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Names of Bangladeshis to be revealed to High Court: Minister Kamal

Names of Bangladeshis to be revealed to High Court: Minister Kamal

FE REPORT 2021-12-09 09:48:44

The Anti-Corruption Commission will submit to the High Court the list of those whose names appeared in the newly released Pandora Papers report, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said Wednesday regar...

Abrar gave his life for a ‘fear-free campus’, BUET students say

Abrar gave his life for a ‘fear-free campus’, BUET students say

-- 2021-12-08 23:24:40

Abrar Fahad gave his life for a ‘campus without fear’, students at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology say and demand swift execution of the verdict for his murder. A...

Khaleda suffers from internal bleeding again, Fakhrul says

Khaleda suffers from internal bleeding again, Fakhrul says

-- 2021-12-08 22:31:33

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said their party Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s condition worsened as she suffered from internal bleeding again on Tuesday. Speaking at...

‘Abrar murder verdict proves existence of rule of law’

‘Abrar murder verdict proves existence of rule of law’

-- 2021-12-08 22:07:22

The verdict in a case filed over the death of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology student Abrar Fahad has proved the existence of rule of law in the country, according to Law Minister...

Buriganga Old Channel re-excavation work to begin from February

Buriganga Old Channel re-excavation work to begin from February

-- 2021-12-08 22:00:23

Dhaka South City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Wednesday said they are expecting that the re-excavation work of Buriganga Old Channel will begin from February. Taposh gave the...

ACC files case against retired Titas man over graft allegations

ACC files case against retired Titas man over graft allegations

-- 2021-12-08 21:29:47

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against the retired sales assistant of Titas Gas Company Limited Faruk Hasan for earning huge illegal money. The case was filed with Coordinated...

60 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

60 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

-- 2021-12-08 19:25:19

Sixty new dengue patients were hospitalized in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, health authorities said. The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at 100 as no new d...

Hasina on Forbes’ 100 most powerful women list

Hasina on Forbes’ 100 most powerful women list

-- 2021-12-08 18:47:19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 43rd on Forbes' list of the most powerful women in the world. MacKenzie Scott, Kamala Harris and Christine Lagarde have been ranked first, second and thir...

Dhaka East West Elevated Expressway to be built on PPP basis

Dhaka East West Elevated Expressway to be built on PPP basis

-- 2021-12-08 18:03:23

The government has approved a proposal in principle to implement the Dhaka East West Elevated Expressway project to be built on Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis to minimise the traffic congestio...

Covid kills six more, infects 277 in 24hrs

Covid kills six more, infects 277 in 24hrs

-- 2021-12-08 17:20:13

Bangladesh has registered six new deaths from Covid-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 28,016. The coronavirus caseload rose to 1,578,288 as 277 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 ho...

Dhaka-Delhi could benefit from generating hydropower in Nepal, Bhutan: PM

Dhaka-Delhi could benefit from generating hydropower in Nepal, Bhutan: PM

-- 2021-12-08 14:13:26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh-India can be benefited by generating hydro power in Nepal and Bhutan as it will be a clean energy and cheaper also, BSS reports. "Both the countries...

Abrar murder: Court sentences 20 to death, 5 to life in prison

Abrar murder: Court sentences 20 to death, 5 to life in prison

-- 2021-12-08 12:55:06

A Dhaka court has sentenced 20 people to death and five others to life in prison for the 2019 murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad, who was beaten to death by Chhatra League activists, bdnews24.com repo...

Three children among four killed in Nilphamari train accident

Three children among four killed in Nilphamari train accident

এফই অনলাইন ডেস্ক 2021-12-08 12:05:39

Four people, including three children, have died after they were run over by a train in Nilphamari. The accident took place in the Bou Bazar area of Nilphamari Sadar Upazila at 8 am on Wednesday, acc...

'Business elites strengthen position in country's politics'

'Business elites strengthen position in country's politics'

FE REPORT 2021-12-08 10:15:44

Business elites in Bangladesh have strengthened their position in the country's politics over the time, speakers at a webinar have said. According to them, political as well as economic liberalisatio...

Malaysia donates over 0.55M AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Bangladesh

Malaysia donates over 0.55M AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Bangladesh

-- 2021-12-07 21:00:26

The Malaysian government has provided over 559,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Bangladesh as a gesture of solidarity and support in the latter's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Haznah Md Hashim...

