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Don't allow killers, war criminals to return to power: PM

Don't allow killers, war criminals to return to power: PM

-- 2022-12-18 19:05:42

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated her call for people’s alertness against attempts of murderers and war criminals to regain the power to destroy the co...

Only Sheikh Hasina can turn crisis into possibility: Obaidul Quader

Only Sheikh Hasina can turn crisis into possibility: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-12-18 18:37:35

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the only leader who can turn any crisis into a possibility. H...

Rizvi officially arrested in another case over Naya Paltan clash

Rizvi officially arrested in another case over Naya Paltan clash

-- 2022-12-18 17:59:25

BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has been placed under arrest in another case related to the violent clashes outside the party's central offices in Dhaka's Naya Paltan on Dec 7, according to bdnews24.com....

Bangladesh logs 17 more Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh logs 17 more Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2022-12-18 17:41:44

Bangladesh has recorded 17 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,928. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,438 over the 24-hour period, accor...

By-elections to 5 vacant seats of BNP MPs February 1

By-elections to 5 vacant seats of BNP MPs February 1

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-18 14:41:04

The by-elections to the five vacant parliamentary seats of the BNP MPs will be held on February 1. The Election Commission (EC) announced the schedule of the by-elections on Sunday after a meeting, U...

Mild cold wave likely in Bangladesh this week

Mild cold wave likely in Bangladesh this week

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-18 11:47:00

A mild cold wave may sweep the country from December 20 to 24, Bangladesh Weather Observatory Team (BWOT) has said. The intensity of cold may remain slightly less till December 20 while the temperatu...

Remain alert against anti-constitutional activities: President

Remain alert against anti-constitutional activities: President

-- 2022-12-18 11:34:37

President M Abdul Hamid today (Dec 17) called upon the people to remain alert about anti-constitutional activities and plots against the country's Liberation War and independence, BSS reports. "Remai...

ICAB team calls on Bhutanese prime minister

ICAB team calls on Bhutanese prime minister

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-18 10:39:14

Delegates of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) led by its President Md. Shahadat Hossain paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister of Bhutan Dr Lotay Tshering at the latter's...

BUET students say DB evidence confirms Fardin’s ‘suicide’

BUET students say DB evidence confirms Fardin’s ‘suicide’

-- 2022-12-17 21:47:29

A group of 3rd-year students from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) said on Saturday that they do not have any doubt that their fellow Fardin Noor Porosh committed suicide. T...

50pc cut in metro rail fare demanded

50pc cut in metro rail fare demanded

-- 2022-12-17 20:46:07

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers’ welfare organisation, has said that fixing the metro rail fare twice the rate of the city bus services is illogical and anti-people. The group also...

Secondary school admission starts Sunday

Secondary school admission starts Sunday

-- 2022-12-17 20:30:10

Secondary schools will start enrollment of students for class 1 to 9 from tomorrow. The admission process will continue till December 21. The government and non-government schools will now enroll ad...

Caution advised for drivers as dense fog covers Dhaka-Ctg highway

Caution advised for drivers as dense fog covers Dhaka-Ctg highway

-- 2022-12-17 17:24:24

Highway police tasked to cover a 100 kilometre-section of the Dhaka-Chattogram motorway under the Cumilla district have issued an advisory caution for bus drivers to check the speed of their vehicles...

Two more die of dengue, 125 hospitalised in 24 hours

Two more die of dengue, 125 hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2022-12-17 17:14:41

With two more deaths reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 271 this year.  During this period, 125 more patients...

Covid claims one more life; 14 get infected

Covid claims one more life; 14 get infected

-- 2022-12-17 17:05:25

Bangladesh has recorded 14 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,911. The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,438 over the 24-hour period, according to...

BNP reschedules Dhaka procession to Dec 30 considering AL Nat’l Council

BNP reschedules Dhaka procession to Dec 30 considering AL Nat’l Council

-- 2022-12-17 16:24:59

BNP has changed the date for holding a mass procession, from December 24 to 30, considering Awami League’s National Council. The decision was announced Saturday at a press briefing at BNP&rsquo...

