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Teesta surpasses danger level, floods low-lying areas in Rangpur

Teesta surpasses danger level, floods low-lying areas in Rangpur

-- 2022-09-02 18:06:32

The Teesta River is flowing 10 cm above the danger level due to mountain runoff and heavy rains in Rangpur. The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) recorded the overflow at Teesta’s Dalia...

90 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

90 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2022-09-02 17:25:17

Ninety more people were hospitalised with dengue – a viral infection – in the 24 hours to Friday morning. Of them, 71 were admitted to the hospitals of Dhaka and 19 outside it, according...

Bangladesh allocates Tk 14 million in aid for flood-hit Pakistan

Bangladesh allocates Tk 14 million in aid for flood-hit Pakistan

-- 2022-09-02 17:18:42

The government of Bangladesh has allocated Tk 14 million in aid for Pakistan, where cataclysmic floods have claimed more than 1,200 lives, one-fourth of them children. The government will buy and sen...

‘Three Betwinner agents smuggle Tk 40m out of Bangladesh in four months’

‘Three Betwinner agents smuggle Tk 40m out of Bangladesh in four months’

-- 2022-09-02 17:14:53

Police have arrested three agents of Betwinner, an online betting website, on charges related to gambling, which is banned in Bangladesh. The law enforcers said the three suspects smuggled up to Tk 4...

HC Circuit Bench in Ctg to be formed in two months, says Hasan

HC Circuit Bench in Ctg to be formed in two months, says Hasan

-- 2022-09-02 17:11:13

A High Court Circuit Bench will be formed in Chattogram within two months as demanded by the local lawyers, said Information Minister Hasan Mahmud. The minister said he has talked to the law minister...

Sri Lanka ready to welcome Bangladeshi tourists, says envoy

Sri Lanka ready to welcome Bangladeshi tourists, says envoy

-- 2022-09-02 17:03:29

Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sudharshan Seneviratne has said his country is ready to welcome tourists from Bangladesh and other parts of the world. The government has taken necessary me...

IGP Benazir Ahmed speaks out on US sanctions

IGP Benazir Ahmed speaks out on US sanctions

-- 2022-09-02 16:42:16

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed has for the first time addressed the sanctions that were imposed on him by the United States for alleged human rights abuses during his time as chief of the R...

Bangladesh logs 214 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh logs 214 new Covid cases, one death

-- 2022-09-02 16:37:14

Bangladesh has recorded 214 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,012,376. The death toll from the disease rose by one in 24 hours to hit 29,326, according to the la...

PM's India visit to open new windows of cooperation, says MoFA

PM's India visit to open new windows of cooperation, says MoFA

-- 2022-09-02 16:16:24

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's India visit will open new "windows of cooperation" between the countries, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). The visit is significant for both Bangladesh and...

DGHS orders private medical facilities to display licence info

DGHS orders private medical facilities to display licence info

-- 2022-09-02 15:57:08

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has ordered all privately-run medical facilities across the country to mention their licence details on their signboards amid a crackdown on unregiste...

Bangladesh urges UN to address root causes of fragility in conflict-affected countries

Bangladesh urges UN to address root causes of fragility in conflict-affected countries

-- 2022-09-02 15:50:52

Bangladesh has urged the United Nations (UN) to address the root causes and drivers of fragility in the conflict-affected countries and extend support to the national actors in developing their capaci...

Rain predicted to quell heat in Bangladesh

Rain predicted to quell heat in Bangladesh

-- 2022-09-02 15:36:27

Expect some reprieve from the high heat and humidity, as the weatherman has predicted showers in Bangladesh in the next 24 hours. “Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by tempor...

Flood situation in Bangladesh likely to worsen

Flood situation in Bangladesh likely to worsen

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-02 14:54:06

The flood situation in Bangladesh may get worsened in the next 24 hours as most of the major rivers are in rising trend, according to a bulletin of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC). Th...

Violations of traffic rules: 1,332 cases filed, Tk 3.87m realised as fine in July

Violations of traffic rules: 1,332 cases filed, Tk 3.87m realised as fine in July

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-02 14:10:21

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) filed a total of 1,332 cases and realised over Tk 3.87 million as fine in July 2022 over violations of traffic rules. In its 233 drives, BRTA also jailed fo...

'Anti-liberation forces at play': Bangladesh police chief Benazir Ahmed speaks out on US sanctions

'Anti-liberation forces at play': Bangladesh police chief Benazir Ahmed speaks out on US sanctions

-- 2022-09-02 14:05:46

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed has for the first time addressed the sanctions that were imposed on him by the United States for alleged human rights abuses during his time as chief of t...

