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"Unintentional mistake", says FM Momen about Myanmar mortar shelling Bangladesh

"Unintentional mistake", says FM Momen about Myanmar mortar shelling Bangladesh

UNB 2022-09-21 11:04:38

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday termed Myanmar's recent shelling of mortars and gunfire into Bangladesh as “unintentional mistake”.He said this while addressing a press conferen...

Barguna transport workers call off strike

Barguna transport workers call off strike

UNB 2022-09-21 10:39:08

Bus services returned to normal in Barguna district on Wednesday, with transport workers calling off their strike on Tuesday night. The aggrieved transport workers called off their stir after the dis...

Nagar Paribahan still struggling to thrive

Nagar Paribahan still struggling to thrive

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-09-21 09:51:40

Nagar Paribahan or 'Mayor Paribahan', whatever byname the new city bus service takes, is still struggling to prove itself an improved service for non-cooperation from stakeholders concerned. Sources...

Process on to lend BD $2.0 billion

Process on to lend BD $2.0 billion

FE REPORT 2022-09-21 09:42:39

Process is underway to provide nearly US$2.0 billion for implementation of development projects in Bangladesh this fiscal year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) assures, as the country looks for forex...

Many cannot afford medicare amid rising cost of living

Many cannot afford medicare amid rising cost of living

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-09-21 08:16:21

Multitudes of people now overlook medical treatments, unless in utmost emergency, as higher cost of living fired up by inflation is squeezing overall consumer spending, including healthcare bills....

ACC looking into allegations of stock market manipulation against Shakib

ACC looking into allegations of stock market manipulation against Shakib

-- 2022-09-20 23:10:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is yet to make up its mind on whether to keep Shakib Al Hasan as its goodwill ambassador as the star cricketer is facing charges of stock market manipulation. ACC...

Fresh curriculum from next year to prepare students for 4IR: PM

Fresh curriculum from next year to prepare students for 4IR: PM

-- 2022-09-20 22:56:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the government of Bangladesh will introduce a fresh national curriculum next year aimed at raising Bangladeshi children as global citizens to make them befit for the...

Open-top bus to welcome SAFF women champions

Open-top bus to welcome SAFF women champions

-- 2022-09-20 21:08:25

Authorities are preparing an open-top double-decker bus for the reception and parade of the unbeaten Bangladesh team who clinched the South Asian women's football crown for the first time, breaking In...

Three Rohingyas held with 0.10 m Yaba pills in Cox’s Bazar

Three Rohingyas held with 0.10 m Yaba pills in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2022-09-20 20:56:31

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have detained three Rohingya men along with 0.10 million Yaba bills in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The detainees are Md Ali Hossain, 34, son of Md Abdus...

Five to die for 2007 murder of Bandarban cattle trader

Five to die for 2007 murder of Bandarban cattle trader

-- 2022-09-20 20:51:47

A Bandarban court has sentenced five people to death for murdering a cattle trader in 2007. District and Sessions Judge Md Fazle Elahi Bhuiyan delivered the verdict on Tuesday, said Kamrul Hasan, an...

Goods-laden trawler sinks in Meghna River, man goes missing

Goods-laden trawler sinks in Meghna River, man goes missing

-- 2022-09-20 20:43:05

A man went missing when a trawler sank in the Meghna River in Chandpur district on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Delwar Hossain, 35, driver of the trawler, reports UNB. Md Quamruzzaman, offi...

Streets are not ancestral property of BNP, says Obaidul Quader

Streets are not ancestral property of BNP, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-09-20 20:21:14

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the city streets are not the ancestral property of any particular political party.    “The city streets are not...

Court rejects BNP’s plea to sue 20 people over Mirpur clash

Court rejects BNP’s plea to sue 20 people over Mirpur clash

-- 2022-09-20 20:15:29

A judge has thrown out the opposition BNP’s plea to bring criminal charges against 20 people, including Jubo League General Secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil and State Minister for Industries...

Bangladesh a strong advocate for peace, says UNRC

Bangladesh a strong advocate for peace, says UNRC

-- 2022-09-20 19:36:14

UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis has said Bangladesh has been a strong advocate for peace nationally and internationally, and the United Nations in Bangladesh is happy to continue to accompany the c...

Writ filed to permanently ban hilsa export to India

Writ filed to permanently ban hilsa export to India

-- 2022-09-20 18:55:44

A lawyer has filed a writ petition seeking the High Court’s directive to authorities concerned to permanently ban the export of hilsa fish to neighbouring India. Supreme Court Advocate Md Mahmu...

