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Bhorer Pata editor remanded in forgery case

Bhorer Pata editor remanded in forgery case

-- 2022-11-02 18:13:48

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has been granted a one-day remand to interrogate Dr Kazi Ertaza Hassan, editor and publisher of the daily Bhorer Pata, who was arrested in a forgery case. Met...

Bangladesh reports 183 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh reports 183 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2022-11-02 17:29:56

Bangladesh has recorded 183 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,035,517. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,423 over the 24-hour period, accord...

Man stabbed to death on moving picnic bus in city 

Man stabbed to death on moving picnic bus in city 

-- 2022-11-02 17:18:59

A man has been stabbed to death and another wounded on a moving picnic bus in Dhaka.   Unidentified miscreants attacked the men in the Asad Gate area on Tuesday evening, according to police. &nb...

HC questions legitimacy of Nagad’s licence

HC questions legitimacy of Nagad’s licence

-- 2022-11-02 16:57:52

The High Court has questioned the legitimacy of the licence of Nagad, a mobile money company under the Bangladesh Post Office. Following a Wednesday writ petition hearing, Justice Md Mozibur Rahman M...

Another cyclone may strike Bangladesh in November

Another cyclone may strike Bangladesh in November

-- 2022-11-02 16:09:09

Another cyclone may strike Bangladesh in November, the Met Office said in its long-term climate outlook report, as the country tries to recover from the effects of Cyclone Sitrang, which left dozens o...

Work to change people's fate with patriotism, PM asks BCS officers

Work to change people's fate with patriotism, PM asks BCS officers

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-02 13:53:32

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Nov 1, 2022) asked the new Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) officers to work for changing the lot of the countrymen being inspired with patriotism, BSS reports. "I u...

Chandpur pottery industry shrinks

Chandpur pottery industry shrinks

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CHANDPUR 2022-11-02 11:42:45

With time, traditional pottery industry is losing its magnificence in the district and elsewhere in the country. It is disappearing gradually. The centuries-old pottery industry is in crisis today du...

Jail Killing Day tomorrow

Jail Killing Day tomorrow

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-02 10:14:57

The Jail Killing Day will be observed tomorrow (Nov 3, 2022) as it is the second disgraceful incident in the country after the brutal assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur R...

BNP's democracy means launching torture on opposition: Joy

BNP's democracy means launching torture on opposition: Joy

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-02 10:12:20

BNP's democracy meant carrying out torture and oppression on the opposition party as the BNP-Jamaat government used to foil Awami League rally by charging batons and firing tear gas, Prime Minister's...

Improper waste management cause severe health, environmental hazard: Report

Improper waste management cause severe health, environmental hazard: Report

-- 2022-11-01 21:01:02

Improper waste management has become a severe health and environmental hazard certainly for the informal workers in the sector against the growing population and consumption, said a new report on Tues...

1,929 get govt jobs through 40th BCS exams

1,929 get govt jobs through 40th BCS exams

-- 2022-11-01 20:53:43

The government has appointed 1,929 candidates in the 40th Bangladesh Civil Service exams to jobs under different cadres, reports bdnews24.com. The public administration ministry announced the appoint...

Tk 18.93b electricity bills unpaid by govt ministries, departments: Nasrul

Tk 18.93b electricity bills unpaid by govt ministries, departments: Nasrul

-- 2022-11-01 20:23:16

State minister for power Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday said the power department will get Tk 18.93 billion as unpaid electricity bill from various ministries and departments of the government till September...

UN, ADB assure support to Bangladesh to deal climate effect

UN, ADB assure support to Bangladesh to deal climate effect

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-01 20:13:44

High officials of the UN and ADB on Tuesday said they will provide necessary assistance to Bangladesh to combat climate change, including the implementation of the National Adaptation Plan. United Na...

Bangladesh reports 94 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh reports 94 new Covid cases, one death

-- 2022-11-01 18:55:44

Bangladesh has logged 94 new Covid-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 2,035,334, as the death toll rose by 1 to 29,424. As many as 3,074 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity ra...

Food adulteration increased alarmingly, says health minister

Food adulteration increased alarmingly, says health minister

-- 2022-11-01 18:44:08

Food adulteration has increased alarmingly across the country, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday. "Almost all the foods we eat are adulterated", he said while addressing an opinion exchan...

Test-run begins for Padma Bridge Rail link project

Test-run begins for Padma Bridge Rail link project

-- 2022-11-01 18:20:23

Test run of a train "track car" began on the 32 km new railway line from Bhanga to near Padma Bridge under the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project on Tuesday. The experimental train departed the Bhanga st...

