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Three-year roadmap to reduce import dependency of cooking oil, says Razzaq

Three-year roadmap to reduce import dependency of cooking oil, says Razzaq

-- 2023-01-15 20:49:59

Bangladesh working on three-year roadmap to reduce import dependency of cooking oil Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaq has said the government is implementing three- a year roadmap to reduce import...

Hajj package to be announced by January

Hajj package to be announced by January

-- 2023-01-15 20:42:00

State Minister for Religious Affairs Faridul Haque Khan has said the government will announce the Hajj package for this year within January. Addressing a press briefing at his residence, the state mi...

Bangladesh ranks 88th among 183 most accident prone nations

Bangladesh ranks 88th among 183 most accident prone nations

-- 2023-01-15 20:31:31

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Sunday that Bangladesh ranks 88th among 183 countries in road accident death rate. In response to a tabled question from Awami League MP ele...

‘US did not discuss RAB reformation with Bangladesh’

‘US did not discuss RAB reformation with Bangladesh’

-- 2023-01-15 20:30:56

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said the US side did not discuss anything on the reforms of elite force RAB; rather they described RAB's current activities "satisfactory." "Withdrawal of san...

PM expresses condolence at loss of lives in Nepal plane crash

PM expresses condolence at loss of lives in Nepal plane crash

-- 2023-01-15 20:02:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed her deepest condolences at the loss of lives in a plane crash in Pokhara in Nepal, according to UNB. In a condolence letter to Nepalese Prime Minister...

Probe report submission of Fardin death deferred to February 14

Probe report submission of Fardin death deferred to February 14

-- 2023-01-15 19:21:59

A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred till February 14 the submission of the probe report in a case filed over the death of BUET student Fardin Noor Parash. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shanta Islam Mall...

Pedestrian shot during clash in city’s Gulshan

Pedestrian shot during clash in city’s Gulshan

-- 2023-01-15 18:59:58

A man was shot during a clash between two people over 'transferring money through MFS' near Glorea Jeans cafe in the city's Gulshan area on Sunday. The injured was identified as Aminul Islam, reports...

Engineer Khandker Mosharraf removed from JS committee

Engineer Khandker Mosharraf removed from JS committee

-- 2023-01-15 18:04:46

Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, former LGRD minister and an Awami League MP elected from Faridpur-3, was removed from his post as Chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the LGRD mini...

Issues of participatory polls, CHT discussed with Donald Lu

Issues of participatory polls, CHT discussed with Donald Lu

-- 2023-01-15 17:58:12

Participatory election, overall election process and Chittagong Hill Tracts issues were briefly discussed at a meeting over lunch with US Assistant Secretary of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald...

Roads, trains brim with pilgrims as first phase of Ijtema ends

Roads, trains brim with pilgrims as first phase of Ijtema ends

-- 2023-01-15 17:48:42

Roads from the Dhaka airport to Gazipur were packed with thousands of pilgrims as they made their way back home at the end of the first phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second biggest congregation of Muslim...

Bangladesh logs 12 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh logs 12 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2023-01-15 17:40:43

Bangladesh has recorded 12 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,368. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,441 over the 24-hour period, a...

Nearly 8.0m new names added to voter list

Nearly 8.0m new names added to voter list

-- 2023-01-15 17:38:14

The update to the voter list ran from June to November last year. The final list will be issued on Mar 2. The electoral roll is updated on the basis of data on eligible voters compiled by a national...

RAB made tremendous progress in respecting rights, says Donald Lu

RAB made tremendous progress in respecting rights, says Donald Lu

-- 2023-01-15 17:21:00

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has appreciated the “tremendous progress” made by RAB in “respecting human rights” while performin...

Bangladesh reports one more dengue deaths, 22 new cases

Bangladesh reports one more dengue deaths, 22 new cases

-- 2023-01-15 17:11:55

Another person died from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning. With the new number, the official death toll from dengue rose to three this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Servi...

PM urges affluent people to stand by destitute

PM urges affluent people to stand by destitute

-- 2023-01-15 17:00:13

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the affluent section of society to come forward and stand beside the destitute people, saying her government is working to ensure a house for each landless and h...

Donald Lu in Dhaka: US underscores labour reform for enhanced funding

Donald Lu in Dhaka: US underscores labour reform for enhanced funding

FE ONLINE REPORT   2023-01-15 16:27:20

The US urged Bangladesh to reform labour rights laws to avail GSP and Development Finance Cooperation (DFC) fund, said Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen referring to his meeting with US Assistant Sec...

