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Obaidul Quader warns of stern action if extra fares are taken from passengers

-- 2021-11-08 22:55:35

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday warned that the government would take stern action if the transport owners and workers realise extra fares from passengers.  “I...

Fakhrul describes fuel price, transport fare hike as ‘trick to loot people’

-- 2021-11-08 19:39:42

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday termed the hike in fuel price and transport fares an ‘arranged game’ of the government to “pick public pockets”. "T...

Ekattor TV journalist Shakil Ahmed gets anticipatory bail  

FE ONLINE REPORT   2021-11-08 19:27:31

The High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Shakil Ahmed, Head of News at Ekattor TV, a private TV channel of the country, for four weeks in a case filed against him on charge of establishin...

151 more hospitalised with dengue

-- 2021-11-08 18:56:18

Bangladesh reported 151 new patients being hospitalised with dengue fever in 24 hours till Monday morning. With no fresh death during the period, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne dise...

Buses in Dhaka charging more than agreed increase in fare

-- 2021-11-08 18:51:11

Buses are charging passengers 50 per cent more than the set fare for short-distance trips inside the capital, despite the authorities and transport owners agreeing to a 27 per cent hike in price on Su...

Jatri Kalyan rejects public transport fares hike

FE ONLINE REPORT  2021-11-08 18:12:20

The government has hiked the public transport fares in an exclusive manner to favour the transport owners, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said protesting the fare hike. The passengers’ welfare...

Covid kills six more, infects 215

-- 2021-11-08 17:55:33

Bangladesh has registered six new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,901. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,571,228 as 215 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours...

Govt set to meet truckers on Monday night

-- 2021-11-08 17:47:51

Owners and workers of trucks, covered vans and other freight vehicles are scheduled to meet with the government to discuss a possible end to their ongoing strike. A meeting has been set between the t...

Bangladesh joins pledge to end deforestation by 2030

-- 2021-11-08 17:32:44

Bangladesh has signed the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use in the COP26, pledging to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. Mostafa Kamal, a member of the Bangladesh delegation an...

Three schoolboys die in motorcycle accident

-- 2021-11-08 17:24:39

Three SSC candidates have been killed in Tangail’s Ghatail after their motorcycle hit a roadside tree due to reckless driving. Ghatail Police Station OC Azharul Islam Sarkar said the accident t...

Court frames charges in three cases against photojournalist Kajol

-- 2021-11-08 17:14:47

A Dhaka court has ordered trials to begin in three cases filed under the Digital Security Act against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol. Judge Ash Sams Joglul Hossain of the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal f...

Four arrested over anti-Hindu violence in Noakhali

-- 2021-11-08 16:08:53

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested four people for their alleged involvement in the attacks on Hindu temples during the Durga Puja celebrations at Choumuhani in Begumganj upazila of...

Customs seizes Tk 35m in gold hidden inside air passenger’s juicer in Sylhet airport

-- 2021-11-08 14:12:02

Bangladesh Customs has seized 38 bars of gold hidden in a juicer from a passenger who arrived at Sylhet’s MAG Osmani International Airport, bdnews24.com reports. The passenger flew in aboard a...

RAB busts firearms factory in Ukhiya; three Rohingya detained

-- 2021-11-08 12:25:27

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) says it has busted a firearms factory adjacent to a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya Upazila. Major Mehedi Hasan, deputy commanding officer of RAB-...

Heyday for betel-nut growers returns

A CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-08 09:53:07

COX'S BAZAR: Betel-nut cultivation is increasing in Cox's Bazar as farmers see the return of the heyday for its lucrative market price. Trade sources say that the nut that is supplementary to betel...

Bus, launch fares raised to break strikes

-- 2021-11-08 08:18:37

The government raised bus fares up to 27 per cent and that of launch by 35 per cent to end wildcat strikes enforced on both roadways and waterways to protest hike in fuel prices. As per a decision ma...

Zia grabbed power by carrying out killings, Obaidul Quader alleges

-- 2021-11-07 22:42:02

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said placing complaints to foreigners and seeking help openly from various embassies is a clear exponent of the BNP's boneless politics. "The c...

BNP observes November 7

-- 2021-11-07 22:20:23

BNP observed what it calls the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’ on Sunday remembering the ‘civil-military uprising’ on November 17 in 1975. BNP secretary general Mirza...

PM asks diplomats to focus on trade, investment expansion

-- 2021-11-07 21:45:35

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked Bangladesh’s diplomats to blend diplomacy with trade and commerce, investment expansion. The prime minister made the call while virtually inaugurati...

Khaleda Zia returns home after 27 days in hospital

-- 2021-11-07 20:50:11

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia got back home on Sunday from the capital’s Evercare Hospital after treatment for 27 days for various health complications. She was released from the hospital around...

IFAD, MoA distributes farm equipment to 50,000 households

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-07 20:48:18

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) have jointly started distributing farm equipment to 50,000 households in the coastal regions to combat...

Launch fares raised by 35pc

-- 2021-11-07 20:00:03

The authorities and owners have agreed to raise launch fares by at least 35 per cent amid a strike following a hike in diesel prices. The price has been set at Tk 2.3, up from Tk 1.7 per kilometre tr...

HC seeks BB report over inaction of gateways in refunding buyers’ money

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-07 19:38:48

The High Court (HC) on Sunday directed Bangladesh Bank (BB) to take necessary steps to investigate the inaction of the different payment gateways including BKash and Nagad in refunding the money kept...

HC seeks BB report over inaction of gateways in refunding buyers’ money  

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-07 19:21:50

The High Court on Sunday directed the Bangladesh Bank to take necessary steps to investigate the inaction of the different payment gateways including BKash and Nagad in refunding the money kept in the...

‘120m vaccine doses to be administered by January’

-- 2021-11-07 19:07:08

Bangladesh will administer at least 120 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines by next January, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday. The minister said "There is no shortage of...

Trucker owners, workers to continue strike against fuel price hike

-- 2021-11-07 18:38:35

The Bangladesh Truck, Covered Van and Tanker Lorry Prime Movers Owners and Workers Coordinating Council has decided to continue their transport strike to demand a reversal of the diesel price hike. &...

‘Number of trade unions increased almost nine folds in eight years’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-07 18:24:07

Terming that Bangladesh has improved substantially in labour standards, Law Minister Anisul Huq said the number of trade unions in the readymade garments (RMG) industry has also increased from 132 in...

Bus fare rises by 27pc

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-07 18:13:36

Intracity and inter-district bus fares are set to increase by 26 and 27 per cent, respectively. A circular to this end will be released tonight. Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association (BRT...

127 more hospitalised with dengue in 24hrs

-- 2021-11-07 17:44:17

Bangladesh reported 127 new patients being hospitalised with dengue fever in 24 hours till Sunday morning. With no fresh death during the period, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne dise...

Assailants attempt kill Gazipur garment factory manager

-- 2021-11-07 17:30:04

Assailants have attempted to kill the manager of a garment factory in Gazipur’s Sreepur. The attackers fired at 45-year-old Niaz Mohammad Riaz in the Kewa (Bakultala) area of Sreepur-Mawna road...