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Young couple found dead in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur in suspected murder-suicide

Young couple found dead in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur in suspected murder-suicide

bdnews24.com 2022-09-26 10:20:20

Police have recovered the bodies of a young couple at their newly rented flat in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur in what is suspected to be a murder-suicide incident. The victims are Noman, 28, and h...

Public job application fees raised

Public job application fees raised

FE REPORT 2022-09-26 09:16:20

The government has increased application fees for public-sector jobs from ninth to 20th grades. The ministry of finance on Thursday last issued a notification, saying the new fees will be applicable...

Alarming rise in suicide rates among school goers

Alarming rise in suicide rates among school goers

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-09-26 09:00:23

Dr Sifat-e-Syed was surprised receiving large numbers of written questions from the eighth and ninth graders of the city's Holy Cross School. She did not expect such a large volume of queries on men...

Covid-stranded BD students’ first China flight today

Covid-stranded BD students’ first China flight today

FE REPORT 2022-09-26 08:13:20

China has arranged six chartered flights to take back the Bangladeshi students who were studying at different universities in China but had to come back due to Covid-19 pandemic. The first of these...

Govt to formulate policy for land registration at actual price 

Govt to formulate policy for land registration at actual price 

-- 2022-09-25 20:58:01

The Ministry of Finance plans to reform the land registration system with the real price of land instead of mouza based on the government's fixed rate method.  As a result, the price at which th...

Rival factions of Chhatra League clash at Eden College, 10 injured

Rival factions of Chhatra League clash at Eden College, 10 injured

-- 2022-09-25 20:45:02

Rival factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League at Eden Mohila College in Dhaka have clashed over allegations of extortion, leaving at least 10 people injured. One of the factions organised a press confe...

Three-day Asian Tourism Fair to begin in Dhaka on Sept 29

Three-day Asian Tourism Fair to begin in Dhaka on Sept 29

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-25 20:16:46

Asian Tourism Fair (ATF) is scheduled to be held for the ninth time in Dhaka from September 29 aiming to encourage domestic and foreign tourists to travel and explore Bangladesh. The three-day intern...

Rahima Begum claims she was ‘abducted’ by four to five men

Rahima Begum claims she was ‘abducted’ by four to five men

-- 2022-09-25 20:11:35

Rahima Begum, who was found in Faridpur in mysterious circumstances after remaining missing for three weeks, claimed that she was abducted from her front porch by four to five men, who were named in a...

President, PM express shock at loss of lives in Panchagarh boat capsize

President, PM express shock at loss of lives in Panchagarh boat capsize

-- 2022-09-25 20:06:54

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the deaths of people in a boat capsize in the Korotoa River in Panchagarh, according to UNB and...

Global Ismaili CIVIC Day observed in Bangladesh

Global Ismaili CIVIC Day observed in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-25 19:36:21

Coming together to protect the Earth on   Global   Ismaili   CIVIC   Day, thousands of volunteers across the globe pledge to offer thousands of hours of volunta...

Elections only way to change the government, says Obaidul Quader

Elections only way to change the government, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-09-25 19:06:27

Drawing the attention of the BNP leaders, Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said there is no scope of changing government without holding elections. “People’s m...

Rizvi says PM can no longer suppress power of people

Rizvi says PM can no longer suppress power of people

-- 2022-09-25 19:01:37

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday said the country’s people are ready for the ‘final’ movement to oust the current Awami League government, braving bulle...

Over 3.60m BPDB consumers to get integrated call centre

Over 3.60m BPDB consumers to get integrated call centre

-- 2022-09-25 18:57:51

State-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has signed an agreement with a private outsourcing firm to set up a digital call centre and provide customer service to its 3.60 million consumers...

Panchagarh boat capsize: 24 bodies recovered, 25 remain missing

Panchagarh boat capsize: 24 bodies recovered, 25 remain missing

-- 2022-09-25 18:52:34

The authorities have recovered the bodies of 24 people, including children and women, after a boat sank in the Korotoya River in Panchagarh's Boda Upazila. At least 25 others have been missing since...

Bangladesh makes progress in efforts to produce Covid-19 vaccines: Health minister

Bangladesh makes progress in efforts to produce Covid-19 vaccines: Health minister

-- 2022-09-25 18:44:48

Health Minister Zahid Maleque, now in New York to attend the 77th UN General Assembly (UNGA), has asked the developed countries to help Bangladesh in its efforts to produce Covid-19 vaccines locally....

