Loading...
The Financial Express

Search results for: national

Bangladesh remains keen to work with international community: Shahriar Alam

Bangladesh remains keen to work with international community: Shahriar Alam

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-23 16:04:20

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Wednesday said Bangladesh will continue to promote sustainable growth, solidarity, peace and justice. He underscored Bangladesh’s strong c...

Siblings involved in grandfather’s murder in Chawkbazar, police say

Siblings involved in grandfather’s murder in Chawkbazar, police say

-- 2022-11-23 15:36:02

After arresting five people for the murder of 78-year-old Mansur Ali at Old Dhaka’s Khaze Dewan Road, police say the victim's grandchildren abbetted the robbery which led to his death. The deta...

Court police get helmets, bulletproof vests after militants’ escape

Court police get helmets, bulletproof vests after militants’ escape

-- 2022-11-23 15:31:24

Court police have received 30 helmets and 30 bulletproof vests in the wake of two death-row militants' escape from a crowded court building in Dhaka. Measures have also been taken to repair old close...

Dhaka University student dies after falling from the roof of a Jagannath Hall building

Dhaka University student dies after falling from the roof of a Jagannath Hall building

bdnews24.com 2022-11-23 13:00:31

A Dhaka University student has died after falling from the roof of a Jagannath Hall building. The student has been identified as Limon Kumar Roy, a third-year student at the Institute of Educat...

Bangladesh shuffles five senior prisons officials after militants' escape

Bangladesh shuffles five senior prisons officials after militants' escape

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-23 11:45:34

The government has rung the changes on the top brass of the prisons authority in the wake of two condemned militants' escape from the custody of lawmen in Dhaka. In a major shake-up, three deputy ins...

Dhaka's air 5th most polluted in the world: AQI

Dhaka's air 5th most polluted in the world: AQI

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-23 11:28:32

Air pollution still remains one of the top-most challenges for Bangladesh and Dhaka was ranked as the fifth most polluted city in the world with ‘unhealthy’ air quality on Wednesday (...

Japan, UNFPA ink $3.7m assistance to Rihingyas

Japan, UNFPA ink $3.7m assistance to Rihingyas

-- 2022-11-22 21:54:14

Japan will provide 3.7 million US dollars more through UNFPA for assistance to Rohingyas residing in Bhasan Char and host communities in Noakhali district.  The contribution will be used for imp...

MFS agents use Hundi to bring in Tk 3.0b: CID

MFS agents use Hundi to bring in Tk 3.0b: CID

-- 2022-11-22 21:28:18

Police’s Criminal Investigation Department, or CID, says Bangladeshis are using mobile financial service or MFS to bring Tk 2 billion to Tk 3 billion remittances every month through Hundi, an il...

German diplomat in Dhaka falls into manhole, sustains injuries

German diplomat in Dhaka falls into manhole, sustains injuries

-- 2022-11-22 20:27:12

Jan Janowski, the deputy head of the German mission in Dhaka, has been injured after falling into an open manhole in Dhaka’s Gulshan. Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam has since o...

HC rules over prevention of smuggling of brass from ships

HC rules over prevention of smuggling of brass from ships

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-22 20:21:23

The High Court has issued a rule asking the authorities concerned with the government to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to take necessary steps to prevent the smuggling of bra...

Bail to ex-ACC Official Enamul Basir stayed 

Bail to ex-ACC Official Enamul Basir stayed 

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-22 19:27:47

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a High Court order till December 5 that granted bail to suspended director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Khandaker Enamul Basir...

Seven-day Covid vaccination campaign from Dec 1

Seven-day Covid vaccination campaign from Dec 1

-- 2022-11-22 18:23:15

The government will launch another special vaccination campaign against Covid-19, marking the country's Victory Day, said the Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday. The campaign will start from De...

Three more die of dengue, 237 hospitalised in 24 hours

Three more die of dengue, 237 hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2022-11-22 17:36:42

With three more deaths from dengue recorded in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 237 this year.  During this time, 515 more patients,...

PM asks authorities not to harm nature while implementing projects

PM asks authorities not to harm nature while implementing projects

-- 2022-11-22 17:33:45

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned not to design and implement any development project harming nature and ecology. She made the directive while presiding over a m...