Aman rice procurement price rises to Tk 42 per kg

Aman rice procurement price rises to Tk 42 per kg

-- 2022-11-01 18:00:58

The government has raised the procurement price of Aman rice paddy by Tk 1.0 and the price of rice by Tk 2.0 in the current season. The new procurement price of the paddy is now Tk 28 per kg, while t...

Canada urged to find alternative way to send back Nur Chowdhury 

Canada urged to find alternative way to send back Nur Chowdhury 

-- 2022-11-01 17:42:24

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has requested the Canadian government to find an alternative way to send back Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's convic...

Law minister says government will support Election Commission in holding fair election

Law minister says government will support Election Commission in holding fair election

-- 2022-11-01 17:28:36

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said the government will provide all necessary support to the Election Commission (EC) in holding a free and fair election. “I have clearly said that the Bang...

Bangladesh requests Canada to find alternative way to extradite Bangabandhu’s killer Nur

Bangladesh requests Canada to find alternative way to extradite Bangabandhu’s killer Nur

-- 2022-11-01 16:18:22

Bangladesh has requested Canada to find an alternative way to extradite Nur Chowdhury, the self-confessed and convicted killer of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.Law Minister An...

Dhaka Court orders arrest of Tarique, wife Zubaida in graft case

Dhaka Court orders arrest of Tarique, wife Zubaida in graft case

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-01 15:36:03

A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against BNP's acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over owning assets in excess o...

Engage in food production to evade possible famine, PM asks youths

Engage in food production to evade possible famine, PM asks youths

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-01 14:34:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Nov 1, 2022) asked the youths to engage in producing and processing food to tackle impending global famine and food crisis forecast by international organisations d...

Cricketer Al-Amin Hossain gets permanent bail in domestic violence case

Cricketer Al-Amin Hossain gets permanent bail in domestic violence case

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-01 12:45:05

Al-Amin Hossain, who has played as a pacer for the Bangladesh national cricket team, has received permanent bail in a case filed by his wife over domestic violence surrounding demands for dowry,...

PM confers "Friends of Liberation War Honour" posthumously on Edward M Kennedy Sr

PM confers "Friends of Liberation War Honour" posthumously on Edward M Kennedy Sr

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-01 09:49:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Oct 31, 2022) conferred "Friends of Liberation War Honour" on US Senator Edward M Kennedy Sr for his great contribution to Bangladesh's Liberation War, BSS reports....

Most American people supported Bangladesh during liberation war: Ted Kennedy

Most American people supported Bangladesh during liberation war: Ted Kennedy

-- 2022-10-31 21:28:30

While recalling his father Edward M. Kennedy’s moral stand towards the right cause of Bangladesh’s freedom, his son Ted Kennedy on Monday said most American people supported the struggle f...

Calls to cut rock particles import duty, allow electric car to curb air pollution

Calls to cut rock particles import duty, allow electric car to curb air pollution

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-31 21:10:20

The government should cut the existing high import duty on stone/rock particles to make the concrete blocks more affordable against the conventional hazardous fired bricks. Meanwhile, the concerned r...

Lakes, canals becoming breeding hubs of mosquitoes: DNCC mayor

Lakes, canals becoming breeding hubs of mosquitoes: DNCC mayor

-- 2022-10-31 20:41:18

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Md. Atiqul Islam has said lakes and canals in Dhaka have become the breeding hubs of mosquitoes instead of fish. The mayor said, “Untreated sewage waste from...

Four die as bus, pickup truck crash autorickshaw in Cumilla

Four die as bus, pickup truck crash autorickshaw in Cumilla

-- 2022-10-31 20:25:28

A bus has slammed into a CNG-run autorickshaw sending it flying into the path of a pickup truck which thrashed it, leaving four passengers dead and two others injured in Cumilla. The accident occurre...

High Court stays activities of BERC body formed to adjust gas price

High Court stays activities of BERC body formed to adjust gas price

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-31 20:06:17

The High Court has suspended for three months the activities of the committee formed by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to recommend adjustment of natural gas prices at the retail a...

We know some secrets behind BNP’s ongoing movement: Obaidul Quader

We know some secrets behind BNP’s ongoing movement: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-10-31 19:29:34

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said that BNP’s dream of toppling the government on December 10 and returning to power would not be realised. Obaidul Quader, also the ro...