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Project director of Gazipur safari park withdrawn, new chief takes office

Project director of Gazipur safari park withdrawn, new chief takes office

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-02 19:29:00

The government on Wednesday appointed forest department official Mollah Rezaul Karim as the new project director of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur. Mollah Rezaul Karim will take...

Dhaka University’s hall authorities expel three students for torturing fresher

Dhaka University’s hall authorities expel three students for torturing fresher

-- 2022-02-02 18:47:32

Authorities at Dhaka University’s Bijoy Ekattor Hall have expelled three students for six months for torturing a fresher at the dormitory’s so-called guestroom. The three students are Kam...

Kidney patients suffer as government hospital halts dialysis

Kidney patients suffer as government hospital halts dialysis

-- 2022-02-02 18:19:46

Patients with kidney ailments are suffering and their families have staged protests after the National Institute of Kidney Diseases & Urology (NIKDU) announced it had suspended dialysis service....

Foreign ministry sets up human rights cell

Foreign ministry sets up human rights cell

-- 2022-02-02 18:12:06

The foreign ministry has set up a human rights cell under its United Nations (UN) wing to look into human rights issues with greater importance and present the facts before the international community...

Closure of schools, colleges extended until Feb 20

Closure of schools, colleges extended until Feb 20

-- 2022-02-02 17:10:22

The government has extended the closure of secondary and higher secondary level educational institutions by two weeks until February 20, taking the worsening Covid-19 situation in the country. &ldq...

Bangladesh records 36 deaths from COVID in a day, 12,193 new cases

Bangladesh records 36 deaths from COVID in a day, 12,193 new cases

-- 2022-02-02 16:52:11

Bangladesh has registered 36 deaths from the coronavirus in a day, the most in a day since Sept 19, taking the total death toll from the disease to 28,461. It also recorded 12,193 new COVID-19 cases...

Overnight protests after Rajshahi University student dies in road accident

Overnight protests after Rajshahi University student dies in road accident

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-02 13:50:30

Rajshahi University students have held an overnight protest after a fellow student died after being hit by a truck in front of a residential hall. The protesting students set fire to five trucks and...

Three killed as train rams car in Dinajpur

Three killed as train rams car in Dinajpur

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-02 12:26:52

Three people died after a train rammed a car in Dinajpur’s Birampur Upazila on Wednesday morning. The accident occurred at the Ghoraghat Rail Crossing around 6:00am on Sunday along the Birampur...

No pontoons at four launch terminals

No pontoons at four launch terminals

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-02-02 12:07:38

CHANDPUR: Hundreds of people including students and traders have been suffering a lot due to lack of pontoons at four launch terminals on the banks of the Meghna River under Haimchar upazila of Chan...

BGMEA calls for speeding up execution of rail projects

BGMEA calls for speeding up execution of rail projects

FE REPORT 2022-02-02 12:05:08

The apex apparel trade body BGMEA has reiterated the call for speedy completion of the ongoing railway development projects across the country, as enhancing the capacity of railways will help derive e...

Costly materials slow down pace of construction in Chattogram

Costly materials slow down pace of construction in Chattogram

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-02-02 12:02:43

CHATTOGRAM: Prices of many key construction materials have nearly doubled in the span of only a year. Traders as well as contractors and realtors said pace of development work, including that of big,...

Dhaka north mayor asks for listing illegally occupied roads

Dhaka north mayor asks for listing illegally occupied roads

FE REPORT 2022-02-02 10:42:52

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam has directed ward councillors to provide the city authority with the list of illegally occupied roads in their respective jurisdictions. Express...

Dhaka eyes Rohingya repatriation by December

Dhaka eyes Rohingya repatriation by December

FE REPORT 2022-02-02 10:34:17

Bangladesh looks to start repatriating the Rohingya refugees this year as Myanmar returned to the negotiating table over the issue last week. This was the first formal meeting between the two sides...

BB issues guidelines on entry-level salaries of bank officers

BB issues guidelines on entry-level salaries of bank officers

FE REPORT 2022-02-02 10:12:22

Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Tuesday issued a set of guidelines on implementation of the new salaries and allowances for the entry-level officers of banks, taking into consideration the financial ability o...

Bangladesh elected chair of UN Peacebuilding Commission

Bangladesh elected chair of UN Peacebuilding Commission

-- 2022-02-02 10:04:51

Ambassador Rabab Fatima, permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, has been unanimously elected the Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), UNB reports. The el...

