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556 more diarrhoea patients admitted to icddr,b in 13 hours

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-10 15:08:41

As many as 556 more diarrhoea patients were admitted to the icddr,b, an international health research institute in Dhaka, in the last 13 hours till 1:00pm on Sunday. AKM Tariful Islam Khan, media man...

Hriday Mondal gets bail after 19 days

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-10 13:49:42

Munshiganj schoolteacher Hriday Mondal gets bail after 19 days A court has granted bail to Hriday Chandra Mondal, a schoolteacher who was detained for 19 days after he was arrested for discussing the...

PM opens police stations’ service desk, police housing for homeless

-- 2022-04-10 13:22:39

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the "Service Desk" at each of (659) police stations across the country for women, children, elderly and disabled people with handing over 400 houses built...

Death toll from Barishal trawler capsize rises to five

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-10 13:13:00

The death toll from the trawler capsize in the Gazaria river of Barishal district rose to five, with the recovery of two more bodies on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Mala Begum, 38 and Yeam...

Circumstances that led to arrest of Hriday Mondal

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-10 11:26:35

It all happened at Binodpur Ramkumar High School at Panchasar, one of the century-old schools in Munshiganj, historically known as Bikrampur. A teacher landed in jail after discussing the distinction...

Farmers race against time to harvest Haor paddy

YASIR WARDAD 2022-04-10 08:31:26

Concern has escalated further as water entered new three districts apart from Netrakona and Sunamganj in the Haor region causing intensive damage to standing Boro paddy. Fresh areas in Kishoreganj, S...

Matarbari deep seaport construction to be completed by 2026

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2022-04-09 22:30:47

Japan plans to complete the construction of the Matarbari Deep seaport by 2026, a senior official of the Japanese Foreign Ministry told the FE. Matarbari deep sea port is considered a game changer fo...

Rehman Sobhan's second volume of memoirs launched

-- 2022-04-09 21:25:23

Eminent economist Professor Rehman Sobhan's memoir, titled "Untranquil Recollections: Political Economy of Nation Building in Post-Liberation Bangladesh", was launched on Saturday. Centre for Policy...

Comparing Sri Lanka with Bangladesh part of conspiracy, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-04-09 20:35:07

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the economic condition of Bangladesh will never be like that of Sri Lanka. "Bangladesh is moving forward in all indicators due to the cou...

Ruling party subduing its opponents with false cases, says Mirza Fakhrul

-- 2022-04-09 20:31:28

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the government has started a 'new game' of subduing its political opponents ahead of the 12th parliamentary election. "As th...

Ruling party subduing its opponents with false cases, says Mirza Fakhrul

-- 2022-04-09 20:31:28

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the government has started a 'new game' of subduing its political opponents ahead of the 12th parliamentary election. "As th...

Ashtami Snan causes 17-km tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway

-- 2022-04-09 19:57:52

A two- day Ashtami Snan (bathing festival), a Hindu religious ritual, has triggered a 17 kilometres long tailback on Dhaka Chattogram highway on Saturday. The number of Hindu devotees crossed 1.0 mil...

Nayek Abdul Hakim lied about passing BCS to become ASP, police say

-- 2022-04-09 19:46:19

Abdul Hakim, a policeman who masqueraded himself as an "ASP by passing the BCS exams" to earn widespread plaudits, had lied about his “success”, police say.Police are also taking action ag...

Auxiliary reactor building construction at RNPP unit-1 ends ahead of schedule

-- 2022-04-09 19:40:32

Main concrete works of auxiliary reactor building at unit-1 of Rooppur nuclear power plant (RNPP) has been completed eight months ahead of schedule. According to Rosatom, the Russian contractor of th...

Dipu Moni promises to look into school teacher arrest case

-- 2022-04-09 18:59:45

Education Minister Dipu Moni has promised to look into the case of Hriday Chandra Mondal, a schoolteacher who was arrested in Munshiganj on charges of "hurting religious sentiment" after he discussed...

Flash floods damage crops worth Tk 1.0b in Sunamganj

-- 2022-04-09 18:08:37

Flash floods triggered by an on-rush of water from the upstream inundated Boro crops on 5,000 hectares of land in 14 haors in Sunamganj, causing a loss of Tk 1.0 billion, according to local agricultur...

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

-- 2022-04-09 17:04:58

Bangladesh has registered 28 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the total caseload from the disease to 1,952,023. The government recorded no deaths in 24 hours, keeping the total toll from the di...

Three killed as tractor plunges into ditch in Cumilla

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-09 15:50:31

Three people died after a tractor plunged into a roadside ditch in Cumilla’s Muradnagar Upazila. The incident occurred at the Mocha Gora village in the upazila's Jatrapur Union around 5:45am on...

Minimum Fitra fixed at Tk 75, maximum Tk 2,310

-- 2022-04-09 14:00:32

The minimum level of Fitra, a charitable donation by well-off Muslims at the end of Ramadan, has been raised by Tk 5 to Tk 75 per person in 2022, while the maximum rate has stayed unchanged at Tk 2,31...

BRTA lodges 1,126 cases in February for violating traffic rules

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-09 13:13:03

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) filed a total of 1,126 cases and realised over Tk 2.71 million in fines in February 2022 over violations of traffic rules. In its 165 drives, the BRTA also...

Rain likely to occur in parts of country, says Met Office

-- 2022-04-09 12:33:37

Rain/thunder showers, accompanied by temporary gusty wind, is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and the districts of Kishoregonj and Brahmanbaria in ne...

Supervisor found dead inside bus in Laxmipur

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-09 11:23:46

A 32-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a bus parked in front of the deputy commissioner’s office in Laxmipur district early on Saturday. The deceased was identif...

4,000 hectares of Boro crops submerged

FE REPORT 2022-04-09 09:24:52

About 4000 hectares of standing Boro crops have been submerged so far due to flash flood, causing losses to the tune of Tk 500 million to the farmers in Sunamganj and Netrakona haor areas, according t...

Awami League to resist any plot against government, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2022-04-08 21:36:41

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the ruling party will resist any conspiracy hatched against the government. "The Awami League, under the leadership of Bangabandhu daughter Shei...

Two farmers arrested during protests demanding uninterrupted power supply

-- 2022-04-08 20:33:43

Police arrested two farmers during a protest demanding an uninterrupted power supply in Tanore Upazila of Rajshahi on Thursday night. The arrestees are Saleh al Sara,26, of Bangpur village in Kalma u...

Ukrainians can stay in Bangladesh without fines after visa expires

-- 2022-04-08 20:26:04

Ukrainian citizens will be able to stay in Bangladesh legally and will not have to pay fines after the expiry of their visas amid the war with Russia. The home ministry’s Security Services Divi...

Indefinite bus strike in Sylhet from Sunday

-- 2022-04-08 20:04:24

Sylhet transport workers will enforce an indefinite strike in the district from Sunday morning demanding the withdrawal of two officials of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority in Sylhet alleging corru...

PM urges int'l community to help some countries reach vaccine targets

-- 2022-04-08 19:31:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday called upon the international community to increase their contributions to help some countries, which are still far from vaccination targets, reach the target. "...

PM asks authorities to take permanent steps to protect haors

-- 2022-04-08 19:29:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed the authorities concerned to take permanent projects to protect haors, said Deputy Minister for Water Resources AKM Enamul Haque Shameem on Friday. "The co...

Probe finds evidence of harassment of teacher by police constable

-- 2022-04-08 19:12:17

A police committee has found evidence that Constable Nazmul Tareque harassed college teacher Lata Samaddar in Dhaka’s Farmgate for wearing a tip, a traditional adornment.Tareque broke the law an...