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Obaidul Quader urges people to exercise austerity in using state resources

Obaidul Quader urges people to exercise austerity in using state resources

-- 2022-07-26 22:39:12

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the government has taken timely steps to face the fall-out of the ongoing global economic crisis. “The current crisis is a glo...

BNP announces protest programme over mismanagement in power sector

BNP announces protest programme over mismanagement in power sector

-- 2022-07-26 22:36:09

BNP will stage demonstrations across the country to protest against the ongoing load-shedding and mismanagement in the power and energy sector. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir annou...

Another dengue patient dies, 99 others hospitalised

Another dengue patient dies, 99 others hospitalised

-- 2022-07-26 22:30:45

Dengue claimed another life and 99 new patients were hospitalised with the viral infection in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With these...

Bangladesh truly a champion on migration management, says IOM

Bangladesh truly a champion on migration management, says IOM

-- 2022-07-26 22:24:15

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has appreciated Bangladesh’s overall migration management and gradual prevention of irregular migration enabling regular migration. “On...

Writ challenges DNCRP’s legality of fining shohoz.com

Writ challenges DNCRP’s legality of fining shohoz.com

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-26 19:28:54

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court challenging the legality of the verdict delivered by the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) fining Tk 0.2 million to ticketin...

Banks asked to cut power, fuel use

Banks asked to cut power, fuel use

-- 2022-07-26 18:28:51

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked banks to cut the use of electricity and fuel till next June. Banks have to reduce the consumption of gas and lubricant by 20 per cent and electricity by 25 per cent i...

Five expatriates found unconscious in Sylhet were poisoned: police

Five expatriates found unconscious in Sylhet were poisoned: police

-- 2022-07-26 18:07:42

The five members of a UK-based Bangladeshi family found unconscious at a house in Sylhet’s Osmani Nagar were poisoned, police said after an initial investigation. Two of them died on the way to...

Covid claims four lives, infects 621 in 24 hours

Covid claims four lives, infects 621 in 24 hours

-- 2022-07-26 17:06:08

Bangladesh has recorded 621 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,002,944. The death toll from the disease climbed by four in 24 hours to 29,275, according to the la...

Five expatriates found unconscious in Sylhet, two die

Five expatriates found unconscious in Sylhet, two die

-- 2022-07-26 17:00:08

Five UK-based Bangladeshis have been found unconscious at a house in Sylhet’s Osmani Nagar and two of them have died on the way to a hospital. They were recovered on Tuesday afternoon, said Syl...

Building zero waste communities stressed

Building zero waste communities stressed

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-26 16:49:39

Building zero waste communities is a necessary alternative to prevailing waste management in the country as it can significantly reduce waste generation and help greater resource productivity, said...

13 people to get AIPs status Wednesday

13 people to get AIPs status Wednesday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-26 16:30:35

A total of 13 people are set to receive the country’s first-ever 'Agricultural Important Persons’ (AIPs) status on Wednesday for their contribution to the development of the agricultural s...

Most deadly offences taking place in banking sector: HC

Most deadly offences taking place in banking sector: HC

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-26 15:53:03

The High Court has observed that the country’s most deadly offences have been taking place in the banking sector. The High Court bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hay...

Most parts of country witness rain

Most parts of country witness rain

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-26 13:26:29

People in most parts of the country and in the capital are witnessing light to heavy rainfall as Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and weak elsewhere over North Bay. Bangladesh Meteorological...

Student stabbed to death at Shahjalal University

Student stabbed to death at Shahjalal University

-- 2022-07-26 10:34:14

A student of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet has been knifed to death on the campus by unidentified assailants. Proctor Ishrat Ibne Ismail said the victim, Bulbul Ahmed,...

Missing NSU student found dead

Missing NSU student found dead

-- 2022-07-26 10:14:20

Police have recovered the body of a student of North South University from the Turag river in Gazipur. Locals called police after seeing the body of Moazer Bin Alam, 23, floating on the river at Pola...

3MW hybrid power plant to be built at Manpura

3MW hybrid power plant to be built at Manpura

FE REPORT 2022-07-26 09:16:56

State-run West Zone Power Distribution Company Ltd (WZPDCL) inked Monday an agreement with Western Manpura Solar Power Ltd (WMSPL) to implement a 3.0 megawatt (MW) hybrid power plant project combini...

