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‘75pc university students suffer mental health issues in post-pandemic phases’

‘75pc university students suffer mental health issues in post-pandemic phases’

-- 2022-10-08 17:58:17

More than 75 per cent of students from public and private universities in Bangladesh have mental health issues due to pressure in their academic life in the post-Covid-19 phases, a survey shows. Vari...

Eid-e-Miladunnabi on Sunday

Eid-e-Miladunnabi on Sunday

-- 2022-10-08 17:30:43

Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi will be observed on Sunday (October 9), marking the day of the birth and passing away of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), with religious festivity and fervour. On this day in 57...

Bangladesh urges US to lift sanctions on RAB as soon as possible

Bangladesh urges US to lift sanctions on RAB as soon as possible

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-08 17:18:41

Bangladesh urged the US government to lift sanctions on RAB and its seven current and former officials as soon as possible, foreign ministry officials said on Saturday. State Minister for Foreign Aff...

Dengue death toll rises to 67 with three more deaths: DGHS

Dengue death toll rises to 67 with three more deaths: DGHS

-- 2022-10-08 17:07:03

Three more dengue patients died in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 67. During this period, 712 more patients were...

Bangladesh reports 299 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh reports 299 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2022-10-08 17:03:59

Bangladesh reported zero deaths from Covid-19 and 299 fresh cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning. The country's total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,380 while the new cases raised to 2,029, 3...

CEC asks DCs, SPs to deal with any intimidation during elections

CEC asks DCs, SPs to deal with any intimidation during elections

-- 2022-10-08 16:28:49

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Saturday asked deputy commissioners and superintendents of police to be aware of their duties to deal with any intimidation in the next general electio...

Residents suffer on weekends due to continuous load shedding

Residents suffer on weekends due to continuous load shedding

-- 2022-10-08 16:18:40

During the weekends on Friday and Saturday when consumers expect an uninterrupted power supply against a lower electricity demand they had no luck this time. Power cuts on Friday were like any usual...

Road crash leaves three BCL men dead in Jhenidah

Road crash leaves three BCL men dead in Jhenidah

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-08 15:40:41

Three activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) died after their bike crashed into a truck parked along Jhenidah-Chuadanga Road in the Atharo Mile area of Jhenidah Friday night. The deceased w...

UN lauds Bangladeshi peacekeepers' dutifulness

UN lauds Bangladeshi peacekeepers' dutifulness

-- 2022-10-08 15:32:12

The United Nations’ Military Advisor General Birame Diop in a meeting with a Bangladeshi delegation has highly appreciated the skills and dutifulness of Bangladeshi peacekeepers. The Military A...

US wants peaceful polls, better HR record in Bangladesh

US wants peaceful polls, better HR record in Bangladesh

UNB 2022-10-08 13:49:41

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights and holding "free, fair, and peaceful" national elections in Bangladesh. The statement by Sherman ca...

Man stabs mother-in-law to death in Faridpur

Man stabs mother-in-law to death in Faridpur

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-08 13:04:19

A 55-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her son-in-law in Sabar village of Faridpur district early on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Rahima Begum of the village, reports UNB....

Jabbar urges new generation for building developed Bangladesh

Jabbar urges new generation for building developed Bangladesh

-- 2022-10-08 12:18:53

-Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar today (Oct 7) urged the new generation of pro-liberation forces to come forward for establishing a developed Bangladesh by 2041, reports BSS. "I...

Four fishermen held for violating Hilsha ban in Noakhali

Four fishermen held for violating Hilsha ban in Noakhali

-- 2022-10-08 11:34:19

Naval police in a drive held four fishermen from Nalchira Ghat area in Hatia Upazila of Noakhali district today (Oct 7) for violating the ongoing Hilsha ban, BSS reports. The detainees were identifie...

BGB seizes drugs worth Tk 135m in Cox’s Bazar

BGB seizes drugs worth Tk 135m in Cox’s Bazar

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-08 10:45:30

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday claimed to have seized banned drugs worth nearly Tk 135 million in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila. Tipped off, a patrol team of BGB intercepted a b...

‘Media role crucial to create awareness about breastfeeding’

‘Media role crucial to create awareness about breastfeeding’

-- 2022-10-08 10:38:51

The media can play the most crucial role in creating awareness about breastfeeding newborn babies within an hour after birth to enhance disease resistance capacity and reduce newborn deaths, BSS repor...

