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Ekushey Book Fair begins Thursday

Ekushey Book Fair begins Thursday

ABU RAKIB 2021-03-17 10:50:40

The month-long 'Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2021' will begin tomorrow (Thursday) at the Bangla Academy premises and adjacent Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year the bo...

President, PM pay homage to Bangabandhu

President, PM pay homage to Bangabandhu

-- 2021-03-17 09:52:53

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, opening the day to celebrate the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation. Hamid and H...

Nation set to celebrate Bangabandhu’s 101st birth anniversary today

Nation set to celebrate Bangabandhu’s 101st birth anniversary today

-- 2021-03-16 23:56:08

The nation is all geared up to celebrate the 101st birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Children’s Day-2021 in a befitting manner today....

Govt not considering fresh lockdown despite spike in Covid cases

Govt not considering fresh lockdown despite spike in Covid cases

-- 2021-03-16 23:18:49

The authorities have ruled out re-imposing a Bangladesh-wide lockdown anytime soon to contain the coronavirus from spreading amid a resurgence of infections. Director General of Health Services ABM K...

Journalist AZM Anas laid to rest at Azimpur graveyard

Journalist AZM Anas laid to rest at Azimpur graveyard

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-16 21:43:21

AZM Anas (45), the economic editor of the Financial Express (FE), was laid to eternal rest at Azimpur graveyard after Magrib prayers on Tuesday. The permanent member of the National Press Club (NPC)...

Bangladesh stresses enforcing strict health rules, not lockdown

Bangladesh stresses enforcing strict health rules, not lockdown

-- 2021-03-16 21:28:45

The authorities have ruled out reimposing a nationwide lockdown anytime soon to contain the coronavirus from spreading amid a resurgence of infections. Director General of Health Services ABM Khurshi...

Maldives president to arrive in Dhaka on Wednesday

Maldives president to arrive in Dhaka on Wednesday

-- 2021-03-16 21:13:25

Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih will arrive in Dhaka on Wednesday to attend celebrations of Bangladesh’s golden jubilee of independence and birth centenary of Father of the Nation Banga...

Vaccine mandatory for hajj pilgrims

Vaccine mandatory for hajj pilgrims

-- 2021-03-16 21:00:45

The government has made coronavirus vaccination mandatory for people willing to perform Hajj later this year. A notice was issued by the Ministry of Religious Affairs on Tuesday. The decision was tak...

BNP leader Moudud Ahmed dies

BNP leader Moudud Ahmed dies

-- 2021-03-16 19:17:28

BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed passed away while undergoing treatment at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital on Tuesday. The former minister breathed his last at 6:30pm, his chambe...

Bangladesh to enforce strict security, health rules for book fair

Bangladesh to enforce strict security, health rules for book fair

-- 2021-03-16 18:02:51

Stringent health restrictions on top of a triple-layer security measure will be in place at the Ekushey Book Fair that opens on Mar 18 after a long delay due to the pandemic, reports bdnews24.com. Dh...

ECNEC approves construction of 30,000 houses for insolvent freedom fighters

ECNEC approves construction of 30,000 houses for insolvent freedom fighters

-- 2021-03-16 17:45:08

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved six projects, including a Tk 41.23 billion one to construct 30,000 houses for insolvent freedom fighters and their...

41st BCS preliminary test on scheduled date

41st BCS preliminary test on scheduled date

FE Report 2021-03-16 17:12:26

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition seeking postponement of the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination. As per the HC order, the examination will be held on...

Bangladesh registers 1,719 virus cases, 26 deaths in a day

Bangladesh registers 1,719 virus cases, 26 deaths in a day

-- 2021-03-16 16:32:02

Bangladesh has recorded 1,719 new cases of the coronavirus infections, taking the tally to 560,887, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll climbed to 8,597 after 26 fatalities were registered in the 24...

Funeral prayers of journalist AZM Anas held

Funeral prayers of journalist AZM Anas held

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-03-16 16:13:22

First namaz-e-janaza of AZM Anas, the Economic Editor at The Financial Express, was held at Jatiya Press Club (JPC) on Tuesday afternoon. Former president of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (...

Fisherman killed during police raid in Meghna river

Fisherman killed during police raid in Meghna river

-- 2021-03-16 14:43:24

A fisherman was shot to death during a river police operation against illegal fishing in the Meghna River in Matlab North in Chandpur district early on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Mo...

