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India police unearth mass trafficking of Bangladeshi women

India police unearth mass trafficking of Bangladeshi women

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-06-14 19:04:23

The Indian police have found a racket of sexual exploitation of women in their own backyard while investigating the gang rape and torture of a Bangladeshi woman in Bengaluru, the capital of India's so...

Bangladesh reports new 54 deaths, 3,050 cases

Bangladesh reports new 54 deaths, 3,050 cases

-- 2021-06-14 18:30:02

Bangladesh has registered 3,050 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the largest single-day count since Apr 27. This brings the total caseload to 829,972, according to the latest data released...

Bangladesh approves policy to boost local production of automobiles

Bangladesh approves policy to boost local production of automobiles

-- 2021-06-14 18:28:31

The cabinet has approved a policy with an aim to enhance scopes for cooperation and joint-investment between local automobile industries and international automobile brands so that the products of fam...

Gas supply returning to normal after a day of slowdown

Gas supply returning to normal after a day of slowdown

-- 2021-06-14 18:14:49

Nationwide gas supply disrupted by the obstruction of offloading at Cox’s Bazar’s LNG terminal due to bad weather is returning to normal, reports bdnews24.com. The condition is improving...

BYLC launches Volunteer Awards 2021

BYLC launches Volunteer Awards 2021

-- 2021-06-14 17:06:12

Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) has launched the BYLC Volunteer Awards 2021 to recognise the contributions of individuals and organisations working for social issues within their communities...

Four parliamentary standing committees reconstituted

Four parliamentary standing committees reconstituted

-- 2021-06-14 16:44:53

Awami League MP Shahiduzzaman Sarker has been made the chief of the parliamentary standing committee on the Law Ministry. The post remained vacant following demise of five times MP and former law min...

Nasir Mahmood arrested in attempted rape case filed by Pori Moni

Nasir Mahmood arrested in attempted rape case filed by Pori Moni

-- 2021-06-14 16:08:47

The Detective Branch of police has arrested real estate businessman Nasir U Mahmood in a case of attempted rape filed by actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, popularly known as Pori Moni. Mahmood, 50, is a f...

137 die at Rajshahi hospital’s coronavirus unit in 13 days

137 die at Rajshahi hospital’s coronavirus unit in 13 days

-- 2021-06-14 15:41:47

A total of 137 patients have died at the coronavirus unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in the last 13 days. Eighty of them died after testing positive for the virus, while the rest displayed...

Pori Moni sues six over rape bid

Pori Moni sues six over rape bid

-- 2021-06-14 13:19:45

Film actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, popularly known as Pori Moni, has filed a case against a businessman, accusing him of trying to rape and murder her. Nasir U Mahmood, a real estate businessman and e...

Dhaka University music teacher accused of plagiarism

Dhaka University music teacher accused of plagiarism

-- 2021-06-13 22:46:42

Mohoshina Akter Khanom aka Leena Taposi Khan, a Dhaka University teacher, has been accused of plagiarism by Iffat Ara Nargis, a former director general at the National Academy for Educational Manageme...

JS body for barring female officials from FF guard of honour

JS body for barring female officials from FF guard of honour

-- 2021-06-13 22:18:53

A parliamentary committee has recommended barring female officials from giving the guard of honour to dead freedom fighters. When war veterans die, they are honoured by the district or Upazila author...

Policeman held over killing of ‘wife and stepson’

Policeman held over killing of ‘wife and stepson’

-- 2021-06-13 22:11:00

A policeman has been accused of publicly shooting and killing three people, including his ‘wife and stepson’, in Kushtia. The shooting took place at a market at the Customs intersection o...

Another 0.6 million Sinopharm Covid vaccine doses arrive in Dhaka

Another 0.6 million Sinopharm Covid vaccine doses arrive in Dhaka

-- 2021-06-13 21:46:00

A shipment of 600,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses has arrived in Dhaka. Two planes from the Bangladesh Air Force left for China at 10 am on Sunday to pick up the doses of the vaccine and arrived back in...

SSF chief calls on President on its founding anniversary

SSF chief calls on President on its founding anniversary

-- 2021-06-13 21:37:48

Director General of Special Security Forces (SSF) Major General Mojibur Rahman on Sunday paid a courtesy call on President Md. Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on the occasion of the founding anniversary of...

Auditing software launched

Auditing software launched

FE Online Report 2021-06-13 21:05:47

Country's professional accountancy body on Sunday launched auditing software to help the local auditing firms enhance their efficiency, reduce cost, save time and ensure transparency. Telecom and ICT...

