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World Bank report proves poverty rate reduced in Bangladesh: Hasan Mahmud

World Bank report proves poverty rate reduced in Bangladesh: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2022-04-16 20:43:49

Referring to a World Bank report on poverty reduction in Bangladesh, Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said the report has proved that the country has reduced the poverty...

Historic Mujibnagar day on Sunday

Historic Mujibnagar day on Sunday

-- 2022-04-16 20:31:14

The historic Mujibnagar Day will be observed on Sunday, marking the formation of Bangladesh's first government that led the Liberation War in 1971. The day will begin with hoisting the national flag...

Youth commits suicide in city after altercation with girlfriend

Youth commits suicide in city after altercation with girlfriend

-- 2022-04-16 20:16:25

A 24-year-old youth committed suicide by jumping into the lake of Hatirjheel after an altercation with his girlfriend, police said. The deceased was identified as Bozlu Miraj Chowdhury alias Raj, son...

Four suspected human traffickers arrested on charges of raping a woman

Four suspected human traffickers arrested on charges of raping a woman

-- 2022-04-16 20:12:46

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested four suspected human traffickers on charges of raping a woman after promising to send her to Saudi Arabia. Kamrul Ahmed, 42, Khaled Masud Helal, 36, Tofa...

BGB detains Myanmar national with yaba worth Tk 24m in Teknaf

BGB detains Myanmar national with yaba worth Tk 24m in Teknaf

-- 2022-04-16 19:23:58

Border Guard Bangladesh has detained a Myanmar national with 80,000 yaba tablets, worth an estimated Tk 24 million, in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf. The drugs were recovered from Jaliyar Dwip, an island on t...

Padma Bridge will be inaugurated in June, says Obaidul Quader

Padma Bridge will be inaugurated in June, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-04-16 19:18:28

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has reiterated that the Padma Bridge will be inaugurated in June this year.  “The Padma Bridge will be inaugurated in June this year. The...

12 missing crew members of sunk vessel in Bay rescued

12 missing crew members of sunk vessel in Bay rescued

-- 2022-04-16 18:23:44

Twelve crew of a lighter vessel who went missing after a lighter vessel sank in the Bay of Bengal near Bhashanchar of Noakhali district were rescued alive on Saturday. "On information, a rescue ship...

Seven parks, playgrounds opened in DNCC area for city dwellers 

Seven parks, playgrounds opened in DNCC area for city dwellers 

-- 2022-04-16 17:33:11

Seven parks and playgrounds were opened for city dwellers in Dhaka North City Corporation(DNCC) area on Saturday. DNCC Mayor Atiqul inaugurated the parks in Shyamoly area in the capital, reports UNB...

Coal-laden lighter ship sinks in Bay near Bhasan Char

Coal-laden lighter ship sinks in Bay near Bhasan Char

-- 2022-04-16 17:04:02

A Dhaka-bound lighter ship carrying coal has capsized in the Bay of Bengal near the island of Bhasan Char. The vessel sank upon encountering rough seas around 10 am on Saturday, according to Mohammed...

Bangladesh reports 51 new COVID cases in a day, no deaths

Bangladesh reports 51 new COVID cases in a day, no deaths

-- 2022-04-16 16:25:41

Bangladesh has registered 51 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the total caseload from the disease to 1,952,275.The government recorded no deaths in the 24-hour count, keeping the total toll from...

Nor’wester lashes Sunamganj

Nor’wester lashes Sunamganj

-- 2022-04-16 15:26:21

A nor’wester wrought havoc in Sunamganj district on Friday night, damaging several houses and agricultural fields, UNB reports. Fortunately, no casualties were reported in the nor'wester that l...

Two construction workers die in Rangamati landslide

Two construction workers die in Rangamati landslide

-- 2022-04-16 13:54:26

Two workers have died in a landslide triggered by illegal hill cutting during the construction of a house in Rangamati’s Kaukhali Upazila, according to the police, bdnews24.com reports. The inc...

Incomplete Bangabandhu Bridge link road may cause gridlock during Eid journey

Incomplete Bangabandhu Bridge link road may cause gridlock during Eid journey

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-16 12:28:59

A construction company has failed to complete work on the Bangabandhu Bridge link road despite three years having passed since the project started. The condition of the 22km stretch of road from the...

Rain with intense lightning likely in parts of country

Rain with intense lightning likely in parts of country

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-16 12:13:38

Several places across the country are likely to witness rain/thunder showers with intense lightning flashes along with hail, accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind, in the next 24 hours commencin...

105-yr-old woman charred to death in Natore

105-yr-old woman charred to death in Natore

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-16 10:40:15

A 105-year-old woman was charred to death in a fire that broke out at her house in Agpurulia village of Natore on Friday, officials said. The deceased was identified as Guljan Bewa of the village in...

