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Gas pressure to remain low in Dhaka, Mymensingh from Jan 12 to 21

-- 2022-01-12 19:22:01

Consumers in Dhaka and adjoining districts under Titas Gas will experience low pressure in gas supply from January 12-21 due to technical reasons. Apologizing for the temporary inconvenience the Tita...

Don't take law in your own hand after road accidents, PM says

-- 2022-01-12 18:41:57

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all concerned not to take law in own hands after road accidents, calling for maintaining traffic rules to check the road mishaps. "Don't take law in hand. Accid...

Bus to ply at half capacity, fares unchanged

-- 2022-01-12 18:17:33

Transport owners are not raising fares now as buses will start carrying passengers at half capacity on Saturday following a government order amid surging coronavirus cases. The decisions were taken a...

PM opens Ramiz Uddin College underpass

-- 2022-01-12 17:41:02

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated four uplift projects including Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School and College underpass on Dhaka-Airport Highway on Wednesday. The prime minister inaugura...

Bangladesh’s daily COVID cases soar by 2,916

-- 2022-01-12 17:39:19

Bangladesh has reported 2,916 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily count since Sept 3, taking the total caseload to 1,601,305. The death toll increased to 28,111 as four more patients died from C...

DGHS marks Dhaka, Rangamati as Covid-19 red zones

-- 2022-01-12 17:13:08

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has flagged Dhaka and Rangamati for high Covid-19 risk as daily test positivity rates have soared over 10 per cent in a week. The health authorities...

Stage collapses at BNP rally in Chattogram, several injured

-- 2022-01-12 17:12:45

A stage where BNP leaders were delivering speeches calling for the government to allow party Chairperson Khaleda Zia to seek medical treatment abroad has collapsed in Chattogram. The incident occurre...

Rabab Fatima to lead UN Women Executive Board

-- 2022-01-12 16:13:46

Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Rabab Fatima has been unanimously elected as the President of the UN Women Executive Board for the year 2022. With this electio...

JU geologists predict humanitarian disaster in Rohingya camps

Hasan Sojib 2022-01-12 15:52:19

Geologists and researchers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) predicted a humanitarian disaster at Rohingya Refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. After about 9 month-long field research on geological aspects o...

Verdict in Major Sinha murder case on Jan 31

-- 2022-01-12 15:41:04

A Cox’s Bazar court will announce the verdict in the murder case of retired army Major Sinha Md Rashed Khan on Jan 31. Judge Md Ismail of the Cox’s Bazar District and Session Court schedu...

Committee assigned to develop Patenga sea beach

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-01-12 12:50:18

CHATTOGRAM: The government has formed Chattogram Beach Management Committee to develop the Patenga sea beach and Parki sea beach at Anwara in the port city Chattogram. The Chattogram Beach Management...

Bangladesh passport one of the weakest, shows global index

FE REPORT 2022-01-12 08:49:10

Bangladeshi passport is the ninth weakest across the globe, as the Henley Passport Index (HPI) has placed it at 103rd position among 111. The South Asian nation shares the position with Kosovo and Li...

Critics using tools of Digital Bangladesh against Awami League, PM says

-- 2022-01-11 22:10:22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has brushed aside criticisms, saying the international community sees Bangladesh as a development role model.  She also said her government has established a Digital...

Restriction on public meetings illogical, BNP says

-- 2022-01-11 21:51:15

Terming illogical the restriction on public meetings and rallies in open space in the name of containing Covid transmission, the BNP standing committee has said it is an ‘evil’ attempt of...

Islamic Front, Bangladesh NAP propose enactment of electoral law

-- 2022-01-11 21:24:40

Islamic Front Bangladesh and Bangladesh National Awami Party (Bangladesh NAP) on Tuesday separately took part in the discussion with President Abdul Hamid on the formation of the Election Commission....

‘Efforts underway to resume learning centres at Rohingya camp’

-- 2022-01-11 20:49:43

Unicef has said all-out efforts are underway from partners to ensure that the learning centres in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camp destroyed by a recent fire can be resumed as early as possible. "UNICEF als...

Writ challenges DSCC decision to scrap women councilors’ power in issuing character certificate

-- 2022-01-11 20:43:58

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court on Tuesday challenging the legality of an office order of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) that scrapped the power of issuing nationality, cha...

Malaysia wants to cut out third parties in foreign recruitment

-- 2022-01-11 20:25:55

The Malaysian government has advised the employers not to make any payment through intermediaries or third parties for the purpose of speeding up the application process as its Cabinet recently approv...

Bangladesh logs 2,458 virus cases in 24hrs

-- 2022-01-11 19:17:48

Bangladesh has reported 2,458 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily count since Sept 9, taking the total caseload to 1,598,389. The death toll increased to 28,107 as two more patients died from Co...

Hasan Mahmud backs participation of MPs in local election campaigns

-- 2022-01-11 19:16:41

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud has said the provision regarding MPs' non-participation in the campaign of local government elections is discriminatory. “Lawmaker Shamim Osma...

Ivy questions Shamim Osman’s involvement in Narayanganj election campaign

-- 2022-01-11 19:13:44

Salina Hayat Ivy, who is contesting the Narayanganj City Corporation mayoral poll as the Awami League candidate, has raised questions about the validity of Shamim Osman’s involvement in the camp...

Bangladesh plans to produce own brand motorised vehicles, says minister

-- 2022-01-11 19:10:56

Bangladesh government has planned to produce Bangladesh's own brand motorised vehicles through Pragoti Industries Limited, said Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun. He said, "Plans have be...

Railway to sell 50pc tickets as Covid surges

-- 2022-01-11 18:43:32

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will begin selling half of the total tickets on Saturday, keeping the rest of the seats empty, following a government order to ensure physical distancing amid rising coronaviru...

Fire service launches hotline

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-11 18:38:13

Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence has launched a new hotline number to provide all kinds of fire-related information, including emergency services. The new number 16163 for its central contro...

Mirza Fakhrul, wife contract coronavirus

-- 2022-01-11 18:06:08

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and his wife Rahat Ara Begum have contracted the coronavirus. Both of them have tested positive for the disease, said BNP Vice Chairman Prof AZM Zahi...

No-mask no-entry policy at Dhaka trade fair

-- 2022-01-11 17:35:21

Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) authorities have decided to tighten health restrictions at the venue as the Covid-19 situation continues to worsen across the country. No visitor will be allowed...

No decision yet over operating trains at 50pc capacity, minister says

-- 2022-01-11 17:26:59

There has been no decision yet over operating trains at half of their capacities, said Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujon. “No decision has been taken yet over carrying 50 per cent passenge...

Narayanganj mayoral candidate Taimur complains of harassment, seeks PM’s help

-- 2022-01-11 16:37:27

Taimur Alam Khandaker, whom the BNP removed from its advisory council for contesting the Narayanganj city polls, has urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step in and save his supporters from harassme...

Mobile phone users hit 181.53m in last Nov

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-11 16:00:37

Bangladesh ended last November with more than 181.53 million mobile phone subscribers, up from 181.32 million in October. The number of mobile SIM users increased by 0.21 million in November compared...

ASM Ali Kabir, chairman of River Conservation Commission, dies at 70

-- 2022-01-11 15:58:43

ASM Ali Kabir, the chairman of the National River Conservation Commission (NRCC), has died at the age of 70. Kabir passed away at the Evercare Hospital in Dhaka around midnight on Monday. He had been...