Bangladesh extends ongoing border closure to June 30

Bangladesh extends ongoing border closure to June 30

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-13 20:52:07

The existing ban on movement of passengers through the Indo- Bangladesh border is extended to June 30. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen said this after an inter-ministerial coordination me...

Govt mulls SSC, HSC alternatives

Govt mulls SSC, HSC alternatives

-- 2021-06-13 18:28:48

The government is exploring alternatives to the Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary Certificate assessments in case the examinations cannot be held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 crisis. T...

Govt plans to plant 80m more saplings

Govt plans to plant 80m more saplings

FE Online Report 2021-06-13 18:06:19

The government is planning to plant 80 million more saplings to protect the country's environment. Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin made the disclosure while addressing...

Bangladesh reports 47 Covid deaths, 2,437 new cases

Bangladesh reports 47 Covid deaths, 2,437 new cases

-- 2021-06-13 16:58:43

Bangladesh's COVID-19 deaths have risen by 47, the biggest single-day jump since May 9, bringing the tally to 13,118. The caseload climbed by 2,437 in 24 hours to 826,922, according to the latest dat...

Air chief adorned with new Air Marshal rank badge 

Air chief adorned with new Air Marshal rank badge 

-- 2021-06-13 16:51:54

Chief of Air Staff Sheikh Abdul Hannan was adorned with the new rank badge of Air Marshal on Sunday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina witnessed the new rank badge-adorning ceremony that took place at her...

High Court seeks documents on Khaleda's birthday

High Court seeks documents on Khaleda's birthday

-- 2021-06-13 16:36:53

The High Court has ordered the authorities to submit all documents, including birth registration and academic certificates, related to BNP chief Khaleda Zia's birthday, reports bdnews24.com. All boar...

119 dead chickens seized from restaurant near HSIA, 7 held

119 dead chickens seized from restaurant near HSIA, 7 held

-- 2021-06-13 15:36:04

A team of Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) seized 119 dead chickens from a restaurant near the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon. Seven people includin...

600,000 Chinese vaccine doses to arrive in Dhaka Sunday

600,000 Chinese vaccine doses to arrive in Dhaka Sunday

-- 2021-06-13 14:18:14

A shipment of 600,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses will arrive in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon. Two planes of Bangladesh Air Force departed for China at 10 am to pick up the doses of the vaccine, the Inter-S...

Dhaka to reiterate its call to int’l community for early repatriation of Rohingyas

Dhaka to reiterate its call to int’l community for early repatriation of Rohingyas

-- 2021-06-13 13:28:43

Bangladesh will reiterate its position seeking quick and sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas as Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen left here for New York on Sunday morning to attend two important ev...

Maritime ports asked to hoist signal-3

Maritime ports asked to hoist signal-3

-- 2021-06-13 12:48:53

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla, and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3 as squally weather may affect the maritime ports, North Bay, and a...

13 more die at RMCH Covid unit in 24 hours

13 more die at RMCH Covid unit in 24 hours

-- 2021-06-13 12:39:13

Thirteen people have died at the coronavirus unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH), between 6:00 am on Saturday and 6:00 am on Sunday. Six of the dead tested positive for coronavirus, whil...

Low prices disappoint Rajshahi mango producers

Low prices disappoint Rajshahi mango producers

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-13 10:20:42

RAJSHAHI: Mango producers in Bagha, Charghat and Durgapur upazilas of the district are disappointed at the low prices of mango though the production was satisfactory this year amid coronavirus. In Ba...

Experts suggest job-based social shield expansion

Experts suggest job-based social shield expansion

FE REPORT 2021-06-13 08:57:57

Experts have suggested expanding employment-based social protection in the national budget in tandem with fast vaccination to combat the pandemic-induced crises. Alongside health infrastructure devel...

Two BAF aircraft to depart for China Saturday night to bring vaccine

Two BAF aircraft to depart for China Saturday night to bring vaccine

-- 2021-06-12 23:09:27

Two Bangladesh Air Force aircrafts are scheduled to leave for China on Saturday night to bring 0.6 million Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine shots, according to a press release of Inter Services Public Relat...

Air Vice Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan takes over BAF command

Air Vice Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan takes over BAF command

-- 2021-06-12 20:48:36

Newly appointed Chief of Air Staff Air Vice Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan on Saturday took over the command of Bangladesh Air Force, an Inter Service public relations (ISPR) press release said. He took...