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Satkhira goes into lockdown following sudden spike in Covid cases

Satkhira goes into lockdown following sudden spike in Covid cases

-- 2021-06-05 11:44:15

Authorities in Satkhira on Saturday imposed a week-long lockdown in the district, following a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases. The decision has been taken to break the chain of coronavirus transmissio...

Dhaka regrets to Beijing for Chinese vaccine price disclosure

Dhaka regrets to Beijing for Chinese vaccine price disclosure

FE REPORT 2021-06-05 11:02:56

The government has expressed its regret to China over the 'unintentional disclosure' of the price of Sinopharm vaccine, sources said. The price disclosure irked China, as according to the non-discl...

Opposition BNP calls budget 'deceptive'

Opposition BNP calls budget 'deceptive'

FE REPORT 2021-06-05 10:39:36

Terming the proposed national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2021-22 deceptive, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday said the budget didn't allocate enough for health and social safety as per peo...

Road crash leaves two dead in Gopalganj

Road crash leaves two dead in Gopalganj

-- 2021-06-04 22:19:16

At least two people were killed and three others injured in a road crash in Gopalganj’s Kashiani as a microbus and a pickup van collided head-on. The deceased were identified as NRBC Bank minib...

Indian variant found in 80pc samples tested mid-May, reveals IEDCR

Indian variant found in 80pc samples tested mid-May, reveals IEDCR

-- 2021-06-04 20:22:31

The genomic sequence of about 80 per cent of the coronavirus samples tested by researchers since mid-May has matched the 'Delta' strain of the virus which has been dominant in India. The highly conta...

Bangladesh, other Asian countries to get 7.0m vaccine doses from US

Bangladesh, other Asian countries to get 7.0m vaccine doses from US

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-06-04 19:58:37

Bangladesh and other South and Southeast Asian countries will get 7.0 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this month from the United States. The White House on Thursday announced its fram...

‘Preparedness strengthened ahead of cyclone, monsoon season in Cox's Bazar’

‘Preparedness strengthened ahead of cyclone, monsoon season in Cox's Bazar’

UNB 2021-06-04 19:35:27

International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Friday said it has strengthened preparedness ahead of cyclone and monsoon season in Cox's Bazar district. Cox's Bazar, home to 900,000 Rohingya, narrowl...

‘Preventing illegal financial flows could contribute to implementing SDGs’

‘Preventing illegal financial flows could contribute to implementing SDGs’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-04 18:24:54

Law Minister Anisul Huq said preventing illegal financial flows and restoring and recovering confiscated assets could contribute to effective resource mobilisation and implementation of SDGs. But i...

‘Khaleda’s condition still vulnerable’

‘Khaleda’s condition still vulnerable’

UNB 2021-06-04 17:08:04

Though BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was taken back to a cabin from the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of Evercare Hospital, she is still not out of health risk, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alam...

Bangladesh records 1,887 new infections; 34 deaths

Bangladesh records 1,887 new infections; 34 deaths

-- 2021-06-04 17:02:39

Bangladesh’s coronavirus caseload has jumped by 1,887 in a day to 807,867. The death toll from the COVID-19 illness rose by 34 in a 24-hour count to 12,758, according to the latest government d...

Call for inclusion of women in sustainable food systems

Call for inclusion of women in sustainable food systems

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-06-04 13:59:53

Despite playing a critical role in ensuring food security and proper nutrition for families, women remain common victims to malnutrition, experts have said. They expressed such opinion on Thursday whi...

Khulna put under 7-day strict lockdown

Khulna put under 7-day strict lockdown

-- 2021-06-04 13:48:49

Strict restrictions have been imposed in at least four upazilas of Khulna for a week in view of a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in the district. According to the District Committee on Coronavirus Pr...

16 more Covid patients die at RMCH

16 more Covid patients die at RMCH

-- 2021-06-04 13:27:08

As many as 16 Covid-19 patients have died in the past 24 hours at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH), health officials said on Friday. This is the highest single-day death toll recorded in...

Two killed, six injured in Thakurgaon road crash

Two killed, six injured in Thakurgaon road crash

-- 2021-06-04 11:59:14

Two people were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a three-wheeler and an auto-rickshaw at Pallibidyut area in Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon on Thursday afternoon. Police said...

Vermicompost brings self-reliance to Faridpur women

Vermicompost brings self-reliance to Faridpur women

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-04 11:13:54

Tania Parveen of Faridpur has become self-reliant by producing vermicompost, an organic fertiliser. Following her success, many women have come forward to produce vermicompost to change their fortune....

