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Bangladesh to ban ‘suckermouth catfish' as it threatens aquatic biodiversity

bdnews24.com 2022-11-16 14:30:12

The government has finally taken the initiative to ban the 'suckermouth catfish' species which has become a cause for concern among fish farmers. The fish, considered a threat to aquatic ecolog...

Mahbub Jamil, a businessman and cultural personality, dies at 83

bdnews24.com 2022-11-16 13:59:11

Mahbub Jamil, a businessman and a cultural personality, who was also part of the Fakhruddin Ahmed-led caretaker government, has died in hospital care at the age of 83. He passed away while unde...

Bangladesh-India border haat in Kurigram’s Baliamari to reopen in Dec

UNB 2022-11-16 13:32:36

After a long pause, the Baliamari Border Haat – along the Bangladesh-India border – under Rajibpur upazila of Kurigram district will reopen in the first week of December, said authorities....

Election Bangladesh’s own issue, not foreigners’ concern: Turkish Ambassador

UNB 2022-11-16 12:50:42

Turkish Ambassador Mustafa Osman Turan on Wednesday said holding a free and fair election in Bangladesh is not an issue for foreigners, it depends entirely on Bangladesh. “It’s only for B...

Noise pollution: The lethal soundtrack to life in Dhaka

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-16 10:30:54

There are numerous factors that have turned Dhaka into one of the most unliveable cities in the world, but one that manages to fly under the radar despite growing to alarming levels in recent years is...

Bangladesh will introduce e-visa ‘soon’, home minister says

bdnews24.com 2022-11-16 09:03:16

The government will launch electronic visa or e-visa services ‘soon’ as part of its efforts to fully digitalise the passport and immigration sector, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Ka...

Bangladesh abstains from voting against Russia in UN

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-15 22:24:28

Bangladesh is among the 73 countries which abstained from voting in the UN General Assembly on a resolution calling for Russia to be held accountable for invading Ukraine in violation of international...

Bangladesh aims becoming self-sufficient in onions: Agriculture Minister

-- 2022-11-15 20:39:31

The government is emphasising the cultivation of onions during summer or the off-season to achieve self-sufficiency of the produce, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque said on Tuesday. During the pea...

New BD airline Air Astra set to fly from Nov 24

-- 2022-11-15 20:19:06

Air Astra, the country's newest private airline, is set to start its maiden commercial flight with a flight on the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route on November 24. The airliner, which is going to spread its w...

Korea to organise Drone Road Show in city

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-15 20:12:28

“Bangladesh-Korea Drone Road Show”, a half-day conference on UAVs and related software solutions, will be held at Sheraton Dhaka on Wednesday. This event, organised by the Embassy of the...

BNP seeks permission for Dec 10 rally in Dhaka

-- 2022-11-15 19:54:53

Police will review intelligence reports from government agencies to decide whether to allow the BNP to hold a rally in Dhaka on Dec 10. A BNP delegation met Khandker Golam Faruq, commissioner of Dhak...

HC reconstitutes board of directors for People’s Leasing

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-15 19:18:12

The High Court has reconstituted the board of directors for People’s Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFSL), a non-bank financial institution, in a bid to cut down the expenses of the co...

Bangladesh urges international community to include climate-migration in negotiation

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-15 19:06:08

Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen urged the international community to take collective actions to mainstream the issue of climate-induced migration in climate change negotiations, a spokesperson of...

Sahinuddin murder: PBI asked to submit probe report on Dec 20

-- 2022-11-15 18:32:05

A Dhaka court Tuesday asked Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit its report on December 20 on re-investigation in a case over businessman Sahinuddin murder in the capital's Pallabi area. Dh...

RMG workers stage demo protesting sexual harassment

-- 2022-11-15 18:15:43

The workers of a ready-made garment (RMG) in Savar have staged demonstrations in Dhaka protesting the sexual harassment of women workers. The workers formed a human chain under the banner of the Nati...

Dengue claims eight more lives in 24 hours

-- 2022-11-15 17:51:18

A total of six dengue patients died while 692 were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours ended at 8:00 am today (Tuesday). On November 3, Bangladesh logged nine de...

Bangladesh reports 29 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2022-11-15 17:38:33

Bangladesh has recorded 29 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,233. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,429, as no new fatalities were reg...

Mayor of West Midlands praises role of Bangladesh diaspora

-- 2022-11-15 17:35:55

Mayor of West Midlands, UK, Andy Street has praised the role of the Bangladesh diaspora in the West Midlands in the development of Birmingham. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam had...

Rohingya drug traffickers involved in Zero Point shooting, says home minister

-- 2022-11-15 17:06:36

Rohingya drug traffickers were involved in a shootout with Bangladesh armed forces at the Zero Point of the border in Bandarban’s Tumabru, according to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan. Banglades...

Review appeal submitted to raise bulk power tariff

-- 2022-11-15 16:57:29

State-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has filed a review appeal to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission to raise the bulk power tariff. “We’ve filed an appeal to th...

Road crash claims three lives in Narsingdi

-- 2022-11-15 16:29:14

At least three people were killed and nine others injured in a collision between multiple vehicles on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Raipura upazila in Narsingdi on Tuesday. The victims were identified...

Plying of three-wheelers: Road safety council for close monitoring of five highways

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-15 14:51:38

Five national highways will be brought under close monitoring to check the plying of two and three-wheelers including easy-bikes, deviating from an earlier decision to ban these vehicles in 2015. The...

COP27: FM calls for collective action to mainstream climate-induced migration in negotiations

UNB 2022-11-15 14:25:31

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged the international community to fully appreciate the scale and urgency of the climate-induced migration and take collective action to mainstream the issue i...

Engage people to enhance capacity: PM Hasina to Firefighters

UNB 2022-11-15 14:17:32

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the Fire Service and Civil Defence to focus on boosting the capacity by engaging the common people in its operations. “You should strengthen the di...

BNP meets DMP commissioner to seek permission for Dec 10 rally

UNB 2022-11-15 14:10:36

BNP has sought permission from Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to hold their much-talked-about rally in front of the party’s Naypaltan central office in the capital on December 10. A delegation...

Move on to formulate guideline on setting max speed limits for roads

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-11-15 08:53:33

A move has been taken to formulate a guideline on setting maximum speed limits for different types of road infrastructure in the country. At present, the country has nearly 400,000 kilometre road inf...

DNCC plans to set up app-based parking system in Gulshan

-- 2022-11-14 23:13:04

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) with assistance from police plans to set up an app-based parking system in Gulshan in an effort to prevent people from pulling up their vehicles at random place...

Hasan Mahmud says BNP should seek apology before using Padma Bridge

-- 2022-11-14 21:23:35

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday said BNP leaders, who carried out propaganda against the Padma Bridge extremely, should seek an apology to the Prime Minister and the natio...

COP27: Bangladesh among first countries to get global shield financial support

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-14 21:00:26

Bangladesh has been named among the first recipients of Global Shield’s financial support to address the climate risks in the country, according to a joint press release of V20, The Vulnera...

‘Around 6,500 become climate refugees in Bangladesh every year’

-- 2022-11-14 20:27:41

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that some 6,500 people become homeless every year due to climate change in Bangladesh. "Around 6,500 people have been displaced every year due to climate chan...