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Boro farmers receive Tk 1.7b government incentives

Boro farmers receive Tk 1.7b government incentives

-- 2022-12-20 17:03:31

The government is providing Tk 1.7 billion as incentives to the country’s farmers for the cultivation and production of Boro paddy. A total of 2.7 million farmers across the country are getting...

2.7m farmers to get Tk 1.7b as incentives to boost Boro production

2.7m farmers to get Tk 1.7b as incentives to boost Boro production

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-20 15:30:21

The government has started disbursing Tk 1.7 billion (TK 170 crore) as incentives to boost Boro paddy production across the country. A total of 2.7 million farmers will get seeds and fertilisers unde...

Unconscious man rescued from city’s Hatirjheel dies at DMCH

Unconscious man rescued from city’s Hatirjheel dies at DMCH

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-20 14:59:20

 A 30-year-old unidentified man who was found unconscious beside a footpath in Hatirjheel area in the capital on Tuesday died at a hospital in the city. The man was rescued around 10 am and was...

BNP’s reform proposal is ridiculous: Quader

BNP’s reform proposal is ridiculous: Quader

UNB 2022-12-20 14:27:53

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday criticised the BNP's 27-point plan for ‘Structural Reform of the State,’ terming it as ‘ridiculous’. He made the...

Govt starts administering second booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine

Govt starts administering second booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-20 13:30:58

The government started administering the fourth dose (second booster) of Covid-19 vaccine today (Tuesday). Professor Dr Ahmedul Kabir, additional director general (ADG) of the Directorate General of...

DNCC to register births, deaths at ward councillors’ offices

DNCC to register births, deaths at ward councillors’ offices

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-20 12:31:27

Dhaka North City Corporation, or DNCC, has moved to register births and deaths at each ward councillor’s office instead of in its regional offices in order to reduce public suffering and make th...

Nation never wants a repeat of Feb 2009 tragedy: PM to BGB personnel

Nation never wants a repeat of Feb 2009 tragedy: PM to BGB personnel

UNB 2022-12-20 11:56:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to carry out their assigned responsibilities with utmost sincerity and not to break discipline under any circums...

Bangladesh embassy in Rome awards top remittance senders

Bangladesh embassy in Rome awards top remittance senders

UNB 2022-12-20 11:20:24

The Embassy of Bangladesh in Rome, Italy has honoured five expatriate Bangladeshi nationals with ‘Remittance Award’ on the occasion of International Migrants Day-2022.  The embassy o...

Dhaka air ranks world’s second most polluted this morning

Dhaka air ranks world’s second most polluted this morning

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-20 10:47:31

Dhaka ranked second in the list of world cities with most poor air quality on Tuesday morning. The metropolis’s air quality index (AQI) score was 221 at 9:30 am. An AQI between 201 and 300 is...

Five killed in Rangpur tripartite clash

Five killed in Rangpur tripartite clash

-- 2022-12-19 20:50:16

At least five people have died in a pile-up of an ambulance, a pickup and an autorickshaw at Taraganj upazila of Rangpur. The accident occurred in the Nengtichhera bridge area around 6:30 pm on Monda...

Powerful quarters want to create unrest in Bangladesh to thwart development: FM 

Powerful quarters want to create unrest in Bangladesh to thwart development: FM 

FE ONLINE REPORT  2022-12-19 20:31:02

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has alleged that some powerful and intelligent countries have the ‘historical habit’ to suppress third-world countries like Bangladesh by creating u...

We want to build smart Bangladesh under Sheikh Hasina's leadership: Quader

We want to build smart Bangladesh under Sheikh Hasina's leadership: Quader

-- 2022-12-19 20:30:09

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said BNP-Jamaat destroyed the country but Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been repairing it. "BNP...

BNP announces 27-point outline of ‘structural reform of state’

BNP announces 27-point outline of ‘structural reform of state’

-- 2022-12-19 20:22:37

BNP has announced a 27-point outline of ‘Structural Reform of the State’, proposing radical changes to the state system including balancing the executive powers of the president, prime min...

113 more hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours 

113 more hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours 

-- 2022-12-19 20:09:09

A total of 113 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours till 8:00 am today (Monday).  On November 3, Bangladesh logged nine dengue deaths,...

PM lays emphasis on preservation of arable land

PM lays emphasis on preservation of arable land

-- 2022-12-19 20:04:33

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday laid emphasis on the preservation of arable land for food production as the country has already lost a huge quantity of good quality and fertile land for unplann...

