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Banks to enjoy 24 holidays in 2023

Banks to enjoy 24 holidays in 2023

-- 2022-11-13 16:42:16

Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Sunday released the holiday list of 2023 for the scheduled banks in the country in line with the holiday list published by the Ministry of Public Administration. Md. Abdul Man...

35 Covid-19 cases, one death recorded in 24 hours

35 Covid-19 cases, one death recorded in 24 hours

-- 2022-11-13 16:20:20

Bangladesh has recorded 35 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,166. The death toll from the disease climbed by one to 29,427 over the 24-hour period, according...

Court sentences four to death for drug trafficking

Court sentences four to death for drug trafficking

-- 2022-11-13 16:09:17

A court has sentenced four people, including drug kingpin Batul aka Rabiul, to death in a drug trafficking case. According to bdnews24.com, Gopalganj Additional Sessions Judge Md Abbas Uddin delivere...

Here's why Lionel Messi is going to win the World Cup 2022

Here's why Lionel Messi is going to win the World Cup 2022

Rassiq Aziz Kabir  2022-11-13 15:37:35

The Argentina National Team has been in one of the best possible conditions to win this year's World Cup. As this World Cup does not have undisputed favourites like the previous three, the slot is ope...

PM seeks Saudi fuel with deferred payment schedule

PM seeks Saudi fuel with deferred payment schedule

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-13 15:07:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday sought fuel from Saudi Arabia, with deferred payment schedule. She made the request while Deputy Minister of Interior of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dr Nasser bin A...

Fire breaks out at Jhut godown in Gazipur

Fire breaks out at Jhut godown in Gazipur

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-13 12:18:33

A fire broke out in a jhut (unused fabric of garment factories) godown at Konabari in Gazipur early Sunday. The fire originated around 1:30 am in the godown at Notun Bazar and spread soon, said Abdul...

Humayun Ahmed’s 74th birth anniversary today

Humayun Ahmed’s 74th birth anniversary today

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-13 11:46:18

The 74th birth anniversary of legendary writer, lyricist, academician, playwright and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed is being observed today (Sunday). Often regarded as one of the best writers in Bengali li...

Dhaka’s air quality turns ‘very unhealthy’ this morning

Dhaka’s air quality turns ‘very unhealthy’ this morning

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-13 11:27:06

Air pollution still remains one of the top-most challenges for Bangladesh and Dhaka has been ranked as the second most polluted city in the world with ‘very unhealthy’ air quality on Sunda...

Bhola still fights natural disasters with inadequate shelters

Bhola still fights natural disasters with inadequate shelters

-- 2022-11-13 10:49:43

BHOLA: November 12 is a day that people of Bhola try to forget. On this day in 1970, a powerful cyclone took away the lives of at least 150,000 people while thousands went missing. Although 52 year...

Orange becomes a money spinner for Panchagarh farmers

Orange becomes a money spinner for Panchagarh farmers

-- 2022-11-13 10:46:46

PANCHAGARH: Cultivation of orange on commercial basis has gained popularity among the farmers in the district as they are getting excellent production in recent years. With the assistance of Departme...

Dhaka, Riyadh to sign two deals on security cooperation, route to Meeca initiative

Dhaka, Riyadh to sign two deals on security cooperation, route to Meeca initiative

-- 2022-11-12 21:59:11

Bangladesh and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will sign two important agreements on security cooperation and "Route to Meeca" service which would consolidate relations between the two countries. F...

BNP will participate in next polls, hopes Razzaque

BNP will participate in next polls, hopes Razzaque

-- 2022-11-12 21:01:58

Awami League Presidium Member and Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque has expressed his hope that all political parties, including BNP, would participate in the next national elections. In his addres...

PKSF to celebrate 32 years of its establishment on Sunday

PKSF to celebrate 32 years of its establishment on Sunday

-- 2022-11-12 20:52:09

Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) will celebrate 32 years of its establishment on Sunday. The foundation will celebrate the day as 'PKSF Day' for the first time with the slogan 'Towards Developme...

Russia’s foreign minister likely to visit Dhaka this month

Russia’s foreign minister likely to visit Dhaka this month

-- 2022-11-12 20:32:33

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is likely to be here on a brief official visit later this month to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest, according to UNB. Earlier,...

Youths will lead Bangladesh with merit, hard work,  patriotism: Sajeeb Wazed

Youths will lead Bangladesh with merit, hard work,  patriotism: Sajeeb Wazed

-- 2022-11-12 19:57:36

People of Bangladesh are capable of solving their own problems, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy - conveying his note of optimism that youths will drive Bangladesh forw...