Cabinet Division clears proposal to create ‘Padma’, ‘Meghna’ divisions

Cabinet Division clears proposal to create ‘Padma’, ‘Meghna’ divisions

-- 2022-11-22 17:24:15

The Cabinet Division has finalised the proposal to form two new divisions named after two major rivers in the country - Padma and Meghna. The proposed Padma division will comprise five districts of F...

Bangladesh reports 23 new COVID cases, no deaths in a day

Bangladesh reports 23 new COVID cases, no deaths in a day

-- 2022-11-22 17:11:29

Bangladesh has recorded 23 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,416. According to the latest government data released on Tuesday, the death toll from the diseas...

Unidentified man found dead in Dinajpur

Unidentified man found dead in Dinajpur

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-22 15:02:24

Police recovered the body of a 55-year old man from a paddy field in Sheikhpura area of Dinajpur Sadar upazila Tuesday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained yet, reports UNB....

EC starts verifying applications for registration of new political parties

EC starts verifying applications for registration of new political parties

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-22 13:29:09

The Election Commission (EC) has started going through the applications of new political parties that are seeking registration. Currently, 39 political parties are registered with the EC. After the v...

Dhaka’s air 2nd most polluted in the world

Dhaka’s air 2nd most polluted in the world

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-22 11:07:19

Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'unhealthy' zone on Tuesday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 196 at 10:20am, the metropolis ranked second in the list of world cities with...

Most advocating states give least info on corrupts, ACC chief opines

Most advocating states give least info on corrupts, ACC chief opines

FE REPORT 2022-11-22 08:49:14

The countries, which advocate the most on ensuring transparency, provide the least information on corrupt people that Bangladesh requests for, said Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Mohammad M...

CTTC identifies mastermind behind militants’ escape from custody

CTTC identifies mastermind behind militants’ escape from custody

-- 2022-11-21 20:55:46

The man who led the group in snatching two death row convicts and members of banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam from Dhaka court premises using pepper spray on police members on Sunday has been ide...

Popularity of political parties will be tested in elections: Obaidul Quader

Popularity of political parties will be tested in elections: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-11-21 20:51:38

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said the popularity of a political party is not proved by public gatherings but its popularity will be tested in elections. "BNP is making fals...

Dengue kills 93 in first 21 days of November

Dengue kills 93 in first 21 days of November

-- 2022-11-21 20:13:32

The health authorities have reported 93 deaths from dengue fever in the first 21 days of November, the highest in a month in Bangladesh. The government reported the previous highest monthly death tol...

‘India can reap benefits of Bangladesh’s connectivity outlook’

‘India can reap benefits of Bangladesh’s connectivity outlook’

-- 2022-11-21 19:52:42

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Monday said Bangladesh is positioned to be a "regional connectivity hub" and India being the closest neighbour can reap the benefits of the connectivity outlook, as...

Eminent writer and cultural personality Ali Imam dies 

Eminent writer and cultural personality Ali Imam dies 

-- 2022-11-21 19:31:34

Renowned writer, television anchor and cultural personality Ali Imam passed away on Monday at the age of 72.  He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital in...

BNP says power tariff will deepen public suffering further

BNP says power tariff will deepen public suffering further

-- 2022-11-21 19:21:52

BNP denounced the government’s decision to increase the power tariff and warned that it is just like slaying the slain amid the skyrocketing prices of daily essentials. At a press conference at...

Two fugitive militants to be nabbed soon, says DB chief  

Two fugitive militants to be nabbed soon, says DB chief  

-- 2022-11-21 19:17:53

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch (DB) chief Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid has said that the law enforcers will nab the two death row militants, who escaped from the premises of a Dhaka court, soo...

PM hails Armed Forces for standing by people during disasters

PM hails Armed Forces for standing by people during disasters

-- 2022-11-21 19:17:22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday lauded the country’s military for standing by the people during natural disasters and other crises. “I believe that our army is now truly the people...

Childhood care centre helps parents in workplace: study 

Childhood care centre helps parents in workplace: study 

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-21 19:08:52

According to a study released on Monday, early childhood care centres are assisting parents working in the country's readymade garments sector in ensuring their children's education. One of the most...

A land could not be mortgaged more than once: Land Minister

A land could not be mortgaged more than once: Land Minister

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-21 18:58:55

As a result of setting up a mortgage data bank, a land could not be mortgaged more than once. Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury said this while inaugurating the Mortgage Data Bank and Case Manageme...