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Nurul Kabir new governor of Rotary

Nurul Kabir new governor of Rotary

-- 2021-06-06 20:30:38

TIM Nurul Kabir has been elected District Governor of Rotary International Bangladesh District 3281 for Rotary Year 2023-2024 recently, according to a statement. Mr Kabir served Club, District and Re...
BNP desperate to take dark paths to regain power, Quader says

BNP desperate to take dark paths to regain power, Quader says

-- 2021-06-06 20:06:04

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said BNP is desperate to take any dark path to regain power. "The BNP is desperate to regain the lost power. So they want to take the country t...
Post budget dialogue held at Brac University

Post budget dialogue held at Brac University

-- 2021-06-06 20:00:32

A post budget dialogue was held online on Saturday at Brac University to discuss the national budget for fiscal 2021-22 which was unveiled by the finance minister of Bangladesh on June 03, according t...
Bangladesh becomes victim of int’l politics over vaccine, allege BNP lawmakers

Bangladesh becomes victim of int’l politics over vaccine, allege BNP lawmakers

-- 2021-06-06 19:57:22

Lawmakers from Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday alleged that the government has mismanaged the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines and containment of the virus. The allegation was made by Md Harun...
Medical examiners find 'no sign' of torture on cartoonist Kishore

Medical examiners find 'no sign' of torture on cartoonist Kishore

-- 2021-06-06 19:49:57

A panel of medical examiners has informed a Dhaka court that it did not find any sign of torture on cartoonist Ahmed Kabir, who claimed to have been abused in captivity following his arrest in a Digit...
‘Bangladesh wants to procure 5.0m doses of Sputnik V from Russia’

‘Bangladesh wants to procure 5.0m doses of Sputnik V from Russia’

-- 2021-06-06 19:48:22

Bangladesh wants to procure five million doses of Covid-19 vaccine - Sputnik V – from Russia as soon as possible. “Health Ministry is working to that end,” said Foreign Minister Dr...
BTRC fixes ceiling on broadband internet connection fees

BTRC fixes ceiling on broadband internet connection fees

-- 2021-06-06 19:26:05

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has set maximum monthly fees for broadband internet connections countrywide. The new ceilings are: Tk 500 for 5 Mbps, Tk 700 to Tk 800 for 10...
Saudi expatriate workers to get TK 25,000 subsidy to bear quarantine cost

Saudi expatriate workers to get TK 25,000 subsidy to bear quarantine cost

UNB 2021-06-06 19:03:47

The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE) will provide Tk 25,000 as subsidy for the Saudi Arabia-bound Bangladeshi expatriate workers to bear quarantine cost. Workers who...
Bangladesh blast western countries for $24b bank guarantee to Myanmar

Bangladesh blast western countries for $24b bank guarantee to Myanmar

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-06 18:45:35

Bangladesh on Sunday blasted western countries for providing $24 billion bank guarantee to Myanmar, which is accused of conduct genocide against the Rohingya community and other ethnic minority people...
Bangladesh extends lockdown by another 10 days

Bangladesh extends lockdown by another 10 days

-- 2021-06-06 17:06:10

The government has decided to prolong ongoing lockdown restrictions by 10 more days to Jun 16 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to roil Bangladesh. The decision taken in light of the current stat...
Bangladesh signs MoU with UAE to combat financial crimes

Bangladesh signs MoU with UAE to combat financial crimes

-- 2021-06-06 16:53:42

Bangladesh has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates to exchange financial information and expertise, as well as collaborate with relevant authorities and stakeholde...
Deal to buy Sputnik vaccine 'almost done'

Deal to buy Sputnik vaccine 'almost done'

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-06 16:52:38

Deal with Bangladesh to procure Sputnik-V vaccines from Russia is ‘almost done’, and it will be finalised shortly. Russian Ambassador to Dhaka Alexander I. Ignatov told the...
1,676 new coronavirus cases, 38 deaths reported in 24 hours

1,676 new coronavirus cases, 38 deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2021-06-06 16:28:20

Bangladesh has reported 1,676 new cases of coronavirus infection and 38 fatalities in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am on Sunday. With the latest figures, COVID-19 caseload has surged to 810,990 and th...
Another 80,000 Rohingyas to be relocated to Bhasanchar soon

Another 80,000 Rohingyas to be relocated to Bhasanchar soon

FE Online Report 2021-06-06 16:05:59

Bangladesh on Sunday urged the international community that it will shift another 80 thousand Rohingyas to Bhasanchar within the shortest possible time. It also urged the international development p...
Six killed in lightning strikes in Chattogram, Feni

