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Mymensingh district Jamaat chief arrested

Mymensingh district Jamaat chief arrested

-- 2023-01-05 18:15:10

Police in a drive arrested Mymensingh district Jamaat ameer Abdul Karim in connection with a subversive case filed under Special Power Act. Officer-in-Charge of Sadar Model Thana Shah Kamal Akand sai...

JS passes law allowing adjustment of power, gas tariffs sans hearing

JS passes law allowing adjustment of power, gas tariffs sans hearing

-- 2023-01-05 18:00:08

The “Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (amendment) Ordinance, 2022” was passed in Parliament on Thursday which paved the way for the government to adjust the prices of gas and electr...

Cold wave grips parts of Bangladesh

Cold wave grips parts of Bangladesh

-- 2023-01-05 17:56:29

Vast swaths of Bangladesh were shrouded in dense fog as another day passed without a speck of sunshine. Temperatures remained low throughout the country, with a cold wave sweeping eight districts. Th...

HC seeks explanation from BCIC over fertiliser embezzlement by Poton Traders

HC seeks explanation from BCIC over fertiliser embezzlement by Poton Traders

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-05 17:51:10

The High Court on Thursday sought explanation from the chairman of the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) over an allegation against Poton Traders, a contracting firm, of embezzling 72,...

Tobacco-related aggression kills 0.16 million people each year in Bangladesh

Tobacco-related aggression kills 0.16 million people each year in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-05 17:39:37

More than 161,000 people in the country die every year due to tobacco use or smoking, increasing the risk of lung cancer by 20 to 30 per cent. Second-hand smoking increases the risk of heart disease...

Bangladesh reports 22 new Covid cases in a day with no deaths

Bangladesh reports 22 new Covid cases in a day with no deaths

-- 2023-01-05 17:26:41

Bangladesh has recorded 22 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,230. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,440 over the 24-hour period, accor...

Anyone to listen to the 'Tiger widows' of the Sundarbans?

Anyone to listen to the 'Tiger widows' of the Sundarbans?

Anushka Banerjee 2023-01-05 15:46:34

- "How are you?" - "Not dead yet! How are you?"  This is how Kulsum Begum (85) - a resident of Datinakhali village of Shyamnagar Upazilla, Satkhira, replied to an otherwise simple question....

21st session of 11th parliament begins today

21st session of 11th parliament begins today

-- 2023-01-05 14:34:57

The 11th national assembly is set to open the first parliamentary session of the new year on Thursday. The session, presided over by Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, will open at 4:00 pm, according...

Mild cold wave sweeping across parts of Bangladesh

Mild cold wave sweeping across parts of Bangladesh

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-05 12:58:59

A mild cold wave is sweeping across Rajshahi, Pabna, Dinajpur, Panchagarh, Nilphamari, Jashore, Chuadanga and Kushtia districts and it may continue, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said thi...

Dhaka dwellers experience ‘village chill’ this winter

Dhaka dwellers experience ‘village chill’ this winter

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-05 09:29:42

When people and vehicles leave Dhaka's streets late at night, Zakir, a cleaner with only one name, gets to work with a broom. But the chilling weather this winter has hampered his daily routine...

New Tk 50 note on the way

New Tk 50 note on the way

-- 2023-01-05 09:03:31

Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to issue new notes of Tk 50 with signature of Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder, reports UNB. The new note will be issued from the central bank headquarters in Dhaka on Sunda...

Introduce e-visas, one-stop service to attract more foreign tourists

Introduce e-visas, one-stop service to attract more foreign tourists

-- 2023-01-05 09:01:09

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) suggested that the government introduce on-arrival visas and e-visas as well as one-stop services (OSS) for foreign tourists with...

Key sea, land ports to get six hi-tech scanners

Key sea, land ports to get six hi-tech scanners

FE REPORT 2023-01-05 08:56:06

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Nuctech Company Limited to add six fixed container-scanners in three major customs ports, aimed to reduce physical examina...

Thick fog shrouds country

Thick fog shrouds country

-- 2023-01-05 08:48:28

Vast swaths of Bangladesh were cloaked in dense fog accompanied by biting cold on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com. The mercury dropped to 9.0 degrees Celsius in Sreemangal on the day, the lowest temp...

