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Four-day BGB-BSF regional meet begins in Sylhet

Four-day BGB-BSF regional meet begins in Sylhet

-- 2022-05-30 23:20:43

A four-day Region Commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Frontier IG level of Indian Border Security Force (BSF)-level border conference began in Sylhet on Monday. The frontier talks between...

Obaidul Quader says BNP did not dream of implementing any mega project

Obaidul Quader says BNP did not dream of implementing any mega project

-- 2022-05-30 23:14:26

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP leaders’ ‘mega falsehood’ about the country's mega projects have raised questions about their mental health. "As the B...

BNP will move ahead overcoming repression, says Fakhrul

BNP will move ahead overcoming repression, says Fakhrul

-- 2022-05-30 23:09:05

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said their party BNP will move ahead braving what it said is the government’s intensified repression to subdue its opponents ahead of the ne...

India to supply additional 1500 MW of electricity to Bangladesh: Jaishankar

India to supply additional 1500 MW of electricity to Bangladesh: Jaishankar

-- 2022-05-30 22:58:55

Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said an additional 1500 MW of electricity is in pipeline from India to Bangladesh. India currently supplies 1160 MW of electricity to Bangladesh. A...

Dhaka raw sewage, sludge samples found Covid germs: Study

Dhaka raw sewage, sludge samples found Covid germs: Study

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-30 20:22:53

Raw sewage and sludge samples collected in and around Dhaka city contain SARS-CoV-2 RNA (Covid-19), found a new study. However, there was no presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the samples collected after trea...

Bangladesh, Portugal agree to establish direct shipping links

Bangladesh, Portugal agree to establish direct shipping links

-- 2022-05-30 19:20:45

Bangladesh and Portugal are working to connect the two countries through direct shipping links to create new prospects for fast, cost-effective and reliable shipping for the Bangladeshi exporters whil...

Cabinet orders prompt actions against rice hoarders

Cabinet orders prompt actions against rice hoarders

-- 2022-05-30 19:07:59

The cabinet on Monday directed the relevant authorities to find out why rice price is so high during the peak harvest season. The directive came from the cabinet meeting held at the PM’s office...

Death row convict Minny seeks bail

Death row convict Minny seeks bail

-- 2022-05-30 18:09:50

Aysha Siddika Minny, who received a death sentence for conspiring with her husband’s killers, has petitioned the High Court for bail. The bench led by Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam may announce t...

HC wants to know about private universities’ allocation for research

HC wants to know about private universities’ allocation for research

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-30 18:09:27

The High Court on Monday directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to submit a report with it regarding the allocation of funds for research in the 105 private universities from 2010 till 2022 a...

Report sought on number of private universities’ students from disadvantaged families studying for free

Report sought on number of private universities’ students from disadvantaged families studying for free

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-30 18:03:24

The High Court (HC) has asked for a report on how many children of the poor and disadvantaged and heroic freedom fighters have been able to study in private universities without tuition fees since 201...

Two killed in motorcycle crash in Hatirjheel

Two killed in motorcycle crash in Hatirjheel

-- 2022-05-30 17:43:39

Two men have died after their motorcycle veered out of control on Dhaka’s Hatirjheel Bridge and struck the road divider. The dead were identified as motorcycle driver Md Mamun, 25, and passenge...

Dhaka seeks Delhi's advice on purchase of Russian oil despite sanctions

Dhaka seeks Delhi's advice on purchase of Russian oil despite sanctions

-- 2022-05-30 17:20:36

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Monday said he sought suggestions from India on how they are managing their purchase of oil from Russia, noting that the energy issue has become a real problem for B...

Bangladesh reports one Covid death, 34 new cases

Bangladesh reports one Covid death, 34 new cases

-- 2022-05-30 17:07:51

Bangladesh has registered another fatality from Covid-19, taking the total toll from the disease to 29,131. Another 34 new cases of the coronavirus were reported in a 24-hour count, taking the overal...

One gets death, three get prison in Jahurul Islam murder case

One gets death, three get prison in Jahurul Islam murder case

-- 2022-05-30 17:03:00

A court has sentenced a man to death and three others to life in prison over the murder of Kazi Jahurul Islam Babu, a stationery store owner in Mirpur, who had reported them to the Rapid Action Battal...

Woman arrested over attack on a girl at Narsingdi Railway Station

Woman arrested over attack on a girl at Narsingdi Railway Station

-- 2022-05-30 16:56:11

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Shila Akter alias Saima over an attack on a young woman at Narsingdi Railway Station for wearing what the attackers said was “obscene” clothes...

