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Communal forces trying to rise again under BNP's leadership: Obaidul Quader

Communal forces trying to rise again under BNP's leadership: Obaidul Quader

-- 2023-02-21 18:26:10

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the communal and militant forces are trying to rise again in the country under the leadership...

BNP pays homage to Language Movement martyrs

BNP pays homage to Language Movement martyrs

-- 2023-02-21 18:20:20

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday paid homage to the 1952 Language Movement martyrs marking Amar Ekushey, the Language Martyrs Day, and the International Mother Language Day. The party&rs...

Eight Indians cycle to Dhaka from Kolkata to pay homage to language martyrs

Eight Indians cycle to Dhaka from Kolkata to pay homage to language martyrs

-- 2023-02-21 17:47:37

A team of Indians cycled 500 kilometres from the Indian city of Kolkata to Dhaka to reach the Central Shaheed Minar and pay their tributes to the language martyrs on International Mother Language Day....

Bangladesh logs nine more Covid cases

Bangladesh logs nine more Covid cases

-- 2023-02-21 17:30:06

Bangladesh has recorded 9 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,773. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,445 over the 24-hour period, acco...

President, PM pay homage to language martyrs

President, PM pay homage to language martyrs

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-21 09:07:39

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid their rich tributes to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Lan...

Gutted Gulshan building with luxurious structure had no fire safety system

Gutted Gulshan building with luxurious structure had no fire safety system

-- 2023-02-20 21:12:07

The Fire Service and Civil Defence has found many “safety lapses” in the upscale building that caught fire in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring seve...

One Gulshan fire victim moved to ICU, two others discharged

One Gulshan fire victim moved to ICU, two others discharged

-- 2023-02-20 20:53:31

One of the victims of an apartment building fire in Dhaka’s Gulshan is in “critical condition” and has been put under intensive care at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn a...

‘Remaining vigilant although no security threat’

‘Remaining vigilant although no security threat’

-- 2023-02-20 20:46:08

Director General (DG) of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) M Khurshid Hossain on Monday said that although there is no threat of militant attack on the occasion of International Mother Language Day, the el...

Awami League to ensure public safety staying on streets: Obaidul Quader

Awami League to ensure public safety staying on streets: Obaidul Quader

-- 2023-02-20 20:30:54

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said the ruling party would ensure the safety of the country's people by taking stance on streets. "No matter how much trouble BNP creates...

30pc people cut down meal intake due to climate change impacts

30pc people cut down meal intake due to climate change impacts

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-02-20 20:27:58

Around 30 per cent of people lessened the intake of their meals due to the climate change impact while the same percentage of people were also unable to afford food items beyond rice and lentils, acco...

BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul admitted to hospital again

BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul admitted to hospital again

-- 2023-02-20 20:27:03

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been admitted to hospital four days after he returned home after receiving treatment in Singapore. Fakhrul suddenly reported feeling unwell at hi...

PM seeks UN support to relocate Rohingya refugees to Bhashanchar

PM seeks UN support to relocate Rohingya refugees to Bhashanchar

-- 2023-02-20 19:48:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Monday, sought United Nations (UN) assistance to relocate the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to the well-developed Bhashanchar when the UN Resident Coordinator t...

HC summons National Bank’s manager to explain over transaction at night

HC summons National Bank’s manager to explain over transaction at night

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-02-20 18:36:07

The High Court (HC) on Monday summoned the manager of National Bank's Gulshan Commercial Branch to explain over his action of giving an opportunity to a customer to withdraw money at night from the br...

UN Bangla font now in Unicode

UN Bangla font now in Unicode

-- 2023-02-20 18:27:27

Marking International Mother's Language day, United Nations Development Programme has launched the Unicode version, with seven different iterations, of the UN Bangla font to ease access to the interne...

Bangladesh set to observe Language Martyr’s Day

Bangladesh set to observe Language Martyr’s Day

-- 2023-02-20 18:19:19

The nation is set to observe 'Amar Ekushey', the Language Martyr's Day (Shaheed Day) and the International Mother Language Day on Tuesday, marking the supreme sacrifice of the language heroes for upho...

