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Awareness can redress child abuse

Awareness can redress child abuse

FE REPORT 2022-10-07 09:56:06

Awareness among parents, teachers and society as a whole is needed to reduce child abuse, both psychical and mental, said state minister for planning Dr Shamsul Alam on Thursday. "Children in the c...

'Normal' technical glitch caused Tuesday's blackout, Nasrul Hamid says

'Normal' technical glitch caused Tuesday's blackout, Nasrul Hamid says

-- 2022-10-06 21:53:29

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said it appeared initially that the grid failure on Tuesday was caused by a 'normal' technical glitch, but the government w...

PM questions motive behind sanctions on RAB

PM questions motive behind sanctions on RAB

-- 2022-10-06 19:26:17

In once again denouncing the US sanctions on Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday questioned the motive behind Washington's move. The prime minister lauded the role o...

Reduced VAT of 5.0pc on edible oil to continue till December

Reduced VAT of 5.0pc on edible oil to continue till December

-- 2022-10-06 18:55:42

The government on Thursday extended the reduced value-added tax (VAT) 5.0 per cent on edible oil until December 31, 2022. The extension will be effective from the date of the earlier notice in this r...

30 gold bars recovered from airport dustbin

30 gold bars recovered from airport dustbin

-- 2022-10-06 18:52:26

A preventive team of customs house recovered 30 gold bars weighing around 3.48 kg in an abandoned from a dustbin at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday. Sources at the airport said off...

HC cannot pass order in government’s administrative policy matter, SC rules

HC cannot pass order in government’s administrative policy matter, SC rules

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-06 18:11:21

In the full text of a verdict, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court observed that the High Court cannot pass any order or direction in a matter of administrative policy of the Government or any...

Bangladesh reports 410 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh reports 410 new Covid cases, one death

-- 2022-10-06 17:19:36

Bangladesh has recorded 410 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,028,524. The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,375 over the 24-hour period, according t...

PM highlights food security as world faces hard times

PM highlights food security as world faces hard times

-- 2022-10-06 17:18:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the world will face even more difficult times in 2023 and countries may face severe crises such as famines. These discussions were part of her interactions with worl...

Service fees of private hospitals to be fixed

Service fees of private hospitals to be fixed

-- 2022-10-06 17:14:26

The government will fix the treatment charges of private hospitals in the country and divide those into three categories based on their quality of treatment , said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thu...

Six killed in collision between bus, microbus in Tangail

Six killed in collision between bus, microbus in Tangail

-- 2022-10-06 17:02:21

At least six people, including two children, have been killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus in Tangail's Kalihati Upazila. The incident took place in the Golattor area on the Ba...

PM vows to overcome economic challenges

PM vows to overcome economic challenges

-- 2022-10-06 16:51:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday vowed to overcome all economic challenges despite global economic downturn and other hurdles at home. Briefing journalists at her official residence Ganabhaba...

Power Division forms body to probe national grid failure

Power Division forms body to probe national grid failure

-- 2022-10-06 15:46:32

The Power Division has formed a separate committee to identify the reasons behind Tuesday's national grid failure and submit recommendations to avert the recurrence of such incidents. Earlier, the Po...

More time needed to know why grid failed, says Nasrul

More time needed to know why grid failed, says Nasrul

-- 2022-10-06 15:26:27

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said on Thursday that it would take more days to find out the exact reasons behind the failure of the national power grid two days a...

PM stresses finding ways to ensure digital security

PM stresses finding ways to ensure digital security

-- 2022-10-06 14:04:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed exploring the best possible ways to ensure the digital security of the country and making people aware of it as the world is becoming more complex w...

More rains to lash Bangladesh in 24 hours

More rains to lash Bangladesh in 24 hours

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-06 12:34:38

The weather department has predicted more rains across the country in the next 24 hours, with monsoon being fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate over the North Bay.  “Light to modera...

Four runaway students among 7 held over suspected militant ties

Four runaway students among 7 held over suspected militant ties

-- 2022-10-06 12:12:40

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested seven people, including four students who left their homes, over their suspected involvement in militancy, bdnews24.com reports. The suspects wer...

