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Govt provides facilities to unemployed people, workers

Govt provides facilities to unemployed people, workers

-- 2021-05-01 21:40:56

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Saturday said that the incumbent labour-friendly government is working to provide various facilities to the unemployed people and workers. &ldquo...

Three Bangladeshis nominated for arbitrator, consultant posts of World Bank’s ICSID

Three Bangladeshis nominated for arbitrator, consultant posts of World Bank’s ICSID

-- 2021-05-01 21:15:31

The Law and Justice Division of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has nominated three Bangladeshis for the prestigious posts of arbitrator and conciliator panel of the World Bank&...

Bidi workers seek govt support

Bidi workers seek govt support

-- 2021-05-01 20:13:01

The Bidi workers on Saturday urged the government to take necessary measures to save the industry’s workers for ensuring the livelihood of millions of workers and their family members. They mad...

Hifazat leader Junaid Quasemi arrested over Brahmanbaria violence

Hifazat leader Junaid Quasemi arrested over Brahmanbaria violence

-- 2021-05-01 19:22:09

Police have arrested Junaid Al Quasemi, a leader of Hifazat-e Islam, for his alleged involvement in the mayhem unleashed by the radical group in Brahmanbaria over Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi&r...

48-yr-old accused of Faridpur violence dies in police custody

48-yr-old accused of Faridpur violence dies in police custody

UNB 2021-05-01 18:00:07

A 48-year-old man arrested in connection with the April 5 violence in Saltha upazila of Faridpur, died in police custody on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Abul Hossain Molla, 48. W...

Bangladeshi youth held by BSF along Kurigram border

Bangladeshi youth held by BSF along Kurigram border

-- 2021-05-01 17:34:30

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday night held a Bangladeshi named Rashedul Mia, 25, near Kurigram’s Roumari border. He was arrested at around 8:00pm near international pillar No. 1056...

Bangladesh reports 1,452 virus cases, 60 deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 1,452 virus cases, 60 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-05-01 16:57:00

Bangladesh has registered 60 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 11,510. In a 24-hour count on Friday, the caseload rose by 1,452, the lowest daily tally since Mar...

‘Police to arrest Anvir only after getting enough evidence’

‘Police to arrest Anvir only after getting enough evidence’

-- 2021-05-01 16:37:30

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said Sayem Sobhan Anvir, managing director of Banshundhara Group, will be arrested only if police can gather enough evidence against him in a case over the dea...

Lightning leaves madrasa student dead in Kutubdia

Lightning leaves madrasa student dead in Kutubdia

-- 2021-05-01 16:29:01

A 19-year-old madrasa student died on Saturday after being struck by lightning in Kutubdia upazila. The deceased has been identified as Md Sohel Akbar, a resident of Lutfor para in Lemshikhali union...

Quader says public transport may resume before Eid

Quader says public transport may resume before Eid

-- 2021-05-01 15:12:01

The Bangladesh government is considering the resumption of public transport services in the country ahead of Eid, Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Saturday. Addressing t...

Global coronavirus cases top 151 million

Global coronavirus cases top 151 million

-- 2021-05-01 14:58:34

With new variants of Covid-19 spreading rapidly, the global coronavirus (Covid-19) caseload on Saturday touched the grim milestone of 151 million. The total corona fatalities also mounted to 3,176,40...

International flights resume with some curbs on travel

International flights resume with some curbs on travel

-- 2021-05-01 14:19:26

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has approved the resumption of international passenger flights in and out of Bangladesh from Saturday, with certain strict rules in place. Though flight ser...

Six more Hefazat-e-Islam men arrested

Six more Hefazat-e-Islam men arrested

-- 2021-05-01 14:15:45

Six more people have been arrested in the past 24 hours in connection with last month's mayhem by Hefazat-e-Islam supporters in Brahmanbaria, police said on Saturday. The arrests were made from diffe...

May Day being observed amid pandemic

May Day being observed amid pandemic

-- 2021-05-01 14:08:55

The historic May Day is being observed on Saturday as the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic which has rendered millions of workers jobless across the world in recent months. In normal times, the da...

Kashimpur prison guard arrested with yaba

Kashimpur prison guard arrested with yaba

-- 2021-05-01 12:15:28

A prison guard has been detained with 328 yaba pills in his possession at Kashimpur Central Jail-1 of Gazipur. The detainee was identified as Pintu Miah, reports UNB. Officer-in-Charge of Gazipur Me...

