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Two held for selling illegal jammers, repeaters, boosters

Two held for selling illegal jammers, repeaters, boosters

-- 2022-05-15 17:06:22

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained two men in Dhaka for selling highly sensitive equipment which can be used to modify the default settings of the mobile network functionalities in a design...

India yet to contact us on PK Halder, says Asaduzzaman

India yet to contact us on PK Halder, says Asaduzzaman

-- 2022-05-15 16:00:09

The Bangladesh government says India has yet to officially inform them of the arrest of Proshanta Kumar Halder, who is wanted in Bangladesh in connection with scams worth billions of taka, in West Ben...

12,000 litres of edible oil seized in Chattogram

12,000 litres of edible oil seized in Chattogram

-- 2022-05-15 15:39:09

A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and National Consumer Rights Protection (NCRP) in a drive seized 12,100 litres of edible oil from two warehouses at Bandartila Saltgola of Chattogram port city o...

24 prisoners die in three months

24 prisoners die in three months

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-15 15:15:55

A total of 24 prisoners died at different jails across the country in the first three months from January to March this year, according to an independent rights body. Among them, 15 were undertrials...

Rain damages ready-to-harvest paddy in Kurigram

Rain damages ready-to-harvest paddy in Kurigram

-- 2022-05-15 10:06:58

Heavy summer rains pouring since Friday morning inundated parts of Kurigram district damaging ready-to-harvest paddy crops in the district. The local Met office recorded 126 mm of rain in five hour...

Sri Lankan leaders follow BNP’s footsteps in fleeing country: Hasan Mahmud

Sri Lankan leaders follow BNP’s footsteps in fleeing country: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2022-05-14 21:52:34

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said Sri Lankan leaders have followed BNP’s previous footsteps in fleeing their country. Hasan Mahmud also advised the BNP leaders...

Obaidul Quader’s speech is admission of plundering money: Mirza Fakhrul

Obaidul Quader’s speech is admission of plundering money: Mirza Fakhrul

-- 2022-05-14 21:45:36

BNP on Saturday asserted it is now a ‘historical fact’ that Awami League leaders have laundered untold billions abroad by indulging in widespread plunder of wealth, that AL general secreta...

Construction work of Bangabandhu Memorial Trust’s library begins

Construction work of Bangabandhu Memorial Trust’s library begins

-- 2022-05-14 21:15:52

Construction work of a library of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust has started at Dhanmondi-32 in Dhaka on Saturday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her younger...

51,956 litres of soybean oil seized in three districts

51,956 litres of soybean oil seized in three districts

-- 2022-05-14 21:12:46

Police on Saturday seized 51,956 litres of soybean oil in Joypurhat, Faridpur and Sylhet districts. In Joypurhat, police in separate drives in the district town seized 43,656 litres of soybean and su...

Bangladesh reports 22 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh reports 22 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2022-05-14 18:20:49

Bangladesh has registered 22 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,952,979. The government recorded no deaths in the 24-hour count, keeping the total toll from t...

Chattogram, Dhaka, Ashuganj region’s river routes to be strengthened

Chattogram, Dhaka, Ashuganj region’s river routes to be strengthened

-- 2022-05-14 18:07:42

The Ministry of Shipping has signed two deals to dredge river routes aiming to strengthen capacity of Chattogram-Dhaka-Ashuganj corridor. An agreement signing ceremony for dredging Chattogram-Dhaka-A...

Government should divest investment from tobacco companies

Government should divest investment from tobacco companies

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-14 17:45:20

Civil society and anti-tobacco bodies on Saturday said that the government should divest its investment from tobacco companies to show its commitment towards a tobacco-free Bangladesh by 2040. They...

PK Halder arrested in India

PK Halder arrested in India

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-14 17:27:37

Proshanta Kumar Halder or PK Halder, a fugitive Bangladeshi accused of embezzlement and money laundering, was arrested in India on Saturday. According to media reports, he was arrested at Ashoke Naga...

Students of two colleges in Dhaka clash, disrupting traffic

Students of two colleges in Dhaka clash, disrupting traffic

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-14 16:58:00

Violence has broken out between a group of students from Dhaka College and another from Ideal College over a previous argument. Two Dhaka College students identified as ‘Fahim’ and &lsquo...

Family of ex SP Babul’s wife wants custody of children

Family of ex SP Babul’s wife wants custody of children

-- 2022-05-14 16:44:41

The family of slain Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, wife of former Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter, are worried about the safety of her children as they believe they may be used as key witnesses by the...

