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‘Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital to be turned into 500-bed one’

‘Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital to be turned into 500-bed one’

-- 2023-01-12 19:39:46

Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital will be turned to a 500-bed one from 250 beds to provide better health care to the Rohingya population and rising tourists, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday....

Govermentt hikes retail power tariff by Tk 0.19 per unit

Govermentt hikes retail power tariff by Tk 0.19 per unit

-- 2023-01-12 19:12:27

The government raised the power tariff at the retail level by Tk 0.19 per unit, according to a gazette issued on Thursday. The new price is effective from January 1. Earlier in December, State Minis...

Fire breaks out at Nupur Market in Chattogram

Fire breaks out at Nupur Market in Chattogram

-- 2023-01-12 17:49:37

First responders are working to put out a fire that erupted at Chattogram's Nupur Market. The fire broke out at the shopping mall facing the port city’s railway station around 3:30 pm on Thursd...

PM receives IDF Global Ambassador for Diabetes medal

PM receives IDF Global Ambassador for Diabetes medal

-- 2023-01-12 17:43:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday, received the medal and citation of IDF Global Ambassador for Diabetes. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen handed over the medal to her at her official resid...

Traffic gridlock grips Dhaka as devotees flock for Ijtema

Traffic gridlock grips Dhaka as devotees flock for Ijtema

-- 2023-01-12 17:32:37

Commuters in Dhaka have been reeling from an unrelenting traffic gridlock that formed near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport as a large number of devotees streamed into Tongi for the Bishwa Ijtem...

Monwar Hossain appointed next ambassador to Myanmar

Monwar Hossain appointed next ambassador to Myanmar

-- 2023-01-12 17:25:52

The government has decided to appoint Md Monwar Hossain as the next Bangladesh ambassador to Myanmar. Hossain, who is currently serving as deputy permanent representative at the permanent mission of...

Bangladesh reports four new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh reports four new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2023-01-12 17:19:09

Bangladesh has recorded four new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,331. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,441 over the 24-hour period,...

Justice Naima Haider appointed SC Legal Aid Committee chairman

Justice Naima Haider appointed SC Legal Aid Committee chairman

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-12 17:18:10

Justice Naima Haide, a judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, has been appointed as chairperson of the Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee (SCLAC) which provides legal assistance to poor...

HC rejects bail plea by Destiny Group Chairman

HC rejects bail plea by Destiny Group Chairman

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-12 17:11:37

The High Court on Thursday rejected the bail petition filed by Destiny Group Chairman Mohammad Hossain in a case filed on the charge of laundering money from the Destiny Tree Plantation Project (DTPP)...

Cold wave likely to abate, says BMD

Cold wave likely to abate, says BMD

-- 2023-01-12 16:47:36

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted that the ongoing mild to moderate cold wave may abate in some places in the next 24 hours commencing on Thursday morning. "Mild to moderate co...

Top US diplomat Donald Lu due on Saturday

Top US diplomat Donald Lu due on Saturday

-- 2023-01-12 16:35:12

The United States Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu will arrive in Bangladesh on Saturday to strengthen the bilateral relationship and expand economic engagement betwee...

PM stresses collective efforts for sustained global economic growth

PM stresses collective efforts for sustained global economic growth

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-12 14:46:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Jan 12, 2023) placed six proposals before the G20 platform, saying these are needed to be addressed collectively for sustained global economic growth and develo...

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route resume after five hours

Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route resume after five hours

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-12 14:24:13

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed at 10:30am today (Thursday) after five hours of suspension. Shah Mohammad Khaled Newaj, deputy manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corpo...

12 militants, 14 KNF members arrested so far in anti-militancy drive in Bandarban: RAB

12 militants, 14 KNF members arrested so far in anti-militancy drive in Bandarban: RAB

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-12 14:08:39

Twelve members of new militant group 'Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya' and 14 members of armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) have been arrested so far in the ongoing anti-militancy...

Chuadanga records season’s lowest temperature today

Chuadanga records season’s lowest temperature today

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-12 10:37:03

Chuadanga has recorded the season’s lowest temperature in Bangladesh at 6.3 degrees Celsius today (Thursday). Rakibul Hasan, in-charge of Chuadanga Weather Observatory Centre, said they have re...

