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Two students identified as suspects in Chattogram University sex assault

Two students identified as suspects in Chattogram University sex assault

-- 2022-07-22 19:45:41

Chattogram University authorities and police have identified two students as suspects in the sexual assault on a female student on the campus, an incident that sparked protests. The police were yet t...

New schedules for load-shedding will be fixed next week: Nasrul Hamid

New schedules for load-shedding will be fixed next week: Nasrul Hamid

-- 2022-07-22 18:42:57

The government will plan its next steps for electricity rationing after taking stock of the situation during the first week of rolling power outages, according to State Minister for Power and Energy N...

NSU money laundering case: Some in jail, some untouched on same charge

NSU money laundering case: Some in jail, some untouched on same charge

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-22 18:01:34

Considering the gravity of the offence, the High Court sent four accused of a money laundering case under police custody rejecting their anticipatory bail petition. Now they are in jail as the lower c...

Bangladeshi teen makes Guinness World record stacking most coins into a tower

Bangladeshi teen makes Guinness World record stacking most coins into a tower

-- 2022-07-22 17:13:54

A 16-year-old named Ayman Mohammad from Chattogram has made it to the Guinness World Book of records by stacking most coins into a tower within a minute. “Ayman Mohammad from Bangladesh achieve...

Fire guts 69 shops, house in Rangamati

Fire guts 69 shops, house in Rangamati

-- 2022-07-22 17:03:51

A massive fire has ripped through a market in Rangamati's remote Baghaichhari Upazila, destroying at least 69 shops and a house. The blaze erupted at the Durchhari market around 9 am on Thursday, acc...

620 Covid-19 cases, two deaths reported in 24 hours

620 Covid-19 cases, two deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-07-22 17:01:15

Bangladesh has recorded 620 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,000,899. The death toll from the disease climbed by two in 24 hours to 29,258, according to the lat...

35 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

35 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2022-07-22 16:52:34

Thirty-Five more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Thursday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Among them, 34 patients were hospitalised in Dhak...

National Fisheries Week to begin Saturday

National Fisheries Week to begin Saturday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-22 16:45:07

The National Fisheries Week will begin in the country on Saturday with the aim of making the country’s people more aware of and involved in increasing safe fish production. President Md Abdul...

BRRI sets strategic plan for surplus rice production

BRRI sets strategic plan for surplus rice production

-- 2022-07-22 16:14:35

Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has prepared a strategic plan for surplus production, synchronising with the government’s Vision 2041 alongside the predicted domestic consumption volum...

Gold bars worth Tk 10m seized at Chattogram airport

Gold bars worth Tk 10m seized at Chattogram airport

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-22 15:13:20

The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate seized 12 gold bars from a passenger at Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport. Detectives found the bars inside a bag carried b...

Young tourist drowns in Nikli haor

Young tourist drowns in Nikli haor

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-22 14:18:32

A 25-year-old tourist drowned and two others sustained injuries while bathing in the Nikli haor in Kishoreganj on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Akash, a resident of Dhaka. Fire serv...

20 injured as bus overturns in Jatrabari

20 injured as bus overturns in Jatrabari

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-22 13:27:39

At least 20 people sustained injuries after a commuter bus overturned in the Bishwaroad area of Jatrabari in Dhaka on Friday morning. The accident occurred around 6.30am when the driver lost control...

Most distributors exceed targeted load shedding amid lean power supply

Most distributors exceed targeted load shedding amid lean power supply

-- 2022-07-21 20:56:41

Most of the distribution entities of power supply have to shed load more than their target as they receive lower amounts of electricity from the generation end. Officials of the power distribution co...

DSCC conducts drive at Gonoshasthaya hospital for holding 24 years’ taxes

DSCC conducts drive at Gonoshasthaya hospital for holding 24 years’ taxes

-- 2022-07-21 20:39:10

A team of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has conducted a drive at Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital as it has not paid the holding tax since the fiscal year 1998-99. Holding tax is nothing but proper...

Insufficient data on heat wave's impacts on biodiversity precludes precautionary measures: Experts

Insufficient data on heat wave's impacts on biodiversity precludes precautionary measures: Experts

-- 2022-07-21 20:09:10

The recent bouts of extreme heat over Bangladesh are happening due to climate change and the data on the impact of heat waves on biodiversity is not adequate to take precautionary measures, said exper...

