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Section 144 imposed as BNP, BCL call rally at same venue

Section 144 imposed as BNP, BCL call rally at same venue

-- 2022-01-07 21:50:01

The district administration in Brahmanbaria has imposed Section 144 on Saturday to prevent any untoward incident after BNP and Chhatra League have announced to hold rallies at the same venue. It was...

JSD not to join president’s talks on EC formation

JSD not to join president’s talks on EC formation

-- 2022-01-07 20:54:29

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), led by ASM Abdur Rob, has decided not to take part in the ongoing dialogue on the reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) at Bangabhaban. JSD President ASM Abdur...

2022 will be a milestone in infrastructure development, PM says

2022 will be a milestone in infrastructure development, PM says

-- 2022-01-07 19:41:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the current year, 2022, will be a milestone in the development of the infrastructure of the country. The prime minister expressed her optimism in the address to the...

10m people to get Covid-19 vaccine every month, PM says

10m people to get Covid-19 vaccine every month, PM says

-- 2022-01-07 19:12:05

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will provide Covid-19 vaccine doses for 10 million people every month, through a mass immunisation programme in January, as she warned of the linge...

RAB detains hospital owner over child’s death

RAB detains hospital owner over child’s death

-- 2022-01-07 18:46:59

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained the owner of a private hospital in Shyamoli in connection to the death of a child after “forcing a pair of twins out” over an alleged altercat...

Marathon runner dies completing finish line in Chattogram

Marathon runner dies completing finish line in Chattogram

-- 2022-01-07 18:33:47

An athlete in Chattogram died soon after completing a 21.1 km half marathon race in Patenga sea beach in Chattogram. The deceased was identified as Jamil Hossain, 45, son of Moazzem Hossain of Nawabp...

Bangladesh logs 1,146 fresh Covid cases

Bangladesh logs 1,146 fresh Covid cases

-- 2022-01-07 17:43:21

Bangladesh’s new Covid-19 cases have soared by 1,146 in the past 24 hours, according to the latest government data, taking the total caseload to 1,591,093. It is the highest in a day since Sept...

Man held for raping stepdaughter in Chattogram

Man held for raping stepdaughter in Chattogram

-- 2022-01-07 17:33:27

RAB have arrested a person for allegedly raping his teenage stepdaughter in Hathazari upazila of Chittagong. The arrestee Ibrahim Hossain Parvez, 35, is the son of Nur Islam of Fatika village in Hath...

PM to address nation at 7:00pm

PM to address nation at 7:00pm

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-07 15:34:14

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this evening marking the completion of the third year of the current tenure of the Awami League government, reports BSS. "The Prime Minister will...

Rohingya repatriation talks may resume this year

Rohingya repatriation talks may resume this year

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2022-01-07 10:43:57

After a long gap, formal talks with Myanmar on repatriation of Rohingya refugees may resume this year, top officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said. The last of such talks took plac...

Bodies of 435 Bangladeshi migrants came home from Jeddah last year

Bodies of 435 Bangladeshi migrants came home from Jeddah last year

FE REPORT 2022-01-07 10:07:28

Bangladesh received bodies of 435 migrant workers from Saudi Arabia's Jeddah region while 847 others were buried in the foreign land in the just passed 2021. Of the total, 122 workers died of Covid...

Bangladesh registers 10 more Omicron cases

Bangladesh registers 10 more Omicron cases

-- 2022-01-07 09:43:18

Bangladesh has detected the Omiron variant of Covid-19 in 10 more patients. With the new cases, the tally of infections from the fast-spreading strain has doubled to 20 in the space of a month. All...

Body formed to inquiry into corruption at Supreme Court

Body formed to inquiry into corruption at Supreme Court

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-06 19:55:39

The Supreme Court administration has formed a two-member committee to conduct an inquiry into the allegations of irregularities and corruption at both divisions of the apex court.  The committee...

Govt mulls making vaccine certificates mandatory for entry into restaurants, malls, launches, trains

Govt mulls making vaccine certificates mandatory for entry into restaurants, malls, launches, trains

-- 2022-01-06 19:54:05

Bangladesh plans to make vaccine certificates mandatory for entry into hotels, restaurants and shopping malls or to board trains, planes and launches to limit the spread of the fast-spreading omicron...

