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PM reiterates call for Muslim nations' collective stance on Palestine

PM reiterates call for Muslim nations' collective stance on Palestine

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-31 14:41:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Jan 31) urged the Muslim nations to collectively stand over Palestinians cause saying since its 1971 emergence Bangladesh's stance on the issue remained very firm,...

Bangladesh 12th most corrupt country

Bangladesh 12th most corrupt country

FE REPORT 2023-01-31 13:55:52

Bangladesh has slipped one step lower in global corruption perception index (CPI) in 2022 as it has been placed at the 12th from the bottom among 180 countries. Bangladesh has scored 25 out of 100, w...

Two more RMG units get green certification

Two more RMG units get green certification

-- 2023-01-31 09:24:24

Two more garment factories in Bangladesh have received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for their green in...

HC seeks list of dead, wounded BD workers

HC seeks list of dead, wounded BD workers

FE REPORT 2023-01-31 09:20:49

The High Court (HC) has sought a list of Bangladeshi workers who died and got injured during massive building work in Qatar centring the 2022 FIFA World Cup. At least 450 Bangladeshis are claimed t...

Govt extends OVL's PSC tenure by 2 yrs

Govt extends OVL's PSC tenure by 2 yrs

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2023-01-31 09:18:48

The government has extended the tenure of Indian oil and gas exploration company ONGC Videsh Ltd's (OVL's) production- sharing contract (PSC) by two more years - offering the firm an opportunity to co...

LGD to introduce new form for all UPs to cut processing time, cost

LGD to introduce new form for all UPs to cut processing time, cost

FE REPORT 2023-01-31 09:17:10

The Local Government Division (LGD) will issue simplified, bilingual and unified trade licence form and certificate for all union parishads (UPs) in Bangladesh. The new form is expected to reduce tim...

Govt promise-bound to send e-file to all UZs by June

Govt promise-bound to send e-file to all UZs by June

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2023-01-31 09:10:08

With e-governance as ultimate end in view, the government has a plan to take the so-far-little-known Grievance Redress System (GRS) to upazila level across the country by December next. To this end,...

Dollar price to go up in revision process

Dollar price to go up in revision process

JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2023-01-31 09:07:58

Amid persistent persuading by economists for allowing market-determined exchange rates, the central bank of Bangladesh is set to raise its dollar price by 1.0 per cent to Tk 101. The revised rate tak...

Retail power price likely to go up in February

Retail power price likely to go up in February

-- 2023-01-30 23:07:49

The government is likely to raise the retail power price in February as part of its plans to readjust gas and electricity prices every month. The Power Division raised the electricity price at the re...

Army chief visits CHT border road project

Army chief visits CHT border road project

-- 2023-01-30 22:59:40

Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed on Monday visited the Chittagong Hill Tracts border road project being implemented under the supervision of the Bangladesh Army in Chittagong Hill Trac...

601 organisations participating in Ekushey Book Fair this year

601 organisations participating in Ekushey Book Fair this year

-- 2023-01-30 22:12:22

Bangla Academy has allocated a total of 901 stalls to 601 organisations for Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2023, which is set to be inaugurated on Wednesday. The authorities have allotted 165 stalls to 112 o...

Bangladesh orders traders to stop selling water of Zamzam Well

Bangladesh orders traders to stop selling water of Zamzam Well

-- 2023-01-30 21:43:18

The consumer rights agency of Bangladesh has ordered traders, especially those in the Baitul Mukarram area of Dhaka, to stop selling water believed to have been collected from the Zamzam Well, located...

Extremist blogger Farabi sentenced to seven years in jail

Extremist blogger Farabi sentenced to seven years in jail

-- 2023-01-30 20:47:37

Safiur Rahman Farabi, an extremist blogger who was handed life term over the murder of science writer and blogger Avijit Roy, has been found guilty of charges pressed under the ICT Act and sentenced t...

BNP starts road march after losing its way in politics: Obaidul Quader

BNP starts road march after losing its way in politics: Obaidul Quader

-- 2023-01-30 20:10:19

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said BNP has started road march after losing its way in politics. “When the power of people&rsquo...

People know who fled the country after 1/11 changeover: Fakhrul

People know who fled the country after 1/11 changeover: Fakhrul

-- 2023-01-30 20:07:26

Referring to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s remark that Awami League will never abandon people, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said that people know who fled the cou...

