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Plea seeks travel ban on IDRA chairman 

Plea seeks travel ban on IDRA chairman 

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-02 18:30:45

An investor in the stock market has filed a petition with the High Court seeking a ban on leaving the country of Insurance Development & Regulatory Authority (IDRA) Chairman Dr M Mosharraf Hossain...

Bangladesh lowers LPG prices by 7.0pc

Bangladesh lowers LPG prices by 7.0pc

-- 2022-06-02 18:08:16

Authorities have lowered the prices of liquefied petroleum gas by 7.0 per cent for the month of June. The price of a 12 kg cylinder, mostly used for cooking, has been reduced by Tk 93 to Tk 1,242, Ba...

Bangladesh plans to ease visa procedure for foreign tourists

Bangladesh plans to ease visa procedure for foreign tourists

-- 2022-06-02 17:57:31

The government is working on easing the visa procedure for foreign tourists, aiming to boost the country's travel and leisure industry. "We have to ease our visa procedure system to attract more fore...

Nadia Samdani receives MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Nadia Samdani receives MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours

-- 2022-06-02 17:01:01

British-Bangladeshi philanthropist Nadia Samdani has been named a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her services to global art...

Bangladesh sees rapid rise in dengue cases

Bangladesh sees rapid rise in dengue cases

-- 2022-06-02 15:54:46

Bangladesh reported 20 new dengue cases in the 24 hours till Thursday morning. Among the new patients, 19 were hospitalised with dengue, mosquito-borne viral disease, in Dhaka city while another was...

The world is waiting for a Kohli comeback

The world is waiting for a Kohli comeback

Aniruddha Bhowmik 2022-06-02 13:27:48

In Virat Kohli’s 11 incredible years in international cricket, his individual achievements will arguably place him as one of the modern greats of the game. Over 23,000 international runs, 70 in...

Custody battle for Japan-born kids: Contempt of court petitions dismissed

Custody battle for Japan-born kids: Contempt of court petitions dismissed

FE REPORT 2022-06-02 13:27:47

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has dismissed three separate petitions including a court of contempt filed by both Japanese citizen Nakano Eriko and Bangladesh-born US citizen Imran Sharif...

Hopes high for reopening of Malaysian labour market

Hopes high for reopening of Malaysian labour market

ARAFAT ARA 2022-06-02 09:17:05

Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur are expected to settle unresolved issues related to hiring of manpower, raising hope for reopening of the Malaysian labour market for Bangladeshi workers, officials said. In th...

Economic revival to get priority: Kamal

Economic revival to get priority: Kamal

FE REPORT 2022-06-02 09:08:32

Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal said on Wednesday the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has created pressure on all, and the upcoming budget will focus on ways to come out from the economic uncertaintie...

Make pension scheme people-focused, not commercial

Make pension scheme people-focused, not commercial

FE REPORT 2022-06-02 09:02:19

Make the proposed universal pension scheme (UPS) rights-based and people-focused instead of commercial one and include income taxpayers directly, experts ask the government. The government is also su...

Devious deals by banks trigger forex volatility

Devious deals by banks trigger forex volatility

SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2022-06-02 08:44:44

Devious deals by banks trigger current forex volatility in Bangladesh, a probe finds and the central bank begins quizzing them over the anomalies, officials say. The Bangladesh Bank is seeking clarif...

Awami League expects 1.0m people to join Padma Bridge opening day rally

Awami League expects 1.0m people to join Padma Bridge opening day rally

-- 2022-06-01 21:34:59

The Awami League will organise a daylong programme, including a public rally at Kathalbari point in Madaripur, at 11:00 am on June 25 after the inauguration of the much-awaited Padma Bridge on that da...

Kalimullah sued under DSA for remarks on Awami League’s mayor candidate

Kalimullah sued under DSA for remarks on Awami League’s mayor candidate

-- 2022-06-01 21:24:52

A case was filed against three people including Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, chairman of election observation group Janipop, under the Digital Security Act (DSA) over their comments involving an Awami Lea...

Netrokona gets first female DC

Netrokona gets first female DC

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-06-01 21:13:18

Anjana Khan Majlis has joined as the new deputy commissioner (DC) in Netrokona. She is the first female DC in the district. She worked as the deputy commissioner of Chandpur before joining as the DC...

Biman director says they learn a lesson from Tk 11 billion loss

Biman director says they learn a lesson from Tk 11 billion loss

-- 2022-06-01 21:09:01

Biman Bangladesh Airlines learnt a lesson from Tk 11 billion losses to two Boeing 777-200 aircraft leased from Egypt, a director of the flag carrier has said. The director, Air Commodore Mahbub Jahan...

