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Shakil Ahmed appointed as director general of BGB

Shakil Ahmed appointed as director general of BGB

-- 2022-02-18 16:43:07

Bangladesh has appointed Major General Shakil Ahmed as the director general of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). According to bdnews24.com, Ahmed will replace Major General Md Shafeenul Islam, who has b...

Primary schools to resume in-person classes on March 1

Primary schools to resume in-person classes on March 1

-- 2022-02-18 16:34:31

The government will resume in-person classes for primary school students on March 1, as Covid-19 cases continue to decline. "As the coronavirus infection has diminished, primary schools can resume in...

Awami League leader shot dead in Kushtia

Awami League leader shot dead in Kushtia

-- 2022-02-18 16:29:35

A local Awami League leader was shot dead and six others injured in Kushtia’s Bheramara Upazila. According to bdnews24.com, three of the injured people sustained bullet wounds. The incident to...

Two suspects arrested over murder of Rohingya leader Abul Kalam

Two suspects arrested over murder of Rohingya leader Abul Kalam

-- 2022-02-18 14:08:12

The Armed Police Battalion or APBn has arrested two suspects from the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya over the murder of Rohingya community leader Abul Kalam. The APBn made...

Truck rams autorickshaw in Cumilla, leaving five dead

Truck rams autorickshaw in Cumilla, leaving five dead

-- 2022-02-18 11:04:59

Five autorickshaw passengers have died after their vehicle was rammed by a truck in Cumilla’s Burichang Upazila. The accident occurred on the Cumilla-Sylhet road in the Tutabagan area of Main...

TCB to provide essentials to 10m low-income families during Ramadan

TCB to provide essentials to 10m low-income families during Ramadan

-- 2022-02-17 20:58:48

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Thursday said the trading corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will distribute rice and other essentials at reduced prices among 10 million families during the upcoming fas...

PM orders universal pension scheme for all over 60

PM orders universal pension scheme for all over 60

-- 2022-02-17 20:57:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed the authorities to quickly implement a framework to bring all citizens above the age of 60 within the ambit of the welfare allowances system. It is in line...

Bangladesh to administer 10m Covid vaccine shots on Feb 26

Bangladesh to administer 10m Covid vaccine shots on Feb 26

-- 2022-02-17 20:24:39

The government has taken an initiative to administer at least 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses on February 26 to achieve the target of vaccinating 90 per cent of people in the country, said Health an...

Bangladesh plans to build national digital library

Bangladesh plans to build national digital library

-- 2022-02-17 20:14:32

State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said the government will construct a national digitalised library aiming to create a wide scope for the people...

Evaly's former CEO, chairman allowed to transfer 50pc shares to family members

Evaly's former CEO, chairman allowed to transfer 50pc shares to family members

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-17 20:09:44

The High Court allowed tainted e-commerce marketplace Evaly’s ex-chairman Shamima Narsin and former CEO Mohammad Rassel to transfer 50 per cent of their shares to three family members, adding re...

TIB concerned over sacking of ACC deputy assistant director

TIB concerned over sacking of ACC deputy assistant director

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-17 19:43:51

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed its grave concern as over 50 employees and officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) protested over the recent dismissal of one of t...

Power transmission to Dhaka from Payra, Rampal plants to wait for more 7-8 months

Power transmission to Dhaka from Payra, Rampal plants to wait for more 7-8 months

-- 2022-02-17 19:39:56

The transmission of electricity from newly built Payra and Rampal plants over Padma River to Dhaka's Aminbazar has to wait for at least 7-8 months. Work on construction of a high voltage 400 kV doubl...

An ACC official who rose to fame for anti-graft efforts is fired

An ACC official who rose to fame for anti-graft efforts is fired

-- 2022-02-17 18:40:53

Sharif Uddin, the deputy assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission who came into the spotlight by investigating corruption and irregularities including the issuing of NID cards to Rohingya...

1,904 more Rohingyas reach Bhasan Char

1,904 more Rohingyas reach Bhasan Char

-- 2022-02-17 18:24:52

Another 1,904 more Rohingyas reached Bhasan Char from Patenga Boat Club in Chattogram in the ninth phase on Thursday under the supervision of Bangladesh Navy. They arrived at the Bhasan Char after 24...

Bangladesh eyes enhanced trade, investment ties with Australia

Bangladesh eyes enhanced trade, investment ties with Australia

-- 2022-02-17 18:12:15

Bangladesh and Australia have discussed ways to expand trade and identify scopes for investment between the two countries aiming to emerge as key trade partners. Bangladesh High Commissioner to Austr...

