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Court sends Haji Salim to jail in graft case

-- 2022-05-22 16:23:22

A Dhaka court has scrapped a bail petition by Awami League MP Haji Salim and sent him to jail over a 2007 graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission. Salim had previously turned himself into...

89 modern labs to make BSTI a world-class institution, says minister

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-22 16:11:55

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun said a total of 89 state-of-the-art laboratories are being set up to make Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) a world-class body for ensu...

HC rejects petition against Prothom Alo

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-22 15:11:21

The High Court (HC) on Sunday rejected a writ petition against Bangla daily Prothom Alo over using the word “Saangsod” instead of “Songsod Sodosso” before the names of parliame...

MP Haji Salim to surrender to court, request bail

-- 2022-05-22 15:04:07

MP Haji Salim, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a graft case, is headed to the Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-7 to turn himself in and request bail. Awami League activists have crowded th...

Next-gen growth hinges on timely policies for private sector

FE Report 2022-05-22 13:52:05

Policy and regulatory support for the private sector is required to assist Bangladesh in achieving the targets of becoming a high-income country from its low-middle income stage in the next two decade...

Two teenage girls ‘commit suicide’ in Pabna

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-22 13:24:58

Two 15-year old girls allegedly committed suicide by drinking pesticide in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Juthi Akter, 15, daughter of Jillur Hossain from Jay...

Bangladesh issues alert at airports as Europe reports monkeypox cases

-- 2022-05-22 12:12:19

Bangladesh has issued an alert for monkeypox as cases have been found in some European countries. The Directorate General of Health Services has issued the alert to all airports in Bangladesh to pr...

Labour dearth makes Boro harvesting hard

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-05-22 10:25:47

LALMONIRHAT: Boro harvest began in the district. But the growers are facing serious problems for want of farm labourers and their high wages. Due to shortage of labourers, the wages of the available...

Rain inundates Chattogram's low-lying areas

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-05-22 08:56:18

CHATTOGRAM: People of Chattogram suffered on Saturday as rain-triggered water-logging, the perennial problem in the port city, rendered them stranded for several hours. Sources at the local Met offic...

India jails TikTok Ridoy for life in rape case

-- 2022-05-21 22:40:36

A special court in India has sentenced seven Bangladeshi men, including notorious human-trafficking suspect Rifadul Islam aka Ridoy Babo, to life-term rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a f...

Flood situation improves in Sylhet

-- 2022-05-21 21:11:18

The overall flood situation has improved in Sylhet as water started receding in different areas after eight days. However, local people have to wait five more days to get back to the previous conditi...

‘Bangladesh ready to share good practises in agriculture and food security'

State Minister Shahriar Alam says at UN Security Council open debate 2022-05-21 21:06:55

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has said Bangladesh stands ready to share its good practices in agriculture and food security with the countries in comparable situations. "We stan...

SI returning with accused following drive killed in Moulvibazar road crash

-- 2022-05-21 21:03:04

A sub-Inspector of police was killed while eight others including the accused were injured in a road accident Saturday, on the way to the station after a drive at Rajnagar upazila in Moulvibazar. The...

Mosharraf says BNP won’t join talks with current election commission

-- 2022-05-21 20:54:59

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday said their party will not participate in any dialogue with the current Election Commission (EC). "Our position is clear that there is no reas...

UN high commissioner for refugees arrives in Bangladesh on five-day visit

-- 2022-05-21 20:49:57

Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on a five-day visit to discuss the needs of the Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. Grandi last visited...

GM Quader expresses doubt about fair polls under authoritarian government

-- 2022-05-21 20:39:10

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Saturday expressed doubt about a fair general election under an authoritarian government. “The administration or the constitutional institutions are helpless...

Soak up the full moon from Padma bridge, says Quader

-- 2022-05-21 20:25:13

Bangladesh’s longest bridge will open to traffic in the last week of June, creating a new opportunity for users to soak up the beauty of the full moon on the Padma river. Speaking at an event o...

Space scientist Abdul Musawwir Chowdhury passes away

-- 2022-05-21 19:27:13

Eminent space scientist and disaster forecast expert Abdul Musawwir Choudhury passed away at the age of 81. The scientist, who had been suffering from old-age complications, breathed his last at his...

Worker crushed between truck and utility pole in capital

-- 2022-05-21 18:20:05

A worker has died after getting crushed against a utility pole by a truck in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com. he incident took place in Jurain’s Kadamtali area at midnight on Friday. The victim ha...

BNP is an internationally recognised terrorist political party, says Quader

-- 2022-05-21 18:18:05

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday described BNP as an internationally recognised terrorist political party and said that this party...

Bangladesh reports first Covid death in a month

-- 2022-05-21 17:55:03

Bangladesh has recorded the first death from Covid-19 in a month, taking the death toll from the disease to 29,128. The country also registered 16 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally...

Chattogram streets waterlogged after three gours of rain

-- 2022-05-21 17:27:01

After a few days of sweltering summer heat, the wind and rain should have brought some relief to the residents of Chattogram, but it was soon washed away by the misery of waterlogging. The port city...

Seven get life term for raping Bangladeshi woman in India

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-21 16:59:07

An Indian court has sentenced seven people to life term imprisonment for raping a 22-year-old Bangladeshi woman. The special court in India’s Bengaluru gave the order on Friday in a case filed...

Three die as train rams pickup van in Gazipur

-- 2022-05-21 14:06:01

Three people on a pickup van have died after their vehicle was rammed by a train at an unprotected level train crossing in Gazipur’s Kaliganj Upazila. The accident occurred in the Nolchata ar...

Met office forecasts light to heavy rain in parts of country

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-21 13:47:04

Most parts of the country, including Dhaka, may witness light to heavy rainfall in the next 24-hour period starting from 9:00am on Saturday, according to a met office bulletin. The 24-hour bulletin,...

17 cattle markets to be set up in city

FE REPORT 2022-05-21 08:45:02

Authorities of the two Dhaka city corporations are going to set up a total of 17 makeshift cattle markets in the capital on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, official sources said. Of the tot...

Special mango train on Chapainawabganj-Dhaka route likely from early June

-- 2022-05-20 21:11:32

Mango special train is likely to start from the first week of June on the Rohonpur-Chapainawabganj-Dhaka route. General Manager (GM) of the Western Railway Asim Kumar Talukder said this in ...

BNP misinterprets PM’s comments over Padma Bridge, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-05-20 20:59:01

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP leaders have misinterpreted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's comments over the successful construction of Padma Bridge to create confusion...

BGB detains man with gold worth Tk 101.1 million from Jashore

-- 2022-05-20 20:13:28

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have detained a man along with 14.45 kg gold worth Tk 101.1 million near the Bangladesh-India border area in Jashore. The man was identified as Md. Shah Alam, 35...

EU allocates €22m to Bangladesh, Myanmar

-- 2022-05-20 19:59:24

The European Commission has announced an extra €22 million in humanitarian aid to ensure life-saving support for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh, as...