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Bangladesh gears up for Durga Puja celebrations

Bangladesh gears up for Durga Puja celebrations

-- 2022-09-30 18:03:40

For the last three decades, Sukumar Paul has been crafting the idol of the Hindu goddess Durga for the state-run Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka. He started to sculpt the idol two months ago this year as...

More rainfall forecasted across Bangladesh 

More rainfall forecasted across Bangladesh 

-- 2022-09-30 17:27:29

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

240 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours 

240 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours 

-- 2022-09-30 17:13:15

A total of 240 new patients were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning.  Of the new patients, 150 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 90 outside it, according to...

Bangladesh reports another Covid death, 708 new cases

Bangladesh reports another Covid death, 708 new cases

-- 2022-09-30 16:21:17

Bangladesh reported another Covid-linked death with 708 fresh cases in 24 hours till Friday morning. With the new numbers, country's total fatalities rose to 29,363 while the total caseload to 2,025,...

Bird strikes delay two Middle East-bound flights at Chattogram airport

Bird strikes delay two Middle East-bound flights at Chattogram airport

-- 2022-09-30 16:08:01

Two flights to the Middle East were delayed at Chattogram's Shah Amanat International Airport after the remains of birds were found in the engines of the aircraft. The planes were scheduled to depart...

More rains to drench Bangladesh in 24 hours

More rains to drench Bangladesh in 24 hours

-- 2022-09-30 16:07:05

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

Teenager dies after being run over by speeding truck near Dhaka airport

Teenager dies after being run over by speeding truck near Dhaka airport

-- 2022-09-30 14:50:45

A teenager has been killed after being run over by a bus in Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area. Police are yet to identify the 14-year-old homeless boy, who was wearing a denim...

Govt introduces national public welfare trophy

Govt introduces national public welfare trophy

FE REPORT 2022-09-30 10:40:06

The government has introduced a national public welfare trophy for Bangladeshi citizens for encouraging voluntary contribution to the development of the underprivileged group. The Ministry of Soc...

Passing out parade of 849 BGB soldiers held in Ctg

Passing out parade of 849 BGB soldiers held in Ctg

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CHATTOGRAM 2022-09-30 10:16:08

A passing out parade and oath taking ceremony of the freshly trained 849 soldiers under the 98th recruit batch of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was held at the Bir Uttam Mojibur Rahman Parade Grou...

Daughter says Khulna woman found in Faridpur went into hiding, wasn’t abducted

Daughter says Khulna woman found in Faridpur went into hiding, wasn’t abducted

bdnews24.com 2022-09-30 10:11:28

Rahima Begum, the woman who was found in mysterious circumstances in Faridpur nearly a month after she went ‘missing’ from her home in Khulna, was actually in hiding, her daughter Mo...

BD to send abroad over 1.0m workers this year

BD to send abroad over 1.0m workers this year

-- 2022-09-30 09:00:44

The country is expected to send more than 1.0 million workers abroad this year, said Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOE) Minister Imran Ahmad at an award distribution ceremony in the c...

Outgoing IGP pays courtesy call on president

Outgoing IGP pays courtesy call on president

-- 2022-09-29 22:29:57

Outgoing Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed paid a courtesy call on President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Thursday evening. During the meeting, the outgoing IGP expressed hi...

Obaidul Quader urges BNP to join elections dropping thoughts of caretaker govt

Obaidul Quader urges BNP to join elections dropping thoughts of caretaker govt

-- 2022-09-29 22:08:33

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday urged the BNP leaders to take part in elections shaking off the thought of the caretaker governme...

Awami League demonstrates its defeat as it attacking peaceful programmes: Fakhrul

Awami League demonstrates its defeat as it attacking peaceful programmes: Fakhrul

-- 2022-09-29 22:01:39

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said Awami League has already demonstrated their defeat as the party is now attacking peaceful programmes of BNP and students with sticks...

No sanction on buying Russian oil, says US Ambassador

No sanction on buying Russian oil, says US Ambassador

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-29 20:33:29

US Ambassador in Dhaka Peter Haas on Thursday said that importing oil from Russia is not under sanction. Addressing a “Meet the press” programme, organised by a local think tank, the US a...

Bridge cranes installed at Unit 2 of RNPP

Bridge cranes installed at Unit 2 of RNPP

-- 2022-09-29 18:28:20

Two bridge cranes have been installed in the turbine compartment of Unit-2 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Project. According to Rosatom, the Russian contractor of the project, the cranes will be used for c...