HC rules over inaction of RJSC in accepting Destinty-2000’s annual returns

HC rules over inaction of RJSC in accepting Destinty-2000’s annual returns

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-07 20:54:01

The High Court has issued a rule upon the Registrar of the Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) to explain in two weeks as to why the inaction of the respondent in accepting the annual return of the...

Murad makes mistake in resignation letter

Murad makes mistake in resignation letter

-- 2021-12-07 20:45:45

Murad Hassan, a disgraced state minister who stepped down from his post after a scandalous audio leak went viral on social media, has made a mistake in the resignation letter he submitted. The state...

Actor Emon taken to RAB headquarters for interrogation

Actor Emon taken to RAB headquarters for interrogation

-- 2021-12-07 20:26:17

The Rapid Action Battalion has taken film actor Mamnun Hasan Emon to its headquarters for questioning over his links with Murad Hassan, who has been sacked as a state minister over a scandalous audio...

Bangladesh set to enter 5G era on Dec 12

Bangladesh set to enter 5G era on Dec 12

-- 2021-12-07 20:24:57

Bangladesh is set to enter the fifth-generation data service era on Sunday (December 12) aiming to ensure the fastest network service to mobile phone users, Posts and Telecommunications Division Minis...

BNP policymakers decide to take legal action against Murad

BNP policymakers decide to take legal action against Murad

-- 2021-12-07 20:07:39

The standing committee of BNP has decided to take legal action against disgraced State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Murad Hassan for his indecent comments against family members of the...

HC imposes travel ban on 14 AB Bank officials in graft case

HC imposes travel ban on 14 AB Bank officials in graft case

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-07 19:34:56

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday imposed a travel ban upon 14 officials of AB Bank Limited including its two former managing directors (MDs), Mashiur Rahman Chowdhury and Shamim Ahmed Chowdhury, and one...

Dengue fatalities rise to 100 with two more death

Dengue fatalities rise to 100 with two more death

-- 2021-12-07 19:22:27

Dengue claimed two more lives in Bangladesh while 119 new patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, health authorities said. With the fresh deaths, the number of fatalities from th...

Sacked state minister Murad Hassan loses Jamalpur AL post too

Sacked state minister Murad Hassan loses Jamalpur AL post too

-- 2021-12-07 19:17:16

The Awami League’s Jamalpur District Unit has removed Murad Hassan as its health and population affairs secretary after he was ousted as a state minister over a scandalous audio leak of expletiv...

PM places five proposals to address Covid-19 impacts

PM places five proposals to address Covid-19 impacts

-- 2021-12-07 19:00:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for taking urgent steps collectively to address the Covid-19 challenges and its impacts on public health and nutrition. “The ongoing Covid-19...

Bangladesh, India focus on border issues, connectivity, Covid-19 cooperation

Bangladesh, India focus on border issues, connectivity, Covid-19 cooperation

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-07 18:45:53

The foreign secretary-level meeting between Bangladesh and India has focused on ways of keeping their border safe, strengthening connectivity and continuous cooperation to prevent Covid-19, apart from...

HC imposes travel ban on 15 officials of AB Bank

HC imposes travel ban on 15 officials of AB Bank

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-07 18:05:21

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on 15 officials of AB Bank Limited including its two former managing directors (MDs), Mashiur Rahman Chowdhury and Shamim Ahmed Chowdhury, in a mo...

Tulip appointed as UK shadow economic secretary

Tulip appointed as UK shadow economic secretary

-- 2021-12-07 18:02:23

Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, a British parliament member and granddaughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been appointed as the country's shadow economic secretary. In a twee...

Bangladesh reports five new virus deaths, 291 cases

Bangladesh reports five new virus deaths, 291 cases

-- 2021-12-07 17:29:26

Bangladesh has registered five new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 28,010. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,578,011 as 291 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hour...

Remove Murad’s obscene audio, video clips within 24hrs, HC orders BTRC

Remove Murad’s obscene audio, video clips within 24hrs, HC orders BTRC

FE ONLINE DESK   2021-12-07 15:21:36

The High Court has ordered the chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove the clips of former State Minister Murad Hasan's 'ugly and derogatory' remarks from s...

Murad Hassan sends resignation letter

Murad Hassan sends resignation letter

FE ONLINE DESK   2021-12-07 13:35:25

State Minister for Information Murad Hassan has emailed his letter of resignation to his office after he was ordered to resign by the prime minister over a scandalous audio leak that went viral on soc...