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BNP acted monstrously against free journalism, Obaidul Quader says

BNP acted monstrously against free journalism, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2021-05-22 21:09:23

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said those who had acted monstrously against the media and free journalism are now inciting anti-gover...

PM to inaugurate 140 cyclone and flood centres Sunday

PM to inaugurate 140 cyclone and flood centres Sunday

UNB 2021-05-22 21:00:21

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate virtually 140 cyclone and flood shelters besides laying foundation of 50 Mujib Killas across the country on Sunday, State Minister for Disaster Management...

'Ownership crisis, pressure, DSA key reasons for misery of media'

'Ownership crisis, pressure, DSA key reasons for misery of media'

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-22 20:51:03

Speakers during a webinar said that the crisis of media ownership, undue pressure from public and private sectors, internal and external conflicts, and the Digital Security Act (DSA) are the main reas...

‘Small energy efficiency group can reduce energy costs’

‘Small energy efficiency group can reduce energy costs’

UNB 2021-05-22 20:30:16

Speakers at a webinar on Saturday advised the country's textile and garment factory owners to adopt the concept of Small Energy Efficiency Working Group (SEEWG) to reduce their energy costs and become...

Cautionary signal No. 1 issued as cyclone looms over Bay of Bengal

Cautionary signal No. 1 issued as cyclone looms over Bay of Bengal

-- 2021-05-22 18:58:40

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has asked the maritime ports to hoist distant cautionary signal No. 1 after a low-pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal. The low is likely to intensify...

Educated youths can engage themselves in fish farming, PM says

Educated youths can engage themselves in fish farming, PM says

-- 2021-05-22 17:15:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the youths to take up fish farming as their livelihood to exploit the huge scope of employment in this sector. "There is a huge opportunity of employmen...

Bangladesh logs 1,028 new virus cases, 38 deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh logs 1,028 new virus cases, 38 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-05-22 16:11:55

Bangladesh has identified 1,028 new cases of coronavirus infection in a day, taking the tally to 787,726. The country also recorded 38 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours till 8:00 on Saturday, taki...

Road crashes kill 314 during Eid-ul-Fitr

Road crashes kill 314 during Eid-ul-Fitr

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-22 16:06:18

At least 314 people were killed and 291 others injured in road accidents across the country during the Eid-ul Fitr holiday, according to a report released by Road Safety Foundation (RSF) on Saturday....

Truck hits ambulance in Narayanganj, killing two teachers

Truck hits ambulance in Narayanganj, killing two teachers

-- 2021-05-22 14:03:18

Two school teachers have died while accompanying a patient to a hospital after a head-on collision between an ambulance and a truck travelling on the wrong lane in Narayanganj. The patient and two ot...

Pandemic slims hopes of launching metro rail in 2021

Pandemic slims hopes of launching metro rail in 2021

-- 2021-05-22 13:33:36

A slower-than-expected progress due to a second wave of coronavirus infections has created uncertainties over the launch of Dhaka Metro Rail this year. The government set a target to open the 12-kilo...

Bangladesh, India on alert as cyclone looms

Bangladesh, India on alert as cyclone looms

-- 2021-05-22 12:47:12

A low-pressure area is very likely to form over North Andaman Sea and adjoining Bay of Bengal and intensify into a cyclone, which is expected to lash the coasts of India and Bangladesh on May 26, acco...

Uncertainty looms over SSC, HSC exams

Uncertainty looms over SSC, HSC exams

-- 2021-05-22 08:53:05

With the number of coronavirus cases dropping, and rising again, the reopening of educational institutions has become uncertain. So is the future of students who want to sit SSC and HSC examinations....

Female migrant workers deprived of legal aid

Female migrant workers deprived of legal aid

Arafat Ara 2021-05-22 08:27:24

Women migrant workers are not getting due legal support from the existing arbitration system, leaving them into vulnerable condition at their families and societies, according to a recent study. Ovib...

China to give more 0.6m vaccines as gift

China to give more 0.6m vaccines as gift

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-21 21:02:33

China, on Friday, has announced to send more 600,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh as a gift. “On the evening of May 21, Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a p...

House arrest for two Bengal ministers in cash-for-favours scam

House arrest for two Bengal ministers in cash-for-favours scam

-- 2021-05-21 19:44:17

A higher court in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Friday placed under house arrest two senior ministers in the West Bengal government and two other politicians apprehended by the country's top f...

Khaleda's health is improving, says Fakhrul

Khaleda's health is improving, says Fakhrul

-- 2021-05-21 18:51:18

BNP chief Khaleda Zia has been showing signs of improvement during treatment in the Coronary Care Unit at Dhaka's Evercare Hospital, according to Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. The BNP secretary genera...

