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CID asked to submit BB reserve heist probe report on November 16

CID asked to submit BB reserve heist probe report on November 16

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-02 16:17:38

A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred again the date of submitting the investigation report of a case filed in connection with the stolen money from Bangladesh Bank’s account with the Federal Reserve...

Light to moderate rain likely in parts of Bangladesh

Light to moderate rain likely in parts of Bangladesh

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-02 15:11:54

Bangladesh Meteorological Department today (Sunday) predicted that rain or thundershowers, accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind and lightning flashes is likely to occur in different parts of...

4 die as truck crashes into market in Narsingdi

4 die as truck crashes into market in Narsingdi

-- 2022-10-02 14:51:40

Four people have been killed and five others injured after a truck veered out of control and crashed into a vegetable market next to the highway in Narsingdi’s Raipura Upazila, bdnews24.com...

Missing child found dead in Jashore

Missing child found dead in Jashore

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-02 14:32:48

A four-year-old girl, who went missing two days ago, has been found dead in  Sadar upazila in Jashore. The deceased was identified as Sanzida, reports UNB. On information, Detective Branch of J...

Land mutation fees go online from today

Land mutation fees go online from today

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-02 13:54:15

In a bid to alleviate the hassle and hardships faced by applicants at land offices, the government has taken the registration process for mutation, or change of a property's title ownership in the Kha...

One more Covid-19 patient dies in Rangpur

One more Covid-19 patient dies in Rangpur

-- 2022-10-02 12:37:58

One more Covid-19 patient died during the last 24 hours ending at 8 am today (Sunday, Oct 2, 2022) in Rangpur division, reports BSS. Health officials said the new Covid-19 related casualty was report...

Four killed as truck ploughs into roadside market in Narsingdi

Four killed as truck ploughs into roadside market in Narsingdi

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-02 11:35:24

Four people were killed and three others injured as a truck hit them in Belabo upazila of Narsingdi district on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Abul Kalam, 36, Siddique Mia, 45, Abu S...

Develop ‘multi-sectoral budget tracking system’

Develop ‘multi-sectoral budget tracking system’

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2022-10-02 10:01:40

Bangladesh should immediately build a nutrition governance structure, develop a multi-sectoral budget tracking system and increase budgetary allocation to address chronic malnutrition. All gains made...

‘Five tonnes rice wasted for polishing every 100 tonnes’ 

‘Five tonnes rice wasted for polishing every 100 tonnes’ 

-- 2022-10-01 18:53:12

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has said 5.0 tonnes of rice is wasted for polishing every 100 tonnes of rice, all of which is a nutritional part of the grain.  "According to a research fin...

Bangladesh reports 480 new Covid cases, five deaths

Bangladesh reports 480 new Covid cases, five deaths

-- 2022-10-01 18:36:24

Bangladesh has recorded 480 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,025,677. The death toll from the disease rose by five to 29,368 over the 24-hour period, according...

DNCC residents can get 10pc rebate on holding tax, arrears 

DNCC residents can get 10pc rebate on holding tax, arrears 

-- 2022-10-01 18:20:15

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has declared a 10 per cent rebate on holding tax, including arrears, for holding owners and businesses on four instalments for the 2022-23 fiscal, if they pay onlin...

No SSC question paper was leaked: Dipu Moni

No SSC question paper was leaked: Dipu Moni

-- 2022-10-01 17:28:28

No question paper of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams was leaked this year, said Education Minister Dipu Moni on Saturday. "As we restored to technological, no question paper o...

One more dengue patient dies, 635 hospitalised in 24 hours

One more dengue patient dies, 635 hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2022-10-01 17:14:06

Another dengue patient died in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 56.  Besides, 635 patients were hospital...

President, PM mourn death of Toab Khan

President, PM mourn death of Toab Khan

-- 2022-10-01 17:12:46

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Sunday expressed deep shock at the death of Ekushey Padak recipient veteran journalist Toab Khan. In a condolence message, the President sai...

Conjunctivitis cases spike in Bangladesh

Conjunctivitis cases spike in Bangladesh

-- 2022-10-01 16:53:45

Bangladesh has seen a sudden surge in cases of conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye. The highly contagious nature of the disease means that once someone is infected, it usually spreads to others...

