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Right to leave one’s country never been considered absolute right: HC

Right to leave one’s country never been considered absolute right: HC

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-09 20:11:42

The High Court in a full text of a verdict observed that the right to leave one’s country have never been considered as absolute right. Despite the long standing ideal of free movement, it has i...

Akbar Ali Khan laid to rest

Akbar Ali Khan laid to rest

-- 2022-09-09 19:32:23

Former adviser to the caretaker government and economist Dr Akbar Ali Khan was laid to rest at the capital's Martyred Intellectual graveyard in Mirpur on Friday afternoon. His Namaz-e-janaza was held...

Awami League leader shot dead in Pabna

Awami League leader shot dead in Pabna

-- 2022-09-09 19:22:18

Assailants have shot dead a local leader of the ruling Awami League at Hemayetpur in Pabna. Saidar Rahman Malikha, 50, a member of Pabna Municipal Awami League’s working committee, was at a sho...

No visible achievement from PM’s India visit: BNP

No visible achievement from PM’s India visit: BNP

-- 2022-09-09 19:01:33

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said there was no "visible achievement" of Bangladesh, except the Kushiyara River water sharing MoU, from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's fou...

Hasan expresses gratitude to PM for achieving a lot through India visit

Hasan expresses gratitude to PM for achieving a lot through India visit

-- 2022-09-09 18:52:52

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said the visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India has been very successful and fruitful. "The biggest achievement (of the visit) is...

Bangladesh reports 278 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh reports 278 new Covid cases, one death

-- 2022-09-09 17:44:40

Bangladesh has recorded 278 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,014,355. The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,331 over the 24-hour period, according t...

145 hospitalised with dengue fever in 24 hours 

145 hospitalised with dengue fever in 24 hours 

-- 2022-09-09 17:37:13

Another 145 dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Friday morning.  Of them, 140 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and five outside it, according to the Directorate Gener...

Mild heat wave sweeps across Bangladesh 

Mild heat wave sweeps across Bangladesh 

-- 2022-09-09 17:05:13

A mild heat wave is sweeping through Bangladesh and it may continue, the weather department said on Friday morning.  “A mild heat wave is sweeping through the districts of Faridpur, Sirajg...

Incidents of student suicide rise alarmingly

Incidents of student suicide rise alarmingly

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-09 16:28:40

As many as 364 students committed suicide in the last eight months of this year highlighting the grim picture or the vulnerable mental condition of the country’s youths, said a new survey disclo...

Mild heatwave sweeps parts of Bangladesh

Mild heatwave sweeps parts of Bangladesh

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-09 14:43:05

A mild heatwave is sweeping through Bangladesh and it may continue, the weather department said on Friday morning. “A mild heatwave is sweeping through the districts of Faridpur, Sirajgong, Syl...

IU student found dead

IU student found dead

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-09 14:39:24

A female student of Islamic University (IU) was found dead at her parents-in-law's residence in the Kathuli Mor area of Meherpur's Gangni upazila on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Tas...

PM, President mourn death of Queen Elizabeth II

PM, President mourn death of Queen Elizabeth II

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-09 13:25:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and President M Abdul Hamid have expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, BSS reports. In a condolence...

Bangladesh declares three days of mourning for Queen Elizabeth

Bangladesh declares three days of mourning for Queen Elizabeth

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-09 11:11:23

The Bangladesh government has announced three days of state mourning in honour of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II after her death on Thursday. The period of mourning will start on Friday, according to A...

BRT girder collapse: No decision yet on contractor's fate

BRT girder collapse: No decision yet on contractor's fate

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-09-09 09:54:35

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is yet to take any decision on the fate of the Chinese contractor that is allegedly responsible for an accident on August 15 last on a construction site of BR...

Akbar Ali Khan passes away

Akbar Ali Khan passes away

-- 2022-09-09 00:29:07

Akbar Ali Khan, a former adviser to a caretaker government, has died at the age of 78 at a hospital in Dhaka. His brother Kabir Uddin Khan said Akbar passed away sometime after 10 pm on Thursday, rep...

