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Voting in Rangpur city polls ends

Voting in Rangpur city polls ends

-- 2022-12-27 18:39:29

Polling in the Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) Elections-2022 ended peacefully on Tuesday afternoon amid a festive mood and tight security blanket. However, voters inside a number of polling centres...

PM to flag off maiden metro rail trip at Uttara

PM to flag off maiden metro rail trip at Uttara

-- 2022-12-27 18:23:21

The stage is set for Bangladesh to usher in a new era of urban transportation with the launch of the much-awaited metro rail network in Dhaka. All that remains now is for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...

President, PM greet all involved in metro rail implementation on eve of opening

President, PM greet all involved in metro rail implementation on eve of opening

-- 2022-12-27 18:23:00

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have greeted all who were involved in the implementation of the country's first-ever elevated metro rail as the rail will be inaugurated tomorr...

Jamalpur, Rangpur to get rural development academies

Jamalpur, Rangpur to get rural development academies

-- 2022-12-27 18:15:09

The Cabinet has endorsed the draft laws to establish two rural development academies in Jamalpur and Rangpur districts in a bid to ensure sustainable development of the rural people in the respective...

Robbers snatch arms from Ansar members

Robbers snatch arms from Ansar members

-- 2022-12-27 17:50:51

A gang of robbers attacked two Ansar members and snatched their arms near Bangladesh Ansar and VDP camp in Narsingdi municipality early Tuesday. Bangladesh Ansar’s District Commandant Tanzina B...

Light rain likely, temperature may fall

Light rain likely, temperature may fall

-- 2022-12-27 17:45:43

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted light rain or drizzle at one or two places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions during the next 24 hours till 9:00...

Each metro rail train to carry 200 passengers every 10 minutes

Each metro rail train to carry 200 passengers every 10 minutes

-- 2022-12-27 17:28:21

Metro rail trains will depart from the Uttara North Station for the Agargaon Station every 10 minutes on Thursday following the launch of service and each train will carry about 200 passengers. The t...

15 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

15 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-12-27 17:16:27

Bangladesh has recorded 15 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,046. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,439 over the 24-hour period, reports...

Dengue claims three more lives, 281 hospitalised

Dengue claims three more lives, 281 hospitalised

-- 2022-12-27 16:57:25

With three more deaths reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 281 this year. This is the highest-ever dengue fatality r...

‘Bangladesh tries to prevent Rohingya refugees from taking dangerous voyages’

‘Bangladesh tries to prevent Rohingya refugees from taking dangerous voyages’

-- 2022-12-27 16:33:02

Bangladesh is trying to stop Rohingya refugees risking their lives in boats to Southeast Asia, a government official said, amid fears that this year could be one of the most deadly in years for the pe...

Metro trains will not stop at intermediate stations for now

Metro trains will not stop at intermediate stations for now

-- 2022-12-27 16:13:46

The Dhaka metro rail will run straight from Uttara to Agargaon without stopping at intermediate stations along the route for now. Besides, a train will wait for passengers at each platform for 10 min...

Mariam Afiza to operate metro rail on first day

Mariam Afiza to operate metro rail on first day

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-27 15:21:22

As the nation's much-awaited first metro rail is scheduled to start operation partially in the city (Uttara-Agargaon segment) on Wednesday, Mariam Afiza will emerge as the first metro train operator o...

PM calls for larger Turkish investment in Bangladesh

PM calls for larger Turkish investment in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-27 14:53:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Dec 27) sought robust Turkish investment in Bangladesh alongside cooperation in sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas, BSS reports. "I call for larger Turkish inve...

No concession for students on metro rail: DMTCL

No concession for students on metro rail: DMTCL

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-27 13:19:21

Students will get no concession while riding on the metro rail, MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), has said. However, MRT cardholders will receive a 10 per...

Senior journalist Abdur Rahman Khan dies

Senior journalist Abdur Rahman Khan dies

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-27 11:48:53

Abdur Rahman Khan, a veteran journalist and former senior Vice President of the Jatiya Press Club (JPC), died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital early Tuesday. Khan, a former tre...

Rangpur City Corporation: Voting begins amid enthusiasm

Rangpur City Corporation: Voting begins amid enthusiasm

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-27 11:24:42

Voting in Rangpur City Corporation began on Tuesday morning using electronic voting machines (EVMs) at 229 centres. It began at 8:00am and will continue till 4:30pm, said Returning Officer Abdul Bate...

