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World Meditation Day tomorrow

World Meditation Day tomorrow

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-20 19:18:51

World Meditation Day will be observed today (Friday) for the first time in the country aiming at leading a healthy and peaceful life through reviving positivity in soul by practicing meditation. The...

Barishal AL factional clash leaves two dead

Barishal AL factional clash leaves two dead

-- 2021-05-20 19:16:55

Two people were killed and 15 others injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League on Thursday at North Ulani union in Mehendiganj upazila  in Barishal over Ulania UP election . The de...

Deal signed to build 100MW solar plant in Sonagazi

Deal signed to build 100MW solar plant in Sonagazi

-- 2021-05-20 18:37:16

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that Bangladesh is committed to increasing its share of renewable energy in power generation in accordance with the Sustain...

More countries approached for vaccines; talks with China at final stage: FM

More countries approached for vaccines; talks with China at final stage: FM

UNB 2021-05-20 18:04:51

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said the government is making its best efforts to get vaccines connecting multiple countries -- the United States, China, Canada, Russia and the UK -- ap...

Order on journalist Rozina Islam’s bail Sunday

Order on journalist Rozina Islam’s bail Sunday

-- 2021-05-20 17:02:11

A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed Sunday for passing an order on the bail petition of Prothom Alo senior reporter Rozina Islam in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan M...

‘Arrest of Rozina very unfortunate’

‘Arrest of Rozina very unfortunate’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-20 16:41:00

Terming the arrest of Rozina Islam ‘very unfortunate’ Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said the government is facing criticism because of a handful of people. “The health ministry...

Bangladesh reports 36 Covid deaths, 1,457 new cases

Bangladesh reports 36 Covid deaths, 1,457 new cases

-- 2021-05-20 16:32:44

Bangladesh has registered 1,457 new cases of coronavirus infection in a day, taking the tally to 785,194. The death toll from COVID-19 rose by 36 in a 24-hour count to 12,284, according to the latest...

Call for immediate release of journalist Rozina

Call for immediate release of journalist Rozina

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-20 15:22:00

A platform for women, human rights and development has demanded unconditional release of Prothom Alo senior reporter Rozina Islam, formation of a judicial inquiry committee, and punishment for those i...

RAB arrests former MP Awal over murder in Pallabi

RAB arrests former MP Awal over murder in Pallabi

-- 2021-05-20 14:01:08

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested former Lakshmipur MP MA Awal over the murder of a man in Dhaka’s Pallabi. The RAB arrested Awal early on Thursday from a shrine in Bhairab, said RAB spok...

Heat wave likely to continue for two-three days

Heat wave likely to continue for two-three days

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-20 13:27:05

The ongoing heat wave, which has now been sweeping over three divisions and four districts across the country, may persist for two to three days, according to a meteorologist at Bangladesh Meteorologi...

Madrasa teacher arrested for ‘molesting boy’ in Chattogram

Madrasa teacher arrested for ‘molesting boy’ in Chattogram

-- 2021-05-20 12:52:55

A madrasa teacher has been arrested for molesting a 11-year-old boy in Chattogram, police said on Thursday. Cops picked up Mizanur Rahman, a teacher at Pak Panjaton Hefz Khana, from Ruby Gate in the...

Biman suspends flights to Saudi Arabia for five days

Biman suspends flights to Saudi Arabia for five days

-- 2021-05-20 12:39:56

National carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Thursday announced the suspension of its flights to Saudi Arabia for five days. All flights to Saudi Arabia will remain suspended till May 24, reports UN...

PM hands over Swadhinata Padak 2021

PM hands over Swadhinata Padak 2021

-- 2021-05-20 11:52:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has handed over Swadhinata Padak (Independence Award) to nine individuals and one institution for 2021 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the country.&nb...

Two Rohingya girls rescued while fleeing Bhasan Char

Two Rohingya girls rescued while fleeing Bhasan Char

-- 2021-05-20 11:33:31

The police have rescued two Rohingya girls aged 16 and 10 who locals said fled Bhasan Char island in Noakhali’s Hatiya to Subarna Char, a coastal upazila in the same district, by boat. The loca...

10-year-old India returnee tests positive for coronavirus

10-year-old India returnee tests positive for coronavirus

-- 2021-05-20 11:14:33

A 10-year-old boy, who returned from India with his mother and maternal uncle on May 5, has tested positive for Covid-19. The child, a cancer patient, was admitted to the dedicated Covid care facilit...

