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Rohingya refugees must go back home, says PM

Rohingya refugees must go back home, says PM

-- 2022-09-28 19:43:13

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said everyone needs to understand the reality that the forcibly displaced Rohingyas are becoming a huge burden for Bangladesh and they must go back home. "They (Rohin...

1m families got free homes, lands under Ashrayan project, says PM 

1m families got free homes, lands under Ashrayan project, says PM 

-- 2022-09-28 18:24:19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants to make sure that everyone in Bangladesh gets own home, land and address as her government continues its efforts for inclusive development.  “My aim is t...

Govt approves import of 90,000 tonnes of fertilisers, other proposals 

Govt approves import of 90,000 tonnes of fertilisers, other proposals 

-- 2022-09-28 18:00:20

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase in a virtual meeting on Wednesday approved a number of proposals including the import of 90,000 tonnes of fertiliser.  Finance Minister AHM Mustafa K...

Dengue claims another life, 524 hospitalised in 24 hours 

Dengue claims another life, 524 hospitalised in 24 hours 

-- 2022-09-28 17:52:35

Another dengue patient died in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 55.  During this period, 524 more patients w...

Argentina playing solid football, Lionel Messi leading from the front

Argentina playing solid football, Lionel Messi leading from the front

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-09-28 17:48:57

The Argentina National Football Team endured much criticism from fans and experts alike for being a team full of heavyweights that failed to perform at tournaments. But after winning Copa America last...

Govt plans not to increase LNG supply from Qatar before 2025 

Govt plans not to increase LNG supply from Qatar before 2025 

-- 2022-09-28 17:44:10

Bangladesh is unlikely to get any additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar before 2025 as the gulf country has recently turned down a request in this regard.  According to official sour...

Press gives opinion freely in Bangladesh: PM

Press gives opinion freely in Bangladesh: PM

-- 2022-09-28 17:26:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh’s growing media during her tenure has the freedom to say whatever they wish to say. “After speaking all, if someone says that he/she&...

Bangladesh reports 665 more Covid cases, zero death

Bangladesh reports 665 more Covid cases, zero death

-- 2022-09-28 16:45:56

Bangladesh reported 665 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. The total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,360 as no death was reported during the period while with the new infections...

Eden College BCL leaders face attempted murder charges

Eden College BCL leaders face attempted murder charges

-- 2022-09-28 16:06:46

A complaint has been filed in a Dhaka court against Tamanna Jasmin Riva, president of Eden Mohila College's Bangladesh Chhatra League unit, and seven others on charges of attempted murder in the wake...

RAB only uses force when necessary, says outgoing chief Al-Mamun

RAB only uses force when necessary, says outgoing chief Al-Mamun

-- 2022-09-28 15:21:43

Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, the outgoing director-general of the Rapid Action Battalion, says members of the unit only apply force when the situation demands that they do so amid a marked decline in...

RAB arrests death-row war crimes convict Khalilur in Savar

RAB arrests death-row war crimes convict Khalilur in Savar

bdnews24.com 2022-09-28 13:17:00

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Khalilur Rahman, a fugitive who was sentenced to death in a 1971 war crimes case. RAB-14 and the Detective Branch arrested the 68-year-old in Savar on Tu...

Labour Party suspends British-Bangladeshi MP Rupa Huq

Labour Party suspends British-Bangladeshi MP Rupa Huq

-- 2022-09-27 22:54:23

Bangladeshi-origin British MP Rupa Huq has been administratively suspended from the Labour Party pending an investigation, after she was accused of making "racist" comments about Chancellor Kwasi Kwar...

PBI chief sues Babul Akter, Elias Hossain, 2 others over spreading lies

PBI chief sues Babul Akter, Elias Hossain, 2 others over spreading lies

-- 2022-09-27 21:56:28

The chief of the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has charged Babul Akter, a former superintendent of police suspected of masterminding his wife's murder, and three others in a case under the Digi...

President greets PM on eve of her 76th birthday

President greets PM on eve of her 76th birthday

-- 2022-09-27 21:29:49

President M Abdul Hamid on Tuesday wished the long life, sound health, peace-progress and continued well-being of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of her 76th birthday to be celebrated on...

Obaidul Quader says BNP making falsehoods capitalising on global crisis

Obaidul Quader says BNP making falsehoods capitalising on global crisis

-- 2022-09-27 20:52:49

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday accused BNP of making falsehoods capitalising on the global fuel, power and economic crisis aiming to g...