Bangladesh jails Chinese citizen for seven years for gold smuggling 

Bangladesh jails Chinese citizen for seven years for gold smuggling 

-- 2022-09-25 18:34:41

A court in Chattogram has awarded seven-year imprisonment to a Chinese citizen in a case for gold smuggling three years back.   The Court of Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Dr Begum Jebun...

Panchagarh boat capsize death toll reaches 23

Panchagarh boat capsize death toll reaches 23

-- 2022-09-25 17:58:09

At least 23 people were killed and dozens were missing after a boat packed with passengers sank on Sunday in the latest waterways tragedy to hit Bangladesh. The bodies recovered so far included women...

440 new Dengue patients hospitalised  in 24 hours 

440 new Dengue patients hospitalised  in 24 hours 

-- 2022-09-25 17:29:55

A total of 440 new patients were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning amid a rise in new cases.  Of the new patients, 309 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 13...

Hindu community observes Mahalaya, beginning of Durga Puja

Hindu community observes Mahalaya, beginning of Durga Puja

-- 2022-09-25 17:24:31

The Hindu community in Bangladesh is observing Mahalaya, a ritual that marks the beginning of their biggest annual religious festival, Durga Puja. Temples across Dhaka and elsewhere arranged worship...

DNCC mayor, WASA managing director should be sent to jail: NRCC chairman

DNCC mayor, WASA managing director should be sent to jail: NRCC chairman

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-09-25 17:23:20

National River Conservation Commission (NRCC) Chairman Dr Manjur A. Chowdhury said the Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation and the managing director of Dhaka Wasa should be sent to jail through a mo...

16 dead in Panchagarh boat capsize, 30 missing

16 dead in Panchagarh boat capsize, 30 missing

-- 2022-09-25 17:03:32

The authorities have recovered the bodies of 16 people, including children and women, after a boat sank in the Korotoya River in Panchagarh's Boda Upazila. At least 30 others have been missing since...

Bangladesh reports 572 new COVID cases, two deaths in a day

Bangladesh reports 572 new COVID cases, two deaths in a day

-- 2022-09-25 16:32:49

Bangladesh has recorded 572 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,021,690. The death toll from the disease rose by two to 29,353 over the 24-hour period, according t...

GK Shamim, his seven bodyguards jailed for life in arms case

GK Shamim, his seven bodyguards jailed for life in arms case

bdnews24.com 2022-09-25 13:27:41

A court has sentenced SM Golam Kibria Shamim, a controversial government contractor, and his seven bodyguards to life imprisonment in a firearms case. Judge Sheikh Samidul Islam of the Special Tribun...

PM asks to give befitting reply to anti-Bangladesh propaganda

PM asks to give befitting reply to anti-Bangladesh propaganda

-- 2022-09-25 12:25:37

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon Bangladeshi expatriates to give a befitting reply to the propaganda against Bangladesh and its government, reports BSS. “Give an instant befitting...

Kushiyara water-sharing deal: How Bangladesh benefits from the agreement with India

Kushiyara water-sharing deal: How Bangladesh benefits from the agreement with India

-- 2022-09-25 12:17:01

Amit Hasan Rahin tends to his family’s farmland at Zakiganj’s Barathakuri Union in Sylhet. He only grows Aman rice across almost 4.66 hectares of land in a single season. Rahin is u...

‘Missing’ woman of Khulna found in Faridpur; police say she was ‘in hiding’

‘Missing’ woman of Khulna found in Faridpur; police say she was ‘in hiding’

bdnews24.com 2022-09-25 10:47:14

Rahima Begum, the woman who went ‘missing’ from her home in Khulna nearly a month ago, has been found in Faridpur. Police claim she was ‘in hiding’, after appeals by her...

PM arrives in Washington DC

PM arrives in Washington DC

-- 2022-09-25 10:38:21

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Washington this evening (Sept 24) from New York wrapping up her official visit to attend the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session at the UN Headq...

Moldova to resume taking Bangladeshi manpower

Moldova to resume taking Bangladeshi manpower

-- 2022-09-25 09:30:47

Moldova has decided to resume recruiting Manpower from Bangladesh after more than a decade, reports BSS. "After long negotiations with different stakeholders in Moldova, finally they are agreed to ta...

Rich countries' response to climate issue is 'tragic', PM says

Rich countries' response to climate issue is 'tragic', PM says

-- 2022-09-24 19:41:30

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has termed the richer nations' response to the crucial climate issue 'tragic',  saying the urgency of the situation is not being matched by the actions of the countri...

440 more Dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

440 more Dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2022-09-24 19:15:49

Another 440 patients were hospitalised with dengue 24 hours till Saturday morning amid a rise in the viral fever cases. This year's death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh rose to 50...