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Government starts conducting survey of plant species

Government starts conducting survey of plant species

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-28 18:59:21

The government has started conducting a plant species survey in order to determine and protect endangered plant species as well as conserve the country's forest and environment.  The results o...

Road accident causes 35-km tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway

Road accident causes 35-km tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway

-- 2022-07-28 18:50:46

A 35 km long tailback was created on Dhaka-Chattogram highway after a goods-laden lorry overturned near Nuritala area in Chandina upazila early Thursday. "A freight truck that overturned near Nurital...

Bangladesh reports 618 new Covid cases, four deaths

Bangladesh reports 618 new Covid cases, four deaths

-- 2022-07-28 18:01:51

Bangladesh has recorded 618 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,004,188. The death toll from the disease climbed by four in 24 hours to 29,284, according to the la...

Freedom fighters to receive smart ID cards, digital certificates

Freedom fighters to receive smart ID cards, digital certificates

-- 2022-07-28 17:19:15

The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs on Thursday launched smart ID card and digital certificate distribution among freedom fighters through which a total of 24,761 freedom fighters will receive smar...

FF to get smart ID cards, digital certificates

FF to get smart ID cards, digital certificates

-- 2022-07-28 17:12:45

The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs on Thursday has launched smart ID card and digital certificate distribution among freedom fighters through which a total of 24,761 freedom fighters will receive...

Moon sighting committee meets Friday

Moon sighting committee meets Friday

-- 2022-07-28 15:45:53

A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held on Friday (tomorrow) to fix the date of the holy Ashura, after reviewing reports on the appearance of the moon in the month of Muharram o...

Six to die for 1971 war crimes in Khulna

Six to die for 1971 war crimes in Khulna

-- 2022-07-28 12:39:47

A tribunal has sentenced six people to death for murder, genocide and other crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War in Khulna. A three-member bench of the International Crimes Tribunal...

Youth stabbed to death in Keraniganj

Youth stabbed to death in Keraniganj

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-28 12:16:28

An 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death allegedly by a group of men following an argument over jumping a queue at an NID centre in Dhaka's Keraniganj upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identifi...

PKSF installs water purifier in salinity-hit Koyra

PKSF installs water purifier in salinity-hit Koyra

FE REPORT 2022-07-28 10:37:12

Some 250 families of Koyra upazila in Khulna will get potable water supply as another water treatment plant has been set up in the coastal area that faces a serious crisis of drinking water due to ris...

Affordable housing: IFC for forming committee on enabling environment

Affordable housing: IFC for forming committee on enabling environment

FE REPORT 2022-07-28 09:22:18

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Wednesday proposed forming a 13-member working committee, comprising Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and all other stakeholders, to create an enabling envi...

Bangladesh seeks IMF loan as precaution, not for bail out: PM’s principal secretary

Bangladesh seeks IMF loan as precaution, not for bail out: PM’s principal secretary

-- 2022-07-27 21:15:26

Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Ahmad Kaikaus on Wednesday said the current foreign exchange reserve of the country can meet all types of import expenditures for more than five months. &nb...

13 people get country’s first AIP awards

13 people get country’s first AIP awards

-- 2022-07-27 20:59:39

For the first time, the Agriculture Ministry gave away its ‘Agriculturally Important Person (AIP)’ awards to 13 individuals at a programme held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka...

US puts Bangladesh in ‘high Covid-19 risk’ category for travel

US puts Bangladesh in ‘high Covid-19 risk’ category for travel

-- 2022-07-27 19:55:55

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added Bangladesh and five other destinations to its ‘high Covid-19’ risk category for travel. The other countries that received...

JICA to help Bangladesh enhance power capacity

JICA to help Bangladesh enhance power capacity

-- 2022-07-27 19:34:18

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will continue to work with the government to enhance the capacity of Bangladesh power and energy sector. "JICA wants to continue to work for enhancing th...

Bangladesh Army helicopter crash-lands in Dhaka

Bangladesh Army helicopter crash-lands in Dhaka

-- 2022-07-27 18:17:16

A Bangladesh Army helicopter crashed in Nababganj upazila of Dhaka on Wednesday after technical issues forced it to make an emergency landing, according to the Inter-Service Public Relations Directora...