Govt announces post-retirement security plans for outgoing IGP Benazir

Govt announces post-retirement security plans for outgoing IGP Benazir

-- 2022-09-29 17:37:08

The government has drawn up security plans for Benazir Ahmed, the outgoing inspector general of police, during the course of his post-retirement leave. Benazir is due to go into retirement on Friday,...

Many private universities operating activities under temporary arrangements as deadline approaches

Many private universities operating activities under temporary arrangements as deadline approaches

-- 2022-09-29 17:31:11

Many reputed private universities of the country are still operating their activities under temporary arrangement defying the University Grants Commission's (UGC) repeated warnings to shift to permane...

Niko graft case against Khaleda Zia: Indictment hearing deferred again

Niko graft case against Khaleda Zia: Indictment hearing deferred again

-- 2022-09-29 16:58:13

A Dhaka court has deferred the indictment hearing in the Niko graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia and eight others again. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman adjourned the case until Nov 9 after Khaleda...

Bangladesh reports 679 new COVID cases, two deaths in a day

Bangladesh reports 679 new COVID cases, two deaths in a day

-- 2022-09-29 16:41:11

Bangladesh has recorded 679 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,024,489. The death toll from the disease rose by two to 29,362 over the 24-hour period, according t...

Rains likely to drench Bangladesh over the weekend

Rains likely to drench Bangladesh over the weekend

-- 2022-09-29 16:38:19

An active monsoon spell is likely to bring rain and thundershowers across Bangladesh over the next three days. Two days of overcast skies heralded the onset of light showers in parts of Dhaka on Thur...

Nefarious political elements still exist, says outgoing IGP Benazir Ahmed

Nefarious political elements still exist, says outgoing IGP Benazir Ahmed

-- 2022-09-29 15:38:48

Outgoing Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed says that nefarious political elements exist in Bangladesh and they are still out there. “There exists a form of corrupt and nefarious p...

India gives all women right to abortion

India gives all women right to abortion

-- 2022-09-29 15:18:11

India's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a woman's lack of marital status could not deny her the choice to abort a pregnancy at any time up to 24 weeks, a decision hailed by women's rights activis...

Dhaka-Mymensingh rail services resume two hours after tree falls on tracks

Dhaka-Mymensingh rail services resume two hours after tree falls on tracks

bdnews24.com 2022-09-29 13:19:17

Rail links between Dhaka and Mymensingh have been restored two hours after a tree fell on the rail line in Trishal Upazila. Train movement resumed at around 11:30 am on Thursday after t...

Bangladesh ratifies Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate people with disabilities

Bangladesh ratifies Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate people with disabilities

-- 2022-09-29 10:50:52

Bangladesh has ratified the 'Marrakesh Treaty' of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to facilitate access to published works for the blind, visually impaired or people with...

Politically-disabled BNP now depending on sticks, says Obaidul Quader

Politically-disabled BNP now depending on sticks, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-09-28 21:47:13

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said that BNP will be given a befitting reply if they take to the streets with sticks hanging th...

BNP to hold rallies in divisional cities from October 8

BNP to hold rallies in divisional cities from October 8

-- 2022-09-28 21:41:42

As part of its move to continue the pace of ongoing movement, BNP on Wednesday announced to hold public rallies in 10 divisional cities from October 8. Besides, the party will organise two mourning r...

Roadwork causes 25km tailback on highway in Cumilla

Roadwork causes 25km tailback on highway in Cumilla

-- 2022-09-28 20:48:36

The repair work on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Daudkandi in Cumilla has created a 25-kilometre tailback. Travellers were stranded for hours as vehicles were allowed to use only one Dhaka-bound la...

US concerns over labour rights still persist, says Peter Haas

US concerns over labour rights still persist, says Peter Haas

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-28 20:32:47

Bangladesh is yet to fulfil the labour reforms required for the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), says US Ambassador in Bangladesh Peter Haas. Addressing a meeting of the American Chamber of C...

Bangladesh sees worrying boom of C-section delivery

Bangladesh sees worrying boom of C-section delivery

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-09-28 20:23:30

Cesarean section has seen an eightfold increase in Bangladesh since 2004 as private healthcare services are leading the worrying shift from normal delivery, a new study has found.  Normal delive...