Winter rain fails to improve Dhaka's air quality

Winter rain fails to improve Dhaka's air quality

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-27 10:22:28

Dhaka ranked the worst world city in the Air Quality Index on Tuesday morning even though light rains drenched the capital and elsewhere.The city's Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded scores of 244 aroun...

PM says none would be allowed to play with people's fate 

PM says none would be allowed to play with people's fate 

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-27 10:08:56

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today (Dec 27) said the only goal of her party is to ensure that none can play ducks and drakes with the fate of the people of Bangladesh, BSS r...

Reduce Metro fares by 30pc to realise full benefit: IPD   

Reduce Metro fares by 30pc to realise full benefit: IPD  

-- 2022-12-26 22:55:12

The Institute for Planning and Development (IPD) suggests reducing the metro rail fares by 30 per cent, in order for it to have the desired effect as a form of public transport. Speakers from the IPD...

DMP to provide security of Metro Rail till specialised unit is formed

DMP to provide security of Metro Rail till specialised unit is formed

-- 2022-12-26 22:50:07

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will provide security for the long-awaited launch of the Metro rail service in capital Dhaka, which is all set to open to traffic formally. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasin...

Voting for Rangpur City Corporation polls on Tuesday

Voting for Rangpur City Corporation polls on Tuesday

-- 2022-12-26 21:32:53

The voting for the Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) Elections-2022 will be held on Tuesday amid tight security measures in a festive atmosphere as the authorities concerned have completed all necessary...

BNP leader Amir Khasru, his wife sued in ACC case over plot fraud

BNP leader Amir Khasru, his wife sued in ACC case over plot fraud

-- 2022-12-26 20:54:41

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against five people, including BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, for alleged plot fraud and defying plan while construct...

Tourist dies on Cox's Bazar sea beach

Tourist dies on Cox's Bazar sea beach

-- 2022-12-26 20:52:28

A tourist has died after being pulled unresponsive from the water while taking a bath at Cox's Bazar sea beach. The incident occurred at Sugandha Point on the beach around 12:30pm on Monday, said Cho...

‘HC should dispose of criminal revision on basis of evidence on record’

‘HC should dispose of criminal revision on basis of evidence on record’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-26 19:50:42

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has observed that the High Court Division as a revisional court ought to have disposed of the criminal revision on the basis of the evidence already on reco...

BNP forms liaison committee simultaneous anti-government movement

BNP forms liaison committee simultaneous anti-government movement

-- 2022-12-26 19:42:13

BNP has formed a seven-member liaison committee to coordinate with the political parties involved in the simultaneous anti-government movement. The member of the liaison committee are Nazrul Islam Kh...

Nine police personnel to be deployed at each metro rail station

Nine police personnel to be deployed at each metro rail station

-- 2022-12-26 19:40:43

The government of Bangladesh is going to inaugurate the country's first urban rail network, stretching from Agargaon to Uttara, on December 28. Nine stations punctuate the 11.58-km route, each consis...

Vessel, capsized with 1.1m litres of fuel, yet to be recovered in 36 hours

Vessel, capsized with 1.1m litres of fuel, yet to be recovered in 36 hours

-- 2022-12-26 19:00:39

The authorities concerned failed to lift a sunken vessel, which capsized in Meghna River in Bhola 1.1m litres of fuel in the early hours of Sunday, even after 36 hours (as of 4:00 pm on Monday) of the...

Port authority, Indian consultants sign service contract for Mongla Port upgradation 

Port authority, Indian consultants sign service contract for Mongla Port upgradation 

-- 2022-12-26 18:54:55

Mongla Port Authority and EGIS India Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd on Monday signed the project management consultancy services contract for the 'upgradation of Mongla Port' project. The project is b...

Hasan Mahmud says BNP leaders push their activists to become violent

Hasan Mahmud says BNP leaders push their activists to become violent

-- 2022-12-26 18:35:27

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud, also joint general secretary of the ruling Awami League, has said that pushing party leaders and activists towards violence is deplorable. The mini...

Dengue claims two more lives, 278 hospitalised 

Dengue claims two more lives, 278 hospitalised 

-- 2022-12-26 18:19:50

With two more deaths reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 278 this year.  During this period, 106 more patients,...