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Bangladesh, India likely to ink seven deals, MoUs during PM's India visit

Bangladesh, India likely to ink seven deals, MoUs during PM's India visit

-- 2022-09-04 17:10:12

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said Bangladesh and India are likely to sign seven agreements and MoUs on water management, railway, science and technology, and information and broadcasti...

PM directs import of food grains from more countries

PM directs import of food grains from more countries

-- 2022-09-04 16:59:33

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the food ministry to import additional food grains from more countries besides the usual ones in order to ensure food security in the country. The PM provide...

Met Office predicts more showers in 24 hours

Met Office predicts more showers in 24 hours

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-04 14:06:44

More rain is likely to drench Bangladesh in 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Sunday, said the weather department.  “Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wi...

Govt works to keep up country’s development spree: PM

Govt works to keep up country’s development spree: PM

-- 2022-09-04 12:57:33

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Sept 4) said her government wants to continue the indomitable pace of the country’s development and it is working to establish a well-coordinated communicatio...

PM opens Bangamata Fazilatun Nesa Bridge in Pirojpur

PM opens Bangamata Fazilatun Nesa Bridge in Pirojpur

-- 2022-09-04 12:46:57

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the much-hyped "Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib 8th Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge" over Kacha River at Bekutia in Pirojpur, BSS reports. She ope...

UPDF blocks road in Khagrachhari to protest leader’s murder

UPDF blocks road in Khagrachhari to protest leader’s murder

-- 2022-09-04 11:46:14

Protests against the murder of UPDF organiser Angthoi Marma have blocked roads to and from Khagrachhari, obstructing long-haul traffic, bdnews24.com reports. On Sunday morning, bus, minibus and...

Gazi Mazharul Anwar, a renowned lyricist and film director, dies at 79

Gazi Mazharul Anwar, a renowned lyricist and film director, dies at 79

-- 2022-09-04 10:14:07

Gazi Mazharul Anwar, a renowned film director, producer and lyricist, has died at the age of 79, bdnews24.com reports. After falling sick, Mazharul was brought to the United Hospita...

BGB on high alert to block Myanmar civilians from entering Bangladesh: Momen

BGB on high alert to block Myanmar civilians from entering Bangladesh: Momen

-- 2022-09-04 10:05:20

Bangladesh border guards have been put on high alert so that no Myanmar national can enter Bangladesh territory following an airstrike near the frontier region in Bandarban dis...

Contract on 55MW wind power plant at Mongla today

Contract on 55MW wind power plant at Mongla today

-- 2022-09-04 09:17:32

A Chinese-Bangladeshi consortium will sign an agreement today (Sunday) with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to set up a 55MW wind power plant on a build-own-operate basis at Mongla in Bage...

Bridge left without approach roads for long 12 years

Bridge left without approach roads for long 12 years

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-09-04 09:11:49

COX'S BAZAR: A bridge connecting Sonadia Island to Moheskhali upazila of Cox's Bazar was built around 12 years ago, but it has been lying unused as there is no approach road on either side of it. A...

Security tightened along border after firing from Myanmar side

Security tightened along border after firing from Myanmar side

-- 2022-09-03 20:39:36

Law enforcement agencies have further strengthened security measures along Bangladesh-Myanmar border at Naikhongchhari point as locals reported firing from helicopters from the Myanmar side on Saturda...

PM calls for further development of tea industry

PM calls for further development of tea industry

-- 2022-09-03 20:01:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked owners and workers to work together for further development of the country's industry and save it from collapse. "The tea industry is very important for...

'Bangladesh ahead of everyone in Asia in protecting the last of vultures'

'Bangladesh ahead of everyone in Asia in protecting the last of vultures'

-- 2022-09-03 19:43:11

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin has said Bangladesh is ahead of all Asian countries in doing what it takes to protect vultures, iconic birds of prey that are facing a c...

Baleen whale, dolphin carcass wash ashore on Kuakata beach

Baleen whale, dolphin carcass wash ashore on Kuakata beach

-- 2022-09-03 17:36:50

A large Baleen species whale and a dolphin carcass washed ashore on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali on Saturday. The whale was 30 feet long and 6 feet in width while the dolphin was around five feet long...

Bangladesh reports 155 new COVID cases, one death in a day

Bangladesh reports 155 new COVID cases, one death in a day

-- 2022-09-03 17:22:35

Bangladesh has recorded 155 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,012,531. The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,327 over the 24-hour period, according t...

