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‘Three missing sisters’ want to live with their father: Police

‘Three missing sisters’ want to live with their father: Police

-- 2021-11-20 16:22:34

Three teenage sisters, who were reported missing from Dhaka’s Adabor, went to their father’s house in Jashore as they did not want to live with their aunts any longer. “The sisters...

Small farmers not benefiting from agricultural loans

Small farmers not benefiting from agricultural loans

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-20 15:22:15

Saddam Ali, a small farmer in Nilphamari’s Sadar Upazila, is not interested in taking a loan from the bank. He needs a loan of Tk 20,000, but the bank does not want to give a loan for such a sma...

BNP stages nationwide hunger strike demanding Khaleda’s treatment abroad

BNP stages nationwide hunger strike demanding Khaleda’s treatment abroad

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-20 15:11:51

Leaders and activists of the BNP have started a nationwide hunger strike demanding party Chairperson Khaleda Zia be allowed to go abroad for advanced medical treatment. The programme began at 9:00am...

Dhaka world's third-most polluted city

Dhaka world's third-most polluted city

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-20 14:37:34

Air pollution continues to be one of the top most challenges for Bangladesh -- its capital has been ranked the third-most polluted city in the world. The capital's air quality index (AQI) was recorde...

Uncertainty looms over distribution of free textbooks on New Year’s Day

Uncertainty looms over distribution of free textbooks on New Year’s Day

-- 2021-11-20 10:22:04

The delivery of free textbooks to students of schools and colleges on New Year’s Day has been thrown into ‘uncertainty’ this time with the authorities and the printing presses blam...

Illicit drug phensedyl makes a comeback!

Illicit drug phensedyl makes a comeback!

JUBAIR HASAN 2021-11-20 09:16:10

The seizure of illegal drug Phensedyl has marked a significant rise in recent times, posing a serious threat to the country's young generation. The unexpected growth of illegal codeine-based cough sy...

Development analysts suggest financial support scheme for homeless, tenants

Development analysts suggest financial support scheme for homeless, tenants

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-11-20 09:06:56

A suggestion for introducing financial-support scheme for the homeless and tenants sounds emphatic as costly building materials make housing unaffordable for many, including middle-and lower-income gr...

Three teenage sisters ‘missing’ from Dhaka found in Jashore

Three teenage sisters ‘missing’ from Dhaka found in Jashore

-- 2021-11-19 21:02:25

Three teenage sisters, who were reported missing by their aunt in Dhaka's Adabar, have been found in their father’s home in Jashore. Among them, one studies in higher secondary while the two ot...

Govt conspiring to end Khaleda’s life, claims Fakhrul

Govt conspiring to end Khaleda’s life, claims Fakhrul

-- 2021-11-19 20:17:11

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday accused the government of plotting to end the life of Khaleda Zia by not allowing her to receive advanced treatment abroad. Speaking at a d...

AL expels Gazipur Mayor Jahangir from party

AL expels Gazipur Mayor Jahangir from party

-- 2021-11-19 20:14:05

The Awami League has expelled Gazipur Mayor Jahangir Alam from the ruling party after an audio of his remarks on Bangabandhu and Liberation War martyrs spread on social media. Presidium Member Jahang...

PM urges all to be vocal against anti-country propaganda

PM urges all to be vocal against anti-country propaganda

-- 2021-11-19 19:57:54

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina has urged all to be aware of a group of people who are spreading propaganda at home and abroad even after so much development in the countr...

Seven suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj cotton factory fire

Seven suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj cotton factory fire

-- 2021-11-19 19:54:53

Seven workers of a cotton factory suffered burn injuries as fire broke out in Narayanjganj's Bandar. The incident occurred on Friday morning in Dhamgor Monirbari area. Upon information, four units o...

Law minister against formulating EC law hastily

Law minister against formulating EC law hastily

-- 2021-11-19 19:39:36

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said it would not be right to formulate a law to form Election Commission (EC) in a hurry. The minister came up with the statement after...

Dengue cases drop slightly, 72 more hospitalised

Dengue cases drop slightly, 72 more hospitalised

-- 2021-11-19 18:36:01

Bangladesh reported hospitalisation of 72 new dengue patients in 24 hours until Friday morning. Although dengue cases were supposed to drop ahead of winter, the country until Thursday saw over 100 de...

