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WB to provide Bangladesh $500m budgetary support

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2022-03-25 08:17:48

A sum of US$500 million is expected from the World Bank for bridging huge gap between income and expenditure targets in the current Bangladesh budget, officials say. In the first tranche, the Washing...

Bangladesh eyes for greater women inclusion in education, empowerment

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-24 20:51:14

There is a need for greater inclusion and gender equity in education and empowerment in Bangladesh even though their role in decision making policy is increasing in the country. Speakers came up with...

PM asks officials to find, reward those serving away from spotlight

-- 2022-03-24 20:13:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on everyone to find and honour those who prefer to serve the nation away from the public spotlight. Speaking at a programme to present the Swadhinata Padak or...

Sea truck service launched on Narayanganj-Munshiganj-route 

-- 2022-03-24 19:19:13

ST Abdur Rob Serniabat, the first sea truck on Narayanganj-Munshiganj route, started operation Thursday after Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) cancelled route permit of launche...

Bangladesh to observe one minute 'blackout' on March 25 

-- 2022-03-24 18:57:29

Bangladesh to observe one-minute' blackout' on March 25 night marking Genocide Day  The government has decided to observe a one-minute symbolic 'blackout' at night on March 25 throughout the cou...

Mugger stabs five cops in Old Dhaka 

-- 2022-03-24 18:05:01

Five cops have been hospitalised after being brutally stabbed by a mugger at a police station in the Fulbaria area of Old Dhaka, officials said on Thursday.  The injured have been identified as...

730 diarrhoea patients hospitalised at icddr,b in 14 hours

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-24 17:52:07

As many as 730 diarrhoea patients were hospitalised at icddr,b, an international health research institute in Dhaka, in 14 hours on Thursday. AKM Tariful Islam Khan, media manager, icddr,b told the F...

‘Government’s next challenge is uninterrupted electricity at affordable price’

-- 2022-03-24 17:43:16

The government's next challenge is to ensure uninterrupted electricity at an affordable price for all, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Thursday. "Now, we'l...

Fugitive murder case convict held in city after 22 years  

-- 2022-03-24 17:06:34

The Anti-Terrorism Unit of Bangladesh Police arrested a fugitive convict in a murder case from the city's Khilkhet area early Thursday, reports UNB. The arrestee was Md Anwar Hossain, 55, of Dinajpur...

Bangladesh logs 92 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2022-03-24 16:50:29

Bangladesh has registered 92 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the tally of infections to 1,951,072. But no new fatalities were registered in the last 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from the...

Zakat fund mobilisation through dedicated entities could help eradicate poverty: Speakers

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-24 15:41:36

Zakat fund mobilisation through dedicated organisations in the country could help eradicate poverty a great deal and create new entrepreneurs, speakers have said at a seminar. The proper use of the f...

Crimes against humanity: Two including ex-Jamaat MP get death penalty

-- 2022-03-24 13:59:33

A tribunal has sentenced former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Abdul Khalek Mondol and Khan Rokunuzzaman to death for their involvement in crimes against humanity in Satkhira during the Liberation War, bdne...

PM hands over Swadhinata Purashkar-2022

-- 2022-03-24 12:22:43

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has handed over "Swadhinata Purashkar-2022" (Independence Award-2022), the highest national civil award of the country, to nine distinguished persons and two organisations...

Safe Food Authority to monitor sales of Iftar items

FE REPORT 2022-03-24 10:18:11

Bangladesh Safe Food Authority (BSFA) will augment its surveillance to ensure sales and marketing of safe Iftar items during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, said chairman of BSFA. "We will intens...

India-Bangladesh tourist visas may resume soon

FE REPORT 2022-03-24 10:14:26

Tourist visas for travelling between India and Bangladesh which remained closed since coronavirus outbreak in March 2020 are expected to resume soon. With the resumption of issuance of the tourist vi...

Premier Hasina to urge BIMSTEC members to enhance development of Bay

FE REPORT 2022-03-24 09:41:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will urge members of the BIMSTEC to enhance collective efforts for the development of the Bay of Bengal. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said this on Wednesday while...

Tenure of five rental power plants extended by two years

-- 2022-03-23 20:37:55

The government of Bangladesh has approved separate proposals for extending the timeframe by two years of five rental power plants from the date of effectiveness. The approval came from the 10th meeti...

Dhaka landfills take heavy toll on agriculture, health

SM NAJMUS SAKIB 2022-03-23 19:31:06

Landfills in Dhaka have now become a major polluter as, a study says, they have contaminated surface and ground waters with toxic liquid matter. Heavy metals have been found in samples of crops culti...

Bangladesh urges OIC to step up efforts for Rohingya repatriation

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-23 18:12:54

Bangladesh has urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) up to step up efforts for the sustainable and immediate repatriation of the Rohingya refugees to their homeland in the Rakhine state...

Suspension of Khaleda’s jail sentence extended by another 6 months

-- 2022-03-23 17:54:46

The government has extended the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence, allowing her to stay out of prison for another six months. The home ministry maintained the same condi...

SC asks subordinate courts to form committee for preventing sexual harassment

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-23 17:40:37

The Supreme Court administration has asked all subordinate courts across the country to form committees to receive complaints of sexual harassment of their own institutions, investigate them and mak...

Govt. allocates TK 10b for film industry's development, says PM 

-- 2022-03-23 17:40:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government has allocated Tk 10.0 billion for setting up cinema halls or cineplex at district and upazila levels having modern facilities to further flourish f...

Covid-19: One death, 134 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-03-23 17:28:24

Bangladesh has registered 134 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the total caseload from the disease to 1,950,980. The government also recorded another coronavirus-related death in the 24-hour co...

Provisions of Arbitration Act not applicable to arbitrations seat in foreign countries, rules HC

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-23 17:01:06

The High Court has ruled that the provisions of the Arbitration Act 2001, except the provisions under Sections 45, 46 and 47, are not applicable in respect of arbitration where the seat of such arbitr...

Dhaka-Cox's Bazar railway service likely from December this year, says minister

Hasan Sojib 2022-03-23 16:47:55

Railway Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujon said railway service from Dhaka to Cox's Bazar would be launched by December this year. "People of the country will be relieved. We will be able to go to Cox's B...

Sanctions on RAB won’t be lifted suddenly, Washington tells Dhaka

-- 2022-03-23 16:43:19

The US will not suddenly lift the sanctions it has imposed on the Rapid Action Battalion and seven of its current and former officials, Washington has told Dhaka. The matter was discussed during the...

University student found dead in Dhanmondi

-- 2022-03-23 16:04:44

A university student has been declared dead by doctors after being found lying in a pool of blood outside his home in Dhaka on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Akash Rai was a computer science graduate fro...

Fire burns four members of a family in Dhaka's Badda

-- 2022-03-23 12:04:42

A couple and their two children have been burnt in a fire sparked by a suspected gas leak in Dhaka's Badda. The fire broke out in the kitchen of their flat on the first floor of a two-store...

Landed property may take form of dower: HC

FE REPORT 2022-03-23 10:16:28

The High Court in the full text of its verdict has observed that the landed property may take the form of dower under Islamic principles and anyone including husband's father may undertake to pay or t...

Buses to be launched on three more routes

FE REPORT 2022-03-23 10:10:24

Without much improvement in the pilot bus service for bus route rationalisation (BRR), the special committee on Tuesday reaffirmed to launch buses on three more routes in the city in the next three mo...