Car ploughs into parked truck in Brahmanbaria, killing three

Car ploughs into parked truck in Brahmanbaria, killing three

-- 2021-05-20 10:55:15

At least three people have died in a road accident after a car veered out of control and crashed into a parked truck in Brahmanbaria. The accident that occurred at around 6.45 am on Thursday on Dhaka...

Lalmonirhat turned into vegetables farming hub

Lalmonirhat turned into vegetables farming hub

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-20 10:35:16

The lucrative price of cucumber has made farmers smile in Lalmonirhat this year. Farmers are making a very handsome profit from cultivating cucumber in this current season. The yield is also very good...

Eid adda with Shakib Al Hasan

Eid adda with Shakib Al Hasan

-- 2021-05-19 22:24:46

An online live programme named “Ask your All-rounder” was held on Yamaha Facebook page on May 15, 2021, according to a release.  Popular actress and anchor Maria Nur and Rizwan Uz Za...

Writ petition seeks cancellation of MBBS admission test result

Writ petition seeks cancellation of MBBS admission test result

-- 2021-05-19 21:54:06

A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Wednesday seeking cancellation of the "faulty results" of the MBBS admission test for the 2020-2021 academic year and formulation of a new merit list....

Proposal to import Sinofarm vaccine approved

Proposal to import Sinofarm vaccine approved

-- 2021-05-19 19:48:39

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a proposal of the Health Service Division to import Sinofarm Covid-19 vaccine. Dr Shahida Aktar, additional secretary to the Cab...

Provision for black money whitening to continue

Provision for black money whitening to continue

-- 2021-05-19 19:32:32

The option for whitening black money will continue until it is erased from the existing system, says Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. “This is not black money… this is undisclosed mon...

PM donates Tk 2.5m to family of DS Khair who died of Covid-19

PM donates Tk 2.5m to family of DS Khair who died of Covid-19

-- 2021-05-19 16:53:30

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina donated Tk 2.5 lakh as financial assistance to the family of late deputy secretary (DS) Abul Khair Md Maruf Hasan who died of coronavirus recently. On behalf of the Prime...

Bangladesh logs 1,608 virus cases, 37 deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh logs 1,608 virus cases, 37 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-05-19 16:03:19

Bangladesh has registered 1,608 new cases of coronavirus infection in a day, taking the tally to 783,737. According to the latest government data, 37 new deaths from coronavirus were reported in 24 h...

Job seekers worry about future as they age out in pandemic

Job seekers worry about future as they age out in pandemic

-- 2021-05-19 14:34:18

Namrata Talukdar Orpa completed her postgraduate from Dhaka University in 2020, but it’s a long road ahead for her to get the job she wants. She is frustrated by the suspension of the hiring pro...

36 India returnees put in quarantine in Cumilla

36 India returnees put in quarantine in Cumilla

-- 2021-05-19 13:39:06

As many as 36 Bangladeshi nationals, who returned from India through the Akhaura land port on Tuesday, have been sent to Cumilla to undergo institutional quarantine as all the isolation centres in Bra...

UN voices concern over arrest of journalist Rozina

UN voices concern over arrest of journalist Rozina

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-19 13:01:54

The United Nations has expressed concern over the arrest and harassment of journalist Rozina Islam in Bangladesh. Urging for a safe environment for media workers, a UN official on Wednesday said...

Experts, ex-diplomats for building capacity to produce vaccine locally

Experts, ex-diplomats for building capacity to produce vaccine locally

FE REPORT 2021-05-19 12:07:35

Bangladesh should focus on building its capacity to produce the vaccine locally in an effort to achieve the much-desired herd immunity against Covid-19, experts suggested at a webinar on Tuesday. A...

Journalist Rozina must get justice, Law Minister says

Journalist Rozina must get justice, Law Minister says

-- 2021-05-19 09:36:50

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said Prothom Alo senior reporter Rozina Islam must get justice. He said this to reporters at his residential office in the capital's Gulshan...

Bangladesh to receive 106,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine under COVAX in June

Bangladesh to receive 106,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine under COVAX in June

-- 2021-05-19 08:25:31

Bangladesh will receive a consignment of 106,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine under the global programme, COVAX. The government said the consignment under the programme co-led by...

Lightning strikes kill 16 people including eight in Netrokona

Lightning strikes kill 16 people including eight in Netrokona

UNB 2021-05-18 22:59:23

At least 16 people died on Tuesday after being struck by lightning in Netrakona, Faridpur, Manikganj and Kishoreganj. Of them, eight people were killed in Netrakona, four in Faridpur, two in Manikgan...