Nine killed in road crashes in three districts

Nine killed in road crashes in three districts

-- 2022-07-21 19:57:25

Nine people were killed and 14 others injured in separate road accidents in Barishal, Cumilla and Dhaka Thursday. In Barishal, five people were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between a b...

Dhaka, Delhi reiterate resolve to end border killings

Dhaka, Delhi reiterate resolve to end border killings

-- 2022-07-21 19:38:18

The five-day director general (DG) level border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BSF) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) ended at BGB headquarters in the city, renewing the consensus in...

No kitchen markets at undesignated places in capital :Tazul

No kitchen markets at undesignated places in capital :Tazul

-- 2022-07-21 18:02:57

LGRD Minister Tazul Islam has said wholesale and retail kitchen markets should be set up at places designated by the government to reduce traffic jams and public hassles. "Action will be taken agains...

Govt estimate flood damages 1600 km roads, bridges in Sylhet

Govt estimate flood damages 1600 km roads, bridges in Sylhet

-- 2022-07-21 17:27:19

Two rounds of flood have caused extensive damage to roads and bridges in Sylhet division, disrupting road communication and causing suffering to people. Some areas in Sylhet division are still under...

HC orders to stop travelling on train roofs

HC orders to stop travelling on train roofs

-- 2022-07-21 17:01:09

In a landmark order aimed at curbing the menace, the High Court has asked the railway authorities in Bangladesh to ensure that no one travels on train roofs. A bench of justices Md Nazrul Islam Taluk...

Bangladesh reports 884 new Covid cases, six deaths

Bangladesh reports 884 new Covid cases, six deaths

-- 2022-07-21 16:59:43

Bangladesh has recorded 884 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,000,279. The death toll from the disease climbed by six in a 24-hour count to 29,256, according to...

No more homeless, landless people in 52 upazilas, says PM

No more homeless, landless people in 52 upazilas, says PM

-- 2022-07-21 15:34:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced that 52 upazilas, including all in the Panchagar and Magura districts, are free of homelessness and landlessness. The prime minister made the statement duri...

Road accidents largely increase this Eid-ul-Azha: Report

Road accidents largely increase this Eid-ul-Azha: Report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-21 13:56:55

Road accidents have increased by 59.30 per cent and thus death tolls by 37.61 per cent during holidays of Eid-ul-Adha, compared to those of last year’s. During this year's Eid-ul-Azha celebrati...

Body of policewoman found hanging in Magura

Body of policewoman found hanging in Magura

-- 2022-07-21 13:13:56

A policewoman has been found dead in her grandparents' home in Magura's Sreepur. The woman was identified as 36-year-old Laboni Akhter. She had been serving as an additional deputy commissioner of Kh...

RAB nabs five busting kidney racket in city

RAB nabs five busting kidney racket in city

FE REPORT 2022-07-21 10:03:52

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested five alleged members of a gang that trades in kidneys through social media. The crime-busting force made the arrests conducting a drive from Tuesday night to W...

Inflation rate lower in Bangladesh than many countries: Hasan Mahmud

Inflation rate lower in Bangladesh than many countries: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2022-07-20 22:14:40

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said that the inflation rate is lower in Bangladesh than in many developed and South Asian countries. Hasan came up with the statement...

Mirza Abbas thanks CEC for inviting BNP for talks

Mirza Abbas thanks CEC for inviting BNP for talks

-- 2022-07-20 22:09:58

BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas on Wednesday appreciated Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal for inviting their party for talks, but he said they will not participate in any dialogue with the...

DNCC to take legal action if larvae of Aedes mosquitoes found in houses

DNCC to take legal action if larvae of Aedes mosquitoes found in houses

-- 2022-07-20 21:53:05

Legal steps will be taken against the owners of buildings if larvae of Aedes mosquitoes are found there, said Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam on Wednesday. “DNCC is worki...

President receives report on Bangabandhu birth centenary celebration

President receives report on Bangabandhu birth centenary celebration

-- 2022-07-20 21:32:02

A report on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Birth Centenary Celebration was submitted to President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Wednesday evening. Convener of the Nati...

Govt offices to reduce electricity consumption by 25pc

Govt offices to reduce electricity consumption by 25pc

-- 2022-07-20 20:09:20

The government has decided to reduce the use of electricity by 25 per cent at all its offices to save power for the future. The decision came at an emergency meeting of secretaries of all ministries...