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UK issues travel alert for its citizens ahead of BNP’s rally in Dhaka

UK issues travel alert for its citizens ahead of BNP’s rally in Dhaka

-- 2022-12-06 21:31:53

The United Kingdom has alerted its citizens to possible violence in Dhaka on Dec 10, when the BNP is set to stage a rally. Potential disruption to transport, communication networks and movement aroun...

Install side-view mirrors on exteriors of CNG-run auto-rickshaws: High Court

Install side-view mirrors on exteriors of CNG-run auto-rickshaws: High Court

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-06 20:24:31

The High Court on Tuesday asked the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to take steps for setting ‘flat looking glass’ or ‘side-view mirrors’ in both the outer sides of...

EU and 14 countries reaffirm importance of fair polls in Bangladesh

EU and 14 countries reaffirm importance of fair polls in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-06 20:04:34

In a significant move, 14 influential countries and the EU on Tuesday stressed the importance of free, fair, inclusive, and peaceful electoral processes in Bangladesh. In a joint statement, the missi...

PM to open 28 development projects in Cox’s Bazar 

PM to open 28 development projects in Cox’s Bazar 

-- 2022-12-06 20:02:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate 28 development projects and lay the foundation stones for four others in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday.  A press release from the Prime Minister&rsq...

HC orders to conduct raid against fake doctors across country

HC orders to conduct raid against fake doctors across country

-- 2022-12-06 19:38:02

The High Court (HC) has ordered authorities concerned to conduct raids against fake doctors across the country.  A High Court division bench of Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Mohammad Ali p...

BNP will not get permission to use roads for its rally, says DMP

BNP will not get permission to use roads for its rally, says DMP

-- 2022-12-06 19:36:37

Police have turned down a request by the BNP to use the road in front of Motijheel’s Ideal School and College as an alternative to Naya Paltan for the party’s rally on December 10. Deputy...

Dengue claims another life, 269 hospitalised 

Dengue claims another life, 269 hospitalised 

-- 2022-12-06 18:51:50

With another death from dengue recorded in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 258 this year.  During this period, 269 more p...

PM to address public rally in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday

PM to address public rally in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday

-- 2022-12-06 18:43:40

Cox’s Bazar wears a festive look to welcome Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who is due to arrive on Wednesday to address her first public rally in the tourist destination in five years. According...

Fardin murder: No headway in probe in a month, father disappointed

Fardin murder: No headway in probe in a month, father disappointed

-- 2022-12-06 18:27:49

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Fardin Noor Porosh was murdered in a planned way, but the investigating agencies failed to make any progress even after one month, sa...

11 Bangladeshi journalists win UNICEF Meena Media Awards

11 Bangladeshi journalists win UNICEF Meena Media Awards

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-06 18:07:30

Eleven Bangladeshi journalists have won the UNICEF Meena Media Awards for their outstanding reporting on children’s rights. The 17th edition of the award was handed over to the journalists duri...

Bangladesh to roll out 4th Covid vaccination drive on Dec 20

Bangladesh to roll out 4th Covid vaccination drive on Dec 20

-- 2022-12-06 18:01:39

The government plans to administer the fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Dhaka on Dec 20 to bolster people's fading immunity against the disease.  Initially, the shot will be available a...

Obaidul Quader urges AL men to remain alert against anarchy centring BNP’s rally

Obaidul Quader urges AL men to remain alert against anarchy centring BNP’s rally

-- 2022-12-06 17:20:20

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged his party's leaders, workers and supporters to remain alert so that BNP-Jamaat cannot create anarchy in the name of its rally on December 10. "...

22 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

22 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-12-06 17:06:58

Bangladesh has recorded 22 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,685. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,435 over the 24-hour period, a bdn...

PM asks BCL to give befitting reply to propaganda against AL on social media

PM asks BCL to give befitting reply to propaganda against AL on social media

-- 2022-12-06 16:37:29

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina has asked Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists to give a befitting reply to propaganda against AL on social media. "I ask...

EC sets January 4 for Gaibandha-5 by-polls

EC sets January 4 for Gaibandha-5 by-polls

-- 2022-12-06 15:56:55

The Election Commission has set January 4 for the second attempt at the Gaibandha-5 parliamentary by-polls, which was suspended hours after voting started over numerous irregularities. The voting wil...