Police source Ayaz denied bail in Sinha murder case

Police source Ayaz denied bail in Sinha murder case

UNB 2021-06-04 00:19:21

The High Court has denied bail to Mohammad Ayaz, a police source accused in a case filed over the murder of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan in Teknaf last year. The bench of Justice Krishna Debnath...

Budget only to widen debt burden, says BNP

Budget only to widen debt burden, says BNP

UNB 2021-06-03 23:33:27

BNP on Thursday described the proposed national budget for FY22 as anti-poor one and said people's debt burden will get heavier if it is implemented. The party also thinks the ruling party leaders an...

Jatiya Party terms budget ‘impractical’

Jatiya Party terms budget ‘impractical’

-- 2021-06-03 22:45:29

Jatiya Party, the main opposition in parliament, has rejected the budget proposed for the FY22, calling it ‘fictional and impractical.’ “The budget presented for 2021-22 is prepared...

FFs monthly honorarium to be Tk 20,000

FFs monthly honorarium to be Tk 20,000

-- 2021-06-03 19:21:00

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday proposed increasing the monthly honorarium of freedom fighters to Tk 20,000 from Tk 12,000 to improve their socio-economic condition. While presenting t...

Power and energy sector to fetch 2.71pc growth allocation

Power and energy sector to fetch 2.71pc growth allocation

FE Online Report 2021-06-03 18:18:16

The power and energy sector is set to fetch a meager growth of 2.71 per cent in allocation to Tk 274.84 billion for FY’22 compared to around 12 per cent growth in the total allocation of the nat...

Satkhira under seven-day strict lockdown 

Satkhira under seven-day strict lockdown 

-- 2021-06-03 17:59:09

The local administration has imposed a seven-day strict lockdown in Satkhira district to stem the spread of Covid-19 amid recent hike in infections in the frontier districts. Civil Surgeon Dr Hussain...

16 air quality monitoring centres being set up in Dhaka, other cities

16 air quality monitoring centres being set up in Dhaka, other cities

FE Online Report 2021-06-03 17:42:32

A total of 16 round-the-clock air quality monitoring centres are being set up in Dhaka and other cities in the country to get information on the air pollution level, Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kam...

Bangladesh’s COVID cases surge by 1,687 in a day; another 30 die

Bangladesh’s COVID cases surge by 1,687 in a day; another 30 die

-- 2021-06-03 16:27:36

Bangladesh’s coronavirus caseload has jumped by 1,687 in a day to 805,980. The death toll from the COVID-19 illness rose by 30 in a 24-hour count to 12,724, according to the latest government d...

562 killed, 549 injured in road accidents in May

562 killed, 549 injured in road accidents in May

FE Online Report 2021-06-03 15:12:26

Some 562 people were killed and 549 others injured in road accidents across the country in May this year. During the month, a total of 441 road crashes took place and the number of accidents involvin...

AL to sell nomination forms for by-elections from Friday

AL to sell nomination forms for by-elections from Friday

-- 2021-06-03 14:05:30

The ruling Awami League will start the sale of nomination forms for by-elections to the parliamentary constituencies of Dhaka-14, Sylhet-3, and Cumilla-5 from Friday. Aspiring candidates will be able...

Thakurgaon seals border areas to check Covid-19 spread

Thakurgaon seals border areas to check Covid-19 spread

-- 2021-06-03 13:55:07

The border areas of Thakurgaon have been sealed off in the wake of a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases in Thakurgaon district, officials said on Thursday. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have be...

Denied a smartphone, student kills self in Kurigram

Denied a smartphone, student kills self in Kurigram

-- 2021-06-03 12:21:28

A Class IX student allegedly committed suicide in Kurigram's Phulbari upazila after his parents refused to buy him a smartphone. Rana Mia (15), son of Nasir Uddin, a daily wager, hanged himself at hi...

National Tea Day to be observed Friday

National Tea Day to be observed Friday

FE REPORT 2021-06-03 10:42:00

The government will observe the first National Tea Day tomorrow (June 04), recalling the contribution of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the development of the tea industry. Commerce Minister Ti...

Centuries-old nine-dome mosque in dire state

Centuries-old nine-dome mosque in dire state

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-03 10:24:19

The centuries-old historic nine-dome mosque in Niamatpur upazila of Naogaon district, locally known as Bhanga Masjid, has fallen in dire state in the absence of proper care and renovation. The two-st...

Quantum arranges essay, video, photography, painting contests for all ages

Quantum arranges essay, video, photography, painting contests for all ages

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-02 22:51:36

Quantum Foundation has invited interested people to participate in essay writing, audio/video, photography and painting competitions on the occasion of World Meditation Day. The organisation made a...