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Hasina pays homage to Bangabandhu on historic March 7

-- 2022-03-07 11:39:45

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic March 7. She paid the homage by placing a wreath at...

Eight persons detained in connection with ATM booth forgery

FE REPORT 2022-03-07 09:04:24

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained eight persons from different parts of the capital on Saturday night for their alleged involvement in withdrawing around Tk 30 million from Dutch-Bangla Bank L...

Martin Holtmann appointed new IFC country manager for Bangladesh

FE REPORT 2022-03-07 08:57:26

IFC, the private-sector development arm of the World Bank for developing countries, has appointed Martin Holtmann as the new country manager for Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal. The three South Asian e...

Bangladesh farmers should be brought to forefront of development debate: Experts

FE REPORT 2022-03-07 08:48:19

Bangladesh needs to define the growing middle class in the fast-changing rural areas with bringing the farmers at the forefront of the development debate, experts at a webinar said. They said growing...

Indian firm finds gas block in Maheshkhali dry after drilling

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2022-03-07 08:42:44

Exploration firm ONGC Videsh Ltd did the drilling but found Bangladesh's shallow-water gas-block SS-04 all dry, in what experts term a blow to the country's future energy security. The oil-and gas-ex...

Civil society calls for local government participation in Rohingya response

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-06 22:30:38

The Cox's Bazar Civil Society and NGO Forum (CCNF), a network of local NGOs and CSOs, has demanded local government participation in refugee response management and a parliamentary caucus on the Roh...

President urges to ensure transparency, accountability in government spending

-- 2022-03-06 21:41:11

President M Abdul Hamid on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to ensure transparency in government expenditures for the sake of public interest. The president made the call when Auditor General a...

Four killed in gunfight between unidentified groups in Bandarban

-- 2022-03-06 21:23:52

Four people died during a gunfight on Saturday evening between two armed groups at Falongkhyang area near Rowangchhari-Ruma border in Bandarban, said police. Earlier on Sunday, the unidentified bulle...

Five Bangladeshis now in Ukrainian detention centre, says foreign minister

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-06 20:45:04

Five Bangladeshi nationals, who were arrested by Ukrainian officials for not having valid passports and visas, are now confined in a detention centre in Ukraine. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen gave...

CID forms body to investigate money laundering allegations

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-06 20:23:25

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police has formed a seven-member committee to take necessary and effective measures to investigate the money laundering allegations by the Bangladesh...

People's purchasing capacity increases three times, Hasan Mahmud says

-- 2022-03-06 19:57:24

Awami League’s Joint General Secretary Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said the purchasing capacity of the people has increased three times in the last 13 years under the leadership of Prime Minister She...

Corruption only reason behind price hike, Fakhrul says

-- 2022-03-06 19:48:26

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that corruption by ministers and Awami League leaders is the only reason behind the rise in prices of key commodities.  &ldquo...

Suitable place outside Dhaka necessary to accommodate stranded Biharis, says PM

-- 2022-03-06 19:00:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government has a plan to ensure a better life for the stranded Bihari community by accommodating them in a convenient place outside of Dhaka. The premi...

Writ seeks monitoring cell for controlling Soybean oil price

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-06 18:21:57

A writ petition has been filed on Sunday with the High Court seeking its directives upon the concerned bodies of the government to form a monitoring cell and to formulate policies for controlling the...

Court sentences three to death for murder in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2022-03-06 17:55:29

A Chattogram court has handed death sentences to three brothers for killing their uncle in Badarkhali, Chattogram. Judge Md Mozammel Haque of the Chattogram Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal also hand...

Three brothers get death penalty for killing their uncle

-- 2022-03-06 17:50:45

A Chattogram court has handed death sentences to three brothers for killing their uncle in Badarkhali, Chattogram. Judge Md Mozammel Haque of the Chattogram Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal also hand...

Number of Ukrainian refugees in Poland to surpass 1.0m by Sunday

-- 2022-03-06 17:04:22

Record numbers of refugees headed into Poland from Ukraine with the total number expected to surpass 1.0 million people later on Sunday as Russian forces escalated their invasion. Fresh data shows Po...

Mariners call for immediate action to bring back crew of ‘Banglar Samriddhi’

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-06 16:51:12

Mariners at a press conference demanded that all the crew of ‘Banglar Samriddhi’ be brought home immediately. They also urged the government and concerned authorities to extend necessary s...

529 Covid-19 cases, eight deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-03-06 16:28:56

Bangladesh has recorded eight deaths from Covid-19 in a day, taking the total toll from the disease to 29,085. The government also registered 529 new cases of coronavirus in a 24-hour count, with the...

28 Bangladesh sailors reach Romania safely

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-03-06 15:19:18

The 28 crew members of the Bangladeshi stranded ship in Ukraine reached Romania on Sunday morning, said Bangladeshi Ambassador Md Daud Ali. The sailors, a group which includes two female cadets, were...

PM Hasina hopes marine cadets will help exploit maritime resources

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-06 13:55:08

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the important role of cadets from Marine Fisheries Academy will help the government achieve the SDG-14 by tapping marine resources for sustainable developme...

Four bodies with bullet injuries found beside Bandarban canal

-- 2022-03-06 13:40:25

Four bodies have been found next to a canal in Bandarban’s Rowangchhari Upazila. Police say they were killed in a gunfight, bdnews24.com reports. The bodies were found next to a canal of the Sa...

Rural middle class, farmers not politically strong, say experts

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-06 11:47:02

A serious knowledge gap about the fast-changing rural features of the country is prevailing among urban people, researchers, and policymakers, experts told an interactive discussion on Saturday. Such...

Bangladesh sees 848 road crashes in two months that claim 1,012 lives

FE REPORT 2022-03-06 09:38:12

At least 1,012 people were killed and 1,146 others injured in road accidents in the last two months across the country. During the period, a total of 848 road accidents took place. Among the deceas...

Dhaka Media summit on journalism to be held on March 10-13

FE REPORT 2022-03-06 08:59:45

A four-day Dhaka Media Summit-2022 on the future of journalism will be hosted online from March 10-13. The Department of Media Studies and Journalism at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (U...

Software launched for prize bond buyers

FE REPORT 2022-03-06 08:48:28

The Internal Resources Division (IRD) under the Ministry of Finance has introduced a software for investors of the government's Tk 100 prize bond to easily search its lottery results. IRD Senior...

Bangladesh Railway fails to increase modal share of passenger, goods transport

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-03-06 08:42:04

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has failed to increase the modal share of passenger and goods transportation compared to other modes of transport over the years. Though the budget allocation for the sector...

Bangladesh's big bet for $1.5b from new spectrum auction

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2022-03-06 08:33:29

Bangladesh bids big for raising minimum US$1.5 billion or around Tk 130 billion through auction of radio-frequency allocations to mobile-phone operators to power 5G services and beyond, meant for a qu...

Momen explains why Bangladesh abstained from UNGA vote denouncing Russia

-- 2022-03-05 22:45:23

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has condemned Russia's ongoing military offensive in Ukraine even as Bangladesh abstained from voting on a resolution to denounce the invasion at the United Nations Gen...

Awami League announces programmes to observe historic March 7

-- 2022-03-05 19:48:47

Awami League has announced elaborate programmes to observe the historic March 7, a red-letter day in the country's history, on Monday in a befitting manner. On this day in 1971, Father of the Nation...