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I asked India to help maintain stability in Bangladesh, Momen clarifies

I asked India to help maintain stability in Bangladesh, Momen clarifies

-- 2022-08-19 17:53:06

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday said he told the Indian government that Bangladesh would be happy if India helps Bangladesh in maintaining stability, noting that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...

Garments Sramik Front wants TK 24,000 as minimum wage for RMG workers

Garments Sramik Front wants TK 24,000 as minimum wage for RMG workers

-- 2022-08-19 17:21:28

Garments Sramik Front has staged a demonstration in Dhaka, demanding Tk 20,000 as the national minimum wage and Tk 24,000 as the lowest monthly wage for the garment workers. They made the demand on F...

93 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

93 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-08-19 17:21:15

Bangladesh has recorded 93 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,009,697. No fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count and the death toll from the disease rema...

Two die as fishing trawler capsize in Bay of Bengal

Two die as fishing trawler capsize in Bay of Bengal

-- 2022-08-19 17:14:41

Two fishermen died after a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Hatia upazila of Noakhali due to bad weather on Friday. The identities of the deceased fishermen could not be known immed...

Heatwave may abate in next 24 hours

Heatwave may abate in next 24 hours

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-19 15:41:05

Large parts of Bangladesh are in the grip of a blistering heatwave but that may abate in the next 24 hours, the weather department said on Friday.  “Mild heat wave is sweeping through Rang...

Baby born on launch gets free lifetime travel pass

Baby born on launch gets free lifetime travel pass

-- 2022-08-19 15:26:50

A woman went into labour and delivered a baby boy while travelling by launch from Dhaka to Barishal. The launch authorities subsequently rewarded the boy and his parents with free travel privileges fo...

Four tea garden workers killed in Sreemangal landslide

Four tea garden workers killed in Sreemangal landslide

-- 2022-08-19 15:13:43

Four people have died in a landslide at a tea plantation in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar district. The incident occurred around 12 pm on Friday when a group of workers went to dig up soil from a...

Man held with 17 gold bars in Jashore

Man held with 17 gold bars in Jashore

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-19 14:35:49

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday claimed to have detained a man with 17 gold bars weighing 1.985 kg in Sharsha upazila of Jashore. The detainee was identified as Montaj Hossain, 45, a resident...

Bangabandhu Tunnel to open for traffic by year-end

Bangabandhu Tunnel to open for traffic by year-end

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CHATTOGRAM 2022-08-19 11:06:02

'Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel' at the bottom of the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram will be opened for traffic by the end of the current year (2022), project insiders expect, as around 90 p...

BNP looks to tap public anger over soaring inflation

BNP looks to tap public anger over soaring inflation

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-19 09:55:52

Al Amin Mohammad, a member of Jatiytabadi Chhatra Dal, or JCD, is optimistic about the BNP's future. After all the fumbles and missed opportunities, both on the streets and on the ballot box for near...

Unhealthy air-induced diseases raise crowds in Dhaka hospitals

Unhealthy air-induced diseases raise crowds in Dhaka hospitals

SM NAJMUS SAKIB 2022-08-19 09:06:10

Hospitals in Dhaka nowadays have to cope with pressure of an increasing number of patients with respiratory diseases mainly caused by the unhealthy air of the city, say chest disease specialists and a...

Don't consider you minorities, PM tells Hindus in Bangladesh

Don't consider you minorities, PM tells Hindus in Bangladesh

-- 2022-08-18 21:39:36

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday came down heavily on a section of Hindus who try to imply that they are in very bad shape in Bangladesh. “I want to say one thing with grave regret that...

Girder crash: RAB says Chinese contractor undertook cost-cutting at the expense of human lives

Girder crash: RAB says Chinese contractor undertook cost-cutting at the expense of human lives

-- 2022-08-18 21:12:39

China Gezhouba Group Corporation, a contractor of the Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit project, appointed Zulfikar Ali Shah as the safety engineer in 2021. His duty was to ensure safety on the site from...

BD to highlight Teesta water sharing deal, Ganges utilisation in JRC

BD to highlight Teesta water sharing deal, Ganges utilisation in JRC

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2022-08-18 20:59:57

Bangladesh will highlight the pending Teesta water sharing deal and maximum utilisation of the Ganges water in the upcoming meeting of the Joint River Commission (JRC) sch...

