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12 Pabna farmers get bail in loan default case

12 Pabna farmers get bail in loan default case

-- 2022-11-27 16:48:58

A Pabna court on Sunday granted bail to 12 farmers who were arrested for defaulting on loans taken from a government bank. Pabna Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-2 Shamsuzzaman passed the order after...

8,000 Cox’s Bazar students get 110 child-friendly classrooms from UNICEF

8,000 Cox’s Bazar students get 110 child-friendly classrooms from UNICEF

FE ONLINE REPORT    2022-11-27 15:40:33

UNICEF has handed over 110 classrooms at 22 schools in Cox’s Bazar to the government of Bangladesh. Out of the 110 classrooms, 76 are newly constructed while 36 have been renovated. The new and...

Three of a family dead in Thakurgon road accident

Three of a family dead in Thakurgon road accident

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-27 14:15:14

A couple and their daughter were killed as a bus hit their motorbike on Thakurgaon-Baliadanga road in Sadar upazila of the district Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Masudur Rahman, 55,...

Water transport workers go on strike over Tk 20,000 minimum wage

Water transport workers go on strike over Tk 20,000 minimum wage

bdnews24.com 2022-11-27 14:06:12

Water transport workers have started a nationwide strike over a 12-point charter of demands, including calls for a minimum salary of Tk 20,000. The strike, under the banner of Noujan Sramik San...

Unregulated Dhaka hostels are fleecing students

Unregulated Dhaka hostels are fleecing students

bdnews24.com 2022-11-27 12:21:21

The parents of HSC examinee Sumaiya Mamun came to Dhaka from Gopalganj at the beginning of November to find her a seat at a hostel. She will need to live in the capital and study in a private co...

Nine gold bars seized in Benapole

Nine gold bars seized in Benapole

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-27 12:03:29

Border Guard Bangladesh members seized nine gold bars weighing 1 kg from an auto rickshaw at Amrakhali area in Benapole on Saturday night. Tipped off, a team of BGB-49 battalion conducted a drive in...

Dhaka’s air unhealthy: AQI

Dhaka’s air unhealthy: AQI

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-27 10:41:22

Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'unhealthy' zone on Sunday (November 26, 2022) morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 122 at 9:45 am, Dhaka ranked 20th in the list of cities aro...

‘Russia wants to support countries in energy, food security’

‘Russia wants to support countries in energy, food security’

-- 2022-11-26 22:15:43

Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy has said they are looking for opportunities to support the countries in the region in terms of energy and food security despite "artificial restri...

12 farmers arrested in Pabna for defaulting loans

12 farmers arrested in Pabna for defaulting loans

-- 2022-11-26 19:37:29

Police in Pabna have arrested 12 farmers and are looking for 25 others following an arrest warrant against a total of 37 farmers for defaulting on loans taken from a government bank. A judge on Frida...

Jashore jute mill fire leaves 20 injured

Jashore jute mill fire leaves 20 injured

-- 2022-11-26 19:06:46

At least 20 workers were injured as a fire broke out at a jute mill in Sharsha upazila of Jashore on Saturday. The fire started around 1 am in Afil Jute Weaving Mill owned by Sheikh Afil Uddin, a mem...

‘Whereabouts of escaped militants to be traced soon’

‘Whereabouts of escaped militants to be traced soon’

-- 2022-11-26 18:52:52

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal hoped that the location of the escaped militants will be traced very soon. The minister said this in response to the journalists' questions after inaugurating the...

Bangladesh reports 23 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh reports 23 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2022-11-26 17:33:06

Bangladesh has recorded 23 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,511. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,431 over the 24-hour period, accor...

Dengue death toll reaches 244 with two more deaths  

Dengue death toll reaches 244 with two more deaths  

-- 2022-11-26 17:28:13

With two more deaths from dengue recorded in 24 hours till Saturday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 244 this year. During this time, 462 more patients, includ...

ADB to invest $2.0b over next three years in Bangladesh’s education sector

ADB to invest $2.0b over next three years in Bangladesh’s education sector

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-26 15:34:10

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa has told Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni that ADB will invest 2.0 billion dollars in the next 3 years in Bangladesh’s education sector....

PM officially announces completion of Karnaphuli Tunnel’s south side

PM officially announces completion of Karnaphuli Tunnel’s south side

UNB 2022-11-26 12:47:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today joined an event marking an end to the general work of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel’s south tube, which goes beneath the river Karnaphuli in Chattog...

