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Munia’s grieving family seeks justice

Munia’s grieving family seeks justice

-- 2021-04-28 17:28:27

The grieving family of Musharrat Jahan Munia, whose hanging body was recovered from her rented flat in Dhaka, demanded exemplary punishment of those responsible for her death. Police on Monday recove...

Bangladesh, five South Asian countries call for avoiding vaccine nationalism

Bangladesh, five South Asian countries call for avoiding vaccine nationalism

-- 2021-04-28 17:10:02

Bangladesh, China and four South Asian countries have said “vaccine nationalism” will hinder the global efforts to defeat Covid-19, and underscored the need for avoiding the “immunit...

Bangladesh approves local production of Russian, Chinese vaccines

Bangladesh approves local production of Russian, Chinese vaccines

-- 2021-04-28 16:45:32

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved in principle a proposal for producing Russian and Chinese Covid-19 vaccines in Bangladesh. “The cabinet body has approved in prin...

Bangladesh reports 2,955 virus cases, 77 deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 2,955 virus cases, 77 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-04-28 16:28:01

Bangladesh has registered 77 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 11,305. The caseload surged to 754,614 after 2,955 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the 24 ho...

Death of young woman: Offender must be brought to justice, says home minister

Death of young woman: Offender must be brought to justice, says home minister

-- 2021-04-28 16:17:09

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said everyone involved in the death of a young woman in Dhaka will be brought to justice. The minister made the remark in response to a question from the media at h...

Heatwave continues in Bangladesh, no respite in sight

Heatwave continues in Bangladesh, no respite in sight

-- 2021-04-28 14:50:22

The people are not getting any respite from the heatwave sweeping across the country at least in the next two days, says the Met Office. A mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping over Dhaka, Sylhet, Ra...

Bangladesh extends lockdown to May 5

Bangladesh extends lockdown to May 5

-- 2021-04-28 13:42:50

Bangladesh government has extended the current lockdown by another week to May 5 in an effort to curb the second wave of coronavirus infections sweeping across the country. But stores and malls will...

Sheikh Jamal’s 68th birthday being celebrated

Sheikh Jamal’s 68th birthday being celebrated

-- 2021-04-28 13:15:52

The 68th birthday of Sheikh Jamal, son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is today. To mark the day, Bangladesh Awami League (AL), its associate bodies have chalked out progra...

Fire at Nawabganj’s Bandura Bazar bus stand

Fire at Nawabganj’s Bandura Bazar bus stand

FE Online Report 2021-04-28 12:54:18

A fire broke out at Bandura Bazar and its adjacent bus stand in Dhaka’s Nawabganj upazila on Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, some buses were torched at the bus stand, said fire officials. Confir...

Lalmonirhat potters passing hard times

Lalmonirhat potters passing hard times

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-04-28 10:36:16

Jogesh Chandro Pal (45), a potter of Digholtari kumarpara is very much frustrated about his future and school-going children. He does not know what to do now. His ancestral business can't feed his f...

Assam's 6.2 magnitude quake sends tremors to Dhaka, other parts of Bangladesh

Assam's 6.2 magnitude quake sends tremors to Dhaka, other parts of Bangladesh

-- 2021-04-28 09:28:50

An earthquake has struck the Indian state of Assam, with the tremors felt in as far as Bangladesh capital Dhaka. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said the magnitude 6.2 quake wa...

Khaleda admitted to hospital for thorough health checkup

Khaleda admitted to hospital for thorough health checkup

-- 2021-04-28 09:19:44

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, infected with coronavirus, was admitted to Evercare Hospital in the city on Wednesday midnight for a brief period for her thorough health checkup, said her personal medica...

Six diaries found in Gulshan flat linked to case against Bashundhara Group MD

Six diaries found in Gulshan flat linked to case against Bashundhara Group MD

-- 2021-04-27 22:55:48

Police have recovered six diaries from a flat where a college student died allegedly by suicide following instigation by Sayem Sobhan Anvir, managing director of Bashundhara Group. They were checking...

Adherence to lockdown in capital appears mixed 

Adherence to lockdown in capital appears mixed 

-- 2021-04-27 22:26:01

People are not responding seriously to the government announced strong restriction on movement from April 14 though the second wave is more deadly and dangerous. Visiting different parts of the city,...

Detectives identify 313 financers of Hefajat

Detectives identify 313 financers of Hefajat

-- 2021-04-27 21:25:17

The Detective Branch (DB) of police has identified 313 individuals, who are providing financial support to Hefajat-e-Islam. “A total of 313 financers of Hefajat-e-Islam have been identified. We...

