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240 govt entities, banks come under cyber-attacks

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2022-08-21 17:19:50

An estimated 240 major government organisations along with commercial banks have come under major and coordinated cyber-attacks very recently. Terming cyber-attacks outrageous, the state-backed Bangl...

England's 'hits' are suddenly all 'misses'

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-08-21 16:54:21

South Africa are giving England some real hard times. They drew the ODI series, won the T20 series, and the 1st Test of the ongoing series by an innings -- all on English soil.  Not only South A...

Kansat: The largest mango market in Bangladesh

Tanjim Istiaque 2022-08-21 16:47:42

Mangoes grow abundantly in Bangladesh. But Rajshahi is the country's main mango-growing district, and Kansat is the centre of it. The Kansat Mango Market Chapainawabganj district is popularly called...

Habiganj tea plantation workers block highway to demand pay hike

-- 2022-08-21 15:53:31

The workers of 24 tea plantations in Habiganj have once again blocked the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway to press home their demand for a daily wage of Tk 300. They descended on the Muktijoddha Square at the h...

ACC to launch probe into Ramna Police Station OC Monirul's 'illegal wealth'

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-21 14:55:20

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch an investigation against Ramna Police Station chief Monirul Islam for allegedly amassing vast wealth through dubious means. The High Court o...

Man ‘beaten by police’ after reporting attempted child rape

-- 2022-08-21 14:51:02

A man claims he was beaten by police in Manikganj’s Shibaloy after he tried to report the attempted rape of his daughter, bdnews24.com reports. The officer-on-duty at the time, Sub-Inspec...

PM alerts countrymen against recurrence of Aug 15-like carnage

-- 2022-08-21 14:44:52

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (August 21, 2022) cautioned the countrymen about the repetition of August 15, 1975-like carnage as those who don’t like the country’s development wouldn&...

Low-income people in Bagerhat hit hard by high price of rice  

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-21 13:17:22

The prices of all varieties of rice have gone up in the wholesale and retail markets of Bagerhat, creating a suffocating condition for the low-income group people who are already plagued by price hike...

Hasina pays tribute to victims of Aug 21 grenade attack

-- 2022-08-21 13:00:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid homage to the victims of the grisly grenade attack that took place on Aug 21, 2004. Hasina arrived at Bangabandhu Avenue around 10:30 am to commemorate the 1...

Recollection of uncertain moments of Sheikh Hasina's rescue

-- 2022-08-21 12:08:20

Bangladesh's history recorded the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on incumbent Prime Minister and the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina as one of the most gruesome incidents, killing 24 people and w...

‘Hundreds’ of fishermen missing in rough weather

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-21 10:16:29

As many as 11 fishing trawlers capsized while dozens others lost communication with the shore in rough weather in Patuakhali and Pirojpur. Families and traders said more than 500 fishermen were on th...

18th anniversary of Aug 21 grenade attack today

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-21 08:35:05

The Awami League leaders massed before their central office for a peace rally against terrorism at Bangabandhu Avenue on an ordinary Saturday 18 years ago. But a series of ghastly grenade attacks pour...

1.0m pledge to end child marriage

FE REPORT 2022-08-21 08:18:57

More than 1.0-million signatures have been collected under the USAID-funded Ujjiban Social and Behaviour Change Project to end child marriage in the country. The pledges were handed to state minister...

Many tea workers refuse to end strike

-- 2022-08-20 21:46:36

A large number of tea garden workers have rejected the Tk 25 daily wage hike fixed by the government on Saturday and vowed to continue their movement for a Tk 300 daily wage. Many of them refused to...

Awami League to observe 18th anniversary of August 21 grenade attack Sunday

-- 2022-08-20 20:07:36

Awami League and its associate and like-minded bodies will observe the 18th anniversary of the August 21 grenade attack on Sunday with various programmes. On this day in 2004, a grisly grenade attack...

Those who are in power with others’ help can’t rule Bangladesh: Fakhrul

-- 2022-08-20 20:00:15

Slamming the foreign minister for seeking India’s 'support' to prop up Sheikh Hasina's government, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said those who stay in power at t...

Vehicular movement to be limited in Press Club, Paltan and Zero Point areas on Sunday

-- 2022-08-20 19:37:55

Vehicle movement will be limited in the city's Press Club, Paltan and Zero Point areas tomorrow (Sunday) due to a day-long political programme at Bangabandhu Avenue tomorrow (Sunday). Traffic divisio...

47 fishermen missing as four trawlers sink in Bay of Bengal

-- 2022-08-20 19:22:50

Four fishing trawlers from Bhola’s Lalmohan Upazila sank in the Bay of Bengal at Cox’s Bazar’s Fishing Ground point with 60 fishermen on board after getting caught in a storm on Frid...

Three of a family die from electrocution in Cumilla

-- 2022-08-20 17:58:16

Three members of a family, including a child, died from electrocution in Muradnagar Upazila of Cumilla on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Hosne Ara Begum (60), her son Tara Mia (30) and her...

Central bank’s former DGM crushed under train in city

-- 2022-08-20 17:25:23

A 59-year-old man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Khilgaon level crossing in the capital Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Fakhrul Islam, former Deputy General Manager of Ba...

Tea workers end strike after daily wage hike

-- 2022-08-20 17:07:13

Tea plantation workers have returned to work after owners agreed to raise their daily wage to Tk 145 from Tk 120 amid protests. They ended a strike after 12 days over the wage dispute on Saturday, ac...

Over one million pledges taken to end child marriage in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-20 16:55:57

One million signatures were collected under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ujjiban Social and Behaviour Change Project to end child marriage in the country. USAID Miss...

100 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-08-20 16:36:09

Bangladesh has recorded 100 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,009,797. No fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count and the death toll from the disease rem...

Case filed over deaths of teacher couple in Gazipur

-- 2022-08-20 16:26:33

A case has been registered over the deaths of a couple, both schoolteachers, whose bodies were found inside a car in Gazipur city under mysterious circumstances. Their family started the case against...

Installation of rail track on Padma Bridge starts

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-20 13:51:39

Installation of rail track on the lower deck of the Padma Bridge was formally inaugurated on Saturday declaring to complete the bridge part by December next. However, the entire 215 kilometre rail co...

Mirza Fakhrul demands explanation on foreign minister's statement

-- 2022-08-19 21:53:53

Questioning whether the Awami League government has been in power at the 'mercy' of India, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday demanded an explanation on the foreign minister's...

President to visit Kishoreganj from Monday to Thursday

-- 2022-08-19 20:45:56

President M Abdul Hamid is set to visit his ancestral district Kishoreganj from August 22 to 25 (Monday to Thursday) on a four-day tour to attend several programmes. "The president will leave for Kis...

Court remands 10 over Uttara girder crash

-- 2022-08-19 19:50:28

A Dhaka court on Friday remanded 10 people on different terms in a case lodged over the death of five people after a girder of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project crashed on a private car in the capit...

Momen's remarks have no link with Awami League: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-08-19 19:27:03

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the Awami League has never requested India to provide the party with support to stay in power. Obaidul Quader came up with the statement a...

Petrobangla starts drilling in Shahbazpur Gas Field

-- 2022-08-19 18:48:32

Petrobangla has begun drilling a development well of Shahbazpur Gas Field in the southern district of Bhola. Russian state-controlled gas giant Gazprom was appointed as the contractor for drilling th...