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Railway starts selling 50pc tickets   

Railway starts selling 50pc tickets  

-- 2021-03-30 22:53:47

Bangladesh Railway is selling 50 per cent tickets of trains from Tuesday as a measure to tackle the rising infection of coronavirus. Half of the tickets will be sold online and the other half from th...

BNP finds no visible steps against coronavirus outbreak, Fakhrul says

BNP finds no visible steps against coronavirus outbreak, Fakhrul says

-- 2021-03-30 20:51:57

Though the coronavirus transmission has been surging alarmingly in the country, the government has no visible steps to contain the pace of outbreak of the deadly virus, BNP alleged on Tuesday. &ldquo...

Pak scholar wants their govt to apologise to Bangladesh

Pak scholar wants their govt to apologise to Bangladesh

-- 2021-03-30 20:30:32

Internationally renowned scholar from Pakistan Husain Haqqani has said the people of Pakistan should urge their government to offer a formal apology to the people of Bangladesh for all the atrocities...

Awami League scales down programmes amid virus case upsurge

Awami League scales down programmes amid virus case upsurge

-- 2021-03-30 20:23:43

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has asked supporters to scale down its programmes and adhere to health protocols after the government curbed assembly due to a fresh surge in coronavirus...

Met Office forecasts rain across country

Met Office forecasts rain across country

-- 2021-03-30 17:03:31

Rain or thunder shower accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at different places across the country in the next 24 hours commencing around 9 am on Tuesday, said Bangladesh Meteorolo...

14-day quarantine mandatory for passengers from Europe

14-day quarantine mandatory for passengers from Europe

-- 2021-03-30 16:47:09

All passengers returning from the United Kingdom and other European countries must stay in quarantine for 14 days in government-specified institutions or hotels at their expense. Passengers flying in...

Bangladesh reports 5,042 virus cases in a day, death toll reaches 9,000

Bangladesh reports 5,042 virus cases in a day, death toll reaches 9,000

-- 2021-03-30 16:16:42

Bangladesh has logged 5,042 new cases of the coronavirus, taking the tally of infections to 605,937. The death toll climbed to 8,994 after 45 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8:00am Tues...

Chief Justice reconstitutes 17 High Court benches

Chief Justice reconstitutes 17 High Court benches

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-30 15:03:32

The jurisdictions of 17 High Court (HC) benches have been reconstituted, according to a Supreme Court (SC) notification. Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain reconstituted the jurisdictions of those ben...

Rising Covid-19 cases: Trains to ply at half capacity again

Rising Covid-19 cases: Trains to ply at half capacity again

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-30 14:24:47

As instructed by the government, the railway authority has started selling only 50 per cent of its train tickets to bring down the passenger load to a half amid the growing cases of coronavirus in the...

Unidentified youth found dead in Gazipur Safari Park

Unidentified youth found dead in Gazipur Safari Park

-- 2021-03-30 14:09:10

An unidentified young man was found dead at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur district on Tuesday. The authorities concerned of the park found the body at Indrapur near the no 4 gate of...

Govt raises fare by 60pc as buses to run at half capacity again

Govt raises fare by 60pc as buses to run at half capacity again

-- 2021-03-30 13:33:27

In the wake of growing coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, the government has increased the fares of public transport by 60 per cent across the country, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quad...

Man killed in attack by teen gang members in Dhaka

Man killed in attack by teen gang members in Dhaka

-- 2021-03-30 11:57:04

A teenage boy was killed and another injured in an attack reportedly by the members of ‘Teen Gang’ at Sutrapur area in Dhaka on Monday night. The victim was identified as Ananta, 17, a cl...

Holy Shab-e-Barat observed

Holy Shab-e-Barat observed

-- 2021-03-30 11:22:00

The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, was observed in the country on Monday night with due religious fervour. According to Muslim belief, Shab-e-Barat is the night when Allah a...

Pahela Baishakh's Mangal Shobhajatra to be brought out in limited scale

Pahela Baishakh's Mangal Shobhajatra to be brought out in limited scale

-- 2021-03-30 08:53:24

The Dhaka University authorities have decided to organise ‘Mangal Shobhajatra’ in a limited scale celebrating the Pohela Boishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year, considering the pandem...

International relief needed for Rohingya on Bhanshan Char: IFRC

International relief needed for Rohingya on Bhanshan Char: IFRC

-- 2021-03-30 08:36:47

International support is needed to maintain humanitarian services for more than 13,000 people who have been relocated to Bhasan Char island from Cox’s Bazar, the IFRC said Monday. This appeal f...