Dhaka Metro Rail witnesses first baby birth

Dhaka Metro Rail witnesses first baby birth

MUNIMA SULTANA 2023-01-12 10:26:29

Dhaka Metro Rail has witnessed the first baby birth in the first hour of the operation today. The birth took place at the first aid room of Agargaon Metro Rail Station around 8:45am. The baby is a...

Air quality: Dhaka world’s 3rd most polluted city this morning

Air quality: Dhaka world’s 3rd most polluted city this morning

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-12 10:23:46

Air pollution still remains one of the top-most environmental challenges for Bangladesh and Dhaka has ranked as the third most polluted city in the world with ‘very unhealthy’ air quality...

Body recovered from pond in Pabna’s Ishwardi

Body recovered from pond in Pabna’s Ishwardi

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-12 10:20:29

Police on Wednesday recovered the body of a man from a pond after he went missing for five days in Pabna’s Ishwardi. The deceased was identified as Sumon Ali, 30, reports UNB. According to pol...

Big-power bets on Indo-Pacific: BD plans to pursue its own homespun strategy

Big-power bets on Indo-Pacific: BD plans to pursue its own homespun strategy

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2023-01-12 08:47:49

Bangladesh prefers to steer its own course in the Indo-Pacific with homespun strategies to remain non-aligned with any alignment over the potential zone. The decision to pursue its own Indo-Pacific s...

PM rejects allegations of corruption in mega projects

PM rejects allegations of corruption in mega projects

-- 2023-01-11 22:07:52

In reply to a question from a Member of Parliament (MP) in the parliament session on Wednesday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rejected the allegations of corruption in various mega projects. The prime...

Rezaul Karim new Bangladesh Bank executive director

Rezaul Karim new Bangladesh Bank executive director

-- 2023-01-11 20:45:11

The Bangladesh Bank has promoted its Secretary's Department Director SM Rezaul Karim as executive director. The promotion became effective on January 1, the central bank said in a statement Wednesday...

Over 0.44m migrant workers return in one year of pandemic

Over 0.44m migrant workers return in one year of pandemic

-- 2023-01-11 20:16:49

A total of 443,000 migrant workers returned to the country between April 2020 to May 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic. Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad told th...

HC issues rule over money laundering allegation against National Bank

HC issues rule over money laundering allegation against National Bank

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-11 20:01:16

The High Court on Wednesday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in 10 days as to why they should not be directed to take appropriate legal action against National Bank Limited an...

Spa centre workers jump off building during DNCC drive, one dies

Spa centre workers jump off building during DNCC drive, one dies

-- 2023-01-11 19:39:31

A woman has died and several others have been injured after jumping off a multi-storey building in Dhaka’s Gulshan during an eviction drive launched by the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), a...

PM outlines plans to build ‘Smart Bangladesh’ by 2041

PM outlines plans to build ‘Smart Bangladesh’ by 2041

-- 2023-01-11 18:33:10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said if her party can form government again its vision would be transforming every village into a township and the country into a ‘Smart Bangladesh&rsqu...

21 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

21 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2023-01-11 18:18:26

Twenty-one more people were hospitalised with dengue in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning. Of the new patients, 12 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and nine outside it, according to the Director...

Death toll from gas cylinder blast in Dhamrai rises to four

Death toll from gas cylinder blast in Dhamrai rises to four

-- 2023-01-11 18:09:32

Another victim of a cylinder explosion triggered by a gas leak in a kitchen in Dhaka's Dhamrai has succumbed to his burn wounds, taking the death toll in the incident to four. Manzurul Islam, 32, die...

Bangladesh reports first Covid death in 2023

Bangladesh reports first Covid death in 2023

-- 2023-01-11 17:49:44

Bangladesh has recorded 22 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,327. The death toll from the disease climbed by one to 29,441 over the 24-hour period, accor...

If voted to power, AL to continue country's development spree: PM

If voted to power, AL to continue country's development spree: PM

-- 2023-01-11 17:49:19

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina says if her party is voted to power, they would continue the country's development spree and serve the people. "If we are voted to power in the...

Govt to procure 2.10m tonnes of fuel oil

Govt to procure 2.10m tonnes of fuel oil

-- 2023-01-11 17:22:07

The government has approved separate proposals for procuring some 2.10 million tonnes of fuel oil and 60,000 tonnes of fertiliser to meet the growing demand of the country. The approval came from the...