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Bangladesh to implement 30-year plan for expanding nationwide rail connectivity 

Bangladesh to implement 30-year plan for expanding nationwide rail connectivity 

-- 2022-10-31 19:22:21

Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque on Monday said the government has taken a 30-year programme for developing and expanding country-wide railway connectivity.  “The government has ta...

Indian citizen dies in Gopalganj jail

Indian citizen dies in Gopalganj jail

-- 2022-10-31 19:03:52

An Indian citizen, who had been under trial for illegal entry into Bangladesh, died of heart attack at the central jail of Gopalganj on Sunday night, jail authorities said. The deceased was identifie...

Ban on cutting trees in reserved forests extended until 2030

Ban on cutting trees in reserved forests extended until 2030

-- 2022-10-31 18:24:02

The cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to extend the ban on cutting trees in the country's reserved and natural forests until 2030 in a bid to protect the biodiversity. The approval came at the we...

PM Hasina greets Lula on winning Brazil election 

PM Hasina greets Lula on winning Brazil election 

-- 2022-10-31 18:23:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on winning the presidential elections in Brazil and is looking forward to working together for world peace and strengthen the p...

Bangladesh orders retirement of two additional DIGs

Bangladesh orders retirement of two additional DIGs

-- 2022-10-31 17:42:29

The government has sent two additional deputy inspectors general into compulsory retirement, just two weeks after ordering three superintendents of police to step down. In separate notices on Monday,...

Dengue claims six more lives, death toll rises to 141

Dengue claims six more lives, death toll rises to 141

-- 2022-10-31 17:21:17

Five more deaths from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning raised this year's fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 141. During the period, 873more patients were hospitalised...

Bangladesh reports 88 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh reports 88 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2022-10-31 17:14:02

Bangladesh has logged 88 new Covid-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 2,035,240, as the death toll remains unchanged at 29,423. As many as 3,644 samples were tested across the country, for a...

Six arrested in Dhaka for money laundering using gambling apps

Six arrested in Dhaka for money laundering using gambling apps

-- 2022-10-31 16:33:43

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested six men for laundering millions of money to places outside Bangladesh using online gambling apps such as ‘Teen Patti Gold’. The arrestees wer...

Sabih Uddin, adviser to BNP chief Khaleda Zia, dies at 76

Sabih Uddin, adviser to BNP chief Khaleda Zia, dies at 76

-- 2022-10-31 16:12:29

Sabih Uddin Ahmed, an adviser to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, has died in hospital care after suffering from health complications linked to a brain haemorrhage. Ahmed breathed his last at 7:35 am at...

Fifth victim dies from burns in Gazipur covered van fire

Fifth victim dies from burns in Gazipur covered van fire

-- 2022-10-31 15:38:00

Md Anwar Hossain, the fifth victim of a covered van fire in Gazipur, has died of his burns. For two weeks, Anwar, who hailed from Thakurgaon’s Pirganj and had suffered burns to 35 percent of hi...

New office hours from Nov 15

New office hours from Nov 15

-- 2022-10-31 15:23:59

Government offices and autonomous institutions will be open from 9 am to 4 pm, changing office hours after two months. A cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the decision on M...

Hilsa inadequate in Chandpur markets

Hilsa inadequate in Chandpur markets

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CHANDPUR 2022-10-31 11:44:13

Hilsa is now available in the district's wholesale markets. But its supply is insufficient. So its price is high. The fishers have been catching hilsa in the Meghna and Padma rivers since Saturday mi...

72nd birth anniversary of Behrouze Ispahani observed

72nd birth anniversary of Behrouze Ispahani observed

-- 2022-10-31 09:03:49

The 72nd birth anniversary of Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani was observed at Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School in Chattogram on Sunday. He was the 2nd son of Mirza Mehdi Ispahani, founder of Mirza Ahmed...

Flag meeting between Bangladesh-Myanmar border forces ends

Flag meeting between Bangladesh-Myanmar border forces ends

-- 2022-10-30 20:53:35

Myanmar officially expressed regret after Bangladesh on Sunday strongly protested its security forces flying helicopters over the Bangladesh-Myanmar border areas, firing of small arms and heavy weapon...

Bangladesh is a lucrative country for foreign investment, says Momen

Bangladesh is a lucrative country for foreign investment, says Momen

-- 2022-10-30 20:33:37

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that building partnerships in Bangladesh could be beneficial as the nation is a lucrative destination for foreign investment. "With each of our partner countr...

