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Abdullah Al-Mamun named new IGP

Abdullah Al-Mamun named new IGP

-- 2022-09-22 18:00:54

Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, director general of Rapid Action Battalion, has been appointed inspector general of police, reports bdnews24.com. M Khurshid Hossain, an additional IGP, will succeed Al-M...

Biman, Dhaka airport authorities deny footballers' luggage tampering claims

Biman, Dhaka airport authorities deny footballers' luggage tampering claims

-- 2022-09-22 17:56:30

Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Shahjalal International Airport authorities said there was 'no truth' to the allegations that the SAFF Championship-winning women's football team had their luggage broken...

Govt issues notice on police chief Benazir's retirement

Govt issues notice on police chief Benazir's retirement

-- 2022-09-22 17:48:48

Bangladesh Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed will retire from his position after reaching 59 years of age, the cut-off time for a government employee. Benazir will retire on Sept 30, accordin...

Postponed SSC exams under Dinajpur Board from Oct 10-13

Postponed SSC exams under Dinajpur Board from Oct 10-13

-- 2022-09-22 17:20:58

The postponed SSC examinations on four subjects under the Dinajpur Education Board will be held from October 10 to 13. The exams will start at 11am, Professor Kamrul Islam, chairman of the Education...

Covid claims one more life; 678 get infected

Covid claims one more life; 678 get infected

-- 2022-09-22 16:20:15

Bangladesh has recorded 678 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,020,148. The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,346 over the 24-hour period, according t...

Hundreds of lenders gather outside Evaly office

Hundreds of lenders gather outside Evaly office

-- 2022-09-22 16:06:00

Hundreds of lenders have gathered outside the Evaly office in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi following the transfer of the e-commerce platform’s responsibility to the family of Mohammad Rassel, former...

Bangladesh extends age limit for entering govt jobs by 39 months

Bangladesh extends age limit for entering govt jobs by 39 months

-- 2022-09-22 15:55:53

Considering the Covid-19 fallout, the government has raised the maximum age limit by three years and three months for entering government service. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette...

New Indian envoy Pranay Kumar arrives in city

New Indian envoy Pranay Kumar arrives in city

-- 2022-09-22 15:47:17

Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh Pranay Kumar Verma has arrived in Dhaka. Verma, who most recently served as Ambassador of India to Vietnam, arrived in the capital on...

PM attends Joe Biden's reception

PM attends Joe Biden's reception

-- 2022-09-22 14:15:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has joined a reception here hosted by US President Joe Biden. The US president along with his wife hosted the event this evening at the American Museum of Natural His...

PM announces prize money for women footballers

PM announces prize money for women footballers

-- 2022-09-22 13:28:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced providing prize money to all the Bangladesh Women Football Team players in recognition of their clinching the maiden title of the SAFF Women's Championship b...

PM expresses concern over Covid-19, Russia-Ukraine war challenges

PM expresses concern over Covid-19, Russia-Ukraine war challenges

-- 2022-09-22 11:24:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed concern about financial and commercial challenges alongside the food and energy crisis facing the developing countries in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic a...

'Stop land grabbing in hill dists'

'Stop land grabbing in hill dists'

FE REPORT 2022-09-22 10:44:30

Speakers at a roundtable on Wednesday called for a halt to land grabbing in hill districts through a proper law in favour of tribal people. Encroachers have adopted multiple techniques to grab acres...

PM witnesses photo exhibition on Padma Bridge at UN

PM witnesses photo exhibition on Padma Bridge at UN

-- 2022-09-22 09:34:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today visited the photo exhibition on Padma Bridge at the United Nations (UN) headquarters, reports BSS. She witnessed the exhibition organized on the curved wall at leve...

Bangladesh doesn’t lack defence capabilities, but it wants no war, says home minister

Bangladesh doesn’t lack defence capabilities, but it wants no war, says home minister

-- 2022-09-21 22:29:00

Amid cross-border shelling, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said Bangladesh does not want war with Myanmar or any other country, but its military is always ready to respond to provocation. The home...

3.5m homeless people get houses during my premiership of 18 years: PM

3.5m homeless people get houses during my premiership of 18 years: PM

-- 2022-09-21 21:27:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the world leaders to form a strong partnership to say goodbye to the curse of homelessness, saying that she believes a safe and decent shelter is the basic right...

