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After 57 years, passengers take rail route from Chilahati to Haldibari

After 57 years, passengers take rail route from Chilahati to Haldibari

-- 2022-06-01 13:17:44

As the rail ministers of Bangladesh and India waved green flags on screen, the Mitali Express left New Jalpaiguri Station for Dhaka. On Wednesday, Rail Minister Nurul Islam and his Indian counterpa...

Six die in Rajbari road accident

Six die in Rajbari road accident

-- 2022-06-01 11:31:03

At least six people have died in a road accident in Rajbari’s Kalukhali, when a truck, a car and an auto-rickshaw crashed into each other. Another person was injured in the accident, which occu...

Power price may rise to 'tolerable' level

Power price may rise to 'tolerable' level

FE REPORT 2022-06-01 09:12:22

Electricity tariffs may rise to a 'tolerable' high as the government moves to ensure uninterrupted power supply to consumers and as its generation cost rises, says a minister. Many countries in the w...

Submission of return-filing slip a must

Submission of return-filing slip a must

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-06-01 08:41:32

Submitting proof of tax-return submission may be mandatory for availing different services in public and private entities from the upcoming fiscal year, as a preventive measure against TIN tricks. Cu...

Fakhrul says BNP, Ganosanghati Andolan to wage 'simultaneous’ movement

Fakhrul says BNP, Ganosanghati Andolan to wage 'simultaneous’ movement

-- 2022-05-31 20:09:08

BNP on Tuesday reached a consensus with Ganosanghati Andolan to wage a 'simultaneous’ movement to ensure the fall of the Awami League government and establish a polls-time neutral government. B...

Bangladesh deprived of GSP, development funds due to rights situation: US

Bangladesh deprived of GSP, development funds due to rights situation: US

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-31 19:38:53

US Ambassador in Bangladesh Peter Haas on Tuesday has made it clear that Bangladesh has been deprived of the GSP and the US Development Finance Corporation funds due to his country’s concern ove...

1,149 unauthorised medical facilities sealed off in four days

1,149 unauthorised medical facilities sealed off in four days

-- 2022-05-31 19:37:57

Authorities have shut down operations of 267 more unregistered private medical facilities, taking the tally to 1,149 in four days. Monday's nationwide raid was part of the ongoing clampdown on the un...

Cases under DSA decline, says law minister

Cases under DSA decline, says law minister

-- 2022-05-31 19:01:18

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said cases under the Digital Security Act (DSA) are decreasing in the country due to the government initiative. The law enforcers are not arresting the accused in a...

EC has no jurisdiction to declare reelection after announcing result : SC

EC has no jurisdiction to declare reelection after announcing result : SC

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-31 18:56:55

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a High Court ruling saying that the Election Commission has no jurisdiction for declaring reelection after announcing a result of an elect...

HC orders arrest of two AB Bank officials in 24 hours

HC orders arrest of two AB Bank officials in 24 hours

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-31 18:14:34

The High Court on Tuesday issued an order to arrest AB Bank’s two officials, an assistant vice president at the bank’s head office, Aminul Islam, and the Satkhira Branch Manager within 24...

Padma Bridge cannot be crossed on foot

Padma Bridge cannot be crossed on foot

-- 2022-05-31 17:29:52

Only those vehicles that have their toll finalised can use the Padma Bridge, according to Md Shafiqul Islam, the project director of the massive infrastructure effort that is to be inaugurated on Jun...

Bangladesh won’t face Sri Lanka-like crisis: US ambassador

Bangladesh won’t face Sri Lanka-like crisis: US ambassador

-- 2022-05-31 17:25:20

The United States does not see any Sri Lanka-like situation in Bangladesh, noting that Bangladesh is a country which has done 'extremely well' in terms of debt management with careful borrowing and a...

CPA signs agreement with Korean companies for Bay terminal

CPA signs agreement with Korean companies for Bay terminal

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-31 17:22:57

A formal agreement between the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) and two Korean companies was inked for the final design of the Chittagong Port Bay Terminal. Under an over Tk 1.26 billion deal, the Kor...

Food ministry starts drives against illegal hoarding

Food ministry starts drives against illegal hoarding

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-31 16:51:48

The ministry of food, on Tuesday, started drives against the illegal stockpiling of paddy and rice following the rocketing trend of the staple market. The eight teams led by the ministry began the dr...

26 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

26 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-05-31 16:51:21

Bangladesh has registered 26 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,953,507. But no new fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from t...