Building construction with WB loans, foreign trip, vehicle import proposed

Building construction with WB loans, foreign trip, vehicle import proposed

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2022-07-26 08:59:17

The Department of Environment (DoE) has taken up a project to construct 38 office buildings with costly foreign loans. Besides, the department with two other public agencies will send abroad 120 civi...

BD spends $5.0b yearly on fighting climate impacts

BD spends $5.0b yearly on fighting climate impacts

FE REPORT 2022-07-26 08:52:51

Bangladesh's economy could achieve 10-per cent GDP growth if it has not been impacted by climate change, foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Monday. Bangladesh suffers a loss of 2.0 per cent...

Country switches to coal power to substitute petroleum imports

Country switches to coal power to substitute petroleum imports

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2022-07-26 08:45:05

Following footstep of many others, Bangladesh intends to augment imported-coal use for electricity generation to substitute costly diesel, furnace oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. Altho...

Deputy Speaker Fazle Rabbi Miah laid to rest

Deputy Speaker Fazle Rabbi Miah laid to rest

-- 2022-07-25 22:59:34

Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Deputy Speaker Advocate Fazle Rabbi Miah was laid to eternal rest at his family graveyard at Gutia village under Saghata Upazila in Gaibandha on Monday afternoon. Earlier, his sec...

President greets his new Indian counterpart

President greets his new Indian counterpart

-- 2022-07-25 22:40:09

President M Abdul Hamid on Monday congratulated his new Indian counterpart Droupadi Murmu on her assumption of office as the 15th President of the Republic of India, saying that it would help further...

PM asks ministers to cut costs, reduce use of cars

PM asks ministers to cut costs, reduce use of cars

-- 2022-07-25 21:45:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the cabinet members to minimise costs amid the ongoing global energy crisis. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said the prime mini...

Recent floods damage property, crops worth Tk 868.12 billion

Recent floods damage property, crops worth Tk 868.12 billion

-- 2022-07-25 20:15:33

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md. Enamur Rahman on Monday said recent devastating floods ravaging the country’s north and northeastern regions caused damages worth over Tk...

Teknaf UNO to be made OSD after yelling abuse at journalist

Teknaf UNO to be made OSD after yelling abuse at journalist

-- 2022-07-25 19:56:00

The government is set to make Teknaf Upazila executive officer or UNO Mohammad Kaisar Khosru an officer on special duty, or OSD, which is seen as a punishment in public service, for yelling abuse at a...

Private producer to set up a 3 MW hybrid power plant at Monpura

Private producer to set up a 3 MW hybrid power plant at Monpura

-- 2022-07-25 19:48:45

The government has signed a contract with a private company to set up a 3 MW hybrid power plant--a combination of solar, battery and diesel-run generator--at southern Monpura Island in the Bay of Beng...

Bangladesh spends $5.0b per year to address climate change impact

Bangladesh spends $5.0b per year to address climate change impact

FE Online Report 2022-07-25 19:30:57

Bangladesh’s economy could achieve 10 per cent GDP growth if it had not been impacted by climate change, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Monday informing that Bangladesh suffered a lo...

PM recalls Shinzo Abe's contribution to Bangladesh's development

PM recalls Shinzo Abe's contribution to Bangladesh's development

-- 2022-07-25 19:19:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had played a great role in the development of Bangladesh as the cabinet unanimously adopted a condolence mot...

Ctg customs seize two more consignments of liquor

Ctg customs seize two more consignments of liquor

-- 2022-07-25 19:17:49

The customs seized two more large consignments of foreign liquors from Chattogram port Monday as the goods were imported under false declarations and through tax evasions. "We took possession of two...

Govt steps up to improve Dinajpur iron ore mine

Govt steps up to improve Dinajpur iron ore mine

-- 2022-07-25 19:08:15

The government has taken steps to develop the iron ore mine discovered for the first time at Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur district. As part of the process, German company-DMT Consulting Limited- will...

PM for avoiding purchasing non-essentials to save public money

PM for avoiding purchasing non-essentials to save public money

-- 2022-07-25 18:47:45

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities concerned to avoid the procurement of less important items in order to reduce the cost of government amid the current global crisis. “T...