-- 2022-10-16 16:58:20
An experimental e-ticketing system for buses on certain Dhaka routes has settled the issue of excessive bus fares, but failed to manage the rush of passengers to collect the tickets and board buses....
-- 2022-10-16 16:52:54
Aysha Siddika Minny, who was sentenced to death over the much-talked-about murder of her husband Refat Shorif in the southern district of Barguna, has once again petitioned the High Court for bail. H...
Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-10-16 16:44:29
"Are you aware of the fact that there is a Telugu community in Bangladesh?" - few people might nod positively to this question. As a largely monoethnic country, we are hardly aware of the ethnolinguis...
-- 2022-10-16 16:31:57
Prime Minister’s Energy Advisor Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has said there is no immediate solution to the existing load shedding as the government has reduced the import of primary fuel to conserv...
-- 2022-10-16 16:24:26
Railway workers have launched protests at Dhaka's Kamalapur train station to press home several demands, including permanent employment for temporary hires and the payment of dues. They began demonst...
-- 2022-10-16 16:20:13
Bangladesh has recorded 351 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,032,443. The death toll from the disease rose by six to 29,401 over the 24-hour period, according t...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-16 16:08:38
The Chinese contractor, which was found responsible for the fatal accident in Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project area, will not be allowed to work in the country after the completion of the project. Roa...
-- 2022-10-16 15:17:17
The government has decided to suspend two officials at the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh in connection with a national grid failure that affected large swathes of the country at the start of Octobe...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-16 13:06:44
A housewife was found dead with a note next to her body inside a locked flat in Dhaka's Keraniganj. The authorities retrieved the body of 32-year-old Chanchala Biswas from the ninth-floor flat in the...
FE REPORT 2022-10-16 13:04:31
Government employees on Saturday placed a seven-point charter of demand including providing them with 50 per cent dearness allowance (DA), to enable them to cope with the present price surge. T...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-16 12:42:49
Once neglected, jute sticks have now become a cash crop as those are being exported to different countries including China for its growing demand in particle board and charcoal factories. The jute gr...
-- 2022-10-16 09:06:33
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will conduct a special anti-dengue drive in its wards from October 16 to October 20. The five-day drive will be carried out to destroy the breeding grounds of Aede...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-16 08:51:25
Nusrat Ahmed’s 12-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son watch TV while eating their food. If she turns the TV off, they grab phones. “And it goes on alternatively. They can’t stay wit...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-16 08:43:28
Two Rohingya community leaders were hacked to death at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. A group of 15 to 20 assailants carried out the attack at the Balukhali camp in Ukhiya on Saturday evening,...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-10-16 08:32:48
A 27-year comprehensive plan involving $230 billion to combat adverse impacts of climate change in Bangladesh is set to be placed before the cabinet shortly. The draft plan styled 'National Adaptatio...
-- 2022-10-15 21:35:59
Visiting Brunei Darussalam Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah paid a courtesy call on President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Saturday evening. Welcoming the Brunei Sultan,...
-- 2022-10-15 20:49:57
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said doing politics centring anti-India and religious sentiments is BNP's old strategy. "BNP is...
-- 2022-10-15 20:45:49
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday warned that the Awami League government has established ‘autocracy’ in the name of democracy. He said such a repressive regim...
-- 2022-10-15 19:19:12
Bangladesh has recorded 295 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,032,092. The death toll from the disease rose by two to 29,395 over the 24-hour period, according t...
-- 2022-10-15 18:53:11
Ghorasal Polash Urea Fertilizer Factory in Narsingdi is expected to go into production by the end of 2023. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited (MHI) and China National Chemical Engineering No 7 Const...
-- 2022-10-15 18:39:39
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has expressed his hope that the electricity supply in Dhaka and its adjoining areas will be normalised within one or two weeks. Spe...
-- 2022-10-15 18:33:43
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has no IDs on any social media platforms, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told UNB on Saturday. "She has no IDs in Facebook, Tweeter or any other social media platform...
-- 2022-10-15 18:10:50
The Namaz-e-Janaza of three United Nations (UN) peacekeepers was held on Saturday morning at Army Aviation Hanger at Dhaka Cantonment. Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed attended the funeral pray...
-- 2022-10-15 17:59:09
Two United States (US) lawmakers have introduced legislation in the House of Representatives, urging President Joe Biden to recognise the atrocities committed by the Pakistani army during Bangladesh L...
-- 2022-10-15 17:42:06
Rescue workers have recovered two more bodies three days after a trawler sank in the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram. A body was found in the trawler’s engine room on Saturday, while another was...
-- 2022-10-15 15:49:19
A special police unit is being formed for Dhaka Metro Rail, but an expert has flagged concerns about its accountability and capacity to provide sustainable security under the government’s superv...
-- 2022-10-15 15:44:38
Six people have sustained burn injuries during an attempt to repair a leaking gas line in the Jurain area of Dhaka’s Kadamtali Thana. The incident occurred around 2:30 am on Saturday, acc...
-- 2022-10-15 15:40:54
Emergency workers have put out a fire that erupted at Eastern Refinery, the country's only oil refiner, in Chattogram's Patenga. A pipeline at the refinery caught fire around 11:25 am on Saturday, ac...
-- 2022-10-15 15:27:50
Bangladesh rolled out the red carpet as Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah arrived in Dhaka on his first state visit to Bangladesh on Saturday afternoon. President Abdul Hamid warmly received the Su...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-15 13:38:29
The weather department has predicted more rains across the country in the next 24 hours. “Light rains accompanied by temporary gusty winds are likely to occur at one or two places over Kh...
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