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Chattogram to get High Court’s circuit bench this year

Chattogram to get High Court’s circuit bench this year

-- 2022-01-15 22:56:41

Law Minister Anisul Huq has informed that a circuit bench of the High Court division will be set up in Chattogram city by this year. The minister gave the information while virtually addressing a pro...

Maiden parliament session of 2022 begins Sunday

Maiden parliament session of 2022 begins Sunday

-- 2022-01-15 22:51:37

President Md Abdul Hamid will address the 16th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) commencing on Sunday at 4:00 pm as it is the maiden session of 2022. In line with the parliamentary practice, th...

Narayanganj city polls Sunday after 18-day hectic campaign

Narayanganj city polls Sunday after 18-day hectic campaign

-- 2022-01-15 22:46:42

After an 18-day high voltage campaigning, Narayanganj City Corporation is all set to go to the polls on Sunday with a focus on who will be the next mayor. Although seven candidates are running for th...

Teletalk website hacked, down for two hours

Teletalk website hacked, down for two hours

-- 2022-01-15 21:37:03

The website of state-owned telecom operator Teletalk has reportedly been hacked and was down for two hours. Users shared on social media screenshots of what they saw upon visiting the site on Saturda...

Army chief vows to bridge gap between military and media

Army chief vows to bridge gap between military and media

-- 2022-01-15 21:34:52

Bangladesh Army chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed has vowed to bridge the gap between the military and the media. "After taking charge as the Army Chief, I told the Prime Minister that there should b...

Two women die in Mymensingh road crash

Two women die in Mymensingh road crash

-- 2022-01-15 19:52:48

Two women have been killed after a lorry rammed an autorickshaw in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh. The incident occurred in the Dhopaghat area on Gafargaon-Bhaluka regional road around 12:30 pm on S...

US donates additional 9.6m Pfizer vaccine doses to Bangladesh

US donates additional 9.6m Pfizer vaccine doses to Bangladesh

-- 2022-01-15 19:34:01

The United States on Saturday donated 9.6 million doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh, a gift from the American people. This donation of Pfizer vaccine brings the overall US government v...

Bangladesh plants 26,453 km strip plantations in 10yrs

Bangladesh plants 26,453 km strip plantations in 10yrs

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-15 19:33:05

The government implemented a total of 26453 kilometres of strip plantation from 2009-2010 to 2020-21 fiscal years for the development of the country’s environment. As part of the nationwide t...

Child marriage in Kurigram reduce to 46.8pc

Child marriage in Kurigram reduce to 46.8pc

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-15 18:28:22

Child marriage in Kurigram district has reduced to 46.8 per cent from 65 per cent in the last two years, said a study released Saturday. The new figure came at a round table titled “Child Marri...

3,447 Covid-19 cases, 7 deaths reported in 24 hours

3,447 Covid-19 cases, 7 deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-01-15 17:53:58

Bangladesh has reported 3,447 coronavirus cases in a day, taking the tally of infections to 1,612,489. The death toll from Covid-19 rose by 7 to 28,136 in the 24 hours to 8 am Saturday, according to...

DPDC blames DSCC for delay in launching Dhanmondi underground cable project

DPDC blames DSCC for delay in launching Dhanmondi underground cable project

-- 2022-01-15 17:51:57

Despite huge efforts Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) has failed to start physical work on taking overhead cables underground in the Dhanmondi area as planned with the utility officials blaming...

Don’t pay heed to rumours over closure of educational institutions: Ministry

Don’t pay heed to rumours over closure of educational institutions: Ministry

-- 2022-01-15 17:17:10

The education ministry on Saturday urged the people of the country not to pay heed to any rumour over the closure of educational institutions due to a spike in Covid-19 cases. “Quoting Educatio...

Narayanganj police to take actions to prevent undue influence in elections

Narayanganj police to take actions to prevent undue influence in elections

-- 2022-01-15 17:13:39

Law enforcement agencies will crack down on anyone who attempts to exert undue influence at polling stations during the Narayanganj city elections, the district's Superintendent of Police Zaidul Alam...

Trains start running at half capacity

Trains start running at half capacity

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-15 13:17:20

Trains have started running at 50 per cent capacity amid a surge in coronavirus infections, in compliance with government directives. Of the tickets, 25 per cent have also started being sold online a...

Six ‘pirates’ held with arms in Cox’s Bazar

Six ‘pirates’ held with arms in Cox’s Bazar

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-15 13:11:20

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested six suspected pirates with arms during an operation at sea in Cox’s Bazar. They were nabbed from the Maheshkhali channel of the Bay of Bengal around 12 a...

