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ACC probing BB, JSC, BSEC officials’ involvement in laundering Tk 37b

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-27 19:41:21

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating if there is any involvement of officials of Bangladesh Bank, Joint Stock Companies (JSC) and firms, and Bangladesh Securities Exchange Commission...

Bangladesh, Japan expect to elevate bilateral relations to ‘Strategic Partnership’ during Hasina’s Japan visit

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-27 19:38:16

Bangladesh and Japan expect to elevate bilateral relations to the ‘Strategic Partnership’ level during the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Japan on November 29 to  D...

Doa mahfil for FE journalist Raihan M Chowdhury Friday

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-27 19:37:33

A doa mahfil for the late journalist of the daily The Financial Express (FE) Raihan M Chowdhury will be held after Asr prayers at his family residence at Shantinagar in the capital on Friday. Relativ...

Zakia Sultana made information secretary

-- 2022-10-27 19:10:35

Industries Secretary Zakia Sultana has been made the secretary of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursda...

Dengue claims three more lives in 24 hours

-- 2022-10-27 19:04:47

Three more dengue patients died while 899 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours till Thursday morning. "As many as 491 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhak...

Healthcare system in dire straits as Covid couples with dengue 

-- 2022-10-27 18:04:02

With the nation's healthcare system still only recovering from the blow of the Coronavirus pandemic, many hospitals in the city including Dhaka Medical College Hospital are struggling to provide treat...

Minister calls for rigorous efforts to thwart question leaks

-- 2022-10-27 17:47:20

The authorities have, by and large, put an end to exam question leaks that marred the education system, barring a few exceptions, according to Education Minister Dipu Moni. There are some rogue eleme...

‘EC will look into the matter if Jamaat seeks registration under different name’

-- 2022-10-27 17:40:22

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said if Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami apply for the registration under different name then it will come under the notice of the Election Commission (EC). "T...

The Bookworm's sole outlet at Old Airport Road shuts down after 30 years

-- 2022-10-27 17:27:04

Bookworm Bangladesh, one of the pre-eminent English bookstores in the country, is shutting the outlet at the Old Airport Road in Dhaka’s Tejgaon after catering to readers for three decades. Ami...

Agri digitalisation a must to ensure Bangladesh's food security: experts

-- 2022-10-27 17:16:22

Experts have observed that the digitalisation of agriculture is urgent now to ensure Bangladesh's food security. With a growing population and facing climate change challenges, digital agriculture ca...

Bangladesh logs 137 COVID cases, one death in a day

-- 2022-10-27 17:15:20

Bangladesh has recorded 137 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,034,866. The death toll from the disease climbed by one to 29,417 over the 24-hour period, accordin...

Power supply to be normalised in November, Nasrul hopes

-- 2022-10-27 16:49:03

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said the power supply situation may improve from November. “We hope the power supply situation will improve from November...

Khaleda won’t be sent back to jail before election, Law Minister says

-- 2022-10-27 16:26:35

The government will not send BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia back to jail before the next national election, Law minister Anisul Huq said on Thursday. The minister made the remark in response to a questi...

End war, let people live: Hasina to world leaders

-- 2022-10-27 15:57:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on world leaders to strive for an immediate end to the Russia-Ukraine war, highlighting the suffering of people worldwide due to the conflict and a raft of sanc...

Woman harassment at Narsingdi rail station: Top court upholds bail for Shila

-- 2022-10-27 15:40:18

The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea to retract a six-month bail for Marzia Akhter Shila, who faces charges of harassing and attacking a young woman at Narsingdi Railway Station for wearing what she...

PM inaugurates development projects at Payra Port

-- 2022-10-27 15:30:33

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated some development projects, including capital dredging at Payra Port, aiming to equip it with better facilities for smooth operations. Other inaugurated pr...

Police arrest five alleged members of a new militant group

-- 2022-10-27 14:38:58

Police have arrested five suspected members of the new extremist outfit Jamaatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya in Dhaka. The militants, identified as Md Abdullah, 22, Md Tambul Islam, 33, Md Ziaudd...

Two more Rohingya men dragged out of bed and shot dead in Cox’s Bazar

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-27 14:31:17

Two Rohingya men have been shot dead in the middle of the night at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya Upazila, bdnews24.com reports. The incident occurred at Rohingya Camp No. 1...

Bodies of four more workers pulled from a sunken dredger in Ctg

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-27 13:38:25

The bodies of four more workers have been retrieved from a sand-laden dredger that sank off the coast of Chattogram's Mirsarai in the wake of Cyclone Sitrang. All eight people aboard the vessel ar...

Monetary reserve being used for development, people’s welfare: PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-27 12:50:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Oct 27, 2022) said money from the country’s reserve is being used for development activities, imports and the people’s welfare, as she inaugurated and l...

Adopt more collaborative approach to climate pledges: Experts

FE REPORT 2022-10-27 09:27:55

Bangladesh needs more collaborative approaches, implementation tools and action plans to transform all the climate change-related national and international commitments into reality, experts opine. T...

Maj Gen Hamidul Haque appointed DGFI chief

-- 2022-10-26 22:06:20

The government has appointed Major General Hamidul Haque as the head of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence or DGFI, Bangladesh’s military intelligence. Hamidul, who was working as t...

Consumer rights agency penalises controversial doctor Jahangir Kabir’s firm Tk 0.35m

-- 2022-10-26 20:32:53

The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has fined a firm owned by Jahangir Kabir, a controversial doctor who made unsubstantiated claims about Covid-19 and other diseases repeatedly on...

‘Jamaat-e-Islami can get registered if conditions are met’

-- 2022-10-26 20:11:39

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir has said that Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami can get registration under a different name if they fulfill all the conditions. “If anyone seeks registration, they wil...

World doing ‘absolutely nothing’ to resolve Rohingya crisis, says Shahriar

-- 2022-10-26 19:16:36

Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has alleged that the world has done ‘absolutely nothing’ to ensure the repatriation of displaced Rohingya refugees to...

Dengue claims two more lives in 24 hours

-- 2022-10-26 19:00:42

Two more deaths from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning raised this year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 120. During this period, 923 more patients were hos...

China to supply energy to Bangladesh during emergencies, says envoy

-- 2022-10-26 18:56:31

China assured to supply energy to Bangladesh during emergency situations, Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Jiming said on Wednesday. “Generally speaking, we are not in a very good position to ex...

Court issues arrest warrant against Evaly chairman Shamima Nasrin

-- 2022-10-26 18:37:32

Dhaka Cyber Tribunal has issued an arrest warrant against Shamima Nasrin, the chairman of e-commerce platform Evaly, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act. Judge Ash Shams Zaglul Hossain of...

2,277 sq afforestation being created to guard coastal areas

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-26 18:02:09

The government is creating a green belt through an afforestation programme along the coast of 2,277 square kilometers to protect people's lives during cyclones and water surges. The government is imp...

Farmers in southwestern region revive floating farms as water levels rising

REUTERS 2022-10-26 17:49:17

Mohammad Mostafa, a farmer in the low-lying deltas of southwestern Bangladesh, has revived his forefathers’ farming practice of growing crops on floating rafts as rising seas and storm flooding...