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238 women raped in first three months of 2022

238 women raped in first three months of 2022

-- 2022-05-05 14:33:21

At least 238 women were raped in the first three months of the current calendar year across the country, according to a report of an independent rights body. Besides, a total of 13 women were killed...

Low pressure area likely to form over Andaman Sea, adjoining areas

Low pressure area likely to form over Andaman Sea, adjoining areas

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-05-05 12:28:29

A low pressure area is likely to form over Andaman Sea and adjoining areas in the next 72-hour, according to a Met office bulletin issued on Thursday morning. The 24-hour bulletin also said rain/thun...

College student among two killed in city road accidents

College student among two killed in city road accidents

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-05 11:06:34

Two people were killed in separate road accidents in the capital’s Jatrabari and Mirpur areas. After the incidents on Wednesday, the victims, identified as Md Shihab, 21, and Abu Siddique, 53,...

Bangladesh ranks top among the countries to receive free Covid vaccine from WHO: Health minister

Bangladesh ranks top among the countries to receive free Covid vaccine from WHO: Health minister

-- 2022-05-05 10:15:29

Bangladesh has been the largest recipient of Covid-19 vaccines worth about Tk 200 billion free from the World Health Organization (WHO), said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Wednesday, UNB reports....

17 killed in separate road crashes a day after Eid-ul-Fitr

17 killed in separate road crashes a day after Eid-ul-Fitr

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-05 08:31:51

At least 17 people died and a dozen others have been injured in separate road accidents a day after Eid-ul-Fitr. The accidents occurred in seven districts on Wednesday, police said. Five of the victi...

Eid festivities upended by gas outage

Eid festivities upended by gas outage

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-05 08:20:21

Millions in Savar, Ashulia, Manikganj and eight districts of Rajshahi Division were preparing to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr in full swing with family gatherings and meet-ups with friends after two years of...

Government offices to resume Thursday after Eid vacation

Government offices to resume Thursday after Eid vacation

-- 2022-05-04 22:06:45

The government offices will resume tomorrow after the vacation of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival for Muslims. This year, the government employees got a six-day holiday at a stre...

Railway starts selling advance tickets for return journey after Eid

Railway starts selling advance tickets for return journey after Eid

-- 2022-05-04 21:57:42

Bangladesh Railways has started selling advance train tickets for the return journey of holidaymakers after Eid-ul-Fitr. According to Kamalapur railway station authorities, passengers can buy tickets...

Three more Bangladeshis named in Pandora Papers 

Three more Bangladeshis named in Pandora Papers 

-- 2022-05-04 21:52:13

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists or ICIJ has released the final trove of leaked data in its Pandora Papers investigation that shows three more people and two firms used Bangla...

Three teenagers killed as their motorcycle crashes into tree

Three teenagers killed as their motorcycle crashes into tree

-- 2022-05-04 21:48:03

Three teenage boys were killed as their motorcycle crashed into a roadside tree in Panchagarh on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Natun Islam, 16, Mahabubar Rahman Shishir, 17, an...

Hundreds of Rohingya refugees visit Cox’s Bazar beach a day after Eid

Hundreds of Rohingya refugees visit Cox’s Bazar beach a day after Eid

-- 2022-05-04 21:35:10

Hundreds of Rohingya refugees reportedly visited the sea beach in Cox’s Bazar a day after Eid-ul-Fitr. Police have detained more than 450 Rohingya people, including women and children, in a two...

Former Chhatra League leader stabbed to death in Kishoreganj

Former Chhatra League leader stabbed to death in Kishoreganj

-- 2022-05-04 20:53:36

A former Chhatra League leader was stabbed to death in Kishoreganj’s Karimganj Upazila and a suspect was detained in connection with the incident. The incident occurred at 11:00 am on Wednesday...

PM offers prayers at Banani graves of her martyred family members

PM offers prayers at Banani graves of her martyred family members

-- 2022-05-04 20:35:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana, on Wednesday offered prayers at the graves of the martyred family members of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...

Eid celebrated in full swing as Covid-19 tamed, says health minister

Eid celebrated in full swing as Covid-19 tamed, says health minister

-- 2022-05-04 20:04:06

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Wednesday Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated in full swing in the country following a continuous downtrend of the Covid-19 infection rate due to the mass vaccination. “...

US expatriate hacked to death in Bogura, four held 

US expatriate hacked to death in Bogura, four held 

-- 2022-05-04 18:56:29

A 65-year-old US expatriate was hacked to death allegedly by some miscreants in Sadar upazila of Bogura district early Wednesday, police said.  The deceased was identified as Abdur Razzak S...

