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BNP leaders can tell lies in good ways, alleges PM

BNP leaders can tell lies in good ways, alleges PM

-- 2022-03-27 22:31:44

Referring to BNP leaders and critics of the government, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said those who don’t see the democracy and development in the country should check their eye vision...

Summit group to donate $1m to icddr,b 

Summit group to donate $1m to icddr,b 

-- 2022-03-27 21:13:29

Muhammed Aziz Khan, chairman of country's largest infrastructure conglomerate Summit Group, will donate a total of $1.0 million to the icddr,b hospital endowment fund for the treatment of a high numbe...

Chinese leaders see greater cooperation with Bangladesh

Chinese leaders see greater cooperation with Bangladesh

-- 2022-03-27 21:06:45

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said Bangladesh-China cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative is making sound progress, injecting new impetus into bilateral relations. "I am willing to work w...

Tahsan, Mithila, Faria cleared of Evaly fraud charges

Tahsan, Mithila, Faria cleared of Evaly fraud charges

-- 2022-03-27 20:53:32

A Dhaka court has admitted fraud charges against Evaly Managing Director Mohammad Rassel and his wife and chairman of the online marketplace, Shamima Nasrin, but acquitted singer Tahsan Khan and actor...

Police bar Fakhrul from visiting Kalurghat Betar Station 

Police bar Fakhrul from visiting Kalurghat Betar Station 

-- 2022-03-27 20:24:20

Police on Sunday barred BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and some other senior leaders from visiting Kalurghat Betar Station, which has a connection with party founder Ziaur Rahman&rs...

Dhaka is the noisiest city in the world, says UN report

Dhaka is the noisiest city in the world, says UN report

-- 2022-03-27 20:11:10

Dhaka is the most noise polluted city in the world, according to the recent Annual Frontier Report, 2022 published by the United Nations Environment Programme. Moradabad in India’s Uttar Prades...

Writ seeks total closure of pry schools during Ramadan   

Writ seeks total closure of pry schools during Ramadan  

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-03-27 20:05:56

A writ petition has been filed on Sunday with the High Court challenging the government's decision to continue the classes at all the primary schools till the 20th Ramadan. Md Eunus Ali Akond, a Sup...

17th session of 11th JS begins Monday 

17th session of 11th JS begins Monday 

-- 2022-03-27 19:49:06

The 17th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin at 5:00 pm tomorrow (Monday).  On March 10, President M Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per...

Japan may assist Bangladesh with urban development

Japan may assist Bangladesh with urban development

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2022-03-27 19:07:56

Improvement of traffic jams, management of population and rising vehicles are factors for proper city development, said Japanese expert Daisuke Shinatani.  He observed that South Asian countries...

Pakistan greets Bangladesh on Independence Day 

Pakistan greets Bangladesh on Independence Day 

-- 2022-03-27 18:32:41

Pakistan has greeted Bangladesh on its 52nd Independence Day and National Day.   "It gives me immense pleasure to convey sincere felicitations to the Government and people of...

Bangladesh identifies lowest Covid-19 cases in two years

Bangladesh identifies lowest Covid-19 cases in two years

-- 2022-03-27 18:02:47

Bangladesh has registered 43 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, the lowest since April 7, 2020, taking the total caseload from the disease to 1,951,282. The government did not record any deaths in the 2...

Sadarghat launch fire doused 

Sadarghat launch fire doused 

-- 2022-03-27 17:58:27

A fire that broke out in a launch at Sadarghat Launch Terminal in Dhaka on Sunday has been doused.  The fire broke out at launch ‘Adventure-9’ at 10:52 am and spread soon, Md Shahjah...

Complications over visa hold back Mitali Express to begin trips

Complications over visa hold back Mitali Express to begin trips

-- 2022-03-27 17:40:37

Bangladesh Railway is prepared to begin cross-border service on the route from Dhaka to Jalpaiguri, but complications over visa and COVID-19 protocols of India have held back the Mitali Express train...

Government working to build non-communal society, says PM   

Government working to build non-communal society, says PM   

-- 2022-03-27 17:04:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that her government seeks to restore the spirit of the Liberation War and build a non-communal society free from poverty and hunger. The Prime Minister sai...

Verdict in Humayun Azad murder case on April 13

Verdict in Humayun Azad murder case on April 13

-- 2022-03-27 17:00:04

A court is scheduled to deliver the verdict in the murder of Humayun Azad, a writer and professor of Bangla at Dhaka University, on April 13. Judge Al-Mamun of the Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessi...

