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Rohingya leader stabbed dead in Cox’s Bazar

Rohingya leader stabbed dead in Cox’s Bazar

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-08 13:00:39

A Rohingya community leader (Rohingya Majhi) has been stabbed to death at Palongkhali camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The deceased was identified as Rashid Ahmed, 36, a resident of No-15...

Dhamrai fire: Child victim dies at DMCH

Dhamrai fire: Child victim dies at DMCH

UNB 2023-01-08 12:45:20

A one and a half-year-old child among five who sustained severe burn injuries in a fire following a blast at a house in Dhamrai upazila died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) early Sunday....

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia, Aricha-Kazirhat resume after 11 hours

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia, Aricha-Kazirhat resume after 11 hours

UNB 2023-01-08 12:11:57

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia and Aricha-Kazirhat routes resumed this morning, after 11 hours of disruption caused by thick fog. Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia route remained suspended...

US acknowledges its enduring partnership with Dhaka: Biden

US acknowledges its enduring partnership with Dhaka: Biden

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-08 12:01:20

US President Joe Biden has said his country acknowledges their enduring partnership with Dhaka and termed Bangladesh's economic growth in the past 50 years as a “remarkable story”, BSS r...

AQI: Dhaka has most polluted air

AQI: Dhaka has most polluted air

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-08 11:48:50

Dhaka has once again topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality on Sunday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 205 at 9am today (Sunday), Dhaka ranked first in the list o...

Bangladesh’s top court upholds bail for Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas

Bangladesh’s top court upholds bail for Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-08 11:01:27

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the bail for BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas, clearing their path to freedom fr...

Felani killing: Parents seek closure as judicial process drags on in India

Felani killing: Parents seek closure as judicial process drags on in India

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-08 10:36:00

Yesterday marked the 12th death anniversary of Felani Khatun, whose killing stood out among the at least 1236 Bangladeshis who lost their lives at the hands of the Indian Border Security Force between...

US acknowledges enduring partnership with Bangladesh: Joe Biden

US acknowledges enduring partnership with Bangladesh: Joe Biden

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-08 10:34:27

US President Joe Biden has said his country acknowledges their enduring partnership with Dhaka and termed Bangladesh's economic growth in the past 50 years as a “remarkable story”. &ldquo...

Job fair for the disabled generates enthusiasm

Job fair for the disabled generates enthusiasm

FE Report 2023-01-08 09:16:29

Huge enthusiasm marked a day-long job fair held in the city on Saturday aiming to create employment opportunities for the persons with disabilities in different information technology (IT) companies...

BGB distributes blankets among 500 destitute people in Netrokona

BGB distributes blankets among 500 destitute people in Netrokona

-- 2023-01-07 22:20:41

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) today distributed winter clothes (blankets) among 500 destitute people in Netrokona’s municipality area. BGB Director General Major General Shakil Ahmed distribute...

Police distribute winter clothes among destitute people in city

Police distribute winter clothes among destitute people in city

-- 2023-01-07 22:18:22

Bangladesh Police has distributed winter clothes among destitute people in the city to lessen sufferings of the poor people, especially those who are living under the open sky. Inspector General of P...

23-year-old woman found dead at Mirpur hotel

23-year-old woman found dead at Mirpur hotel

-- 2023-01-07 21:23:27

Police have recovered the body of a 23-year-old woman from a hotel in Dhaka’s Mirpur. The body of the woman was found hanging from the ceiling in a room of Hotel HM International at Mirpur Circ...

Army distributes blankets among poor people in Khulna

Army distributes blankets among poor people in Khulna

-- 2023-01-07 20:18:22

Bangladesh Army on Saturday distributed 4,000 blankets among the poor and distressed people of the Khulna. General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 55 Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army Major General Mo...

Cold wave likely to continue for more 2-3 days

Cold wave likely to continue for more 2-3 days

-- 2023-01-07 19:58:42

A mild cold wave is sweeping parts of the country and it may continue for two or three days, said Bangladesh Metrological Department. Omar Faruk, a meteorologist of Bangladesh Meteorological Departme...

Obaidul Quader says BNP will have to join polls for its existence

Obaidul Quader says BNP will have to join polls for its existence

-- 2023-01-07 19:53:57

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday called upon BNP to join the next parliamentary elections and said the polls will be free and fair....

