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BTRC launches 5G spectrum auction for mobile phone operators

BTRC launches 5G spectrum auction for mobile phone operators

-- 2022-03-31 15:22:02

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has opened a 5G spectrum auction for mobile phone operators. Four mobile operators will divide up the rights to operate 5G on a commercia...

Two individuals, one organisation nominated for 'Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation'

Two individuals, one organisation nominated for 'Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation'

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-31 13:17:57

Two individuals and one organisation in three categories have been nominated for the 'Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation'. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Wildlife Advisory Board...

BCL leader among three dead after car hits motorcycle in Dinajpur

BCL leader among three dead after car hits motorcycle in Dinajpur

-- 2022-03-31 11:04:45

Three motorcycle riders, including a local Bangladesh Chhatra League leader, have died after a car ploughed into the two-wheeler in Dinajpur's Nawabganj Upazila, bdnews24.com reports. The incident to...

Dakatia river in danger for garbage dumping

Dakatia river in danger for garbage dumping

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CHANDPUR 2022-03-31 10:35:13

Dakatia river, which cuts through Chandpur town, has now become a dumping ground for garbage. Once, ships and large vessels used to navigate on Dakatia's waters. Now there are no ships and there are...

The Financial Express among 11 dailies that get NOAB laurels

The Financial Express among 11 dailies that get NOAB laurels

FE REPORT 2022-03-31 00:52:10

The country's 11 newspapers that have been serving the nation for over 25 years, won laurels for their outstanding contributions in the field. The Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (N...

Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara residents to pay increased holding tax from July

Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara residents to pay increased holding tax from July

-- 2022-03-30 23:37:44

Dhaka North City Corporation has decided to count Tk 24 per square feet, a 33 per cent increase from existing rate, as home rent in Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara area in realising holding tax. The ci...

Bangladesh is a wonder of world today, Obaidul Quader says

Bangladesh is a wonder of world today, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2022-03-30 21:01:30

Referring to the implementation of some mega projects, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has described Bangladesh as a wonder of the world. The road transport and bridges minister said th...

PM enjoying concert when people struggling to buy food, says Fakhrul

PM enjoying concert when people struggling to buy food, says Fakhrul

-- 2022-03-30 20:53:24

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for joining a gala concert when common people are struggling to cope with skyrocketing prices of dai...

Bangladesh Bank sets banking hours for Ramadan

Bangladesh Bank sets banking hours for Ramadan

-- 2022-03-30 20:41:45

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has fixed office hours from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm for all scheduled banks in the country during the month of Holy Ramadan. However, people will be allowed to make banking transactio...

65,474 more families to get homes under Ashrayan Project

65,474 more families to get homes under Ashrayan Project

-- 2022-03-30 18:34:47

The government has raised the cost and brought changes in design to make Ashrayan houses more sustainable and resident-friendly. Now the landless and homeless people will get better quality abodes al...

Bangladesh records 72 new COVID cases in a day, two deaths

Bangladesh records 72 new COVID cases in a day, two deaths

-- 2022-03-30 17:42:40

Bangladesh has registered 72 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the total caseload from the disease to 1,951,504. The government recorded two deaths in the 24-hour count, taking the total toll fr...

PM explains why Bangladesh refrained from UNGA vote on Ukraine war

PM explains why Bangladesh refrained from UNGA vote on Ukraine war

-- 2022-03-30 17:25:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has explained to parliament why Bangladesh abstained from voting on a resolution to denounce the invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The pr...

40th BCS final results published

40th BCS final results published

-- 2022-03-30 16:16:20

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has published the final results of the 40th Bangladesh Civil Service examinations, recommending 1,963 applicants for appointment to government jobs. Though the...

Commodity prices to remain tolerable, says PM

Commodity prices to remain tolerable, says PM

-- 2022-03-30 15:52:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is confident that the prices of essentials in the country will remain steady during the upcoming Ramadan. Commodity prices are currently at a 'tolerable' level and the go...

Four sentenced to death for murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy

Four sentenced to death for murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy

-- 2022-03-30 13:43:48

A Sylhet court has sentenced four people to death for the murder of science writer and blogger Ananta Bijoy Das. It also acquitted controversial blogger Shafiur Rahman Farabi in the case. Sylhet Coun...

