-- 2022-01-17 15:07:27
Bangladeshi citizens over the age of 50 will receive the COVID-19 booster dose, says Minister of Health and Family Welfare Zahid Maleque. The age limit for the booster shot will be lowered by 10 ye...
OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR 2022-01-17 09:44:57
Cox's Bazar has come back to life again as a large number of holidaymakers have flocked to the beach city during the ongoing peak tourism season. Tourists, however, have been seen flouting Covid ru...
FE REPORT 2022-01-17 09:43:59
The use of groundwater in real terms would be much less than what has been predicted earlier, and that it does not deplete the water table as apprehended earlier. The latest researches on the ground...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-16 21:10:41
Uncontested elections, digital security act, and labour rights were the major topics raised during the diplomatic briefing held in the city on Sunday, officials of the foreign ministry said. Foreign...
-- 2022-01-16 21:01:14
Some 50 per cent of voters cast ballots in the Narayanganj City Corporation election that was held peacefully on Sunday, said Secretary of the Election Commission (EC) Md Humayun Kabir Khandaker. The...
-- 2022-01-16 20:18:27
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over two Bangladeshi madrasa students, who illegally entered India, to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) through the Hili border area in Dinajpur after holding a...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-16 19:48:59
Awami League-nominated mayoral candidate Selina Hayat Ivy has won the Narayanganj City Corporation election for the third consecutive term. Ivy bagged 161,273 votes in 192 centres and independent can...
-- 2022-01-16 19:46:46
The United States has said the sanctions imposed on individuals of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) were not meant for punishment as it was done to alert the law enforcement agency. Agriculture Minis...
-- 2022-01-16 19:37:37
President Md Abdul Hamid on Sunday called upon all, irrespective of party affiliations, opinions, classes and professions, to work together on basic issues like democracy, rule of law and country's de...
-- 2022-01-16 18:59:53
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lead a 10-member delegation of her Awami League party at a dialogue with President Abdul Hamid on the formation of the next Election Commission (EC) at Bangabhaban on...
-- 2022-01-16 18:51:06
The northern part of Bangladesh does not suffer from food shortage or famine anymore, as the Awami League government has ‘achieved’ its overall development goal in the region, said Prime M...
-- 2022-01-16 18:24:53
Narayanganj MP Shamim Osman has expressed his delight at casting his first ballot by an electronic voting machine, or EVM, at the mayoral polls. Arriving at the Narayanganj Ideal School centre minute...
-- 2022-01-16 17:51:41
Bangladesh has recorded 5,222 coronavirus cases in a daily count, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,617,711. The death toll from Covid-19 rose by 8 to 28,136 in the 24 hours to 8 am Sunday,...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-16 17:31:14
The Appellate Division on Sunday upheld till January 23 its chamber judge’s order that stayed the proceedings of a High Court verdict declaring the appointment of an administrator to operate Del...
-- 2022-01-16 17:30:04
In stark contrast to the recent local government elections across the country, there were no major disturbances, nor any significant clash of candidates in Narayanganj. Instead, the closely-watched c...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-16 17:27:14
A maximum of 40 per cent plastic waste is recycled in Bangladesh while the remaining 60 per cent falls on land and in reservoirs, including rivers, canals and sea, causing environmental pollution and...
-- 2022-01-16 17:21:56
Job seekers, under the banner of Sarbadaliya Chhatra Oikya Parishad, staged demonstrations in Nilkhet intersection in Dhaka on Sunday demanding extension of age limit to apply for the government jobs....
-- 2022-01-16 16:52:50
Voters have been turning up at polling centres in good numbers to cast ballots Narayanganj city election amid a festive and peaceful atmosphere, according to Returning Officer Mahfuza Akhter. Voting...
-- 2022-01-16 16:50:48
The High Court on Sunday allowed the court-appointed board of directors of the controversial e-commerce platform Evaly to withdraw Tk 23.51 million kept in the organisation's two bank accounts and uti...
-- 2022-01-16 16:14:17
The month-long Ekushey Book Fair, which usually begins at the start of February in Dhaka, has been pushed back two weeks amid a spike in Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh. “The Bangla Academy has ma...
-- 2022-01-16 15:45:47
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has tested positive for Covid-19. GM Quader underwent the mandatory Covid-19 test before attending the parliament's new session on Saturday and his report came positiv...
-- 2022-01-16 15:15:31
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government's main focus is on building a modern and technology-knowledge based nation, BSS reports. "Our aim is to turn Bangladesh into a developed and pro...
-- 2022-01-16 12:12:07
The nearly 525,000 voters of the Narayanganj City Corporation have begun turning up at polling centres in numbers as the city election kicked off festively on Sunday, bdnews24.com reports. In some ar...
-- 2022-01-16 09:56:15
Voters in Narayanganj have begun casting their votes to decide whether to let Salina Hayat Ivy continue as mayor of the city corporation for another term, or replace her with main contender Taimur Ala...
SAZZAD BABU 2022-01-16 09:27:51
FARIDPUR: Shortage of ferries and their suspension due to dense fog have been continuing to disrupt services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route, causing sufferings to passengers and transport workers. Hu...
FE REPORT 2022-01-16 09:17:02
A large number of brick kilns across the country are running without compliance, causing a serious impact on the environment, according to a study. An estimated 35 per cent of the kilns are also oper...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2022-01-16 09:14:10
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has issued guidelines on granting licences to operate VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) for providing internet connectivity by using satelli...
Jubair Hasan 2022-01-16 09:11:37
A growing number of transgender people roam around Dhaka for the lure of huge informal economic opportunities, often tormenting the city- dwellers both financially and mentally, as their rehabilitatio...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2022-01-16 09:08:53
The Russian oil-gas exploration company Gazprom starts mobilising rigs and equipment to do the drilling of three onshore gas wells in gas-rich Bhola island. It has already taken over the sites to pri...
MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-01-16 09:06:22
The Road Maintenance Fund (RMF) could not be made functional in last eight years since its inception in 2013 due to absence of necessary rules and regulations, sources said. They also alleged that so...
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