...

Bangladesh to resume in-person classes at pre-primary schools on Mar 20

Bangladesh to resume in-person classes at pre-primary schools on Mar 20

-- 2022-03-02 18:34:38

Pre-primary schools are set to reopen on Mar 20 after almost two years of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to resume in-person learning was taken in light of a drop in COVID-19 infe...

I want to make people's life beautiful and dignified, PM says

I want to make people's life beautiful and dignified, PM says

-- 2022-03-02 17:46:01

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated her determination to ensure an improved and developed life for the countrymen through implementing the spirit and ideology of the War of Liberation...

732 Covid-19 cases, eight deaths reported in 24 hours

732 Covid-19 cases, eight deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-03-02 16:26:53

Bangladesh has recorded 732 new Covid-19 cases in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,945,108. The death toll from the disease climbed by eight in 24 hours to 29,053, according to the...

Death-row convict in Hasina assassination attempt case arrested in Dhaka

Death-row convict in Hasina assassination attempt case arrested in Dhaka

-- 2022-03-02 16:13:12

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested a fugitive militant, who was sentenced to death in a case over a conspiracy to assassinate Prime Min...

Four die in Brahmanbaria autorickshaw crash

Four die in Brahmanbaria autorickshaw crash

-- 2022-03-02 13:41:10

Four passengers of an autorickshaw have been killed after a covered van ploughed into the three-wheeler from the opposite direction in Brahmanbaria's Bijoynagar Upazila. The accident occurred on the...

Almost 90pc brick kilns in Netrakona operating illegally

Almost 90pc brick kilns in Netrakona operating illegally

OUR CORRESPONDENT, NETRAKONA 2022-03-02 12:07:59

Defying law, a total of 44 brick factories continue to operate in the district. The officials of Department of Environment (DoE) said that there are 51 brick kilns across Netrakona. Of them, seven fa...

Sacked ACC official Sharif seeks PM Hasina's intervention for fair trial

Sacked ACC official Sharif seeks PM Hasina's intervention for fair trial

FE REPORT 2022-03-02 08:54:12

Terminated deputy assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Md Sharif Uddin on Tuesday sought the prime minister's intervention to ensure fair trial of the allegations brought against...

In-person classes at primary schools to resume Wednesday

In-person classes at primary schools to resume Wednesday

-- 2022-03-01 21:21:27

In-person classes at primary schools across the country will resume on Wednesday with strict Covid-19 protocols in place. Earlier on February 18, the government decided to resume in-person classes at...

HC seeks report over customer complaints by April 4

HC seeks report over customer complaints by April 4

FE ONLNE REPORT 2022-03-01 20:50:29

The High Court on Tuesday asked the five-member supervisory committee to submit a report by April 3 after observing the issues of mobile network, mobile internet service and other complaints of the cu...

New US Ambassador Peter Haas arrives in Dhaka   

New US Ambassador Peter Haas arrives in Dhaka  

-- 2022-03-01 20:03:54

Peter Haas, newly appointed US Ambassador to Bangladesh, arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday. Ambassador Haas replaced Earl R Miller, reports UNB. He most recently served as US Acting Assistant Secretary of...

Brazil wants enhanced collaboration with Bangladesh

Brazil wants enhanced collaboration with Bangladesh

-- 2022-03-01 19:50:57

Impressed by Bangladesh's growth and large-scale infrastructure development, Brazil now wants to engage broadly in agribusiness, trade, micro-finance and infrastructure, says chief executive officer (...

DoE shuts down seven tanneries in Savar for polluting river

DoE shuts down seven tanneries in Savar for polluting river

-- 2022-03-01 18:27:26

The Department of Environment (DoE) has closed down the operation of seven tanneries at Tannery Industrial Estate in Savar for polluting the Dhaleshwari River by discharging untreated liquid effluents...

High Court orders to destroy illegal brick kilns in Dhaka, four other districts

High Court orders to destroy illegal brick kilns in Dhaka, four other districts

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-01 17:18:01

The High Court on Tuesday directed the concerned bodies of the government to destroy all the illegal brick kilns installed in Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj, Manikganj and Munshiganj districts in 15 days...

CNG filling stations to remain shut from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm

CNG filling stations to remain shut from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm

-- 2022-03-01 16:55:44

Bangladesh has decided to extend the suspension of gas supply to CNG filling stations across the country for another hour in an effort to cover for the shortfall in gas production and to boost power g...