BNP again trying to create violence on streets, says Obaidul Quader

BNP again trying to create violence on streets, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-09-21 20:46:24

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said BNP has initiated its attempt to create violence and terrorist acts on the streets in the name of movement again. He said, "These days,...

Gayeshwar says BNP’s ongoing rallies are just ‘rehearsals’ for ‘final movement’

Gayeshwar says BNP’s ongoing rallies are just ‘rehearsals’ for ‘final movement’

-- 2022-09-21 20:41:13

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Wednesday said their party’s ongoing rallies are just rehearsals for the ‘final' movement to oust the Awami League government. "Obaidur Quader (...

We are observing Bangladesh-Myanmar border situation, says home minister

We are observing Bangladesh-Myanmar border situation, says home minister

-- 2022-09-21 20:32:01

Terming Bangladesh as a peace-loving country, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Wednesday said the mortar shelling issue will be resolved through mutual talks with Myanmar. "We achieved our ind...

Eastern Refinery says it is incapable of processing Russian crude oil

Eastern Refinery says it is incapable of processing Russian crude oil

-- 2022-09-21 19:55:25

Bangladesh’s sole purifier Eastern Refinery has said it is incapable of processing Russian crude oil with its age-old machinery. The state refinery informed Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BP...

Experts sound alarm over spread of dengue fever

Experts sound alarm over spread of dengue fever

-- 2022-09-21 19:23:46

Experts have sounded alarm over the spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever in large parts of Bangladesh, including rural areas with limited facilities to treat patients. According to bdnews24.com, the...

PM directs to build house for goalkeeper Rupna Chakma

PM directs to build house for goalkeeper Rupna Chakma

-- 2022-09-21 18:40:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities concerned to build a house for Rupna Chakma, the proud goalkeeper of Bangladesh Women Football Team that clinched the title of SAFF Women Cham...

Russian Embassy rejects TIB statement on Dhaka-Moscow grain deals, gas exploration

Russian Embassy rejects TIB statement on Dhaka-Moscow grain deals, gas exploration

-- 2022-09-21 17:57:05

The Russian Embassy in Dhaka has said they remain open to provide the official comments on all the matters of Bangladesh-Russia bilateral relations as well as on the foreign policy of the Russian Fede...

SSC question paper leak: Dinajpur board suspends four examinations, three held

SSC question paper leak: Dinajpur board suspends four examinations, three held

-- 2022-09-21 17:23:55

The Dinajpur Education Board has suspended four Secondary School Certificate tests after recovering the question papers for those subjects from a school in Kurigram's Bhurungamari Upazila. Local admi...

US yet to provide specific info on sanctioning RAB, Momen says

US yet to provide specific info on sanctioning RAB, Momen says

-- 2022-09-21 16:44:30

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that the US government provided no specific information to Bangladesh on the sanctioning of the country’s special security force, Rapid Action Battalion...

641 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

641 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-09-21 16:12:50

Bangladesh has recorded 641 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,019,470. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,345 over the 24-hour period, accord...

SAFF champion girls return home

SAFF champion girls return home

-- 2022-09-21 16:01:34

Bangladesh national women's team is back home after winning the SAFF Women’s Football Championship, beating Nepal in the final. State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russel received t...

New Evaly board includes ex-Chairman Shamima

New Evaly board includes ex-Chairman Shamima

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-21 15:25:30

The High Court-appointed five-member Board of Directors (BoD) of the controversial e-commerce platform Evaly Limited headed by Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik has resigned. They have already submit...

Japan, UNHCR sign $3.5m agreement for Rohingya protection in Bangladesh

Japan, UNHCR sign $3.5m agreement for Rohingya protection in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-21 14:51:08

The Government of Japan and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, signed a partnership agreement on Wednesday to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The contrib...

Hasina reiterates call for Rohingya repatriation

Hasina reiterates call for Rohingya repatriation

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-21 14:02:25

Emphasising the plight of more than a million Rohingya who are taking refuge in Bangladesh after fleeing persecution in Myanmar, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has once again urged the United Nations an...

Japanese national Kunio murder: HC upholds death penalty of 4 JMB men, acquits one

Japanese national Kunio murder: HC upholds death penalty of 4 JMB men, acquits one

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-21 12:49:04

The High Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of four members of the banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in a case filed in connection with the murder of Japanese nati...