539 diarrhoea patients admitted to icddr,b in 12 hours

539 diarrhoea patients admitted to icddr,b in 12 hours

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-27 15:37:05

As many as 539 diarrhoea patients were admitted to icddr,b in 12 hours on Sunday. AKM Tariful Islam Khan, media manager of icddr,b told the Financial Express (FE) that at least 539 diarrhoea patients...

Police arrest suspect in Shahjahanpur double murder

Police arrest suspect in Shahjahanpur double murder

-- 2022-03-27 15:17:26

Police have arrested a man with suspected links to the killings of two people, including Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu, in Dhaka’s Shahjahanpur, bdnews24.com reports. The suspect, iden...

Dentist stabbed dead in Mirpur

Dentist stabbed dead in Mirpur

-- 2022-03-27 14:09:49

A dentist has been stabbed to death by a group of unknown assailants in Dhaka’s Mirpur. The incident took place near the Shewrapara Metro Rail Station around 5:30 am on Sunday, said ASM Mahta...

Kazakhstan national killed in Rooppur Nuke plant site

Kazakhstan national killed in Rooppur Nuke plant site

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-27 14:06:16

A Kazakhstan national was killed and another injured at a house in Ishwardi Rooppur Residential Project Green city under Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project in Pabna district Saturday night. The dece...

Sadarghat launch catches fire

Sadarghat launch catches fire

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-27 13:00:24

A fire has broken out on a launch on the Buriganga river in Dhaka’s Sadarghat. The blaze started on board the ‘MV Advance-9’, which was near the launch terminal mosque, around 10:45...

Dhaka-Toronto direct commercial flight launched experimentally

Dhaka-Toronto direct commercial flight launched experimentally

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-27 12:11:06

The much-awaited direct commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Dhaka-Toronto route was launched on Saturday on an experimental basis, marking the Independence Day. State Minister for Civil...

Dhaka’s air quality remains ‘unhealthy’

Dhaka’s air quality remains ‘unhealthy’

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-27 11:51:58

Dhaka's air quality continues to be 'unhealthy', but the densely populated capital of Bangladesh is no longer the world's most polluted city. With an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading at 166 at 10:24am...

Bangladesh's first-ever security surveillance equipment manufacturing plant inaugurated

Bangladesh's first-ever security surveillance equipment manufacturing plant inaugurated

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-27 11:29:12

The first-ever security surveillance equipment manufacturing plant in Bangladesh was inaugurated at Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City in Kaliakair on Friday. The newly opened factory will manufacture security...

Discussion in UN: Recognition of 1971 genocide sought

Discussion in UN: Recognition of 1971 genocide sought

-- 2022-03-27 10:39:00

The facts of 1971 Genocide are well documented, yet it has not been recognised in the UN discourses, says Bangladesh, UNB reports.  "We believe UN's mandate to advance prevention will be incompl...

Delhi looks forward to add more in India-Bangladesh ties: Jaishankar

Delhi looks forward to add more in India-Bangladesh ties: Jaishankar

-- 2022-03-27 10:12:04

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said New Delhi looks forward to working together with Dhaka to add more pages to the golden chapter of India-Bangladesh friendship, BSS reports. He made...

CMCH intern doctor held in pornography case 

CMCH intern doctor held in pornography case 

-- 2022-03-26 22:04:31

Police arrested an intern of Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) on Saturday in a case filed under the Anti-Pornography Act by his lover.  The arrestee is Arnab Paul, former assi...

None can play ducks and drakes with people’s fate, says PM

None can play ducks and drakes with people’s fate, says PM

-- 2022-03-26 21:28:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that none can play a game with Bangladesh as well as play ducks and drakes with the fate of its people. "None will be able to play with Bangladesh and none will...

Bangladesh showing signs of a bright future

Bangladesh showing signs of a bright future

Shajedul Rahin 2022-03-26 21:09:04

The year 2014 was a horrendous one for Bangladesh cricket, and what followed in the next year was a dream for the team.  Apart from the success in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 and the bilatera...

Parts of a hill collapse, three children die

Parts of a hill collapse, three children die

-- 2022-03-26 20:41:49

Three children have died after parts of a hill collapsed at a rubber plantation at Kulaura Upazila in Moulvibazar. They are Sumon Ahmed, 14, Nahid Ahmed, 12, and Kabir Hossain, 9, all residents of We...

Putin greets Bangladesh President, PM on Independence Day 

Putin greets Bangladesh President, PM on Independence Day 

-- 2022-03-26 20:15:17

Russian Federation President Vladimir V. Putin has congratulated President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of the Independence Day of Bangladesh.   "The relat...