With 151 idols in one temple, Bagerhat celebrating Durga Puja amid festivity

With 151 idols in one temple, Bagerhat celebrating Durga Puja amid festivity

-- 2022-10-01 16:45:02

It's been long since Durga Puja has become a festival in Muslim-majority Bangladesh where close to 8.0 per cent of more than 160 million people are now Hindu. Despite communal tensions in recent year...

RAB boss rules out need for reformation

RAB boss rules out need for reformation

-- 2022-10-01 16:35:12

M Khurshid Hossain, the new director general of the Rapid Action Battalion, has ruled out the need for reformation despite widespread criticism of the force, both at home and abroad, over its human ri...

Durga Puja begins with Maha Shasthi 

Durga Puja begins with Maha Shasthi 

-- 2022-10-01 14:29:59

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, began today with Maha Shasthi puja at temples across the country amid festivity and religious fervour, reports BSS...

Renowned editor Toab Khan dies aged 87

Renowned editor Toab Khan dies aged 87

-- 2022-10-01 14:05:43

Toab Khan, a renowned editor and once press secretary to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has died at the age of 87 from old-age complications, bdnews24.com reports. The Ekushey Padak-winning j...

No gas for 11 hours in Dhaka's Gulshan, Banani on Saturday

No gas for 11 hours in Dhaka's Gulshan, Banani on Saturday

-- 2022-10-01 11:46:41

Gas supply to many parts of northern Dhaka, including Gulshan and Banani, will be turned off for 11 hours due to maintenance work. The gas pressure will also be low in some places, bdnews24.com report...

574 girls raped in 8 months in Bangladesh: report

574 girls raped in 8 months in Bangladesh: report

-- 2022-10-01 10:30:45

As many as 574 girls aged up to 19 years have been raped in the first eight months of 2022, according to a report, bdnews24.com reports. The National Girl Child Advocacy Forum published the rep...

Efforts underway to repatriate war criminals, Bangabandhu's killers: PM

Efforts underway to repatriate war criminals, Bangabandhu's killers: PM

-- 2022-10-01 10:05:10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said war criminals and death row fugitive convicts in the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman killing case, who are currently staying in the USA, wo...

Negligence overshadows prospect of SDGs

Negligence overshadows prospect of SDGs

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2022-10-01 09:42:34

Bangladesh is still seen in a miasma high prevalence of adolescent girl, maternal and child malnutrition due mainly to inept governance through the delivery mechanism, casting shadows on SDGs prospect...

Three Chhatra League men arrested for extortion in Faridpur

Three Chhatra League men arrested for extortion in Faridpur

-- 2022-09-30 21:56:00

Police arrested three Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men including two leaders on charge of extortion from a road construction contractor on Thursday. The arrestees were identified as Saltha Upazila...

Five die in separate incidents in Dhaka 

Five die in separate incidents in Dhaka 

-- 2022-09-30 21:55:18

Five people were killed in separate incidents in Dhaka in the last 24 hours.   Of the deceased, four were identified as Hasan, 17, a tenth-grade student, Md Shipon,15, son of Mojibur Rahman of B...

Erosion of Padma forces shutdown of four Goalanda ferry piers

Erosion of Padma forces shutdown of four Goalanda ferry piers

-- 2022-09-30 20:10:55

Erosion of the river Padma has forced the authorities to shut down four out of seven ferry piers at Goalanda in Rajbari. The three other piers are also under threat. The pier No. 3 in the Siddikpara...

PM invites Saudi crown prince to visit Bangladesh

PM invites Saudi crown prince to visit Bangladesh

-- 2022-09-30 19:54:10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman to visit Bangladesh. Ambassador of Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary handed over...

Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun takes charge as IGP

Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun takes charge as IGP

-- 2022-09-30 19:19:36

Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Friday took the charge as the country's 31st Inspector General of Police (IGP), according to BSS. He replaced Benazir Ahmed. Earlier, the government appointed Director...

Obaidul Quader asks Awami League leaders, workers to patrol puja temples

Obaidul Quader asks Awami League leaders, workers to patrol puja temples

-- 2022-09-30 18:58:44

Awami league General Secretary Obaidul Quader has directed the leaders and workers of the AL and its affiliated bodies to guard puja temples during the Durg Puja beginning Saturday. "Communal forces...

Awami League desperate to prevent fair polls, says Rizvi

Awami League desperate to prevent fair polls, says Rizvi

-- 2022-09-30 18:52:49

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that Awami League has become desperate to prevent a neutral and credible general election in the country. “The current illegal g...