Six suspected pirates arrested with arms in Cox’s Bazar

Six suspected pirates arrested with arms in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2022-01-15 12:29:43

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested six suspected pirates with arms during an operation at sea in Cox’s Bazar, bdnews24.com reports. They were nabbed from the Maheshkhali channel of the Bay...

Tk 10b more sought to combat Chattogram waterlogging

Tk 10b more sought to combat Chattogram waterlogging

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-01-15 09:14:06

CHATTOGRAM: Even though Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) in association with Bangladesh Army has been implementing the Tk 60 billion mega project since 2018 last, the people of Chattogram contin...

Most new structures turning deathtraps

Most new structures turning deathtraps

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2022-01-15 09:12:42

Most of the newly-built residential buildings in Bangladesh seem hell-bent on installing the reticulated gas system without sparing a thought for public safety. The adopters of the system are plainly...

65pc work of Chattogram-Cox's Bazar railway completed

65pc work of Chattogram-Cox's Bazar railway completed

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL 2022-01-15 09:08:17

CHATTOGRAM, Jan 14: Implementation of the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar Railway Project is now going on in full swing with around 65 per cent of the project work already completed. Besides, construction wor...

Mason killed former DU teacher to snatch away money: police

Mason killed former DU teacher to snatch away money: police

-- 2022-01-14 22:07:05

A construction worker killed former Dhaka University teacher Professor Sayeda Khaleque while robbing her of money she was carrying for the construction of her building in Gazipur, according to police....

HRW’s statement unacceptable, politically-motivated, says Hasan Mahmud

HRW’s statement unacceptable, politically-motivated, says Hasan Mahmud

-- 2022-01-14 21:50:27

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has described the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW)’s latest statement on Bangladesh as “one-sided, unacceptable and politically motiv...

Most DNCC vehicles' registration, fitness certificate out of date

Most DNCC vehicles' registration, fitness certificate out of date

-- 2022-01-14 21:20:09

The registration and fitness certificates of most vehicles under the Dhaka North City Corporation have not been updated, according to a probe body formed to investigate a fatal accident involving a DN...

140 police personnel leave for Mali peacekeeping mission

140 police personnel leave for Mali peacekeeping mission

-- 2022-01-14 21:04:59

A team of Bangladesh Police has left Dhaka for Mali to join the United Nations (UN) Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). The 140-member strong contingent led by Comman...

Former professor of Dhaka University found dead in Gazipur jungle

Former professor of Dhaka University found dead in Gazipur jungle

-- 2022-01-14 19:39:29

A retired Dhaka University professor, who went missing two days ago, has been found dead in a jungle near her home at Dakkhin Panishail in Gazipur’s Kashimpur. Police believe Prof Sayeda Khaleq...

Fresh cold wave likely to hit on Monday

Fresh cold wave likely to hit on Monday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-14 19:32:39

Fresh cold wave may sweep through most parts of the country from Monday as Tetulia reported the lowest 9.0 degrees Celsius on Friday. Abul Kalam Mallick, a meteorologist at Bangladesh Meteorological...

4,378 Covid-19 cases, highest in 20 weeks, reported in 24 hours

4,378 Covid-19 cases, highest in 20 weeks, reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-01-14 17:59:32

Bangladesh has recorded 4,378 new coronavirus cases, the most in a day since August 26, taking the tally of infections to 1,609,042. The death toll rose to 28,129 as six more patients died from COVID...

Govt hopes to resolve US sanction problem

Govt hopes to resolve US sanction problem

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-14 17:48:53

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said the government is hopeful of resolving the US sanction issue. “Bangladesh is a victorious nation. We overcome many troubles in the past. Such troubl...

Rivals ‘uniting’ to defeat AL in Narayanganj mayoral polls, says Ivy

Rivals ‘uniting’ to defeat AL in Narayanganj mayoral polls, says Ivy

-- 2022-01-14 17:17:54

Salina Hayat Ivy, who is contesting the Narayanganj city mayoral election with the Awami League ticket, says factions within and outside the ruling party are working in unison to defeat her in the upc...

Govt plans massive mangrove forestry to protect wildlife

Govt plans massive mangrove forestry to protect wildlife

-- 2022-01-14 16:52:27

The government has taken a plan to create mangrove forestry in 17,000 hectors of land during 2021-22 to 2023-24 fiscal aiming to protect and preserve forestry and wildlife, according to an official do...

Decomposing body found in Dhaka's Govt Bangla College

Decomposing body found in Dhaka's Govt Bangla College

-- 2022-01-14 16:05:48

Police have recovered the body of a man from an under-construction building of Government Bangla College in Mirpur area of Dhaka. The remains were found in a state of decomposition on the fifth floor...