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Trains run behind schedule causing suffering to holidaymakers

Trains run behind schedule causing suffering to holidaymakers

-- 2022-07-08 19:46:35

The train schedule at Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka has gone haywire over the last two days ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Several North-bound trains were behind schedule, leaving holidaymakers in trouble...

Abu Musa Chowdhury receives state funeral

Abu Musa Chowdhury receives state funeral

-- 2022-07-08 19:23:51

Liberation War hero and former Deputy Commander of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad's Chattogram city unit late Abu Musa Chowdhury was buried with state honours at his ancestral home in Fatikchhari of t...

Is Kohli a liability for India now?

Is Kohli a liability for India now?

Neel Rahman 2022-07-08 19:23:23

After their Edgbaston defeat to England, Indian cricket fans witnessed something that they must have forgotten about. The ICC ranking updates came in, and Virat Kohli was not found in the top 10 for...

Rab nabs four with Yaba pills in Ctg

Rab nabs four with Yaba pills in Ctg

-- 2022-07-08 18:18:23

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four people, including a cop, with 5,260 pieces of Yaba at Chattogram medical college area in the port city on Thursday night, reports UNB. The arrestees were id...

Seven Covid deaths, 1,611 cases reported in 24 hours 

Seven Covid deaths, 1,611 cases reported in 24 hours 

-- 2022-07-08 17:36:18

Bangladesh has recorded 1,611 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,988,101.  The death toll from the disease climbed by seven in 24 hours to 29,195, according...

Biman suspends three officials over plane collision incident 

Biman suspends three officials over plane collision incident 

-- 2022-07-08 17:11:50

Three Biman Bangladesh Airlines officials have been temporarily removed from their duties over the incident of a collision between two planes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), the airl...

Flood death toll climbs to 113: DGHS      

Flood death toll climbs to 113: DGHS      

-- 2022-07-08 17:11:39

Although flood situation continues to improve in most places, another death was reported in Habiganj in 24 hours till Friday morning, taking the total flood-related fatalities to 113. The latest vict...

Bangladesh reports 29 new dengue cases

Bangladesh reports 29 new dengue cases

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-08 17:04:57

Bangladesh has reported 29 more new dengue cases in the last 24 hours till Sunday morning. Among the new patients, no new case was reported from outside the Dhaka division, according to the Directora...

Padma Bridge eases Eid travel woes for Southbound travellers

Padma Bridge eases Eid travel woes for Southbound travellers

-- 2022-07-08 16:57:14

“I can easily recall the days when I waited for hours to catch a ferry. Be it traffic jams or fog, strong current, submerged shoals or lack of navigability, different factors prevented us from c...

Flood unlikely for next five days

Flood unlikely for next five days

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-08 16:53:06

The country’s people near the major rivers’ basin are not likely to witness any risk of flood in the next five days, starting from Friday’s morning, according to a bulletin of the Fl...

Veteran actor Sharmili Ahmed dies

Veteran actor Sharmili Ahmed dies

-- 2022-07-08 14:58:46

Eminent actor Sharmili Ahmed, beloved for playing the roles of mothers on screen, has died after a long battle with cancer at the age of 75. She passed away at 8:30 am on Friday at her residence in D...

Long wait as traffic builds at Paturia pier amid Eid exodus

Long wait as traffic builds at Paturia pier amid Eid exodus

-- 2022-07-08 13:43:08

Travellers are facing long waits to board ferries at the Paturia pier as the rush of southbound traffic from Dhaka intensified ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha holidays, bdnews24.com reports....

All set to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha in Rajshahi

All set to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha in Rajshahi

-- 2022-07-08 13:05:25

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), district administration and all other organisations concerned have chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the holy Eid-ul-Azha in the city with due fervor and e...

Martyred composer Altaf Mahmud's nephew hospitalised after hammer attack in Barishal

Martyred composer Altaf Mahmud's nephew hospitalised after hammer attack in Barishal

-- 2022-07-08 12:39:25

The nephew of martyred composer Altaf Mahmud has been critically injured after supporters of a local Awami League leader allegedly crushed his limbs with a hammer before stabbing him in Barishal's M...

Bangladesh's progress in 50 years extraordinary, says Dr Atiur

Bangladesh's progress in 50 years extraordinary, says Dr Atiur

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-08 11:32:36

Notwithstanding political crises or natural calamities at different times in the past 50 years, Bangladesh has turned around incredibly. The encouraging words came from none other than renowned econo...

How deep is the electricity crisis in Bangladesh?

How deep is the electricity crisis in Bangladesh?

-- 2022-07-08 11:03:12

The Awami League gave maximum priority to the power sector in its campaign manifesto before returning to power in 2009, and it was boasting full electricity coverage with the next polls scheduled for...

Acute crisis of drinking water in flood-hit Sylhet, Sunamganj

Acute crisis of drinking water in flood-hit Sylhet, Sunamganj

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-07-08 09:26:17

SYLHET: The people of greater Sylhet district face acute crisis of pure drinking water as about 91,672 tube-wells have been submerged by floodwaters in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts. According to la...

Eid trip: Thousands leave Dhaka

Eid trip: Thousands leave Dhaka

FE REPORT 2022-07-08 08:42:03

Backpackers and holidaymakers in their thousands left the capital, Dhaka, on Thursday for village homes to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear ones. Major bus terminals, Kamalapur railway...

India for four trial runs in Aug

India for four trial runs in Aug

SYFUL ISLAM 2022-07-08 08:33:36

Aiming to start full-scale use of Bangladesh's Chittagong and Mongla seaports soon, India wants to conduct four trial runs of transhipment next month, officials say. Recently, the Indian High Commiss...

WASA hikes water prices by 5pc 

WASA hikes water prices by 5pc 

-- 2022-07-07 21:45:52

Households and businesses in capital Dhaka will soon be paying more for tap water amid surging prices of goods and services as the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority or WASA has raised prices b...

Decorative illuminations ordered to turn off

Decorative illuminations ordered to turn off

-- 2022-07-07 20:14:34

The government has instructed people to switch off all decorative illuminations at parties, community centres, shopping malls, shops, offices and houses to deal with the ongoing energy crunch facing B...

Sacrificial animal waste to be removed by 10 pm on Eid day

Sacrificial animal waste to be removed by 10 pm on Eid day

-- 2022-07-07 19:23:38

The waste of sacrificial animals will have to be removed by 10 pm on the day of Eid-ul-Azha, said Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam. The minister said while...

‘First Aid’ training for journalists held

‘First Aid’ training for journalists held

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-07 19:13:24

A two-day basic training on ‘First Aid’ for working journalists in Dhaka was held to make the newspersons capable of responding to humanitarian crises. A total of 20 reporters from differ...

‘Globally accepted methodologies, data collection strictly followed’

‘Globally accepted methodologies, data collection strictly followed’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-07 17:53:28

No scope of treating any aspect of research unfounded, said TIB on Thursday while responding to Japanese Ambassador’s comments on a recent report prepared by the anti-graft watchdog.  &nbsp...

PM urges US, allies to shun path of sanctions

PM urges US, allies to shun path of sanctions

FE Online Report 2022-07-07 17:49:26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the US and its allies to shun the path of sanctions imposition, saying that the world economy, already hard-hit by the pandemic and Ukraine war, is...

Power crunch could continue until Sept 

Power crunch could continue until Sept 

-- 2022-07-07 17:49:24

Households in Bangladesh could be plagued by power outages until September amid a global energy crisis, according to Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, the prime minister's energy adviser.  Spiralling fu...

1,739 veterinary medical teams deployed in cattle markets 

1,739 veterinary medical teams deployed in cattle markets 

-- 2022-07-07 17:42:42

A total of 1,739 veterinary medical teams have been deployed in cattle markets across the country to provide medical services to sacrificial animals and prevent the sale of sick and not fit animals fo...

Govt mulls rescheduling office hours amid power crunch

Govt mulls rescheduling office hours amid power crunch

-- 2022-07-07 17:21:45

Office hours may be rescheduled with the introduction of a provision to work from home for certain days in order to save electricity. Prime Minister’s Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury...

Covid claims three lives, infects 1,790 more 

Covid claims three lives, infects 1,790 more 

-- 2022-07-07 17:09:50

Bangladesh has recorded 1,790 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,986,490.  The death toll from the disease climbed by three in 24 hours to 29,188, according...

Nasrul pitches for 'adjustment' of fuel prices

Nasrul pitches for 'adjustment' of fuel prices

-- 2022-07-07 16:44:57

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid says Bangladesh may have to 'adjust' fuel prices to better reflect the turmoil in the international market as the Ukraine war contin...