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799 coronavirus cases, eight deaths reported in 24 hours

799 coronavirus cases, eight deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-03-01 16:41:20

Bangladesh has registered 799 new COVID-19 cases in a day, the lowest since Jan 5, taking the total caseload to 1,944,376. Another eight deaths from the coronavirus were recorded in a 24-hour count,...

SSC exams likely to begin on June 19, HSC on Aug 22

SSC exams likely to begin on June 19, HSC on Aug 22

-- 2022-03-01 13:53:02

In all likelihood, education boards across Bangladesh will start conducting their secondary and higher secondary certificate exams from June 19 and August 22, respectively. Registered students will b...

Safe shelters for birds declining

Safe shelters for birds declining

OUR CORRESPONDENTS, SYLHET & NAOGAON 2022-03-01 12:35:14

Although winter is gone, the chilly season's vibe is still going on in some places of Bangladesh. Several wetlands are still housing various kinds of migratory waterfowls as well as native species eve...

Bangladesh elected WFP executive board president for the first time

Bangladesh elected WFP executive board president for the first time

-- 2022-03-01 11:20:59

For the first time, Bangladesh has been elected the president of the executive board of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The 36-member executive board of the Rome-based world's largest...

Sacked ACC official Sharif misuses power, commission lawyer claims at court

Sacked ACC official Sharif misuses power, commission lawyer claims at court

FE REPORT 2022-03-01 10:12:22

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) counsel Khurshid Alam Khan told the High Court that ACC official Sharif Uddin who has recently been terminated from his service without any show-cause letter misused p...

Bangladesh now largest recipient of US vaccines with 61m doses

Bangladesh now largest recipient of US vaccines with 61m doses

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-28 21:00:18

With the latest donation of 10 million vaccines which arrived on Monday, Bangladesh is now the largest recipient of US-donated Covid-19 vaccines among all countries worldwide, with more than 61 millio...

Kamal thanks ADB for prompt assistance in tackling pandemic

Kamal thanks ADB for prompt assistance in tackling pandemic

-- 2022-02-28 20:45:08

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has thanked Asian Development Bank (ADB) for its prompt assistance in overcoming the adverse effects of Covid-19 pandemic. Illustrating the ADB’s assistance t...

‘Most Bangladeshi expats in Ukraine are reluctant to return home’

‘Most Bangladeshi expats in Ukraine are reluctant to return home’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-28 20:31:10

Most of the Bangladeshi expatriates in Ukraine are not interested to return home despite the outbreak of war in the country. Around 450 Bangladeshis left Ukraine through Poland, Romania and Moldova b...

New CEC urges all political parties to take part in elections

New CEC urges all political parties to take part in elections

-- 2022-02-28 20:05:57

Newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Monday urged all political parties to participate in elections for the sake of the country’s democracy.  “I would lik...

Children below 14 cannot be recruited as workers in Bangladesh

Children below 14 cannot be recruited as workers in Bangladesh

-- 2022-02-28 19:27:50

The cabinet on Monday decided that none under 14 years could be recruited to work, approving the proposal of ratifying ILO Convention-138 which restricted the employment of any child below 15. The ca...

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan ODI series: Disappointment despite series win

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan ODI series: Disappointment despite series win

Aniruddha Bhowmik 2022-02-28 19:10:05

Bangladesh lifts the Ispahani ODI series powered by Walton, returning to ODI cricket after 7 months by winning the series 2-1 in Chattogram. This is their sixth consecutive series victory at home.&nbs...

SC gets new registrar general

SC gets new registrar general

-- 2022-02-28 18:56:31

Sylhet District and Session Judge Bazlur Rahman has been appointed as the registrar general of the Supreme Court. The law ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Monday, reports UNB....

US donates another 10m Pfizer jabs to Bangladesh

US donates another 10m Pfizer jabs to Bangladesh

-- 2022-02-28 18:43:51

The United States has donated another 10 million doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh via COVAX, sustaining the effort to expand vaccinations across the country. This latest donatio...

Climate change to cause 2-9pc GDP loss for Bangladesh: IPCC report

Climate change to cause 2-9pc GDP loss for Bangladesh: IPCC report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-28 18:26:53

Bangladesh is at the risk of a loss of 2.0 per cent to 9.0 per cent of annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the mid and end of the century due to climate change, according to the predictions by the...

Ban on catching, selling hilsa begins Tuesday

Ban on catching, selling hilsa begins Tuesday

-- 2022-02-28 18:09:43

A two-month government ban on catching, selling, hoarding, and transporting of hilsa will come into effect from March 1 with a view to boost its production. The ban will be lifted on May 1, said a ha...

