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Purchase committee approves 10 proposals

Purchase committee approves 10 proposals

-- 2022-01-05 18:28:26

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) has approved ten proposals, including one for extending the tenure of a gas-fired rental power plant by four more years. The approval came from the...

Bangladesh finds huge reserves of seaweed, gas hydrate in Bay

Bangladesh finds huge reserves of seaweed, gas hydrate in Bay

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-05 18:17:20

Bangladesh has detected a huge presence of seaweed and gas hydrate in its maritime boundary for commercial use. The findings are made through a two-year survey conducted by the maritime affairs unit...

HC questions legality of  polygamy without ensuring rights under Muslim Law

HC questions legality of polygamy without ensuring rights under Muslim Law

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-05 16:57:12

The High Court on Wednesday questioned the legality of a section of the Muslim Law that allows male polygamy without ensuring equal rights for multiple wives.  The court issued a rule asking the...

Palak, his two sons test positive for Covid-19

Palak, his two sons test positive for Covid-19

-- 2022-01-05 16:43:20

State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak has reported that he and two of his sons have tested positive for COVID-19. Palak made the announcement on his verified...

892 COVID-19 cases, three deaths reported in 24 hours

892 COVID-19 cases, three deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-01-05 16:28:31

Bangladesh has registered 892 new COVID-19 cases in a day, the highest since September 29, taking the total caseload to 1,588,807. The death toll rose to 28,090 as another three fatalities were repor...

HC directs authorities to appoint 84 BCS candidates immediately

HC directs authorities to appoint 84 BCS candidates immediately

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-05 15:57:56

The High Court on Wednesday ordered the concerned bodies of the government to appoint 84 candidates who were recommended by the Public Service Commission (PSC) after qualifying in all competitive exam...

Man dies in Chattogram union council election violence

Man dies in Chattogram union council election violence

-- 2022-01-05 15:44:42

A man has been killed in Chattogram’s Anwara Upazila in a clash between supporters of opposing candidates in the union council polls, reports bdnews24.com. The violence broke out between suppor...

Fakhrul urges govt to allow Khaleda Zia to receive treatment abroad

Fakhrul urges govt to allow Khaleda Zia to receive treatment abroad

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-05 15:21:36

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir warned on Wednesday that everyone in the government will be responsible for anything untoward happens to Khaleda Zia due to the lack of her advanced t...

Dhaka world's second-most polluted city

Dhaka world's second-most polluted city

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-05 14:26:56

The densely populated capital of Bangladesh continues to dominate the list of world cities with the worst air quality. On Wednesday, Dhaka occupied the second position in the list. The city's air qua...

12 go missing as passenger launch rams trawler in Dhaleshwari River

12 go missing as passenger launch rams trawler in Dhaleshwari River

-- 2022-01-05 13:33:17

At least 12 passengers have gone missing after a trawler hit by a launch capsized on the Dhaleshwari River in Narayanganj. The trawler was ferrying more than 100 people on Thursday morning....

Fifth phase of UP polls underway

Fifth phase of UP polls underway

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-05 11:20:04

Voting for the fifth phase of the union parishad (UP) polls is underway in Bangladesh, with over 36,400 candidates in the fray for different posts. Polling began in 708 UPs across 95 upazilas in 48 d...

Dhaka South to build STSs in all wards for waste dumping by this June: Mayor

Dhaka South to build STSs in all wards for waste dumping by this June: Mayor

FE REPORT 2022-01-05 10:20:36

All the wards under Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will have their own secondary transfer stations (STSs) by June this year, said its Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Tuesday. The STS, also kno...

Six bankers charged with embezzlement complaints

Six bankers charged with embezzlement complaints

FE REPORT 2022-01-05 10:17:41

The Anti-Corruption Comm-ission (ACC) on Tuesday okayed a charge sheet against six bankers, including a former managing director of Rupali Bank and three businessmen, for misappropriating Tk 1.85 bill...

Govt employs 23 new chief health officials to combat coronavirus

Govt employs 23 new chief health officials to combat coronavirus

-- 2022-01-04 21:28:46

The government has appointed 23 new chief medical officers in separate districts to strengthen medical support amid a spike in the coronavirus infection rate. The order came through a notice released...

Samyabadi Dal wants EC formation law, polls-time govt under PM

Samyabadi Dal wants EC formation law, polls-time govt under PM

-- 2022-01-04 21:02:06

Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal (M-L) placed a five-point proposal, including enacting a time-befitting law over the formation of an acceptable Election Commission (EC), in its dialogue with President M Ab...

