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TIB refutes Kaikaus' remark on graft in jab purchase

TIB refutes Kaikaus' remark on graft in jab purchase

FE REPORT 2022-04-18 10:02:12

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) in a statement on Sunday refuted observations of a senior government official about a TIB report on corruption in vaccine procurement and the graft watchd...

Water overflows haor embankment

Water overflows haor embankment

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-04-18 09:54:25

SYLHET: Amid continued heavy rain in the Indian state of Meghalaya, the water level in the Surma River has risen further apart from others in the frontier districts. Water started overflowing an em...

Sale of tickets for special launch services for Eid holidays to begin on Apr 20

Sale of tickets for special launch services for Eid holidays to begin on Apr 20

-- 2022-04-17 22:41:30

Advance tickets for special launch services from Dhaka to the southern districts to facilitate travel for Eid-ul-Fitr holidays will be up for grabs from Apr 20, reports bdnews24.com. The decision was...

Bangladesh seeks EU support for sustainable development

Bangladesh seeks EU support for sustainable development

-- 2022-04-17 21:03:07

Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam has urged the development partners to join hands with the government to adopt an innovative policy in order to provide the poor and vulnerable with the instrum...

Obaidul Quader stresses strengthening non-communal spirit

Obaidul Quader stresses strengthening non-communal spirit

-- 2022-04-17 20:53:22

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today stressed the need for strengthening the country's non-communal spirit under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. "By strengthening the n...

Chhatra Dal gets five-member partial central committee

Chhatra Dal gets five-member partial central committee

-- 2022-04-17 20:18:06

BNP on Sunday announced a five-member partial committee of its student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), dissolving the organisation’s existing body. Kazi Rawnaqul Islam Shrabon was made the...

‘Disadvantaged groups want to know what they would receive from budget’

‘Disadvantaged groups want to know what they would receive from budget’

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-17 20:10:04

Citizen's Platform for SDGs Bangladesh organised a virtual dialogue titled ‘Upcoming National Budget 2022-2023: Perspectives of the Disadvantaged Groups’ on Sunday, keeping in the purview...

Dam breach threatens crops in a vast swathe of land in Sunamganj

Dam breach threatens crops in a vast swathe of land in Sunamganj

-- 2022-04-17 20:01:32

A dam has burst its banks after a deluge of rain upstream and water has started entering the extended part of Gurmar Haor wetland in Sunamganj amid floods, threatening crops in a vast swathe of land....

‘Reduce Biman fair by 10pc for expatriate workers with smart NID cards’

‘Reduce Biman fair by 10pc for expatriate workers with smart NID cards’

-- 2022-04-17 19:51:25

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment has recommended reducing the airfare of Biman Bangladesh Airlines by 10 per cent for expatriate workers who hav...

Rohingya youth arrested in Dhaka for selling yaba tablets inside malta

Rohingya youth arrested in Dhaka for selling yaba tablets inside malta

-- 2022-04-17 19:38:33

Police have recovered 1,300 pieces of yaba tablets from inside seven malta or navel oranges at Dhaka’s Shantinagar. The law enforcers also arrested an 18-year-old Rohingya youth, identified by...

Trial against Regent’s Shahed in ACC case begins

Trial against Regent’s Shahed in ACC case begins

-- 2022-04-17 19:02:14

A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered the official beginning of a trial against Regent Group chairman Mohammad Shahed after framing charges in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission over acquiring illeg...

Rise in tobacco prices demanded

Rise in tobacco prices demanded

-- 2022-04-17 18:54:23

A human chain was formed on a virtual platform on Sunday, demanding that the government increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products to protect the young generation from harm. Participants...

Another Buddhist monument unearthed at Munshiganj archaeological site

Another Buddhist monument unearthed at Munshiganj archaeological site

-- 2022-04-17 18:30:11

Archaeologists have found another stupa, a Buddhist commemorative monument housing sacred relics, at an archaeological site in Munshiganj’s Tongibari Upazila. The eight-sided structure, buried...

US HR report has ‘fundamental flaws’, govt to ask explanation: Shahriar

US HR report has ‘fundamental flaws’, govt to ask explanation: Shahriar

-- 2022-04-17 17:51:55

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Sunday said the government will ask explanation from the US side on the recently published human rights report noting that there are fundamental...

Flood in Haor: Situation may worsen slightly

Flood in Haor: Situation may worsen slightly

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-17 17:22:25

The flood situation of Netrokona may worsen slightly in the next 24 hours as all major rivers in the district may rise slowly. A spokesman at the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said al...