15 stranded Bangladeshis return home through Benapole

15 stranded Bangladeshis return home through Benapole

-- 2021-04-27 20:42:22

Some 15 among the 300 Bangladeshis who got stranded in India's Petrapole land port returned home  on Tuesday morning through Benapole checkpost. They entered the country after receiving NOC from...

Students of Eden College can pay fees through bKash

Students of Eden College can pay fees through bKash

-- 2021-04-27 20:29:53

Students of Eden Mohila College can pay their academic fees through bKash from now on. As a result, 20,000 students of the century-old college are able to pay all kinds of academic fees, including mo...

‘Mortar shell used in 1971’ found beside RU

‘Mortar shell used in 1971’ found beside RU

-- 2021-04-27 19:16:55

A mortar shell believed to be from the time of the Liberation War was found while excavating a pond beside the martyrs’ memorial near Rajshahi University (RU) on Tuesday. A worker first spotted...

‘Bangladesh capable of meeting oxygen demand despite India’s export ban’

‘Bangladesh capable of meeting oxygen demand despite India’s export ban’

-- 2021-04-27 18:12:11

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday said there is nothing to be worried over the sudden halt in oxygen import from India since the country has the capacity to meet the current demand of it from t...

Vaccine collection from alternative sources to take two weeks

Vaccine collection from alternative sources to take two weeks

-- 2021-04-27 17:27:43

The government is exploring Covid vaccines from three alternative sources -- Russia, China and the USA— and it will take at least two weeks to complete the process, said Foreign Minister Dr AK A...

Bashundhara MD Sayem Sobhan faces travel ban

Bashundhara MD Sayem Sobhan faces travel ban

-- 2021-04-27 17:06:00

A Dhaka court has ordered a ban on the overseas travel of Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir in a case that accuses him of abetting the suicide of a young woman. Dhaka Metropolita...

Diarrhoea breaks out in Barguna

Diarrhoea breaks out in Barguna

-- 2021-04-27 16:26:55

A diarrhoea outbreak has gripped Barguna, with over 120 people reporting sick at the general hospital in the past 24 hours. Officials said that as many 124 patients were admitted to Barguna General H...

Bangladesh logs 78 virus deaths, 3,031 cases in a day

Bangladesh logs 78 virus deaths, 3,031 cases in a day

-- 2021-04-27 16:17:59

Bangladesh has registered 78 new deaths from the coronavirus disease in a day, taking the death toll to 11,228 The caseload surged to 751,659 after 3,031 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the 24...

UNICEF emphasises maintaining Bangladesh’s child immiunisation trend as Covid-19 surges

UNICEF emphasises maintaining Bangladesh’s child immiunisation trend as Covid-19 surges

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-04-27 15:11:15

UNICEF has underscored the need for Bangladesh to maintain the child immunisation trend amid the surge of Covid-19 cases. Despite initial disruptions during the first months of the pandemic, the coun...

Fake journalists arrested for extortion in Chattogram

Fake journalists arrested for extortion in Chattogram

-- 2021-04-27 14:56:58

A gang of four fake journalists including two women was arrested while they were extorting money from several businessmen in Chattogram by pretending to be media personnel. The arrestees are Joynal A...

Bangladesh approves Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik

Bangladesh approves Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik

-- 2021-04-27 14:24:06

Bangladesh has approved the import and use of Sputnik V, the Russian vaccine for the coronavirus. Director General of Drug Administration Maj Gen Mahbubur Rahman confirmed the development on Tuesday,...

Chinese Defence Minister pays homage to Bangabandhu

Chinese Defence Minister pays homage to Bangabandhu

-- 2021-04-27 14:20:37

Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Defence Minister Wei Fenghe paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi-32 in Dhaka on Tues...

Industrialist Deen Mohammad dies at 83

Industrialist Deen Mohammad dies at 83

-- 2021-04-27 12:57:49

Prominent Industrialist and chairman of the Phoenix Group Deen Mohammad passed away due to old age complications at a city hospital early Tuesday. He was 83. Deen Mohammad, also the founder of City B...

Young woman found dead in Gulshan apartment

Young woman found dead in Gulshan apartment

-- 2021-04-27 11:44:52

Police recovered the hanging body of a young girl from a flat in city’s Gulshan area on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Musharrat Jahan, 21, daughter of late Shafiqur Rahman, a fre...

Groundnut farming increases in Sylhet region

Groundnut farming increases in Sylhet region

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-04-27 10:54:19

Farming of high value but non-traditional crops like groundnut has been on rise in the greater Sylhet region as many farmers got interested in those for better returns, officials and farmers said. Ac...