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Migration cost for Bangladeshis still highest in the region: US report

Migration cost for Bangladeshis still highest in the region: US report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-20 19:09:20

Migration cost for Bangladeshis is still the highest in the region despite a slight reduction, said the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report 2022. The report, released by the US State Department on We...

Govt seeks alternative sources of urea fertilizer: Agri Minister

Govt seeks alternative sources of urea fertilizer: Agri Minister

-- 2022-07-20 18:51:16

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said on Wednesday that his ministry is trying to find alternative sources from where the much-needed Urea fertilizer can be purchased, reports UNB. ...

HC rules over issuing gazette declaring Kazi Nazrul as 'National Poet'

HC rules over issuing gazette declaring Kazi Nazrul as 'National Poet'

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-20 18:07:51

The High Court has issued a rule asking concerned bodies of the government to explain as to why they should not be directed to publish a gazette declaring poet Kazi Nazrul Islam as the 'National Poe...

1,104 Covid-19 cases, one death reported in 24 hours

1,104 Covid-19 cases, one death reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-07-20 17:55:54

Bangladesh has recorded 1,104 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,999,395. The death toll from the disease climbed by one in 24 hours to 29,250, according to the l...

Irregularities in railway: HC wants to know ACC steps regarding protest of DU student

Irregularities in railway: HC wants to know ACC steps regarding protest of DU student

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-20 16:56:13

The High Court on Wednesday wanted to know what steps the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has taken over the allegations of the Dhaka University student who had been protesting for last 13 days at...

Shohoz fined Tk 200,000 over cancelled train tickets

Shohoz fined Tk 200,000 over cancelled train tickets

-- 2022-07-20 16:48:13

The Directorate of National Consumers Right Protection has fined Shohoz Tk 200,000 over cancelled online train tickets, based on a complaint from Dhaka University student Mohiuddin Rony. The decision...

DIFE plea wants expeditious disposal of case against Prof Yunus

DIFE plea wants expeditious disposal of case against Prof Yunus

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-20 15:26:13

The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) has filed an application with the High Court for expeditious hearing on a rule issued by it over scrapping the trial proceedings...

Five dead as bus slams into autorickshaw in Barishal

Five dead as bus slams into autorickshaw in Barishal

-- 2022-07-20 14:16:47

Five people were killed and two others injured in a road crash involving a bus and an autorickshaw in Barishal’s Bakerganj Upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The accident occurred on the Barishal-...

Failing to get tickets, students block Dhaka airport railway station

Failing to get tickets, students block Dhaka airport railway station

-- 2022-07-20 13:48:21

Students have occupied the rail tracks at the Airport Station in Dhaka after failing to get tickets to Rajshahi. Train operations at the station have been halted since 9:00 am on Wednesday, disruptin...

Bangladesh passport 104th on global index

Bangladesh passport 104th on global index

FE REPORT 2022-07-20 11:43:33

Bangladeshi passport has been placed in 104th position among 112 in a latest global Index indicating its poor acceptance in many travel destinations. The green passport holders can enter only 41 inte...

Bangladesh, Brazil sign visa exemption agreement

Bangladesh, Brazil sign visa exemption agreement

-- 2022-07-19 23:00:58

Bangladesh and Brazil have signed an agreement on visa exemption marking 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam, MP who is on...

MoFA creating intelligent architecture for faster service across globe

MoFA creating intelligent architecture for faster service across globe

-- 2022-07-19 22:36:19

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is creating a data-driven intelligent architecture for better and faster service across the globe. He made the remarks while...

DPDC cutting off power supply to stores that continue business after 8:00 pm

DPDC cutting off power supply to stores that continue business after 8:00 pm

-- 2022-07-19 21:41:14

The Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) have begun cutting off the power supply to any stores or shopping malls that continue business after 8:00 pm in a breach of the government order to...

Country experiences 1,915 MW load shedding on Tuesday

Country experiences 1,915 MW load shedding on Tuesday

-- 2022-07-19 21:38:22

The country experienced a total of 1,915 MW of load shedding on Tuesday, the first day of a new era of area-wise planned power cuts announced by the government, that many believed they had left behind...

Parliamentary body on power ministry holds meeting without using AC, lights

Parliamentary body on power ministry holds meeting without using AC, lights

-- 2022-07-19 21:14:48

The parliamentary standing committee on power, energy and mineral resources ministry set an example on Tuesday by holding its meeting without using air conditioners and even electric lights to save el...

