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EC finalises Tk 87.11b project to buy EVMs

EC finalises Tk 87.11b project to buy EVMs

FE REPORT 2022-09-20 08:22:53

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday finalised a project involving Tk 87.11 billion to procure 200000 electronic voting machines (EVMs) for holding next parliamentary polls. EC's Additional Secre...

Job openings shrink, silent layoffs surge

Job openings shrink, silent layoffs surge

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-09-20 08:09:44

Rising business-operating costs have squeezed Bangladesh's job market during the last six months, after an initial rebound from pandemic shocks, in one of major marked setbacks. A trend of la...

Shehbaz Sharif invites Sheikh Hasina to visit Pakistan

Shehbaz Sharif invites Sheikh Hasina to visit Pakistan

-- 2022-09-19 23:15:20

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday invited his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina to visit his country. "Pakistan Prime Minister several times invited our premier to visit Pakistan...

Obaidul Quader asks Awami League activists not to get involved in clash with BNP

Obaidul Quader asks Awami League activists not to get involved in clash with BNP

-- 2022-09-19 22:04:09

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the central leadership of the ruling party did not order the recent attacks on the BNP. The Awami League leader also threatened their party memb...

BNP leader Amir Khosru slams PM for her comments on elections

BNP leader Amir Khosru slams PM for her comments on elections

-- 2022-09-19 22:00:25

Slamming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her comments that free and fair elections are held in Bangladesh under Awami League only, BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday said even t...

Govt committed to protect ozone layer: Minister

Govt committed to protect ozone layer: Minister

-- 2022-09-19 21:09:33

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Monday said the government is committed to protecting the ozone layer that saves the people from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the...

President congratulates Bangladesh women's team, new SAFF champions

President congratulates Bangladesh women's team, new SAFF champions

-- 2022-09-19 20:40:57

President Abdul Hamid has congratulated all players, coaches and the manager of the Bangladesh women's team as they beat the hosts Nepal 3-1 in Kathmandu to lift the SAFF women's title. A brace from...

Stress on environmental statistics for progress of green growth

Stress on environmental statistics for progress of green growth

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-19 20:24:49

The government stakeholders suggested environmental statistics to become mandatory and urgent for understanding and monitoring the progress of green growth. They also spoke for environment and develo...

PM congratulates Bangladesh women's football team

PM congratulates Bangladesh women's football team

-- 2022-09-19 20:02:16

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday congratulated all players, coach and the manager of the Bangladesh women's team for beating the hosts Nepal 3-1 to lift the title of the SAFF Women's Championship....

Bangladesh, global youth demand actions to foster climate negotiation in COP 27

Bangladesh, global youth demand actions to foster climate negotiation in COP 27

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-19 19:32:51

Youths from Bangladesh and other parts of the world demanded immediate actions to address global climate change and move for negotiation in COP 27 from the world leaders. They demanded keeping the in...

HC verdict on Japanese national Kunio murder case on Sep 21

HC verdict on Japanese national Kunio murder case on Sep 21

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-19 18:52:03

The High Court has fixed Wednesday (September 21) to deliver its verdict of the case filed in connection with the murder of Japanese national Kunio Hoshi in 2015. The HC bench of Justice Md Mostafiz...

Bangladesh reports one new Covid death, 601 cases

Bangladesh reports one new Covid death, 601 cases

-- 2022-09-19 17:13:49

Bangladesh reported another death from Covid-19 with 601 more cases in 24 hours till Monday morning. With the new numbers, country's total fatalities rose to 29,340 while the total caseload rose to 2...

392 more Dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

392 more Dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2022-09-19 17:09:59

A total of 392 more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Monday morning as cases keep rising in Bangladesh. Of the new patients, 252 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 13...

Samrat's bail in illegal wealth case extended

Samrat's bail in illegal wealth case extended

-- 2022-09-19 16:46:54

A court has extended expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat's bail to Oct 20 in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over illegal wealth accumulation. Dhaka Speci...

RAB arrests three human traffickers in Cumilla

RAB arrests three human traffickers in Cumilla

-- 2022-09-19 16:11:06

A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained the leader of a gang and his two associates allegedly involved in human trafficking to Europe from Cumilla. The detainees were as Sohel Mazumdar, t...

Cautionary signal 3 issued for maritime ports

Cautionary signal 3 issued for maritime ports

-- 2022-09-19 15:50:38

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla, and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal 3 as a low-pressure area has formed over Northwest Bay. The low-pressure area for...