Bangladesh a truly important strategic partner: US

Bangladesh a truly important strategic partner: US

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 15:06:08

US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) Afreen Akhter has said the United States sees Bangladesh as a “truly important strategic partner" and looks f...

Chuadanga records lowest temperature for third consecutive day

Chuadanga records lowest temperature for third consecutive day

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 13:53:04

The lowest temperature in the country this morning was recorded at 9.3 degree Celsius in Chuadanga. The northern district has been recording the lowest temperature for three days in a row. Cold weath...

Burnt bodies of couple found in Gazipur house

Burnt bodies of couple found in Gazipur house

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 13:17:28

Police have recovered the burnt bodies of a couple from a house in Gazipur. The couple were found dead in their house in the Sikdar neighbourhood area in the Konabari Thana, said KM Ashraf Ud...

Bangladesh Embassy in South Korea celebrates Victory Day

Bangladesh Embassy in South Korea celebrates Victory Day

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 11:10:45

The Embassy of Bangladesh in Seoul, South Korea celebrated Victory Day on December 16, 2022 with due fervour and festivity. The officials of the embassy and their family members and expatriate Bangla...

Dhaka's air second most polluted in the world this morning

Dhaka's air second most polluted in the world this morning

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 10:33:00

Dhaka’s air has ranked as the second most polluted in the world this morning. Dhaka’s air quality index (AQI) score was 238 at 8:47 am. An AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be ‘ver...

Couple die in fire in Gazipur city

Couple die in fire in Gazipur city

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 10:28:55

A couple was burned to death in a fire that broke out at a house in Konabari, Gazipur city on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Shafiqur Rahman and Nasrin Akter, tenants who were from Dimla i...

Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi celebrates Victory Day

Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi celebrates Victory Day

UNB 2022-12-17 09:24:49

Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi has celebrated the Victory Day, vowing to work for boosting Bangladesh’s remarkable progress in socio-economic and political fields. The Mission paid hom...

Victory Day celebrated 

Victory Day celebrated 

-- 2022-12-16 22:46:37

The 52nd Victory Day, the most precious day of the Bangalee nation, was celebrated today across the country in a befitting manner.   On December 16 in 1971, Bangladesh was born as an independent...

Bangladesh becomes example for other countries, says UN RC

Bangladesh becomes example for other countries, says UN RC

-- 2022-12-16 20:57:12

United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator (RC) in Dhaka Gwyn Lewis has said Bangladesh made itself an example for other countries to emulate, while greeting the countrymen on the 51st Victory Day. &ld...

Jaishankar greets Bangladesh on Victory Day

Jaishankar greets Bangladesh on Victory Day

-- 2022-12-16 18:52:53

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has extended warm greetings to his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen, the government and the people of Bangladesh on Victory Day. "Our shared s...

PM for private entrepreneurs’ efforts to flourish tourism sector

PM for private entrepreneurs’ efforts to flourish tourism sector

-- 2022-12-16 18:41:45

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged private entrepreneurs to come forward to develop the country's tourism sector and help achieve inclusive economic growth. "In the present context of Bangladesh,...

UK keen to take nurses from Bangladesh

UK keen to take nurses from Bangladesh

-- 2022-12-16 18:20:34

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom (UK) Steve Barclay has expressed interest to take trained nurses from Bangladesh. Steve Barclay expressed his keenness at a meeting...

49 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

49 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2022-12-16 18:06:33

Another 49 people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning. The total fatalities remained unchanged at 269 as no death was reported during this period, according to the Directo...

Bangladesh logs 16 new Covid cases in 24 hours

Bangladesh logs 16 new Covid cases in 24 hours

-- 2022-12-16 17:30:44

Bangladesh has recorded 16 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,897. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,437 over the 24-hour period, accor...

9.5-degree Celsius in Chuadanga; country's lowest temperature so far this year

9.5-degree Celsius in Chuadanga; country's lowest temperature so far this year

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-16 16:33:37

People of Chuadanga are experiencing severe cold as  this year's  lowest temperature in the counry 9.5-degree Celsius was recorded here on Friday morning. Rakibul Hasan, in-charge...