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PM hands over Begum Rokeya Padak to five women

PM hands over Begum Rokeya Padak to five women

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-09 11:38:38

Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina this morning (Dec 9, 2022) handed over the Begum Rokeya Padak-2022 to five distinguished women for their extraordinary contributions to various sectors in the society, B...

BNP, govt hint at consensus on rally venue, but concerns linger after deadly violence

BNP, govt hint at consensus on rally venue, but concerns linger after deadly violence

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-09 10:14:49

The government had hoped for a settlement of the dispute with the BNP over the venue of its Dhaka rally, but the issue turned violent. Finally, the two sides appear to have reached a consensus over th...

BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas 'detained', say families. Police 'unaware'

BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas 'detained', say families. Police 'unaware'

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-09 10:10:35

BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas were arrested at their homes in the middle of the night, according to their families, bdnews24.com reports.  The wives of the party's secr...

US ambassador urges govt to probe Naya Paltan violence

US ambassador urges govt to probe Naya Paltan violence

-- 2022-12-08 22:52:07

The US ambassador in Dhaka, Peter Haas, has urged the Bangladesh government to investigate deadly violence during clashes between police and BNP activists in Naya Paltan.   In a statement on Thu...

Challenges before introduction of new education curricula

Challenges before introduction of new education curricula

NILRATAN HALDER 2022-12-08 22:36:42

If people are confused about the introduction of the new national education curriculum, they cannot be blamed. Under a pilot project it was supposed to be introduced for class I and class VI in 100 pr...

Transport owners say no strike on Saturday

Transport owners say no strike on Saturday

-- 2022-12-08 21:56:21

Transport owners have decided to keep bus services normal in Dhaka and elsewhere in Bangladesh on Saturday amid fears of violence over the BNP’s rally planned for that day.  Dhaka Road Tra...

Dhaka-Cox's Bazar train service to open within June

Dhaka-Cox's Bazar train service to open within June

-- 2022-12-08 21:12:58

Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan has said that trains from across the country will soon go to Cox’s Bazar as the Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar rail line will be opened to the public within Ju...

FE journalist among four awarded for impact reporting on nutrition

FE journalist among four awarded for impact reporting on nutrition

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-12-08 20:57:55

Four journalists from different outlets were awarded media fellowships for impact reporting on malnutrition in children under five, tackling nutritional issues of pregnant women, lactating women, and...

Rizvi sent to jail over Naya Paltan clash

Rizvi sent to jail over Naya Paltan clash

-- 2022-12-08 20:28:22

BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and several other central leaders of the opposition party are among 445 people who have landed in jail in two cases over the violent clashe...

Bangladesh Railway gets new DG

Bangladesh Railway gets new DG

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-08 19:33:17

Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan, additional director general (infrastructure), will be the next Director General of Bangladesh Railway effective from December 12. According to a circular issued on Thursday, Ka...

Swedish singer Maher Zein pledges to work for Rohingyas

Swedish singer Maher Zein pledges to work for Rohingyas

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-08 19:26:49

Maher El Zein, a Swedish-Lebanese Muslim singer, pledged to work strongly to create awareness to alleviate the suffering of helpless refugees in different countries of the world including the Rohingya...

Deep depression intensified into cyclonic storm

Deep depression intensified into cyclonic storm

-- 2022-12-08 18:01:08

The deep depression over Southwest Bay and adjoining Southeast Bay moved west-northwestwards and intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Mandous’ over Southwest Bay, and adjoining area.  Th...

Tarique will be brought to justice, says PM

Tarique will be brought to justice, says PM

-- 2022-12-08 17:32:42

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government will take necessary steps for the extradition of the BNP's acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to Bangladesh where he has been convicted for a s...

Checkpoints up on key highways ahead of BNP’s Saturday rally

Checkpoints up on key highways ahead of BNP’s Saturday rally

-- 2022-12-08 17:20:32

Police have ramped up security measures by setting up several checkpoints on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, including Siddhirganj's Mouchak, ahead of the BNP's divisional rally in the capital on Dec 10...

Appellate Division gets three new judges

Appellate Division gets three new judges

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-12-08 17:12:22

Three judges of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court have been elevated to the Appellate Division, raising the number of judges in the apex court to nine.  President Md Abdul Hamid has a...

