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Three bodies found after Barishal boat accident

Three bodies found after Barishal boat accident

-- 2022-02-23 17:52:13

The bodies of three people have been recovered after a trawler hit a boat on its way to a religious congregation in Charmonai, Barishal and caused it to capsize. Two people have been reported missing...

Covid claims 5 lives, infects 1298 more

Covid claims 5 lives, infects 1298 more

-- 2022-02-23 17:29:25

Bangladesh has registered 1,298 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest in a day since Jan 8, taking the total caseload to 1,938,135. As many as 23,274 samples were tested across the country, for a positivi...

Bangladesh to start universal pension scheme within 6-12 months

Bangladesh to start universal pension scheme within 6-12 months

-- 2022-02-23 17:13:22

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the government will introduce a universal general pension scheme for all citizens of the country, including expatriates. The finance minister said this on...

Detained Ansar al-Islam member plotting attack on Chattogram book fair, police say

Detained Ansar al-Islam member plotting attack on Chattogram book fair, police say

-- 2022-02-23 17:05:43

A man arrested by the police's Counter Terrorism Unit at the Chattogram book fair is a member of the banned militant outfit ‘Ansar al-Islam’, who was planning to carry out an attack on the...

Rear Admiral Azad appointed High Commissioner to Maldives

Rear Admiral Azad appointed High Commissioner to Maldives

-- 2022-02-23 16:11:09

The government has appointed Rear Admiral S M Abul Kalam Azad as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the Republic of Maldives.  Rear Admiral Azad was commissioned in the Bangladesh Navy on Ju...

PM asks Biman to improve services

PM asks Biman to improve services

-- 2022-02-23 16:06:13

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked Biman Bangladesh Airlines to take effective measures to provide world-class passenger and cargo services making it more profitable. “For effective and ski...

BB seeks time for rule  hearing on salary structure  for private bankers   

BB seeks time for rule hearing on salary structure for private bankers  

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-23 15:48:15

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has sought two weeks before the High Court for hearing the rule over minimum salary for entry-level officials and employees of private banks.  The lawyers of the writ...

Ministry to sue safari park officers for deaths of 11 zebras

Ministry to sue safari park officers for deaths of 11 zebras

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-23 15:04:10

The stomachs of three of 11 dead zebras were cut with a sharp knife to hide the cause of their deaths at Bangabandhu Safari Park in Gazipur last month, reveals the probe report. As it found some of t...

Dhaka city once again the worst in the world in terms of air quality

Dhaka city once again the worst in the world in terms of air quality

-- 2022-02-23 14:21:50

Dhaka has once again found itself at the top of the list of cities with the worst air quality, as its air quality index (AQI) was recorded 190 around 12 am Wednesday, UNB reports. India’s...

Cox's Bazar beach town bustling with holidaymakers

Cox's Bazar beach town bustling with holidaymakers

OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR 2022-02-23 13:58:52

The beach town of Cox's Bazar is now buzzing with a stream of tourists before the peak tourism season comes to an end. The holidaymakers are happy, saying that they are having good time in the sandy...

DIG Mizan gets 3 years in jail for bribery, ACC's Basir 8

DIG Mizan gets 3 years in jail for bribery, ACC's Basir 8

-- 2022-02-23 13:52:00

A Dhaka court has sentenced suspended Deputy Inspector General of Police Mizanur Rahman to three years in prison and former Anti-Corruption Commission Director Enamul Basir to eight years in jail in a...

Five die after car veers into pond in Chandpur

Five die after car veers into pond in Chandpur

-- 2022-02-23 10:44:43

Five people have died after a car veered out of control and plunged into a pond in Chandpur's Shahrasti Upazila, bdnews24.com reports. The victims were returning from a wedding ceremony in Cumilla wh...

Nilkhet fire doused, no casualties reported immediately

Nilkhet fire doused, no casualties reported immediately

-- 2022-02-22 22:54:27

A fire that gutted shops at one of the book markets in Dhaka’s Nilkhet was doused one hour after it erupted. The Fire Service and Civil Defence used 10 fire engines to tackle the fire which was...

Search panel on EC formation finalises 10 candidates

Search panel on EC formation finalises 10 candidates

-- 2022-02-22 22:49:25

The search committee formed to nominate candidates for the president to appoint chief and other election commissioners has finalised its list of names. The panel met for the last time at the Supreme...

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan ODIs: Battle  between experience and spin prowess

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan ODIs: Battle between experience and spin prowess

Mashfiq Mizan 2022-02-22 22:00:20

The Tigers are returning to their favourite format as Bangladesh lock horns with Afghanistan in a three-match ODI series starting on Wednesday at Chattogram's Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. With Supe...

