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BRT girder collapse: PM expresses anger, orders action against perpetrators

BRT girder collapse: PM expresses anger, orders action against perpetrators

-- 2022-08-16 16:14:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her anger over the girder crash accident in Uttara which killed five members of a family and ordered authorities to find and punish the perpetrators. She as...

Restaurant owner arrested over deadly Chawkbazar fire

Restaurant owner arrested over deadly Chawkbazar fire

-- 2022-08-16 16:00:25

Police have arrested Fakharuddin, the owner of a restaurant in Chawkbazar’s Debidas Ghat Lane, over the deaths of six workers after a deadly fire engulfed the building in the area that also hous...

Find those responsible for girder accident: PM

Find those responsible for girder accident: PM

-- 2022-08-16 15:20:37

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her anger over the girder crash accident in Uttara which killed five members of a family and ordered authorities to find and punish the perpetrators. She as...

Govt devising ways to bring down prices of essentials: PM

Govt devising ways to bring down prices of essentials: PM

-- 2022-08-16 15:11:14

The government is contemplating ways to bringing down the prices of essential commodities that have gone beyond the reach of commoners following the fuel oil price hike, UNB reports. Prime Minister S...

Work on BRT project in Uttara suspended after girder crash, says Mayor Atiq

Work on BRT project in Uttara suspended after girder crash, says Mayor Atiq

-- 2022-08-16 13:50:48

All work on the Bus Rapid Transit project in Dhaka’s Uttara has been suspended after a falling girder killed five people in a car, says Dhaka North City Mayor Atiqul Islam, bdnews24.com re...

Uttara girder tragedy: Preliminary probe report submitted

Uttara girder tragedy: Preliminary probe report submitted

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-16 13:41:15

A six-member panel probing the Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) girder tragedy has submitted a preliminary report to the government. On Monday, five members of a family, including two children, were cru...

Dhaka’s air quality ‘moderate’

Dhaka’s air quality ‘moderate’

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-16 12:46:44

Dhaka's air quality continues to be in the 'moderate' zone, all thanks to intermittent monsoon showers. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 55 at 10.10am on Tuesday, the densely populated metrop...

30pc hike in launch fair comes into effect today

30pc hike in launch fair comes into effect today

-- 2022-08-16 12:46:02

The government has raised fares for launch trips by 30 per cent. The new rates will take effect on Tuesday, according to a notice from the Ministry of Shipping. For trips less than 100 kilometres, fa...

Crane operator, contractor sued over Uttara girder disaster

Crane operator, contractor sued over Uttara girder disaster

-- 2022-08-16 12:30:18

A case has been registered over the deaths of five family members who were crushed in their car when a girder lifted by a crane under the Bus Rapid Transit project fell on the vehicle in Dhaka's Uttar...

Houses built for speaker, deputy speaker near parliament are legal: SC

Houses built for speaker, deputy speaker near parliament are legal: SC

-- 2022-08-16 12:10:29

The Appellate Division has overturned a High Court order that declared the houses built for the speaker and deputy speaker in the parliament area were illegal. The decision means that the homes are n...

Bus services resume on Sylhet-Mymensingh route

Bus services resume on Sylhet-Mymensingh route

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-16 11:57:38

Bus services have resumed on the Sylhet-Mymensingh route, after a fortnight-long strike following a strife between the public transport vehicle owners of the two districts. The services began on Sund...

City bus services in a mess

City bus services in a mess

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-08-16 08:56:09

Transport workers have taken control over the city bus services, allegedly creating an unpleasant situation for all the stakeholders, including passengers and owners. They are allegedly charging fare...

UAE-returnee detained at Dhaka airport with gold bars, jewellery worth Tk 8.9m

UAE-returnee detained at Dhaka airport with gold bars, jewellery worth Tk 8.9m

-- 2022-08-15 23:19:04

Customs officials on Monday detained a man at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka with 1,216 kilogrammes of gold bars and jewellery worth Tk 8.9 million. The detainee was identified as Md...

Assassination of Bangabandhu a heinous crime against humanity: Hasan Mahmud

Assassination of Bangabandhu a heinous crime against humanity: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2022-08-15 23:08:16

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday said the assassination of Bangabandhu along with most of his family members was not a mere killing rather it was a heinous crime against hu...

