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‘Formal announcement over vaccine coproduction soon’

‘Formal announcement over vaccine coproduction soon’

‘Formal announcement over vaccine coproduction soon, says foreign minister 2021-06-10 16:35:28

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said they will hopefully be able to make a formal announcement soon on vaccine coproduction in Bangladesh as there has been a progress in the ongoing neg...

SUST to carry out structural audit of vulnerable buildings in Sylhet

SUST to carry out structural audit of vulnerable buildings in Sylhet

-- 2021-06-10 15:55:03

The civic body in Sylhet has roped in the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) to carry out a structural audit of all vulnerable buildings in the city. The move comes in the wake of...

10 more Covid patients die in Khulna division

10 more Covid patients die in Khulna division

-- 2021-06-10 14:08:27

Ten Covid patients have died in the past 24 hours in Khulna division, a top health official said on Thursday. During the period, some 557 people have tested positive for Covid-19, according to the Di...

PM inaugurates 50 spectacular model mosques

PM inaugurates 50 spectacular model mosques

-- 2021-06-10 12:49:26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated 50 luminous model mosques newly-constructed across the country, fulfilling one of her election pledges. The landmark mosques have been built as part of th...

Rajshahi hospital registers 12 new Covid-19 deaths in a day

Rajshahi hospital registers 12 new Covid-19 deaths in a day

-- 2021-06-10 12:30:36

Twelve more people have died at the coronavirus unit at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in the 24-hour period from 6 am on Wednesday to 6 pm on Thursday. Nine of the dead hailed from Rajshahi, whil...

Rice prices up again in Kushtia

Rice prices up again in Kushtia

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-10 11:06:42

KUSHTIA: The price of rice has gone up in the Khazanagar area of Kushtia even in the Boro season. The price of all types of rice has gone up to Tk 2 per kg. Traders claim that unscrupulous people are...

Online hearing system of Land Revenue Court launched to lessen harassment

Online hearing system of Land Revenue Court launched to lessen harassment

FE Online Report 2021-06-09 20:39:05

Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury inaugurated the online hearing system of the Land Revenue Court to lessen harassment and mitigate people’s suffering. To this effect, the minister said 'Lan...

US advises citizens to avoid travel to Bangladesh for high COVID-19 risks

US advises citizens to avoid travel to Bangladesh for high COVID-19 risks

-- 2021-06-09 20:29:29

The United States advised its citizens to avoid travel to Bangladesh due to ‘very high risk of COVID-19 infection’. “If Americans must travel to Bangladesh, they will have to make s...

Fifty-nine hill unions to get broadband internet

Fifty-nine hill unions to get broadband internet

-- 2021-06-09 18:45:40

Fifty-nine unions under the country’s three hill districts—Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachhari—will get permanent broadband internet connectivity soon as the Cabinet Committee on E...

Bangladesh logs 2,537 new virus cases, 36 deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh logs 2,537 new virus cases, 36 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-06-09 17:28:32

Bangladesh has recorded 2,537 new cases of the coronavirus, the most in a day since Apr 28, taking the tally of infections to 817,819. The death toll rose by 36 in 24 hours to 12,949, according to th...

Edward College principal sued for corruption

Edward College principal sued for corruption

-- 2021-06-09 17:16:34

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against the principal of Government Edward College, Pabna Humayun Kabir Majumder on a charge of corruption. Deputy Assistant Director of the comm...

PM to open 50 model mosques Thursday

PM to open 50 model mosques Thursday

-- 2021-06-09 17:15:37

Coinciding with the ‘Mujib Year’, 50 model mosques out of total 560 are set to be opened simultaneously across the country tomorrow, aiming at preaching the true message of Islam to elimin...

Finance Minister dismisses claim of 25m new poor

Finance Minister dismisses claim of 25m new poor

-- 2021-06-09 17:08:11

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday discounted a claim that the coronavirus pandemic has made up to 25 million new poor in the country.  “I don’t believe that 2-2.5 crore...

Dhaka fourth least liveable city in world

Dhaka fourth least liveable city in world

-- 2021-06-09 16:03:57

Bangladesh capital Dhaka has been ranked the fourth least liveable city in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) annual global survey, reports bdnews24.com. The worldwide lea...

Rajshahi hospital overwhelmed by surge in COVID-19 patients

Rajshahi hospital overwhelmed by surge in COVID-19 patients

-- 2021-06-09 15:55:00

Rajshahi Medical College Hospital is struggling to cope with a surge in coronavirus patients, even after adding another ward to its COVID-19 unit. Although there was a dip in the daily positivity rat...

Bangladesh, Oman discuss expanding economic partnership

Bangladesh, Oman discuss expanding economic partnership

-- 2021-06-09 14:39:24

Bangladesh and Oman have discussed the formation of a Joint Business Council as the two countries see "huge potential" for expanding economic partnership. The two sides at the first-ever Foreign Offi...