Green building developers to get 10pc tax rebate, DNCC mayor says

Green building developers to get 10pc tax rebate, DNCC mayor says

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-17 18:06:31

Building developers, who wish to go green by planting trees and harvesting rainwater, will receive a 10 per cent tax rebate, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam has said. He made t...

Pathao rider, female passenger killed in city road crash

Pathao rider, female passenger killed in city road crash

-- 2022-02-17 17:34:55

A motorbike rider of Pathao, a ride-sharing service, and a female passenger were killed when an unknown vehicle hit the motorbike on airport road in Dhaka on Thursday. The deceased were identified as...

Bangladesh records 20 new Covid deaths, 3,539 cases

Bangladesh records 20 new Covid deaths, 3,539 cases

-- 2022-02-17 16:58:06

Bangladesh has registered 3,539 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest in a day since mid-January, taking the total caseload to 1,926,570. It also recorded 20 deaths from the coronavirus in a day, taking the...

Students with two COVID vaccine doses can return to classes in person Feb 22

Students with two COVID vaccine doses can return to classes in person Feb 22

-- 2022-02-17 12:41:38

Education Minister Dipu Moni says that students in secondary, higher secondary and higher education will be able to resume in-person classes on Feb 22 due to the decline of coronavirus cases, bdnews24...

Illegal soil extraction going on in Chandpur

Illegal soil extraction going on in Chandpur

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-02-17 10:17:48

CHANDPUR: Rapid urbanisation has made illegal soil mining across the district much more lucrative than farming. Visiting some Chandpur villages, it has been seen that some farmlands have been dug 10-...

Momen says Bangladesh will continue efforts to bring back Khairuzzaman

Momen says Bangladesh will continue efforts to bring back Khairuzzaman

-- 2022-02-16 21:40:45

The government will continue to pursue the repatriation of former high commissioner M Khairuzzaman, who was accused in a case over the killing of four national leaders, from Malaysia, AK Abdul Momen h...

BRAC Global’s executive director visits Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar

BRAC Global’s executive director visits Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2022-02-16 20:56:16

Jerome Oberreit, executive director of BRAC Global, has called for continuing emergency services for Rohingya people and the host community amid the pandemic. He made the call during his visit at Roh...

Work begins on demarcating 29 canals in city

Work begins on demarcating 29 canals in city

-- 2022-02-16 20:26:35

All illegal establishments will be evicted from the canals in Dhaka following the demarcation of the water bodies, said LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam on Wednesday. He said this while...

Registration not necessary for first vaccine dose until February 26

Registration not necessary for first vaccine dose until February 26

-- 2022-02-16 20:17:59

People above the age of 12 can now get the COVID-19 vaccine without prior registration until the administration of the first doses ends on Feb 26. If a citizen does not have a national ID card, birth...

Rain predicted for Feb 19-20

Rain predicted for Feb 19-20

-- 2022-02-16 20:15:02

Light rain may occur in different parts of the country on February 19-20 next, according to the latest agromet advisory. “Rain is predicted at many places across the country during February 19...

Search panel’s activities on EC formation nothing but a joke, Fakhrul says

Search panel’s activities on EC formation nothing but a joke, Fakhrul says

-- 2022-02-16 20:08:50

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday described the activities of the search committee as a 'joke', and said it is 'meaningless' to send names to the search panel for the form...

HC questions gender-biased appointment provision of marriage registrars

HC questions gender-biased appointment provision of marriage registrars

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-16 19:03:22

The High Court has questioned a gender-biased provision regarding the appointment of Muslim marriage registrars. The court issued a rule asking the government bodies concerned to explain in two weeks...

Purchase committee approves proposal for procuring 85,000 tonnes of fertilizer

Purchase committee approves proposal for procuring 85,000 tonnes of fertilizer

-- 2022-02-16 18:38:19

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) has approved three separate proposals under which the government would procure some 85,000 tonnes of fertilizer. The approval came from the 6th mee...

Over 101m people administered 1st dose, 72.88m 2nd dose

Over 101m people administered 1st dose, 72.88m 2nd dose

-- 2022-02-16 18:19:04

A total of 101.19 million (10,11,90,890) people have so far been administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccines while 72.88 million (7,28,83,863) received the second dose across the country during t...

All educational Institutions to be opened this month, says Dipu Moni

All educational Institutions to be opened this month, says Dipu Moni

-- 2022-02-16 18:06:37

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni has said all educational institutions in the country will be opened this month. She also warned that even if the educational institutions are open, health guidelines s...