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High Court to hear 10-year-old rule on Sagar-Runi murder

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-04 18:18:14

The High Court on Monday fixed for hearing soon a rule issued 10 years back over the government's move to identify the motive behind the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. Th...

TIB gets $5.34m from Sweden as fund for anti-corruption campaign

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-04 18:12:42

The Swedish government will provide a grant of US$5.34 million to Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) to accelerate its anti-corruption campaign in the country. The Swedish embassy in Dhaka...

Have enough fertiliser in stock, no shortage: Agriculture Minister

-- 2022-04-04 17:35:01

Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Monday told the parliament that there is sufficient stock of fertiliser in the country against the demand. "The amount of stocked fertiliser is enou...

61 Covid-19 cases, one death reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-04-04 17:00:39

Bangladesh has registered 61 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the total caseload from the disease to 1,951,831. The government recorded one death in the 24-hour count, taking the total toll fro...

Supreme Court allows easy bikes on roads, except for highways

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-04 16:37:55

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday allowed the three-wheeler, commonly known as easy bikes, to run all the roads across the country, except for the highways. A three-member bench o...

Washington-Dhaka partnership will continue to flourish, Biden says 

-- 2022-04-04 16:19:30

In a letter sent to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, US President Joe Biden has expressed his confidence that the partnership between Washington and Dhaka would flourish for the next 50 years. "I am con...

PM stresses the need to conserve water

-- 2022-04-04 13:22:32

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on everyone to stop wasting water, saying that no resource is unlimited and that the government has to spend money to manage the utility, bdnews24.com reports....

Road accidents killed 19 people every day in March: Report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-04 13:08:12

Some 589 people were killed and 647 others injured in road accidents across the country in March this year. It means, on average, roughly 19 people died in road mishaps every day in the last month....

Police constable accused of harassing teacher identified, taken into custody

-- 2022-04-04 12:02:53

A police constable who harassed a teacher in Dhaka’s Farmgate for wearing a tip – a traditional adornment – has been identified and taken into custody. “The constable is nam...

Fire at Dhaka multi-storied building doused

-- 2022-04-04 11:15:19

A fire that broke out in a 15-storey building in the city’s Bijoy Nagar area early Monday has been doused, UNB reports. The fire started on the 12th floor of Akram Tower around 6:30 am on Monda...

Padma Bridge to open for traffic in June, says Qader

-- 2022-04-03 20:59:12

The long-cherished Padma Bridge will open for traffic in June this year, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Sunday. According to a press release of the ministry Quader said 97...

TIB discards draft regulation for digital and social media

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-03 20:05:49

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has termed some clauses of the draft regulation for digital and social media unconstitutional. Rejecting the draft ‘Regulation for Digital, Social Me...

Bangladesh faces natural gas crisis due to supply crisis from Bibiyana

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-03 19:52:48

Abrupt fall in gas supply from the country’s largest producing Bibiyana gas field ensued countrywide natural gas crisis affecting gas-guzzling industries, power plants, and household consumers....

Five including AL leader put on 5-day remand over Shahjahanpur double murder

-- 2022-04-03 19:23:17

A Dhaka court on Sunday placed an Awami League leader and four others on five-days' remand over the murder of an Awami League politician and a female college student in Shahjahanpur. The accused are...

Aedes larvae found in 4.5pc of Dhaka houses ahead of monsoon

-- 2022-04-03 18:53:09

The larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito have been found in more than 4.5 per cent of houses in Dhaka ahead of the monsoon, according to a survey. The survey, which began on Mar 25, is being conducte...

LPG gets further costlier from Sunday

-- 2022-04-03 17:58:54

Consumers will have to buy Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) at a higher price from 6 pm Sunday (April 03) as the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has re-fixed the price of 12 kg LPG contain...

Writ seeks high power committee to probe whereabouts of assets of E-Orange owners

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-03 17:40:17

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directives upon the respondents to form a high power committee for conducting an investigation into the whereabouts of the personal asset...

Bangladesh logs 56 new COVID cases in a day, no deaths

-- 2022-04-03 16:55:24

Bangladesh has recorded 56 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,951,770. As no death was registered in the 24-hour count the death toll from the disease remaine...

Governments urged to regulate Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in products

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-03 16:15:57

Non-government organisations in Asia called on governments to update and strictly implement regulations to address endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in products. NGOs from Indonesia, Malaysia, Vi...

Parliament passes bill that increases patent terms to 20 years

-- 2022-04-03 15:48:14

Parliament has passed a bill extending the duration of patents from 16 to 20 years. A patent holder, therefore, will be the sole owner of the intellectual property for a period of 20 years from the d...

icddr,b reports 628 new diarrhoea cases in 14 hours

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-04-03 14:50:28

As many as 628 diarrhoea patients were admitted to the icddr,b, an international health research institute in Dhaka, in the 14 hours till 2:00 pm on Sunday. AKM Tariful Islam Khan, media manager, icd...

BSTI to conduct drive against adulterated food in Ramadan

FE REPORT 2022-04-03 10:44:30

The authority of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) will carry out special drives against substandard and adulterated food across the country during the holy month of Ramadan, consi...

Migrants’ jobs abroad from each UZ still lag

ARAFAT ARA 2022-04-03 09:07:01

The government's move to send 1,000 workers abroad from each upazila of the economically-backward districts per year is yet to see any visible progress. Official statistics show a majority of workers...

Political sway outweighs need

FE REPORT 2022-04-03 09:04:01

Political influence gets precedence over necessity in budgetary allocations, thus hindering the development process, says Planning Minister M A Mannan. "Allocation (in budget) is more of a political-...

AL expels local leader for alleged links to Tipu murder

-- 2022-04-02 20:54:30

The Awami League has expelled Omar Farooq, a local leader in Dhaka, for his alleged links to the murder of another leader, Jahidul Islam Tipu. The ruling party’s Dhaka Metropolitan South unit a...

Ramadan moon sighted in Bangladesh, fasting begins Sunday

-- 2022-04-02 20:01:46

Muslims in Bangladesh will start fasting on Sunday as the moon for their holy month of Ramadan has been sighted. The National Moon Sighting Committee announced the date after a meeting chaired by Md...

Bangladesh reports 56 new COVID cases in a day, no deaths

-- 2022-04-02 16:57:31

Bangladesh has registered 56 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the total caseload from the disease to 1,951,714. The government recorded no deaths in the 24-hour count and the total toll from th...

icddr,b reports 737 new diarrhoea cases in 14 hours

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-02 15:15:22

As many as 737 diarrhoea patients were admitted to the icddr,b, an international health research institute in Dhaka, in the 14 hours till 2:00 pm on Saturday. AKM Tariful Islam Khan, media manager, i...

Prime Minister wants children with autism flourish through collective efforts

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-02 13:42:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday put emphasis on brining all children with special needs including those suffering from autism into the mainstream of the society giving them opportunity flouri...

Local Awami League leader masterminded murder of Tipu

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-02 13:21:54

A local Awami League leader had allegedly plotted the murder of Jahidul Islam Tipu in Dhaka's Shahjahanpur, according to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). The elite police unit identified Omar Farooq...