Barapukuria may host solar power plant

Barapukuria may host solar power plant

SYFUL ISLAM 2021-05-01 10:28:39

The government has moved to turn a pollution zone into a clean energy source by setting up a floating solar power plant. The power plant is planned in a water-body of over 200 acres, created after th...

Health experts call for harder lockdown

Health experts call for harder lockdown

FE REPORT 2021-05-01 10:15:46

The healthcare professionals have warned of severe consequences if the authorities opt for any relaxation of the ongoing lockdown following a decline in infection and fatality rates during the past fe...

Almost half the Bangladeshi returnee migrants have no income

Almost half the Bangladeshi returnee migrants have no income

FE REPORT 2021-05-01 09:47:38

About 47.23 per cent of the returnee migrants don't have any income source at present, for which they have to manage their daily lives depending on family earnings, loans, and support of relatives, sa...

Over 800 Bangladeshis return home from India in four days

Over 800 Bangladeshis return home from India in four days

-- 2021-04-30 20:28:08

At least 810 Bangladeshi citizens have returned home from India in last four days, according to officials. On Friday, a batch of 105 Bangladeshis returned home from India through the Benapole checkpo...

PM extends humanitarian gesture towards people in need

PM extends humanitarian gesture towards people in need

-- 2021-04-30 19:55:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is manifesting her humanitarian gesture towards the needy people hit hard by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic as she did during the first wave last year. She is e...

Bangladesh lauds IOC WESTPAC for taking initiatives amid pandemic

Bangladesh lauds IOC WESTPAC for taking initiatives amid pandemic

-- 2021-04-30 19:38:34

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has appreciated the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) for its admirable initiatives amid the trying times of pandemic. He urged for prioritising c...

BNP accuses govt of doing business in the name of  Covid

BNP accuses govt of doing business in the name of Covid

-- 2021-04-30 19:18:27

Taking a swipe at the government for the current crisis over the Covid vaccine, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday accused it of indulging in business in the name of coronavir...

Transport owners demand  bus services be resumed amid lockdown

Transport owners demand bus services be resumed amid lockdown

FE Online Report 2021-04-30 18:27:26

The transport owners' association urged the government to resume bus services during the ongoing lockdown. Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Malik Samity (Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association) in a...

'Second wife' files rape case against Mamunul

'Second wife' files rape case against Mamunul

-- 2021-04-30 18:15:23

Hefajat-e-Islam's Former Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque has been accused of rape in a case filed by a woman, whom he claimed to be his second wife. Jannat Ara Jharna started the case under the...

Bangladesh reports 2,177 virus cases, 57 deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 2,177 virus cases, 57 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-04-30 16:26:16

Bangladesh has registered 57 new fatalities from the coronavirus, the lowest daily count since April 5, taking the death toll to 11,450. In the 24 hours to 8:00 am on Friday, the caseload surged by 2...

Hefazat leader Mufti Masood, five others held

Hefazat leader Mufti Masood, five others held

-- 2021-04-30 15:45:36

Six more people, including top Hefazat-e-Islam leader in Sylhet’s Zakiganj, have been arrested in the past 24 hours in connection with last month's mayhem in Brahmanbaria, police said on Friday....

Workers seek lifting of public transport ban, announce nationwide protests

Workers seek lifting of public transport ban, announce nationwide protests

-- 2021-04-30 15:41:34

Transport workers have called for a nationwide protest, urging the government to reopen the public transport system amid the prevailing pandemic. The transport ban has left at least 50 per cent of th...

Raushon Ershad hospitalised

Raushon Ershad hospitalised

-- 2021-04-30 13:05:50

Raushon Ershad, the leader of the opposition in parliament, has been hospitalised after suffering from 'dehydration'. The Jatiya Party leader was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka a...

Global coronavirus cases cross 150 million

Global coronavirus cases cross 150 million

-- 2021-04-30 11:13:20

With new variants of Covid-19 spreading rapidly, the global coronavirus caseload on Friday crossed the grim milestone of 150 million. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count...

Organic vegetable farming gaining momentum in Bogura's char areas

Organic vegetable farming gaining momentum in Bogura's char areas

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-04-30 10:59:54

Organic vegetable farming in the Jamuna Char basin under Dhunot, Sariakandi and Sonatola upazilas of Bogura district is gaining momentum. The farmers are seen happy over organic vegetable farming in...