Soaring prices of essentials turn up heat in the kitchen

Soaring prices of essentials turn up heat in the kitchen

-- 2022-01-04 20:22:38

The overheated kitchen markets in Dhaka left the middle class and marginal income groups of people gasping even in the winter season. "We're now in the middle of winter. The prices of key vegetables...

PM orders metro rail link in Chattogram

PM orders metro rail link in Chattogram

-- 2022-01-04 20:15:57

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the construction of a metro rail network in Chattogram city following the development of the rapid connectivity in the capital Dhaka to facilitate an easier an...

Biman reduces airfare to Middle Eastern cities

Biman reduces airfare to Middle Eastern cities

-- 2022-01-04 20:15:46

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has announced the reduced airfare to Middle Eastern cities including Jeddah, Riyad, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the national flag carrier....

DGHS issues 15 new restrictions to limit spread of omicron

DGHS issues 15 new restrictions to limit spread of omicron

-- 2022-01-04 19:13:36

The Directorate General of Health Services has imposed a set of 15 restrictions to try and limit the spread of the new omicron variant of COVID-19. The restrictions include more health tests and scre...

Housing scheme for 250,000 homeless families gets ECNEC approval

Housing scheme for 250,000 homeless families gets ECNEC approval

-- 2022-01-04 18:16:49

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a Tk 63.17 billion scheme to provide new homes to another 250,000 homeless families under the Ashrayan project. Th...

Bangladesh strengthens research to boost hilsha production, says minister

Bangladesh strengthens research to boost hilsha production, says minister

-- 2022-01-04 17:57:37

Fisheries and Live Stock Minister S M Rezaul Karim has said the Bangladesh government has strengthened the research of hilsha, the national fish of the country, to increase its production. “Pro...

Probe panel blames Abhijan owner, master, driver for deadly blaze

Probe panel blames Abhijan owner, master, driver for deadly blaze

-- 2022-01-04 17:52:25

A probe panel formed by the shipping ministry has found the owner, master and engine driver of MV Abhijan-10 culpable for the devastating blaze that engulfed the launch near Jhalakathi’s Gabkhan...

BNP decides to hold talks with political parties

BNP decides to hold talks with political parties

-- 2022-01-04 17:42:55

As the party is determined to boycott the ongoing dialogue on the reconstitution of the Election Commission, BNP has now decided to hold talks with all political parties to discuss the country’s...

775 new Covid cases, highest in three months

775 new Covid cases, highest in three months

-- 2022-01-04 17:22:32

Bangladesh has recorded 775 new Covid-19 cases, the most in a daily count since Oct 4, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,587,915. The death toll rose to 28,087 as another six fatalities wer...

We will address ‘dissatisfaction’ of some countries towards Bangladesh: Momen

We will address ‘dissatisfaction’ of some countries towards Bangladesh: Momen

-- 2022-01-04 17:22:24

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said the government wants to find out the reasons if there is any ‘dissatisfaction’ of some countries towards Bangladesh, stressing that they will tr...

Different statements by law enforcers on same case unexpected, HC says

Different statements by law enforcers on same case unexpected, HC says

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-04 17:11:20

The High Court on Tuesday observed that for proper investigation of a case different statements by different law enforcement agencies are unexpected.  If the law enforcement agencies make differ...

Health officials want fresh curbs in 7 days to fight omicron

Health officials want fresh curbs in 7 days to fight omicron

-- 2022-01-04 16:59:32

The health ministry has called for new restrictions to be enforced within seven days to limit the spread of the highly-infectious new Covid-19 variant, omicron. An inter-ministerial meeting on Monday...

Govt considers metro-rail projects for other cities

Govt considers metro-rail projects for other cities

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-04 15:44:15

The government considers designing and undertaking metro-rail projects for Chattogram and other major cities having larger airports as done in Dhaka. The issue for metro-rail projects for other large...

Cox's Bazar rape suspect Ashikul remanded for three days

Cox's Bazar rape suspect Ashikul remanded for three days

-- 2022-01-04 14:44:36

Police have been granted three days to grill Ashikul Islam, a key suspect in the rape of a tourist in Cox's Bazar. Cox's Bazar's Senior Judicial Magistrate Abul Mansur Siddique passed the remand or...

Mild cold wave sweeping over northern Bangladesh

Mild cold wave sweeping over northern Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-04 12:33:05

A mild cold wave is sweeping over Nilphamari, Panchagarh, Kurigram, Pabna, Naogaon and Chudanga which may continue in the next 24-hour, according to a Met office bulletin. The 24-hour bulletin starti...