Ovens off: Dhaka hit hard by gas crisis

Ovens off: Dhaka hit hard by gas crisis

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-06 09:57:48

Anu makes a living as a kitchen helper in Dhaka. After spending the day preparing meals for several households, a weary Anu returns home in the evening. But when the time came to cook for her own fami...

PM to address press conference this afternoon

PM to address press conference this afternoon

-- 2022-10-06 09:44:24

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference about her just-concluded official visit to the United States and the United Kingdom today afternoon (Oct 6, 2022), reports BSS. "T...

Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols

Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols

-- 2022-10-05 20:39:12

Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Hindu community, ended on Wednesday with the immersion of Goddess Durga’s idols across the country amid tight security. In the capital, thousands of peop...

Cabinet secretary says no rice can be sold in the name of 'miniket’

Cabinet secretary says no rice can be sold in the name of 'miniket’

-- 2022-10-05 19:49:54

Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam on Wednesday said no rice can be sold in the name of 'miniket’ in the country. “No rice can be sold under the name of 'miniket rice'. The name of...

24 arrested for attempted mugging in Dhaka under cover of blackout

24 arrested for attempted mugging in Dhaka under cover of blackout

-- 2022-10-05 19:43:57

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested 24 suspects who were allegedly preparing to mug people in Dhaka under cover of a blackout triggered by a national grid failure on Tuesday. The elite forc...

549 Covid-19 cases, two deaths reported in 24 hours

549 Covid-19 cases, two deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-10-05 18:30:32

Bangladesh has recorded 549 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,028,114. The death toll from the disease rose by two to 29,374 over the 24-hour period, according t...

Dengue: 2022 death toll reaches 63 as two deaths reported in 24 hours

Dengue: 2022 death toll reaches 63 as two deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-10-05 18:19:46

Two more dengue patients died in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 63. During this period, 344 more patients were...

Road communication to Sajek restored after six hours

Road communication to Sajek restored after six hours

-- 2022-10-05 17:17:00

Communications on Sajek-Khagrachhari road resumed after six and a half an hour of suspension on Wednesday afternoon after army personnel and local administration cleared the road after landslides. Ru...

Massive quality improvement of Bangladesh Railway  on cards

Massive quality improvement of Bangladesh Railway on cards

-- 2022-10-05 17:13:27

The government has taken a massive move to upgrade the country’s railway network as the sector is considered as the safest, comfortable, affordable and environment-friendly means for transportin...

UN condoles death of three Bangladeshi peacekeepers

UN condoles death of three Bangladeshi peacekeepers

-- 2022-10-05 16:05:25

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep shock at the death of three peacekeepers from Bangladesh following the detonation of explosive ordnance against a convoy of the United Nations...

Landslide closes road to Sajek, scores of tourists stranded

Landslide closes road to Sajek, scores of tourists stranded

-- 2022-10-05 15:44:03

A landslide triggered by heavy overnight rains in Rangamati's Baghaichhari Upazila has brought traffic to and from Sajek, a tourism hotspot, to a grinding halt. According to bdnews24.com, army person...

22-day ban on hilsa fishing from Friday

22-day ban on hilsa fishing from Friday

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-05 15:14:17

The government is going to impose a 22-day ban on hilsa fishing from October 7. Hilsa catching, selling and transportation will remain prohibited during the period  to ensure the safe spawning o...

Maritime ports asked to hoist signal No 3

Maritime ports asked to hoist signal No 3

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-05 14:48:48

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number 3 as a low pressure area has formed over the westcentral Bay of Bengal a...

Teen stabbed to death at Durga Puja fair in Gopalganj

Teen stabbed to death at Durga Puja fair in Gopalganj

bdnews24.com 2022-10-05 13:46:01

A teenage boy has been stabbed to death in Gopalganj’s Tungipara. Police have detained another teenager in connection with the killing. The incident occurred around 9:30 pm on Tuesday nea...