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Jammers, patchy networks interrupt mobile calls, says Mustafa Jabbar

Jammers, patchy networks interrupt mobile calls, says Mustafa Jabbar

-- 2023-01-25 17:10:13

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar says there aren't enough towers for mobile phones to meet demand and a preponderance of jammers is interrupting service and leading to dropped call...

Deputy commissioners propose making yarn from banana plant fibres

Deputy commissioners propose making yarn from banana plant fibres

-- 2023-01-25 15:52:10

Deputy commissioners have proposed an initiative to make yarn from banana plant fibres at an annual conference, said Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi. The government has taken the propo...

Fertiliser-laden vessel sinks in Mongla’s Poshur channel; 8 crew rescued

Fertiliser-laden vessel sinks in Mongla’s Poshur channel; 8 crew rescued

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-25 15:12:58

A lighter vessel sank at Harbaria  in Poshur channel of the Mongla Port in Bagerhat on Tuesday night after collision with another ship. Mongla Port harbour master Captain Mohammed Shaheen Majeed...

‘Digital pass’ mandatory to enter Apex Court from Feb 1

‘Digital pass’ mandatory to enter Apex Court from Feb 1

FE ONLINE REPORT    2023-01-25 15:06:01

Those seeking justice have to collect compulsory ‘digital entry pass’ to enter the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court from February 1 this year. Besides, no litigant can even take a s...

Newborn baby stolen from Khulna hospital

Newborn baby stolen from Khulna hospital

-- 2023-01-25 15:05:04

A newborn baby was stolen from Khulna Medical College Hospital on Tuesday afternoon while their family was locked in a row with the ambulance driver over the fare. Rabiul Hasan, director of Khulna Me...

Strengthen scouts movement to groom children as worthy citizens: PM

Strengthen scouts movement to groom children as worthy citizens: PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-25 14:40:16

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Jan 25) stressed the need for strengthening the scouts movements involving each of the students  as it helps make children worthy to lead Bangladesh...

Arrest warrant against Alesha Mart chairman

Arrest warrant against Alesha Mart chairman

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-25 14:25:34

A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrant against scam-hit e-commerce platform Alesha Mart chairman Manjurul Alam Sikder in a case filed over cheque dishonour. Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan...

22nd presidential polls on Feb 19

22nd presidential polls on Feb 19

-- 2023-01-25 13:36:54

Bangladesh's 22nd presidential election will be held on February 19. Candidates are required to submit their nomination papers for the job by February 12. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul...

Massive development turns Rajshahi city green, beautiful

Massive development turns Rajshahi city green, beautiful

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-25 13:04:07

Rajshahi city has become green, beautiful and enlightened at present amid massive infrastructural developments fully supported by the present government during the last couple of years, BSS reports.&n...

2 killed over land dispute in Dinajpur

2 killed over land dispute in Dinajpur

UNB 2023-01-25 12:11:55

Two people were killed and four were injured today in a clash between two groups over land dispute at Khodatpur in Ghoraghat upazila under Dinajpur district. The deceased were identified as Md Meem, 2...

Dhaka air ‘hazardous’, most polluted in the world this morning

Dhaka air ‘hazardous’, most polluted in the world this morning

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-25 11:01:22

Dhaka once again topped the list of cities around the world with the worst air quality this morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 319 at 9 am today (January 25, 2023), Dhaka ranked first...

‘Gas from Bhola can be added to national grid next month’

‘Gas from Bhola can be added to national grid next month’

-- 2023-01-24 21:20:00

Gas from Bhola will be added to the national grid next month, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday. "We hope that we can start supplying gas from Bhola...

EC to announce presidential election schedule Wednesday

EC to announce presidential election schedule Wednesday

-- 2023-01-24 20:28:52

The Election Commission (EC) will announce the schedule of the election to pick up the 22nd president of Bangladesh on Wednesday. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal, who will be the return...

Top 20 loan defaulters’ names placed in parliament

Top 20 loan defaulters’ names placed in parliament

-- 2023-01-24 19:09:42

The total amount of debt to the top 20 defaulters is Tk 192.83 billion while the amount of defaulted loans is Tk 165.87 billion. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal divulged the amount in parliament o...

Bangladesh working to consolidate relations with neighbours, says State Minister

Bangladesh working to consolidate relations with neighbours, says State Minister

-- 2023-01-24 18:31:36

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said the government is persistently working to consolidate relations with neighbours for regional stability, shared prosperity, and mutua...

