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PM urges Metro Rail commuters to follow guidelines

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-09 15:21:35

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Jan 09, 2023) urged Metro Rail commuters to follow guidelines to keep the service smooth and ensure its cleanliness, BSS reports. "My request to all co...

15 more bus companies to issue e-tickets in Dhaka

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-09 14:09:02

Fifteen more bus companies in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur, Azimpur and Gabtoli will operate under the e-ticketing system from Tuesday in efforts to prevent extra fares from passengers. With this, the...

Former Jute Minister Habibullah Khan dies

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-09 14:06:35

Former Information, Broadcasting and Jute Minister Habibullah Khan has passed away ((Inna lilla-he-wa-innaelyhe Raziun). He breathed his last at a Dhaka hospital at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 7,...

Ikebana Association meets new Japan envoy

FE ONLINE REPORT  2023-01-09 13:19:12

A delegation of the Bangladesh Ikebana Association (BIA) headed by Prof. AKM Dr. AKM Moazzem Hussain, founder of the organisation, paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Japanese ambassador Iwama Kim...

Bangabandhu's Homecoming Day tomorrow

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-09 11:06:52

The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the greatest Bangalee of all time, will be observed tomorrow across the country in a befitting manner, BSS report...

DNCC setting up rickshaw lane to stop illegal parking outside Tejgaon truck stand

bdnews24.com 2023-01-09 09:09:17

The road outside Tejgaon truck stand was freed after several failed attempts. Now a large portion of the road is again being used for illegal parking of goods vehicles. Dhaka North City Corpora...

Decision on retail power tariff likely by January 30

-- 2023-01-08 23:21:15

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) plans to announce the decision on power tariffs at the retail level by January 30. BERC Chairman Abdul Jalil gave the information while making his concl...

Two Rohingya community leaders killed in 12 hours

-- 2023-01-08 22:56:15

Two leaders of the Rohingya community in refugee camp in Ukhyia upazila of Cox’s Bazar district were killed in separate incidents within 12 hours. The deceased in the latest incident was identi...

Draft law proposes on fine, jail term for occupying govt land for markets

-- 2023-01-08 22:28:33

A draft law has been placed in parliament with the provision for penalties for illegally occupying government land for markets with Tk 500,000 fines and a year in jail. Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chow...

Indian journalists’ visit to deepen Bangladeshi-India ties, says Hasan Mahmud

-- 2023-01-08 22:22:00

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud has said the visit of Indian journalists to Bangladesh will reach the relations between the two countries to a new height. The minister expressed hi...

Amir Khasru says BNP’s 27-point proposal for state reform part of movement

-- 2023-01-08 22:12:20

BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday said their party’s 27 points for the state reform are 'parts of the ongoing movement’ to unseat the Awami League government. &ldqu...

‘Revolution in mustard cultivation can save Tk 100 billion annually’

-- 2023-01-08 21:00:13

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque has said Bangladesh can save Tk 100.00 billion annually by reducing dependency on edible oil imports through a revolution in mustard cultivation. “The govern...

All five survive as car falls off 200-foot Bandarban hill

-- 2023-01-08 20:30:01

A car has plunged into a 200 feet deep ravine in Alikadam upazila of Bandarban district, leaving all five in the vehicle injured. The victims include four members of a family and the chauffeur who lo...

‘Final game’ will be played in January next year, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2023-01-08 20:21:32

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday urged the party leaders and activists to get prepared for the next national election, noting that the ‘final game’ will be held in J...

Press club welcomes 36 Indian journalists

-- 2023-01-08 20:07:30

Jatiya Press Club (JPC) has accorded a reception to 36 Indian journalists, who are currently visiting Bangladesh to witness the mega projects of the country and make reports about those projects. The...

Over 0.12m Bangladeshis to perform hajj this year: State Minister

-- 2023-01-08 19:36:09

State Minister for Religious Affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan has said a total of 127,198 Bangladeshis will be able to perform hajj this year. “The quota for hajj pilgrims from Bangladesh this yea...

Mass media bill goes back to JS committee for third time

-- 2023-01-08 19:06:48

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Broadcast Ministry has got another 90 days to examine Mass Media Employees (Services Conditions) Bill 2022. This is for the third time that the...

HC orders probe into embezzlement allegation against FMC Dockyard chairman

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-08 18:50:29

The High Court has ordered a probe into the allegation of embezzlement and laundering of around Tk 15 billion against FMC Dockyard Limited Chairman Mohammad Yasin Chowdhury. The Anti-Corruption Commi...

Bangladesh free of dangerous DDT pesticide

-- 2023-01-08 18:11:43

The government on Sunday declared the country free of the dangerous biochemical pesticide DDT after removal of the remaining 500 tonnes of the insecticide from the medical sub-depot of Chattogram. Di...

Indian citizen held with 132 mobile phones at Sonamasjid land port

-- 2023-01-08 17:41:23

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an Indian truck driver with 132 mobile phones from the Sonamasjid frontier on Saturday afternoon. According to BSS, the arrested Indian citizen is Md...

We will surely allow foreign observers in next polls, says Momen

-- 2023-01-08 17:34:06

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said the government of Bangladesh will surely allow foreign observers during the next national election. "We will surely allow them (foreign observers) ... we have...

Police find explosive making equipment in abandoned Sunamganj house

-- 2023-01-08 17:12:56

Police in Sunamganj have found equipment to make improvised explosive devices (IEDs) while raiding an abandoned house in the district’s Jagannathpur Upazila. According to the district’s A...

‘Ballot papers to be used if EVM scheme not passed by mid-January’

-- 2023-01-08 17:02:23

Election Commissioner Begum Rasheda Sultana on Sunday said that if the scheme for the electronic voting machines (EVMs) is not passed by mid-January voting in the next general election will be held by...

BERC seeks Tk 1.21 hike per unit in retail power tariff

-- 2023-01-08 17:01:24

The technical committee of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has proposed to raise retail electricity prices by Tk 1.21 to Tk 8.23 per unit. The proposal was made during a hearing of...

Bangladesh reports 17 new Covid cases

-- 2023-01-08 16:54:08

Bangladesh registered 17 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning. With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,037,267, according to the Directorate General of Health Service...

Dhaka may experience dry weather, sunshine as cold snap eases

-- 2023-01-08 16:48:31

Dhaka may experience dry weather with a bit of sunshine in the afternoon as the Met Office forecasts a rise in day temperatures after a couple of cloudy days. The weather may remain dry with a partly...

Rampant Screwpine deforestation on Saint Martin's Island, authorities silent

Rassiq Aziz Kabir  2023-01-08 15:40:58

Screwpine trees (known in Bangla as Keya) often act as a defensive wall for Saint Martin's island when it comes to protection against different types of natural calamities.  Even five years ago,...

PM emphasises signing PTA, FTA with Brazil and three other South American countries

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-08 15:15:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Sunday) stressed the need for boosting trade and business cooperation between Bangladesh and Brazil. There is a huge prospect of business expansion between the two...

Death of BUET student Fardin: Bushra finally gets bail

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-08 14:46:27

A court has granted bail to Amatullah Bushra, a friend of BUET student Fardin Noor Parash, two months after she was first detained in the case over his death. Judge Tahsin Iftekhar of the Dhaka Addit...

Dense fog: 8 international flights diverted, 7 delayed at Dhaka airport

UNB 2023-01-08 14:10:52

Flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka were disrupted on Sunday as heavy fog covered the capital like the past few days. Eight international flights have been diverted a...