Bangladesh will have no better friend than US over next 50 years: Peter Haas

Bangladesh will have no better friend than US over next 50 years: Peter Haas

-- 2022-05-31 16:16:24

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Tuesday said the United States will remain a ‘steadfast partner’ of Bangladesh in its journey towards further development. "The United States sho...

Bangladesh to start weeklong vaccine booster drive on Jun 4

Bangladesh to start weeklong vaccine booster drive on Jun 4

-- 2022-05-31 15:12:21

Bangladesh will hold another nationwide COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign on Jun 4-10. Adults who got their second vaccine shot four months ago will be allowed to receive a booster during this specia...

PM offers prayers at Bangabandhu's mazar in Tungipara

PM offers prayers at Bangabandhu's mazar in Tungipara

-- 2022-05-31 14:53:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has offered prayers at the mazar of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara of Gopalganj, BSS reports. Accompanied by her sister and Bangaband...

Bangladesh top recipient of Covid vaccines under COVAX

Bangladesh top recipient of Covid vaccines under COVAX

FE REPORT 2022-05-31 14:13:47

Bangladesh remains the top recipient of Covid-19 vaccine doses under COVAX in one year as UNICEF delivered over 190 million doses of vaccines to Bangladesh. The vaccines came through COVAX, the globa...

No fishing in Sundarbans for three months

No fishing in Sundarbans for three months

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-31 13:33:34

The forest department has announced a three-month ban on tourism and fishing in the Sundarbans from June 1. "These three months are the breeding season for most of the species of fish and hence the i...

Ensure sustainable and alternative livelihoods for fishers: Experts

Ensure sustainable and alternative livelihoods for fishers: Experts

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-31 13:26:05

Experts said artisanal fishers produce 40 per cent of the world's fish and provide the essential nutrients and protein. They have made a significant but mostly unrecognised contribution to the global...

Ex-Jamaat leader among three get death for war crimes

Ex-Jamaat leader among three get death for war crimes

-- 2022-05-31 12:46:51

The International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced former Naogaon Jamaat-e-Islami leader Rezaul Karim Montu and two others to death for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Libera...

Fire breaks out at plastics factory in Old Dhaka

Fire breaks out at plastics factory in Old Dhaka

-- 2022-05-31 12:18:54

A fire has engulfed a plastics factory in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar. The fire broke out at 6:14 am on Tuesday, according to fire service control room. Seven units of the fire service reached the spot a...

Six kids drown in districts

Six kids drown in districts

-- 2022-05-31 09:48:53

A total of six children drowned in Jashore, Chapainawabganj and Dinajpur districts on Monday, reports UNB. In Jashore, three children drowned in a pond at Srirampur village in Bagharpara upazi...

RHD for raising toll rate after Padma Bridge launching

RHD for raising toll rate after Padma Bridge launching

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-05-31 08:42:56

Travelling on the Dhaka-Mawa expressway is likely to be costlier as the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has proposed increasing the rate of per-kilometre toll from Tk 10 to Tk 34.70 after the mu...

Govt mulls adopting SWIFT alternative

Govt mulls adopting SWIFT alternative

-- 2022-05-31 08:33:26

Bangladesh is considering adopting new payment methods developed in Hong Kong and Singapore as an alternative to move away from the SWIFT system and save up dollars, reports bdnews24.com. The governm...

Banks asked to encash export bills promptly

Banks asked to encash export bills promptly

SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2022-05-31 08:27:46

Banks are asked to encash the value-added portion of export proceeds within the next working day to help improve supply of foreign exchange to the money market, officials say. The central bank also d...

Cabinet approves draft of regional trade agreement policy

Cabinet approves draft of regional trade agreement policy

-- 2022-05-30 23:41:47

The cabinet has approved the draft of Bengali and English versions of the Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) Policy, 2022 aimed at protecting and expanding export markets to effectively face the challenge...

Six children drown in three districts

Six children drown in three districts

-- 2022-05-30 23:32:57

A total of six children drowned in Jashore, Chapainawabganj and Dinajpur districts on Monday, reports UNB. In Jashore, three children drowned in a pond at Srirampur village in Bagharpara upazila arou...

552 kilometres of road, eight bridges damaged in Sunamganj flood

552 kilometres of road, eight bridges damaged in Sunamganj flood

-- 2022-05-30 23:24:44

A total of 552 kilometres of road and eight bridges and culverts have been damaged during the recent flash flood in parts of Sunamganj district, said officials at Local Government and Engineering Depa...