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Advance train ticket sales for Eid journeys to begin April 23

-- 2022-04-11 16:01:43

Bangladesh Railway will begin selling advance train tickets for Eid journeys on April 23. Tickets will be available at the counters and online. Tickets for April 27 will go on sale on April 23, tick...

The Bhojpuri community of Bangladesh: How they came and how they are now

SHADIQUE MAHBUB ISLAM 2022-04-11 15:10:42

The existence of the Bhojpuri population in Bangladesh may sound surprising to many, as there is no documentation of their living here. Neither the Wikipedia page for ‘Bhojpuri People’, w...

70-80 houses in Kurigram threatened by untimely Teesta erosion

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-11 13:41:42

About 70-80 houses at Gharialdanga union in Rajarhat upazila are under threat as untimely erosion by the Teesta River has taken a serious turn due to rise in water level in the last few days. The Tee...

Five fishing trawlers burnt in fire at Barguna dockyard

-- 2022-04-11 13:19:49

Five fishing trawlers kept at a dockyard in Barguna’s Patharghata for repairs have been burnt in a fire, bdnews24.com reports. The blaze started around 11:30 pm on Sunday at the dockyard owned...

Met office forecasts rain in 24 hours

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-11 12:32:51

Several places in the country, including Dhaka, are likely to witness rain commencing from 9:00am in the next 24 hours, the Met Office said in a forecast. Moderately heavy to heavy rainfall is likely...

UNDP, BIDA team up to propel economic growth

-- 2022-04-11 09:29:59

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the 'Future Nation' programme to create economic...

Clarify definition, set up commission

FE REPORT 2022-04-11 09:07:01

Speakers at a programme on Sunday urged the government to clarify the definition of 'discrimination' in the proposed Anti-Discrimination Act 2022 for its better implementation. They also favoured est...

Bangladesh Bank issues new CSR reporting format for banks, NBFIs

FE REPORT 2022-04-11 08:56:52

The central bank has issued a revised Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting format for all the scheduled banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) to enhance their responsibilitie...

Floods now creeping into northern dists

YASIR WARDAD 2022-04-11 08:50:21

Apart from the Haor, floodwater has also been creeping into the northern region as fresh areas with standing rice, onion and garlic were submerged in Lalmonirhat and Sirajganj districts in the last...

Race to shape fund admin

FE REPORT 2022-04-11 08:45:25

Government's Finance Division races for shaping National Pension Authority under top-level push and eliciting public opinion in this regard ends tomorrow (Tuesday). "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has...

Sohel Taj leads march to Ganabhaban, demands April 10 as ‘Republic Day’

-- 2022-04-10 21:20:00

Former state minister Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj has led a march to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official residence, Ganabhaban, demanding that April 10 be declared the ‘Republic Day’....

People reject BNP due to its destructive politics, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-04-10 21:12:07

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the country's people have rejected the BNP due to its negative and destructive politics. "The people no longer want the BNP for its negati...

Fakhrul says suffocating situation prevails in country due to misrule

-- 2022-04-10 21:08:00

BNP Secretary General BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says a suffocating situation prevails in the country due to repression and misrule of the current government. “More than our 600 lea...

HC orders parents to provide internet connection, mobile phone to Canadian daughter

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-10 20:40:14

The High Court on Sunday directed the parents of a Bangladeshi descent Canadian to give her internet connection and a mobile phone. The High Court bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice S M Maniru...

Suspended Jubo League leader Samrat gets bail in two cases 

-- 2022-04-10 20:13:37

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat secured bail in an arms case and a money laundering case filed against him at Dhaka’s Ramna police station on Sunday.  Dhaka Met...

80pc fencing around Rohingya camps completed, says Kamal 

-- 2022-04-10 19:49:12

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that the work of erecting barbed wire fences in 80 per cent of areas around the Rohingya camps was completed.   "We have asked the law enf...

Contracts of 10 rental power plants extended in four months  

-- 2022-04-10 19:33:56

The government in the last four months extended the contracts of a total of 10 rental power plants, despite surplus electricity generation. Official documents of the Cabinet Committee on Public Purch...

Four get death sentence for murder in Rajshahi

-- 2022-04-10 19:23:12

A court has handed down the death penalty to four people for the murder of a sweets shop assistant in Rajshahi's Tanore Upazila last year. Rajshahi's Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Anup Kumar delivered...

LGRD minister vows to speed up birth registration, certification process

-- 2022-04-10 19:20:28

Local Government Minister Md Tazul Islam has vowed to take action against anyone who hassles people trying to register for their birth certificate or attempting to make amendments. The minister pushe...

Parliamentary standing committee to raise maternity allowance for rural women

-- 2022-04-10 19:14:46

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Women and Children Affairs Ministry has recommended raising the monthly maternity allowance for poor rural women to Tk 1,000 from Tk 800.  The committee a...

Ashish Choudhury, key suspect in film star's murder, denied bail in drug case

-- 2022-04-10 19:09:08

A Dhaka court on Sunday rejected a bail petition by Ashish Choudhury, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the sensational murder of film star Sohel Chowdhury, in a case of narcotics posses...

Press Council sets roadmap for creating journalists' database, says Hasan Mahmud  

-- 2022-04-10 18:59:37

The Bangladesh Press Council is preparing a roadmap to create a database for the protection of journalists and media outlets in the country, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on...

Teacher Hriday Mondal freed

-- 2022-04-10 18:50:48

Hriday Chandra Mondal, a schoolteacher who was arrested for discussing the distinction between science and religion in a classroom in Munshiganj, has been freed on bail.The District and Sessions Judge...

Bangladesh discusses Digital Security Act with US 

-- 2022-04-10 17:42:32

Bangladesh and the United States have discussed updating the Digital Security Act (DSA) so that it prevents cybercrime without curtailing the freedom of speech or independence of the press.  &nb...

HC rules over gender biased definition of rape    

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-04-10 17:25:47

The High Court on Sunday questioned legality of the gender biased form of the Section 375 of the Penal Code 1860 that describes the definition of rape by a man. The court issued a rule upon the conc...

42 Covid-19 cases, no deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-04-10 16:40:34

Bangladesh has recorded 42 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the total caseload from the disease to 1,952,065. The government did not register any fatality from the disease in the 24-hour count...

NID card or birth certificate mandatory for launch journey during Eid

-- 2022-04-10 16:37:28

Passengers will be required to show their national identification (NID) cards or birth certificates to board a launch and similar vessels to travel ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, said State Minister for Shippi...

Sylhet court sentences man to death for killing college student over a chicken

-- 2022-04-10 15:32:49

A court in Sylhet has sentenced a man to death for killing a college student in 2013.Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mominunnesa made the verdict on Sunday afternoon, District Public Prosecutor...

Bangladesh police have earned public trust, says PM

-- 2022-04-10 15:30:15

Bangladesh police have earned the nation's trust through their people-friendly approach to law enforcement, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said.She urged law enforcers to continue performing their d...

Rain or thundershowers likely to increase in next 72 hours

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-10 15:21:39

Several places in the country including Dhaka are likely to witness rain commencing from 9:00am in the next 24 hours, the met office said in a forecast. Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporar...