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'Padma Bridge made possible due to people's support'

-- 2022-06-16 16:25:32

The Padma Bridge has become a reality due to unprecedented support from the people of Bangladesh, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, expressing her hope the much-awaited bridge will be inaugurated wit...

UPDF floats new proposal for peace in strife-torn Chattogram hills

-- 2022-06-16 11:55:35

The United People’s Democratic Front or UPDF, the group born two decades ago out of opposition to the peace accord for the Chattogram Hill Tracts, has proposed a brand new agreement to end viole...

Minimum monthly wage set for trawler, rubber workers

FE REPORT 2022-06-16 09:17:01

The minimum wage board has proposed Tk 10,520 and Tk 12,910 as minimum monthly wages for the workers of fishing trawler and rubber industries respectively. The government fixed Tk 5,200 as minimu...

Speakers call for increasing number of blood donors

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-15 22:12:37

Speakers at a blood donor reception programme on Tuesday stressed increasing the number of voluntary blood donors to save thousands of lives in the country. They said the need of blood is always ther...

Arfanul Haque Rifat wins Cumilla city polls

-- 2022-06-15 21:39:14

Awami League-nominated mayoral candidate Arfanul Haque Rifat has won Cumilla City Corporation elections by a narrow margin of only 343 votes. He bagged 50,310 votes while expelled BNP leader Monirul...

Tension mounts in Cumilla as Sakku, Rifat race neck and neck for mayor

-- 2022-06-15 21:31:05

Tension has mounted in Cumilla with results from 101 out of 105 polling stations in the city corporation elections showing that Monirul Haque Sakku and Arfanul Haque Rifat are neck and neck in the rac...

Civil society for engaging Rohingya in productive works in camps

FE ONLINE REPORT  2022-06-15 21:18:00

Civil society members have urged for allowing Rohingya to engage in productive work in Cox’s Bazar camps apart from preparing a collective plan to cope with the cut in foreign aid for the refuge...

Rape victim herself appears in HC, seeks justice

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-06-15 20:42:21

A young girl from Nilphamari district on Wednesday came to the High Court with her mother to seek justice for the rapists.   Standing in the High Court, she said, ‘I am a victim of rape....

‘No need to import sacrificial animals Eid-ul-Azha' 

-- 2022-06-15 20:27:51

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim has said there is no need to import sacrificial animals from abroad as the country has sufficient number of animals for Eid-ul-Azha.   Rez...

CCC election: Sakku, Rifat neck and neck 

-- 2022-06-15 20:17:29

Early results in the Cumilla City Corporation (CCC) elections show that Monirul Haque Sakku and Arfanul Haque Rifat are neck and neck in the race for mayor.  Sakku, the expelled BNP leader who w...

Padma Bridge opening: Bangladesh invites World Bank president

-- 2022-06-15 19:35:24

The government of Bangladesh has invited World Bank President David Malpass to attend the gala inaugural ceremony of the much-awaited Padma Bridge scheduled to be held on June 25. Bangladesh Bridge A...

PM sees ‘plot’ to foil Padma Bridge opening 

-- 2022-06-15 19:34:25

Sheikh Hasina has said a certain quarter is “conspiring” to foil the inauguration of the Padma Bridge, describing the recent fire incidents, including the deadly BM Container Depot inferno...

Govt to scale up village courts 

-- 2022-06-15 19:29:50

The Bangladesh government has taken the necessary steps to implement the third phase of the Activating Village Courts programme across the country to make sure justice is more accessible, fair, and af...

Biman starts dedicated Hajj flight from Chattogram 

-- 2022-06-15 19:11:15

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has started a dedicated Hajj flights operation from Hazrat Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram to Jeddha and Medina.  Biman's first dedicated Hajj flight BG...

EC can’t use the word ‘order’ for an MP, says Bahar

-- 2022-06-15 18:21:29

Member of Parliament (MP) AKM Bahauddin Bahar, who was ordered by the Election Commission to leave the constituency for allegedly breaching the electoral code of conduct during the Cumilla city polls...

Court-appointed Board not responding Evaly’s share transfer process

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-06-15 18:18:57

The High Court appointed Board of Directors of the controversial e-commerce platform Evaly Limited is not cooperating with its former chairman Shamima Narsin in properly transferring her 50 per cent s...

PM inaugurates week-long population and housing census

-- 2022-06-15 17:28:32

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the week-long Sixth Population and Housing Census, which is being conducted digitally for the first time in the country. The premier opened the much-await...

232 Covid-19 cases, highest in 13 weeks, reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-06-15 17:17:16

Bangladesh has registered 232 cases of Covid-19 in a day, the highest daily count since Mar 17, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,954,637. But no new fatalities were registered in the 24-ho...

Voting in Cumilla city polls ends

-- 2022-06-15 16:35:34

Voting in Cumilla City Corporation (CCC) elections ended on Wednesday afternoon amid reports of technical faults in voting machines in a couple of centres and slow voting. The voting started at 8 am...

Khaleda Zia transferred to cabin from CCU at Evercare Hospital

-- 2022-06-15 16:19:09

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was transferred from the CCU at Evercare Hospital to a cabin on Wednesday. “A team of cardiologists, led by Prof Shahabuddin Talukder, saw Madam at the CCU,” s...

Hasina says she wants to stay connected to people as a political leader

-- 2022-06-15 14:37:57

People are the lifeline of a political leader and her security personnel should ensure that as a prime minister, she never becomes detached from people, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Foreign g...

20pc of votes cast in first three hours of Cumilla city election

-- 2022-06-15 13:25:07

At least 20 per cent of the voters cast their ballots during the first three hours of Cumilla city polls, according to an estimate by Cumilla Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Kamrul Hasan. Although hea...

McCullum unleashes a new brand of Test cricket in England

Neel Rahman 2022-06-15 12:44:34

England had 71 overs to chase down 299 on a day five pitch, against the World Test Champions New Zealand -- with a batting lineup that gave them no hope of doing so, considering their recent performan...

Voting underway in Cumilla city election

-- 2022-06-15 09:28:58

Voters have begun to cast their ballots to elect public representatives for the city of Cumilla. The third city corporation election started at 8:00 am on Wednesday and will continue until 4:00 pm. T...

EC to sit with political parties in three phases regarding EVM

-- 2022-06-14 21:42:32

The Election Commission (EC) will sit with 39 registered political parties for verification of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and exchange of views on the same in three phases from June 19. EC Add...

EC fails to take action against lawmaker, says Fakhrul

-- 2022-06-14 21:39:04

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said the Election Commission’s (EC's) failure to take action against an ‘errant’ ruling party MP in Cumilla city polls ha...

Cumilla city goes to its third polls Wednesday

-- 2022-06-14 21:17:12

Cumilla City Corporation (CCC) is set to go to its third polls on Wednesday to elect its mayor and councillors amid tight security measures. Though BNP, one of the major opposition political parties,...

Some more news portals to be shut down, says minister

-- 2022-06-14 20:59:23

The government will shut down some more online news portals apart from those already facing a blockade for publishing fake news. Speaking at a question-answer session in parliament on Tuesday, Inform...

Flood maroons 50,000 people in Kurigram

-- 2022-06-14 20:39:23

At least 50,000 people from a total of 45 villages under the five unions in Kurigram have become stranded as a flood-like situation prevails in the district for the past one week. Five unions of Kuri...

Oral vaccination campaign against cholera to start Jun 26 

-- 2022-06-14 20:28:38

The government will start administering oral cholera vaccines in five areas at risk of being afflicted by diarrhoea in Dhaka on Jun 26.  Speaking at a function at the International Centre for Di...