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Floods may strike at end of August, heatwave likely to persist

Floods may strike at end of August, heatwave likely to persist

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-03 10:41:33

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has warned of short-term to medium-term floods in the last half of August, fuelled by heavy rains. On Tuesday, the met office forecast low pressure in the Bay...

President urges judges to perform duties with more honesty

President urges judges to perform duties with more honesty

-- 2022-08-02 21:22:10

President M Abdul Hamid has urged the judges to perform their duties with more honesty, devotion and sincerity to ensure litigants' justice in a speedy manner. The head of the state came up with the...

Obaidul Quader says BNP spreading falsehood over electricity to hide its failure

Obaidul Quader says BNP spreading falsehood over electricity to hide its failure

-- 2022-08-02 21:08:37

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday BNP continues its propaganda and falsehood over power and energy to hide its own failure. “The BNP’s continuous propaganda an...

BNP forms committee to probe its clash with police in Bhola

BNP forms committee to probe its clash with police in Bhola

-- 2022-08-02 21:03:11

BNP on Tuesday formed a 10-member committee to conduct a probe on a violent clash between its activists and police in Bhola that left local Swechchasebak Dal leader Abdur Rahim killed. The committee,...

Intern doctors of Sylhet MAG Osmani Hospital resume strike

Intern doctors of Sylhet MAG Osmani Hospital resume strike

-- 2022-08-02 20:10:14

Medical services at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital have been disrupted since Tuesday afternoon as interns of the hospital resumed strike protesting the attack on two interns by the rel...

Development spree to continue overcoming setbacks, says PM

Development spree to continue overcoming setbacks, says PM

-- 2022-08-02 19:58:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that the country’s development spree might continue as Bangladesh has reached this position overcoming many setbacks.“We’ve reached this...

Industrialist sent to jail over embezzling Tk 180m

Industrialist sent to jail over embezzling Tk 180m

-- 2022-08-02 19:44:11

A Khulna court has sent an industrialist to jail in a case filed over embezzling Tk 180 million from the corporate branch of Sonali Bank in Khulna.  The accused is Md Salauddin, managing directo...

APBn member shot at Rohingya camp 

APBn member shot at Rohingya camp 

-- 2022-08-02 19:24:03

A member of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) sustained bullet wound in a gunfight between groups of Rohingya people at a Rohingya camp in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday.  The injure...

Bangladesh reports 387 new Covid cases, three deaths

Bangladesh reports 387 new Covid cases, three deaths

-- 2022-08-02 18:22:34

Bangladesh has recorded 387 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,005,993. The death toll from the disease climbed by three in 24 hours to 29,295, according to the l...

SC lawyer of Grameen Telecom case: SC lawyer asked to clarify huge amount of fees

SC lawyer of Grameen Telecom case: SC lawyer asked to clarify huge amount of fees

FE ONLINE REPORT    2022-08-02 18:20:09

The High Court has asked a Supreme Court lawyer who took Tk 260 million as fees from his clients to submit details of it.   The High Court bench of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar passed...

Bangladesh lowers LPG price by 2.92 per kg 

Bangladesh lowers LPG price by 2.92 per kg 

-- 2022-08-02 17:51:39

The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has decreased by Tk 2.92 per kg.  From now, 12 kg container will be sold at Tk 1219 instead of Tk 1254, down by Tk 35 from 6:00 pm on Tuesday.  T...

Govt probing allegation against diplomat Kazi Anarkoly, says Shahriar 

Govt probing allegation against diplomat Kazi Anarkoly, says Shahriar 

-- 2022-08-02 17:32:06

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has said the government will thoroughly investigate the illegal drug-related allegation against Kazi Anarkoly, Deputy Chief of Mission of Bangladesh...

HC issues rule over bail of two NSU trustees   

HC issues rule over bail of two NSU trustees  

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-08-02 16:57:23

The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the concerned bodies of the government to explain in two weeks as to why two members of North South University's (NSU) trustee board, MA Kashem, and Reha...

Smuggled goods worth Tk 1.37b seized in July

Smuggled goods worth Tk 1.37b seized in July

-- 2022-08-02 16:55:34

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members seized smuggled goods, ammunition and drugs worth around Tk 1.37 billion in different drives in July. The drugs seized by BGB included 11,00,262 Yaba pills, 12.4...

Rains likely to quell sweltering heat in Bangladesh

Rains likely to quell sweltering heat in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-02 13:20:11

The weather department has predicted monsoon showers at many places across the country in 24 hours. “Light to moderate rain or thunder showers, accompanied by temporary gusty winds, is likely t...