Myanmar military aircraft fighting Rakhine rebels cross border into Bangladesh

Myanmar military aircraft fighting Rakhine rebels cross border into Bangladesh

-- 2022-09-03 17:18:58

Several Myanmar military aircraft fighting rebels have crossed the border into Bangladesh and opened fire in Bandarban, causing panic among local residents. The incident occurred on Saturday, only fi...

Contract on Sunday to set up 55MW wind power plant at Mongla

Contract on Sunday to set up 55MW wind power plant at Mongla

-- 2022-09-03 16:53:53

A Chinese-Bangladeshi consortium will sign an agreement on Sunday with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to set up a 55MW wind power plant on build-own-operate basis at Mongla in Bagerhat. As...

Bangladesh, Vietnam to work together to achieve higher economic growth

Bangladesh, Vietnam to work together to achieve higher economic growth

-- 2022-09-03 16:14:48

Vietnamese Ambassador to Bangladesh Pham Viet Chien has pledged that his country will continue to work together with Bangladesh to achieve higher economic growth in line with the development goals of...

Road crashes leave 519 dead, 961 injured across Bangladesh in August

Road crashes leave 519 dead, 961 injured across Bangladesh in August

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-03 13:34:42

Some 519 people were killed and 961 others injured in road accidents across the country in August this year. It means, on average, roughly 17 people died and 31 others injured in road mishaps every d...

Sylhet road crash leaves three dead

Sylhet road crash leaves three dead

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-03 13:06:35

Three people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a pick-up van and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Jakiganj road in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet on Saturday. The dece...

Govt to review the issue of reintroducing MRPs in the USA: Home Minister

Govt to review the issue of reintroducing MRPs in the USA: Home Minister

-- 2022-09-03 13:04:47

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, MP, has said the government will review the issue of reintroducing machine-readable passports (MRPs) in the USA in the greater interest of Bangladeshi citizens for a ce...

Tk 116m worth of crystal meth and yaba seized by BGB in Teknaf

Tk 116m worth of crystal meth and yaba seized by BGB in Teknaf

-- 2022-09-03 12:31:42

A BGB raid has seized a shipment of crystal meth, also known as ice, and yaba worth over Tk 116 million in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf. The narcotics were recovered from the Naf River in the Jal...

Keraniganj fire: Two more victims die

Keraniganj fire: Two more victims die

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-03 08:42:20

Two people succumbed to their burn injuries from a gas stove fire in Dhaka’s Keraniganj, taking the death toll in the incident to three. Shahadat Hossain, 20, and his maternal grandmother Mosam...

Yaba use, inflow soaring unabated

Yaba use, inflow soaring unabated

JUBAIR HASAN 2022-09-03 08:29:41

The use and inflow of contraband drug Yaba continues to mount unabated despite various anti-narcotics measures of government agencies and different initiatives of non-government organisations, offic...

SC rallies CAG's power to audit public money

SC rallies CAG's power to audit public money

FE REPORT 2022-09-03 08:27:44

Wherever income and expenditure of public money are involved, the Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh (CAG) has the authority to audit to ascertain the propriety, legality and validity of...

Obaidul Quader says BNP wants to repeat arson attack, terrorism, bombing

Obaidul Quader says BNP wants to repeat arson attack, terrorism, bombing

-- 2022-09-02 20:56:02

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader says BNP wants to repeat its acts of arson terrorism like the one it carried out in 2013-14. "We are concerned that they (BNP) want to repeat the ar...

‘Wherever public money is involved, CAG has jurisdiction to audit it’

‘Wherever public money is involved, CAG has jurisdiction to audit it’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-02 20:06:06

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ruled that wherever income and expenditure of public money is involved, the Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh (CAG) has power and authority...

BNP-police clash: 5,000 unnamed people sued over death in Narayanganj

BNP-police clash: 5,000 unnamed people sued over death in Narayanganj

-- 2022-09-02 19:41:29

A case was filed against 5,000 unnamed people over the death of Jubo Dal activist Shaon in a clash between the law enforcers and BNP activists in Narayanganj Sadar upazila Thursday, police said. "Sha...

Neighbourhood-wise water tariff to be introduced soon, says minister

Neighbourhood-wise water tariff to be introduced soon, says minister

-- 2022-09-02 18:56:16

Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Dhaka WASA) will soon introduce a neighbourhood-wise tariff for customers, instead of the current system of providing subsidies for all subscribers. LGRD Mi...

UNHCR organises photo exhibition on Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar

UNHCR organises photo exhibition on Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2022-09-02 18:35:35

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in partnership with the Cox’s Bazar Art Club, has launched a two-week photo exhibition called ‘Aara Rohingya’ or ‘We are Rohingya’, showcasin...