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Initiative to boost up monitoring in implementing e-Mutation in 28 days

Initiative to boost up monitoring in implementing e-Mutation in 28 days

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-24 19:02:46

Referencing open data related to e-Mutation on the land service platform (www.land.gov.bd), Land Ministry has sent a letter to the Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners - to send a report...

Bangladesh logs 350 new COVID cases, four deaths in a day

Bangladesh logs 350 new COVID cases, four deaths in a day

-- 2022-09-24 16:18:39

Bangladesh has recorded 350 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,021,118. The death toll from the disease rose by four to 29,351 over the 24 hours, according to the...

Bangladesh readies over 32,000 venues for Durga Puja amid heightened security

Bangladesh readies over 32,000 venues for Durga Puja amid heightened security

bdnews24.com 2022-09-24 14:51:04

After two pandemic-ridden years, Durga Puja, the biggest annual festival for Hindus, is set to be marked with fervour at 32,168 venues across Bangladesh. However, the anti-Hindu violence that cas...

Bangladesh thanks Qatar Charity for supporting Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh thanks Qatar Charity for supporting Rohingya refugees

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-24 13:21:43

Qatar Charity (QC), an international humanitarian organization, received a letter of thanks and appreciation from the Government of Bangladesh for its humanitarian operations in Bhasan Char Island to...

Momen in NY: Bangladesh open to sharing its COVID-19 management experience

Momen in NY: Bangladesh open to sharing its COVID-19 management experience

UNB 2022-09-24 12:31:41

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has laid emphasis on sustained and significant funds injected for capacity-building of the health sector, especially in lower-income countries. He welcomed the form...

e-ticketing for bus services on trial run in Dhaka

e-ticketing for bus services on trial run in Dhaka

-- 2022-09-24 12:26:32

Public transport owners have introduced an e-ticketing system for bus services experimentally in Dhaka to prevent extra fares, bdnews24.com reports. The pilot programme received a “good r...

Bangladesh beat Thailand to qualify for Women’s T20 World Cup

Bangladesh beat Thailand to qualify for Women’s T20 World Cup

-- 2022-09-24 11:12:41

Bangladesh have secured their spot in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2023 with an 11-run win over Thailand to reach the final of the qualifying tournament in the United Arab Em...

Stop war, sanctions: PM Hasina at UNGA

Stop war, sanctions: PM Hasina at UNGA

-- 2022-09-24 11:06:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given utmost importance to dialogue to resolve crises and disputes, urging the world community to stop the arms race, war, and sanctions to build a peaceful world, rep...

Tk 1.5 billion misspent on automating signaling system

Tk 1.5 billion misspent on automating signaling system

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-09-24 08:36:04

Over Tk 1.5 billion has been splurged on projects in 20 years for installing an automated traffic-control system in Dhaka, but to no avail, as vehicle movement is still controlled by outmoded hand s...

UNO asked to explain his ‘negligence’ in SSC question leaks

UNO asked to explain his ‘negligence’ in SSC question leaks

-- 2022-09-23 20:23:57

The government has ordered the head of Bhurungamari Upazila administration in Kurigram to explain his alleged negligence in Secondary School Certificate question paper leaks. Upazila Chief Executive,...

Seniority of project employees to be counted from date of regularisation: SC

Seniority of project employees to be counted from date of regularisation: SC

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-23 19:30:40

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ruled that the seniority of the employees absorbed under the revenue budget from the development project is to be counted from the date of regularisatio...

Dengue claims two more lives, 125 others hospitalised

Dengue claims two more lives, 125 others hospitalised

-- 2022-09-23 18:53:10

Two more dengue patients died in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 50. During this period, 125 more patients were hos...

Padma, Madhumati rivers continue to erode Faridpur farmlands, houses

Padma, Madhumati rivers continue to erode Faridpur farmlands, houses

-- 2022-09-23 18:51:06

Faidpur’s Padma and Madhumati rivers are swallowing farmlands and houses, leaving hundreds of villagers in panic. The erosion of the river banks has been going on in Alfadanga Upazila over the...

Stress on annulling provision of paying capacity payments to idle power plants

Stress on annulling provision of paying capacity payments to idle power plants

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-23 18:36:19

Speakers at a webinar demanded annulling the provision of paying capacity payments to idle power plants to keep down overall electricity generation costs and keep the national economy vibrant. They a...