Dhaka's air quality now moderate

Dhaka's air quality now moderate

-- 2022-10-08 10:11:28

With an air quality index (AQI) score of 57 at 9.10am, the metropolis on Saturday ranked 42nd in the list of world cities with the worst air quality. An AQI between 50 and 100 is considered ‘mo...

Fire at Star Kabab in Banani under control

Fire at Star Kabab in Banani under control

-- 2022-10-07 21:03:55

Firefighters have successfully extinguished a fire that broke out at the Banani outlet of Star Kabab and Restaurant Friday evening. According to Warehouse Inspector of Fire Service and Civil Defense...

Chhatra League men attack Abrar Fahad remembrance rally

Chhatra League men attack Abrar Fahad remembrance rally

-- 2022-10-07 20:51:04

At least 12 people were hurt as leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) "swooped" on a rally brought out by the Bangladesh Chhatra Adhikar Parishad on the Dhaka University campus...

Obaidul Quader says BNP becomes a common platform for anti-liberation forces

Obaidul Quader says BNP becomes a common platform for anti-liberation forces

-- 2022-10-07 19:02:59

Dubbing BNP as a communal evil force, Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday accused BNP of making itself a communal entity and a common platfo...

Awami League wants to score goals in empty field, says Mirza Fakhrul

Awami League wants to score goals in empty field, says Mirza Fakhrul

-- 2022-10-07 18:57:59

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that Awami League wants to score goals in an empty field in the upcoming election without the participation of the opposition partie...

President offers ziarat at Bangabandhu’s mausoleum

President offers ziarat at Bangabandhu’s mausoleum

-- 2022-10-07 18:24:52

President M Abdul Hamid reached Tungipara via Padma Bridge and performed ziarat at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara of Gopalganj district on Friday...

Embezzling Tk 30m: Two human traffickers held in city

Embezzling Tk 30m: Two human traffickers held in city

-- 2022-10-07 17:26:04

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said on Friday they arrested two suspected members of a human trafficking gang, who embezzled around Tk 30 million from people in the name of sending them abroad, from the...

Armed Rohingya assailants abduct teenage boy, gun down farmer in Teknaf

Armed Rohingya assailants abduct teenage boy, gun down farmer in Teknaf

-- 2022-10-07 17:17:09

A group of armed Rohingya have allegedly kidnapped a teenage boy for ransom in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf, while gunning down a farmer as he tried to escape the captors, according to locals. The incident o...

Bangladesh reports five new Covid deaths, 491 cases         

Bangladesh reports five new Covid deaths, 491 cases         

-- 2022-10-07 17:07:27

Bangladesh reported five Covid-linked deaths with 491 fresh cases in 24 hours till Friday morning. The country's total fatalities rose to 29,380 with the new deaths. The new cases raised the country'...

More development projects planned to support trade, investment: Official document

More development projects planned to support trade, investment: Official document

-- 2022-10-07 16:20:57

With a view to building better transport and road infrastructure that would support industry and trade in the country, the government is working on the construction of more elevated expressways and la...

Officials have no answers for Dhaka’s traffic chaos

Officials have no answers for Dhaka’s traffic chaos

-- 2022-10-07 16:06:57

Banker Sarwar Hossain is anxious every morning as he becomes very tense five days a week before starting for his office in Motijheel from his home in Uttara. "Sometimes it seems to me that I am just...

Light to moderate rain likely to drench parts of Bangladesh

Light to moderate rain likely to drench parts of Bangladesh

-- 2022-10-07 14:09:16

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flashes is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at one or two pl...

Dhaka seeks proactive role of ASEAN in resolving Rohingya crisis

Dhaka seeks proactive role of ASEAN in resolving Rohingya crisis

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-07 12:18:49

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh wants to intensify political, trade, economic and cultural connectivity with the Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, and seeks its su...

Road crash leaves four dead in Gopalganj

Road crash leaves four dead in Gopalganj

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-07 11:58:45

Four people, including a policeman, were killed and 15 others injured when a speeding passenger bus crashed into a tree on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Chandra Dighalia upazila of Gopalganj early on Fr...

PM pays homage to Bangabandhu at Tungiara

PM pays homage to Bangabandhu at Tungiara

-- 2022-10-07 11:19:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Oct 7) paid rich tributes and offered prayers at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara, reports BSS. Accompanied by...