43rd BCS application deadline extended until June 30

43rd BCS application deadline extended until June 30

-- 2021-03-29 22:10:43

The deadline for online application for the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination has been extended until June 30. Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) made the announcement in a med...

DGHS identifies 29 districts as risky places for coronavirus transmission

DGHS identifies 29 districts as risky places for coronavirus transmission

-- 2021-03-29 21:50:54

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has identified 29 districts, including Dhaka and Chattogram, as ‘risky places’ for coronavirus transmission, considering the higher number...

Police, BNP supporters clash in Chattogram

Police, BNP supporters clash in Chattogram

-- 2021-03-29 21:38:11

At least 20 people have been injured in clashes with the police during the BNP’s demonstration in Chattogram. The police detained Monwara Begum Moni, president of Chattogram Mohila Dal and form...

Govt may look for other options to get vaccine in time, health minister says

Govt may look for other options to get vaccine in time, health minister says

-- 2021-03-29 19:49:25

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said the government will think about other options to source COVID-19 vaccine to continue the mass immunisation programme if the Serum Institute of India fails to del...

6,022 candidates pass 42nd special BCS preliminary tests

6,022 candidates pass 42nd special BCS preliminary tests

-- 2021-03-29 18:42:56

As many as 6,022 candidates for government assistant surgeon’s posts have passed the 42nd special BCS preliminary examinations. The Bangladesh Public Service Commission published the results of...

Saudi Arabian citizen gets death penalty for killing Bangladeshi

Saudi Arabian citizen gets death penalty for killing Bangladeshi

-- 2021-03-29 18:04:20

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced Omar al-Shammari, a Saudi Arabian citizen, to death for killing Bangladeshi immigrant Sagar Patwari in Dammam of the country 15 years ago. In June 2006, Saudi ci...

Jamaat, Shibir activists join Hefajat’s programmes, Islamic Gonotantrik Party says

Jamaat, Shibir activists join Hefajat’s programmes, Islamic Gonotantrik Party says

-- 2021-03-29 17:55:39

Islamic Gonotantrik Party Chairman MA Awal has said extremists from the anti-liberation and defeated forces like Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chhatra Shibir have joined the ongoing programmes...

BNP leader Nipun Roy put on three-day remand in subversion case

BNP leader Nipun Roy put on three-day remand in subversion case

-- 2021-03-29 17:48:40

A Dhaka court on Monday placed BNP central executive committee member Advocate Nipun Roy Chowdhury on a three-day remand for allegedly plotting subversion activities including torching passenger buses...

Bangladesh not considering general holidays to tackle pandemic situation

Bangladesh not considering general holidays to tackle pandemic situation

-- 2021-03-29 17:33:10

The government is not considering general holidays at the moment like last year to tackle the transmission of coronavirus. “There has neither been any such decision nor discussion [on the issue...

5,181 new coronavirus cases, 45 deaths in 24 hours

5,181 new coronavirus cases, 45 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-03-29 15:56:33

Bangladesh has logged 5,181 new cases of the coronavirus, the single-day record, taking the tally of infections to 600,895. The death toll climbed to 8,949 after 45 fatalities were registered in the...

Govt issues set of instructions as virus cases surge

Govt issues set of instructions as virus cases surge

-- 2021-03-29 15:32:34

The government has issued a set of 18 pandemic instructions, including curbs on all kinds of assembly as coronavirus cases and deaths surge in Bangladesh. The notice signed by Prime Minister Sheikh H...

Case  filed against 500 over clashes in Baitul Mukarram area

Case filed against 500 over clashes in Baitul Mukarram area

-- 2021-03-29 14:26:10

The police have started a case against 500-600 unidentified individuals with ties to clashes between anti-Modi protesters and law-enforcement personnel at Baitul Mukarram area in Dhaka on Mar 26. SI...

Govt mulls fresh restrictions amid growing virus cases

Govt mulls fresh restrictions amid growing virus cases

-- 2021-03-29 14:24:09

The government is likely to clamp fresh restrictions on the movement of people and travel as part of the efforts to curb a new wave of coronavirus infection. The authorities may announce the measures...

Bangladesh Muslims to observe Shab-e-Barat tonight

Bangladesh Muslims to observe Shab-e-Barat tonight

-- 2021-03-29 12:25:19

The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, will be observed in the country on Monday night with due religious fervour. According to Muslim belief, it is the night when Allah arrange...

BNP's Fakhrul accused government of destabilising country

BNP's Fakhrul accused government of destabilising country

-- 2021-03-29 09:05:34

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the government has destabilised the country with its ‘imprudent’ decision like killing of people. In a statement,...