Bangladesh elected ILO Covid-19 Technical Committee chair

Bangladesh elected ILO Covid-19 Technical Committee chair

-- 2021-05-21 18:41:46

Bangladesh has been elected chair of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Technical Committee on Covid-19 to steer negotiations on a draft Covid-19 outcome document that was formulated through...

Bangladesh in 'desperate' search of vaccines, Momen tells CNN

Bangladesh in 'desperate' search of vaccines, Momen tells CNN

UNB 2021-05-21 18:06:53

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday reached out to the global media to let the world know that Bangladesh looks for vaccines desperately and is ready to accept any shipment desperately from a...

Rozina to get fair judgement, says Momen

Rozina to get fair judgement, says Momen

-- 2021-05-21 16:28:55

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday said journalist Rozina Islam will get fair treatment and judgement, emphasising that Bangladesh’s judiciary is very independent. “Bangladesh&r...

Broadcast of SATV, Channel 9 suspended over unpaid satellite bills

Broadcast of SATV, Channel 9 suspended over unpaid satellite bills

-- 2021-05-21 16:24:14

Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited (BSCL) has stopped broadcasting private television stations SATV and Channel Nine via the Bangabandhu Satellite-1 over their failure to pay their dues for using th...

1,504 new virus cases, 26 deaths recorded in 24 hours

1,504 new virus cases, 26 deaths recorded in 24 hours

-- 2021-05-21 16:09:10

Bangladesh has recorded 1,504 new cases of coronavirus infection in a day, taking the tally to 785,194. The death toll from COVID-19 rose by 26 in a 24-hour count to 12,310, according to the latest g...

Three killed in Brahmanbaria, Sylhet road crashes

Three killed in Brahmanbaria, Sylhet road crashes

-- 2021-05-21 14:59:49

At least three people have been killed and three others injured in two separate road accidents in Brahmanbaria and Sylhet districts. In Brahmanbaria, two people were killed and three others injured i...

Virtual courts grant bail to 42,827 in 25 working days

Virtual courts grant bail to 42,827 in 25 working days

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-21 14:46:43

Virtual courts and tribunals have granted bail to 42,827 people in the last 25 working days to Wednesday after settling a total of 80,476 petitions. A total of 579 juveniles obtained bail in these 25...

Five Rohingya camps put under strict lockdown

Five Rohingya camps put under strict lockdown

-- 2021-05-21 14:32:20

Amid a huge surge in Covid-19 cases in the region, a week-long strict lockdown has been imposed in five Rohingya camps of Ukhiya-Teknaf and a 10-day complete lockdown have been announced in Teknaf upa...

Storm brewing, may turn into cyclone

Storm brewing, may turn into cyclone

-- 2021-05-21 11:06:44

A low-pressure system is very likely to brew over North Andaman Sea and adjoining East Central Bay of Bengal in two days, and which may intensify into a cyclonic storm and hit the coasts of India and...

Cumilla farmer Anwar succeeds in cultivating yellow watermelon

Cumilla farmer Anwar succeeds in cultivating yellow watermelon

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-21 10:40:43

Anwar Hossain, a farmer of Balarampur village in Sadar Dakshin upazila of Cumilla district, had been successful in cultivating black watermelon last year. This year, Anwar has created a buzz in the en...

Experts focus on lockdown exit plan

Experts focus on lockdown exit plan

SM NAJMUS SAKIB 2021-05-21 08:51:47

Experts have strongly suggested a well-designed exit plan before withdrawal of the nationwide lockdown to ease people's movement and economic activities, as the fresh spell of restrictions caused vari...

Final deal on China vaccine likely in a week

Final deal on China vaccine likely in a week

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2021-05-21 08:21:48

The country is expected to finalise a deal by next week to import Covid-19 vaccine from Chinese state company Sinopharm, officials involved with the process said. They said that two of the three docu...

Lightning strikes claim nine more lives

Lightning strikes claim nine more lives

-- 2021-05-20 22:02:05

At least nine people have died in lightning strikes during storms in Bangladesh’s Jamalpur and Chanpainawabganj, two days after 14 people were killed in similar incidents. In Jamalpur’s I...

Bangladesh seeks joint efforts to IORA's new Action Plan

Bangladesh seeks joint efforts to IORA's new Action Plan

-- 2021-05-20 21:54:19

Bangladesh has sought cooperation from Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) member states for implementing the new Action Plan through concerted efforts as Bangladesh is set to become Chair of the IORA...