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Bangladesh reports 14 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh reports 14 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2023-01-02 17:26:26

Bangladesh has recorded 14 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,156. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,440 over the 24-hour period, accor...

Six youths, ‘radicalised by Al-Qaeda ideology’, arrested

Six youths, ‘radicalised by Al-Qaeda ideology’, arrested

-- 2023-01-02 15:57:31

Police have arrested six youths who left home and were planning to go to Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf to train in militancy after they were ‘radicalised by the ideology of Al-Qaeda’....

HC seeks explanation about embezzlement of Tk 1.58 billion by UFS

HC seeks explanation about embezzlement of Tk 1.58 billion by UFS

FE ONLINE REPORT  2023-01-02 14:58:44

The High Court on Monday sought explanations about the alleged embezzlement of Tk 1.58 billion by Syed Hamza Alamgir, managing director of Universal Financial Solutions (UFS), an assets management com...

HC seeks Rajuk explanation as 30,000 clients’ docs reportedly missing from server

HC seeks Rajuk explanation as 30,000 clients’ docs reportedly missing from server

FE ONLINE REPORT  2023-01-02 14:10:43

The High Court has sought an explanation from Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (Rajuk) about the incident of around 30,000 clients’ documents -- related to seeking permission for construction of bui...

Bangladesh road deaths hit eight-year high in 2022

Bangladesh road deaths hit eight-year high in 2022

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-02 13:00:51

Deaths and injuries in road accidents in Bangladesh saw a drastic rise in 2022 compared to 2021, according to Passengers Welfare Association of Bangladesh. The fatalities that occurred in 2022 were t...

Obaidul Quader leaves for Singapore for health check-up

Obaidul Quader leaves for Singapore for health check-up

UNB 2023-01-02 12:09:11

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader left for Singapore on Monday morning for a routine health check-up. Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, left Dhaka on a Biman Banglades...

Mild cold wave sweeps parts of Bangladesh

Mild cold wave sweeps parts of Bangladesh

UNB 2023-01-02 12:06:33

A mild cold wave is sweeping Panchagarh, Moulvibazar and Kurigram districts and it may continue, said the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Monday morning. When the temperature drops...

Mubasshar Hussain, an architect and sports organiser, dies at 79

Mubasshar Hussain, an architect and sports organiser, dies at 79

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-02 12:03:40

Mubasshar Hussain, an architect, sports organiser and freedom fighter, has died at the age of 79, bdnews24.com reports. He died around 1:38 am Monday at the Bangladesh Specialised Hospital, acc...

Obaidul Quader hopes BNP will return to positive politics in 2023

Obaidul Quader hopes BNP will return to positive politics in 2023

-- 2023-01-01 21:24:07

Welcoming the English New Year 2023, Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday greeted the countrymen on behalf of the ruling party on the occasion of the new year 2023. Quader, al...

Implementation of 10-point demand main challenge for BNP in 2023: Mosharraf

Implementation of 10-point demand main challenge for BNP in 2023: Mosharraf

-- 2023-01-01 21:18:52

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said the implementation of the 10 points to oust the Awami League government is the main challenge for their party in the year 2023. "Our chall...

‘EC has no obligation to convince parties to participate in polls’

‘EC has no obligation to convince parties to participate in polls’

-- 2023-01-01 21:08:06

Election Commissioner Anisur Rahman has said the Election Commission has no legal obligation to convince any party which does not want to participate in the election otherwise. He made this comment i...

Goods worth Tk1.07b seized in December: BGB

Goods worth Tk1.07b seized in December: BGB

-- 2023-01-01 21:05:43

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has said they seized goods, arms, and drugs worth around Tk1.07 billion in December. The seized items include 282,709 yaba pills, 6.37kg crystal meth, 14,326 bottles of...

Bangladesh installs 1,330 cameras for tiger, deer, pig census in Sundarbans 

Bangladesh installs 1,330 cameras for tiger, deer, pig census in Sundarbans 

-- 2023-01-01 20:55:58

The Forest Department of Bangladesh has started setting up a total of 1,330 cameras at 665 spots in the Sundarbans, world's largest mangrove forests, to count tigers, deer and pigs.  Abu Naser,...

Another Bangladeshi allegedly killed by Khasi community at Indian border

Another Bangladeshi allegedly killed by Khasi community at Indian border

-- 2023-01-01 20:51:31

A Bangladeshi man has been shot dead allegedly by unidentified members of the Khasi community on the Indian side of the Companiganj frontier in Sylhet. This is the second unprovoked killing of a Bang...