Chinese Ambassador Li says pragmatic talks underway over vaccine procurement

Chinese Ambassador Li says pragmatic talks underway over vaccine procurement

-- 2021-06-09 14:24:15

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Wednesday said a "very pragmatic" discussion is underway on procurement of COVID-19 vaccine doses from China to meet Bangladesh's needs. He also said th...

Seven more Covid patients die at Khulna hospital

Seven more Covid patients die at Khulna hospital

-- 2021-06-09 14:16:02

Seven more people who tested positive for coronavirus died at Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Wednesday. Besides, authorities have recorded 81 new case...

SC acquits 18 suspects in 27-year-old murder case

SC acquits 18 suspects in 27-year-old murder case

-- 2021-06-09 13:59:52

The Supreme Court has acquitted 18 suspects over a 27-year-old murder case from Naogaon’s Badalgachi. The prime suspect, Dr Nurul Islam, was dropped from the case due to his death. The lifetime...

Journalist Ranjan made first secretary (press) to Kolkata Mission

Journalist Ranjan made first secretary (press) to Kolkata Mission

-- 2021-06-09 13:37:15

The government has appointed journalist Ranjan Sen as the first secretary (press) to Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata. Ranjan is currently working as the Chief News Editor (CNE) at Ekushe...

Grameenphone donates Tk 314m to Labour Fund

Grameenphone donates Tk 314m to Labour Fund

-- 2021-06-09 12:46:40

Amid the global pandemic, Grameenphone (GP) contributed around Tk 314 million to the Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation Fund under the Ministry of Labour and Employment. A five-member delegation le...

Mongla sees higher risk of Covid-19 infections

Mongla sees higher risk of Covid-19 infections

-- 2021-06-09 12:29:00

Mongla is at the greatest risk of Covid-19 infections in the southwestern district of Bagerhat, as the disease is spreading faster in the countryside. Of the 51 COVID tests conducted in the 24 hours...

Fire breaks out at knitting factory in Gazipur

Fire breaks out at knitting factory in Gazipur

-- 2021-06-09 12:16:01

A fire broke out at a knitting factory in the Konabari area of Gazipur city on Wednesday. Tasharraf Hossain, senior inspector of Joydebpur Fire Station, said the blaze started around 12 am at a shed...

Over 50,000 live in Chattogram hills at high risk of landslide

Over 50,000 live in Chattogram hills at high risk of landslide

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-09 11:33:08

CHATTOGRAM: Chattogram district, including the port city is in high risk of major landslides or hill slides in rainy season, experts said. They said major landslide may occur anytime anywhere in moun...

Poor planning leads to vaccination setback: TIB

Poor planning leads to vaccination setback: TIB

FE REPORT 2021-06-09 08:22:27

Bangladesh has been facing setbacks in its inoculation drive against coronavirus for poor planning, dependence on a single company for vaccine delivery, and also influence peddling by powerful busines...

Two septic tank workers dead after going down without protective equipment

Two septic tank workers dead after going down without protective equipment

-- 2021-06-08 20:49:34

Two workers died inhaling poisonous gases Monday while working in a septic tank at Nawabganj upazila in Dhaka. The deceased were identified as Lutfor Rahman, 35, and Shanjay Dash, 21. Sub-Inspector...

Light to heavy rainfall likely to occur in many parts of country

Light to heavy rainfall likely to occur in many parts of country

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-08 19:58:27

Light to heavy rainfall is likely to occur in many parts of the country including Dhaka, according to a Met Office bulletin. Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) in its 24-hour bulletin said li...

US to honour Bangladesh's request for AstraZeneca vaccine, hopes Momen

US to honour Bangladesh's request for AstraZeneca vaccine, hopes Momen

UNB 2021-06-08 19:14:31

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday hoped that the US will honour Bangladesh by providing AstraZeneca vaccine apart from other vaccines saying Bangladesh sought 2.0 million doses of the vacc...

Rajshahi overtakes Dhaka, Khulna in new COVID-19 cases

Rajshahi overtakes Dhaka, Khulna in new COVID-19 cases

-- 2021-06-08 18:51:29

Rajshahi has recorded a higher tally of COVID-19 cases than Dhaka and Khulna over a 24-hour period as it emerged as a new hotspot for the coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh. The district saw 673 new...

Court orders to freeze 170 bank accounts of 'Golden Monir', two others

Court orders to freeze 170 bank accounts of 'Golden Monir', two others

-- 2021-06-08 18:24:32

A court in Dhaka has asked authorities concerned to freeze 170 bank accounts of gold trader Md Monir Hossain, alias Golden Monir, and two others accused in a money laundering case. The other two accu...