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Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky over country

Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky over country

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-01 14:51:19

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, according to a weather forecast for next twenty-four hours commencing from 9am on Sunday morning (Jan 1, 2023), BSS reports....

First case of Omicron sub-variant BF.7 detected in Bangladesh

First case of Omicron sub-variant BF.7 detected in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT    2023-01-01 14:21:50

The infectious Covid-19 Omicron sub-variant BF.7 that swept over China has been detected in Bangladesh, according to the government's Institute of Epidemiology, Research and Disease Control (IEDCR)...

PM for increasing people's purchasing power, domestic market expansion

PM for increasing people's purchasing power, domestic market expansion

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

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Jan 1, 2023) laid emphasis on expansion of domestic market and increasing purchasing power of people to make the local industry more effective, BSS reports. "Along...

AQI: Dhaka’s air ‘unhealthy’

AQI: Dhaka’s air ‘unhealthy’

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-01 12:00:20

Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'unhealthy' zone on Sunday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 195 at 9 am Sunday, the metropolis ranked sixth in the list of world cities wit...

Fallen sky lanterns disrupt Dhaka Metro Rail services for two hours

Fallen sky lanterns disrupt Dhaka Metro Rail services for two hours

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-01 11:22:15

Metro rail operations in Dhaka were suspended for two hours as a precautionary measure after several sky lanterns released by people on New Year's Eve landed on and clung to the electric c...

Inflation stifled purchasing power in 2022

Inflation stifled purchasing power in 2022

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-01 10:18:39

Newlywed couple Setu Yasmin and Md Wahid had been looking for some fine-cut mutton at the Mirpur Shah Ali Market the day before New Year’s Eve for a small soiree they were planning to or...

Senior lawyer and BNP leader Khandaker Mahbub Hossain is dead at 84

Senior lawyer and BNP leader Khandaker Mahbub Hossain is dead at 84

bdnews24.com 2023-01-01 09:10:28

Veteran lawyer and BNP leader Khandaker Mahbub Hossain has died at the age of 84 from old-age complications. AZM Zahid Hossain, a BNP vice-chairman, said the doctors at Evercare Hospital in D...

ASK for ensuring right to peaceful assembly of people, political parties

ASK for ensuring right to peaceful assembly of people, political parties

FE REPORT 2023-01-01 08:53:03

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) demanded protection of the right to peaceful assembly of people and political parties. It also demanded creating an environment to exercise this right. Digital security law...

Tens of thousands of migratory birds arrive in Ctg, CHT

Tens of thousands of migratory birds arrive in Ctg, CHT

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL 2023-01-01 08:51:19

CHATTOGRAM: The winter is here now, so is the chirrups of migratory birds. Their short, high pitched sounds can be heard now in the southeastern district, including the port city. Tens of Thousands...

Nation set to welcome New Year 2023

Nation set to welcome New Year 2023

-- 2022-12-31 23:02:17

The nation bids adieu to the outgoing year 2022 forgetting all odds and sorrows of the past and welcome 2023 with new hopes at Saturday midnight through different programmes along with the global comm...

Cox's Bazar tourists witness final sunset of 2022

Cox's Bazar tourists witness final sunset of 2022

-- 2022-12-31 21:37:46

Cox's Bazar is now buzzing with tourists who have flocked to the beach town to witness 2022's final sunset and welcome the New Year. Tourists and locals enjoyed the last sunset of 2022 on the beach a...

PM working to turn ongoing crisis into a possibility: Obaidul Quader

PM working to turn ongoing crisis into a possibility: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-12-31 21:33:54

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working to turn the ongoing crisis into a possibility. "The...

Farida, Shyamal elected president, general secretary of JPC

Farida, Shyamal elected president, general secretary of JPC

-- 2022-12-31 20:47:06

Farida Yasmin of the Dainik Ittefaq and Shyamal Dutta of Dainik Bhorer Kagoj were elected president and general secretary (GS) of the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) respectively for the next two years. They...

BNP doesn’t need me anymore, says Abdus Sattar after resignation

BNP doesn’t need me anymore, says Abdus Sattar after resignation

-- 2022-12-31 20:36:40

Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, a member of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s advisory council, has resigned from all posts in the party. He said that he sent the resignation letter to the party office on Th...