Switzerland to work with all Bangladeshi stakeholders for sustainable LDC graduation

Switzerland to work with all Bangladeshi stakeholders for sustainable LDC graduation

-- 2023-01-24 17:29:11

Outgoing Ambassador of Switzerland to Bangladesh Nathalie Chuard has said that as a "solid and agile" development partner, Switzerland will work with all stakeholders in Bangladesh and its multifacete...

PM directs DCs to increase food production, exercise austerity

PM directs DCs to increase food production, exercise austerity

-- 2023-01-24 17:13:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the deputy commissioners (DCs) to make all-out efforts for increasing food production. The prime minister also asked the DCs to exercise austerity in using e...

Two probe bodies to be formed over errors in textbooks: Dipu Moni

Two probe bodies to be formed over errors in textbooks: Dipu Moni

-- 2023-01-24 17:04:06

Two high-level probe committees will be formed to identify those responsible for mistakes and distortions in the textbooks distributed this year, said Education Minister Dipu Moni on Tuesday. “...

Covid-19: 13 more cases reported in 24 hours

Covid-19: 13 more cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2023-01-24 16:31:15

Bangladesh reported 13 more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. With the new number, the country's total caseload rose to 2,037,469, according to the Directorate General of Health Servic...

Mother to be recognised as legal guardian of student: HC

Mother to be recognised as legal guardian of student: HC

-- 2023-01-24 16:05:22

In a historic judgment on Tuesday, the High Court said that from now, mothers too would be recognised as the legal guardians of children in different official documents of students. The High Court be...

Majority of children with disabilities in Bangladesh not enrolled in formal education

Majority of children with disabilities in Bangladesh not enrolled in formal education

FE ONLINE REPORT    2023-01-24 15:30:59

More than half of children with disabilities in Bangladesh are not enrolled in any formal education according to new national-level data. The findings come from the recently-published National Survey...

Son among seven sentenced to death for housewife's murder in Noakhali

Son among seven sentenced to death for housewife's murder in Noakhali

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-24 15:14:43

A court has handed down the death penalty to seven people for the murder of a woman in Noakhali in 2020. One of the convicts is the victim's son. District and Sessions Judge Nilufar Sultana pas...

Four injured in Moghbazar grocery store explosion

Four injured in Moghbazar grocery store explosion

-- 2023-01-24 14:51:11

A 'drum' explosion in Dhaka’s Moghbazar has left four people injured. The blast occurred outside a grocery store in the Wireless Railgate area around 10 am on Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com. Th...

Gold worth Tk 10m seized at Benapole

Gold worth Tk 10m seized at Benapole

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-24 13:32:30

Police seized 10 gold bars weighing 1.16 kg from Shadipur border area of Benapole early Tuesday. Kamal Hossain Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Benapole land port police station, said that upon receivin...

Media cooperation must for human rights protection

Media cooperation must for human rights protection

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-24 12:58:18

In a bid to strengthen the country's human rights protection, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) stresses the extended cooperation with mass-media. NHRC also believes that any law creating barri...

Dhaka's air second most polluted

Dhaka's air second most polluted

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-24 12:22:31

Dhaka's air quality remains in the ‘very unhealthy' zone this morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 234 at 9:05 am today (January 24, 2023), the capital of Bangladesh ranked second i...

PM Hasina opens annual DC conference

PM Hasina opens annual DC conference

UNB 2023-01-24 12:11:56

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday opened the three-day annual conference of the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) at Shapla Hall of her office here in the city. This time there will be a total of 26 s...

Undiscovered gas found in Bhola North -2 field

Undiscovered gas found in Bhola North -2 field

-- 2023-01-23 22:19:47

More reserves of gas have been found in the Bhola North-2 gas field of the country. The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources in a press release said that new gas was found from an appraisa...

Ekushey book fair set to kick off on its traditional date after three years

Ekushey book fair set to kick off on its traditional date after three years

-- 2023-01-23 21:56:17

The month-long ‘Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela 2023’, the country’s largest book fair, is going to begin on its traditional date of the first day of February this year after three years i...

59pc Upazila health complexes do not have functional x-ray facility

59pc Upazila health complexes do not have functional x-ray facility

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-23 21:45:20

As much as 59 per cent of the Upazila health complexes do not have functional x-ray facility, said a new study on Monday picturing the country’s poor healthcare condition. Although blood transf...