AL-backed panel sweeps Bar Council polls

AL-backed panel sweeps Bar Council polls

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-30 15:24:31

The ruling Awami League-backed panel Sammilito Ainjibi Samonnay Parishad has won a landslide victory in the Bangladesh Bar Council elections. They bagged 10 out of 14 executive posts in the elections...

Building Padma Bridge with own finance brightens country's image: PM

Building Padma Bridge with own finance brightens country's image: PM

-- 2022-05-30 14:57:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the decision of building the much-awaited Padma Multipurpose Bridge, which is set to open for traffic on June 25 next, brightened the country's image in the world...

Death anniv of FE’s ex-Exec Editor Shahiduzzaman Khan today

Death anniv of FE’s ex-Exec Editor Shahiduzzaman Khan today

FE REPORT 2022-05-30 09:10:28

Today (May 30) is the 1st death anniversary of ex-Executive Editor of The Financial Express (FE) Shahiduzzaman Khan. Shahiduzzaman Khan passed away on this day last year at the age of 72. He is survi...

Chhatra Dal can enter DU campus after seeking apology: Chhatra League president

Chhatra Dal can enter DU campus after seeking apology: Chhatra League president

-- 2022-05-29 21:11:06

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) will have to repent for their previously made insolent comment on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina before entering the Dhaka University campus, said Al Nahiyan khan Joy, pre...

BFIU says it finds ‘suspicious transactions’ in IDRA chairman’s bank accounts

BFIU says it finds ‘suspicious transactions’ in IDRA chairman’s bank accounts

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-29 19:46:49

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has said it has found ‘suspicious transactions' in the bank accounts of Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) chairman M Mosharr...

Shahbagh most air polluted area, Gulshan noisiest

Shahbagh most air polluted area, Gulshan noisiest

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-29 19:32:23

Shahbag has become the top air polluted area while Gulshan-2 has been found as the most noise polluted area in Dhaka, says a recent study published on Sunday. The study, conducted by the Center for A...

Reckless driving blamed for Barishal bus crash that killed 10 people

Reckless driving blamed for Barishal bus crash that killed 10 people

-- 2022-05-29 18:42:54

The shabby condition of the bus and reckless driving resulted in the crash that claimed 10 lives on the Barishal-Dhaka highway, according to a passenger. At least 20 others were injured in the deadly...

BNP leaders not showing any decency in their statements: Obaidul Quader

BNP leaders not showing any decency in their statements: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-05-29 18:25:19

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP's slogan - 'let the weapons of the 15 August roar once again' - has exposed its murderous character. The road transport and bridges mini...

Ziaur Rahman’s 41st death anniversary on Monday

Ziaur Rahman’s 41st death anniversary on Monday

-- 2022-05-29 18:19:39

The 41st death anniversary of former president and founder of BNP Ziaur Rahman will be observed by BNP and its associate bodies across the country on Monday. BNP and its different associate bodies ch...

CIRDAP honours PM with rural development award

CIRDAP honours PM with rural development award

-- 2022-05-29 18:13:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government is developing the country in a planned manner from the grassroots. “My party Awami League has given priority to the development of rur...

No gas for seven hours in parts of Mohammadpur on Monday

No gas for seven hours in parts of Mohammadpur on Monday

-- 2022-05-29 17:54:59

The gas supply in parts of the Mohammadpur area will be turned off for about seven hours on Monday, May 30, due to emergency repairs on pipelines, Titas Gas said in a notice. The outage will affect a...

Firearm looted from RAB members in Ctg recovered

Firearm looted from RAB members in Ctg recovered

-- 2022-05-29 17:40:27

Police have recovered a pistol that was looted during an attack on three people including two members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Mirsarai in Chattogram. The firearm was recovered early Sunday...

Pollution in Bangladesh: The invisible tango with death

Pollution in Bangladesh: The invisible tango with death

-- 2022-05-29 17:31:40

More than 215,000 people in Bangladesh succumbed to pollution in 2019. The ever lurking, at times invisible, killer ~ air pollution ~ alone claimed about 175,000 lives. Water pollution was responsible...

Rice market destabilisers to face music, says Food Minister

Rice market destabilisers to face music, says Food Minister

-- 2022-05-29 17:13:40

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Sunday warned that stern actions will be taken against those who will try to destabilise the rice market in the country. The condition in the rice market must...

Bangladesh logs 40 new Covid cases, no deaths

Bangladesh logs 40 new Covid cases, no deaths

-- 2022-05-29 17:04:34

Bangladesh has registered 40 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,953,447. But no new fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from t...