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Sixth brother dies in Chakaria hit-and-run

Sixth brother dies in Chakaria hit-and-run

-- 2022-02-22 14:16:29

After 15 days of fighting for his life, Raktim Sushil has succumbed to the wounds suffered in the pickup van accident in Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria. He becomes the sixth brother to die from th...

Secondary schools, colleges reopen

Secondary schools, colleges reopen

-- 2022-02-22 12:08:44

In-person classes of secondary schools and colleges across Bangladesh have resumed today partially after a month-long closure since January 21 following a sharp rise in Covid-19 transmission, BSS repo...

Dhaka, Delhi eye greater engagements ahead of PM Hasina’s likely visit to India

Dhaka, Delhi eye greater engagements ahead of PM Hasina’s likely visit to India

-- 2022-02-22 11:13:36

In an effort to give further impetus to Dhaka-Delhi relations, the two neighbouring countries are now planning to have enhanced engagements, including preparation for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina&rsqu...

US vaccine donations to Bangladesh surpass 50m mark with 6.2m fresh delivery

US vaccine donations to Bangladesh surpass 50m mark with 6.2m fresh delivery

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-22 10:50:52

The United States donated another 6.2 million doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh via COVAX, sustaining the effort to expand vaccinations among youth and hard-to-reach communities.&...

Razzaque urges developed nations to establish climate justice

Razzaque urges developed nations to establish climate justice

-- 2022-02-21 23:02:25

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque has urged the developed countries to come forward to ensure climate justice aiming to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change and sustain agricultural pr...

SSC exams scheduled for June, HSC for August

SSC exams scheduled for June, HSC for August

-- 2022-02-21 20:18:18

National Curriculum and Textbook Board has re-revised the syllabuses of Bangla second, English first, and second papers of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exa...

Fire at BSCIC knitwear factory under control

Fire at BSCIC knitwear factory under control

-- 2022-02-21 20:07:02

A fire that broke out at a knitwear garments factory named 'Automation Knitwear' at Bangladesh Small & Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) industrial area in Fatullah has been brought under con...

Fuel tanker tips over on highway in Kushtia, technical team fears explosion

Fuel tanker tips over on highway in Kushtia, technical team fears explosion

-- 2022-02-21 20:04:46

A fuel tanker has tipped over on the Kushtia-Ishwardi highway and blocked the road for more than 24 hours, leading to painstaking waits for passengers travelling southwest and north of Bangladesh. A...

PM stresses simplification of scientific terminologies in Bengali

PM stresses simplification of scientific terminologies in Bengali

-- 2022-02-21 19:30:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said simplification of scientific terminologies in Bengali would make science-based education and research attractive for students. “I think that no natio...

PM unveils commemorative stamp to mark Amar Ekushey

PM unveils commemorative stamp to mark Amar Ekushey

-- 2022-02-21 19:07:26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has released a special commemorative postage stamp, an opening day cover, and a data card marking 70 years of Amar Ekushey and the Golden Jubilee of observing Amar Ekushey...

Road crash claims two lives in Bagerhat

Road crash claims two lives in Bagerhat

-- 2022-02-21 17:10:29

Two people were killed and three others injured when a truck hit a rickshaw on Bagerhat-Pirojpur highway at Boitpur in Sadar upazila of Bagerhat district on Monday. The identities of the deceased cou...

Quader flies to India for health check-up

Quader flies to India for health check-up

-- 2022-02-21 17:07:09

Awami League general secretary and Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader is scheduled to leave Dhaka for a health check-up on Monday. He will leave for New Delhi on a Biman Banglades...

1,951 Covid-19 cases, nine deaths reported in 24 hours

1,951 Covid-19 cases, nine deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-02-21 16:47:40

Bangladesh has registered 1,951 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest in a day since January 9, taking the total caseload to 1,935,242. As many as 28,097 samples were tested across the country, for a positi...

Bangladesh, Australia exchanges views on Indo-Pacific

Bangladesh, Australia exchanges views on Indo-Pacific

-- 2022-02-21 16:24:56

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has met his Australian counterpart Marise Payne and exchanged views on the Indo-Pacific in the backdrop of growing interest in the region. They reaffirmed the impor...

About 4,000 tourists stranded on Saint Martin's Island

About 4,000 tourists stranded on Saint Martin's Island

-- 2022-02-21 16:22:12

About 4,000 tourists have been stranded on Saint Martin's Island as authorities suspended all passenger vessels on Teknaf-Saint Martin's route in Cox’s Bazar on Monday due to the hostile weather...