Supreme Court describes Zubaida Rahman as a fugitive

Supreme Court describes Zubaida Rahman as a fugitive

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-01 20:37:36

In the full text of a verdict, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has described Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman, as a fugitive. The apex court also observed that...

34 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours in Bangladesh

34 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours in Bangladesh

-- 2022-06-01 19:45:08

Bangladesh has registered 34 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,953,541. No new fatalities were reported in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from the dis...

Make proposed pension scheme people-focused, include taxpayers directly: Speakers 

Make proposed pension scheme people-focused, include taxpayers directly: Speakers 

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-01 19:18:20

Speakers on Wednesday urged the government to make the proposed universal pension scheme (UPS) rights-based and people-focused instead of a commercial one and include income taxpayers directly in it....

Govt plans to restrict sales of rice in packets

Govt plans to restrict sales of rice in packets

-- 2022-06-01 18:53:10

The government will not allow the packaging of rice for sale after buying those from the open market, said Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Wednesday. He also blamed six major industrial grou...

PLFSL chair Kamal Ul Alam resigns

PLFSL chair Kamal Ul Alam resigns

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-01 18:09:16

Barrister Kamal Ul Alam, also a Senior Supreme Court lawyer, has resigned from the post of the chairman of the Board of Directors of non-bank financial institution People’s Leasing and Financial...

Evidence shows midwifery education in Bangladesh making real impact by improving women’s access to safe childbirth

Evidence shows midwifery education in Bangladesh making real impact by improving women’s access to safe childbirth

-- 2022-06-01 18:03:48

In association with the British High Commission in Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery (DGNM) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) organised a dissemination seminar...

Narayanganj adopts climate action plan as Bangladesh’s first city

Narayanganj adopts climate action plan as Bangladesh’s first city

-- 2022-06-01 17:58:32

As pale fumes billowed from a factory in the Bandar neighbourhood of Narayanganj and clouded the afternoon sky, tea-stall owner Riad, 21, explained how dust and other pollution from local industries a...

Bangladesh woman swims to India to marry boyfriend

Bangladesh woman swims to India to marry boyfriend

-- 2022-06-01 17:58:19

A 22-year-old woman from Bangladesh swam across the border to marry her boyfriend in India. She was arrested for entering the country illegally, as per news reports, according to moneycontrol.com...

Ask US diplomats about their problems, Momen advises journalists

Ask US diplomats about their problems, Momen advises journalists

-- 2022-06-01 17:39:16

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has advised the journalists to ask the US diplomats about their issues, not about Bangladesh. "Ask [the] USA about their issues and not about Bangladesh. [The] USA is...

High Court halts proceedings in three DSA cases against journalist Kajol

High Court halts proceedings in three DSA cases against journalist Kajol

-- 2022-06-01 17:06:45

The High Court has halted the court procedures of the three cases under the Digital Security Act against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol for two months. The High Court bench of Justice ASM Abdul...

HC for appointing 2500 NTRCA registered people as teachers

HC for appointing 2500 NTRCA registered people as teachers

-- 2022-06-01 16:26:08

The High Court (HC) in its judgment on Wednesday asked authorities concerned to recruit 2,500 people, who passed all the relevant exams of the Non-government Teachers' Registration and Certification A...

Brother, sister get life term for acid attacks on cousins

Brother, sister get life term for acid attacks on cousins

-- 2022-06-01 16:20:58

A Chattogram court has sentenced a woman and her brother to life in prison for attacking two cousins with acid. Chattogram Fifth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Nargis Akhter delivered the ver...

ECNEC approves smart pre-payment meter installation project

ECNEC approves smart pre-payment meter installation project

-- 2022-06-01 16:17:07

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved Tk 7.12 billion project for installing pre-payment meters at Rajshahi and Rangpur Divisions in a bid to ensure cent per ce...

Road accidents claim 10 lives in three districts

Road accidents claim 10 lives in three districts

-- 2022-06-01 15:47:57

As many as 10 people were killed and some 21 others injured in separate road accidents in Rajbari, Rangpur, and Khulna districts on Wednesday. In Rajbari, seven people, including two children, were k...

Man held with 34 gold bars at Chattogram airport

Man held with 34 gold bars at Chattogram airport

-- 2022-06-01 13:48:22

Customs has seized 34 gold bars from a passenger who arrived at Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport from Sharjah. The bars were found during a body search conducted by customs offici...