Argentina to reopen embassy in Dhaka by Feb, says Momen

Argentina to reopen embassy in Dhaka by Feb, says Momen

-- 2023-01-30 19:43:13

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that Argentina has started the process to reopen an embassy in Dhaka during his counterpart Santiago Cafiero’s trip to the country at the end of February...

HC seeks list of dead, injured Bangladeshi workers

HC seeks list of dead, injured Bangladeshi workers

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-30 18:51:12

The High Court on Monday sought a list of Bangladeshi migrant workers who died, and got injured during the construction works of hotels and stadiums in Qatar since 2010 to 2022 for the last year's FIF...

191 news portals to lose domain allocation for anti-state propaganda

191 news portals to lose domain allocation for anti-state propaganda

-- 2023-01-30 18:37:05

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday said that a letter was sent to the Department of Posts and Telecommunications to block the links of 191 online news portals. The minister...

Construction work of MRT-1 set to begin on Thursday

Construction work of MRT-1 set to begin on Thursday

-- 2023-01-30 17:44:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the construction works of the country's first-ever underground metro rail (MRT Line-1) on February 2 (Thursday). "The Prime Minister is scheduled to inaug...

‘All airports to get modern amenities by this year’

‘All airports to get modern amenities by this year’

-- 2023-01-30 17:14:40

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman has said that the expansion and modernisation works of all 8 airports – international and domestic &ndash...

Bangladesh logs 11 new Covid cases

Bangladesh logs 11 new Covid cases

-- 2023-01-30 16:49:26

Bangladesh has recorded 11 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,543. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,442 over the 24-hour period, a...

Govt plans to introduce integrated traffic management system

Govt plans to introduce integrated traffic management system

-- 2023-01-30 16:06:42

The government is planning to introduce Integrated Traffic Management and Incident Detection System (ITMIDS) in a bid to ensure safer highways, an official said. The ITMIDS will be undertaken to dete...

SSC, equivalent exams from April 30

SSC, equivalent exams from April 30

-- 2023-01-30 15:47:41

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations for 2023 will begin on April 30. Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar, chairman of Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, rev...

HC questions legality of arbitrary imposition of handcuffs and bar fetters upon prisoners

HC questions legality of arbitrary imposition of handcuffs and bar fetters upon prisoners

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-30 15:15:56

The High Court has questioned the legality of the government bodies’ brutal attitudes of handcuffing and bar-fettering of prisoners during their release on parole. It has issued a rule upon the...

Chopped leafy vegetables being sold in Rajshahi city

Chopped leafy vegetables being sold in Rajshahi city

OUR CORRESPONDENT, RAJSHAHI 2023-01-30 14:09:39

In busy life, it is difficult sometimes to find enough time for cooking. So, to help the busy people in cooking, pre-washed, chopped and leafy fresh vegetables are being sold in Rajshahi. Monowara Be...

Standard Bank awarded GOLD RANK in Asia Sustainability Reporting Rating

Standard Bank awarded GOLD RANK in Asia Sustainability Reporting Rating

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-30 12:01:28

Standard Bank Limited (SBL) has been awarded GOLD RANK for its Sustainability Report by the ‘Asia Sustainability Reporting Rating (ASRRAT)-2022’, according to a press release. The Nationa...

Private healthcare centres: Guideline in the offing for service charges, test fees

Private healthcare centres: Guideline in the offing for service charges, test fees

FE REPORT 2023-01-30 11:51:13

The government will prepare a guideline for the private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres to fix their service charges and test fees based on their standard. The government has taken the move...

National Film Award-2021 announced

National Film Award-2021 announced

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-30 11:10:35

The names of the recommended winners of the National Film Award-2021 have been announced in 27 categories, BSS reports. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry issued a gazette notification to this...

Sharp fall in Rohingya funding rings alarm

Sharp fall in Rohingya funding rings alarm

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2023-01-30 10:26:27

Funding for the Rohingya refugees declined significantly in 2022, compared to the previous two years, causing grave concern among the humanitarian agencies and the Bangladesh government. The UN human...

Parliament passes law allowing govt to adjust power, energy prices

Parliament passes law allowing govt to adjust power, energy prices

-- 2023-01-29 22:39:45

Parliament has codified the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Amendment) Bill 2022, which will give the executive discretionary powers to change electricity and energy prices whenever necessary...