Bangladesh logs 897 new virus cases, four deaths

Bangladesh logs 897 new virus cases, four deaths

-- 2022-02-28 17:24:37

Bangladesh has registered 897 new Covid-19 cases taking the total caseload to 1,943,577. Another four deaths from the coronavirus were recorded in a 24-hour count, with the toll from the disease risi...

Bangladesh monitoring situation in Ukraine

Bangladesh monitoring situation in Ukraine

-- 2022-02-28 16:57:44

Bangladesh is still observing the situation in Ukraine as the Eastern European nation continues to resist a full-scale Russian invasion. The cabinet discussed the conflict in its weekly meeting on Mo...

Bangladesh scrambles to get its nationals in Ukraine

Bangladesh scrambles to get its nationals in Ukraine

-- 2022-02-28 16:04:34

“Alhamdulillah (praise be to Almighty).” That’s the only word Sohan’s mother was repeating to her loving son over the phone after his safe arrival in Hungary from Ukraine. Soh...

Two killed in Brahmanbaria road accident

Two killed in Brahmanbaria road accident

-- 2022-02-28 15:39:24

Two people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Monday. The deceased were identified as Awal Mi...

Betel leaves turning yellowish causing farmers' worries

Betel leaves turning yellowish causing farmers' worries

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CHANDPUR 2022-02-28 10:58:30

Thousands of betel leaf farmers in Haimchar and Faridganj upazilas of the district are in dire straits this year as the betel leaves are turning yellowish. The farmers express fear that they might ha...

Many families ruined by untimely death of migrant workers

Many families ruined by untimely death of migrant workers

ARAFAT ARA 2022-02-28 10:14:00

Untimely death of migrant workers, who are usually the lone breadwinners of their near and dear ones, leaves their families in the lurch. Every year hundreds of thousands of workers go abroad to make...

ICC prosecutor upbeat about justice for Myanmar's Rohingya

ICC prosecutor upbeat about justice for Myanmar's Rohingya

FE REPORT 2022-02-28 10:11:48

Visiting prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim A. A. Khan on Sunday expressed his confidence to collect proper evidence to justify the allegations of war crime against Rohingya in...

HC to hear opinion of amici curiae on Hindu inheritance law

HC to hear opinion of amici curiae on Hindu inheritance law

-- 2022-02-27 22:32:01

The High Court on Sunday sought to hear opinions of amici curiae (friends of the court) on the provision of a law barring Hindu women from inheriting paternal property. The bench of Justice Mamnoon R...

Over 400 Bangladeshis cross Ukraine border safely

Over 400 Bangladeshis cross Ukraine border safely

-- 2022-02-27 21:42:20

Over 400 Bangladeshis have been able to safely cross Ukraine borders to neighboring countries mainly in Poland, according to Bangladesh foreign ministry. "Till today, around 400 Bangladeshis have saf...

210m doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered in Bangladesh, health minister says

210m doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered in Bangladesh, health minister says

-- 2022-02-27 21:07:21

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said Bangladesh has inoculated 210 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. The minister revealed the information while addressing a function at Bangabandhu Inte...

New CEC ‘not afraid of challenges’, calls for cooperation

New CEC ‘not afraid of challenges’, calls for cooperation

-- 2022-02-27 20:53:31

New Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal has said he is not afraid of challenges and called for the cooperation of all to tackle them head-on. “Man’s life is a challenge, so is a...

106 cops died of Covid-19 serving the country, says IGP

106 cops died of Covid-19 serving the country, says IGP

-- 2022-02-27 20:52:33

As many as 106 policemen have died of Covid-19 in the last two years of the pandemic, said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed on Sunday. “Besides, more than 7,000 policemen have be...

Bangladeshi ship with 29 crew members stranded at Ukrainian port

Bangladeshi ship with 29 crew members stranded at Ukrainian port

-- 2022-02-27 20:03:46

A Bangladesh ship with 29 crew, all Bangladeshi nationals, has been stuck at port of Olvia in Ukraine amid Russian attack on the country. The goods-laden ship ‘Banglar Samriddhi’, owned b...

Pro-AL lawyers declares panel for SCBA election

Pro-AL lawyers declares panel for SCBA election

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-27 19:18:27

Pro-Awami League lawyers’ forum Sammilita Ainjibi Samannay Parishad (SASP) has announced the panel for the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) executive committee elections for 2022-23 sessions...

PM stresses presenting authentic history before the new generation

PM stresses presenting authentic history before the new generation

-- 2022-02-27 18:20:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasised presenting the country's real history of victory and achievements before the new generation to inspire them to work for the nation being imbued with patriot...