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Man accused of defrauding Shaon placed on remand

Man accused of defrauding Shaon placed on remand

-- 2022-08-26 16:18:32

A man who faces charges of defrauding Meher Afroz Shaon, the widow of celebrated writer Humayun Ahmed, has been remanded in police custody for a day. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rashidul Islam issu...

Three RNB men held for assaulting Armyman in Ctg

Three RNB men held for assaulting Armyman in Ctg

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-26 14:42:22

Three members of the Railway Nirapatta Bahini (RNB), caught on video assaulting and abusing an Army personnel at Chattogram Railway Station, were arrested. The arrestees were identified as Md Main Ho...

Three Bangladeshis die in Saudi Arabia road crash

Three Bangladeshis die in Saudi Arabia road crash

-- 2022-08-26 14:05:59

A road accident has left at least three Bangladeshi nationals dead and two others injured in Saudi Arabia. The group included two siblings from Cumilla who were travelling to the city of Al Qas...

Bangladesh elected member of Commonwealth's EC, Accreditation Committee

Bangladesh elected member of Commonwealth's EC, Accreditation Committee

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-26 13:56:23

Bangladesh has been unanimously elected a member of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Board of Governors for the term 2022-2024, BSS reports.  The Commonwealth Executive Committee cons...

Japan to continue efforts for voluntary Rohingya repatriation: ambassador

Japan to continue efforts for voluntary Rohingya repatriation: ambassador

-- 2022-08-26 13:51:47

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh ITO Naoki has said Japan would continue working closely with the international community, including ASEAN, to improve the situation in Myanmar, and make utmost effort...

Sohel Taj’s visit to AL office lends credence to speculation about his return to politics

Sohel Taj’s visit to AL office lends credence to speculation about his return to politics

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-26 13:08:25

Former state minister Tanzim Ahmed Sohel Taj made a sudden visit to the ruling Awami League (AL) president's political office on Thursday night, lending credence to speculation about his return to act...

Govt project cars are not returned

Govt project cars are not returned

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-26 09:27:36

Three cars together worth Tk 42 million and purchased for a government project are being used for personal comfort by top officials although it is mandatory to return the vehicles to the transport poo...

US to increase resettlement of Rohingya, says Blinken 

US to increase resettlement of Rohingya, says Blinken 

-- 2022-08-25 22:31:10

The United States is working to “significantly increase” resettlement of Rohingya refugees, including from Bangladesh, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.  He made the announ...

UN envoy calls on international community to keep Rohingyas high on agenda

UN envoy calls on international community to keep Rohingyas high on agenda

FE ONLINE REPORT  2022-08-25 21:49:37

UN Secretary General’s special envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer has told the international community to keep the Rohingya and the affected host communities high on the international agenda.&nbs...

Brand audit finds Dhaka streets littered with single-use plastic waste

Brand audit finds Dhaka streets littered with single-use plastic waste

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-08-25 20:04:39

The streets of capital Dhaka are flooded with plastic waste due to poor waste management and lack of awareness among its inhabitants. As much as 48.7 kg of plastic waste, mostly single-use plastic,...

Launch service on Shimulia-Majhikandi route resumes after two months 

Launch service on Shimulia-Majhikandi route resumes after two months 

-- 2022-08-25 19:40:16

Launch and speedboat services have resumed on the Shimulia-Majhikandi route after a suspension of two months following the inauguration of the multipurpose Padma Bridge.  Launch MV Ealitch left...

IGP Benazir Ahmed gets US visa to join UN police summit 

IGP Benazir Ahmed gets US visa to join UN police summit 

-- 2022-08-25 19:13:04

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed has received USA visa to join a 2-day United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS 2022) scheduled from August 31 to September 1.  The IGP is included...

CID arrests four mobile banking fraudsters

CID arrests four mobile banking fraudsters

-- 2022-08-25 18:39:02

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has said that four members of a gang involved in swindling money from mobile banking users through cloning SIM cards have been arrested from Dhaka, Jamalpur and...

180 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours 

180 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours 

-- 2022-08-25 18:34:07

Another 180 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till Thursday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).  Among them, 134 patients were...

No bar to import food from Russia, Ukraine, says Tipu 

No bar to import food from Russia, Ukraine, says Tipu 

-- 2022-08-25 18:23:55

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said the government has no restrictions on importing food products from Russia and Ukraine or any other country.  The minister was talking to the media after a...