Six killed in lightning strikes in Chattogram, Feni

-- 2021-06-06 15:36:06

Six people were killed and two others injured by lightning strikes in Chattogram and Feni districts on Sunday. In Chattogram, four people including two women were killed and two others injured as thu...
Govt approves Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Govt approves Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

-- 2021-06-06 14:03:27

The Directorate General of Drug Administration has approved the emergency use of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine. The approval for the vaccine, produced by China’s Sinovac Life Sciences, was annou...
National archive bill placed in JS

National archive bill placed in JS

-- 2021-06-06 13:44:17

Bangladesh National Archive Bill-2021 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) keeping a provision that no record can be destroyed. State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid on Sunday placed the bil...
DU student’s body recovered from Azimpur govt staff quarters

DU student’s body recovered from Azimpur govt staff quarters

-- 2021-06-06 13:37:38

Firefighters on Sunday recovered the body of a female student of Dhaka University from a bathroom of a building at Azimpur Government Staff Quarters in the capital. The deceased was identified as Ish...
Seven Indian variant cases detected in Nawabganj

Seven Indian variant cases detected in Nawabganj

-- 2021-06-06 11:07:16

Health authorities have detected cases of Indian variant of coronavirus in seven workers of Ashrayan Project in Nawabganj upazila of Dhaka. Upazila health officer Dr Mohammad Shahidul Islam said on S...
Movement of people restricted in two wards of Jashore to curb COVID-19

Movement of people restricted in two wards of Jashore to curb COVID-19

-- 2021-06-06 10:50:41

The local administration has imposed a strict restriction on the movement of people in two wards of Jashore municipality following a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases. The local Corona prevention committe...
Over 78,000 tonnes of poly bag waste generated during pandemic

Over 78,000 tonnes of poly bag waste generated during pandemic

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-05 20:12:27

Over 78,000 tonnes of poly bag waste were generated during the pandemic period in the last one year despite production and use of the item has been illegal in the country for nearly two decades, accor...
Waterlogging due to heavy rainfall disrupts public life

Waterlogging due to heavy rainfall disrupts public life

FE Online Report 2021-06-05 20:10:02

Heavy rainfall caused waterlogging for several hours in some parts of the city on Saturday, disrupting public life. People had to face difficulties in their movement in some areas including Moddho Ba...
Three die in city’s Malibagh amid thunderstorm

Three die in city’s Malibagh amid thunderstorm

-- 2021-06-05 19:39:29

Two children and an elderly man have died in Dhaka’s Malibagh during a thunderstorm. The mother of one of the victims suspects they were electrocuted while taking a rain bath at Sonamiar Goli i...
Govt launches first-ever IT desk at London mission

Govt launches first-ever IT desk at London mission

UNB 2021-06-05 18:29:39

The government has launched its first ever IT Desk and B2B Connectivity Portal, the `Bangladesh IT Connect-UK', at the Bangladesh High Commission in London to attract more foreign direct investment in...
China to deliver more 0.6m doses of vaccine as gift by June 13

China to deliver more 0.6m doses of vaccine as gift by June 13

UNB 2021-06-05 18:08:41

China will deliver the second consignment of Covid-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh as a gift in the second week of June. Hualong Yan, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka in a Faceb...
PM urges countrymen to make Bangladesh greener to fight climate change

PM urges countrymen to make Bangladesh greener to fight climate change

-- 2021-06-05 17:05:23

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for green and environment-friendly initiatives to protect the country from the effects of climate change. The prime minister urged countrymen to pla...
1,447 new coronavirus cases, 43 deaths recorded in 24 hours

1,447 new coronavirus cases, 43 deaths recorded in 24 hours

-- 2021-06-05 16:30:16

The COVID-19 caseload of Bangladesh has surged by 1,447 in a day to 809,314. Another 43 fatalities were registered in a 24-hour count, taking the toll to 12,801, according to the latest government da...
Baby born with four arms and four legs in Dinajpur

Baby born with four arms and four legs in Dinajpur

-- 2021-06-05 16:18:32

A baby has been born with four arms and four legs in Dinajpur and admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital for treatment. The infant was born to a couple from Mukundapur Village in Dinajpur&rsquo...
Covid-19: Eight more die at Rajshahi hospital in a day

Covid-19: Eight more die at Rajshahi hospital in a day

-- 2021-06-05 15:35:25

Eight more people have died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital’s coronavirus unit in the past 24 hours. They all passed away between 6 am on Friday and 6 am on Saturday, said RMCH Director Br...
Poisonous gas from septic tank kills two in Bhola

Poisonous gas from septic tank kills two in Bhola

-- 2021-06-05 13:42:52

Two people, including a homeowner, have been killed and another two hospitalised after inhaling poisonous gas during the construction of a septic tank in Bhola. The dead were identified as homeowner...

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