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Bangladeshi dies during Hajj pilgrimage

Bangladeshi dies during Hajj pilgrimage

-- 2022-06-13 16:05:22

A 59-year-old Bangladeshi man, who went to Saudi Arabia to perform the upcoming Hajj, has died in Mecca. According to the daily Hajj bulletin from the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the deceased was...

35,000 people marooned as flash flood hits Kurigram

35,000 people marooned as flash flood hits Kurigram

-- 2022-06-13 15:58:26

Some 35,000 people in Roumari Upazila of Kurigam district have been marooned due to flash floods caused by recent heavy showers and an onrush of water from hills. Fifteen villages in Datbhanga union...

Police press charges against 29 over murder of Rohingya activist Mohib Ullah

Police press charges against 29 over murder of Rohingya activist Mohib Ullah

-- 2022-06-13 14:00:27

Police have pressed formal charges against 29 suspects in the murder of Mohammad Mohib Ullah, a civilian leader of Myanmar's forcibly displaced Rohingya community, in Cox's Bazar, bdnews24.com reports...

রূপপুরের গ্রিনসিটিতে রুশ নাগরিকের লাশ উদ্ধার

রূপপুরের গ্রিনসিটিতে রুশ নাগরিকের লাশ উদ্ধার

-- 2022-06-13 11:19:42

পাবনার ঈশ্বরদীতে রূপপুর পারমাণবিক বিদ্যুৎকেন্দ্রে কর্মরত এক রুশ নাগরিকের লাশ উদ্ধার করেছে পুলিশ। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। ঈশ্বরদী থানার ওসি অরবিন্দ সরকার জানান, উপজেলার সাহাপুরের নতুনহাটে বি...

Russian national found dead in Pabna's Rooppur

Russian national found dead in Pabna's Rooppur

-- 2022-06-13 11:16:45

Police have recovered the body of a Russian national who worked at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna’s Ishwardi, bdnews24.com reports. The body of Ivanov Anton was found near the lift of...

Padma bridge now recognised in world for its features, says Quader

Padma bridge now recognised in world for its features, says Quader

FE REPORT 2022-06-13 10:04:13

The government is investigating the latest few fire incidents to find whether or not sabotage is involved for fading out nation's celebration of the dream Padma Bridge inauguration, says Obaidul Qua...

HC questions legality of provisions of Alcohol Control Rules

HC questions legality of provisions of Alcohol Control Rules

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-12 20:28:06

The High Court on Sunday questioned the legality of the provisions of the Alcohol Control Rules, 2022 related to the eligibility of giving licence for selling alcohol in a particular area of the count...

Court sends Destiny MD’s wife to jail

Court sends Destiny MD’s wife to jail

-- 2022-06-12 20:23:19

A court in Dhaka has sent Farah Diba, the wife of Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin, to jail on Sunday. Earlier, she surrendered to the court on Sunday following her conviction in a case o...

Shariatpur transport owners eye boost in business after Padma Bridge inauguration

Shariatpur transport owners eye boost in business after Padma Bridge inauguration

-- 2022-06-12 20:16:37

Transport owners of Shariatpur, one of the two districts connected by the Padma Bridge, have expressed their expectation that massive changes will be happening in the transport sector of the district...

Momen says 1,913 Bangladeshis detained in India, Myanmar

Momen says 1,913 Bangladeshis detained in India, Myanmar

-- 2022-06-12 20:11:21

At least 1,913 Bangladeshi nationals are detained in different jails in India and Myanmar, according to Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen. “Of them, 1,850 Bangladeshis are in I...

BTRC fines four mobile phone operators Tk 76.5 million

BTRC fines four mobile phone operators Tk 76.5 million

-- 2022-06-12 19:56:15

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has fined four mobile phone operators Tk 76.5 million on allegations of operating illegal VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). BTRC fined Tel...

JICA wants to install Incinerator plants to dispose medical waste in Bangladesh 

JICA wants to install Incinerator plants to dispose medical waste in Bangladesh 

-- 2022-06-12 19:37:15

Development assistance organization Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is interested in establishing incinerator plants to dispose of medical wastes produced in hospitals under the city cor...

Decision on joining Indo Pacific forum depends on BD’s interest

Decision on joining Indo Pacific forum depends on BD’s interest

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-12 19:36:36

Bangladesh will join the US-led Indo Pacific Business Forum if it serves the interest of the country, said Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Sunday. Bangladesh is looking into different aspe...

Online news portals cannot legally broadcast talk shows, bulletins: Information minister

Online news portals cannot legally broadcast talk shows, bulletins: Information minister

-- 2022-06-12 19:20:01

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud has said online versions of newspapers or news portals are not legally allowed to broadcast talk shows and bulletins. The minister highlighted the g...

109 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

109 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-06-12 18:35:37

Bangladesh has registered 109 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,954,115. But no new fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from...