President, PM greet nation on New Year's Eve

President, PM greet nation on New Year's Eve

-- 2022-12-31 19:56:01

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted the countrymen on the eve of the New Year 2023 in the English calendar. In a message, on the eve of the New Year, the president wished...

PM to inaugurate DITF-2023 Sunday

PM to inaugurate DITF-2023 Sunday

-- 2022-12-31 19:33:37

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the 27th edition of 'Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2023' on Sunday with the aim to put up local products on the international markets. T...

AL thwart BNP's attempt to create chaos, says Hasan Mahmud

AL thwart BNP's attempt to create chaos, says Hasan Mahmud

-- 2022-12-31 19:22:40

The BNP-Jamaat attempted to cause major chaos in Dhaka in the name of a mass procession, but they were thwarted by the resoluteness of AL leaders and activists, according to Information and Broadcasti...

47 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

47 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2022-12-31 18:06:39

47 new patients with dengue fever were hospitalised in the past 24 hours until Saturday morning, as per official figures. The official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at...

23 Covid-19 cases, one death reported in 24 hours

23 Covid-19 cases, one death reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-12-31 17:48:08

Bangladesh has recorded 23 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,125. The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,440 over the 24-hour period, reports bdne...

‘Students of four classes will receive new curriculum books on trial basis’

‘Students of four classes will receive new curriculum books on trial basis’

-- 2022-12-31 16:42:04

Minister for Education Dr Dipu Moni has disclosed that students belonging to classes 1, 2, 6, and 7 will be provided books as per the new curriculum on trial basis in the coming year. She said this w...

Jamaat did not take permission for procession: DMP

Jamaat did not take permission for procession: DMP

-- 2022-12-31 16:40:42

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq cited Jamaat-e-Islami’s failure to get permission to carry out a procession as the reason why police blocked the party’s rally i...

Foggy weather may continue

Foggy weather may continue

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-31 16:01:03

Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the country during midnight till tomorrow morning, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), BSS reports. "Weather may remain dry with temporary...

Chitra erosion threatens mass grave of 1971 in Magura

Chitra erosion threatens mass grave of 1971 in Magura

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-31 15:14:33

A mass grave where eight freedom fighters were buried in 1971 at Hajrahati village in Magura’s Shalikha upazila is currently under threat of erosion by the Chitra river. On December 7, 1971, ei...

Three crushed under wheels of train in Natore

Three crushed under wheels of train in Natore

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-31 15:04:12

Three people were crushed under the wheels of a train while crossing the rail tracks at Narayanpur near Gopalpur rail station in Lalpur upazila of Natore district on Saturday. The deceased were ident...

Bangladesh will be technology-based, smart by 2041: PM

Bangladesh will be technology-based, smart by 2041: PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-31 14:01:22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Dec 31) asserted that the Bangladesh of 2041 will be a smart Bangladesh where each person will have technological knowledge and the country will not lag b...

Police clamp restrictions on New Year's Eve celebrations in Dhaka

Police clamp restrictions on New Year's Eve celebrations in Dhaka

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-31 13:43:54

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has imposed restrictions on New Year’s Eve celebrations to maintain law and order in the capital, bdnews24.com reports. All bars across Dhaka have been ord...

Three of a family suffer burns in Dhaka fire

Three of a family suffer burns in Dhaka fire

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-31 12:22:40

Three members of a family sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out apparently from gas leakage at a house in the city’s Uttarkhan area on Friday night. The injured were identified as Da...

PM launches nationwide free textbook distribution

PM launches nationwide free textbook distribution

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-31 11:08:34

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina today (Dec 31)inaugurated the free textbook distribution programme for the academic year 2023 as the “National Textbook Festival” is set to be celebrated acros...

AQI: Dhaka is world's most polluted city

AQI: Dhaka is world's most polluted city

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-31 10:15:56

Dhaka has once again topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality. The capital's air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 221 at 09:04 am on Saturday. India’s Delhi and Ghana&rsqu...

BNP alliance sheds its skin like a snake, says Hasan Mahmud

BNP alliance sheds its skin like a snake, says Hasan Mahmud

-- 2022-12-30 21:39:42

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said the BNP alliance sheds its skin within an interval of a few days like a snake. "Sometimes...