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EC declares Shahabuddin as next Bangladesh president

EC declares Shahabuddin as next Bangladesh president

bdnews24.com 2023-02-13 14:18:01

The Election Commission has declared Mohammed Shahabuddin as the next president of Bangladesh. A notice on the Awami League candidate as the head of state will be issued later on Monday, accord...

Two men die as covered van rams motorcycle in Cox’s Bazar

Two men die as covered van rams motorcycle in Cox’s Bazar

bdnews24.com 2023-02-13 12:28:04

Two motorcycle riders have died after a covered van ploughed into their vehicle in Cox’s Bazar's Idgaon. The incident occurred on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway in the upazila's...

Domestic helps cannot make ends meet with scanty wages, finds BILS survey

Domestic helps cannot make ends meet with scanty wages, finds BILS survey

FE Report 2023-02-13 08:28:14

Around 96 per cent of the house helps surveyed in a study cannot fulfil their basic needs with the scanty monthly wages they receive, reveals a study report unveiled on Sunday. The report also said a...

More funds sought for running Rohingya genocide case

More funds sought for running Rohingya genocide case

-- 2023-02-12 22:45:40

Gambian foreign minister Dr. Mamadou Tangara has hoped that more countries will make contributions to the Gambia regarding the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as the...

GP makes outgoing calls to Türkiye, Syria free

GP makes outgoing calls to Türkiye, Syria free

-- 2023-02-12 22:37:57

Grameenphone has made calls from Bangladesh to Türkiye and Syria free till February 15, as anxious family and friends attempt to speak to their loved ones caught up in the devastating earthquake...

More countries will contribute to running Rohingya genocide case, Gambia hopes

More countries will contribute to running Rohingya genocide case, Gambia hopes

-- 2023-02-12 22:02:22

Gambian Foreign Minister Dr Mamadou Tangara has expressed his hope that more countries will make contributions to Gambia regarding the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ...

Four injured during skirmishes between students of City, Ideal colleges

Four injured during skirmishes between students of City, Ideal colleges

-- 2023-02-12 20:59:51

Police have detained 10 students during a clash between two groups of Dhaka City College and Dhanmondi Ideal College students in the capital. At least four students sustained minor injuries during th...

BNP-Jamaat starts arson terrorism again: Obaidul Quader

BNP-Jamaat starts arson terrorism again: Obaidul Quader

-- 2023-02-12 20:56:21

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP-Jamaat has started arson terrorism once again in the country. "BNP-Jamaat has started the arson terrorism once again in the country. They ca...

Brahmanbaria lawyers will go back to their work from Monday, hopes Law Minister

Brahmanbaria lawyers will go back to their work from Monday, hopes Law Minister

-- 2023-02-12 19:44:27

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday expressed his hope that the lawyers of Brahmanbaria, who were boycotting courts from January 4, will go back to their work from Monday.  “A fruitful meeti...

Bangladesh to become a technologically developed country: PM

Bangladesh to become a technologically developed country: PM

-- 2023-02-12 19:30:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh will become “a technologically developed smart country” and never look back again. “Bangladesh is moving forward and will continue t...

Awami League-nominated president candidate Shahabuddin calls on PM

Awami League-nominated president candidate Shahabuddin calls on PM

-- 2023-02-12 19:27:33

Awami League (AL) nominated presidential candidate Mohammad Shahabuddin Chuppu on Sunday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister and AL President Sheikh Hasina. "Awami League nominated President candi...

Tiger census in Sundarbans continues in full swing

Tiger census in Sundarbans continues in full swing

-- 2023-02-12 17:51:53

Tiger census by using the camera trapping method in the Sundarbans is going on in full swing. Under the ‘Sundarbans Tiger Project’ the census was begun on January 1 last. Aiming to get a...

Bangladesh witness record increase of rice production to 44m tonnes in FY22

Bangladesh witness record increase of rice production to 44m tonnes in FY22

-- 2023-02-12 17:37:33

Rice production in the country increased to 44 million tonnes in the fiscal year 2021-22 (FY22), which broke the previous records, said Agriculture Minister Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzaque. Besides, in t...

19 personalities, two institutions named for Ekushey Padak

19 personalities, two institutions named for Ekushey Padak

-- 2023-02-12 17:28:16

Nineteen eminent personalities and two institutions will get the country's second highest civilian award, the Ekushey Padak, this year in recognition of their contributions to various fields. The Cul...