PM returns to Dhaka ending four-day visit to India

PM returns to Dhaka ending four-day visit to India

-- 2022-09-08 21:00:36

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday night returned home wrapping her four-day official visit to India. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage landed at...

PM Hasina is like a guardian to me, says Pranab Mukherjee's daughter Sharmistha 

PM Hasina is like a guardian to me, says Pranab Mukherjee's daughter Sharmistha 

-- 2022-09-08 20:03:36

Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of late Indian president Pranab Mukherjee, has described Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as her guardian.  "She (PM Sheikh Hasina) would always say that my father (Pr...

Appellate Division stays HC order to reinstate 26 FBCCI officials

Appellate Division stays HC order to reinstate 26 FBCCI officials

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-08 19:52:25

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed the High Court (HC) order that asked authorities concerned to dispose of the application filed by 26 employees, who were reportedly forced to res...

PM starts for Dhaka ending four-day visit to India

PM starts for Dhaka ending four-day visit to India

-- 2022-09-08 18:17:40

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, for home on Thursday afternoon wrapping up her four-day official visit to India. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carryin...

Lightning kills seven farmers in Sirajganj 

Lightning kills seven farmers in Sirajganj 

-- 2022-09-08 18:15:07

Seven farmers have been killed and at least six others injured in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district after they were struck by lightning.  The incident occurred around 4:30 pm on Thursday in...

Assam's chief minister makes controversial remark amid Hasina's India visit

Assam's chief minister makes controversial remark amid Hasina's India visit

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-08 18:11:25

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has made a controversial statement about "integrating Bangladesh" at a time when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is on a diplomatic visit to India, reports Indian...

Bangladesh, US to host seminar for senior military officers  

Bangladesh, US to host seminar for senior military officers  

-- 2022-09-08 17:55:28

The Bangladesh Army and US Army will host the 46th annual Indo-Pacific Army Management Seminar (IPAMS) in Dhaka on September 12-15 to promote ‘peace and stability’ in the Indo-Pacific regi...

Mild heat wave may continue in four districts: BMD 

Mild heat wave may continue in four districts: BMD 

-- 2022-09-08 17:48:45

The ongoing mild heat wave is likely to continue in four districts of the country, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin valid for 24 hours commencing at 9:00 am today (Thursday)....

UGC declares America Bangladesh University illegal

UGC declares America Bangladesh University illegal

-- 2022-09-08 17:44:07

University Grants Commission (UGC) announced the activities of America Bangladesh University, a private university, illegal and suggested students not to take admission in it. The commission made the...

Rice price to decline again, says food minister 

Rice price to decline again, says food minister 

-- 2022-09-08 17:41:33

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has said the rice price would decline further as open market sale (OMS) and food-friendly programmes started across the country on September 1.  “Rice...

275 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours 

275 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours 

-- 2022-09-08 17:34:57

Another 275 dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Thursday morning.  Of them, 204 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 71 outside it, according to the Directorate Gener...

Hundi deprived Bangladesh of billions of dollars: CID

Hundi deprived Bangladesh of billions of dollars: CID

-- 2022-09-08 17:30:32

The arrest of 16 agents from several mobile financial services has revealed how illegal hundi businesses have deprived Bangladesh of billions of dollars amid a shortage of foreign currency and who are...

Covid claims one more life; 388 get infected 

Covid claims one more life; 388 get infected 

-- 2022-09-08 17:22:12

Bangladesh has recorded 388 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,014,077.  The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,330 over the 24-hour period, accor...

Ex-SP Babul Akter moves to sue police over alleged torture

Ex-SP Babul Akter moves to sue police over alleged torture

-- 2022-09-08 16:40:20

Babul Akter, a former superintendent of police suspected of masterminding the murder of his wife Mahmuda Akter Mitu, has moved a court to file a case against six police officers, including the chief o...

Mild heatwave sweeps country

Mild heatwave sweeps country

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-08 15:25:24

A mild heatwave is sweeping through Bangladesh, the weather department said on Thursday. “A mild heatwave is sweeping through the districts of Cumilla, Chandpur, Jashore and Satkhira, and it ma...