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‘India taking steps to send COVID vaccines to Bangladesh’

‘India taking steps to send COVID vaccines to Bangladesh’

-- 2021-04-22 18:17:45

With India’s coronavirus situation sliding into a deeper crisis, Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami says his country is taking steps so that Bangladesh can continue its vaccination campa...

37.14pc forced to manage loans to meet daily needs: study

37.14pc forced to manage loans to meet daily needs: study

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-04-22 17:12:56

As many as 65.71 per cent people in the country have seen a sharp income drop while some 37.14 per cent had to take loans from different sources to meet their daily needs in the pandemic, said a new s...

Bangladesh reports 98 virus deaths, 4,014 new cases in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 98 virus deaths, 4,014 new cases in 24 hours

-- 2021-04-22 17:00:41

Bangladesh has registered 98 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 10,781. The caseload surged to 736,074 after 4,014 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the 24 ho...

WB provides financing support to Bangladesh govt to protect jobs

WB provides financing support to Bangladesh govt to protect jobs

FE Online Desk 2021-04-22 16:48:29

The World Bank and the government on Thursday signed a $250 million financing agreement to help Bangladesh ‘create more and better jobs; recover faster from the Covid-19 pandemic; and build resi...

Stay alert to avoid third wave of Covid, warns health minister

Stay alert to avoid third wave of Covid, warns health minister

-- 2021-04-22 16:35:18

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has warned of a third wave of Covid-19 if people do not follow the current health rules, reports bdnews24.com. “If there is a third wave, we will not be able to ha...

Writ seeks judicial inquiry into Banskhali shooting

Writ seeks judicial inquiry into Banskhali shooting

-- 2021-04-22 16:24:48

A writ was filed with the High Court on Thursday seeking judicial inquiry into the death of five workers of a coal-based power plant of S Alam Group in police firing in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogra...

Hefazat-e-Islam leader Khaled Saifullah arrested

Hefazat-e-Islam leader Khaled Saifullah arrested

-- 2021-04-22 13:24:17

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Hifazat-e Islam Joint General Secretary Khaled Saifullah Ayubi in connection with a case over recent violence in Dhaka’s Motijheel. The Islamist le...

Tree lover Moyejul becomes a successful horticulturist

Tree lover Moyejul becomes a successful horticulturist

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-04-22 10:35:02

Moyejul Islam Moyej started his gardening in 1990 on two bigahs of land planting some local varieties of fruits at Taluk Haridash village under Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat district. Later it has...

Crowds on roads gradually rising for livelihoods

Crowds on roads gradually rising for livelihoods

FE REPORT 2021-04-22 10:22:34

The crowd of city dwellers increased notably on the roads on Wednesday, on the eighth day of the two-week-long countrywide lockdown, as many people became desperate to go out for their livelihoods as...

Police set up wireless communication using satellite for the first time

Police set up wireless communication using satellite for the first time

-- 2021-04-21 22:12:30

Police have established a wireless communication system using VSAT through Bangabandhu satellite for the first time in Bangladesh. This initiative has opened a new horizon in wireless communication,...

বাংলাদেশে করোনা ভাইরাসের দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা ভ্যারিয়েন্ট নিয়ে ভিন্ন তথ্য আইইডিসিআরের

বাংলাদেশে করোনা ভাইরাসের দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা ভ্যারিয়েন্ট নিয়ে ভিন্ন তথ্য আইইডিসিআরের

-- 2021-04-21 20:07:57

বাংলাদেশে করোনা ভাইরাস শনাক্তের ক্ষেত্রে ৮১ শতাংশই দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকার ভ্যারিয়েন্ট বলে যে দাবি করা হয়েছিল সরকারের একটি গবেষণা সংস্থা তার সঙ্গে দ্বিমত প্রকাশ করছে। খবর বিবিসি বাংলা-এর । বাংলাদেশের রোগতত...

PRAN-RFL donates safety equipment to health workers

PRAN-RFL donates safety equipment to health workers

-- 2021-04-21 19:29:53

PRAN-RFL, country's leading business conglomerate, has donated hand rubs and pure drinking water for health workers working at Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Covid-19 dedicated hospital on Wednes...

200 shanties gutted in Uttara slum fire

200 shanties gutted in Uttara slum fire

-- 2021-04-21 18:10:10

At least 200 shanties were gutted in a fire at a slum in the city's Ranavola area of Uttara sector-10 on Wednesday. Sources at the Fire Service and Civil Defence control room said the fire originated...

Bangladesh’s south faces severe water crisis, ActionAid calls for national, global actions   

Bangladesh’s south faces severe water crisis, ActionAid calls for national, global actions  

FE Online Desk 2021-04-21 17:37:36

People in the country’s coastal districts such as Satkhira and Borguna are now suffering from a severe water crisis due to salinity intrusion and drying up of ponds and fall of underground wat...