Govt mulls Boro diesel subsidy

Govt mulls Boro diesel subsidy

FE REPORT 2022-09-02 10:10:19

The government is seriously thinking of subsidising diesel fuel for farmers during Boro season, agriculture minister Md Abdur Razzaque said on Thursday. "If the Russia-Ukraine war prolongs and di...

Lowest monsoon rainfall in 40 years delays paddy cultivation in Bangladesh

Lowest monsoon rainfall in 40 years delays paddy cultivation in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-02 09:54:02

Bangladesh has experienced heatwaves and the lowest rainfall in four decades during the monsoon this year - a change in the weather condition that has affected paddy cultivation. As sizzling heat has...

Law passed with jailing, fines for lying to buy savings certificates

Law passed with jailing, fines for lying to buy savings certificates

-- 2022-09-01 22:59:50

Parliament has passed the Public Debt Bill 2022 with a provision stipulating a maximum six-month prison term and Tk 100,000 fines for providing wrong information to buy savings certificates. MPs pass...

PM Hasina to visit Delhi from Sept 5-8

PM Hasina to visit Delhi from Sept 5-8

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-01 20:25:34

At the invitation of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay a state visit to New Delhi, India from 5 to 8 September 2022, the foreign ministry anno...

HC reconstitutes Destiny-2000’s board

HC reconstitutes Destiny-2000’s board

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-01 20:07:15

The High Court has reconstituted the Board of Directors of Destiny-2000 Ltd by appointing Justice Moyeenul Isalm Chowdhury, a former judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, as its new...

'Judicial independence difficult to establish if judges don’t consider themselves independent’

'Judicial independence difficult to establish if judges don’t consider themselves independent’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-01 18:47:24

Justice Krishna Debnath, a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, said that in her 41-year judicial career, she has believed that although the independence of the judiciary is on paper,...

Gambia seeks Bangladesh’s cooperation in capacity building of police force

Gambia seeks Bangladesh’s cooperation in capacity building of police force

-- 2022-09-01 18:03:35

Gambian Minister for Interior Seyaka Sonko has sought Bangladesh's cooperation in imparting training and capacity building of Gambia's peacekeepers, especially the police force. He praised the succes...

Bangladesh logs 216 new COVID cases, two deaths in a day

Bangladesh logs 216 new COVID cases, two deaths in a day

-- 2022-09-01 17:30:40

Bangladesh has recorded 216 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,012,162. The death toll from the disease rose by two in 24 hours to hit 29,325, according to the la...

Deal signed to set up 2nd waste-to-energy power plant

Deal signed to set up 2nd waste-to-energy power plant

-- 2022-09-01 17:19:02

An agreement has been signed to develop the country’s second waste-based power plant in Narayanganj. Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC), and Chine...

Abdul Awal Mintoo gets anticipatory bail in two cases

Abdul Awal Mintoo gets anticipatory bail in two cases

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-01 17:04:00

The High Court has granted anticipatory bail for six weeks to BNP vice-chairman and also former FBCCI President Abdul Awal Mintoo in two cases filed by police with Sonagazi Police Station in Feni. Mi...

TCB starts selling rice at Tk 30 per kg

TCB starts selling rice at Tk 30 per kg

-- 2022-09-01 16:56:52

Food Friendly Programme (FFP)' and sale of rice at Tk 30 per kg under the open market sale (OMS) for low-income people began across the country on Thursday. "The government has started 'Food Friendly...

SC upholds General Harun’s bail in Destiny scam case

SC upholds General Harun’s bail in Destiny scam case

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-01 16:35:32

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court order that granted bail for six months to Destiny Group President and also former Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar...

Launch fare reduced by TK 0.15 per kilometre

Launch fare reduced by TK 0.15 per kilometre

-- 2022-09-01 16:06:21

Launch fares have been reduced by Tk 0.15 per kilometre soon in response to a Tk 5 cut in fuel oil price per litre. Bus prices were previously adjusted down by Tk 0.05 per kilometre in line with the r...

One killed, 20 hurt as BNP men clash with police in Narayanganj

One killed, 20 hurt as BNP men clash with police in Narayanganj

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-01 15:01:32

A man died and at least 20 others were injured in clashes between BNP supporters and the police in Narayanganj. The violence stemmed from a rally to mark the BNP's founding anniversary on Thursday. P...

Bangladesh has a zero-tolerance stance on terrorism: Home minister

Bangladesh has a zero-tolerance stance on terrorism: Home minister

-- 2022-09-01 13:15:02

The Bangladesh government has a zero-tolerance stance on terrorism, says Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government "maintains a policy of zero-tolerance towards te...