Kishoreganj mosque gets donations of 20 sacks of cash, gold jewellery

Kishoreganj mosque gets donations of 20 sacks of cash, gold jewellery

-- 2023-01-07 19:35:53

The trustees of a 250-year-old mosque in Kishoreganj and the local authorities have started counting mountains of cash in local and foreign currencies and gold jewellery donated by devotees. The mosq...

Public hearing on retail power tariff hike proposals begins Sunday

Public hearing on retail power tariff hike proposals begins Sunday

-- 2023-01-07 19:22:08

A public hearing on retail power tariff hike proposals will begin at 10 am on Sunday in the city's BIAM Auditorium. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) will hold the hearing on the proposa...

Moderate to thick fog may occur from Saturday midnight till Sunday morning

Moderate to thick fog may occur from Saturday midnight till Sunday morning

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

Moderate to thick fog may occur in the country from Saturday midnight until Sunday morning, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). "Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country from mid...

We will work tirelessly to ensure a better life for people, says PM

We will work tirelessly to ensure a better life for people, says PM

-- 2023-01-07 17:53:32

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the Awami League government will lend all sorts of cooperation to lessen the sufferings of the people due to the economic recession emerging from the coro...

'ACC turned into BNP suppression commission'

'ACC turned into BNP suppression commission'

-- 2023-01-07 17:49:15

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday alleged that the government has turned the Anti-Corruption Commission into a 'BNP suppression commission'. “The fascist government has...

Toddler among five burnt in Dhamrai gas explosion

Toddler among five burnt in Dhamrai gas explosion

-- 2023-01-07 17:48:06

Five members of a family have suffered burns after a leak in a gas pipe led to a build-up of gas and an explosion in Dhaka’s Dhamrai. The incident occurred on the ground floor of a two-storey b...

Three-way collision leaves five dead in Habiganj

Three-way collision leaves five dead in Habiganj

-- 2023-01-07 17:12:02

Five people, including four members of a family, have been killed in a collision involving a microbus, a truck and a pickup van in Habiganj's Madhabpur. At least three others were injured in the thre...

10 Covid-19 cases reported in a day

10 Covid-19 cases reported in a day

-- 2023-01-07 17:06:21

Bangladesh has recorded 10 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,250. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,440 over the 24-hour period, rep...

Scrap warehouse catches fire in Khulna

Scrap warehouse catches fire in Khulna

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-07 15:56:44

A fire broke out in a warehouse of jute scrap in Aronghata area in the district on Saturday noon. Tanharul Islam, deputy director at Khulna divisional Fire Service and Civil Defence department, said...

Moderate to thick fog may occur from midnight to tomorrow morning

Moderate to thick fog may occur from midnight to tomorrow morning

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-07 15:22:15

Moderate to thick fog may occur in the country from midnight to tomorrow morning, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), BSS reports. "Moderate to thick fog may occur over the cou...

New AL central committee pays homage to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

New AL central committee pays homage to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

-- 2023-01-07 15:07:42

The Awami League (AL)'s newly-elected National Committee, Central Working Committee and Advisory Council led by party President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Jan 7, 2023) paid rich...

Three dead in accident involving truck, pick-up and microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway

Three dead in accident involving truck, pick-up and microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-07 14:14:55

Three people were dead and five were injured in a collision that involved a truck, a pick-up and a microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in the early hours of Saturday. The deceased are Atiqur Rahman Shih...

Incidents of road accidents, fatalities jumped in 2022

Incidents of road accidents, fatalities jumped in 2022

FE ONLINE REPORT    2023-01-07 13:37:36

Both the incidents of deaths and road mishaps in Bangladesh saw a drastic rise in 2022 compared to 2021, according to the Road Safety Foundation (RSF). The RSF said some 7,713 people were killed in 6...

Dhaka air fourth most polluted in the world this morning

Dhaka air fourth most polluted in the world this morning

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-07 11:50:38

Dhaka's air quality is ‘unhealthy' this morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 200 at 9:40 am, Dhaka ranked fourth in the list of world cities with the worst air quality. An AQI betw...

One dead, 7 injured as tourist vehicle overturns on Cox’s Bazar Marine Drive

One dead, 7 injured as tourist vehicle overturns on Cox’s Bazar Marine Drive

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-07 10:46:04

Cox’s Bazar, Jan, 7 (UNB)- One person was dead and seven were injured when a vehicle carrying tourists overturned on Cox’s Bazar Marine Drive around 10 pm on Friday.The deceased was identi...