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BD not destined to tread SL way

BD not destined to tread SL way

FE REPORT 2022-04-06 09:18:07

Bangladesh is not treading Sri Lanka's path as the country's socioeconomic fundamentals are on a better base, a government minister said Tuesday to dispel critics' foreboding over economic crisis. Pl...

JS passes CPA Bill

JS passes CPA Bill

FE REPORT 2022-04-06 09:15:42

Parliament passed on Tuesday the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Bill-2022, scrapping advisory council. The advisory council comprised local lawmakers and members of the port city's elite group. The...

RAB's counterterrorism role recognised, says Blinken

RAB's counterterrorism role recognised, says Blinken

-- 2022-04-06 09:13:48

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has recognised the elite force RAB's counterterrorism role as important, but stated that lifting sanctions from it and resuming training with American forces may t...

Gas supply yet to return to normal

Gas supply yet to return to normal

FE REPORT 2022-04-06 09:11:24

Natural gas supply situation did not return to complete normalcy until Tuesday evening, although Bibiyana's four gas wells -- of its total six wells -- which were forced shut on technical ground on Su...

Savings tools sales slump in February

Savings tools sales slump in February

FE REPORT 2022-04-06 09:09:43

Government's net borrowing from the state-sponsored savings instruments dropped in February from January due mainly to cut in yield rates, officials said. The statistics of the Department of National...

JS grills Tipu Munshi

JS grills Tipu Munshi

FE REPORT 2022-04-06 09:03:02

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi came under fire from the opposition lawmakers in the Jatiyo Sangsad (JS) over the government's 'failure' in controlling skyrocketing prices of essentials in the market....

HC orders police to produce Canadian citizen on Apr 10

HC orders police to produce Canadian citizen on Apr 10

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-05 22:05:08

The High Court on Tuesday directed the Officer in Charge of the Mugda Police Station of the capital to produce a Canadian female citizen in the court on April 10. The High Court bench of Justice Fara...

WASA MD urges all to drink boiled water amid diarrhoea outbreak  

WASA MD urges all to drink boiled water amid diarrhoea outbreak  

-- 2022-04-05 21:26:48

Amid the outbreak of diarrhoea in the city, the Managing Director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) Taqsem A Khan has urged the users to drink water after boiling it. "Only 5.0 to 1...

Natural gas supply yet to get back to normalcy

Natural gas supply yet to get back to normalcy

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-05 20:22:40

Natural gas supply is yet to back to normalcy until Tuesday evening although Bibiyana’s four gas wells, out of the six, that were forced shut Sunday on technical ground, came online. The fifth...

Comparison with Sri Lanka ‘unacceptable’: Planning Minister

Comparison with Sri Lanka ‘unacceptable’: Planning Minister

-- 2022-04-05 20:04:45

The Planning Minister has found “unacceptable” the comparison of Bangladesh’s economic condition with the failure that plunged Sri Lanka into a deep turmoil. MA Mannan’s remar...

Anti-discrimination bill placed in parliament

Anti-discrimination bill placed in parliament

-- 2022-04-05 18:04:04

The government has tabled a new law to stamp out discrimination in all spheres of society and guarantee equal rights for all citizens, regardless of their gender, religion or ethnicity. The 'Anti-dis...

Unemployment rate reaches highest 28 pc, reveals study

Unemployment rate reaches highest 28 pc, reveals study

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-05 17:55:49

Unemployment rate among the country’s youths reached the highest 28 per cent, according to a study finding. Apart from this, about 90 per cent of the employed youths are now engaged in the info...

HC questions confinement of death-row convicts in condemned cells before final verdict

HC questions confinement of death-row convicts in condemned cells before final verdict

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-05 17:47:33

The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the government to explain why the confinement of death-row convicts in death cells or condemned cells before attaining finality of their sentence by the...

Foreign traders can now form joint-trade bodies in Bangladesh   

Foreign traders can now form joint-trade bodies in Bangladesh  

-- 2022-04-05 17:44:37

Parliament on Tuesday passed the Trade Organisation Bill, 2022 allowing foreign traders to form joint-trade bodies in Bangladesh. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi moved the bill and it was passed by voi...

Bangladesh logs 36 COVID cases in a day, lowest in two years

Bangladesh logs 36 COVID cases in a day, lowest in two years

-- 2022-04-05 16:20:59

Bangladesh has registered 36 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, the lowest in a day since Apr 6, 2020, taking the total caseload from the disease to 1,951,867. The government recorded no deaths in the 2...

