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No scope to permit Khaleda to fly abroad, law minister says

No scope to permit Khaleda to fly abroad, law minister says

-- 2021-05-09 17:00:20

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said his ministry on Sunday received legal opinion from the law minister about an application seeking permission to allow BNP chief Khaleda Zia to fly abroad for med...

252 judges infected with Covid-19

252 judges infected with Covid-19

FE Online Report 2021-05-09 16:48:58

A total of 21 Supreme Court judges and 231 lower court judges were so far infected with Covid-19. Apart from this, 458 staff of subordinate courts and 200 employees of the Supreme Court were infect...

20-km tailback on Dhaka-Aricha highway as homegoers go desperate

20-km tailback on Dhaka-Aricha highway as homegoers go desperate

-- 2021-05-09 16:30:14

A 20-km tailback has been created on Dhaka-Aricha highway due to the mad rush of homebound people ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr defying the restriction on movement amid the Covid-19 pandemic . Visiting the hi...

Bangladesh suspends air traffic with Nepal over Covid-19

Bangladesh suspends air traffic with Nepal over Covid-19

-- 2021-05-09 15:41:28

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh, or CAAB, has halted air travel to and from Nepal, adding it to the list of countries that pose a ‘high risk’ of coronavirus infections. The CAA...

Eid returnees crowd Shimulia despite suspension of daytime ferries

Eid returnees crowd Shimulia despite suspension of daytime ferries

-- 2021-05-09 15:32:23

Despite the suspension on daytime ferries and the deployment of BGB troops, the crowds of people hoping to make their way home for Eid are still swelling at Shimulia, a river port. Thousands of peopl...

Holy Shab-e-Qadr tonight

Holy Shab-e-Qadr tonight

-- 2021-05-09 14:57:10

The holy Lailatul Qadr or Shab-e-Qadr, the holiest and most blessed night for Muslims, will be observed across the country on Sunday night with due solemnity and religious fervour. Muslim devotees wi...

Former defence secretary Ehsanul Haque passes away

Former defence secretary Ehsanul Haque passes away

FE Online Desk 2021-05-09 14:31:17

K M Ehsanul Haque (Peyara), former Secretary of Ministry of Defence, Government of Bangladesh breathed his last in a hospital at Saint Louise in the United States from multiple complications on Saturd...

RAB arrests speedboat owner over accident that left 26 dead on Padma River

RAB arrests speedboat owner over accident that left 26 dead on Padma River

-- 2021-05-09 14:04:38

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested one of the owners of the speedboat that crashed into a sand carrier in Madaripur’s Shibchar and killed 26. Chandu Molla, 35, was taken into custody in th...

Khaleda Zia tests negative for Covid

Khaleda Zia tests negative for Covid

-- 2021-05-09 11:16:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has tested negative for the coronavirus infection, 27 days after contracting the disease. Khaleda’s third test yielded a negative result, while the first and second...

Ecology in peril for brick kilns on Bogura farmland

Ecology in peril for brick kilns on Bogura farmland

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-09 10:37:29

Due to the establishment of brick kilns on agricultural land, the ecosystem is under threat in Dhunot upazila of Bogura district causing extensive damage to plants for black smoke and ash, subsequentl...

100-year-old Moriamjan returns home disappointed

100-year-old Moriamjan returns home disappointed

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-09 10:33:00

A 100- year-old Moriomjan lives in a shanty on the premises of Baghabariin Palkandi area in Moishadi village under Chandpur Sadar. She came to Deputy Commissioner (DC) office on Thursday morning and w...

Bangladesh can produce additional  2.6m tonnes of mustard oil seeds a year

Bangladesh can produce additional  2.6m tonnes of mustard oil seeds a year

FE REPORT 2021-05-09 10:14:44

Bangladesh can produce an additional 2.6-million tonnes of mustard oilseeds annually by adopting a new crop arrangement. Agriculture minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said this on Saturday. Cultiv...

Many Rohingya gather in port city for Zakat, alms

Many Rohingya gather in port city for Zakat, alms

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-09 10:08:29

Despite the government's decision not to allow Rohingya people to go outside their camps at Cox's Bazar and Noakhali's Bhashanchar, scores of refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine have entered the port city...

Khaleda’s condition slightly improves

Khaleda’s condition slightly improves

-- 2021-05-08 21:33:28

The health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia improved slightly on Saturday, but she still needs the oxygen support as her saturation level still fluctuates due to post-Covid complications, said...