Chhatra League pays tribute to Bangabandhu on its 75th founding anniversary

Chhatra League pays tribute to Bangabandhu on its 75th founding anniversary

-- 2023-01-04 22:00:20

The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling Awami League, on Wednesday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the city marking its 75th...

Obaidul Quader returns home after health check-up in Singapore

Obaidul Quader returns home after health check-up in Singapore

-- 2023-01-04 21:51:24

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday returned home from Singapore after completing his routine health check-up at Mount Elizabeth Hospital...

President asks police to be more vigilant in preventing militancy, drug

President asks police to be more vigilant in preventing militancy, drug

-- 2023-01-04 21:44:47

President M Abdul Hamid has asked the police officers to be more alert and vigilant in preventing militancy, terrorism and drug abuse. "You (police) must perform your duties with dedication ... You s...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines celebrates its 51st founding anniversary

Biman Bangladesh Airlines celebrates its 51st founding anniversary

-- 2023-01-04 21:32:11

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the country's national flag carrier, celebrated its 51st founding anniversary on Wednesday. On January 4 in 1972, the carrier started its journey with a DC-3 aircraft under...

Foreigners’ knowledge about Bangladesh is very limited, says Momen

Foreigners’ knowledge about Bangladesh is very limited, says Momen

-- 2023-01-04 20:28:47

Describing the recommendations some foreigners gave about Bangladesh as ‘idiotic and illusory’, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said foreigners have limited knowledge about Bangladesh....

Border killing major irritant to Indo-Bangladesh ties

Border killing major irritant to Indo-Bangladesh ties

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-04 19:40:03

Speakers at a discussion have noted that the killing of Bangladeshis by the Indian security forces on the border is a major irritant to Indo-Bangladesh ties. “There is no doubt that this is an...

PM urges expatriates to send remittances through banking channel

PM urges expatriates to send remittances through banking channel

-- 2023-01-04 19:21:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the expatriate Bangladeshis to send remittances through the banking channels instead of hundi and make investments in Bangladesh. "I request you all (expa...

Bangladesh to import 100,000 tonnes of parboiled rice

Bangladesh to import 100,000 tonnes of parboiled rice

-- 2023-01-04 18:05:12

Bangladesh is set to import 100,000 tonnes of parboiled rice to shore up grain stocks even though the harvesting of the Aman paddy is underway across the country. Half of the non-basmati rice will co...

41 hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours

41 hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours

-- 2023-01-04 17:53:53

Forty-nine more people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. Of the new patients, 19 were admitted to the hospitals in Dhaka and 30 outside it, according to the Directorat...

PM asks police to firmly deal with destructive acts

PM asks police to firmly deal with destructive acts

-- 2023-01-04 17:33:39

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the police officials to take proper action against any destructive activity for the sake of the continuation of the country’s uninterrupted econom...

Supreme Court pauses bail release of Fakhrul and Abbas; hearing on Sunday

Supreme Court pauses bail release of Fakhrul and Abbas; hearing on Sunday

-- 2023-01-04 17:26:48

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas will have to stay in jail until Sunday at the least. Supreme Court Chamber Justice Jahangir Hossain set the...

21 Covid-19 cases reported in a day

21 Covid-19 cases reported in a day

-- 2023-01-04 16:59:27

Bangladesh has recorded 21 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,208. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,440 over the 24-hour period, repor...

Next election will be held as per constitution, says PM

Next election will be held as per constitution, says PM

-- 2023-01-04 16:24:05

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the next election will be held as per the country's constitution while four MPs of the British All-Party Parliamentary Group called on her. "The next el...

Mercury dips to 9C in Sreemangal

Mercury dips to 9C in Sreemangal

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-04 15:50:35

Half of the day had already passed without the faintest glimmer of sunshine on the horizon. Vast swaths of Bangladesh were cloaked in dense fog accompanied by biting cold, heralding the onset of...

No irregularities found yet in Gaibandha by-election: EC Rashida

No irregularities found yet in Gaibandha by-election: EC Rashida

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-04 15:45:08

No irregularities  have been detected yet in the polling stations during the Gaibandha by-election, said Election Commissioner Rashida Sultana. She said this while observing the election on the...

State files petition challenging HC bail to Fakhrul, Abbas

State files petition challenging HC bail to Fakhrul, Abbas

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-04 13:38:33

A petition has been filed with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking stay on the High Court order granting bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committe...