10 million online train tickets issued in four months

10 million online train tickets issued in four months

-- 2022-08-18 20:50:02

The Bangladesh Railway's online ticketing partner Shohoz-Synesis-Vincen-JV has claimed to have issued around 10 million train tickets in the last four months. The ticket service provider issued 80,00...

HC cannot assume jurisdiction of an authority conferred by a specific law: Supreme Court

HC cannot assume jurisdiction of an authority conferred by a specific law: Supreme Court

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-18 19:50:18

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ruled that the High Court Division cannot assume the power and jurisdiction of a particular authority conferred by a specific law or statute in exercisi...

Mild heat wave sweeps across country: BMD

Mild heat wave sweeps across country: BMD

-- 2022-08-18 19:33:35

Bangladesh, including its capital Dhaka, is experiencing high temperatures as a mild heat wave sweeps across the nation. A low-pressure system has also developed in the Bay of Bengal, causing seaports...

I can understand PM Hasina’s pains, says Unhr commissioner

I can understand PM Hasina’s pains, says Unhr commissioner

-- 2022-08-18 19:15:38

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said she understands the pains of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as they both went through similar situations back in 1974 and 197...

Bangladesh reports one Covid death, 170 fresh cases

Bangladesh reports one Covid death, 170 fresh cases

-- 2022-08-18 18:54:41

Bangladesh has recorded 170 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,009,604. The death toll from the disease climbed by one in 24 hours to 29,315, according to the lat...

Tea garden owners propose wage hike by Tk 20

Tea garden owners propose wage hike by Tk 20

-- 2022-08-18 17:32:06

The workers of 167 tea gardens across the country, including 92 of Moulvibazar, continued their strike on Thursday as the garden owners proposed a daily wage hike by only Tk 20 against the demand o...

Biman launches flights to China’s Guangzhou

Biman launches flights to China’s Guangzhou

-- 2022-08-18 16:53:26

Biman Bangladesh Airlines started operating flights on Dhaka-Guangzhou-Dhaka route on Thursday morning. State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali inaugurated the flights at Hazrat S...

BRT accident: Chinese envoy vows strict action

BRT accident: Chinese envoy vows strict action

-- 2022-08-18 16:46:50

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has assured that there will be no objection to taking punitive action as recommended by the probe committee against those responsible for the Uttara Bus Ra...

Indonesia for stronger cooperation with Bangladesh

Indonesia for stronger cooperation with Bangladesh

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

The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Dhaka has celebrated the 77th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia amid festivities. The day’s events began with a flag hoisting ceremony in...

Uttara girder crash:  Helper operating the crane

Uttara girder crash:  Helper operating the crane

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-18 14:21:20

The Bus Rapid Transit project crane that dropped a girder on a passing car in Dhaka’s Uttara and killed five members of a family was operated by a 23-year-old assistant named Rakib Hossain. The...

Light to moderate rainfall likely in parts of the country

Light to moderate rainfall likely in parts of the country

-- 2022-08-18 14:11:12

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (August 18, 2022) predicted that light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at different parts of...

Teacher couple found dead inside car

Teacher couple found dead inside car

-- 2022-08-18 13:30:38

Police have retrieved the bodies of a couple, both teachers, from a car in Gazipur city. Ziaur Rahman Mamun, the head teacher of Tongi's Shaheed Smriti School, and his wife Jeli Akhter, an assistant...

Majestic Maheshkhali Paan

Majestic Maheshkhali Paan

OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR 2022-08-18 11:51:23

While visiting the tourism hub of Cox's Bazar, most tourists hardly miss travelling to Maheshkhali island. It is the only hilly island in Bangladesh with long sea beaches, hilly areas and mangrove fo...

Janmashtami today

Janmashtami today

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-18 11:17:07

The Hindu community in Bangladesh is celebrating Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, on Thursday with religious fervour. According to Hindu religion, Lord Vishnu incarnated in the univers...

Bangabandhu dreamt of an exploitation-free Bangladesh

Bangabandhu dreamt of an exploitation-free Bangladesh

FE REPORT 2022-08-18 10:09:28

Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman dreamt of an exploitation-free and economically-developed Bangladesh, participants told a discussion in the capital on Wednesday. They observed...

Amend laws, enforce those strictly to curb sound pollution

Amend laws, enforce those strictly to curb sound pollution

FE REPORT 2022-08-18 09:26:57

Speakers at a discussion on Wednesday urged the government to amend the existing laws and enforce those strictly to control sound pollution, as Dhaka has been ranked as the noisiest city in the world....