Rampal power plant starts commercial production

Rampal power plant starts commercial production

-- 2022-12-19 19:20:14

The coal-fired Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant at Rampal started trial operation on Saturday night, adding 660 megawatt (MW) of electricity to the national grid from Unit-I.  Earlier, India-Ba...

Bars to remain closed for 24 hours from evening of December 31

Bars to remain closed for 24 hours from evening of December 31

-- 2022-12-19 19:17:10

Bars across the country will remain closed for 24 hours from 6:00 pm on December 31 to prevent misuse of narcotics and no concerts will be allowed on roads and flyovers on that night. Home Minister A...

Qatar Charity praised for Fun Zones in Bhasan Char   

Qatar Charity praised for Fun Zones in Bhasan Char   

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-19 17:15:35

The government authorities at the Bhasan Char Rohingya camp praised and thanked Qatar Charity (QC) and its partners to keep refugees month-long cheerful by setting up Fun Zones on the occasion of the...

Bangladesh reports 20 new Covid cases, no deaths

Bangladesh reports 20 new Covid cases, no deaths

-- 2022-12-19 17:09:56

Bangladesh has recorded 20 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,948.  The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,438 over the 24-hour perio...

Limon, a fugitive convict in Biswajit murder, arrested in Dhaka

Limon, a fugitive convict in Biswajit murder, arrested in Dhaka

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-19 14:34:48

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Mir Nur-e Alam Limon, a fugitive convict in the sensational murder case of slain Dhaka tailor Biswajit Das, bdnews24.com reports. The 34-year-old convict...

Child dies at World Cup victory celebration

Child dies at World Cup victory celebration

-- 2022-12-19 14:03:18

A child taking part in a procession celebrating Argentina’s win in the World Cup in Cumilla has died after being hit by a motorcycle, bdnews24.com reports. The motorcycle driver was also...

Moderate to thick fog likely across country

Moderate to thick fog likely across country

UNB 2022-12-19 13:26:53

Bangladesh is likely to be covered with moderate to thick fog in next 24 hours commencing from 9am on Monday, the weather office has predicted. “Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country...

Fuel crisis: No ambulance service at Faridpur General Hospital for 45 days

Fuel crisis: No ambulance service at Faridpur General Hospital for 45 days

UNB 2022-12-19 12:08:34

Biman Dutta, a resident of Faridpur town, was at a loss when he needed to shift his father-in-law from Faridpur General hospital to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College and Hospital (BSMMCH) in th...

Brahmanbaria to deploy 14 teams of police over WC final

Brahmanbaria to deploy 14 teams of police over WC final

-- 2022-12-18 20:47:25

Fourteen additional police teams have been deployed in Brahmanbaria district to avoid clashes during the final match of Qatar World Cup between Argentina and France on Sunday. Joynal Abedin, addition...

Home minister flags Rohingya militancy threat

Home minister flags Rohingya militancy threat

-- 2022-12-18 20:35:06

The government is taking necessary steps to prevent settlements of Myanmar's forcibly displaced Rohingya people from turning into breeding grounds for terrorists, according to Home Minister Asaduzzama...

Diesel supply from India through pipeline may start early next year

Diesel supply from India through pipeline may start early next year

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-18 20:17:17

Diesel supply from India through the 130-kilometre-long India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline may start early next year. Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Kumar Verna gave the information...

Land Service Customer Care Centre to open in January

Land Service Customer Care Centre to open in January

-- 2022-12-18 20:16:53

Land Secretary Md Mustafizur Rahman on Sunday said Land Service Customer Care Center will be launched in January next as the centre has already been set up at ‘Bhumi Bhaban’ at Tejgaon in...

US embassy says human rights at centre of US foreign policy

US embassy says human rights at centre of US foreign policy

-- 2022-12-18 19:44:12

The US Embassy in Dhaka has said they take all allegations of human rights violations ‘seriously’ and regularly meet with a wide variety of human rights organizations. “The US Embas...

Maj Mannan (Retd) among 12 sued for embezzling Tk 80m

Maj Mannan (Retd) among 12 sued for embezzling Tk 80m

FE ONLINE REPORT  2022-12-18 19:26:17

The Anti-Corruption Commission has started a case against 12 people, including ex-BIFC chairmen Maj (retd) Abdul Mannan, for their alleged involvement in bank loan scams and embezzlement of over Tk 80...

Bangladesh must not return to lawlessness again: PM

Bangladesh must not return to lawlessness again: PM

-- 2022-12-18 19:11:02

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked all to keep vigil so that the country does not get trapped into a ‘lawless situation’ again. “Bangladesh must not plunge into that (lawl...