D-8 member countries agree to implement PTA by next year

D-8 member countries agree to implement PTA by next year

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-27 18:01:30

The 20th session of the council of ministers of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8) ended at a city hotel on Wednesday. During the meeting, member countries of the group have agreed t...

Bangladesh logs five Covid deaths, 626 infections

Bangladesh logs five Covid deaths, 626 infections

-- 2022-07-27 17:37:10

Bangladesh has recorded 626 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,003,570. The death toll from the disease climbed by five in 24 hours to 29,280, according to the la...

HC rejects Odhikar’s writ for renewal of its registration

HC rejects Odhikar’s writ for renewal of its registration

-- 2022-07-27 16:46:30

The High Court on Wednesday rejected a writ petition filed three years ago by rights organisation ‘Odhikar’ challenging the legality of NGO Affairs Bureau's decision to not renew its regis...

The World Test Championship: A blessing for Test cricket

The World Test Championship: A blessing for Test cricket

Shajedul Rahin 2022-07-27 16:15:34

A new term ‘Bazball’ has recently been included in the dictionary of cricket as England has taken Test cricket to a whole new level, scoring with aggressive intent and chasing mammoth tota...

‘We have forex reserves enough to meet up to nine months of imports’

‘We have forex reserves enough to meet up to nine months of imports’

-- 2022-07-27 16:06:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh would be able to meet six to nine months of import expenditures with the existing foreign currency reserves. “We have money in our hands to impo...

Bangladesh population grows to 165m, women outnumber men

Bangladesh population grows to 165m, women outnumber men

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-27 13:23:25

The country’s population grew by 21 million between 2011 and 2022, according to the new census Bangladesh’s population grew to 165 million in 2022 from 144 million in 2011, according to p...

Sacked OC Pradip gets 20 years in prison

Sacked OC Pradip gets 20 years in prison

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-27 12:17:58

Sacked officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradip Kumar Das was sentenced to 20 years in prison, while his wife Chumki Karon got 21-year imprisonment in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Comm...

20 hurt in AL factional clash in Magura

20 hurt in AL factional clash in Magura

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-27 11:55:36

At least 20 people sustained injuries in a clash between two factions of the ruling Awami League (AL) over establishing supremacy in Polashbari union of Mohammadpur upazila Tuesday. The identities of...

Voting underway in 4 municipalities, 15 unions

Voting underway in 4 municipalities, 15 unions

bdnews24.com 2022-07-27 11:30:03

Voting has begun in four municipalities and 15 union councils using electronic voting machines for the election of new representatives. Simultaneously, by-elections in 3 municipalities, 2 upazilas, 3...

Bank staffs' power skills low at 11.5pc

Bank staffs' power skills low at 11.5pc

FE REPORT 2022-07-27 09:48:18

Sufficient training, development and career counseling for employees are needed much in the banking sector as bank staffs in the country are lagging far behind others in terms of power skills, a study...

Banks asked to cut power consumption till next June

Banks asked to cut power consumption till next June

FE REPORT 2022-07-27 09:08:26

The government has now asked all the commercial banks to ensure austerity by reducing the consumption of electricity and fuel. Banks will have to reduce the consumption of gas and lubricant by 20 per...

Double whammy of drought, flood

Double whammy of drought, flood

YASIR WARDAD 2022-07-27 08:54:55

Erratic rainfall in Bangladesh during the peak June-July monsoon period, in what experts blame an adverse impact of climate change on the world's largest delta, plays havoc on its agriculture. The en...

Biman to start flight on Dhaka-Toronto route Wednesday

Biman to start flight on Dhaka-Toronto route Wednesday

-- 2022-07-26 23:04:45

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start its much-awaited Dhaka-Toronto-Dhaka flight on Wednesday. The national flag carrier will operate two weekly flights every Wednesday and Sunday on the route, repor...

A-Level student found dead inside his school in Mohammadpur

A-Level student found dead inside his school in Mohammadpur

-- 2022-07-26 22:52:29

The body of an A-Level student was found inside his school, SFX Greenherald International School, in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur. The family of the 17-year-old victim believes he died by suicide, polic...

China’ foreign minister likely to visit Dhaka next month

China’ foreign minister likely to visit Dhaka next month

-- 2022-07-26 22:44:22

China’s Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi is likely to visit Bangladesh next month and Dhaka is working with Beijing to find a date for the visit convenient to both sides, says a diplomatic sourc...