Awami League won’t be allowed to play game anymore in name of election: Fakhrul

Awami League won’t be allowed to play game anymore in name of election: Fakhrul

-- 2022-11-12 19:42:56

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam has said Awami League will not be allowed to play any more games in the name of the election. “You went to power by playing games in the name of electi...

30 bus companies to offer e-ticket services in Dhaka from Sunday

30 bus companies to offer e-ticket services in Dhaka from Sunday

-- 2022-11-12 18:41:19

Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association is set to launch e-ticket services for buses owned by 30 companies in Dhaka on Sunday. All companies that operate 3,314 buses in the capital will come und...

918 hospitalised with dengue, six more die in last 24 hours

918 hospitalised with dengue, six more die in last 24 hours

-- 2022-11-12 18:29:11

With six more deaths reported in 24 hours till Saturday morning, this year's fatalities from Dengue climbed to 199. During this period, 918 patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...

Sajeeb Wazed Joy hands over Joy Bangla Youth Award

Sajeeb Wazed Joy hands over Joy Bangla Youth Award

-- 2022-11-12 18:08:11

Prime Minister’s ICT Adviser and CRI Chairperson Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Saturday handed over the Joy Bangla Youth Award 2022 among winners. The award is designed to recognise countrywide young cha...

Bangladesh reports 22 Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh reports 22 Covid cases, zero deaths

-- 2022-11-12 17:10:14

Bangladesh has recorded 22 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,131. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,426 over the 24-hour period, accordi...

Police yet to find ‘concrete information’ on BUET student Fardin's murder

Police yet to find ‘concrete information’ on BUET student Fardin's murder

-- 2022-11-12 16:43:14

Police are yet to make any significant headway in relation to the murder of BUET student Fardin Noor Parash, according to Harunor Rashid, chief of the Detective Branch, as media reports added fuel to...

PM refutes BNP leaders’ propaganda on foreign currency reserve

PM refutes BNP leaders’ propaganda on foreign currency reserve

-- 2022-11-12 16:32:01

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday refuted BNP leaders’ propaganda over the foreign currency reserve, saying the Awami League-led government never wastes any money from the reserve, rather...

56 gold bars seized at Chattogram airport

56 gold bars seized at Chattogram airport

-- 2022-11-12 14:34:01

The authorities have recovered 56 gold bars from a plane that arrived at Chattogram's Shah Amanat International Airport from the United Arab Emirates. The gold bars were found under a passenger seat...

PM inaugurates Dhaka-Ashulia elevated expressway construction

PM inaugurates Dhaka-Ashulia elevated expressway construction

-- 2022-11-12 12:51:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the construction of 24km Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway involving Tk 17,553.4 crore. She opened the construction work at a function held at...

32 BNP men, including ex-councillor, arrested in city

32 BNP men, including ex-councillor, arrested in city

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-12 12:16:49

Police arrested 32 leaders and activists of BNP, including a former councillor, from Mohakhali’s Sena Kalyan Sangstha Tower on Friday night. Former ward councilor of no 20 ward of Banani unit B...

BTRC sets clauses to limit short code use

BTRC sets clauses to limit short code use

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2022-11-12 09:06:58

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has set a number of conditions to limit the use of public service short code numbers. The telecom regulator has recently taken the deci...

Now Bangladesh eyes WB credit

Now Bangladesh eyes WB credit

FE REPORT 2022-11-12 08:55:25

Bangladesh will now urge the World Bank (WB) to expedite confirming an assured credit as the WB vice-president for South Asia comes today (Saturday), officials say, just after an IMF loan accord has b...

A2I observes Era of Digital Centers

A2I observes Era of Digital Centers

-- 2022-11-11 21:05:27

Access to Information (A2I) under the Cabinet and ICT division, in cooperation with UNDP, observed an era of providing services to citizens through digital centres on Friday. A programme was organise...

KUET student dies in Joypurhat while getting off from moving train

KUET student dies in Joypurhat while getting off from moving train

-- 2022-11-11 20:04:24

A third year student of the department of Leather Engineering of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) died while trying to get off from a moving train in Joypurhat Railway Station on...

‘Adapting to climate change is main focus of COP27’

‘Adapting to climate change is main focus of COP27’

-- 2022-11-11 19:45:23

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud has said that adaptation to and mitigation of the losses caused by climate change are being widely discussed at this year's United Nations Climate Ch...