Rohingya in no-man's land seek UN protection

Rohingya in no-man's land seek UN protection

-- 2022-09-20 18:21:45

A Rohingya community taking refuge in a strip of land along the Bangladesh-Myanmar frontier has called on the United Nations to ensure their safety amid a recent string of violent incidents near the b...

ACC grills seven CAAB officials over irregularities in leasing Egypt Air planes

ACC grills seven CAAB officials over irregularities in leasing Egypt Air planes

-- 2022-09-20 17:45:39

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has questioned seven officials of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) over two days as part of the investigation against allegation of irregularities over Bi...

Nasrul urges WB to expedite funding for power, energy projects

Nasrul urges WB to expedite funding for power, energy projects

-- 2022-09-20 17:28:34

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has urged World Bank to expedite its funding to projects in Bangladesh's power and energy sector. He made the request while holding...

Bangladesh to recruit 6,000 more social workers for child protection

Bangladesh to recruit 6,000 more social workers for child protection

-- 2022-09-20 17:21:00

Bangladesh will recruit 6,000 new social workers, increasing the size of the workforce from 3,000 to 9,000, in an effort to expand child protection services in the country. The ground-breaking commit...

BNP seeks to sue 20 Awami League leaders over clash during Mirpur rally

BNP seeks to sue 20 Awami League leaders over clash during Mirpur rally

-- 2022-09-20 17:12:29

The BNP has moved a court to start a case against 20 people, including Jubo League General Secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil and State Minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder, over an attack o...

Low pressure turns into well marked in Bay

Low pressure turns into well marked in Bay

-- 2022-09-20 17:05:37

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla, and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal 3 as the low pressure over the northwest Bay and adjoining areas has intensified i...

Dengue numbers keep rising: 438 new cases reported

Dengue numbers keep rising: 438 new cases reported

-- 2022-09-20 16:53:44

A total of 438 new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Tuesday morning as cases keep rising across the country. Of the new patients, 315 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka a...

Covid claims five lives, infects 614 in 24hrs

Covid claims five lives, infects 614 in 24hrs

-- 2022-09-20 16:48:32

Bangladesh has recorded 614 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,018,829. The death toll from the disease rose by five to 29,345 over the 24-hour period, according...

Bangladesh seeks int’l community’s steps to avoid regional instability

Bangladesh seeks int’l community’s steps to avoid regional instability

-- 2022-09-20 16:43:28

Bangladesh has sought support and necessary steps from the international community to stop the violence so that Myanmar cannot take advantage of creating instability in the region and thus avoid the r...

Maritime to hoist local cautionary signal 3

Maritime to hoist local cautionary signal 3

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-20 14:59:59

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla, and Payra have been advised to  hoist local cautionary signal 3 as the low pressure over the northwest Bay and adjoining areas has intensi...

No fertiliser crisis in Bangladesh, strict action against hoarders: Food Minister

No fertiliser crisis in Bangladesh, strict action against hoarders: Food Minister

UNB 2022-09-20 13:55:22

Sending out a clear message to hoarders and rumour mongers, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder Tuesday said that strict legal action would be initiated against anyone trying to create an artificial...

Fire burns down two shops in Kaptan Bazar, causing Tk 300,000 in damages

Fire burns down two shops in Kaptan Bazar, causing Tk 300,000 in damages

-- 2022-09-20 13:42:21

A fire has burnt down two electrical equipment shops located at Old Dhaka’s Kaptan Bazar market, bdnews24.com reports. The incident took place on the ground floor of Ershad Market at around 6 a...

Myanmar blames Arakan Army, ARSA for cross-border shelling

Myanmar blames Arakan Army, ARSA for cross-border shelling

-- 2022-09-20 13:01:15

Myanmar has laid the blame on the Arakan Army and the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Group (ARSA) for the recent incidents of cross-border shelling during a meeting with Bangladesh's ambassador in Yangon,...

Bangladesh-Myanmar border tension: Foreign Ministry briefing diplomats from non-ASEAN countries

Bangladesh-Myanmar border tension: Foreign Ministry briefing diplomats from non-ASEAN countries

UNB 2022-09-20 12:20:55

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now briefing diplomats (except ASEAN envoys) stationed in Dhaka at State Guesthouse Padma, to convey Bangladesh’s concerns over the situation in bordering area...

PM arrives in New York to attend 77th UNGA

PM arrives in New York to attend 77th UNGA

-- 2022-09-20 10:24:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived in New York, USA to attend the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), reports BSS. A VVIP chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines c...