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‘Untimely rains, intermediaries soared up vegetable prices’

‘Untimely rains, intermediaries soared up vegetable prices’

-- 2022-02-27 17:47:26

The prices of vegetables have soared in the market because of intermediaries and untimely rains, said Agriculture Secretary Md Saidul Islam on Sunday. He said that the prices of vegetables go up from...

New Election Commission sworn in

New Election Commission sworn in

-- 2022-02-27 17:28:04

Members of the new Election Commission (EC), led by Kazi Habibul Awal, have taken their oaths of office. Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique swore in the Chief Election Commissioner and the four electi...

864 coronavirus cases, nine deaths reported in 24 hours

864 coronavirus cases, nine deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-02-27 16:40:58

Bangladesh has registered 864 new COVID-19 cases taking the total caseload to 1,942,680. Another nine deaths from the coronavirus were recorded in a 24-hour count, with the toll from the disease risi...

DU admission seekers block Nilkhent Intersection demanding 2nd chance

DU admission seekers block Nilkhent Intersection demanding 2nd chance

-- 2022-02-27 16:40:43

Some students have blocked Nilkhet intersection demanding the university authorities to allow them to sit for the entry test of Dhaka University (DU) for the 2nd time. They started the demonstration...

No Covid test report needed for travelling to India via Benapole after booster dose

No Covid test report needed for travelling to India via Benapole after booster dose

-- 2022-02-27 14:45:14

Bangladeshis who have received a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will no longer be required to present a negative COVID test report while crossing the border into India from Benapole, bdnews24.co...

Ekushey Book Fair to be extended till March 17

Ekushey Book Fair to be extended till March 17

-- 2022-02-27 13:12:35

The Ekushey Book Fair will be extended to Mar 17, according to State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid. At a media briefing at the Secretariat on Sunday, Khalid said he was ‘delig...

'Senior' Liton establishing his dominance

'Senior' Liton establishing his dominance

Mashfiq Mizan 2022-02-27 11:31:47

There was never any doubt regarding Liton Kumar Das’s ability with the bat. Ian Bishop, former West Indies great and commentator said during the last ODI World Cup that Liton's bat is like a pa...

New CEC Awal believes EC will not be solely responsible for fair elections

New CEC Awal believes EC will not be solely responsible for fair elections

-- 2022-02-27 11:27:26

Bangladesh's first constitutionally-appointed Chief Election Commissioner or CEC Kazi Habibul Awal says he will work to treat all political parties equally, bdnews24.com reports. However, the Electio...

Haor embankment projects missing deadline

Haor embankment projects missing deadline

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-02-27 09:37:51

SYLHET: Almost 30 per cent construction work of haor crop protection embankments in Sylhet remained incomplete till Saturday, two days before the February 28 deadline. Farmers of different parts in t...

Central public library to be housed in 10-storey building by Dec 2024: Authorities

Central public library to be housed in 10-storey building by Dec 2024: Authorities

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-02-27 09:18:32

The central public library will be housed in a 10-storey building at its original site in the city's Shahbagh with all modern facilities by December 2024. The 64-year-old library will temporarily be...

Foreign secretary hopes Ukraine-Russia crisis will not affect Rooppur, other projects

Foreign secretary hopes Ukraine-Russia crisis will not affect Rooppur, other projects

-- 2022-02-26 23:23:36

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has expressed his hope that ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine will not affect the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant and other projects directly. "So far, we thin...

Momen urges developed nations to share vaccine technology

Momen urges developed nations to share vaccine technology

-- 2022-02-26 23:00:36

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has called for sharing technology and know-how of vaccine production through a global mechanism. "Technology and know-how of Covid-19 vaccine production should be shar...

'200 Bangladeshis reach Poland, Romania from Ukraine'

'200 Bangladeshis reach Poland, Romania from Ukraine'

-- 2022-02-26 21:58:14

Approximately 200 Bangladesh citizens have so for entered Poland and Romania from Ukraine, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Saturday night. "We're in touch with approximate...

New election commission will fulfil people's expectations, Awami League leaders hope

New election commission will fulfil people's expectations, Awami League leaders hope

-- 2022-02-26 21:36:28

Awami League leaders have expressed their optimism that the newly formed Election Commission will be able to fulfil the expectations of the people. They also assured of extending all-out support to t...

Land mutation applications being monitored regularly, says minister

Land mutation applications being monitored regularly, says minister

FE ONLINE REPORT   2022-02-26 20:40:55

Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Saturday said land mutation applications are being monitored online regularly.  “If an application is not disposed of within the specified time, the...

72-hour RTPCR test not needed for vaccinated India-bound Bangladeshi travellers

72-hour RTPCR test not needed for vaccinated India-bound Bangladeshi travellers

-- 2022-02-26 20:35:54

Passengers travelling to India will no longer need to get an RT-PCR test done within 72 hours before departure, said Md Raju Ahmed, officer-in-Charge (OC) of Benapole Police Immigration on Saturday mo...

