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Parliament to go into budget session on Sunday

Parliament to go into budget session on Sunday

-- 2022-06-04 18:37:20

The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will go into its budget session for the fiscal year 2022-23 on Sunday. President Md Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per Clause (1) o...

Extortion suspect attacks accuser after getting release from jail

Extortion suspect attacks accuser after getting release from jail

-- 2022-06-04 18:28:25

A suspect accused of extortion has publicly assaulted his accuser with a hammer in Noakhali after being released from prison on bail. Abdur Rob, Noakhali Sadar Upazila primary assistant education off...

Apparel factory workers block roads in Mirpur, demand wage hike

Apparel factory workers block roads in Mirpur, demand wage hike

-- 2022-06-04 18:14:19

Workers from several apparel factories have blocked the Mirpur area in Dhaka, demanding an increase in their salaries as the prices of daily commodities continue to rise due to the global crisis. The...

31 cases of Covid-19 reported in 24 hours

31 cases of Covid-19 reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-06-04 16:28:19

Bangladesh has registered 31 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,953,623. But no new fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from t...

Quader says Khaleda will be invited to Padma Bridge opening, if law permits

Quader says Khaleda will be invited to Padma Bridge opening, if law permits

-- 2022-06-04 16:12:00

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said they want to invite BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to the inauguration of the Padma Bridge, if there are no...

Global community should share burden of climate migrants, says Momen

Global community should share burden of climate migrants, says Momen

-- 2022-06-04 15:55:53

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has called upon the global community to share the burden of climate migrants' rehabilitation. "Climate-induced displacement could lead to a global security risk in tod...

Weeklong drive to administer 14m COVID booster doses

Weeklong drive to administer 14m COVID booster doses

-- 2022-06-04 14:12:05

The government has launched a weeklong drive to administer 14 million doses of the COVID-19 booster shot. The initiative was launched at 16,181 vaccination centres at 9:00am on Saturday, said Dr Md S...

BD to reject Cold War mentality, bloc politics, China hopes amid 'US centrism'

BD to reject Cold War mentality, bloc politics, China hopes amid 'US centrism'

FE REPORT 2022-06-04 11:09:14

China firmly believes that Bangladesh would always uphold its independence as well as reject the Cold War mentality and bloc politics for ensuring peace and development in the region. Liu Jinsong, di...

Dhaka's air quality still ‘unhealthy’

Dhaka's air quality still ‘unhealthy’

-- 2022-06-04 10:48:29

With an air quality index (AQI) score of 149 at 8.27am on Saturday, the metropolis ranked third in the list of world cities with the worst air quality. Pakistan’s Lahore and India’s Delhi...

RAB arrests fugitive death-row war criminal from Mohammadpur

RAB arrests fugitive death-row war criminal from Mohammadpur

-- 2022-06-03 21:04:38

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has said it arrested a fugitive death row convict, who was sentenced by the International Crimes Tribunal for committing crimes against humanity in 1971, from the city&rsq...

Taslima Nasrin sued for defamation in Sweden

Taslima Nasrin sued for defamation in Sweden

-- 2022-06-03 20:03:22

A Sweden-based poet and playwright has sued Taslima Nasrin, a self-exiled Bangladeshi writer, charging her with circulating false information against him on social media.Bangladeshi expatriate writer...

73 SPs promoted to the rank of Additional DIGs

73 SPs promoted to the rank of Additional DIGs

-- 2022-06-03 19:28:05

The government has promoted a total 73 Superintendents of Police (SPs) to the rank of Additional Deputy Inspectors General (DIGs) of Police. The Public Security Division of the Home Ministry last nig...

63pc adolescent girls, women face harassment in Dhaka public transport: Survey

63pc adolescent girls, women face harassment in Dhaka public transport: Survey

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-03 19:06:38

More than 63 per cent of adolescent girls and young women face various sorts of harassment in public transport in Dhaka, according to a new survey. Among the victims, 46.5 per cent are the victims of...

Bangladesh yet to tap full potentials of green energy, documents show

Bangladesh yet to tap full potentials of green energy, documents show

-- 2022-06-03 18:46:56

Though the production cost of renewable energy, especially solar power, had substantially dropped in recent years, its share in the country’s power generation saw no jump. The dismal picture wa...

