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Covid test scam: Ariful, Sabrina get 11 years in jail

-- 2022-07-19 13:48:33

A Dhaka court has jailed Ariful Haque Chowhdury, the CEO of JKG Health Care, his wife Dr Sabrina Chowdhury and six others for 11 years each over a Covid-19 testing scam. Additional Chief Metropolitan...

RAB arrests driver of truck that hit and killed three of a family in Mymensingh

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-19 13:03:56

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested the truck driver responsible for the deaths of three family members in Mymensingh’s Trishal Upazila, bdnews24.com reports. Raju Ahmed Shipon was detained...

Another Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrim dies, taking death toll to 23

-- 2022-07-19 12:06:28

A Bangladeshi man has died during his Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, according to the Ministry of Religious Affairs. This year, 23 Bangladeshis have died during the religious journey – 16 m...

BNP wants to seize state power through conspiracy, alleges Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-07-18 21:49:40

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday alleged that BNP wants to seize the state power through a conspiracy by satisfying its foreign masters. The road transport and bridges minister...

Load shedding outcome of government’s wrong policy, says BNP leader Tuku

-- 2022-07-18 21:46:09

BNP senior leader Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku on Monday said the government is being forced to carry out ‘costly’ load-shedding due to its wrong policy. "Before taking any power project, its...

Flood washes away Tk82.8m worth of fish, crab, shrimp in Satkhira  

-- 2022-07-18 20:56:54

Satkhira district Department of Fisheries estimated a loss worth Tk 82.8 million as fish, crab, and shrimp on 1,655 hectares got flooded after the protection dam of Kholpetua river broke partially. T...

Rice import through Benapole land port resumes after 10 months

-- 2022-07-18 20:43:55

Rice import from India through Benapole land in Jashore port has resumed after 10 months. A consignment of 512 tonnes of rice entered the port Sunday afternoon, which was released from the port Monda...

Writ petition seeks compensation for baby born on road after accident

-- 2022-07-18 20:38:10

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive to the authorities concerned to pay compensation to the baby who was born during a road accident that left its parents and sist...

Commuters in Shariatpur struggle to reach Padma Bridge due to decrepit road

-- 2022-07-18 20:36:59

The Padma Bridge is serving southern Bangladesh well, but the lack of repairs of a 27-km road is not allowing the residents of Shariatpur to reap the benefits of the massive establishment. A road lin...

FF’s rations recommended for review

-- 2022-07-18 20:21:59

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Liberation War Affairs Ministry on Monday recommended the government review the provision of rations to the valiant Freedom Fighters of the country. The committee...

My comment about combating swords with rifles was a joke: CEC

-- 2022-07-18 20:17:26

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has said that his comment about combating words with rifles during elections was a joke. The CEC gave this explanation in a dialogue with the Bangl...

India proposes fourth train service on Dhaka-Kolkata route

-- 2022-07-18 20:05:46

India has formally proposed to operate fourth more inter-country train services from Dhaka to Kolkata as three railway services -- Maitri Express, Bandhan Express and Mitali Express -- are still opera...

Religious institutions should use air conditioners during prayers: Nasrul Hamid

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-18 19:10:41

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Monday requested authorities of religious institutions like mosques, temples and churches to use air conditioners during prayer t...

EC in dilemma due difference of stances of political parties

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

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Monday said the commission is facing a dilemma because of contrasting stances of the major political parties over the next parliamentary polls....

Heat wave likely to abate in three districts

-- 2022-07-18 18:18:01

The ongoing mild heat wave may abate in three districts of the country, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin on Monday. “Mild heat wave is sweeping over the districts of R...

1,072 Covid-19 cases, seven deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-07-18 17:09:47

Bangladesh has recorded 1,072 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,997,412. The death toll from the disease climbed by seven in 24 hours to 29,241, according to the...

Bus ploughs into microbus in Habiganj, four killed

-- 2022-07-18 16:56:25

At least four people were killed and 15 others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus in Habiganj's Shayestaganj. The accident occurred near the Shahjibazar power plant on t...

55 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-18 16:41:46

A total of 55 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours till Monday morning. Among the new patients, 22 new cases were reported from outside the Dhaka division, accord...

Five arrested over vandalism in Narail

-- 2022-07-18 16:27:01

Police arrested five people in connection with vandalising Hindu houses and shops in Narail over a Facebook post. The arrestees are Masum Billah,32, son of Sadekur Rahman, Sayed Sheikh, 25, son of Am...

Area-based load shedding from Tuesday

-- 2022-07-18 16:26:00

The government has decided to resort to daily 2 hours area-based load-shedding across the country from Tuesday in a bid to tackle the ongoing power crisis. Prime Minister’s Energy advisor Tawfi...

Bangladesh likely to reduce office hour, introduce virtual office

-- 2022-07-18 16:16:10

A decision will be taken soon about reducing office hours or introducing virtual office to save electricity, said State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain on Monday. “Government...

26,000 more poor families to get new houses

-- 2022-07-18 15:51:28

Thousands of families will finally have a place to live as the government is set to distribute around 26,000 more houses under the Ashrayan Project, which builds houses for the landless and homeless....

HC orders judicial probe into Narail teacher’s humiliation

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-18 15:18:58

The High Court on Monday directed the concerned bodies of the government to conduct a judicial probe into the negligence of the respondents in failing to prevent the incident of humiliation of college...

HC petitioned for investigation into anti-Hindu violence in Narail

-- 2022-07-18 14:19:33

A petition has been filed at the High Court requesting an investigation into the attacks on Hindu homes and a temple in Narail's Lohagora after a youth made a Facebook post allegedly insulting relig...

Reeling from attack, Hindus of Sahapara seek answers as Mashrafe sees conspiracy

-- 2022-07-18 08:59:11

Many of the Hindus who fled Sahapara at Digholia village in Narail’s Lohagara during an attack by angry Muslims over a Facebook post have started to return, with many questions unanswered. Lo...

Indian army chief to arrive in Dhaka on Monday on three-day visit

-- 2022-07-17 20:09:00

India’s Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande will arrive in Dhaka on Monday on a three-day visit to Bangladesh. Manoj Pande will stay in Bangladesh from Monday to Wednesday in his first fore...

Credible election not possible if Awami League stays power, says Fakhrul

-- 2022-07-17 19:14:37

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said joining talks with the current Election Commission (EC) is pointless since no commission can hold a  neutral credible election if...

AL wants competitive elections: Quader

-- 2022-07-17 18:51:24

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the AL does not want uncontested elections, it wants competitive ones instead with participation of all...

152 projects worth Tk 66.8m implemented in Mymensingh

-- 2022-07-17 18:37:52

The government under the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has implemented 152 projects at a cost of Tk 66.80 million under its rural infrastructural repairing programme (TR-Kabita) during the 2...

Crashed plane was carrying mortar shells procured for Bangladesh Army, BGB: ISPR

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-17 18:33:58

Inter-Service Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) on Sunday said the aircraft, which crashed in Greece late on Saturday, was carrying training mortar shells procured from Serbia for the Bangladesh Arm...