Joint Bangladesh-Nepal expedition aims to climb Himalaya’s Dogari Himal peak

Joint Bangladesh-Nepal expedition aims to climb Himalaya’s Dogari Himal peak

-- 2022-09-23 17:21:46

Eight mountaineers from Bangladesh and Nepal have formed an expedition to become the first group to climb the 21,443 foot-high ‘Dogari Himal’ peak in the Himalayas to commemorate 50 years...

Covid positivity rate rises to 15.38pc in Bangladesh

Covid positivity rate rises to 15.38pc in Bangladesh

-- 2022-09-23 16:53:43

Bangladesh reported another death from Covid-19 with 620 more cases in 24 hours till Friday morning. With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,347 while the total caseload to 2,...

US announces another $170m aid for Rohingyas

US announces another $170m aid for Rohingyas

-- 2022-09-23 16:00:13

The US has announced over $170 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingyas inside and outside Myanmar as well as for host communities in Bangladesh. "With this new funding, our total...

PM to address UNGA focusing on ensuring world peace

PM to address UNGA focusing on ensuring world peace

-- 2022-09-23 15:28:42

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address on Friday afternoon the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and focus on ensuring peace and stability in the lives of people around the w...

Two die in separate Dhaka road accidents

Two die in separate Dhaka road accidents

bdnews24.com 2022-09-23 12:44:16

Two people have died in separate road accidents in Dhaka’s Shobujbagh and Shahbagh. The victims have been identified as Marium Begum, 38, and Md Sohel, 37. The accidents occurred on Thur...

PM Hasina places five proposals at UN to support Rohingya

PM Hasina places five proposals at UN to support Rohingya

-- 2022-09-23 12:11:20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has placed five proposals at the United Nations to support the Rohingya politically, financially and legally for their sustainable repatriation to Myanmar from Bangl...

Bangladesh wants March 25 to be International Genocide Day: Momen

Bangladesh wants March 25 to be International Genocide Day: Momen

-- 2022-09-23 11:40:13

Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh is working for getting recognition of March 25 as the International Genocide Day by all the countries in the world, reports BSS. "The Genoc...

Steamer in BD embraces Titanic's nemesis

Steamer in BD embraces Titanic's nemesis

JUBAIR HASAN 2022-09-23 09:19:37

Passenger steamer in Bangladesh now embraces Titanic's fate with the last state-run two docked Thursday as the imposing Padma Bridge conquered the mighty river and made them irrelevant. Sources sai...

Bangladesh needs proper strategies to counter terrorism, say speakers

Bangladesh needs proper strategies to counter terrorism, say speakers

-- 2022-09-22 22:02:08

President of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) Major General (Retd) ANM Muniruzzaman on Thursday stressed the need for a comprehensive strategy to counter the threat of terror...

Actions needed to combat AMR, save millions of lives: PM

Actions needed to combat AMR, save millions of lives: PM

-- 2022-09-22 20:49:45

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the world needs sustainable political will and action to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) to save millions of lives across the world. "It (AMR) is a...

Writ challenging appointment of administrator for Cold Storage Association rejected

Writ challenging appointment of administrator for Cold Storage Association rejected

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-22 20:16:56

The High Court on Thursday rejected a writ petition filed challenging the legality of a government decision that appointed an administrator for the Bangladesh Cold Storage Association (BCSA). The Hig...

Power Division warns city corporations against due energy bills

Power Division warns city corporations against due energy bills

-- 2022-09-22 19:53:38

Power Division or any distributing entity will not take responsibility if any accident occurs when city corporations or municipalities illegally connect their networks to electricity lines. Such a wa...

Trial of graft case against PK Halder begins

Trial of graft case against PK Halder begins

-- 2022-09-22 19:33:52

The trial of a corruption case against Prashanta Kumar Halder (PK Halder), disgraced director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd (ILFSL), and 13 others began at a Dhaka court on Thursday...

'Prize money for women footballers, houses if necessary'

'Prize money for women footballers, houses if necessary'

-- 2022-09-22 19:08:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced providing prize money to all the players of the Bangladesh Women Football Team in recognition of clinching the maiden title of the SAFF Women's Championship...

UK pledges £38.5m to educate 0.360m children in Bangladesh

UK pledges £38.5m to educate 0.360m children in Bangladesh

-- 2022-09-22 18:43:31

The UK government has pledged to disburse 38.5 million pounds to provide education to 360,000 marginalised children, including over 210,000 girls through 1300 learning centres across Bangladesh in eig...

Two more dengue patients die, 437 admitted to hospitals

Two more dengue patients die, 437 admitted to hospitals

-- 2022-09-22 18:17:00

Two more dengue patients died in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 48. During this period, 437 more patients were h...