Dr Kamal among noted citizens demand release of detained students before Eid

Dr Kamal among noted citizens demand release of detained students before Eid

-- 2021-05-08 20:47:44

A group of noted citizens, including Dr Kamal Hossain, on Saturday demanded the release of over 50 students, belonging to Chhatra Odhikar Parishad arrested around two months backs, on bail before Eid-...

Border with India to remain shut for 14 more days

Border with India to remain shut for 14 more days

UNB 2021-05-08 20:40:42

The government has decided to extend the closure of border with India for another 14 days as the Covid-19 situation keeps worsening in India. "It has been extended for another 14 days. The previous c...

'Project undertaken to make March 7 venue a wonder to behold'

'Project undertaken to make March 7 venue a wonder to behold'

-- 2021-05-08 20:22:17

The government has rolled out a project to make Suhrawardy Udyan - where Bangabandhu delivered his landmark March 7 speech and Pakistani occupation forces surrendered on December16 - a wonder to behol...

‘War time preparations needed to cope with the second wave of Corona’

‘War time preparations needed to cope with the second wave of Corona’

-- 2021-05-08 20:15:57

Former governor of Bangladesh Bank and Bangabandhu Chair Professor of Dhaka University- Dr. Atiur Rahman has inferred that to avoid remaining unprepared against the second wave of the pandemic, govern...

Mad rush of homebound travellers at Paturia terminal

Mad rush of homebound travellers at Paturia terminal

UNB 2021-05-08 20:07:17

Paturia ferry terminal saw a mad rush of homebound people ahead of Eid despite a so-called decision of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) to suspend day time ferry services. The co...

Two more cases of Indian Covid strain identified in Jessore

Two more cases of Indian Covid strain identified in Jessore

-- 2021-05-08 19:38:07

Two more confirmed cases of Indian Coronavirus strain have been detected at the Genome Centre of Jessore University of Science and Technology. A media release signed by Md Abdur Rashid, the Public Re...

Govt upgrading ADP implementation capacity

Govt upgrading ADP implementation capacity

-- 2021-05-08 19:29:42

The government is taking a series of measures to enhance the implementation rate of Annual Development Programme (ADP) in an effort to overcome the lack of capability to use project funds and speed up...

Thundershowers likely on Saturday

Thundershowers likely on Saturday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-08 18:54:44

Rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind are likely to occur over few places in eight divisions across the country, according to a bulletin prepared by Bangladesh Meteorolog...

Speakers for shutting old, inefficient power plants

Speakers for shutting old, inefficient power plants

FE REPORT 2021-05-08 18:27:10

Speakers at a webinar Saturday underscored the necessity to shut down old and inefficient power plants including rental and quick rental ones to improve the efficiency level of the country’s pow...

Govt to beautify historic March 7 venue, Obaidul Quader says

Govt to beautify historic March 7 venue, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2021-05-08 18:02:12

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the government has taken a project to make attractive the venue where Bangabandhu had delivered his landmark March 7 speech and Paki...

Sanctuary established at Kuakata beach to conserve red crabs

Sanctuary established at Kuakata beach to conserve red crabs

-- 2021-05-08 17:56:22

Kalapara Upazila Administration, Tourist Police Kuakata Zone, and Kuakata Tour Management Association have taken various initiatives to conserve red crabs, according to a media release. Red crab is o...

‘Deal period with rental, quick rental power plant owners can’t be extended'

‘Deal period with rental, quick rental power plant owners can’t be extended'

-- 2021-05-08 17:17:13

Although the government has allowed rental and quick rental power plants on a short-term basis, now their owners are pursuing for long-term agreement which cannot be acceptable in any case, said Bangl...

Transport owners, workers demand resumption of long-haul bus services

Transport owners, workers demand resumption of long-haul bus services

-- 2021-05-08 16:45:29

Transport owners and workers have urged the government to resume long-haul bus services with half of the passenger seats left empty. In a press briefing on Saturday, they also demanded a stimulus pac...

Bangladesh logs 1,285 virus cases, 45 deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh logs 1,285 virus cases, 45 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-05-08 16:19:52

Bangladesh has registered 45 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 11,878. The caseload rose by 1,285, the lowest daily count since Mar 14, to 772,127, according to t...

First case of Indian coronavirus variant detected in Bangladesh

First case of Indian coronavirus variant detected in Bangladesh

-- 2021-05-08 16:19:36

A confirmed case of Indian coronavirus strain has been detected in Bangladesh. Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research(IEDCR) has confirmed the matter on Saturday, reports UNB. The I...

Rajshahi road mishap kills two

Rajshahi road mishap kills two

-- 2021-05-08 15:57:31

Two people were killed and 13 others injured when a truck hit a motorbike and some pedestrians at Goadagari municipality area of Rajshahi district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Israil...