Bangladesh reports 95 virus deaths, 4,280 new cases in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 95 virus deaths, 4,280 new cases in 24 hours

-- 2021-04-21 16:56:20

Bangladesh has registered 95 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 10,683. The caseload surged to 732,060 after 4,280 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the 24 ho...

Minimum Fitra Tk 70, maximum 2,310

Minimum Fitra Tk 70, maximum 2,310

-- 2021-04-21 16:41:26

The minimum Fitra for this year has been fixed at Tk 70 per person while the maximum at Tk 2,310. The decision was taken at a virtual meeting of the National Fitra Fixing Committee held on Wednesday...

‘No disagreement over Bhasan Char except few recommendations’

‘No disagreement over Bhasan Char except few recommendations’

-- 2021-04-21 16:29:22

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Wednesday said Bhasan Char is now a settled issue and hoped that international agencies will get engaged taking responsibility of Rohingyas in Bha...

PM Hasina gives Tk 105m in relief to the poor in pandemic

PM Hasina gives Tk 105m in relief to the poor in pandemic

-- 2021-04-21 16:26:19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has handed out Tk 105 million in humanitarian assistance to the poor amid the virus lockdown. The allocation came from the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund on Wednesday...

Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh dies of Covid at 89

Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh dies of Covid at 89

-- 2021-04-21 15:59:12

Celebrated Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh has died in Kolkata at the age of 89 after suffering from COVID-19, reports bdnews24.com citing India Today. He breathed his last around 11:00am on Apr 21. Gho...

11 more Hefazat men held over Brahmanbaria violence

11 more Hefazat men held over Brahmanbaria violence

-- 2021-04-21 13:10:14

Eleven more people have been arrested in connection with the last month's mayhem by Hefazat-e-Islam men in Brahmanbaria, taking the total number of arrests to 328. The arrests were made from differen...

Hifazat-e Islam leader Ataullah Amin arrested

Hifazat-e Islam leader Ataullah Amin arrested

-- 2021-04-21 12:11:34

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Moulana Ataullah Amin, assistant general secretary of the central committee of Hifazat-e-Islam. Ataullah Amin, also the campaign secretary of Dhaka Metro...

NTV journalist arrested in digital security case in Khulna

NTV journalist arrested in digital security case in Khulna

-- 2021-04-21 11:53:52

The police have arrested a journalist in connection with a libel case started by Khulna City Corporation Mayor Talukdar Abdul Khalek under the Digital Security Act. Abu Tayeb was detained from his re...

Lemon farming makes Naogaon youths solvent

Lemon farming makes Naogaon youths solvent

OUR CORRESPONDENNT 2021-04-21 11:31:05

NAOGAON: Some fifteen youths of Chakadin village under Raninagar upazila of the district have attained solvency through the farming of China-3 variety of lemon. Sources said the youngsters started...

Execution of Tk 302m Sylhet city's digitisation programme delayed

Execution of Tk 302m Sylhet city's digitisation programme delayed

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-04-21 11:28:26

SYLHET: The much-talked about digitalisationprogramme of some important service under a special project in Sylhet city couldn't be implemented within the targeted period and even after an extended t...

Bangladesh drops to 82nd in Internet index among 120 countries

Bangladesh drops to 82nd in Internet index among 120 countries

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2021-04-21 10:29:49

Bangladesh suffered a drop in the 'Inclusive Internet Index 2021' among 120 countries compared to its position in 2020, according to a latest global report. The country has ranked 82nd on the list...

CAAB to partially resume domestic flights from Wednesday

CAAB to partially resume domestic flights from Wednesday

-- 2021-04-20 22:01:52

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has decided to start domestic flight services on a limited scale in a bid to ease the plight of migrants workers during the nationwide lockdown to tac...

Elephant dies after falling off cliff in Cox’s Bazar

Elephant dies after falling off cliff in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2021-04-20 21:58:32

A female elephant died after falling off a cliff in Panerchhara area of Eidgao range in Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila early Tuesday. Sources at the Forest Department said a group of elephants was c...

Hifazat leader Mamunul incited riots to grab power, say police

Hifazat leader Mamunul incited riots to grab power, say police

-- 2021-04-20 21:05:53

Hifazat-e Islam's Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque incited Kawmi madrasa students to riot by exploiting the opposition to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka in a bid to overthro...

High Court issues rule over FBCCI’s inaction to halt election

High Court issues rule over FBCCI’s inaction to halt election

-- 2021-04-20 20:58:32

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday issued a rule seeking explanation as to why the inaction of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) to halt its election process should not be...

Russia proposes manufacturing Sputnik-V in Bangladesh, says Momen

Russia proposes manufacturing Sputnik-V in Bangladesh, says Momen

-- 2021-04-20 20:38:16

Russia has proposed to manufacture its vaccine ‘Sputnik’ in Bangladesh in collaboration with local pharmaceuticals under a co-production arrangement to aid Bangladesh’s search of oth...