Awami League leader Hanif suspects Tarique's link with Pilkhana carnage

Awami League leader Hanif suspects Tarique's link with Pilkhana carnage

-- 2022-02-26 20:11:06

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Saturday alleged that BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman was involved with the 2009 carnage at Pilkhana. “Tarique Rahman's involvemen...

Pension scheme a new ploy to plunder public money, Fakhrul alleges

Pension scheme a new ploy to plunder public money, Fakhrul alleges

-- 2022-02-26 20:02:45

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday expressed doubt that the government has taken a move to introduce the universal pension scheme for all citizens as part of its new ploy to...

Kazi Habibul Awal named new CEC

Kazi Habibul Awal named new CEC

-- 2022-02-26 17:51:14

President Md Abdul Hamid has selected Kazi Habibul Awal, the former senior secretary of defence, to head the next election commission as chief election commissioner (CEC). The appointment of the chie...

Bangladesh extends mass vaccination drive till Feb 28

Bangladesh extends mass vaccination drive till Feb 28

-- 2022-02-26 17:35:12

Bangladesh will extend the mass campaign to administer the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by two more days to Feb 28, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. The DGHS made the de...

Legal action if vaccine certificate not found from Mar 1, says DNCC Mayor Atiqul   

Legal action if vaccine certificate not found from Mar 1, says DNCC Mayor Atiqul  

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-26 17:24:23

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Atiqul Islam on Saturday said as many as 125,000 people have been vaccinated in its area in the last three days under the mass vaccination programme. Terming...

Bangladeshi student recounts perilous journey for safe place in Ukraine

Bangladeshi student recounts perilous journey for safe place in Ukraine

-- 2022-02-26 17:20:50

With the Russia military offensive in Ukraine intensifying, Sheikh Khaled bin Selim, a Bangladeshi student, joined an endless procession of panic-stricken people streaming out of the port city of Odes...

Bangladesh registers 759 virus cases in a day, the lowest in nearly eight weeks

Bangladesh registers 759 virus cases in a day, the lowest in nearly eight weeks

-- 2022-02-26 16:58:52

Bangladesh has registered 759 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest in a day since Jan 3, taking the total caseload to 1,941,816.Another eight deaths from the coronavirus were recorded in a 24-hour count, wi...

Barishal ferry capsize: Death toll rises to 4 as another body recovered

Barishal ferry capsize: Death toll rises to 4 as another body recovered

-- 2022-02-26 14:10:39

The death toll from the Barishal ferry tragedy rose to four, with the recovery of another body from Arial Kha River in Barishal on Saturday morning, UNB reports. The deceased was identified as Rafiqu...

Campaign to give 10m COVID vaccine shots in a day begins

Campaign to give 10m COVID vaccine shots in a day begins

-- 2022-02-26 12:15:33

A nationwide campaign to inoculate 10 million people against COVID-19 is underway in an effort to expand the country's vaccination coverage, bdnews24.com reports. Queues started forming outside vario...

Bangladeshi students move from Maruipol to Kyiv for safety, but Russia batters Ukrainian capital

Bangladeshi students move from Maruipol to Kyiv for safety, but Russia batters Ukrainian capital

-- 2022-02-26 10:57:54

Ahmed Fatami Rume had first thought Russia would not attack Ukraine, so he decided to stay in the bordering city Mariupol. As the invasion began early on Thursday, he had pleaded for help to get out o...

Shops with unvaccinated staff to be shut: Atiqul

Shops with unvaccinated staff to be shut: Atiqul

FE REPORT 2022-02-26 09:21:51

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam on Friday warned of shutting down the shops unless their owners or employees are vaccinated with at least one dose of Covid-19 jabs. He also sai...

Bangladesh gives first jab to 10m people today

Bangladesh gives first jab to 10m people today

FE REPORT 2022-02-26 08:35:43

Bangladesh is set to inoculate 10 million people with first dose of Covid-19 vaccines today (Saturday) through a countrywide campaign. The government will administer the vaccines at a total of 28,000...

Dhaka in no hurry to receive Serum vaccines, thanks to supply glut

Dhaka in no hurry to receive Serum vaccines, thanks to supply glut

JUBAIR HASAN 2022-02-26 08:23:28

The government now pursues a wait-and-see policy in receiving delivery of remaining consignments of the previously-ordered AstraZeneca vaccines from the Serum Institute of India (SII), officials say...

Please pray for us, Bangladeshi in Kyiv says

Please pray for us, Bangladeshi in Kyiv says

-- 2022-02-25 23:38:14

Ahmed Fatami Rume, a young Bangladeshi from Sylhet who had travelled to Ukraine for study two months ago, had first thought Russia would not attack Ukraine. So he decided to stay in the bordering Ukr...