Countrywide drive against raw jute hoarding launched

Countrywide drive against raw jute hoarding launched

FE REPORT 2022-02-02 10:04:26

The government on Tuesday launched a special drive countrywide against hoarding of raw jute aiming to ensure fair price of the golden fibre in local markets. To this effect, the Department of Jute (D...

TV viewers of Dhaka, Chattogram must have set-top box from April

TV viewers of Dhaka, Chattogram must have set-top box from April

FE REPORT 2022-02-02 09:01:59

The television viewers in Dhaka and Chattogram will have to install set-top boxes from April 01 next to watch different satellite channels. The decision was taken at a meeting between the Ministry...

Khaleda returns home from hospital after 81 days

Khaleda returns home from hospital after 81 days

-- 2022-02-01 23:50:25

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned home on Tuesday night after an 81-day stay in the capital's Evercare Hospital for the treatment of her various health complications, including liver cirrhosis. &l...

India allocates Rs 3.0b as financial assistance for Bangladesh

India allocates Rs 3.0b as financial assistance for Bangladesh

-- 2022-02-01 23:41:21

India has allocated Rs 3.0 billion as financial assistance for Bangladesh in the upcoming 2022-23 financial year. Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the allocation, which is up from...

Rabab Fatima elected chair of UN Peacebuilding Commission

Rabab Fatima elected chair of UN Peacebuilding Commission

-- 2022-02-01 23:29:32

Rabab Fatima, the permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, was elected the Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). The elections to the Chair and Vice-Chairs...

Vaccination centres in Dhaka to administer Sinovac shot as first dose

Vaccination centres in Dhaka to administer Sinovac shot as first dose

-- 2022-02-01 22:29:34

Vaccination centres across Dhaka city have been directed to administer the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine as the first dose and use the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Moderna shots as boosters. In a letter issued...

High Court seeks list of chemical warehouses, factories in Old Dhaka

High Court seeks list of chemical warehouses, factories in Old Dhaka

-- 2022-02-01 22:17:57

The High Court on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to submit by April 17 a list of buildings that house chemical warehouses, factories and shops in Old Dhaka. The virtual High Court bench o...

Bangladesh closely observing Ukraine situation, foreign ministry says

Bangladesh closely observing Ukraine situation, foreign ministry says

-- 2022-02-01 21:27:54

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka has said Bangladesh is closely observing the developments in relation to Ukraine. "Bangladesh believes that peace, stability and development of the region and...

AL dominates sixth phase of UP polls with 69pc turnout

AL dominates sixth phase of UP polls with 69pc turnout

-- 2022-02-01 21:01:27

After playing second fiddle to independent candidates last time around, the Awami League's nominees for union council chairman have asserted their dominance in the sixth phase of the elections to the...

Padma Bridge to open to traffic by June, reiterates Quader

Padma Bridge to open to traffic by June, reiterates Quader

-- 2022-02-01 20:39:26

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Tuesday said the much-sought Padma Bridge will be opened to traffic by June next, helping the government greatly boost transportation and connectivit...

DNCC to recover illegally occupied roads

DNCC to recover illegally occupied roads

-- 2022-02-01 19:45:08

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is collecting information about the illegally occupied roads under the corporation to recover them for widening. DNCC Mayor Md Atiqul Islam has directed the Ward c...

More than 62m of people receive second dose, 1.57m booster dose

More than 62m of people receive second dose, 1.57m booster dose

-- 2022-02-01 19:44:31

A total of 97.77 million people received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccines while 62.11 million got the second dose and 1.57 million booster doses were given till January 31 across the country. The...

Police fire bullets, tear shells to disperse garment workers’ protest

Police fire bullets, tear shells to disperse garment workers’ protest

-- 2022-02-01 19:09:42

Police have fired bullets and tear shells to disperse garment workers who gathered to protest a decision to shut their factory in Gazipur’s Tongi. The workers pelted brickbats towards at least...

Checking trans-fat intake demanded on eve of National Food Safety Day

Checking trans-fat intake demanded on eve of National Food Safety Day

-- 2022-02-01 18:57:58

The National Food Safety Day will be observed in the country on Wednesday with the theme "Principle of good health is safe food and hygiene". On the occasion, advocacy organisation 'PROGGA' demanded...

Install Set Top Box by April 1 to watch satellite TV channels, says Minister

Install Set Top Box by April 1 to watch satellite TV channels, says Minister

-- 2022-02-01 17:52:45

The decision to bring the cable TV network under the digital system will be enforced from April 1 in Dhaka and Chattogram, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday. Customer...