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Militants were taking advanced training in hills, says RAB

Militants were taking advanced training in hills, says RAB

-- 2022-11-04 19:11:30

Members of Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya, a recently discovered Islamist outfit, were sent to hill areas for advanced training after they learnt the basics in different islands in Patuakhali and B...

Education minister for removing age limit for public university admission 

Education minister for removing age limit for public university admission 

-- 2022-11-04 17:46:19

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni has said that the age barrier and time limit should be removed for admission to public universities of Bangladesh.    People of any age have the right to stu...

Dengue claims another life, 498 hospitalised in 24 hours 

Dengue claims another life, 498 hospitalised in 24 hours 

-- 2022-11-04 17:31:28

Another death from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning raised this year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 162.  During the period, 498 patients were hospital...

Bandarban tourist ban extended till November 8 

Bandarban tourist ban extended till November 8 

-- 2022-11-04 17:24:32

Bandarban district administration has further extended the temporary ban on tourism at Ruma, Rowangchhari, Alikadam and Thanchi upazilas till November 8 as part of high security measure.  A publ...

Three teens die in Barguna motorcycle crash

Three teens die in Barguna motorcycle crash

-- 2022-11-04 17:13:07

Three teenage boys have died in a motorcycle accident in Barguna’s Betagi Upazila. The accident occurred in the Khanerhat area around 11:30 pm on Thursday, according to Shah Alam Howlader Hanan...

88 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

88 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-11-04 16:43:02

Bangladesh has recorded 88 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,035,745, according to the latest government data released on Friday. The death toll from the disease...

Transport strike cuts off Barishal ahead of BNP rally

Transport strike cuts off Barishal ahead of BNP rally

-- 2022-11-04 16:21:28

A two-day transport strike has cut Barishal off from the rest of the country ahead of BNP’s divisional rally in the city to be held on Saturday. The strike has ostensibly been called to demand...

A focus on climate challenges in Bangladesh

A focus on climate challenges in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 13:47:41

Despite being one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, Bangladesh has been taking various effective and innovative measures to cope with the adverse impacts of climate chan...

Bangladesh Constitution Day today

Bangladesh Constitution Day today

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 13:20:40

Today is the Bangladesh Constitution Day as the Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh on November 4, 1972 and came into effect on De...

Bangladesh amends colonial law disallowing questioning of rape victim’s character, sexual behaviour

Bangladesh amends colonial law disallowing questioning of rape victim’s character, sexual behaviour

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 11:16:37

Parliament has passed an amendment to the Evidence Act 1872 to remove the capacity of the defence in a rape case to question the alleged victim’s character or past sexual behaviour, bdnews...

Killers of Bangabandhu committed jail killing, PM tells JS

Killers of Bangabandhu committed jail killing, PM tells JS

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 10:27:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the Parliament that jail killing on this day in 1975 was committed by those who had killed Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, BSS reports....

COP 27: Call for actions to limit global average temp rise to 1.5°C

COP 27: Call for actions to limit global average temp rise to 1.5°C

FE REPORT 2022-11-04 09:57:50

Different civil-society organisations called for escalating actions to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius to rescue the earth from a catastrophe. They also underscored t...

Define climate-induced loss and damage exactly: Experts

Define climate-induced loss and damage exactly: Experts

FE REPORT 2022-11-04 09:04:17

Country's leading climate experts suggested fixing the exact definition of loss and damage and making a proper calculation to claim a fund from the global parties for the climate-induced loss and dama...

Parliament passes law allowing digital evidences in court trial

Parliament passes law allowing digital evidences in court trial

-- 2022-11-03 21:44:51

Bangladesh Parliament on Thursday unanimously passed the much talked about "The Evidence (Amendment) Bill, 2022" incorporating the admissibility of digital evidences by the court. Law Minister Anisul...

DMP bans public movement within 200 yards of HSC test centres 

DMP bans public movement within 200 yards of HSC test centres 

-- 2022-11-03 20:25:25

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on the movement of anyone except Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) students and exam officials, within 200 yards of test centres in Dhaka.&nbs...

Police officers retired due to ‘lack of skills and patriotism’, says Minister

Police officers retired due to ‘lack of skills and patriotism’, says Minister

-- 2022-11-03 20:04:55

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said the government recently retired three superintendents and two deputy inspectors general of police because of their “ineptitude” and a “lack of...

Nine more dengue patients die, highest single-day deaths this year

Nine more dengue patients die, highest single-day deaths this year

-- 2022-11-03 18:40:27

With the death of nine more dengue patients in 24 hours till Thursday morning, the official death toll from the disease this year rose to 161. This is the highest death toll from dengue in a day this...

New gas found in Bhola, will take two years to start production

New gas found in Bhola, will take two years to start production

-- 2022-11-03 17:33:02

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Thursday announced a new structure of 239 billion cubic feet (BCF) of natural gas from the exploration well No-Togbi-1 under Bhol...

Gas crisis cuts sugar production, says Minister

Gas crisis cuts sugar production, says Minister

-- 2022-11-03 17:16:08

A gas supply crisis at mills has reduced the production of sugar and increased the market price, according to Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi. But sugar can still be bought at the market, the commerce...

Bangladesh reports 140 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh reports 140 new Covid cases, one death

-- 2022-11-03 17:11:48

Bangladesh has recorded 140 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,035,657. The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,425 over the 24-hour period, according t...

Police trace Biman question leak scandal to top official’s room

Police trace Biman question leak scandal to top official’s room

-- 2022-11-03 17:08:27

Police have unravelled the recruitment exam question leak from Biman Bangladesh headquarters, where the questions were digitally duplicated and sent out in return for money. The Detective Branch of D...

AL has no problem with BNP's peaceful movements: PM

AL has no problem with BNP's peaceful movements: PM

এফই অনলাইন ডেস্ক 2022-11-03 10:46:04

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina said her party has no problem with BNP's ongoing anti-government programmes, unless those turn into violent ones, BSS reports. "BNP is holding...

PM pays homage to Bangabandhu and four national leaders on Jail Killing Day

PM pays homage to Bangabandhu and four national leaders on Jail Killing Day

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-03 09:55:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Nov 3, 2022) paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four national leaders marking the Jail Killing Day. In showing respec...

Female BCL leader arrested for ‘cattle lifting’

Female BCL leader arrested for ‘cattle lifting’

-- 2022-11-02 21:21:53

A female leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was arrested for her alleged involvement in cattle lifting in the Dhamrai area of Savar upazila of Dhaka on Wednesday. She was identified as Babli A...

JS passes Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation Bill to expedite exploration 

JS passes Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation Bill to expedite exploration 

-- 2022-11-02 20:28:11

The Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation Bill, 2022 was passed in Parliament to expedite the exploration of oil, gas and mineral resources in the country.  The new law will replace t...

Opposition parties trying to unstable situation amid global crisis, says PM

Opposition parties trying to unstable situation amid global crisis, says PM

-- 2022-11-02 20:00:17

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the government has been taking the required measures to ease the public sufferings despite the opposition parties' attempts to 'net fish in troubled water' c...

E-Orange owners transacted Tk 1.2b through 24 accounts, BFIU finds

E-Orange owners transacted Tk 1.2b through 24 accounts, BFIU finds

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-02 19:57:05

E-commerce marketplaces E-Orange, Orange Bangladesh and Red Orange have transacted Tk 22.21 billion through 13 accounts from January 2019 to September 2021, said a report of the Bangladesh Financial I...

Dengue claims four more lives, 1,094 hospitalised in 24 hours

Dengue claims four more lives, 1,094 hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2022-11-02 19:56:41

Four dengue patients died while 1,094 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8:00 am today). "As many as 600 dengue patients were hospitalised...

BNP is the father of revenge politics: Obaidul Quader

BNP is the father of revenge politics: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-11-02 19:30:53

Claiming that Awami League does not believe in the politics of revenge, Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP is the father of such politics. “The August of 1975 giv...

CEC says law will decide Khaleda’s participation in polls

CEC says law will decide Khaleda’s participation in polls

-- 2022-11-02 19:13:40

Chief Elecion Commission (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Wednesday said that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia must fit into the legal framework if she wants to participate in the next national election. Awal m...