79,337 pass MBBS entrance exams, girls outperform boys

79,337 pass MBBS entrance exams, girls outperform boys

-- 2022-04-05 16:08:44

A total of 79,337 applicants have passed the medical college admission tests for the 2021-22 academic year, 55.13 per cent of whom were girls, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Tuesday. A total o...

Momen-Blinken talks: Bangladesh calls for enhancing trade, withdrawing sanction, extraditing Rashed

Momen-Blinken talks: Bangladesh calls for enhancing trade, withdrawing sanction, extraditing Rashed

-- 2022-04-05 15:22:30

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has raised a number of issues including enhancing trade and investment, withdrawing sanctions on RAB and extraditing Bangabandhu's killer Rashed Chowdhury in his bil...

RU Prof Taher murder: SC upholds death penalty of two

RU Prof Taher murder: SC upholds death penalty of two

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-05 13:15:41

The appellate division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the High Court’s death sentence of two convicts and life imprisonment of two others in the murder case of Rajshahi University Profes...

Universal pension: Analysts urge government to tread cautiously

Universal pension: Analysts urge government to tread cautiously

-- 2022-04-05 10:28:03

Economic analysts have described the planned universal pension scheme in Bangladesh as an “excellent” idea but urged caution in its implementation, bdnews24.com reports. They have advised...

Faridpur hospitals see spike in diarrhoea cases

Faridpur hospitals see spike in diarrhoea cases

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-04-05 09:11:34

FARIDPUR: The number of diarrhoea patients, mostly children, has been rising alarmingly in Faridpur hospitals for the last one month. Besides diarrhoea, hospitals are struggling to manage the huge...

Country's forest coverage stands at 14.10pc, JS told

Country's forest coverage stands at 14.10pc, JS told

-- 2022-04-05 09:09:09

The country's forest coverage stands at 14.10 per cent, while the tree-covered area is 22.37 per cent, said Environment and Forests Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Monday, reports UNB. A n...

No shortage of fertiliser in country: Agri minister

No shortage of fertiliser in country: Agri minister

-- 2022-04-05 09:04:17

Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque told Parliament on Monday that there is sufficient stock of fertiliser in the country against the demand, reports UNB. "The amount of stocked fertilise...

Bamboo bridges in place of approach roads!

Bamboo bridges in place of approach roads!

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-04-05 09:02:28

NETRAKONA: People of 10 villages in Barhatta upazila of the district have been suffering immensely for 18 years as the bridge over the Chakuya Beel does not have approach roads on either side. Villag...

Rice output in Aus season drops

Rice output in Aus season drops

YASIR WARDAD 2022-04-05 08:47:04

A significant fall in rice output in the Aus season has raised concerns over achieving targeted rice production in the current financial year (FY '22). Aus production dropped to 3.0 million tonnes in...

Gas crisis in city for second day

Gas crisis in city for second day

FE REPORT 2022-04-05 08:42:48

Natural gas-supply shortage continued in and around the capital for the second day with slightly improved scenario on Monday along with low gas pressure and frequent electricity outages. Industrial o...

Bangladesh invaluable partner in building free Indo-Pacific: Biden

Bangladesh invaluable partner in building free Indo-Pacific: Biden

FE REPORT 2022-04-05 08:33:17

Billing Bangladesh as an invaluable partner in ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific region-a latest geostrategic focus--US President Joe Biden expressed his confidence that the partnership would furt...

Three of six damaged wells of Bibiyana gas field repaired, says Chevron

Three of six damaged wells of Bibiyana gas field repaired, says Chevron

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-04 21:05:26

Three out of six damaged wells of the Chevron-operated Bibiyana gas field were repaired and gas extractions from the repaired wells will begin soon. Sheikh Jahidur Rahman, communications manager of C...

‘Ties between Bangladeshis, Americans more intertwined’

‘Ties between Bangladeshis, Americans more intertwined’

-- 2022-04-04 20:00:11

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the ties between Bangladeshis and Americans grow deeper and more intertwined with every generation as the two countries celebrate five decades of friendsh...

Police constable suspended for ‘harassing’ Tejgaon College teacher

Police constable suspended for ‘harassing’ Tejgaon College teacher

-- 2022-04-04 19:18:00

Police have suspended a constable who allegedly harassed a college teacher in Dhaka’s Farmgate for wearing a 'tip' -- a traditional adornment. They also formed a committee on Monday to investig...

589 lives lost in road crashes in March   

589 lives lost in road crashes in March  

-- 2022-04-04 19:11:42

As many as 589 lives were lost while 647 people were injured in 458 road crash incidents across the country in March, showing an increase of 13.43 per cent of accidents from February, according to a r...