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BD needs to develop long-term strategy on trade ties with EU

FE REPORT 2022-08-24 08:35:52

Bangladesh needs to develop a longer-term strategy and action plan for strengthening trade and economic ties with the EU taking the emerging issues and policy shifts there into consideration mainly to...

Govt approves new DAP to keep Dhaka habitable 

-- 2022-08-23 22:30:33

The government has approved a fresh Detailed Area Plan (DAP) to keep the capital habitable by easing pollution, traffic congestion, waterlogging and other issues through effective use of land. ...

Conspiracies being hatched against PM as her popularity increases: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-08-23 21:09:34

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said intrigues continue against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as her popularity has increased among the countrymen. "If an election is hel...

Mirza Fakhrul says BNP initiates fresh movement across country

-- 2022-08-23 21:03:59

Stating that their party has initiated a fresh movement across the country, including at the rural level, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said their party will not let the...

Parliamentary watchdog shocked by BPC irregularities 

-- 2022-08-23 21:00:12

An investigation into the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation or BPC’s irregularities in purchases and issues with an audit have left a parliament committee ‘astounded’ by its findings....

By-election to Gaibandha-5 constituency on October 12

-- 2022-08-23 20:56:04

The by-election to the Gaibandha-5 constituency, which fell vacant following the death of deputy speaker Fazle Rabbi Miah, will be held on October 12 with the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs)...

UNHCR appeals for renewed support for Rohingya refugees

-- 2022-08-23 20:49:17

UNHCR has appealed for much greater efforts to secure both financial support and solutions for the forcibly displaced Myanmar citizens Rohingyas living in Bangladesh. "This week marks five years sinc...

Suspended ACC director Enamul Basir gets bail in bribery case

-- 2022-08-23 20:09:04

The High Court has granted bail to Khandaker Enamul Basir, a suspended director of the Anti-Corruption Commission who has been sentenced to eight years in prison on bribery charges. A single-member b...

Why information on proposed names for EC formation was not provided: High Court

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-23 19:56:40

The High Court on Tuesday questioned the legality of the government's decision on refusing to give detailed information over who proposed whose names for the formation of the latest Election Commissio...

Why Zahangir's suspension from GCC mayoral post should not be declared illegal, asks HC

-- 2022-08-23 19:38:00

The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule upon the concerned government bodies to explain why the decision on suspending Mohammad Zahangir Alam from the post of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) Mayor shou...

Palak hopes World Bank to expand cooperation in ICT sector  

-- 2022-08-23 18:53:21

State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak has expressed the hope that the World Bank (WB) would expand its cooperation in Bangladesh's ICT sector.    Palak expressed the hope whe...

JS body for adjusting fuel price with Int'l market 

-- 2022-08-23 18:31:43

The Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings on Tuesday recommended adjusting the price of fuel in the country with the international market.  The parliamentary watchdog suggested it to th...

EVMs to be used in maximum 150 constituencies

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-23 18:27:33

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to use electronic voting machines instead of traditional ballot papers in the maximum 150 constituencies out of 300 ones in the next general election likely to...

Bangladesh logs highest dengue cases in single day in 2022 so far

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-23 18:08:06

Bangladesh has reported hospitalisation of a total of 153 dengue patients  in 24 hours to Tuesday morning, which is the highest single-day count in 2022 so far.  Among the new patients, 46...

Protesters block Dhaka-Ctg highway after eviction drive at Jungle Salimpur

-- 2022-08-23 17:46:45

Angry locals have occupied the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in protest against the administration’s drive to evict illegal settlements in the Jungle Salimpur area near the Bayezid Link Road in...

Students block road demanding half bus fare in Dhaka 

-- 2022-08-23 17:40:32

Protesters have blocked a key road in Dhaka’s Banani to demand a 50 per cent student discount on circular buses.  Students from Banani Bidyaniketan School and College began the protest on...

JRC official-level meeting begins

-- 2022-08-23 17:31:33

Ahead of the Bangladesh-India Joint River Commission (JRC) ministerial-level meeting, officials of both countries begin a two-day meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss water management issues bet...

Bangladesh reports 175 COVID cases in a day, no deaths

-- 2022-08-23 17:02:28

Bangladesh has recorded 175 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,010,323. No fatalities were registered in a 24-hour count and the death toll from the disease remai...

Four sentenced to death for murder in Chandpur

-- 2022-08-23 16:58:47

Four men have been sentenced to death for the murder of a woman in Chandpur’s Matlab South Upazila in 2013. Chandpur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Jannatul Ferdous Cho...

Mild heat wave may continue in seven districts

-- 2022-08-23 15:20:23

The ongoing mild heat wave is likely to continue in seven districts of the country, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin valid for 24 hours commencing 9am today (Tuesday, Aug 23,...

US donates 10m doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-23 13:04:06

The US has donated another 10 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh through the COVAX programme. The shots will be used to expand vaccinations to teens and adults across the coun...

57 surrendered extremists financially rehabilitated in Rajshahi

-- 2022-08-23 12:36:13

A total of 57 extremists, who came back to normal life after surrendering to the administration, were financially rehabilitated in the district amid generosity of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, BSS rep...

Habiganj tea workers refuse to go back to work without Tk 300 daily wage

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-23 11:29:16

The workers of 23 tea estates in Habiganj’s Lashkarpur valley have refused to go back to work without Tk 300 daily wage as some fellow protesters in Sylhet and Moulvibazar have agreed to join wo...

Unmanned level crossings mostly cause train accidents

-- 2022-08-23 09:00:10

Eleven students were returning from an excursion at a waterfall at Mirsarai in Chottogram last month. The students died as the hired microbus carrying them got through an unmanned level crossing and w...

DCs asked to act against traders' sleaze

REZAUL KARIM 2022-08-23 08:50:01

The government has asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) to act against shady traders and monitor the commodity market effectively in order to keep goods prices stable and supply normal. It has also...

Overdue JRC meet today

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2022-08-23 08:38:51

Bangladesh may table 11 issues at the much-awaited Joint River Commission (JRC) meeting between Bangladesh and India, beginning Tuesday in Delhi after the lapse of 12 years with few major problems lef...

Six more banks come under probe

SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2022-08-23 08:22:44

A special inspection begins to delve deep into alleged foreign-exchange misdealing by six more commercial banks that added fuel to volatility on the market, officials say. Six teams of Bangladesh Ban...

BNP is the main patron of killing, coup, corruption, terrorism: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-08-22 21:05:30

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday described BNP as the main patron of killing, coup, conspiracy, corruption, criminalisation, terrorism and militancy in this country. "Continuin...

Samrat gets bail in money laundering case 

-- 2022-08-22 21:01:34

A Dhaka court has granted bail to the expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a money laundering case.   Judge Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 on Monday...

Khaleda returns home after health check-up at Evercare Hospital

-- 2022-08-22 20:58:48

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned home on Monday evening after going to Evercare Hospital in the capital for health check-ups. She reached the hospital from her Gulshan residence around 4:45 pm an...