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Mehidy fires Tigers to ODI series win over India

Mehidy fires Tigers to ODI series win over India

-- 2022-12-07 21:05:25

Mehidy Hasan Miraz has pulled off another stunning all-round display to guide the Tigers to a home series win over India with a 5-run victory in the second match. Rohit Sharma, not out at 51 off 24,...

BNP starts terror activities before December 10: Obaidul Quader

BNP starts terror activities before December 10: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-12-07 20:24:37

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said BNP has started terror activities on the streets before its rally on December 10. "BNP wishes to occupy streets and Dhaka on Decem...

US alerts its citizens in Bangladesh ahead of BNP’s rally

US alerts its citizens in Bangladesh ahead of BNP’s rally

-- 2022-12-07 20:19:38

US Embassy in Bangladesh on Wednesday issued an alert for its citizens living here asking them to avoid demonstrations and exercise caution in the vicinity of any large gatherings, according to UNB....

Tofazzel Hossain Miah made principal secretary to PM

Tofazzel Hossain Miah made principal secretary to PM

-- 2022-12-07 19:38:54

Senior Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Tofazzel Hossain Miah has been appointed as the principal secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Tofazzel will replace the outgoing principal...

DMP chief vows tough action if BNP rallies at Naya Paltan on Dec 10

DMP chief vows tough action if BNP rallies at Naya Paltan on Dec 10

-- 2022-12-07 19:19:31

Police on Wednesday said strict actions would be taken if the main opposition party BNP holds its Dec 10 rally in the capital's Naya Paltan area.  Khandker Golam Faruq, commissioner of Dhaka Met...

More than 150 BNP leaders detained after clash at Naya Paltan

More than 150 BNP leaders detained after clash at Naya Paltan

-- 2022-12-07 19:07:22

Police detained over 150 BNP leaders and activists after conducting a drive at BNP’s central office in the Naya Paltan area in Dhaka on Wednesday. The law enforcers conducted the drive followin...

UN urges Bangladesh to ensure media freedom, peaceful assembly

UN urges Bangladesh to ensure media freedom, peaceful assembly

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-07 19:07:01

The UN on Wednesday urged the Bangladesh government to fulfill its commitment to ensuring free expression, media freedom, and peaceful assembly. In a statement issued ahead of the Human Rights Day t...

Next general election to be held first week of 2024, says PM

Next general election to be held first week of 2024, says PM

-- 2022-12-07 18:43:34

The next general election of the country will be held in the first week of January in 2024, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said at a public rally in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday. Addressing the huge...

Police raid BNP’s central office, detain Rizvi and some other leaders

Police raid BNP’s central office, detain Rizvi and some other leaders

-- 2022-12-07 18:04:32

Police detained an unspecified number of BNP leaders and activists, including BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, after conducting a drive at BNP’s central office in the Naya P...

India stands ready to walk with Bangladesh in future: Envoy

India stands ready to walk with Bangladesh in future: Envoy

-- 2022-12-07 17:51:14

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma has said New Delhi remains ready to walk together with Dhaka in future while India gives top priority to Bangladesh in its 'neighbourhood fast' policy....

ACC to investigate three Islamic banks over loan scams 

ACC to investigate three Islamic banks over loan scams 

-- 2022-12-07 17:42:03

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has officially decided to investigate the alleged corruption of three Islamic banks against allegations of misappropriating Tk 340 billion.  In response to a...

PM opens 29 development projects in Cox’s Bazar 

PM opens 29 development projects in Cox’s Bazar 

-- 2022-12-07 17:27:37

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated 29 development projects and laid the foundation stones of four others in Cox’s Bazar.  The total cost of the 29 projects which were inaugurated...

Man dies as police, BNP clash at Naya Paltan

Man dies as police, BNP clash at Naya Paltan

-- 2022-12-07 17:27:16

A man has died of his injuries after police clashed with BNP activists outside the party’s headquarters in Dhaka’s Naya Paltan. According to bdnews24.com, several people were brought to D...

Bangladesh reports 32 new COVID cases, one death in a day

Bangladesh reports 32 new COVID cases, one death in a day

-- 2022-12-07 17:23:48

Bangladesh has recorded 32 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,717. The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,436 over the 24-hour period, according to...

Dengue claims two more lives, 253 hospitalised 

Dengue claims two more lives, 253 hospitalised 

-- 2022-12-07 17:14:47

Two dengue patients died while 253 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8:00 am today).  On November 3, Bangladesh logged nine dengue d...