BRRI develops app to protect rice plants from diseases

BRRI develops app to protect rice plants from diseases

-- 2023-01-01 20:47:07

Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has developed an app for the first time to protect rice plants from various types of diseases. The rice solution app will identify different rice plant disea...

Huge subsidy on electricity, gas can’t continue for unlimited period: PM

Huge subsidy on electricity, gas can’t continue for unlimited period: PM

-- 2023-01-01 20:32:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the businesspeople and industrialists to pay at least the cost of generation and procurement of electricity and gas if they want to avail uninterrupted sup...

SC suspends Monday’s half day proceedings in honour of Khandker Mahbub

SC suspends Monday’s half day proceedings in honour of Khandker Mahbub

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-01 20:04:22

Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique with consultation with the other judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has suspended half day proceedings of the both the divisions of the highest cou...

Introduce smart management system in power grid, urges Nasrul

Introduce smart management system in power grid, urges Nasrul

-- 2023-01-01 19:42:03

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has urged the officials of the Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) to introduce a smart management system in their power...

'Govt better prepared to overcome domestic, international challenges in 2023'

'Govt better prepared to overcome domestic, international challenges in 2023'

-- 2023-01-01 19:30:47

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Sunday said the government remains better prepared in 2023 to achieve its goals overcoming the challenges both from domestic and international fr...

Dhaka Lit Fest kicks off Thursday

Dhaka Lit Fest kicks off Thursday

-- 2023-01-01 18:39:28

The Dhaka Lit Fest will kick off on Thursday with more than 500 dignitaries, including internationally acclaimed writers and speakers, after a gap of three years. The four-day festival consisting of...

Communist Party of China greets PM on her re-election as AL President

Communist Party of China greets PM on her re-election as AL President

-- 2023-01-01 18:37:38

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has extended its heartfelt congratulations to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as Bangladesh Awami League president in the 22nd national council. In...

Fire incidents reported from some areas in Dhaka during New Year celebrations

Fire incidents reported from some areas in Dhaka during New Year celebrations

-- 2023-01-01 18:31:42

Fire incidents were reported from  Lalbagh, Tejgaon, Sadarghat and Mohammadpur areas in Dhaka in the early hours of Sunday due to the use of sky lanterns for New Year celebrations, according to F...

41 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

41 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2023-01-01 17:45:34

Forty-one more people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning. The official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at 281 as no death was recorded during...

Bangladesh logs 17 Covid cases, no deaths in a day

Bangladesh logs 17 Covid cases, no deaths in a day

-- 2023-01-01 17:35:45

Bangladesh has recorded 17 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,142. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,440 over the 24-hour period, accordi...

President Abdul Hamid turns 80

President Abdul Hamid turns 80

-- 2023-01-01 17:33:33

President M Abdul Hamid on Sunday stepped into 80 years. The Head of State was born on January 1, 1944 in a noble Muslim family in Kamalpur village of Mithamoin upazila of Kishoreganj district, accor...

Normal life disrupted by severe chilling cold in Panchagarh

Normal life disrupted by severe chilling cold in Panchagarh

-- 2023-01-01 17:21:22

The people of Panchagarh district have been experiencing bone-chilling cold for the last three days that disrupted their normal activities. The minimum temperature was recorded at 10 degrees Celsius...

Wage gap found between 51 and 60pc women RMG workers 

Wage gap found between 51 and 60pc women RMG workers 

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-01 17:15:29

A wage gap was found between 51 per cent and 60 per cent for female readymade garments (RMG) workers and 45 per cent to 54 per cent for male workers in the country, according to a latest survey. Sout...

BB reserve heist probe report submission deferred again

BB reserve heist probe report submission deferred again

-- 2023-01-01 16:33:37

A court has asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police to submit the probe report in the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist case by February 14 this year. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrat...

Cattle trader shot dead ‘by BSF’ along Lalmonirhat border

Cattle trader shot dead ‘by BSF’ along Lalmonirhat border

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-01 15:26:52

A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members along Burimari border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat early Sunday. The deceased was identified as...

Primary students get new textbooks on New Year's Day

Primary students get new textbooks on New Year's Day

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-01 15:07:36

Primary students across Dhaka kicked off 2023 by getting their hands on new textbooks for the upcoming academic year, bdnews24.com reports. The 'Book Distribution Festival' for pre-primary and...