Two students killed in Munshiganj car accident

Two students killed in Munshiganj car accident

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-14 15:09:17

Two students die, another injured in Munshiganj car accident Two tenth-graders died and one of their friends has been injured after a car the trio took for a drive fell into a ditch in Munshiganj&rsq...

Minor siblings drown in Bandarban

Minor siblings drown in Bandarban

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-14 13:30:31

Two minor siblings allegedly drowned in a lake at Karbaripara in Alikadam upazila of Bandarban district early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Marufa Jannat, 7, and Mahfuza Jannat, 40, both...

Seven die as bus slams into car in Gopalganj

Seven die as bus slams into car in Gopalganj

-- 2022-05-14 12:22:45

At least seven people have died after a bus slammed into a car in Gopalganj. The accident occurred on the Mawa-Khulna Road in the Miltonbazar area of Kashiani Upazila around 10:45 am, said SI Siraj...

Flood situation likely to worsen in parts of country

Flood situation likely to worsen in parts of country

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-14 11:29:51

Flood situation in some parts of the country may worsen further as the water levels in all major rivers of the northern region of Bangladesh may rise in the next 24 hours, according to a bulletin of t...

PK Halder fraudulently obtains Indian citizenship papers, says Indian agency

PK Halder fraudulently obtains Indian citizenship papers, says Indian agency

-- 2022-05-13 23:08:08

Proshanta Kumar Halder or PK Halder, a fugitive Bangladeshi accused of embezzlement and money laundering, and his two associates have fraudulently obtained Indian citizenship papers to set up companie...

Demise of UAE president: Bangladesh to observe one-day state mourning Saturday

Demise of UAE president: Bangladesh to observe one-day state mourning Saturday

-- 2022-05-13 21:48:34

Bangladesh will observe one-day state mourning in honour of its ‘real friend’ the United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, who breathed his last on Friday....

Covid-19 vaccination rate increases dramatically in Bangladesh, says UNICEF

Covid-19 vaccination rate increases dramatically in Bangladesh, says UNICEF

-- 2022-05-13 20:22:58

UNICEF has listed Bangladesh, Peru, Vietnam and the Philippines as "Covid-19 Vaccine Success Stories" in their recent report, noting that Bangladesh's vaccination rate has risen sharply. When the fir...

Hasan Mahmud tells BNP to take preparation for next election

Hasan Mahmud tells BNP to take preparation for next election

-- 2022-05-13 19:50:59

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said the election will be held under the Election Commission during the present government in line with the Constitution like all other dem...

Gayeshwar says BNP will unveil ‘outline of united movement’ soon

Gayeshwar says BNP will unveil ‘outline of united movement’ soon

-- 2022-05-13 19:47:16

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday said the party will soon unveil the outline of a united movement for the ‘restoration’ of democracy. "BNP, the lead party of the largest...

Child dies, two minors hurt in wall collapse in Khulna

Child dies, two minors hurt in wall collapse in Khulna

-- 2022-05-13 18:30:28

A six-year-old was killed and two more minors were injured as a wall collapsed on them in Karim Nagar area in Khulna city on Friday, police said. The deceased was identified as Tamim, son of Mithu of...

Murad Hassan injured as ceiling fan falls on his forehead

Murad Hassan injured as ceiling fan falls on his forehead

-- 2022-05-13 17:59:18

A loose ceiling fan came down on sacked state minister Murad Hassan, leaving him injured in his living room in Jamalpur. A doctor treated Murad for injuries by giving three stitches to his forehead....

Bangladesh reports zero daily Covid death for 23 days

Bangladesh reports zero daily Covid death for 23 days

-- 2022-05-13 16:36:06

Bangladesh has registered 18 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,952,957. No death was reported on the day from the disease for the 23rd consecutive day from...

Lighting claims three lives in two districts

Lighting claims three lives in two districts

-- 2022-05-13 16:22:37

Three people died and another person sustained injuries after being struck by lightning in Magura and Nagaon districts, police said on Friday. In Magura, 35-year-old Md Jannu Mollah, a farmer from Sa...

BR to start selling standing tickets after two years

BR to start selling standing tickets after two years

-- 2022-05-13 16:03:56

Bangladesh Railway will resume selling unreserved tickets for standing passengers on the district trains after two years of suspension due to the pandemic. The rail authorities have decided to sell t...

96,878 motorised vehicles registered in Jan-Feb

96,878 motorised vehicles registered in Jan-Feb

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-13 15:51:15

A total of 96,878 motorised vehicles were registered across the country in January and February this year, as per official data. Of the total, 29,678 motorised vehicles were registered in Dhaka, acco...