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Checking corruption at BPC could have prevented fuel price hike, CPD says

-- 2022-08-10 17:19:06

The government could have avoided the unprecedented hike in the fuel price by checking corruption, theft and mismanagement of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation and by improving the state-run agency&rsq...

Travellers advised to arrive at Dhaka airport early due to congestion

-- 2022-08-10 16:44:47

Dhaka Metropolitan Police advised air passengers to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ahead of time. Some lanes on the road to the airport are currently closed to traffic due to ongoin...

Tidal surge likely to inundate low-lying areas of coastal districts

-- 2022-08-10 15:43:24

Under the influence of the well-marked low and steep pressure gradient, the low-lying areas of the coastal districts and their offshore island and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven s...

Child dies as school gate collapses in Khagrachhari

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-10 14:38:38

A pre-primary student died after a gate at the entrance of a school collapsed and fell on him in Khagrachhari. The incident occurred at Khabong Paria Govt Primary School in the Sadar Upazila around 9...

Two Rohingya leaders shot dead in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp

-- 2022-08-10 12:36:13

Two Rohingya community leaders have been shot dead at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya. The incident occurred around midnight on Tuesday in the Palankhanli Union-15 Jamtali Ca...

ADB calls for expanded efforts to address water security in Asia and the Pacific

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-10 12:20:29

Asia and the Pacific must greatly expand its efforts to address water security and resilience needs, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Managing Director General Woochong Um told the opening of the Asia Wat...

Two missing as three fishing trawlers overturn in Bay of Bengal

-- 2022-08-10 12:12:10

Three fishing trawlers have capsized in the Bay of Bengal off Kuakata while returning to shore. The trawlers overturned near the Payra Port's Fair Buoy around 3 am on Monday, reports bdnews24.c...

Dhaka’s air quality now 'moderate'

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-10 10:25:24

With an air quality index (AQI) score of 68 at 9.30am, the densely populated metropolis ranked 22nd in the list of world cities with the worst air quality. Saudi Arabia's Riyadh, Pakistan’s Lah...

Uttara scrap shop fire death toll hits seven

-- 2022-08-10 08:51:34

The seventh victim of a fire in a scrap shop in Dhaka’s Uttara has died, leaving only one survivor who is also fighting for his life. Md Shafiqul Islam, 32, died at the Sheikh Hasina Nati...

Prevent tax evasion, money laundering without burdening people with foreign debt: TIB

-- 2022-08-09 22:48:53

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has suggested the adoption of the 'Common Reporting Standard (CRS)' to prevent tax evasion and money laundering to stabilise foreign exchange reserves witho...

Six accused remanded over Tangail bus robbery, rape

-- 2022-08-09 21:35:13

A tangail court on Tuesday placed six accused in a case filed over the robbery incident after hijacking a Chattogram-bound bus in Tangail when a woman commuter was raped, on a three-day police remand....

Manpower export to Malaysia resumes after four-year gap

-- 2022-08-09 21:21:46

Malaysia on Tuesday resumed recruitment of manpower from Bangladesh after a long pause of four years as the first batch of Bangladeshi workers reached Kuala Lumpur. A flight of Air Asia carrying 53 B...

BNP sees Ganatantra Mancha in line with its call for united opposition

-- 2022-08-09 21:13:16

Welcoming the new political platform bringing together 7 political parties, BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Tuesday said the emergence of an opposition alliance is a success for their party&rsq...

Hasan Mahmud dismisses Ganatantra Mancha as out-of-touch, insignificant

-- 2022-08-09 21:04:34

The newly formed 'Ganatantra Mancha', a new political alliance of seven isolated parties has no importance in the political field or in polls, said Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday. Each...

Bangladesh needs plans to explore its own sources of energy: Nasrul Hamid

-- 2022-08-09 19:26:21

Bangladesh needs short and medium-term plans to scope out its own resources to mitigate the fuel crisis, according to State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid. Speaking at a virtual dialogue...

Low-lying areas in Bagerhat coastal areas submerged

-- 2022-08-09 19:00:17

Low-lying coastal areas of Bagerhat district were inundated due to the tidal surge triggered by the depression in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, causing immense suffering to the dwellers. The intermit...

Considering fare hike, but nothing decided yet: Railway minister

-- 2022-08-09 18:09:50

No decision has been taken yet about the increase of the railway fare, said Railway Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujon on Tuesday. “After the price hike of fuel, we are thinking about the increase o...

Official death toll from flood rises to 138

-- 2022-08-09 17:12:03

The death toll from this season's floods in the country rose to 138 with another death in Habiganj district in 24 hours until Tuesday morning. The total deaths were recorded from May 17 to August 9,...

RAB’s Air Wing director, injured in helicopter crash, dies in Singapore

-- 2022-08-09 17:04:35

Rapid Action Battalion officer Lt Col Md Ismail Hossain, who was injured in a helicopter crash, has died in hospital care. He was 45. Ismail, who was a director of RAB’s Air Wing, suffered crit...

Tea workers strike for wage hike in Sylhet

-- 2022-08-09 17:03:58

Hundreds of workers of 23 tea gardens in Sylhet observed a two hour work abstention on Tuesday demanding a daily wage of Tk 300 due to price hike of daily essentials. The workers of Sylhet Valley wen...

53 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2022-08-09 16:54:36

Another 53 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours until Tuesday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Among them, 50 patients were hospita...

239 Covid-19 cases, one death reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-08-09 16:38:58

Bangladesh has recorded 239 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,007,870. The death toll from the disease climbed by one in 24 hours to 29,308, according to the lat...

Shia Muslims in Bangladesh mark Ashura with traditional procession

-- 2022-08-09 15:42:32

The Shia Muslim community in Bangladesh is observing Ashura, commemorating the 7th century martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein with customary fervour and reverence. Devotees m...

Next election will be held on time: Quader

-- 2022-08-09 15:19:57

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader Tuesday asserted that nothing could disrupt the next national election "which will be held on time as per the constitution". "Statements issued by t...

Nine killed in seven months at unmanned level crossings in Feni

-- 2022-08-09 15:05:50

Unauthorised level crossings have become a death trap in Feni district where nine people were killed in the past seven months, thanks to the dereliction of the authorities concerned. Every...

Dhaka's air quality remains 'good'

-- 2022-08-09 13:54:06

Dhaka's air quality continues to be in the 'good' zone. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 50 at 10.30 am, the densely populated metropolis ranked 35th in the list of world cities with...

Holy Ashura today

-- 2022-08-09 12:35:08

The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain Ibn Ali (RA), a grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), is being observed across the country today with due religio...

Sixth victim of Uttara scrap shop fire dies

-- 2022-08-09 12:30:05

Another victim of a fire at a junk shop in Uttara's Kamarpara has succumbed to his wounds, raising the death toll in the incident to six. Md Al Amin, 30, died during treatment at the Sheikh Has...

Eyewitness revisits August 15 episode at 32 Dhanmondi

BSS 2022-08-09 10:10:58

It was the early hours of August 15, 1975, the blackest chapter of the nation’s history. “I’m President Sheikh Mujib. What do you want? Where do you want to take me?”- These w...

80pc of travel market remains unexplored: Palak

-- 2022-08-08 22:31:41

ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said Bangladesh has only explored about 20 per cent of its travel market while the rest of it remains unexplored. "Many foreigners and tourists are unaware o...