Train rams into autorickshaw in Cumilla, killing four

Train rams into autorickshaw in Cumilla, killing four

-- 2022-12-06 15:20:36

Four people have died after a train rammed into an autorickshaw at an unguarded level crossing in Cumilla's Laksam. The incident took place in the South Khila Tuguria area of the upazila around 10:30...

BSEZ can provide investors best possible environment in region: Ito Naoki

BSEZ can provide investors best possible environment in region: Ito Naoki

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-06 14:59:31

Outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki has said the just-launched Bangladesh Special Economic Zone (BSEZ) at Araihazar in Narayanganj will undoubtedly attract investment not only from Ja...

BCL’s 30th Nat'l Council begins at Suhrawardy Udyan

BCL’s 30th Nat'l Council begins at Suhrawardy Udyan

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-06 14:09:08

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today (Tuesday) inaugurated the 30th National Council of Bangladesh Chhatra League. She inaugurated the council by at the historic Suhrawardy U...

Haji Salim gets bail in corruption case

Haji Salim gets bail in corruption case

UNB 2022-12-06 13:19:19

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim in a corruption case. A five-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Just...

PM for making Bangladesh's journey smooth towards becoming developed nation

PM for making Bangladesh's journey smooth towards becoming developed nation

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-06 12:31:23

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for taking appropriate measures for smooth graduation of Bangladesh from a developing country to a developed one defying all challenges, BSS reports....

‘Krishi Utshab’ opens new horizon for farmers

‘Krishi Utshab’ opens new horizon for farmers

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-06 12:06:38

The Krishi Utshab-2022 was arranged at Bangabandhu Academy for Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development (BAPARD) in Kotalipara upazila of Gopalganj district from November 26-28. BRAC Bank was the ma...

Dhaka's air quality remains 'unhealthy': AQI

Dhaka's air quality remains 'unhealthy': AQI

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-06 10:36:19

Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'unhealthy' zone on Tuesday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 178 at 9:50 am, the metropolis ranked 8th in the list of world cities with the...

PM stresses collective efforts to ensure access to insulin for poor

PM stresses collective efforts to ensure access to insulin for poor

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-06 10:31:26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Dec 6, 2022) said collective responsibilities of all are required to ensure access to insulin and other life-saving drugs at an affordable price for the poor, BSS r...

78pc cropland in BD lacks essential organic matters

78pc cropland in BD lacks essential organic matters

YASIR WARDAD 2022-12-06 08:46:46

A distinct lack of recovery compared to higher cropping intensity has been causing a severe nutrient deficiency in soil in Bangladesh. Speakers at a World Soil Day seminar said nearly 78 per cent of...

To make country beautiful not possible without volunteers: State Minister

To make country beautiful not possible without volunteers: State Minister

FE ONLINE REPORT  2022-12-05 23:01:08

The State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain said it is not possible to build the country beautiful without volunteers and added those who work as volunteers are genuine social...

BB opens liquidity support to Islamic banks

BB opens liquidity support to Islamic banks

-- 2022-12-05 22:05:38

Bangladesh Bank has opened short-term liquidity support to the Islamic banks that have been hit by withdrawal pressure amid a barrage of reports on suspicious lending. To aid liquidity management and...

Gaibandha-5 by–election likely to held by Jan 15

Gaibandha-5 by–election likely to held by Jan 15

-- 2022-12-05 20:41:16

Gaibandha-5 by-election is likely to be held by January 15, Election Commissioner Rasheda Sultana said Monday. Following the death of Gaibandha-5 lawmaker and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Fazle R...

Bangladesh reports 44, 000 deaths from tuberculosis in 2021

Bangladesh reports 44, 000 deaths from tuberculosis in 2021

-- 2022-12-05 20:17:48

About 44,000 Tuberculosis (TB) affected people died in Bangladesh in 2021, speakers said based on a statistic from World Health Organization (WHO). Besides, around 0.36 million people are affected by...

BNP to get befitting reply if it resorts to chaos on December 10: Obaidul Quader

BNP to get befitting reply if it resorts to chaos on December 10: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-12-05 19:57:00

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the government will not show any lenience if BNP tries to do excesses, resort to chaos and create threats to people's property in the name of hol...

Dengue patients are dying for seeking late treatment, says health minister

Dengue patients are dying for seeking late treatment, says health minister

-- 2022-12-05 19:53:25

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said that more dengue patients are dying due to availing treatment too late. The minister said this in his remarks to journalists after meeting with the ambassadors...