Mirza Fakhrul hospitalised

Mirza Fakhrul hospitalised

UNB 2023-01-15 14:22:26

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was admitted to Dhaka's Evercare Hospital this morning. He was admitted to the hospital for a health checkup around 10:30am as he was feeling un...

'Offensive content against PM': Appellate Division upholds bail of Rajbari Mahila Dal leader

'Offensive content against PM': Appellate Division upholds bail of Rajbari Mahila Dal leader

UNB 2023-01-15 11:55:39

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the High Court order granting bail to Sonia Akter Smrity, a Mahila Dal leader of Rajbari, in a case filed over posting "offensive" content...

Internal dispute led Jamatul Ansar to kill own member in the hill tracts: Police

Internal dispute led Jamatul Ansar to kill own member in the hill tracts: Police

bdnews24.com 2023-01-15 09:13:35

Members of Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya killed a fellow Islamist militant of the group due to an internal dispute, police have said after quizzing arrested suspects. A court has ordered re...

Domestic workers' welfare: Trade union leaders demand policy execution

Domestic workers' welfare: Trade union leaders demand policy execution

FE REPORT 2023-01-15 08:57:15

Trade unionists and civil-society representatives have demanded implementation of the 'Domestic Workers Protection and Welfare Policy-2015' to safeguard domestic workers across the country. They also...

Temperature drops to 6.1degrees Celsius in Panchagarh, season’s lowest in Bangladesh

Temperature drops to 6.1degrees Celsius in Panchagarh, season’s lowest in Bangladesh

-- 2023-01-14 22:10:36

Residents of Panchagarh are shivering in the cold in mid-winter with the mercury falling to 6.1 degrees Celsius in Tetulia, the lowest this season. A mild to moderate cold wave continued to sweep ove...

Momen, Lu discuss key bilateral issues over dinner

Momen, Lu discuss key bilateral issues over dinner

-- 2023-01-14 21:57:58

Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu had a meeting over dinner with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen at the latter’s residence on Saturday night....

DB cracks case of CNG driver's murder after five weeks

DB cracks case of CNG driver's murder after five weeks

-- 2023-01-14 21:37:44

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) believe they have cracked a hitherto clueless murder in the city's Dakkhin Khan, arresting six gangsters from Dhaka and Moulvibazar. The arres...

BNP making evil efforts to create 1/11-like situation again: Obaidul Quader

BNP making evil efforts to create 1/11-like situation again: Obaidul Quader

-- 2023-01-14 21:20:11

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has accused BNP of making evil efforts to create a 1/11-like situation again in the country to seize state power through a clandestine way. "Though...

Bangladesh logs 10 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh logs 10 new Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2023-01-14 21:16:06

Bangladesh reported 10 more Covid cases in the 24 hours to Saturday morning. With the new number, the country's total caseload rose to 2,037,356, according to the Directorate General of Health Servic...

Fakhrul says govt will be brought down through a peaceful movement

Fakhrul says govt will be brought down through a peaceful movement

-- 2023-01-14 21:13:18

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday expressed his firm belief that the government will be brought down through a peaceful movement, no matter how repressive its tactics to su...

Metro rail experiences overflow of passengers due to arrival of Ijtema pilgrims

Metro rail experiences overflow of passengers due to arrival of Ijtema pilgrims

-- 2023-01-14 20:48:29

Dhaka’s metro rail system has experienced an overflow of passengers during the weekend due to the arrival of pilgrims in Dhaka to attend Biswa Ijtema, the second-largest congregation of Muslims...

US Assistant Secretary Donald Lu arrives in Dhaka

US Assistant Secretary Donald Lu arrives in Dhaka

-- 2023-01-14 20:07:00

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu arrived in Dhaka on Saturday evening to discuss ways to strengthen the bilateral relationship and expand economic engageme...

Sylhet’s fuel traders announce indefinite strike from Wednesday

Sylhet’s fuel traders announce indefinite strike from Wednesday

-- 2023-01-14 19:24:23

In response to the current fuel crisis, Sylhet's fuel traders will go on an indefinite strike starting next Wednesday. The Sylhet divisional committee of Bangladesh Petroleum Dealers, Distributors, A...

Preparations underway to inaugurate 50 model mosques on Monday

Preparations underway to inaugurate 50 model mosques on Monday

-- 2023-01-14 18:38:46

Preparations are underway to inaugurate another 50 model mosques and Islamic cultural centres across the country on Monday. "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate 50 model mosques al...