Six Covid-19 cases reported in a day

Six Covid-19 cases reported in a day

-- 2023-02-12 16:41:34

Bangladesh has recorded 6 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,679. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,444 over the 24-hour period, repo...

Inhabitants facing difficulties

Inhabitants facing difficulties

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-02-12 13:59:09

A large number of people living in two different government project locations have come under economic, environmental and social security threats, according to a new survey. They are the Dhaka Enviro...

Help people in villages in cultivation activities: PM to Ansar and VDP

Help people in villages in cultivation activities: PM to Ansar and VDP

UNB 2023-02-12 13:31:21

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated that the country will never look back again and it will move forward to become a developed, prosperous, and smart Bangladesh. “Insha Allah, this co...

AL nominates Shahabuddin Chuppu as next Bangladesh president

AL nominates Shahabuddin Chuppu as next Bangladesh president

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-12 12:50:11

The Awami League has nominated Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu as its candidate for the upcoming presidential election. A ruling party delegation led by Obaidul Quader submitted his nomination papers to...

50th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Vietnam observed

50th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Vietnam observed

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-12 09:58:51

Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the People's Republic of Bangladesh. To comm...

Police arrest Gazipur deliveryman for 'blackmailing girl with stolen photos'

Police arrest Gazipur deliveryman for 'blackmailing girl with stolen photos'

-- 2023-02-11 20:50:11

Police have arrested a deliveryman in Gazipur on charges of blackmailing a girl after stealing photos and videos from her mobile phone during parcel delivery. The law enforcers made the arrest at Rat...

Five-day fisheries management training launched in Chattogram

Five-day fisheries management training launched in Chattogram

-- 2023-02-11 19:13:50

A five-day training of trainers on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) was inaugurated at the BRAC Learning Center in Chattogram on Saturday. Asaduzzaman Russell, senior communicatio...

AL, BNP rallies clash in Sirajganj

AL, BNP rallies clash in Sirajganj

-- 2023-02-11 18:10:22

Separate rallies held by the Awami League and BNP in close proximity have escalated into a skirmish in Sirajganj Sadar Upazila. Supporters from both sides chased each other and threw brickbats during...

Lack of headway in Sagar-Runi murder probe frustrates family

Lack of headway in Sagar-Runi murder probe frustrates family

-- 2023-02-11 17:53:34

It has been 11 years since the gruesome killings of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. A decade after being tasked with the investigation into the murders, the Rapid Action Battalion ha...

Bangladesh reports nine new COVID cases in a day with no deaths

Bangladesh reports nine new COVID cases in a day with no deaths

-- 2023-02-11 17:44:33

Bangladesh has recorded nine new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,673. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,444 over the 24-hour period, a...

Slain BUET student Sony's father dies of cancer

Slain BUET student Sony's father dies of cancer

-- 2023-02-11 17:22:51

Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan, the father of Sabikunnahar Sony, who died in the crossfire between two factions of the Chhatra Dal two decades ago, has died after a battle with cancer. Habibur passed away at...

Civil society demands national policy for protecting people’s rights while implementing mega projects   

Civil society demands national policy for protecting people’s rights while implementing mega projects  

-- 2023-02-11 17:22:44

A seminar titled ‘Safeguarding Peoples’ Rights in Development Projects: Disclosure and Reality’ was held on Saturday at Dhaka Reporters' Unity's Nasrul Hamid auditorium. It was...

'Number of vacant seats at colleges more than admission seekers'

'Number of vacant seats at colleges more than admission seekers'

-- 2023-02-11 17:06:06

Education Minister Dipu Moni says the number of available spots at undergraduate institutions across Bangladesh is more than that of pupils who passed the higher secondary exams this year. Apart from...

How Bangladesh plans to modify the school textbooks

How Bangladesh plans to modify the school textbooks

-- 2023-02-11 16:59:59

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board is working to withdraw or modify history and social science books for classes six and seven that recently came under fire over errors and a heavy dose...

EC to purchase 700mt paper from Karnaphuli Mills ahead of national election

EC to purchase 700mt paper from Karnaphuli Mills ahead of national election

UNB 2023-02-11 13:15:10

The Election Commission will purchase paper from the state-owned Karnaphuli Paper Mills (KPM) ahead of the upcoming national parliamentary election. AKM Anisuzzaman, managing director of KMP, said EC...

Four CMC students injured in attack by BCL

Four CMC students injured in attack by BCL

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2023-02-11 09:08:36

CHATTOGRAM: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists beat up four students of Chattogram Medical College (CMC) on Friday. Of the four students two were admitted to ICU of Chittagong Medical College H...