Bangladesh logs 14 new Covid cases

Bangladesh logs 14 new Covid cases

-- 2023-02-20 17:42:59

Bangladesh has recorded 14 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,764. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,445 over the 24-hour period, acc...

Japan to provide $28.7m grants for two projects

Japan to provide $28.7m grants for two projects

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-02-20 17:08:08

Japan and Bangladesh signed the Exchange of Notes on the Japanese Grant Aid for two projects on Monday. IWAMA Kiminori, the ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh and Ms. Sharifa Khan, the secretary to th...

Bangabandhu was imprisoned for waging language movement: PM

Bangabandhu was imprisoned for waging language movement: PM

-- 2023-02-20 15:48:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was imprisoned repeatedly for waging language movement though efforts were made to downplay his role...

SC asks Labour Court not to frame charge against Dr Yunus until Mar 27

SC asks Labour Court not to frame charge against Dr Yunus until Mar 27

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-02-20 14:25:41

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Labour Court not to frame charge until March 27 this year in the case filed against Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and three othe...

Another victim of Gulshan fire dies, taking toll to 2

Another victim of Gulshan fire dies, taking toll to 2

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-20 14:24:47

Police say a second victim has died after a fire at a Gulshan apartment building on Sunday. The victim has been identified as Rajib aka Raju, who worked as a cook in the building, according to Deputy...

5 Mymensingh men get life in prison for 1971 war crimes

5 Mymensingh men get life in prison for 1971 war crimes

bdnews24.com 2023-02-20 14:22:18

A tribunal has sentenced five people, all from Mymensingh, to life in prison for war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War. Three judges led by Justice Md Shahinur Islam of the International Cr...

PM confers Ekushey Padak 2023

PM confers Ekushey Padak 2023

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-20 13:21:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Monday) conferred ‘Ekushey Padak 2023’ to 19 eminent personalities and two organisations in recognition of their contributions to various fields. She h...

Probe committee formed over Gulshan fire

Probe committee formed over Gulshan fire

UNB 2023-02-20 12:19:27

A five-member probe committee has been formed over the fire that tore through an apartment block in the capital's Gulshan area Sunday evening, leaving one dead. Lt Col Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury,...

Former BNP leader Nazmul Huda dies

Former BNP leader Nazmul Huda dies

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-20 11:38:51

Nazmul Huda, a senior lawyer and former BNP leader who served as a minister in Khaleda Zia’s cabinet, has died under hospital care in Dhaka at the age of 80. He passed away at Square Hospital i...

Fire breaks out at Gulshan multistorey building; 22 people rescued so far

Fire breaks out at Gulshan multistorey building; 22 people rescued so far

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-19 22:43:38

A fire broke out on the seventh floor of a multistorey building in the capital's Gulshan Sunday evening, the fire service said. One person has died so far and four people got injured after jumping of...

Fire breaks out at a building in Gulshan

Fire breaks out at a building in Gulshan

-- 2023-02-19 20:59:12

A fire broke out on the seventh floor of a multi-storey building in the city's Gulshan Sunday evening, the fire service said. According to UNB, no casualties were reported till the filling of the rep...

PM to distribute 'Ekushey Padak-2023' Monday

PM to distribute 'Ekushey Padak-2023' Monday

-- 2023-02-19 20:31:52

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the "Ekushey Padak 2023" to 19 eminent individuals and two organisations on Monday on the occasion of the Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language...

Obaidul Quader says caretaker government system will not return

Obaidul Quader says caretaker government system will not return

-- 2023-02-19 20:29:34

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has rejected any possibility of restoring the obsolete caretaker government system by amending the country's constitution. "The caretaker government...

PM to distribute 'Ekushey Padak-2023' on Monday

PM to distribute 'Ekushey Padak-2023' on Monday

-- 2023-02-19 20:21:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the "Ekushey Padak 2023" to 19 eminent individuals and two organisations on Monday on the occasion of the Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language...

Bangladesh to procure 300 electric double-decker buses from India for BRTC

Bangladesh to procure 300 electric double-decker buses from India for BRTC

-- 2023-02-19 20:12:52

The government of Bangladesh plans to procure 300 electric double-decker air-conditioned (AC) buses from India for the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC). The discussion was come...