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Transport services cut off to Khulna as BNP gears up for a rally

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-22 12:07:53

Rupsha and Jelkhana piers have suspended passenger service, blocking off another route to Khulna city, as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party gears up for a rally, bdnews24.com reports. Boatmen at...

Fresh opportunity of jobs opening in Fiji

ARAFAT ARA 2022-10-22 10:49:14

Fresh job opportunities for Bangladeshis through the lone state-owned agency are opening up in a potential destination as six select professionals are readying to fly first to Fiji, officials say. Ov...

Move to revamp 14 DEMU trains

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-10-21 20:44:08

A move has been made to overhaul 14 DEMU trains that have remained inoperative for years as one set has been repaired using local expertise at Tk 5.0 million only. Official sources said the Chinese s...

Obaidul Quader says election is only way to change government

-- 2022-10-21 20:21:30

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said there is no scope to oust the government through any backdoor without the election. “The election will be held on time as per the Co...

Fakhrul says ‘reign of terror’ already established in Khulna ahead of BNP’s rally

-- 2022-10-21 20:17:52

BNP Secretray General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday warned that the government will be held responsible if anything bad happens regarding their party’s divisional rally in Khulna schedul...

RAB says 10 militants, separatists arrested in Bandarban, Rangamati

-- 2022-10-21 19:53:20

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Friday briefed the media about the details of the recent operation in the forested hills of Bandarban and Rangamati that saw the arrest of 10 militants and separati...

Railway wants to repair Demu trains despite concern over loss

-- 2022-10-21 19:32:57

Bangladesh Railway has taken an initiative to repair 20 out-of-order diesel electric multiple unit (Demu) trains to run them again by December next year amid concern over loss to the state coffers in...

Bangladesh reports 216 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2022-10-21 16:55:52

Bangladesh has recorded 216 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,033,878. No new fatalities were registered over the 24-hour period and the death toll from the dise...

Two arrested over stabbing death of worker at Khatunganj market

-- 2022-10-21 16:42:05

Two people have been arrested after a worker at Chattogram's Khatunganj wholesale market was fatally stabbed over a parking dispute with a pickup truck driver, according to police. The arrestees have...

New militant outfit struck 'monthly payment' deal with CHT separatist group, RAB says

-- 2022-10-21 16:35:06

Members of Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya, a recently discovered Islamist group, were being trained by the armed wing of the separatist Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) in the Chattogram Hill Tracts...

Two of a family die in Thakurgaon road crash

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-21 13:52:13

Two members of a family returning home died when their bike was hit allegedly by a speeding vehicle in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon in the small hours of Friday. The deceased were identified as S...

Driver dies from blow to head after row over fares turns violent in Cumilla

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-21 13:16:03

A microbus driver has died after a fellow driver allegedly struck him in the head with a brickbat during an altercation over fares in Cumilla, bdnews24.com reports. The incident occurred at 7:30...

Commuters hit as two-day bus strike begins in Khulna

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-21 12:00:08

Thousands of commuters in Khulna have been hit, with buses staying off the roads since Friday morning in the wake of a two-day strike called by bus-minibus owners and workers. Khulna Bus-Minibus Owne...

Major damage averted as responders douse fire at Benapole port

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-21 11:49:30

Emergency workers have put out a fire that broke out in the office room of a warehouse at Jashore's Benapole port, bdnews24.com reports. But the country's biggest land port was spared from any ma...

Dhaka's power may improve as Ghorashal unit-5 resumes after grid failure

-- 2022-10-21 09:01:43

The 210 MW unit-5 of Ghorashal Power Station, which remained out of order for two weeks following the national power grid failure on October 4, has resumed operation, reports UNB. "Unit-5 of Ghoras...

BD seeks China's role in shifting Rohingya from zero point

FE REPORT 2022-10-21 08:58:43

Bangladesh has requested China to persuade Myanmar to take back all 5,000 Rohingya refugees who are staying on zero point across the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. Foreign minister Dr Abdul Momen said th...

Cyclone threat brews over Bay of Bengal

-- 2022-10-21 08:57:34

A low pressure has formed over the Bay of Bengal, which could intensify further and turn into a cyclonic storm, meteorologists warned Thursday, report agencies. Bangladesh Meteorologi-cal Departmen...

Rooppur plant to get high-power reactors

-- 2022-10-21 08:55:56

Bangladesh will get high power reactors for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) for optimum generation of electricity, said Rosatom Director-General Alexey Likhachev on Thursday, reports UNB. Fresh...

50-year-old man found dead inside Kamalapur Railway Station toilet  

-- 2022-10-20 22:18:18

A 50-year-old man was found dead inside a toilet at Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka Thursday, police said. The identity of the man could not immediately be confirmed, reports UNB. The matter came...

Libya seeks joint commission with Bangladesh to expand cooperation

-- 2022-10-20 22:03:08

Libya has suggested forming a joint commission with Bangladesh to identify major areas of cooperation between the two countries. Newly appointed Libyan Ambassador to Bangladesh Abdulmutalib S M Sulim...

AL is not obstructing BNP rally, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-10-20 21:12:12

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the government did not make any attempts to thwart the BNP's anti-government rally, but rather extended administrative support. "Neither...

Govt removing officials in fear of losing power, says Mirza Fakhrul

-- 2022-10-20 21:08:23

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government is removing government officials from their jobs out of anxiety. "They (govt) have become very nervous. The g...

Dengue death toll climbs to 110 with four more deaths

-- 2022-10-20 19:25:26

Four more deaths from dengue confirmed in 24 hours till Thursday morning raised this year's fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 110. During this period, 896 more patients were...

DNCC wins Bloomberg Philanthropies Award for creating greener spaces  

-- 2022-10-20 19:19:56

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has been announced as one of the ten winners of C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Award 2022. The awards were announced at the C40 World Mayors Summit in Buenos...

ACC approves chargesheet against five ex-trustees of NSU

-- 2022-10-20 18:39:16

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday approved a chargesheet against nine people including five former members of the board of trustees of North-South University (NSU) for laundering around...

Bangladesh expects China’s role in shifting 5,000 Rohingyas from zero point

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-20 18:34:01

Bangladesh has requested China to persuade Myanmar to take back the 5000 Rohingyas, who are now staying at zero point on Bangladesh-Myanmar border. Foreign Minister Dr Abdul Momen said this while tal...

Investors, creditors should not suffer for misdeeds of a company: HC

-- 2022-10-20 18:18:35

Investors, creditors, employees, suppliers and other stakeholders of a company should not suffer the consequence if a director or a management official of a company is thrown in jail for his misdeeds,...

Bangladesh reports 243 new Covid cases, one death

-- 2022-10-20 17:20:20

Bangladesh has recorded 243 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,033,662. The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,411 over the 24-hour period, according t...

In Barishal, ‘thief’ called 999 for help!

-- 2022-10-20 16:19:17

People seek help from National Emergency Service 999 to get help during an emergency situation but what has happened in Barishal is quite unusual. A thief called 999 to seek help from the police. Pol...

As seas rise, Bangladesh farmers revive floating farms

-- 2022-10-20 16:08:21

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 threat...