CNG filling stations to stay closed for six hours every day in Ramadan

CNG filling stations to stay closed for six hours every day in Ramadan

-- 2022-03-30 11:29:26

The government has ordered CNG stations nationwide to remain shut from 5 pm to 11 pm every day during Ramadan. The stations across the country must not supply gas for those six hours, Peteobangla s...

Bus route franchise in Dhaka not workable yet

Bus route franchise in Dhaka not workable yet

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-03-30 08:57:15

The authorities concerned are still struggling to make the bus route franchise (BRF) system workable in Dhaka city due to failure to convince bus operators to abide by compliances. Insiders said Dhak...

Bangladesh tops South Asia in taming Covid: Zahid

Bangladesh tops South Asia in taming Covid: Zahid

FE REPORT 2022-03-30 08:51:21

Terming the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination programme a successful one, Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday said Bangladesh has become first in South Asia in terms of controlling the pandemic thro...

Khaleda helped her relatives to use others in embezzling orphans’ funds: Joy

Khaleda helped her relatives to use others in embezzling orphans’ funds: Joy

-- 2022-03-29 23:34:35

Terming the embezzlement from an orphanage trust as the Zia family's institutional corruption, Prime Minister's ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy condemned Khaleda Zia for directly helping 'her relatives t...

Crime increases as police officers indulge in corruption, Fakhrul alleges

Crime increases as police officers indulge in corruption, Fakhrul alleges

-- 2022-03-29 23:26:07

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the law and order situation in the country has deteriorated as some police officers are rather busy indulging in politics and...

Dhaka to get subway network by 2030, says Obaidul Quader

Dhaka to get subway network by 2030, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-03-29 21:42:10

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the government has decided to set up subway train on four routes by 2030 at an estimated cost of $413.06 million so that people commu...

HC acquitted five death convicts in a murder case of Gazipur

HC acquitted five death convicts in a murder case of Gazipur

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-29 20:34:40

The High Court has acquitted five death row convicts in a case filed for killing a schoolboy in Gazipur in 2001. It also acquitted two other accused who got life term imprisonment in the case. The...

Electricity demand may reach 15,500 MW per day during Ramadan

Electricity demand may reach 15,500 MW per day during Ramadan

-- 2022-03-29 19:34:16

Officials of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) forecast that the demand for electricity may reach 15,500 MW per day during the ongoing summer and upcoming Ramadan. Besides, the demand for...

JRP 2022 seeks $841m for Rohingya community in Cox’s Bazar

JRP 2022 seeks $841m for Rohingya community in Cox’s Bazar

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-29 18:59:19

The fifth Joint Response Plan (JRP) 2022, launched on Tuesday seeks US$841 million to support approximately 1.4 million people, including over 918,000 Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan...

Three arrested over Sabujbagh housewife murder

Three arrested over Sabujbagh housewife murder

-- 2022-03-29 18:41:17

Police have arrested an air-conditioner repairman and two others for their alleged involvement in the murder of a housewife in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh. The prime suspect was identified as Bappy, 31....

Parliament passes bill to set up university in Pirojpur

Parliament passes bill to set up university in Pirojpur

-- 2022-03-29 18:05:38

Parliament has cleared the way for the establishment of a new science and technology university in Pirojpur to be named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On Tuesday, the house passed the bill...

Burn treatment facilities will spread to upazila level, says PM

Burn treatment facilities will spread to upazila level, says PM

-- 2022-03-29 18:01:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has a plan to take burn treatment facilities to upazila levels. The prime minister also urged all to launch a well-planned awareness campaign abou...

Bangladesh logs 69 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh logs 69 new Covid cases, one death

-- 2022-03-29 17:38:09

Bangladesh has registered 69 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the total caseload from the disease to 1,951,432. The government recorded a single death in the 24-hour count, taking the total tol...

Nine in 10 children below 14 in Bangladesh suffer violent disciplining

Nine in 10 children below 14 in Bangladesh suffer violent disciplining

-- 2022-03-29 17:30:47

Nine in ten children - accounting for 45 million boys and girls - below the age of 14 are subjected to violent disciplining in their homes regularly, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said....

More than 1,000 Rohingya refugees head to Bhasan Char

More than 1,000 Rohingya refugees head to Bhasan Char

-- 2022-03-29 17:09:45

Another 1,096 Rohingya are making their way to Bhasan Char as part of the 13th batch of refugees to be relocated to the island from Cox's Bazar. As many as 20 buses set off for Chattogram with the re...