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-- 2021-04-24 13:55:33
The densely populated capital of Bangladesh has once again topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality. Dhaka's air quality index (AQI) at 6.29 am read 489, considered 'severe', report...
-- 2021-04-24 12:27:04
Abul Khair Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, the director of the National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Centre, has died after contracting COVID-19. Shamsuzzaman passed away on Saturday morning...
FE REPORT 2021-04-24 10:42:45
High dependency on groundwater and careless behaviour towards surface water is one of the major reasons behind environment pollution which may cause disasters like water scarcity in near future. Be...
-- 2021-04-24 10:11:30
Hifazat-e Islam leader Abdur Rahim Quasemi has resigned from the radical organisation citing recent violence unleashed by its activists in Brahmanbaria and other parts of Bangladesh. A member of the...
Arafat Ara 2021-04-24 09:42:53
A vast majority of female migrant workers are not provided with written job contracts in time or with appropriate translation before their migration, according to a study. Besides, a significant nu...
-- 2021-04-23 22:06:45
Antigen-based rapid testing for suspected COVID-19 patients will begin from Saturday to provide results in a shorter time amid a new surge in Covid-19 cases across the country. Brac will conduct the...
-- 2021-04-23 21:42:42
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has allowed two airlines to operate flights from Dhaka to Kuwait and Bahrain amid a lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak. Jazeera Airways will oper...
-- 2021-04-23 21:10:50
The government will start unwinding the strict restrictions of the ongoing 'all-out' lockdown from Apr 28, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain has said. In addition to gradually r...
-- 2021-04-23 20:50:25
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Friday said the ongoing lockdown should be withdrawn immediately as it is not possible to achieve anything from such restrictions without ensuring people’s foo...
UNB 2021-04-23 20:34:06
A total of 167 incarcerated children have been granted bail by juvenile courts across the country in the last eight working days through virtual hearings amid the countrywide strict lockdown to curb t...
-- 2021-04-23 20:28:24
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP is the ‘visible patron’ of anti-liberation and extreme communal evil forces. &ldqu...
-- 2021-04-23 19:41:24
The future of a landmark deal to improve safety at clothing factories in Bangladesh is in doubt, unions have said, in the run-up to the eighth anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in...
UNB 2021-04-23 17:40:26
At least 11 people, including a three-month-old, have sustained burn injuries following a gas leak explosion at a building in Narayanganj's Fatullah. The explosion occurred in a flat on the third flo...
-- 2021-04-23 16:59:34
Bangladesh has registered 88 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 10,869. The caseload surged to 739,703 after 3,629 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the 24 ho...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-04-23 16:52:31
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday said the government has taken a decision to reduce the number of coal-based projects in the country with an aim to prioritise on green and renewable energy....
-- 2021-04-23 14:51:39
Ten 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 Friday. The arrests were made from different...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-04-23 14:25:24
Virtual courts and tribunals have granted bail to 15,217 people in the last eight working days to Thursday after settling a total of 26,848 petitions. On Thursday, as many as 1,592 accused secured ba...
-- 2021-04-23 13:30:51
Malls and stores will be allowed to reopen on Sunday amid the nationwide lockdown with shopping hours from 10 am to 5 pm every day. The Cabinet Division issued a notice on Friday, allowing the reopen...
FE Online Report 2021-04-23 12:39:14
Two more have people died in the chemical warehouse fire in Old Dhaka’s Armanitola area, taking the death toll to four, said the fire officials. Confirming the matter, an official of the fire d...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-04-23 11:05:41
Growers in the district are apprehending a shortage of labourers during the ongoing Boro paddy harvest amid the upsurge of Covid-19 cases across the country. Although the harvesting in some Beel ar...
-- 2021-04-23 10:07:29
At least two people have died after a fire broke out in a chemical warehouse in Old Dhaka’s Armanitola on Friday. The fire on the ground floor of Haji Musa Mansion also left 25 people, includin...
FE Report 2021-04-23 09:28:44
Despite a high Covid-19 fatality rate, people's movement continued to increase in the city even on the first day of the countrywide extended hard lockdown on Thursday To contain faster spread of th...
-- 2021-04-22 22:29:46
A Bangladeshi man convicted of setting off a pipe bomb during rush hour in New York City's busiest subway station, Times Square, was sentenced on Thursday to life plus 30 years in prison. Akayed Ulla...
-- 2021-04-22 21:55:29
Nearly 57 per cent of the survivors of Rana Plaza are unemployed, according to a survey. Besides, 43 per cent of the other survivors have to make living by changing their work from time to time due t...
-- 2021-04-22 21:00:01
A total of 14,000 expatriate workers left the country for Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Singapore from April 17 to 21 amid the countrywide lockdown enforced to contain the Covid-19 transmission. Civi...
-- 2021-04-22 20:09:13
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the overall progress of the country’s first metro-rail construction work stands at 61.49 per cent. “Overall progress of...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-04-22 20:06:25
Experts and stakeholders called for removing social barriers and building capacity and skills of the girls and women to reduce gender gap aiming to find better-paid jobs and start new businesses. To...
-- 2021-04-22 19:50:49
Bangladesh is unlikely to see any improvement in the Covid-19 situation before June next as the country is still in the grip of its second wave, predicted a group of local and international health exp...
-- 2021-04-22 19:21:34
A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Rafiqul Islam Madani, popularly known as Shishu Bokta, on a seven-day remand in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for delivering ‘anti-state and provoc...
-- 2021-04-22 19:20:35
Developed countries should draw an immediate action plan to reduce their carbon emissions and keep the global temperature rise at 1.5 degrees Celsius, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. The devel...
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