Bangladesh reports 13 COVID cases in a day with no deaths

Bangladesh reports 13 COVID cases in a day with no deaths

-- 2022-12-08 17:10:17

Bangladesh has recorded 13 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,730. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,436 over the 24-hour period, accor...

Dengue death reaches 263 with three more deaths

Dengue death reaches 263 with three more deaths

-- 2022-12-08 16:54:27

With three more deaths from dengue recorded in 24 hours till Thursday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 263 this year. During this period, 246 more patients, in...

'BNP to hold rally at Nayapaltan on Dec 10'

'BNP to hold rally at Nayapaltan on Dec 10'

-- 2022-12-08 16:52:23

Amid tension and speculations over BNP’s December 10 rally, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said that they would hold their planned rally at Nayapaltan on December...

Naya Paltan road blocked for security reasons, police say

Naya Paltan road blocked for security reasons, police say

-- 2022-12-08 16:33:40

Police have blocked the road in front of the BNP headquarters in the capital's Naya Paltan area, citing public safety concerns after flagging the party office as a 'crime zone'. On Thursday, police p...

More than 2,000 sued over Paltan clashes

More than 2,000 sued over Paltan clashes

-- 2022-12-08 16:25:31

Police have started three cases concerning the violent clashes between BNP activists and law enforcers in Dhaka's Naya Paltan that left a man dead and scores injured. More than 2,000 people face char...

PM asks citizens not to allow anti-liberation forces to assume power

PM asks citizens not to allow anti-liberation forces to assume power

-- 2022-12-08 16:20:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked people not to allow terrorists and anti-liberation forces to return to power. "The arson terrorists should not be allowed to come into power in the coun...

Rohingya repatriation to start next year, Chinese ambassador hopes

Rohingya repatriation to start next year, Chinese ambassador hopes

-- 2022-12-08 16:09:29

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Thursday said China hopes that the repatriation of displaced Rohingya people will start next year. The outgoing Chinese Ambassador expressed the expectat...

Momen says resettling only a few Rohingya people in the US not a solution

Momen says resettling only a few Rohingya people in the US not a solution

-- 2022-12-08 16:05:09

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said resettlement of a few Rohingyas in the US is “not a viable solution”, adding the solution is repatriation to their homeland in Myanmar&r...

Public transport thin in Dhaka; Commuters suffer

Public transport thin in Dhaka; Commuters suffer

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-08 15:23:49

The presence of public transport was relatively thin in Dhaka on Thursday amid tension and fear of violence following Wednesday’s clash between police and BNP men, causing suffering to commuters...

Rohingya repatriation to start next year, hopes Chinese ambassador

Rohingya repatriation to start next year, hopes Chinese ambassador

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-08 14:51:02

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Thursday said China hopes that the repatriation of displaced Rohingya people will start next year. The outgoing Chinese Ambassador expressed the expectat...

BNP to hold press conference this afternoon

BNP to hold press conference this afternoon

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-08 13:44:29

Following yesterday's police action at Nayapaltan, BNP will hold a press conference on the incident this afternoon. The press conference will be held at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office at 3:00...

PM opens 19th Asian Art Biennale in Dhaka

PM opens 19th Asian Art Biennale in Dhaka

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-08 13:18:45

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the 19th edition of the Asian Art Biennale, the longest-running international art biennale event in Asia, in Dhaka. The premier raised the curtain of th...

Dhaka's air quality ‘very unhealthy' this morning

Dhaka's air quality ‘very unhealthy' this morning

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-08 10:19:51

Dhaka has been ranked as the second most polluted city in the world with ‘very unhealthy’ air quality on Thursday morning. Dhaka’s air quality index (AQI) score was 215 at 9:15 am t...

Experts for transparency in public expenditure for nutrition sector

Experts for transparency in public expenditure for nutrition sector

FE REPORT 2022-12-08 09:46:11

Experts at a dialogue on Wednesday emphasised ensuring transparency in public expenditure for nutrition sector. Nearly 10 per cent of the national budget is allocated to nutrition sector, and proper...

Deadly Naya Paltan clashes with police mark run-up to BNP’s Dec 10 Dhaka rally

Deadly Naya Paltan clashes with police mark run-up to BNP’s Dec 10 Dhaka rally

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-08 08:39:48

The war of words between the two main political camps of Bangladesh over the BNP’s planned Dec 10 rally in Dhaka has turned violent, with a supporter of the opposition party dead i...