Coal shortage threatens power production at Barapukuria

Coal shortage threatens power production at Barapukuria

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-02 12:12:00

Production at the coal-based Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant in Dinajpur will totally stop anytime soon due to a fuel shortage. Only one of the three units of the plant is operational now, producing...

Dhaka world's third most polluted city

Dhaka world's third most polluted city

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-02 11:39:46

Air pollution still remains one of the top most challenges for Bangladesh -- its capital has been ranked the third most polluted city in the world. On Tuesday, the capital's air quality index (AQI) w...

Police fired at Bhola rally to silence dissent: BNP leader Hafiz

Police fired at Bhola rally to silence dissent: BNP leader Hafiz

-- 2022-08-01 21:38:43

BNP Vice-Chairman Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Monday alleged that police attacked their party’s rally in Bhola and opened fire killing a Swechchasebak Dal leader to silence the dissenting...

Russian ship carrying machineries for Rooppur power plant arrives at Mongla 

Russian ship carrying machineries for Rooppur power plant arrives at Mongla 

-- 2022-08-01 21:27:59

A Russian ship carrying machineries for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant arrived at Mongla Port on Monday.  The Russian flag carrier ‘MV Kamilla’ anchored at the 6 no jetty of the por...

No Bangladeshi among five found dead off Italian coast

No Bangladeshi among five found dead off Italian coast

-- 2022-08-01 21:05:43

There were no Bangladeshi people among the five who were found dead on July 24 off the southern coast of Italy, according to the Bangladesh Embassy in Rome. Also, the mission is trying to find out if...

Bangladesh receives D-8 peace award 

Bangladesh receives D-8 peace award 

-- 2022-08-01 20:23:44

Bangladesh has got an ‘International Peace Award’ as one of the founding member of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation.  The award was given in memory of Prime Ministe...

Motorcyclist protests fuel ‘cheating’ in city 

Motorcyclist protests fuel ‘cheating’ in city 

-- 2022-08-01 20:16:40

A motorcyclist has launched a protest at a refuelling station in Dhaka, alleging the pumps have been manipulated to cheat customers.  The protester, Md Ishtiak, works at Eastern Bank. He ordered...

Power cuts in Bangladesh spark energy debate

Power cuts in Bangladesh spark energy debate

Reuters  2022-08-01 20:09:34

Robiul Islam, 29, sits in the dark at his home in the Kalurghat neighbourhood of Chattogram city, suffering through yet another power cut, as Bangladesh struggles with costly and inadequate natural ga...

FE journalist wins NIMC Media Award-2022

FE journalist wins NIMC Media Award-2022

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-01 19:20:30

A journalist of The Financial Express (FE), Sajibur Rahman, has achieved the prestigious NIMC (National Institute of Mass Communication) Media Award-2022. A total of 20 journalists from different med...

Covid forces Barapukuria Coal Mine to halt production 

Covid forces Barapukuria Coal Mine to halt production 

-- 2022-08-01 19:18:26

The production at Barapukuria Coal Mine will remain suspended for 15 more days as another 16 workers –six of them Chinese - tested positive for Covid-19, authorities said on Monday.  The p...

Four arrested for vandalising idol at Pirojpur temple

Four arrested for vandalising idol at Pirojpur temple

-- 2022-08-01 18:48:31

Four youths were held Monday for vandalising an idol of a Hindu goddess at a temple in Pirojpur Sadar upazila, police said. Shubho Sheikh, 40, Abu Bakkar Siddiki, 17, Hasan Sheikh, 17, and Ramzan Mol...

NID mentions Venezuela as birthplace of 12 Moulvibazar residents

NID mentions Venezuela as birthplace of 12 Moulvibazar residents

-- 2022-08-01 18:33:39

The national identity card (NID) of at least 12 permanent residents of the Moulvibazar district mentioned their birthplace as Venezuela. The mistake occurred after these NID holders living in the cou...

HC asks Ruhul Amin Howlader to surrender in two weeks

HC asks Ruhul Amin Howlader to surrender in two weeks

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-01 18:24:07

The High Court on Monday directed Jatiya Party leader and former state minister ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader to surrender in a trial court within two weeks in a corruption case filed by former bureau of an...

Bangladesh reports 349 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh reports 349 new Covid cases, one death

-- 2022-08-01 17:40:21

Bangladesh has recorded 349 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,005,606.  The death toll from the disease climbed by one in 24 hours to 29,292, according to t...

Chinese FM’s upcoming Dhaka visit part of ‘regular contacts’

Chinese FM’s upcoming Dhaka visit part of ‘regular contacts’

-- 2022-08-01 17:20:12

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Bangladesh next week is part of their "regular contacts." "It can't be said (there's) urgency (from the Chinese...