Two siblings killed in Kushtia road crash 

Two siblings killed in Kushtia road crash 

-- 2022-05-04 18:50:39

Two brothers were killed and five others injured in a collision between a three-wheeler and a pick-up van on the Kushtia-Rajbari road in Shimulia union of Kushtia district on Wednesday.  The dec...

Met office predicts rain with intense lightning flashes 

Met office predicts rain with intense lightning flashes 

-- 2022-05-04 17:44:40

,Rain or thundershowers with intense lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places in different parts of the country, reports BSS citing a met release on Wednesday.&nbs...

10 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

10 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-05-04 16:39:42

Bangladesh has registered 10 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,952,743. The government recorded no deaths in the 24-hour count, keeping the total toll from t...

Rickshaw pullers, bus helpers struggling to find passengers in Dhaka

Rickshaw pullers, bus helpers struggling to find passengers in Dhaka

-- 2022-05-04 16:34:52

It is normal for Dhaka to feel slightly deserted the day after Eid. This year, however, Dhaka looks even emptier after Eid as more people have left the capital than in the past two years due to the eb...

Ctg cops reunite missing Lakshmipur girls with families

Ctg cops reunite missing Lakshmipur girls with families

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-04 16:27:15

Three children, who went missing while returning home from their relative's place at Lakshmipur in Chattogram on Tuesday, have been reunited with their families, police said on Wednesday. The girls h...

Boy dies as house ceiling collapses in Ctg

Boy dies as house ceiling collapses in Ctg

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-04 14:58:45

In a freak accident, a 12-year-old boy died after a portion of the ceiling of his family house collapsed in Chattogram in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rudra Das, son o...

Eid celebration in pictures

Eid celebration in pictures

Shuvro Saif 2022-05-04 14:16:39

A group of friends outing on Eid day at Jamalpur-Sherpur Highway, Sherpur. (from left) Shohag, Monir, Shaon, Sayem, Shanto, Nayan, Nayeem, Muied, Jaber, Sojib and Rakib A girl's day out on Eid d...

Two killed in road accident on Barisal-Patuakhali highway

Two killed in road accident on Barisal-Patuakhali highway

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-04 11:18:29

Two youths were killed and another was injured when their bike collided with a motorised three-wheeler on the busy Barisal-Patuakhali highway in Jhalakathi district on Tuesday. The deceased were iden...

Bangladesh drops 10 spots in RSF World Press Freedom Index

Bangladesh drops 10 spots in RSF World Press Freedom Index

-- 2022-05-04 10:27:34

Bangladesh has dropped 10 spots to rank 162nd out of 180 countries in terms of press freedom, according to the Reporters Without Borders, also known as Reporters sans frontières or RSF. The ra...

Five die in Gazipur road crashes on Eid day

Five die in Gazipur road crashes on Eid day

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-04 08:22:57

At least five people died in two road accidents at Kaliakoir in Gazipur on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr. The accidents occurred on the same spot, east of Shafipur flyover on the Dhaka-Tangail H...

Two motorcyclists killed in Manikganj 

Two motorcyclists killed in Manikganj 

-- 2022-05-03 22:32:05

Two young motorcyclists were killed in two separate road accidents in Manikganj district on Tuesday, police said.  The deceased were Fazley Rabbi Porag, 26, son of Abdur Razzak Mia of Laxmikull...

Two die in Faridpur Eid day violence 

Two die in Faridpur Eid day violence 

-- 2022-05-03 21:31:09

At least two people have been killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two rival groups over establishing supremacy in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur district.  The incident took place...

Lightning claims six lives in four districts 

Lightning claims six lives in four districts 

-- 2022-05-03 19:49:55

Six including two adolescents were killed and three others were injured as lightning struck them on Tuesday at different places of Tangail, Brahmanbaria, Meherpur and Habiganj districts.  In Tan...

Man opens fire at Eid congregation over previous feud

Man opens fire at Eid congregation over previous feud

-- 2022-05-03 18:55:48

A man has shot another at an Eid-ul-Fitr congregation in Cumilla over a previous feud. The incident took place at the Eidgah grounds in Golabari, a rural community right beside the Indian frontier, u...

More Rain likely 

More Rain likely 

-- 2022-05-03 17:55:56

Rain or thundershowers with intense lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur in many places over the country.  The places are in Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barisha...