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Strike halts bus services between Dhaka and five districts ahead of BNP rally

Strike halts bus services between Dhaka and five districts ahead of BNP rally

-- 2022-11-11 19:37:53

Bus services between the capital city and five southern districts including Barishal have halted due to a strike enforced by transport workers and owners ahead of the BNP’s rally on Saturday in...

Bangladesh allows renewal of e-passports online from home

Bangladesh allows renewal of e-passports online from home

-- 2022-11-11 19:14:51

Bangladeshis will be able to renew their e-passports online from now on, a senior official at the Department of Immigration and Passports has said. Ommey Salma Tanzia, the additional DG for human res...

Our economy still strong enough to prevent Sri Lanka-like situation: PM

Our economy still strong enough to prevent Sri Lanka-like situation: PM

-- 2022-11-11 18:44:56

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken a dig at critics who forecast a Sri Lanka-style economic crisis in Bangladesh, saying the national economy is still strong enough to prevent any such situation....

Patients suffer as power disruptions cripple services at SBMCH

Patients suffer as power disruptions cripple services at SBMCH

-- 2022-11-11 17:52:54

Doctors and nurses at Barishal's Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) are finding it hard to provide treatment to patients as electricity supply has been snapped in five units of the hospita...

Lighterage vessel workers launch strike in Chattogram

Lighterage vessel workers launch strike in Chattogram

-- 2022-11-11 17:37:53

Lighterage vessel workers have called for an indefinite strike, halting the delivery and transportation of goods at the Chattogram port’s outer anchorage. Shipping workers at all levels launche...

Bangladesh reports 48 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh reports 48 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2022-11-11 17:36:30

Bangladesh has recorded 48 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,109, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,426 over the 2...

Madaripur-Faridpur bus services halted ahead of BNP rally

Madaripur-Faridpur bus services halted ahead of BNP rally

-- 2022-11-11 16:31:01

Travellers in Madaripur are facing an uphill struggle to reach their destinations in and via Faridpur as bus services have been suspended ahead of a rally organised by the BNP. According to bdnews24....

Dengue claims another life, 266 hospitalised

Dengue claims another life, 266 hospitalised

-- 2022-11-11 16:15:43

With another death reported in 24 hours till Friday morning, this year's dengue fatalities have climbed to 193. During this period, 266 patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to t...

Light fog likely during early morning, night

Light fog likely during early morning, night

-- 2022-11-11 15:59:57

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted that the weather may remain dry with a partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours, commencing at 9:00 am. Light fog may occur at...

Two die as picnic bus overturns in Chattogram

Two die as picnic bus overturns in Chattogram

-- 2022-11-11 13:10:03

Two people have died after a picnic bus veered out of control and tipped over in Chattogram's Lohagara Upazila. The accident took place on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway in the upazila's Ch...

WB vice president to visit Bangladesh Saturday

WB vice president to visit Bangladesh Saturday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-11 12:53:52

World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region, Martin Raiser, accompanied by incoming Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan Abdoulaye Seck will arrive in Dhaka on Saturday.  “I...

Food insecurity takes alarming turn

Food insecurity takes alarming turn

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2022-11-11 10:19:58

Food insecurity in Bangladesh has worsened alarmingly in recent time, mainly due to the fallouts of the Covid-19 pandemic followed by rising prices of essential food items, according to the findings o...

BSMRB construction on using new tech

BSMRB construction on using new tech

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-11-11 08:47:04

After the Padma road-cum-rail bridge, the dedicated railway bridge over Jamuna River is going to be another example of the country's unique bridge for adopting new technology. Project officials said...

DNNC to cultivate fishes in Dhaka lakes

DNNC to cultivate fishes in Dhaka lakes

-- 2022-11-10 20:41:11

Dhaka north city mayor Atiqul Islam has said fishes will be cultivated in Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara lakes in Dhaka after preventing water pollution. "Though we are cleaning lake, canal and drai...

Maldives FM condoles death of Bangladeshis in fire

Maldives FM condoles death of Bangladeshis in fire

-- 2022-11-10 20:40:36

Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid has expressed sympathy to Bangladesh over the death of two Bangladeshis in a tragic fire in Male. In a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdu...

