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BB to release Tk 50 notes marking ‘Golden Jubilee of Independence’

BB to release Tk 50 notes marking ‘Golden Jubilee of Independence’

-- 2021-03-23 16:41:51

Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to release regular currency notes, commemorative notes and silver commemorative coins of Taka 50 marking the ‘Golden Jubilee of Independence.’ The measuremen...

Prime accused in Sunamganj attack case put on five-day remand

Prime accused in Sunamganj attack case put on five-day remand

-- 2021-03-23 16:12:43

A Sunamganj court on Tuesday placed Shahidul Islam Swadhin, the prime accused in a case over the attack on Hindu houses in Shalla upazila of the district, on a five-day remand. The court also put 29...

14 get death penalty over conspiracy to assassinate PM Hasina

14 get death penalty over conspiracy to assassinate PM Hasina

-- 2021-03-23 15:59:44

A tribunal in Dhaka on Tuesday sentenced 14 people to death in a sedition case filed over a murder attempt on the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Kotalipara in Gopalganj in 2000. Judge of Dhaka...

Bangladesh reports 3,554 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 3,554 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

-- 2021-03-23 15:49:41

Bangladesh has logged 3,554 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest daily count since Jul 16, taking the tally of infections to 577,241. The death toll climbed to 8,738 after 18 fatalities were reg...

Household gas supply disrupted in parts of Dhaka, as feeder pipeline leaks in Savar

Household gas supply disrupted in parts of Dhaka, as feeder pipeline leaks in Savar

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-23 14:25:21

Household gas crisis has acutely hit different areas of Dhaka city due to the damage to the gas feeder pipeline in Savar. Residents in Mohakhali, Mirpur, Lalmatia, Mohammadpur, Dhanmondi, Jigatola, H...

Mild heat wave may continue till Thursday

Mild heat wave may continue till Thursday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-23 12:41:18

A mild heat wave is sweeping over five divisions and different regions in the country and it may continue until Thursday, according to an official at Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). Talki...

Several dead as fire rages through Rohingya refugee camp

Several dead as fire rages through Rohingya refugee camp

REUTERS 2021-03-23 12:27:54

A huge fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh on Monday, destroying thousands of homes and killing several people, officials and witnesses said, in the worst blaze to hit th...

Hasina welcomes Bhutan PM at airport

Hasina welcomes Bhutan PM at airport

-- 2021-03-23 12:07:22

Bhutanese Premier Dr Lotay Tshering Tuesday arrived in Dhaka to a red carpet welcome by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who drove to the airport to greet the visiting leader in a departure fr...

President urges politicians to stand by people putting party affiliation aside

President urges politicians to stand by people putting party affiliation aside

-- 2021-03-22 21:11:12

President Abdul Hamid has called on politicians to start a new chapter in politics by putting aside partisan differences and working for the welfare of the country's poorest and most vulnerable people...

Nepalese president stresses improved Dhaka-Kathmandu connectivity for greater trade involvement

Nepalese president stresses improved Dhaka-Kathmandu connectivity for greater trade involvement

-- 2021-03-22 20:15:35

Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday said connectivity is essential for smoother and wider interactions and engagements between Bangladesh and Nepal. "Connectivity can be improved and the...

Underground water level steadily goes down, rivers dying

Underground water level steadily goes down, rivers dying

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-22 20:03:25

Underground water levels in Dhaka city and elsewhere in the country have been steadily going down while major rivers are dying as impact of artificial obstacles at the upstream in India, said experts...

Huge fire at Rohingya camp destroys hundreds of homes

Huge fire at Rohingya camp destroys hundreds of homes

-- 2021-03-22 19:50:53

A huge fire has devastated ‘hundreds of homes’ at Balukhali Rohingya refugee camp of Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar. The fire originated at Camp No. 8-W around 4:30pm on Monday and spread to...

Teen held on rape charge in Rajshahi

Teen held on rape charge in Rajshahi

-- 2021-03-22 19:15:00

Police arrested a teenage boy for raping an eight-year-old girl and recording video of the incident in Rajshahi. Local people caught the 16-year-old rapist red-handed and handed him over to police on...

PM urges Nepal to sign PTA with Bangladesh

PM urges Nepal to sign PTA with Bangladesh

-- 2021-03-22 19:13:36

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday laid emphasis on signing the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and Nepal for their mutual benefits. Sheikh Hasina also sought cooperation in...

Govt says quarter with vested interest spread lockdown rumours

Govt says quarter with vested interest spread lockdown rumours

-- 2021-03-22 19:09:55

The government has said a quarter with a vested interest spread the rumours about general holidays or a lockdown due to a surge in coronavirus cases. In a statement on Monday, the government clarifie...