National Mourning Day observed with due solemnity

National Mourning Day observed with due solemnity

-- 2022-08-15 22:59:20

The National Mourning Day and the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed on Monday across the country and Bangladesh missions abroad with due...

President hosts doa mahfil marking National Mourning Day

President hosts doa mahfil marking National Mourning Day

-- 2022-08-15 22:36:34

President M Abdul Hamid today hosted a milad and doa mahfil at Durbar Hall of Bangabhaban after Magrib prayers marking the National Mourning Day and the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nat...

PM struggling to materialise Bangabandhu’s dream: Obaidul Quader

PM struggling to materialise Bangabandhu’s dream: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-08-15 22:29:05

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is struggling to fulfil the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.    “P...

Tourist goes missing in Cox’s Bazar

Tourist goes missing in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2022-08-15 22:21:35

A young college student went missing from Kalatali point of Cox’s Bazar sea beach on Monday while taking bath in the Bay of Bengal. The missing tourist was identified as Adnan Maruf, son of Md...

PM expresses shock at loss of lives in girder collapse

PM expresses shock at loss of lives in girder collapse

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-15 21:20:25

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday expressed deep shock and sorrow at loss of lives after collapse of a girder at BRT project site on a car in the city’s Uttara area. In a condolence messag...

Rights activists for removal of over-politicisation of law enforcers, judiciary, media

Rights activists for removal of over-politicisation of law enforcers, judiciary, media

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-15 21:01:46

Human rights activists of the country expressed their concern over politicisation and repressive laws to visiting UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet. They also narrated the challenges the...

Developed countries sheltering Bangabandhu’s killers, it's very unfair: Momen

Developed countries sheltering Bangabandhu’s killers, it's very unfair: Momen

-- 2022-08-15 20:54:33

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has expressed displeasure over the developed countries which have been sheltering self-confessed, convicted killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur R...

Death toll rises to five as BRT project’s girder falls on car

Death toll rises to five as BRT project’s girder falls on car

-- 2022-08-15 20:36:31

A girder lifted by a crane under the government’s Bus Rapid Transit project in Dhaka’s Uttara came down on a passing car, killing five people of a family inside the vehicle. Two other mem...

Bangladesh reports 259 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh reports 259 new Covid cases, one death

-- 2022-08-15 18:30:24

Bangladesh has recorded 259 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,009,129. The death toll from the disease climbed by one in 24 hours to 29,314, according to the lat...

BRT project girder falls on private car, four die

BRT project girder falls on private car, four die

-- 2022-08-15 18:04:40

A girder has fallen from the Bus Rapid Transit project in Dhaka’s Uttara, killing four people in a passing car. Two of the people in the car have been rescued and sent to the hospital after the...

14 institutions fined over Tk 5.6 million for polluting environment

14 institutions fined over Tk 5.6 million for polluting environment

-- 2022-08-15 17:11:16

The Department of Environment (DoE) has fined 14 institutions and factories from seven districts more than Tk 5.6 million due to their links to environmental pollution. Of them, Paltan China Town in...

Death toll from Chawkbazar building fire rises to six

Death toll from Chawkbazar building fire rises to six

-- 2022-08-15 17:11:05

Firefighters have recovered six bodies from the debris after a fire swept through a building that houses a plastics factory and a restaurant in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar. The incident in Kamalbagh was r...

Fire doused at Chawkbazar polythene factory

Fire doused at Chawkbazar polythene factory

-- 2022-08-15 16:42:47

A fire that erupted at a polythene factory in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar has been brought under control. The incident in Kamalbagh was reported around 12 pm on Monday, said Md Shahjahan Sikder, assistant...

IPOA distributes food, education materials among street children

IPOA distributes food, education materials among street children

-- 2022-08-15 16:17:48

Immigration and Passport Officers Association (IPOA) has distributed food items and education materials among street children on the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Shei...

Children to get Covid-19 vaccines at school centres

Children to get Covid-19 vaccines at school centres

-- 2022-08-15 16:08:02

Health Minister Zahid Maleque says that children aged 5-11 will get the Covid-19 vaccine at their registered school centres. Schools are preparing to administer the vaccines, he told the media after...

PM pays tribute to Bangabandhu in Tungipara

PM pays tribute to Bangabandhu in Tungipara

-- 2022-08-15 14:30:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his final resting place in Tungipara on his death anniversary, bdnews24.com reports. After arriving in Go...