China urges Bangladesh to ‘reject bloc politics’

China urges Bangladesh to ‘reject bloc politics’

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-06-03 18:21:40

China has urged Bangladesh to reject 'cold war mentality and bloc politics’, a year after publicly advising Bangladesh not to join the Quad alliance comprising India, the US, Japan and Australia...

Five killed in Keraniganj road crash

Five killed in Keraniganj road crash

-- 2022-06-03 18:03:24

Five people have been killed and a man was injured in a head-on collision between a lorry and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Mawa highway near Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka. The deceased were ide...

Dozens of migrants, including Bangladeshis, intercepted in Romania

Dozens of migrants, including Bangladeshis, intercepted in Romania

-- 2022-06-03 17:51:06

The Romanian Coast Guard has intercepted a fishing boat containing dozens of migrants, including Bangladeshis, from Turkey. The overcrowded boat, which did not have rescue equipment for the over 50 p...

29 cases of Covid-19 reported in 24 hours

29 cases of Covid-19 reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-06-03 16:53:04

Bangladesh has registered 29 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,953,592. But no new fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from t...

Tipu murder suspect arrested in Oman

Tipu murder suspect arrested in Oman

-- 2022-06-03 16:12:46

Oman has arrested Sumon Sikdar Musa, a key suspect in the murder of Motijheel Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afnan Jamal Prity. After the Interpol confirmed the arre...

PM urges hajj pilgrims to pray for country's welfare

PM urges hajj pilgrims to pray for country's welfare

-- 2022-06-03 15:37:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the hajj pilgrims to pray for divine blessings for the overall welfare of the country so that the journey of economic development of Bangladesh continues as well...

Flood situation in parts of country likely to worsen, says FFWC

Flood situation in parts of country likely to worsen, says FFWC

FE REPORT 2022-06-03 12:02:05

Flood situation in some parts of Bangladesh is likely to worsen further as the water level in some rivers may rise in the next 24 hours, according to a bulletin of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Ce...

HC wants to know status of its implementation

HC wants to know status of its implementation

FE REPORT 2022-06-03 09:05:10

The High Court on Thursday wanted to know whether jute bags were being used in the packaging of 19 essential commodities, including rice, pulses and sugar. The authorities concerned have been asked t...

Karnaphuli tunnel may miss timeline

Karnaphuli tunnel may miss timeline

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2022-06-03 08:53:01

Construction of the donor-funded Karnaphuli Multilane Road Tunnel project may miss the completion deadline as slower progress prompts the authorities to seek extension of the loan-availability period....

Current account deficit widens to $15.32b

Current account deficit widens to $15.32b

JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2022-06-03 08:29:16

Bangladesh's current-account deficit (CAD) widens over nine times to $15.32 billion, as of April, mainly on account of a sharp decline in remittances and rise in imports. Bangladesh Bank (BB) data re...

Dollar soars on floating exchange rates

Dollar soars on floating exchange rates

SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2022-06-03 08:24:56

The local currency depreciated significantly against the US dollar Thursday as Bangladesh again allowed banks to fix their exchange rates freely on the foreign-exchange market, officials said. The ce...

BIMS seeks mediation centre in SC

BIMS seeks mediation centre in SC

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-02 21:05:01

The Bangladesh International Mediation Society (BIMS) has approached Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddiue seeking the allotment of a room for a meditation centre in the Supreme Court. A total of 18 accr...

HC wants to know use of Jute bags in packing essentials

HC wants to know use of Jute bags in packing essentials

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-02 19:08:00

The High Court on Thursday wanted to know whether jute bags were being used in the packaging of 19 essential commodities including rice, pulses and sugar. The concerned authorities of the government...

Bangladesh registers 22 new Covid cases, no deaths

Bangladesh registers 22 new Covid cases, no deaths

-- 2022-06-02 19:02:58

The government has reported 22 coronavirus cases in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,953,563. No new fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from the...

PM assures Malaysia of sending workers maintaining all protocols

PM assures Malaysia of sending workers maintaining all protocols

-- 2022-06-02 18:58:17

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her optimism that both sides would be able to devise ways to ensure the safe, regular, inexpensive and orderly employment of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia....

Bangladesh seeks Swedish support to fight climate challenges

Bangladesh seeks Swedish support to fight climate challenges

-- 2022-06-02 18:32:51

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, now in Stockholm on a three-day visit, has said that the plights of displaced coastal people due to sea-level rise may turn into a security issue if the current trend...