Titas snaps 1,200 illegal gas connections in Gazipur 

Titas snaps 1,200 illegal gas connections in Gazipur 

-- 2022-06-12 18:14:33

Titas Gas authorities have disconnected about 1,200 illegal gas connections to various homes in Gazipur.  The operation, at 11 points in the Sonapara, Shokhinogor, Kunia and Targach areas of Gac...

Over 0.10m Rohingya children vaccinated in Bangladesh 

Over 0.10m Rohingya children vaccinated in Bangladesh 

-- 2022-06-12 18:08:06

More than 110,000 Rohingya children and adolescents living in the camps in Cox’s Bazar have received their first jab against Covid-19, said the UN refugee agency on Sunday.  They have been...

HC questions ACC rule  over curtailment of power  in filing complaint cases   

HC questions ACC rule over curtailment of power in filing complaint cases  

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-12 18:07:44

The High Court has questioned the provision that says no person can complain directly to the court over the scheduled offences of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).  The court has issued a ru...

EC can’t compel MP Bahar to leave Cumilla, says CEC

EC can’t compel MP Bahar to leave Cumilla, says CEC

-- 2022-06-12 17:22:21

The Election Commission ‘cannot take any action’ against Cumilla MP AKM Bahauddin Bahar if he disregards its order and continues to campaign for the Awami League’s mayoral candidate...

110,000 Rohingya children, adolescents receive Covid jabs

110,000 Rohingya children, adolescents receive Covid jabs

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-12 17:20:14

More than 110,000 Rohingya refugee children and adolescents living in the camps in Cox’s Bazar have received their first jab against Covid-19, as part of the National Vaccination Plan from the G...

Sitakunda inferno: Death toll rises to 46 as two more succumb to injuries

Sitakunda inferno: Death toll rises to 46 as two more succumb to injuries

-- 2022-06-12 16:55:05

Two more people burnt in a deadly blaze at the BM Container Depot in Chattogram's Sitakunda have succumbed to their injuries, bringing the death toll to 46. Depot worker Nurul Quader, 22, passed away...

Trial of ex-health DG Azad, Shahed begins over Regent Hospital scam

Trial of ex-health DG Azad, Shahed begins over Regent Hospital scam

-- 2022-06-12 16:40:26

A special court in Dhaka has indicted six people, including the former chief of the Directorate General of Health Services Md Abud Kalam Azad, in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) o...

Social protection a powerful measure to prevent child labour, says ILO

Social protection a powerful measure to prevent child labour, says ILO

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-12 16:18:48

International Labour Organization (ILO) has called upon the Bangladesh government to introduce social protection programme for these unfortunate children and their families to break the curse of child...

BD launches TK 2,710m drowning prevention project

BD launches TK 2,710m drowning prevention project

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-12 16:12:18

A landmark project to prevent the drowning of children has been launched in the capital on Sunday. The TK 2,710 million project titled ‘Integrated community-based centre for child care, prote...

Regent hospital scam: Ex-DGHS DG, five others indicted

Regent hospital scam: Ex-DGHS DG, five others indicted

-- 2022-06-12 15:48:46

A Dhaka court on Sunday framed charges against six people including former director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Abul Kalam Azad, in a case over Regent Hospital’s...

Doctors to keep Khaleda Zia under observation for 72 hours in hospital

Doctors to keep Khaleda Zia under observation for 72 hours in hospital

-- 2022-06-12 15:05:40

Doctors at Dhaka’s Evercare Hospital are keeping BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia under close observation for 72 hours after finding two additional blocks in her blood vessels and other health compli...

Jun 25 SSC exam rescheduled to Jun 24 for Padma Bridge inauguration: Dipu Moni

Jun 25 SSC exam rescheduled to Jun 24 for Padma Bridge inauguration: Dipu Moni

-- 2022-06-12 12:42:15

The government has decided to reschedule the SSC exam dated June 25 to June 24 as it coincides with the inauguration of the long-awaited Padma Bridge, said Education Minister Dipu Moni. “The...

Ctg depot fire: Another firefighter dies, death toll reaches 46

Ctg depot fire: Another firefighter dies, death toll reaches 46

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-12 12:25:48

Another firefighter has succumbed to his injuries suffered while trying to douse a horrific fire at the BM Container Depot in Chattogram’s Sitakunda, raising the death toll to 46. 22-year-old G...

Khaleda must follow legal process for treatment abroad: Home minister

Khaleda must follow legal process for treatment abroad: Home minister

-- 2022-06-11 22:49:56

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said if BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia wishes to get medical treatment abroad she must follow the legal process. The minister said this on Saturday while he was atte...

Looters to get scope to bring back illegal money safely, says Fakhrul

Looters to get scope to bring back illegal money safely, says Fakhrul

-- 2022-06-11 22:40:37

Describing the proposed national budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year as an unrealistic one, BNP on Saturday alleged that it has been formulated only for protecting the interests of the government's b...