S African Minister calls Bangabandhu, Mandela great visionary leaders 

S African Minister calls Bangabandhu, Mandela great visionary leaders 

-- 2021-11-19 18:31:25

South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor has paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman termed both Bangabandhu and...

US-Bangla starts first-ever flights on Dhaka-Male route

US-Bangla starts first-ever flights on Dhaka-Male route

-- 2021-11-19 17:23:15

US-Bangla Airlines has launched maiden direct flights to the Maldives' capital Male. A 164-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft of the private carrier left Dhaka for Male at 10:55 am today (Friday) carrying...

Seven more die of Covid-19, 253 test positive

Seven more die of Covid-19, 253 test positive

-- 2021-11-19 17:09:37

Bangladesh has registered seven new deaths from Covid-19 in a day, taking the toll to 27,946. The coronavirus caseload rose to 1,573,711 after 253 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hou...

Three teenage sisters go missing in Dhaka

Three teenage sisters go missing in Dhaka

-- 2021-11-19 15:56:48

Three teenage sisters have been reported missing by their family in Adabar area of Dhaka. They lived with their aunt in the Shekertek area, according to Adabar Police chief Kazi Shahiduzzaman. &ldqu...

Eighth grader commits suicide after being raped by two

Eighth grader commits suicide after being raped by two

-- 2021-11-19 15:41:17

Eleven days after she was allegedly raped, a Class VIII student ended her life in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat district on Thursday night. According to her family members, the girl took the extreme s...

Six killed Gaibandha road crash

Six killed Gaibandha road crash

-- 2021-11-19 15:09:50

At least six people have been killed in a head-on collision between a bus and an auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district. The accident occurred when th...

18-year wait for justice

18-year wait for justice

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-19 14:25:04

Bimal Sheel, the lone survivor of an arson attack that left his home burnt and 11 members of the family dead, is waiting for justice nearly two decades after the carnage in Chattogram’s Banshkha...

Traffic rule violations: Both cases, and fines witness significant rise in Sep

Traffic rule violations: Both cases, and fines witness significant rise in Sep

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-19 12:39:35

Both the number of cases, lodged over violation of traffic rules and the amount of fine witnessed a significant rise in September this year compared to the previous month as the country’s transp...

Rekha Akhter wants to live, appeals for help

Rekha Akhter wants to live, appeals for help

FE REPORT 2021-11-19 10:56:26

Rekha Akhter (27), a kidney patient undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), wants to live. Her doctor has advised her to have a kidney transplant or live on regular dialysi...

Government urged to stop overcharging passengers

Government urged to stop overcharging passengers

FE REPORT 2021-11-19 09:03:22

Secretary General of Jatri Kalyan Samity Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury has alleged that transport owners and workers were overcharging the passengers, defying the government-fixed fare rates. "Passenger...

Govt to gradually reduce bus fares for students

Govt to gradually reduce bus fares for students

-- 2021-11-18 22:38:19

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the government will gradually lower bus fares for students through a task force. His remarks came in the wake of protests by Dhaka College students to ca...

Nearly 1.4m students to take HSC exams in December

Nearly 1.4m students to take HSC exams in December

-- 2021-11-18 21:06:04

About 1.4 million students are expected to sit for the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations starting on Dec 2 after a nine-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of...

Govt plans to vaccinate students in schools

Govt plans to vaccinate students in schools

-- 2021-11-18 20:37:03

The government is planning to provide students aged 12 to 17 access to Covid -19 vaccines in every school as part of an expanded inoculation campaign for children. Health authorities have already m...

‘Potential of big Bangladesh, African markets remain unrecognised’

‘Potential of big Bangladesh, African markets remain unrecognised’

-- 2021-11-18 19:53:43

South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor has said the great potential of African and Bangladeshi markets still remain unrecognized. "The potent...

IDRA appointed four-member consultancy body for Delta Life declared illegal         

IDRA appointed four-member consultancy body for Delta Life declared illegal      

FE ONLINE REPORT   2021-11-18 19:16:41

The High Court on Thursday declared the four-member consultancy committee appointed for the Delta Life Insurance Company Limited by the Insurance Development & Regulatory Authority (IDRA) illegal....

Dhaka College students block road demanding ‘half pass’

Dhaka College students block road demanding ‘half pass’

-- 2021-11-18 18:58:07

A protest by Dhaka College students occupied the road for one-and-a-half hours to call for a half-fare for bus rides. They ended the protest after police gave them assurances that the matter would b...