Fakhrul claims opposition leaders, activists not getting justice

Fakhrul claims opposition leaders, activists not getting justice

-- 2022-04-15 21:17:54

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the opposition political leaders and activists are not getting justice due to what he said is the politicisation of the judicia...

Belarus national found dead at Rooppur Nuke Plant site 

Belarus national found dead at Rooppur Nuke Plant site 

-- 2022-04-15 20:51:00

A Belarusian man employed with Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project was found dead at a residential area in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna on Friday, police said.  The deceased was identified as Ivanu...

Chittagong University’s female student harassed on shuttle train

Chittagong University’s female student harassed on shuttle train

-- 2022-04-15 20:01:10

A female student of the University of Chittagong (CU) has allegedly been sexually harassed on a moving shuttle train. The third-year student from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities claimed that the m...

Awami League hosts iftar for foreign diplomats

Awami League hosts iftar for foreign diplomats

-- 2022-04-15 19:54:59

The International Affairs Sub-Committee of Bangladesh Awami League hosted an iftar programme on Friday at a hotel in the capital in the honour of foreign diplomats here. Ambassadors, high commissione...

RAB arrests Ramna bomb attack convict after two decades

RAB arrests Ramna bomb attack convict after two decades

-- 2022-04-15 19:48:25

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a man condemned to death over the bomb attack on Chhayanaut’s Pahela Boishakh programme at Ramna Batamul in Dhaka two decades ago.Mufti Shafiqur Rahman wa...

Fire guts five Indian trucks at Benapole port

Fire guts five Indian trucks at Benapole port

-- 2022-04-15 19:43:29

Five Indian trucks were burnt down in a fire at the Benapole land port in the Jashore district. The fire broke out at the port's terminal No. 38 around 5 am on Friday while the trucks were awaiting c...

Sunamganj haor farmers trying to save paddy as fresh floods loom

Sunamganj haor farmers trying to save paddy as fresh floods loom

-- 2022-04-15 19:40:14

Hundreds of thousands of farmers in Sunamganj are in a race against the clock to save paddy on more than 200,000 hectares of marshlands in the Haor region by strengthening dams or harvesting the crops...

Veteran journalist Mostafa Kamal Pasha passes away

Veteran journalist Mostafa Kamal Pasha passes away

-- 2022-04-15 19:06:29

Veteran journalist and columnist Mostafa Kamal Pasha passed away at a hospital in the port city on Friday morning. He was 68. He breathed his last around 10 am. He was suffering from cancer for a lon...

Nor'wester kills one, injures seven in Chuadanga 

Nor'wester kills one, injures seven in Chuadanga 

-- 2022-04-15 19:04:29

A woman was killed and six others were injured during a nor'wester in Chuadanga district on Thursday night.  The deceased was identified as Momena Khatun, 47, wife of Aminul Islam of Kurulgachi...

Diarrhoea cases on rise: 619 patients hospitalised in 15 hours

Diarrhoea cases on rise: 619 patients hospitalised in 15 hours

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-15 18:01:59

As many as 619 more diarrhoea patients were admitted to the icddr,b, an international health research institute in Dhaka, in the last 15 hours till 5:00pm on Friday. AKM Tariful Islam Khan, media man...

RAB arrests five people over murder in Cox’s Bazar

RAB arrests five people over murder in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2022-04-15 17:50:06

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members on Friday arrested five people in connection with a murder in Cox’s Bazar that went viral on social media. The arrestees are Mohammad Ali, Mohammadul, Abdul...

Fire at Old Dhaka plastics factory doused

Fire at Old Dhaka plastics factory doused

-- 2022-04-15 17:00:23

Firefighters have taken control of a fire that swept through a plastics factory in Dhaka's Lalbagh. The fire broke out at the tin-roofed factory in Shahid Nagar's Bou Bazar area around 12:30 pm on Fr...

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

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

-- 2022-04-15 16:20:37

Bangladesh has recorded 27 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,952,224. The government did not register any fatality from the disease in the 24-hour count and...

Bus operators start selling advance tickets for Eid journey

Bus operators start selling advance tickets for Eid journey

-- 2022-04-15 16:14:52

Several bus operators have started selling advance tickets for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. On Friday, tickets for trips between 26 Apr and 1 May went on sale at different counters in the Gabto...

Provision of instant punishment recommended

Provision of instant punishment recommended

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-15 14:55:33

Citizens and stakeholders have recommended inclusion of the provision of instant punishment in the proposed draft titled ‘Land Crime Prevention and Redress Act, 2022’. Besides, they also...