HC orders to stop vulgar activities in name of 'Rag Day'

HC orders to stop vulgar activities in name of 'Rag Day'

-- 2022-04-17 16:39:20

The High Court has directed the concerned bodies of the government to take necessary steps within 30 days to stop naked, obscene, crazy, vulgar and objectionable activities including DJ party in the n...

Mild heatwave sweeps over parts of country

Mild heatwave sweeps over parts of country

-- 2022-04-17 16:25:50

A mild heat wave is sweeping over the regions of Rajshahi, Pabna, and Jashore and it may continue, said a Met Office bulletin. “Rain or thundershowers with intense lightning flashes is likely t...

51 Covid-19 cases, no deaths reported in 24 hours

51 Covid-19 cases, no deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-04-17 16:15:50

Bangladesh has registered 51 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,952,326. The government recorded no deaths in the 24-hour count, keeping the total toll from t...

HC hands over custody of Canadian girl to High Commission

HC hands over custody of Canadian girl to High Commission

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-17 16:11:32

The High Court on Sunday handed over the custody of a Canadian girl, who had allegedly been confined by her parents against her will for around 10 months in Dhaka, to the Canadian High Commission.&nbs...

Half of Eid travellers won’t have tickets: study

Half of Eid travellers won’t have tickets: study

-- 2022-04-17 16:03:46

The Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh (PWAB) has called for measures to protect the millions of homebound travellers ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr from harassment and to stop transport operators from...

Mild heat wave sweeps over parts of Bangladesh

Mild heat wave sweeps over parts of Bangladesh

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-17 15:22:19

A mild heat wave is sweeping over the regions of Rajshahi, Pabna and Jashore and it may continue, said a Met Office bulletin. “Rain or thunder showers with intense lightning flashes is likely t...

BTCL launches prepaid services for high speed internet, telephone

BTCL launches prepaid services for high speed internet, telephone

-- 2022-04-17 15:20:01

State-owned Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) on Sunday launched prepaid services for its customers to ensure high speed internet and telephone services, UNB reports. Posts an...

Public transport shortage hits Chattogram city      

Public transport shortage hits Chattogram city      

MINHAZUR RAHMAN SHIHAB 2022-04-17 14:46:49

With the expansion of trade, commerce, industry and urbanisation, the population of the port city of Chattogram is also increasing fast. But public transport has not increased compared to that. At pre...

Unmanned level crossings pose risk of accident in Bogura

Unmanned level crossings pose risk of accident in Bogura

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-04-17 11:36:45

BOGURA: A number of unmanned and unauthorised level crossings in the district pose risk of serious accidents. There are a total of four level crossings in Bogura Sadar upazila while three in Gabtol...

Kaikaus takes a dig at critics

Kaikaus takes a dig at critics

FE REPORT 2022-04-17 10:28:16

Prime minister's Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus on Saturday lambasted the critics for their allegations of corruption against the government in running Covid-19 vaccination programmes and mega p...

Historic Mujibnagar Day today

Historic Mujibnagar Day today

-- 2022-04-17 10:18:50

The historic Mujibnagar Day is being observed today, or Sunday, marking the formation of Bangladesh's first government that led the Liberation War in 1971, UNB reports. It has started with hoisting t...

Key suspect in Cumilla journalist's murder killed in ‘shootout’

Key suspect in Cumilla journalist's murder killed in ‘shootout’

-- 2022-04-17 10:05:48

The key suspect in the murder of Mohiuddin Sarkar Nayeem, a journalist in Cumilla, has been killed in a so-called shootout with the Rapid Action Battalion, bdnews24.com reports. The gunfight took pla...

Maintenance work of haor dams does not meet expectations, says minister

Maintenance work of haor dams does not meet expectations, says minister

-- 2022-04-16 21:51:37

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque on Saturday said maintenance of the protection dams in the haor region in Sunamganj does not meet expectations due to irregularities and the prime minister will be...

BPDB to incur Tk 302.52b loss annually if bulk power tariff not raised

BPDB to incur Tk 302.52b loss annually if bulk power tariff not raised

-- 2022-04-16 21:50:47

State-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will incur an annual loss of Tk 302.52 billion if the bulk power tariff is not raised. Such a claim was made in a proposal placed by the BPDB to...

Endangered jungle cat rescued in Bhola

Endangered jungle cat rescued in Bhola

-- 2022-04-16 21:21:43

An endangered jungle cat was rescued from Char Samaia union in Bhola sadar upazila on Saturday. Forest Department officials rescued the jungle cat from the 34.5 MW rental power plant near Kheya Ghat...