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Fire breaks out at Eastern Refinery, Bangladesh's only oil refiner

-- 2022-10-15 12:52:36

A fire has broken out 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, according to Abdul Hamid, deput...

Four killed in Gazipur road crash

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-15 11:08:16

Four people died when a speeding bus hit a cycle van on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur city on Saturday morning. The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained, reports UNB. The a...

Power grid disaster: Several officials to lose job for human error

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-15 09:12:07

Several officials of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh will be sacked by Sunday for the recent grid failure that left tens of millions of people without power for several hours, Nasrul Hamid has sa...

Production in Maddhapara mine resumes after four months

FE REPORT 2022-10-15 08:59:10

Production in the country's lone hard-rock mine at Maddhapara under Parbatipur in Dinajpur resumed on Thursday after a hiatus of over four months due to scarcity of explosives. The state-run Maddhapa...

‘BD's partners fail to take actions against bribery in int’l trade’

FE REPORT 2022-10-15 08:56:17

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) expressed grave concern, as most of the leading trade and investment partner countries of Bangladesh had been systematically failing to take actions aga...

Climate-vulnerable women need action on two fronts

FE REPORT 2022-10-15 08:53:25

Rights-based civil-society representatives on Friday demanded urgent action to safeguard women and girls who are at risk in terms of health and livelihood owing to the impact of climate change. They...

Brunei Sultan due today

-- 2022-10-15 08:47:52

Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah is scheduled to arrive in the city on his first state visit to Bangladesh this (Saturday) afternoon. President Abdul Hamid will receive the Sultan at the VVIP term...

BD in perils for lack of digital skills, support

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2022-10-15 08:35:19

Bangladesh has been in peril for not creating demand-driven employment opportunities mainly due to the absence of required digital skills and adequate policy support amid a widening digital divide....

Bangladesh likely to seek fund for three dev projects

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2022-10-15 08:32:27

Bangladesh has decided to seek funds for at least three projects from an emerging multilateral lender, New Development Bank (NDB), officials say, amid a current drive for foreign finances. The gove...

Bangladesh's rise inspiring story for the world, says Indian President  

-- 2022-10-14 22:22:37

Indian President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said the liberation of Bangladesh and its rise and prosperity is an inspiring story for the world. "India is proud to be a friend and partner in the Liberati...

Death toll from Chattogram trawler capsize rises to six

-- 2022-10-14 22:15:04

The death toll from the trawler capsize in the Karnaphuli river of Chattogram rose to six, with the recovery of another body from coastal area of Sitakunda upazila in the district on Friday. The late...

Dengue fatality rate far exceeds year of deadliest outbreak

-- 2022-10-14 21:05:57

Another 310 patients were hospitalised with Dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning, as numbers revealed by the health authorities showed the case fatality rate so far this year far exceeding what it w...

BNP doing evil politics capitalising on people’s sufferings: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-10-14 20:46:47

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday accused BNP of doing evil politics capitalising on the sufferings of people caused due to the world crisis. "Without understanding the reality...

Mirza Fakhrul says no obstacle can stop BNP’s ongoing movement

-- 2022-10-14 20:41:09

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said their party will not stop at any obstacle in their ongoing movement to 'restore' democracy and people's voting rights by ousting the Aw...

Increased use of technology for quicker disposal of cases  

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-14 20:36:46

The Supreme Court administration has taken initiatives with the intention of increasing the use of 'Court Technology' to establish a sustainable judicial system by ensuring the free flow of judicial i...

Riverbank erosion destroys 17 houses in Kurigram, 500 others at risk

-- 2022-10-14 18:48:20

At least 17 houses, several bigha of farmlands and a half-kilometre road were swallowed up by the Dharla River due to severe erosion in Kurigram for the past one week. Of them, 10 houses at Char-Goro...

Battery-run rickshaw drivers vandalise Mirpur traffic boxes

-- 2022-10-14 18:21:47

Disgruntled drivers of battery-powered rickshaws vandalised five traffic police boxes in Dhaka's Mirpur and Pallabi, leaving a law enforcer injured. The heated demonstrations were triggered by the se...

Mirsarai municipality mayor, two others injured in trawler shooting

-- 2022-10-14 17:46:39

Three people, including Baroiarhat municipality (under Chattogram district's Mirsarai upazila) mayor, sustained bullet injuries in an attack by miscreants near the Muhuri Project area earlier on Frida...

Actions needed to protect climate vulnerable women, girls

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-14 17:38:24

Rights-based civil society representatives on Friday demanded urgent actions to safeguard women and girls who are at health and livelihood risk to the adverse effects of climate change. They made the...

Bodies of three missing sailors found two days after collision between cargo ships

-- 2022-10-14 17:34:46

The bodies of three missing sailors have been found two days after a collision between cargo vessels near the Chattogram port. The authorities retrieved the bodies from the port's anchorage on Friday...

346 Covid-19 cases, four deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-10-14 17:20:29

Bangladesh has recorded 346 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,031,797. The death toll from the disease rose by four to 29,393 over the 24-hour period, according...

Smuggled memory cards worth Tk 31.5 million seized at Dhaka airport

-- 2022-10-14 16:58:24

Customs authorities at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport have seized 150,0000 memory cards smuggled into the country under the guise of a fabric shipment. Four employees of Flyboard Expr...

Hint of early winter in Panchagarh?

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-14 15:24:02

You may call it an indication of early winter in Panchagarh. The district's Tetulia upazila has recorded the lowest temperature at 19.7 degrees. Tetulia, the last border town in Bangladesh’s no...

Bangladesh to roll out red carpet to welcome Brunei Sultan tomorrow

-- 2022-10-14 14:51:10

Bangladesh will roll out the red carpet to welcome Brunei Darussalam Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, who is arriving in Dhaka tomorrow on a 3-day state visit. Pr...

Karnaphuli trawler capsize: Death toll rises to five

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-14 14:31:29

The death toll from the trawler capsize in the Karnaphuli river of Chattogram rose to five, with the recovery of another body on Thursday night. The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained....

More rains likely to drench Bangladesh

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-14 12:31:28

The weather department has predicted more rains across the country in the next 24 hours. “Light to moderate rains or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty winds and lightning flashes...

Gazipur filling station fire: One succumbs to burn injuries

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-14 11:46:41

One of the seven victims of the Gazipur filling station fire died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) early Friday. The deceased was identified as Mithu, 26, a resident of Moulvibazar distri...

‘Don’t misuse our hospitality,’ Shahriar tells foreign diplomats

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-14 10:30:54

With several Dhaka-based foreign diplomats making comments over the next general election, Shahriar Alam has asked them to refrain from “taking advantage of Bangladesh’s hospitality”...

Political stability must to attract FDI in BD

FE REPORT 2022-10-14 10:23:16

German Ambassador in Bangladesh Achim Tröster on Thursday said like some other European Union (EU) countries, Germany is also concerned over the recent political violence in Bangladesh. Stressin...

Dhaka's air quality 'unhealthy’

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-14 10:16:05

Dhaka's air quality slipped back to the 'unhealthy' zone on Friday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 187 at 8am, the metropolis ranked second in the list of world cities with the wors...