Bangladesh plans to convert all rail lines to broad gauge 

Bangladesh plans to convert all rail lines to broad gauge 

-- 2022-08-25 17:40:34

Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan has said that the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will convert the country's whole railway system to broad gauge.  "The railway system of the co...

PM Hasina urges Myanmar to ensure dignified repatriation of Rohingyas 

PM Hasina urges Myanmar to ensure dignified repatriation of Rohingyas 

-- 2022-08-25 17:22:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Myanmar should let the international organisations to work in the Rakhine state to create a proper environment for the dignified return of the forcibly displaced...

HC summons Cox's Bazar deputy commissioner on contempt charge

HC summons Cox's Bazar deputy commissioner on contempt charge

-- 2022-08-25 17:11:39

The High Court has summoned the deputy commissioner of Cox's Bazar for failing to uphold a judicial directive on the illegal encroachment of the coastal town's sea beach. On Thursday, Justice JBM Has...

Bangladesh logs 258 new COVID cases, one death in a day

Bangladesh logs 258 new COVID cases, one death in a day

-- 2022-08-25 16:42:20

Bangladesh has recorded 258 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,010,748. The death toll from the disease rose by one in 24 hours to hit 29,320, according to the la...

BFIU seeks bank records of WASA MD, family members

BFIU seeks bank records of WASA MD, family members

-- 2022-08-25 16:13:41

Bangladesh's anti-money laundering watchdog has asked all local banks to submit detailed banking records of Taqsem A Khan, managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, and his famil...

Police arrest Grameen Telecom union leader

Police arrest Grameen Telecom union leader

-- 2022-08-25 16:09:45

Police have arrested Mainul Islam, vice president of the Grameen Telecom Worker-Employee Union, and are questioning him in their custody. Mainul was arrested on Tuesday night in Cumilla and was taken...

Drug stores to remain open at all hours: Health Minister

Drug stores to remain open at all hours: Health Minister

-- 2022-08-25 16:07:46

Health Minister Zahid Maleque said drug stores can remain open at all hours as they fall within the category of emergency services amid the government's push to limit business hours of commercial enti...

Bangladesh rolls out COVID-19 vaccine shots for children aged 5-11

Bangladesh rolls out COVID-19 vaccine shots for children aged 5-11

-- 2022-08-25 16:02:42

Kayanat, a nursery student, was a bit worried when she came to Senpara Parbata Government Primary School to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot. But her worries were over pretty soon and she was smiling as sh...

IOM calls for increased support, lasting solutions to Rohingya crisis

IOM calls for increased support, lasting solutions to Rohingya crisis

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-25 15:25:01

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) calls on the international community to take urgent action to ensure long-term development and sustainable humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refug...

Rohingya crisis: UN calls for renewed international attention

Rohingya crisis: UN calls for renewed international attention

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-25 15:05:45

On the five-year mark of the forced mass displacement of Rohingya from Myanmar’s Rakhine State, United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer has called for ren...

Four get life in jail for selling Khulna woman to Indian brothel

Four get life in jail for selling Khulna woman to Indian brothel

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-25 13:49:00

A Khulna tribunal has sentenced four people to life in jail for selling a woman to a brothel in India on the pretext of giving her a job in 2011. Khulna Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal...

President asks to ensure regular attendance at offices

President asks to ensure regular attendance at offices

-- 2022-08-25 13:40:24

President M Abdul Hamid has asked all government employees, including teachers and staffs of educational institutions to ensure regular office attendance side by side performing their respective dutie...

HC outlaws provision for permission from govt to arrest civil servants in criminal cases

HC outlaws provision for permission from govt to arrest civil servants in criminal cases

-- 2022-08-25 11:15:12

The High Court has struck down a provision that required 'prior permission' from the government or employing authorities to arrest a civil servant on criminal charges, bdnews24.com reports. In a ruli...

Leftist alliance begins hartal over record fuel price hike

Leftist alliance begins hartal over record fuel price hike

-- 2022-08-25 09:58:31

The Left Democratic Alliance has brought out processions in parts of Dhaka to begin a hartal over a record hike in fuel prices that increased transport fares as a ripple effect. The alliance is...

Anti-graft efforts should start on small scale

Anti-graft efforts should start on small scale

FE REPORT 2022-08-25 08:45:21

The anti-corruption efforts should start from the place where it is easier to enforce the rule of law so that the experience can be transitioned later to other sectors prone to graft, said a British...