Renewed BCL protests roil Chattogram University, exams in doubt

Renewed BCL protests roil Chattogram University, exams in doubt

bdnews24.com 2022-09-19 15:00:03

Chattogram University students aggrieved at missing out on posts in the Bangladesh Chhatra League committee for the institution have once again launched protests on campus, putting classes and exa...

Election Commission allocates Tk 87 billion to buy, maintain EVMs

Election Commission allocates Tk 87 billion to buy, maintain EVMs

-- 2022-09-19 14:57:11

The Election Commission has approved a project of Tk 87 billion to buy nearly 200,000 electronic voting machines and conduct maintenance on older ones ahead of the upcoming 12th national parliam...

PM joins reception at Buckingham Palace in London

PM joins reception at Buckingham Palace in London

-- 2022-09-19 13:40:25

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has attended the reception of King Charles III at Buckingham Palace with the other world leaders, reports BSS. King Charles and his wife Queen Consort Camilla hosted the...

Eviction drive: Slum dwellers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway

Eviction drive: Slum dwellers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway

UNB 2022-09-19 13:26:59

Slum dwellers on Monday staged demonstrations blocking Dhaka-Mymensingh highway against an eviction drive at Mohakhali without ensuring their rehabilitation. Hundreds of slum dwellers blocked the hig...

Tensions on Myanmar border: Govt plans to evacuate 300 Bangladeshi families

Tensions on Myanmar border: Govt plans to evacuate 300 Bangladeshi families

UNB 2022-09-19 11:51:05

The local administration is planning to evacuate members of 300 Bangladeshi families in Ghumdhum union along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban following firings and...

It’s ‘my struggle’ to establish democracy and ensure fair elections: Hasina

It’s ‘my struggle’ to establish democracy and ensure fair elections: Hasina

-- 2022-09-19 09:54:40

Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her commitment to holding free and fair elections, saying it is part of her “struggle to establish democracy”, bdnews24.com reports. The prime min...

Mirza Fakhrul says govt trying to create anarchy through terror acts

Mirza Fakhrul says govt trying to create anarchy through terror acts

-- 2022-09-18 22:52:21

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the government is trying to create anarchy in the country by resorting to ‘terror’ activities and attacking peacefu...

Railway police clash with BGB in Benapole; two injured

Railway police clash with BGB in Benapole; two injured

-- 2022-09-18 22:47:13

Two officers of Bangladesh Railway Police were injured in a clash with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members over luggage checking of some passengers on a train in Benapole on Sunday. The injured wer...

PM to depart London for New York on Monday

PM to depart London for New York on Monday

-- 2022-09-18 22:32:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will depart London for New York on Monday night after attending the state funeral of Britain's late Queen Elizabeth II. She will leave the capital of England en route to...

Indian truck driver detained with 50 gold bars at Sonamasjid port

Indian truck driver detained with 50 gold bars at Sonamasjid port

-- 2022-09-18 21:31:53

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained an Indian truck driver with 50 gold bars weighing 3.48kg from the border area of Chapainawabganj's Shibganj on Sunday. The detainee was identified as Rentu...

Five arrested in ‘gang-rape’ of election candidate in Rajshahi

Five arrested in ‘gang-rape’ of election candidate in Rajshahi

-- 2022-09-18 21:20:25

Police have arrested five people on charges of raping a female candidate of union council elections in Rajshahi on her way home from campaign. Robiul Islam, chief of Bagmara Police Station, said the...

Border guards on alert after Myanmar shelling: Official

Border guards on alert after Myanmar shelling: Official

-- 2022-09-18 20:40:59

Bangladesh tightened security on the border with Myanmar after tensions flared up between the two neighbouring nations over the killing of a Rohingya teen in shelling by Myanmar. The government put t...

Govt aims to meet 40pc of edible oil demand locally

Govt aims to meet 40pc of edible oil demand locally

-- 2022-09-18 20:31:31

Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque has said the government is implementing an action plan to meet at least 40 per cent demand of edible oil locally. He said the local oil production now hovers...

1.1m hectares of cropland to be protected from floods

1.1m hectares of cropland to be protected from floods

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-09-18 19:30:58

The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) implementation will help in protecting 1.1 million hectares of cropland from floods, which ultimately will raise rice production in the country, according to the env...