Police will look into why BNP wants to hold rally at Nayapaltan, home minister says

Police will look into why BNP wants to hold rally at Nayapaltan, home minister says

-- 2022-12-07 16:58:49

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said law enforcers are looking into why BNP wants to hold their December 10 Dhaka rally at Nayapaltan. “BNP should hold their rally, following all ru...

Police, BNP activists clash at Naya Paltan

Police, BNP activists clash at Naya Paltan

-- 2022-12-07 16:08:39

Police have clashed with BNP activists outside the party’s headquarters in Dhaka’s Naya Paltan. The violence comes ahead of the party’s divisional rally in the capital on Saturday....

Three die in separate motocycle accidents in Dinajpur

Three die in separate motocycle accidents in Dinajpur

-- 2022-12-07 15:35:37

Three people, including a couple, have died in two separate road crashes involving motorcycles in Dinajpur’s Birganj and Birampur. The accident in Birganj occurred in the Boro Karimpur area aro...

US likely to take few Rohingyas on Thursday: FM

US likely to take few Rohingyas on Thursday: FM

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-07 15:08:06

The United States (US) is likely to start taking forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh to its territory with a few numbers on Thursday (Dec 7, 2022). "In the first phase, they have listed...

Beauty industry in Bangladesh: Women leading the way

Beauty industry in Bangladesh: Women leading the way

Tahseen Prachi 2022-12-07 15:07:02

The bloom of women entrepreneurship in Bangladesh in the 21st century is extraordinary. Beauty business entrepreneurship is a significant part of this. Acknowledged as a separate industry in 2020 by t...

PM formally opens International Fleet Review-2022

PM formally opens International Fleet Review-2022

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-07 14:15:02

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated International Fleet Review (IFR)-2022 at Inani in Coxs' Bazar this morning (Dec 7, 2022), BSS reports. The four-day IFR began with participatio...

Govt working to secure sea for economic prosperity: PM

Govt working to secure sea for economic prosperity: PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-07 14:07:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Dec 7, 2022) said her government is working to ensure a safe and secure environment at the sea to safeguard maritime resources and marine trade for econom...

Depression over southeast Bay of Bengal intensifies

Depression over southeast Bay of Bengal intensifies

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-07 13:39:33

The depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal has moved west-northwards and intensified into a deep depression. It was centred at about 1625 km southwest of Chattogram port, 1555 km southwest of Co...

Bangabandhu’s historic quote incorporated into UN resolution

Bangabandhu’s historic quote incorporated into UN resolution

-- 2022-12-07 13:22:54

“Friendship to all, malice towards none,” the historic quote from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, one of the most prominent advocates of humanity and world peace, has been incorporated...

PM condoles death of Dr SA Malek

PM condoles death of Dr SA Malek

UNB 2022-12-07 12:25:57

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed shock and sorrow at the death of Awami League Advisory Council member and Bangabandhu Parishad President Dr SA Malek. Malek was also former politic...

Standoff as BNP won't budge, government won't back down on Dec 10 Dhaka rally venue

Standoff as BNP won't budge, government won't back down on Dec 10 Dhaka rally venue

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-07 11:03:26

Political temperature in Bangladesh rose quite a few more notches up in the last couple of weeks due to a standoff between the Awami League government and the BNP over the dispute surrou...

No improvement in Dhaka’s air quality

No improvement in Dhaka’s air quality

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-07 10:40:28

Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'unhealthy' zone on Wednesday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 187 at 9:25 am, Dhaka ranked 7th in the list of cities around the world with...

BBC reveals 100 Women list including Bangladeshi student Sanjida

BBC reveals 100 Women list including Bangladeshi student Sanjida

-- 2022-12-06 22:54:10

The BBC has named Bangladeshi student Sanjida Islam Choya on its 100 Women list of 2022 for her fight against child marriage.  Notable names on the list published on Tuesday include global music...

BNP will definitely hold rally in Dhaka on December 10: Mirza Fakhrul

BNP will definitely hold rally in Dhaka on December 10: Mirza Fakhrul

-- 2022-12-06 22:00:59

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said their party will undoubtedly hold a rally on December 10 in Dhaka to intensify the ongoing anti-government movement with fresh program...

Low pressure intensifies into well-marked low over Southeast Bay

Low pressure intensifies into well-marked low over Southeast Bay

-- 2022-12-06 21:46:32

The low pressure over South Andaman Sea and the adjoining area intensified into a well-marked low and is lying over the Southeast Bay and the adjoining area, the weather department said on Tuesday.&nb...