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-- 2021-07-02 17:06:54
As many as 767 women were raped in Bangladesh from January to June this year, and 24 of them were killed while five died by suicide, according to Ain o Salish Kendra. The legal rights group published...
-- 2021-07-02 16:50:19
Bangladesh migrant workers travelling abroad can register for the COVID-19 vaccine at over 50 centres of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training or BMET on Friday. The age-based priority list...
-- 2021-07-02 16:14:05
Braving the elements -- and the 'stringent' lockdown restrictions -- Shafiullah has taken to the deserted streets of Dhaka with his rickshaw in a desperate bid to make ends meet. While acknowledging...
FE Online Report 2021-07-02 15:57:23
Some 68.3 million people lack safely managed drinking water, while 103 million people lack safely managed sanitation facilities in Bangladesh, according to a new study by the WHO, UNICEF. Meanwhile,...
-- 2021-07-02 15:28:44
Bishawjit Saha, founder of publishing house Muktadhara Inc in the US, has denied allegations of stealing artwork composed by famed writer Humayun Ahmed before his death, insisting that he has returned...
-- 2021-07-02 15:17:25
The roads of Dhaka have been virtually empty on a rain-soaked second day of the ‘stringent lockdown’ to curb the spread of the coronavirus infection. On Friday morning, a smattering of pe...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-02 13:35:08
Intermittent rainfall is likely to occur in most parts of the country on Friday and Saturday, according to a Met office bulletin. However, the 24-hour bulletin issued by Bangladesh Meteorological Dep...
-- 2021-07-02 13:03:56
Rafiqul Amin, managing director of the scam-tainted MLM business Destiny 2000, has allegedly held a virtual meeting on his mobile phone while serving jail time in a corruption case. Eight prison guar...
-- 2021-07-02 09:57:38
The government has ordered the laboratories to test the poor for the coronavirus free of charge amid surging infections and deaths from COVID-19. The free tests will be available only in July, the he...
FE REPORT 2021-07-02 09:10:41
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has launched the National Equipment Identification Register (NEIR) to ensure the use of legal handsets and boost revenue against their s...
FE REPORT 2021-07-02 09:07:30
Barrister Kamal Ul Alam, a senior Supreme Court lawyer, has given his consent to a High Court proposal to be the chairman of the proposed board formed to revive People's Leasing and Financial Servic...
FE REPORT 2021-07-02 08:56:11
Automation, strong monitoring, a bigger budget, and its proper use are vital for the healthcare sector, which is one of the key areas for quality economic growth. Evidence-based decision-making, publ...
-- 2021-07-01 22:08:11
A man was killed near Badda post office in the city on Thursday as he was trying to resist a snatcher from taking his mobile phone, police said. The deceased was identified as Shopon, 48. He was a dr...
-- 2021-07-01 21:22:40
As the world grapples with a resurgence of coronavirus infections, Bangladesh announced that the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech would be administered to migrant worke...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-01 20:38:16
Existing labour law has failed to ensure justice and compensation for workers killed and injured at the workplace, a latest study has observed. The study found that different labour courts took 630 d...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-01 20:18:26
Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) expressed grave concern over the transport problems which the apparel and other factory workers’ transport are facing amid the ongoing lockdown. It said althoug...
-- 2021-07-01 18:49:39
Bangladesh has registered 143 new deaths from COVID-19, a daily record, taking the toll to 14,646. Khulna, a recent hotspot, tallied 43 fatalities in the past 24 hours, the most among the eight divis...
UNB 2021-07-01 18:36:27
Twenty-one new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka in the past 24 hours until Thursday morning as the mosquito-borne disease continued to rise during monsoon, authorities sai...
-- 2021-07-01 18:22:43
Kushtia logged 324 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours till Thursday morning, the district's highest single-day spike this year. "A total of 830 samples were tested during the period," said Dr MA...
UNB 2021-07-01 18:13:46
Describing China as a trusted partner in socio-economic development of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stressed the need of exploring more avenues to take the strategic partnership between th...
FE Online Report 2021-07-01 17:33:42
A total of 694 families of distressed trafficking survivors received foods and household items under the ‘Ashshash’ project by Winrock International in Bangladesh this week. The aid was p...
-- 2021-07-01 17:12:40
The ‘tough lockdown’ imposed by the government has suspended most transport in the country. But garment factories have been allowed to remain open, causing difficulties for workers. The l...
-- 2021-07-01 15:07:11
Two people were killed as a transformer exploded near Islambagh Madina petrol pump at Chawkbazar in the capital on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Md Maruf, 17, an employee of a shop...
-- 2021-07-01 13:47:34
Police have detained over 100 people from the Mirpur, Ramna, Mohammadpur and Shahbagh areas of Dhaka for going outside ‘without emergency need’ during the nationwide lockdown imposed to cu...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-01 13:23:28
In the wake of a rise in Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh, Switzerland has announced to provide 9.8 million Swiss Francs (approximately 90 crore taka) in addition to its previous support to scale up the e...
-- 2021-07-01 13:21:09
Today marks the 5th anniversary of the Holey Artisan Bakery attack, the deadliest night of terror in the country's history that saw 22 civilians killed, the majority of them foreigners residing in or...
-- 2021-07-01 11:49:08
Another victim, who injured in the Moghbazar explosion that destroyed a three-storey building, has died in hospital care, pushing the toll to 10. The deceased rickshaw-van driver, identified as Nurun...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-01 11:31:39
One in every twelve Bangladeshi people aged 60 years or above may have dementia, a national survey conducted by icddr,b and the NINS has found. Dementia is a syndrome in which there is deterioration...
-- 2021-07-01 10:01:41
Several coronavirus-infected patients have reportedly died at the COVID-dedicated Satkhira Medical College Hospital amid a shortage of medical oxygen at the facility. A hospital staffer, asking not t...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-07-01 09:18:54
The government has issued countrywide lockdown due to the surge in coronavirus infection. As a result, hundreds of Indian truck drivers who came to Benapole port with imported goods are facing troub...
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