Awami League forms 11 sub-committees for its council

Awami League forms 11 sub-committees for its council

-- 2022-10-30 19:55:20

A total of 11 preparation sub-committees have been formed to hold the upcoming 22nd National Council of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) on December 24. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader disclosed this...

Bangladesh for strengthening regional cooperation to absorb economic shock

Bangladesh for strengthening regional cooperation to absorb economic shock

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-30 19:10:58

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said Bangladesh is firmly committed to maintaining cordial and friendly relations with all neighbouring countries in the spirit of its cardinal foreign pol...

Crude bomb blasts at newspaper office in Chapainawabganj 

Crude bomb blasts at newspaper office in Chapainawabganj 

-- 2022-10-30 18:34:42

Some unknown miscreants blasted a crude bomb at the office of Daily Chapai Chitra, a local newspaper, in Chapainawabganj district town on Sunday.   The bomb was thrown around 1:30 pm but no...

Standard Bank ex-MD lands in jail

Standard Bank ex-MD lands in jail

-- 2022-10-30 18:18:28

A Dhaka court has sent Mamun Ur Rashid, former managing director of Standard Bank, to jail in an embezzlement case.   Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Asaduzzaman issued the order on S...

Man gets life in jail for possession of Phensedyl in Feni 

Man gets life in jail for possession of Phensedyl in Feni 

-- 2022-10-30 18:03:18

A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for possession of the outlawed cough syrup, Phensedyl, in Feni district.  The district's Additional Sessions Judge Syed Md Kaiser Musharraf Yuruf pa...

Primary schools to have one shift from January

Primary schools to have one shift from January

-- 2022-10-30 17:53:54

All primary schools in the country will be operated under a uniform shift from January next year, Senior Secretary to Primary and Mass Education Ministry Aminul Islam Khan said today. The secretary s...

HC rules over legality of DMP's jurisdiction to prohibit any procession   

HC rules over legality of DMP's jurisdiction to prohibit any procession  

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-10-30 17:27:32

The High Court (HC) on Sunday questioned the legality of the jurisdiction of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in prohibiting any assembly or procession in Dhaka city. It has issued a rule upon the...

Dengue claims two more lives, 136 hospitalised in 24 hours  

Dengue claims two more lives, 136 hospitalised in 24 hours  

-- 2022-10-30 17:23:12

Two more deaths from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning raised this year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 136.  During this period, 1,020 more patients wer...

Bangladesh Navy gets two more maritime patrol aircraft

Bangladesh Navy gets two more maritime patrol aircraft

-- 2022-10-30 17:10:30

Two new maritime patrol aircraft (MPA-8322 and MPA -8327) were commissioned into the aviation fleet of the Bangladesh Navy. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina commissioned the maritime petrol aircraft at a...

Virat Kohli: The 'King of records' in World T20s

Virat Kohli: The 'King of records' in World T20s

Shuvro Saif 2022-10-30 16:53:34

After more than 2 years of struggling with the bat, the Indian batting sensation Virat Kohli has returned to his best with consecutive fifties in the ongoing T20 World Cup. Make no mistake, he scored...

Bangladesh reports 115 new COVID cases, four deaths in a day

Bangladesh reports 115 new COVID cases, four deaths in a day

-- 2022-10-30 16:42:37

Bangladesh has recorded 115 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,035,152. The death toll from the disease rose by four to 29,423 over the 24-hour period, according...

In Photos: Ted Kennedy, his family visit Old Dhaka

In Photos: Ted Kennedy, his family visit Old Dhaka

-- 2022-10-30 15:54:29

Late US Senator Edward M Kennedy's son Ted Kennedy Jr and his family members are on a seven-day visit to Bangladesh from Oct 30 to Nov 5 to join the yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of US-...

HC questions validity of police power to ban assembly in Dhaka

HC questions validity of police power to ban assembly in Dhaka

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-30 14:24:39

The High Court has called into question the legality of a statutory provision invoked by Dhaka Metropolitan Police to ban gatherings and processions in the capital in light of constitutional norms...

Ted Kennedy Jr, family members call on PM

Ted Kennedy Jr, family members call on PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-30 13:02:19

Late US Senator Edward M Kennedy's son Ted Kennedy Jr and his three family members paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence in Dhaka this morning (Oct...

JS goes into 20th session today

JS goes into 20th session today

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-30 11:27:46

The 20th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad begins at 4.30 pm today. Earlier, President Md Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Clause (1) of Article 72...