I don't see any way for this government to stay in power, says Mirza Abbas

I don't see any way for this government to stay in power, says Mirza Abbas

-- 2022-09-27 20:47:44

Stating that there's no scope for Awami League (AL) to cling to power this time,  BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas said their party leaders and activists are even ready to embrace deaths to make the...

Death toll in Panchagarh boat capsize rises to 68; four still missing

Death toll in Panchagarh boat capsize rises to 68; four still missing

-- 2022-09-27 19:43:44

The authorities have recovered 17 more bodies on the third day of rescue efforts after a boat packed with around 150 people sunk in the Korotoa River in Panchagarh's Boda Upazila. The death toll in t...

Parliamentary body recommends raising ETP capacity to 20,000 kiloliter at tannery estate 

Parliamentary body recommends raising ETP capacity to 20,000 kiloliter at tannery estate 

-- 2022-09-27 19:24:02

A parliamentary watchdog has recommended taking steps to raise the capacity of the Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) to 20,000 kiloliter per day at Savar Tannery Industrial Estate within six months.&nbsp...

Chhatra League activists 'attack' Chhatra Dal leaders at Dhaka University

Chhatra League activists 'attack' Chhatra Dal leaders at Dhaka University

-- 2022-09-27 18:34:32

At least seven activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) were injured in an attack allegedly by Chhatra League (BCL) men on the Dhaka University campus on Tuesday. Some activists of BCL attacked JC...

Gas crisis lands LNG cargo market in hands of energy giants

Gas crisis lands LNG cargo market in hands of energy giants

-- 2022-09-27 18:05:51

Rocketing LNG cargo prices have squeezed out dozens of smaller traders, concentrating the business in the hands of a handful of international energy majors and top global trading houses. This grip is...

Dhaka airport advises passengers not to travel with conjunctivitis

Dhaka airport advises passengers not to travel with conjunctivitis

-- 2022-09-27 17:53:54

The authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka have advised passengers not to make any travel plans if they are suffering from conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye, seven day...

Granting bail on mere ground of age is not rational: SC

Granting bail on mere ground of age is not rational: SC

FE ONLINE REPORT  2022-09-27 17:32:44

In the full text of a verdict, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has observed that granting bail to anyone on the mere ground of age is not rational.   A three-member bench of the...

Master plan to boost tourism sector will be formulated by December: State Minister

Master plan to boost tourism sector will be formulated by December: State Minister

-- 2022-09-27 17:07:03

The government is formulating a master plan to take forward the tourism industry in a planned way, said State minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali on Tuesday. "The formulation of the...

Bangladesh reports 737 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh reports 737 new Covid cases, one death

-- 2022-09-27 17:02:27

Bangladesh has recorded 737 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,023,145. The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,360 over the 24-hour period, according t...

Slain Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah’s 14 more family members move to Canada

Slain Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah’s 14 more family members move to Canada

-- 2022-09-27 17:01:18

Fourteen more family members of prominent Rohingya leader Mohammad Mohib Ullah, who was assassinated by a group of gunmen last year, left Bangladesh for Canada on Monday evening. The group includes M...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 76th birthday on Wednesday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 76th birthday on Wednesday

BSS 2022-09-27 16:47:09

The 76th birthday of Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will be celebrated across the country on Wednesday. Sheikh Hasina, the eldest among the five children of Father of the Nat...

Death toll from sunken boat in Panchagarh tops 60

Death toll from sunken boat in Panchagarh tops 60

-- 2022-09-27 15:48:41

The authorities have recovered 12 more bodies on the third day of rescue efforts after a boat packed with around 150 people sunk in the Korotoa River in Panchagarh's Boda Upazila. The death toll in t...

Bengal Water Machine: Bangladesh basin offers nature-based solution that rivals world’s largest dams

Bengal Water Machine: Bangladesh basin offers nature-based solution that rivals world’s largest dams

-- 2022-09-27 12:45:01

A group of researchers have empirically identified a nature-based solution, described as the Bengal Water Machine, to seasonal freshwater storage capture that rivals the world's largest dams, bdnews24...

Death toll from sunken boat in Panchagarh rises to 57, at least 18 still missing

Death toll from sunken boat in Panchagarh rises to 57, at least 18 still missing

-- 2022-09-27 12:25:01

The authorities have recovered six more bodies on the third day of rescue efforts after a boat packed with around 150 people sunk in the Korotoa River in Panchagarh's Boda Upazila, bdnews24.com re...

Eid-e-Miladunnabi on October 9 

Eid-e-Miladunnabi on October 9 

-- 2022-09-26 21:38:41

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi (SM), marking the anniversary of the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM), will be observed in the country on October 9 with due religious solemnity.  The...