BNP’s Cumilla rally set to begin

BNP’s Cumilla rally set to begin

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-26 11:19:12

BNP’s Cumilla divisional rally is set to begin around 12pm today (Saturday) with a huge crowd of leaders and activists expected in the city’s Townhall.   BNP activists and supporters...

Two bikers killed in Chandpur road accident

Two bikers killed in Chandpur road accident

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-26 10:53:55

Two youths on a bike were killed in a head-on collision with a speeding battery-run autorickshaw in Chandpur's Matlab Uttar on Friday. The deceased were identified as Mohammad Hossain, 22, son of Rus...

Dhaka’s air 4th most polluted in the world this morning

Dhaka’s air 4th most polluted in the world this morning

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-26 10:36:47

Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'unhealthy' zone on Saturday (November 26, 2022) morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 169 at 9am, Dhaka ranked fourth in the list of cities aro...

UAE eager to expand air connectivity with Bangladesh

UAE eager to expand air connectivity with Bangladesh

-- 2022-11-25 21:24:05

Visiting State Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday. During the meetin...

Won’t be any crisis of consumer goods, assures PM

Won’t be any crisis of consumer goods, assures PM

-- 2022-11-25 19:16:04

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday assured the people that there won't be any crisis of consumer goods in the country. "There will be no problem regarding consumer goods. We've started importing...

Dengue claims another life, 221 hospitalised in 24 hours

Dengue claims another life, 221 hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2022-11-25 18:32:52

With another death from dengue recorded in 24 hours till Friday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 242 this year.  During this time, 221 more patients, incl...

Govt takes adaptation programmes in Barendra, Haor to address climate effects

Govt takes adaptation programmes in Barendra, Haor to address climate effects

-- 2022-11-25 18:26:11

The government has begun implementing ecosystem-based climate adaptation programmes in Barendra and Haor areas to tackle the adverse effects of climate change. Re-excavation of canals, bevels and pon...

PM to join Bangabandhu Tunnel's south tube completion ceremony Saturday

PM to join Bangabandhu Tunnel's south tube completion ceremony Saturday

-- 2022-11-25 18:16:31

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel, the first under-river tunnel in South Asia, will open for traffic in January as over 94 per cent of work has already been completed.  Ahead of the grand...

Bangladesh reports 19 new virus cases in a day

Bangladesh reports 19 new virus cases in a day

-- 2022-11-25 17:29:39

Bangladesh has recorded 19 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,488. According to the latest government data released on Friday, the death toll from the disease...

‘EU to work more comprehensively with Bangladesh’

‘EU to work more comprehensively with Bangladesh’

-- 2022-11-25 17:06:05

Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service Enrique Mora says Bangladesh has grown economically in a "very impressive way" and the European Union (EU) wants to work together with...

Seven hackers held in Natore for swindling expatriate out of Tk 0.12m

Seven hackers held in Natore for swindling expatriate out of Tk 0.12m

-- 2022-11-25 16:31:30

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) claimed to have detained seven hackers early Friday for tricking an expatriate Bangladeshi into sending them Tk 0.12 million. The detainees Md Belal, Mehedi Hasan, Md Shi...

Woman dies after being run over by bus in Dhaka

Woman dies after being run over by bus in Dhaka

-- 2022-11-25 16:24:02

A woman has died after a bus ran her over at Dhaka’s ECB Chattar. The victim has been identified as 55-year-old Kulsum Begum, a native of Barishal’s Mehendiganj Upazila. A child aged aro...

PM Hasina congratulates new Malaysia PM Anwar Ibrahim

PM Hasina congratulates new Malaysia PM Anwar Ibrahim

-- 2022-11-25 16:16:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated her newly appointed Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim. In a felicitation message, she praised the 75-year-old on his appointment and expressed her trust i...

MBSTU student killed in Tangail motorcycle crash

MBSTU student killed in Tangail motorcycle crash

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-25 11:55:20

A third-year student of a public university was killed in Tangail after his motorcycle crashed into another two-wheeler Thursday night, police said. The deceased identified as Nurul Absar Jewel, 24,...

Fewer buses put into service after e-ticketing introduced

Fewer buses put into service after e-ticketing introduced

FE REPORT 2022-11-25 08:54:25

A passenger-welfare platform alleged on Thursday the owners reduced the number of buses for movement on the city's roads after e-ticketing system was introduced in the mass-transport services. "We...