52,000 tonnes of wheat arrive from Ukraine

52,000 tonnes of wheat arrive from Ukraine

-- 2022-11-10 20:32:28

A Liberian flag-ship carrying 52,500 tonnes of wheat from Ukraine arrived at Chattogram port. The cargo ship "Magnum Fortune'' reached the outer anchorage of the port on Wednesday evening for the fir...

Buet student Fardin murder case transferred to DB

Buet student Fardin murder case transferred to DB

-- 2022-11-10 20:20:20

Buet student Fardin Noor Parash murder case has been transferred to the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). “Now, DB police will investigate the case,” Rafiqul Islam...

Former employees file cases against Grameen Telecom for dues     

Former employees file cases against Grameen Telecom for dues    

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-11-10 19:39:44

A total of eight fresh cases have been filed with the third Labour Court in Dhaka against Grameen Telecom, over a claim of getting five per cent of net profit of the company under the Bangladesh Labou...

Gas reserve found in abandoned well of Beanibazar

Gas reserve found in abandoned well of Beanibazar

-- 2022-11-10 19:25:25

Bapex, the state-owned gas and oil exploration entity, has found fresh gas reserve in an abandoned well of Beanibazar under Sylhet Gas Field. Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company L...

Continuity of government key to growth: Hasina

Continuity of government key to growth: Hasina

-- 2022-11-10 19:12:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has attributed Bangladesh's continued growth over the last decade to the fact that the Awami League has been able to govern for three consecutive terms. "My only aim is t...

HC stays proceedings of defamation case against Barrister Mainul

HC stays proceedings of defamation case against Barrister Mainul

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-10 18:58:26

The High Court (HC) on Thursday stayed for three months the trial proceedings of a defamation case filed against former advisor to the caretaker government Barrister Mainul Hosein by a woman journalis...

Dengue claims five more lives, 888 hospitalised in 24 hours

Dengue claims five more lives, 888 hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2022-11-10 18:46:30

Five dengue patients died while 888 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8:00 am today). "As many as 475 dengue patients were hospitalised i...

Bangladesh wants to import petroleum from Saudi Arabia at lower price

Bangladesh wants to import petroleum from Saudi Arabia at lower price

-- 2022-11-10 18:34:37

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that Bangladesh wants to import petroleum from Saudi Arabia at a relatively lower price. He conveyed such interest when Sa...

Local organisation doing wonders in climate-vulnerable haor areas

Local organisation doing wonders in climate-vulnerable haor areas

Shadique Mahbub Islam   2022-11-10 18:07:51

Before tourism in the Haor region got nationwide attention a few years ago, it had been a mostly community-based local ecosystem with its distinct financial structure and marketplace. When tourism bl...

Bangladesh reports 69 new Covid cases

Bangladesh reports 69 new Covid cases

-- 2022-11-10 17:06:02

Bangladesh has recorded 69 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,061. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,426 over the 24-hour period, reports...

EU announces €3m aid for Rohingyas in Bhasan Char

EU announces €3m aid for Rohingyas in Bhasan Char

-- 2022-11-10 16:34:57

The European Union (EU) has announced additional Euro 3.0 million support for the Rohingyas in Bhasan Char. EU Commissioner for Home Affairs YIva Johansson announced the assistance at an event at the...

Govt's purchase committee approves 13 proposals

Govt's purchase committee approves 13 proposals

-- 2022-11-10 16:25:15

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) has approved some 13 procurement proposals including import of sugar and fertilizer. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presided over the virtual m...

Two trustees of North South University get bail in embezzlement case

Two trustees of North South University get bail in embezzlement case

-- 2022-11-10 16:10:46

The High Court has granted a six-month bail to two trustees of North South University, MA Kashem and Rehana Rahman, who were sent to jail in a case of embezzlement. Justice SM Kuddus Zaman and Justic...

PM attributes country's development to government's long stay in power

PM attributes country's development to government's long stay in power

-- 2022-11-10 16:03:02

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that Bangladesh is making commendable progress in development thanks to her government’s long stay in power. “Since we have been in power for...

Buet student Fardin’s friend Bushra remanded

Buet student Fardin’s friend Bushra remanded

-- 2022-11-10 15:23:43

A court has granted police five days to question Amatullah Bushra, a friend of Fardin Noor Parash who was found dead in a river, over the BUET student's murder. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi H...