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Dhaka’s air ranks 2nd worst in air quality index

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 10:50:52

Dhaka ranked as the  second most polluted city in the world with ‘very unhealthy’ air quality on Tuesday morning. Dhaka’s air quality index (AQI) score was 268 at 10 am today....

IFC giving $32.5m to ensure food security in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-13 10:49:05

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is providing a $32.5 million loan to Singapore-based agricultural commodity-trading company Agrocorp International Pte Ltd to improve food security in Bangl...

A month on, investigators are no closer to cracking BUET student Fardin murder mystery

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 10:10:00

Within 10 days of recovering the body of BUET student Fardin Noor Parash, police had arrested the main suspect named in the case and gathered information on his whereabouts prior to the murder...

Obaidul Quader says govt reviewing BNP’s 10-point demand

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-12 21:44:43

Describing BNP’s 10-point demand as old ones, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the government will review the 10-point demand raised by the BNP whether any of them can be a...

Two-day public hearing on retail-level power tariff hike starts Jan 8

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-12 21:25:22

The country’s energy regulator has arranged a two-day public hearing starting from January 8, 2023, to justify power tariff hike proposals in retail level by different state-run power distributi...

Ambassadors of Oman, France present credentials to president

-- 2022-12-12 21:01:31

New Ambassadors of Oman and France to Bangladesh respectively, Abdul Ghaffar bin Abdul Karim Al-Bulushi and Marie Masdupuy, presented their credentials to President M Abdul Hamid during separate cerem...

Cabinet directs authorities concerned to strengthen cyber security

-- 2022-12-12 20:49:08

The cabinet on Monday directed the authorities concerned to strengthen cyber security in the country. The directive came at an unscheduled discussion during the regular cabinet meeting with Prime Min...

55,000 farmers get agri-incentive in Jamalpur

-- 2022-12-12 18:16:55

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) disbursed agri-incentives among 55,000 small and marginal farmers on Boro cultivation in Jamalpur for the current Robi season. According to the Departmen...

Cop withdrawn for harassing journalist outside parliament

-- 2022-12-12 17:20:56

A policeman has been removed from duty for harassing a journalist outside the parliament building at Dhaka's Manik Mia Avenue. Constable Shahinur Rahman has been attached to the police lines and will...

Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas denied bail over Naya Paltan clash

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-12 17:15:47

A Dhaka Court on Monday rejected bail petitions of 224 BNP leaders and activists, including party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas, in a...

Bangladesh reports 224 more dengue cases, zero death

-- 2022-12-12 17:12:11

A total of 224 people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning. The total fatalities remained unchanged at 266 as no death was reported during this period, according to the Direc...

Metro rail expected to open in last week of Dec

-- 2022-12-12 17:02:08

The country's first-ever elevated metro rail is expected to be inaugurated partially in the last week of this month from Uttara to Agargaon as the much-awaited metro rail service is ready for commerci...

19 Covid-19 cases, one death reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-12-12 16:57:36

Bangladesh has recorded 19 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,825. The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,437 over the 24-hour period, according to...

Legal notice demands info on facilities given to BNP MPs

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-12 16:50:27

A legal notice has been sent to the concerned authorities demanding information and explanations regarding all the facilities given to seven members of the parliament of BNP. Barrister Syed Sayedul...

BNP to stage demonstration at Nayapaltan Tuesday

UNB 2022-12-12 13:46:29

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will stage a demonstration in the capital on Tuesday protesting the arrest of the party leaders and activists including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Ala...

PM Hasina unveils vision to build Smart Bangladesh by 2041

UNB 2022-12-12 13:31:15

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday unveiled her vision to build a ‘Smart Bangladesh’ by 2041 along with making it a developed country. “We will make Bangladesh a developed one b...

Pedestrian hit by motorcycle dies in Gopalganj

bdnews24.com 2022-12-12 12:37:03

A pedestrian has died after being run over by a motorcycle in Gopalganj's Tungipara. The motorcylist was also injured in the accident that occurred on Bashuria's Borni-Singipara Road on Sunday,...

Murder confessions fuel debate over TV show influence on criminals

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-12 10:48:22

Indian TV shows, such as ‘Crime Patrol’ and ‘CID’, have on several occasions faced criticisms and calls for ban in Bangladesh when suspects revealed they planned gruesome...

‘Won’t bend down to external pressure’: Shahriar warns diplomats against meddling

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-12 10:20:06

Shahriar Alam has said the government will not bow down to external pressure amid concerns of Dhaka-based foreign diplomats over reports of political violence and violation of human rights, incl...

Parliament Secretariat publishes gazette declaring six seats of BNP MPs vacant

-- 2022-12-11 23:10:22

The Parliament Secretariat has published gazette notifications vacating the parliamentary seats held by six BNP MPs who have resigned in protest against what they said was extreme authoritarianism of...

Tourism banned indefinitely in Bandarban’s Rowangchhari, Ruma

-- 2022-12-11 22:30:30

As part of security measures in Bandarban, one of the three constituent districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the administration has imposed an indefinite ban on tourism at Rowangchhari and Ruma up...

ASK condemns ‘forcible checking of data on mobile phone’ of commuters

-- 2022-12-11 22:12:30

Rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) has condemned police and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League for carrying out “unlawful and unconstitutional” checking of mobile phone info...

Two ministers say govt committed to holding free and fair polls

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-11 21:49:06

Apparently, in response to the recent call of the international community to ensure a free and fair election and to protect human rights, two ministers of Bangladesh on Sunday reiterated their governm...

UNICEF praises universal birth registration initiative in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-11 20:23:50

UNICEF commends the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Sunday between the Office of the Registrar General, the Local Government Division, and the Directorate General of Health Services to acc...

Resignation of BNP MPs nothing but just a drop in ocean: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-12-11 20:16:56

Awami League General Secretary and Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that the resignation of five BNP MPs is nothing but just a drop in the ocean. He said that such a...

RAB informant stabbed in S Keraniganj dies at DMCH

-- 2022-12-11 19:37:16

A 30-year-old man, stabbed by unknown assailants eight days earlier, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital on Sunday. Md Amin Hossain Asif, son of late Ali...

200 foreign artists pay tribute to Bangabandhu

-- 2022-12-11 19:05:36

As many as 200 foreign artists paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara of Gopalganj on Sunday. Artists from 114 countries have come to Dhaka to take part...

Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas seek bail, hearing on Monday

-- 2022-12-11 18:17:47

A total of 25 to 30 BNP leaders and activists, including party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas, have sought bail from a Dhaka Court on S...

Akhaura-Agartala rail link to be opened in next June

-- 2022-12-11 18:12:48

Railway Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan on Sunday said the railway link on Akhaura-Agartala route between Bangladesh and India will be opened in June next year. “The rail communication between Ak...

Sheikh Hasina 42nd most powerful woman in the world

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-11 17:58:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister of Bangladesh, has been ranked 42nd on Forbes’ list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women of 2022. Last year, Sheikh Hasina was...