Journalist AZM Anas passes away

Journalist AZM Anas passes away

FE Online Desk 2021-03-16 12:04:41

AZM Anas, the Economic Editor at The Financial Express, passed away on Tuesday morning. He died of cardiac arrest around 8:00 am at his residence at Dhanmondi area of Dhaka. Mr Anas (45) was a perma...

Chattogram still faces waterlogging, landslide

Chattogram still faces waterlogging, landslide

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-03-16 10:12:29

Risks of waterlogging and landslides are sill prevailing in Chattogram district despite awareness campaigns and projects taken by the government. If we want to free ourselves from waterlogging and la...

Fire Service spots more hazardous buildings

Fire Service spots more hazardous buildings

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2021-03-16 08:59:25

The number of hazardous buildings in both public and private sectors saw a fourfold rise in 2020 as compared to that of 2019 while the most hazardous buildings increased threefold, leaving hundreds of...

Govt raises edible oil prices to keep pace with international market

Govt raises edible oil prices to keep pace with international market

-- 2021-03-15 21:43:29

The Ministry of Commerce has decided to raise the prices of edible oil to keep pace with the international market and stave off any volatility ahead of Ramadan. The decision was taken during a meetin...

HC seeks explanation from ACC about lenience towards SK Sur, Shah Alam

HC seeks explanation from ACC about lenience towards SK Sur, Shah Alam

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-15 21:28:38

The High Court on Monday wanted to know from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as to why the agency was not arresting former central bank deputy governor SK Sur Chowdhury and its incumbent executiv...

Economy suffered serious setback due to misdeeds of BNP, Quader alleges

Economy suffered serious setback due to misdeeds of BNP, Quader alleges

-- 2021-03-15 20:40:08

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said BNP’s affection on artificial spirit of the Liberation War is nothing but to gain interest. The road transport and bridges minister...

BNP demands withdrawal of restriction on political programmes

BNP demands withdrawal of restriction on political programmes

-- 2021-03-15 20:37:58

Expressing wonder over the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP’s) instruction on avoiding political programmes between March 17 and March 26 on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Independe...

Mobile phone subscribers cross 173.35m in Bangladesh

Mobile phone subscribers cross 173.35m in Bangladesh

FE Report 2021-03-15 19:55:27

The total number of mobile phone subscribers has reached 173.357 million as of February, 2021, according to data by telecom regulator. The data of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (...

JMB man gets 10-year imprisonment in explosives case

JMB man gets 10-year imprisonment in explosives case

-- 2021-03-15 18:43:20

A Rangamati court on Monday sentenced a member of Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 10-year imprisonment in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.  Rangamati District and Sessio...

Sweden keen to invest in energy sector

Sweden keen to invest in energy sector

-- 2021-03-15 17:44:10

Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Per Olsson Fridh on Monday said Sweden is interested to invest in Bangladesh’s energy sector, particularly clean energy production. Th...

China offers Bangladesh 0.1m doses of Covid vaccine

China offers Bangladesh 0.1m doses of Covid vaccine

-- 2021-03-15 17:43:22

China on Monday offered to provide 100,000 doses of Chinese coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh for emergency use. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming made this offer when he met Prime Minister...

PM launches Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Fund

PM launches Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Fund

-- 2021-03-15 17:04:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Monday) inaugurated Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Fund (BIDF) aiming to finance different development projects from the country’s own fund. The BIDF...

No bilateral agreement likely to be signed, says foreign minister

No bilateral agreement likely to be signed, says foreign minister

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-15 16:48:42

No bilateral agreement is likely to be signed during the visits of two heads of state and three heads of government to Dhaka. But a string of MoUs will be signed with these countries during the...

Bangladesh records highest daily COVID-19 deaths in nine weeks

Bangladesh records highest daily COVID-19 deaths in nine weeks

-- 2021-03-15 16:13:20

Bangladesh has recorded 1,773 new cases of the coronavirus, taking the tally to 559,168. The death toll climbed to 8,571 after 26 fatalities, the highest daily count in nine weeks, were registered in...

Khaleda gets another six months to stay out of jail

Khaleda gets another six months to stay out of jail

-- 2021-03-15 15:53:34

The government has extended a freeze on the jail sentences of BNP chief Khaleda Zia by six months in two corruption cases. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved a recommendation submitted by the law...