34 elephants killed last year in Bangladesh

34 elephants killed last year in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-02-22 21:19:35

That, at least 34 elephants were killed in the country in a year, shows the negligence of authority’s to protect the lives of the wild animals, according to a shadow investigation report. Ille...

Bangladesh ahead of Germany, Russia in vaccination, health minister says

Bangladesh ahead of Germany, Russia in vaccination, health minister says

-- 2022-02-22 21:17:12

Bangladesh is ahead of Russia and Turkey in vaccinating people against Covid-19, according to Health Minister Zahid Maleque. Citing a global report, the minister said Bangladesh has ranked 10th...

Bangladeshi jailed in Singapore for ‘financing’ terrorist group

Bangladeshi jailed in Singapore for ‘financing’ terrorist group

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-22 20:54:48

A Bangladeshi national was sentenced to two years and eight months in jail on Monday in Singapore for allegedly financing terrorist group involved in the Syrian Civil War. The 27-year-old convicted y...

Fire breaks out at Nilkhet book market

Fire breaks out at Nilkhet book market

-- 2022-02-22 20:53:16

Nilkhet book market in Dhaka has caught fire, prompting the Fire Service and Civil Defence to send ten engines to the scene. The fire originated around 7:45 pm on Tuesday, said Rosina Islam, an offic...

Supreme Court Bar Association election on March 15, 16

Supreme Court Bar Association election on March 15, 16

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-22 20:19:16

The annual election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for its 14 executive posts including President and Secretary will be held on March 15 and 16. SCBA’s incumbent secretary Barriste...

‘Those who dismiss country’s achievements are weeds of land’

‘Those who dismiss country’s achievements are weeds of land’

-- 2022-02-22 19:26:32

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that those who fail to appreciate the country's achievements are the "weeds of the land" and the people have to think about what they would do with this se...

'Meddling in Bangladesh's internal affairs not expected of foreign diplomats'

'Meddling in Bangladesh's internal affairs not expected of foreign diplomats'

-- 2022-02-22 19:24:23

Bangladesh does not approve of meddling in its internal affairs by foreign diplomats, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said.“As development partners, they naturally have interest in ou...

Dipu Moni urges to follow health guidelines to keep schools open

Dipu Moni urges to follow health guidelines to keep schools open

-- 2022-02-22 19:13:43

Education Minister Dipu Moni has urged everyone to abide by health restrictions to undercut the transmission of the coronavirus and keep schools open. “Everybody will have to follow the rules s...

Bangladesh to end gas, electricity subsidies in phases

Bangladesh to end gas, electricity subsidies in phases

-- 2022-02-22 17:58:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for the gradual withdrawal of subsidies, particularly from electricity and gas. “The subsidy is a serious matter. We must get out of the syste...

Tk 10.59b optical fibre network upgradation project gets ECNEC approval

Tk 10.59b optical fibre network upgradation project gets ECNEC approval

-- 2022-02-22 17:30:16

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a Tk 10.59 billion project for developing the optical fibre transmission network of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company...

Rising food prices despite record stocks defies analysis

Rising food prices despite record stocks defies analysis

-- 2022-02-22 17:20:56

The food stock of Bangladesh has reached a new height of 2.0 million tonnes, with warehouses full of rice and wheat. Despite that, food prices are soaring. Market analysts and Food Ministry officials...

Bangladesh records 1,595 virus cases, 16 deaths in a day

Bangladesh records 1,595 virus cases, 16 deaths in a day

-- 2022-02-22 16:52:25

Bangladesh has registered 1,595 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest in a day since Jan 9, taking the total caseload to 1,936,837.As many as 23,547 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity r...

HC rules over DSCC decision scrapping women councilors’ power in issuing character certificates

HC rules over DSCC decision scrapping women councilors’ power in issuing character certificates

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-22 16:32:20

The High Court has questioned the legality of an office order of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) that curtailed the power of issuing nationality, character, and succession certificates of the...

PCR test no longer required before flying to UAE, says CAAB

PCR test no longer required before flying to UAE, says CAAB

-- 2022-02-22 16:14:40

Travellers flying to the United Arab Emirates no longer need to take a rapid PCR COVID-19 at the airport, says the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh.The requirement for passengers to take the tes...

Store owners will face action if workers are unvaccinated, DMP warns

Store owners will face action if workers are unvaccinated, DMP warns

-- 2022-02-22 15:02:07

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam says that action will be taken against store owners if their employees are unvaccinated against COVID-19, bdnews24.com reports. “If an e...