Murad’s wife files GD against him over torture

Murad’s wife files GD against him over torture

-- 2022-01-06 19:45:42

Dr Jahanara Ehsan, wife of former state minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Murad Hasan, registered a General Diary (GD) against her husband on Thursday accusing him of torturing and issuing...

'Airport Restaurant' fined Tk 0.10 million

'Airport Restaurant' fined Tk 0.10 million

-- 2022-01-06 19:41:13

The authorities have imposed a Tk 0.10 million fine on a restaurant operated by Amin Mohammad Group near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after hundreds of Middle East-bound migrants reportedly...

PM to address nation Friday evening

PM to address nation Friday evening

-- 2022-01-06 19:36:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on Friday evening, marking the third anniversary of her current government formed following the 11th national parliamentary election held on Decemb...

SC upholds 10th grade  of pay scale to govt pry headmasters

SC upholds 10th grade of pay scale to govt pry headmasters

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-06 19:21:46

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court order that asked the government to give salaries under the 10th grade to 45 head teachers of the government primary schools....

MPs allowed importing duty-free hybrid vehicles

MPs allowed importing duty-free hybrid vehicles

-- 2022-01-06 18:48:32

Members of Parliament now can import duty-free hybrid vehicles, according to the NBR. The duty-free concessions have been declared for the import of 2,000 CC hybrid sedans or micro-bus, or up to 4,50...

India seeks stronger ties with Bangladesh

India seeks stronger ties with Bangladesh

-- 2022-01-06 18:04:31

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has exchanged New Year's greetings with his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen and said the year 2021 was a manifestation of deep solidarity and...

Bangladesh’s new Covid cases jump 28pc to 1,140

Bangladesh’s new Covid cases jump 28pc to 1,140

-- 2022-01-06 17:07:29

Bangladesh’s new Covid-19 cases have soared by 1,140 in the past 24 hours, according to the latest government data, taking the total caseload to 1,589,947. It is the highest in a day since Sept...

Death reference of BUET student Abrar murder case reaches HC

Death reference of BUET student Abrar murder case reaches HC

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-06 15:22:57

The death reference of BUET student Abrar Fahad murder case has reached the High Court (HC) with a view to examining the trial’s court verdict. Confirming the matter, Supreme Court spokesman an...

No school for students aged 12-17 without first vaccine dose

No school for students aged 12-17 without first vaccine dose

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-06 15:06:20

Students will not be allowed to return to school without getting at least the first dose of the COVID vaccine. The Ministry of Education has been briefed on the matter, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anw...

Fire engulfs highrise in Dhaka

Fire engulfs highrise in Dhaka

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-06 12:32:14

A fire broke out at a highrise building in the capital's Banglamotor area on Thursday morning. Fire services officer Rozina Akter said the blaze began at the 10th floor of the 11-storey ‘Rahat...

President invites BNP to dialogue though the party is unwilling to join

President invites BNP to dialogue though the party is unwilling to join

FE REPORT 2022-01-06 11:03:38

President Md Abdul Hamid invited Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Wednesday to join in the ongoing dialogue on the formation of the Election Commission (EC). Senior joint -secretary general of B...

Slain journalist Meherun Runi’s mother dies

Slain journalist Meherun Runi’s mother dies

-- 2022-01-05 21:25:35

Nurun Nahar Mirza, the mother of slain journalist Meherun Runi, has died in a Dhaka hospital at the age of 64. She died while undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University over...

BNP announces series of rallies in 40 areas from January 8

BNP announces series of rallies in 40 areas from January 8

-- 2022-01-05 20:35:03

BNP has announced to hold rallies in its 40 more organisational districts from January 8 in the second phase to force the government to allow its chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for advanced medi...

Film director Kazi Hayat falls sick, hospitalised

Film director Kazi Hayat falls sick, hospitalised

-- 2022-01-05 20:29:20

Film director Kazi Hayat has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a private hospital in Dhaka following a heart attack. He was taken to United Hospital after he complained of chest pain...

13 districts get new

13 districts get new

-- 2022-01-05 20:03:22

The government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) to 13 districts across the country. The Ministry of Public Administration on Wednesday issued a gazette notification in this regard. The...

PM urges Chhatra League leaders to get prepared for 4IR

PM urges Chhatra League leaders to get prepared for 4IR

-- 2022-01-05 18:37:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists to prepare themselves as skilled manpower to utilise their innovative power and avail themselves of the adv...