Central bank’s new governor pays courtesy call on president

Central bank’s new governor pays courtesy call on president

-- 2022-07-19 21:06:55

New Governor of Bangladesh Bank Abdur Rouf Talukder paid a courtesy call on President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Tuesday evening. Welcoming the new governor, the president expressed his...

Govt orders its employees to stop wearing suits

Govt orders its employees to stop wearing suits

-- 2022-07-19 21:02:54

The days of public sector personnel wearing suits in the comfort of their air-conditioned offices amid summer heat are ending, at least for now. Government employees have been ordered to shun these fo...

PM receives report on Bangabandhu's birth centenary celebration

PM receives report on Bangabandhu's birth centenary celebration

-- 2022-07-19 19:54:10

The National Implementation Committee for the Birth Centenary Celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Tuesday submitted its report to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Ch...

Low turnout for Covid booster shot

Low turnout for Covid booster shot

-- 2022-07-19 19:43:13

The government’s drive to administer 7.5 million Covid vaccine boosters and second doses in a day has drawn few people to the hospitals. Booster doses were administered at all government medica...

Guardian of baby born on road to get Tk 0.50m

Guardian of baby born on road to get Tk 0.50m

-- 2022-07-19 19:04:43

The High Court has ordered the authorities concerned to provide Tk 0.50 million within 15 days to the legal guardian of the baby who was born during a road accident in Mymensingh that left its paren...

Passengers stuck on 'boiling' Biman flight for four hours in Kolkata

Passengers stuck on 'boiling' Biman flight for four hours in Kolkata

-- 2022-07-19 18:03:57

A Boeing 737 Biman Bangladesh flight experienced technical difficulties at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport after taking on passengers. With the air conditioning turne...

Bangladesh logs 879 new Covid cases, eight deaths

Bangladesh logs 879 new Covid cases, eight deaths

-- 2022-07-19 17:59:37

Bangladesh has recorded 879 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,998,291. The death toll from the disease climbed by eight in 24 hours to 29,249, according to the l...

PM urges all to maintain austerity in electricity use

PM urges all to maintain austerity in electricity use

-- 2022-07-19 17:48:38

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all concerned, including the stakeholders in public and private sector, to maintain austerity in all fields, including in power consumption, in the wake of globa...

CEC apologises for his ‘rifle against sword’ remark

CEC apologises for his ‘rifle against sword’ remark

-- 2022-07-19 17:36:16

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Tuesday apologised for his rifle against sword comment during his ongoing dialogue with political parties. "Sometimes we make mistakes. Sorry fo...

Flashfloods damage crops worth Tk 1.27b in Kurigram

Flashfloods damage crops worth Tk 1.27b in Kurigram

-- 2022-07-19 17:22:42

Crops on around 8,027 hectares of land have been damaged due to the recent floods in Kurigram district. Crops worth Tk 1.27 billion have been damaged, according to the Department of Agricultural Exte...

Govt seeks nomination proposals for Ekushey Padak-2023

Govt seeks nomination proposals for Ekushey Padak-2023

-- 2022-07-19 16:51:08

The government has sought nomination proposals for Ekushey Padak-2023 from all ministries, different departments, deputy commissioners, public university authorities and the recipients of Swadhinata P...

Russia-Ukraine war causes great sufferings to common people, says PM

Russia-Ukraine war causes great sufferings to common people, says PM

-- 2022-07-19 16:14:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the Russia-Ukraine war has caused serious suffering for the common people as a whole. She made this remark while the visiting Indian Army Chief, General M...

Heatwave likely to subside from Wednesday

Heatwave likely to subside from Wednesday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-19 15:33:05

People in most parts of the country may feel a sigh of relief from the existing scorching heat from Wednesday as the heatwave may abate in those places tomorrow, according to a met official. Dr Muham...

Bangladesh seeks more support from Indonesian for Rohingya repatriation

Bangladesh seeks more support from Indonesian for Rohingya repatriation

-- 2022-07-19 15:23:17

Bangladesh has sought a proactive support of Indonesia and of the ASEAN for an early repatriation of the stranded Myanmar nationals from Bangladesh to Myanmar. Bangladesh and Indonesia held bilateral...

Death toll from Eid-time road accidents hits 7-year high: Report

Death toll from Eid-time road accidents hits 7-year high: Report

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-19 13:51:36

Road accidents have killed 398 people over two weeks of Eid travels, the highest toll in seven years. The road accidents also left 774 people injured in the same period, according to data compiled by...