Queen Elizabeth II sends best wishes to Bangladesh

Queen Elizabeth II sends best wishes to Bangladesh

-- 2021-03-22 18:37:30

United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II has sent her best wishes to the people of Bangladesh on 50 years of independence. In a message to President Md Abdul Hamid on Sunday, the queen congratulated...

New variant may be behind Covid surge in Bangladesh, say experts

New variant may be behind Covid surge in Bangladesh, say experts

-- 2021-03-22 18:26:22

Amid a sudden upsurge in coronavirus cases, health experts fear that a highly transmissible variant of the deadly virus might have appeared in Bangladesh through mutations. They think a comprehensive...

India honours Bangabandhu with Gandhi Peace Prize

India honours Bangabandhu with Gandhi Peace Prize

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-22 18:05:46

The government of India has decided to award the Gandhi Peace Prize, 2020 to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “The award recognises the immense and unparalleled contribut...

BJMC building fire under control

BJMC building fire under control

-- 2021-03-22 17:52:19

The fire on the seventh floor of the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) office at Motijheel in Dhaka has been brought under control. After two hours of frantic efforts, firefighters brought the...

AstraZeneca says US trial data shows vaccine 79pc effective

AstraZeneca says US trial data shows vaccine 79pc effective

AP 2021-03-22 16:57:57

AstraZeneca says advanced trial data from a US study on its COVID vaccine shows it is 79 per cent effective. Although AstraZeneca’s vaccine has been authorised in more than 50 countries, it has...

Bangladesh sees record number of Covid deaths, cases

Bangladesh sees record number of Covid deaths, cases

-- 2021-03-22 16:37:34

Bangladesh has logged 2,809 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest daily count since August 20, taking the tally of infections to 573,687. The death toll climbed to 8,720 after 30 fatalities, the...

ACC arrests PK Halder’s ‘associate’ Shubhra from Dhaka airport

ACC arrests PK Halder’s ‘associate’ Shubhra from Dhaka airport

-- 2021-03-22 16:23:46

The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested Shubhra Rani Ghosh, a director of shell company Wakama International, on charges of aiding fugitive Prashanta Kumar Halder in corruption. Shubhra was detai...

Fire breaks out at BJMC building

Fire breaks out at BJMC building

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-22 16:07:35

A fire broke out at the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) building in the capital's Motijheel on Monday afternoon. The fire originated on the seventh floor of the building adjacent to Bak Chat...

Mitali Express may take time to start operations due to pandemic  

Mitali Express may take time to start operations due to pandemic  

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-22 15:56:16

Prime ministers of Bangladesh and India will inaugurate the new passenger train service, Mitali Express, between Dhaka and India’s New Jalpaiguri on March 27 marking the golden jubilee of Bangla...

Man arrested with 10,000 pieces of Yaba tablets at Dhaka Airport

Man arrested with 10,000 pieces of Yaba tablets at Dhaka Airport

-- 2021-03-22 12:56:36

Members of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a man along with 10,000 pieces of Yaba pills at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Monday. The arrestee was identified as Rakib Hossain...

Online registration for SSC starts on April 1

Online registration for SSC starts on April 1

-- 2021-03-22 12:22:19

The government has scrapped eligibility tests at schools for Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations this year due to the coronavirus pandemic while the registration will be held online from A...

Nepalese President arrives in Dhaka

Nepalese President arrives in Dhaka

-- 2021-03-22 11:41:42

The red carpet was rolled out as Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari arrived in Dhaka this morning on a two-day official visit. A VVIP aircraft of Nepal Airlines (A320), carrying the Nepalese Pres...

Janakantha Editor Atiqullah Khan passes away

Janakantha Editor Atiqullah Khan passes away

-- 2021-03-22 10:49:59

Atiqullah Khan Masud, publisher and editor of Bangla-language newspaper Janakantha, has died at the age of 71. He breathed his last at Evercare Hospital at around 5.30 am on Monday, said Azad Solaima...

How Kazi Emdad turns into icon of benevolence to farmers

How Kazi Emdad turns into icon of benevolence to farmers

OUR CORRESPONDENT, JHENIDAH 2021-03-22 09:07:28

A man has become an icon of benevolence providing farmers with all-out cooperation including imparting adult education to illiterate ones here in Kaliganj upazila in Jhenidah. Kazi Emdadul Haque, pop...

Dhaka University to promote entrepreneurship

Dhaka University to promote entrepreneurship

FE REPORT 2021-03-22 09:01:42

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Bangladesh and the Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship (ICE) Centre of the University of Dhaka held a meeting with Vice Chancellor Dr Akhtaruzzam...