Three minor siblings burnt to death in gas cylinder blast

Three minor siblings burnt to death in gas cylinder blast

-- 2022-02-21 16:08:50

Three minor siblings were burnt to death in a fire that started from a gas cylinder explosion in Mymensingh's Bhaluka Upazila. The incident took place in the Hobirbari area of the upazila at 9:15 pm...

Rain likely in three divisions

Rain likely in three divisions

-- 2022-02-21 14:32:50

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Monday predicted rain or thundershowers at one or two places over Chattogram, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours commencing at 9 am. Th...

Bou Bazar — a market run by women

Bou Bazar — a market run by women

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CHANDPUR 2022-02-21 10:09:20

Known as Bou Bazar, a market has turned more than 200 poor women into successful entrepreneurs. All the sellers and traders here are women. Located in Chandpur town's Puranbazar, the market remains c...

ACC raises more allegations justifying sacking of its official Sharif

ACC raises more allegations justifying sacking of its official Sharif

FE REPORT 2022-02-21 09:22:43

Amid criticisms from different quarters over the termination of an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) officer, the anti-graft body brings a slew of fresh allegations against him. However, none of the a...

Bangladesh remembering language martyrs

Bangladesh remembering language martyrs

-- 2022-02-21 08:20:03

Bangladeshis are remembering the Language Movement heroes who sacrificed their lives in demanding Bangla as a state language of Pakistan in 1952, bdnews24.com reports. People began flocking to the Ce...

People flocking to Shaheed Minar, other memorials across country

People flocking to Shaheed Minar, other memorials across country

-- 2022-02-21 00:22:43

People began flocking to the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka and other memorials up and down the country on Sunday night to pay homage to the martyrs. Barefooted, they carried flowers in their hands a...

International Mother Language Day today

International Mother Language Day today

-- 2022-02-21 00:10:20

Bangladesh has started observance of the 'Shaheed Dibash' (Martyrs Day) and the International Mother Language Day from the early hours of Monday with due respect maintaining health guidelines. People...

President, PM greet people of all languages, cultures

President, PM greet people of all languages, cultures

-- 2022-02-20 22:33:13

On the occasion of International Mother Language Day 2022, President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have extended warm congratulations and sincere felicitations to the people and ethn...

BNP should talk in a peaceful tone, Obaidul Quader says

BNP should talk in a peaceful tone, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2022-02-20 21:37:11

Awami League’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged the BNP to make comments in the language of peace without making shouts. "Awami League doesn't fear BNP's shouting. BNP should talk in...

Fakhrul urges BNP leaders to get ready for movement

Fakhrul urges BNP leaders to get ready for movement

-- 2022-02-20 21:32:13

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday urged their party leaders and activists to get ready to take to the streets. "Time is running out fast. We’ve to organise ourselves i...

Search panel shortlists 12 names for EC formation

Search panel shortlists 12 names for EC formation

-- 2022-02-20 20:56:39

The search committee mandated to pick candidates for the chief and other election commissioners has trimmed the list of possible nominees down to 12 from 20. Justice Obaidul Hassan, an Appellate Divi...

Two killed in head-on collision between bus and truck in Jhalakathi

Two killed in head-on collision between bus and truck in Jhalakathi

-- 2022-02-20 20:37:03

Two people, including an elderly woman, have been killed after a truck ploughed into a bus coming from the opposite direction in Jhalakati's Rajapur Upazila. At least 16 others were injured in the in...

‘Bangladesh, US can partner up to showcase effective climate actions’

‘Bangladesh, US can partner up to showcase effective climate actions’

-- 2022-02-20 20:30:38

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said Bangladesh and the US can work together to realise several long-term, ambitious initiatives to showcase effective climate actions. He made the remarks followin...

10 suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj gas cylinder blast

10 suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj gas cylinder blast

-- 2022-02-20 20:07:23

At least 10 people, including a child, suffered injuries as a gas cylinder of a vehicle exploded at Aliganj in Fotulla of Narayanganj on Sunday morning. The incident occurred around 9 am when a gas c...

Joy Bangla will be national slogan, says cabinet secretary

Joy Bangla will be national slogan, says cabinet secretary

-- 2022-02-20 19:17:38

The Cabinet has decided to make ‘Joy Bangla’ as the national slogan through an official notification. The decision was taken at today's Cabinet meeting held at Bangladesh Secretariat. Pri...