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Muslims can take Covid-19 vaccine during Ramadan fast: Islamic Foundation

Muslims can take Covid-19 vaccine during Ramadan fast: Islamic Foundation

FE Online Report 2021-03-15 15:02:31

The coronavirus vaccine can be taken during fasting in the month of Ramadan, Islamic Foundation said. The foundation gave its religious explanation and directives after holding a meeting with governm...

Six shops gutted in Tangail fire

Six shops gutted in Tangail fire

-- 2021-03-15 14:25:21

Six shops have been gutted in a fire at Pakullya Bazar in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail district. Habibur Rahman Khan, general secretary of Pakullya Bazar Traders Association, said the fire broke out f...

RUET team develops 'Smart Wheelchair'

RUET team develops 'Smart Wheelchair'

RU CORRESPONDENT 2021-03-15 10:21:08

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY: A research team of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) has developed voice-controlled smart wheelchair. The development of the technology is the first of i...

Only one in 20 women directors of listed companies independent

Only one in 20 women directors of listed companies independent

-- 2021-03-14 21:51:13

Just one in 20 of the women, who currently make up 18 per cent of directors on the boards of listed companies in Bangladesh, are independent directors. In terms of women on boards of listed companies...

Shab-e-Barat on March 29

Shab-e-Barat on March 29

-- 2021-03-14 21:21:48

Muslims in Bangladesh will observe the Shab-e-Barat on the night of March 29 as the Shaban moon was not sighted in the country on Sunday. The decision was taken at the National Moon Sighting Committe...

PM asks Biman to ensure safety, improve service

PM asks Biman to ensure safety, improve service

-- 2021-03-14 20:41:04

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked Biman Bangladesh Airlines to work on improving the quality of its services and ensure the safety of its aircraft as the image of the national flag carrier repres...

DMP ask not to hold political programmes from March 17-26

DMP ask not to hold political programmes from March 17-26

-- 2021-03-14 19:34:04

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has requested the political parties not to hold any programme from March 17 to 26 this year when a number of important foreign guests will visit the country. Any p...

Bangladesh, Sweden to work together on climate change

Bangladesh, Sweden to work together on climate change

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-14 19:07:28

Bangladesh and Sweden made commitment to work together on issues related to the former's renewable energy, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, development activities and climate change. Sweden's...

Court asks PBI to investigate Kishore’s alleged torture in custody

Court asks PBI to investigate Kishore’s alleged torture in custody

-- 2021-03-14 18:30:37

A Dhaka court on Sunday accepted a case filed by cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore over alleged torture in custody after his arrest under the Digital Security Act (DSA). Dhaka Metropolitan and Session C...

DGHS chief warns of looming danger as Covid cases surge

DGHS chief warns of looming danger as Covid cases surge

-- 2021-03-14 18:11:03

The chief of the Directorate General of Health Services has warned of looming dangers as coronavirus cases and deaths are surging amid people’s flagrant disregard for COVID restrictions. &ldquo...

ACCA country manager awarded Global Business CSR Award 2021

ACCA country manager awarded Global Business CSR Award 2021

-- 2021-03-14 18:00:03

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Bangladesh's Country Manager Md Ahsanul Hoque Bashar has been awarded the Global Business CSR Award 2021 for the outstanding contribution of A...

Shahdat Hossain new Bangladesh Ambassador to Morocco

Shahdat Hossain new Bangladesh Ambassador to Morocco

-- 2021-03-14 17:59:46

The government has appointed Md Shahdat Hossain as the next Ambassador of Bangladesh to Morocco. Md Shahdat Hossain is a career foreign service officer and belongs to the 1984 batch of Bangladesh Civ...

iDEA startup begins in Mymensingh

iDEA startup begins in Mymensingh

FE Report 2021-03-14 17:16:21

The Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project of Bangladesh Computer Council under the ICT Division has organised a four-day incubation programme in Mymensingh, aimed at building a...

Bangladesh capable of producing skilled chefs, says Nepal ambassador

Bangladesh capable of producing skilled chefs, says Nepal ambassador

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-14 16:59:32

Bangladesh has attained standards of producing skilled professional chefs who, by working abroad, can contribute to the national GDP through sending remittance, Nepal Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Bansh...

BRT girder collapse injures six

BRT girder collapse injures six

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-14 16:36:04

A girder of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project was collapsed during its installation near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Sunday morning, injuring six people including three Chinese wo...

1,159 new coronavirus cases, 18 deaths in 24 hours

1,159 new coronavirus cases, 18 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-03-14 16:19:49

Bangladesh has recorded 1,159 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest daily count in 10 weeks, taking the tally to 557,395. The death toll climbed to 8,545 after 18 fatalities were registered in th...

Journalist Atier Rahman passes away

Journalist Atier Rahman passes away

-- 2021-03-14 14:52:07

Journalist Atier Rahman Atik died at a hospital in Dhaka on Saturday night. He was 72. Atik, also a senior member of the Jatiya Press Club and a freedom fighter, breathed his last at Evercare Hospita...

Four injured as girder of BRT collapses

Four injured as girder of BRT collapses

-- 2021-03-14 14:00:20

Four people, including two Chinese workers, have been wounded after a girder of the Bus Rapid Transit project collapsed in Dhaka. The incident occurred near the Dhaka airport rail station at 10:15 am...

Fire breaks out at residential building in Dhaka’s Khilkhet

Fire breaks out at residential building in Dhaka’s Khilkhet

FE Online Report 2021-03-14 13:59:39

A fire broke out at a 16-storey residential building adjacent to Lakecity in Khilkhet area in the capital, said a fire official on Sunday. The incident took place on the fifth floor of the building n...

Monirul Islam made additional IGP of Special Branch

Monirul Islam made additional IGP of Special Branch

-- 2021-03-14 12:59:47

The government has assigned Monirul Islam, the chief of police's Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit, to lead the Special Branch of police. Monirul, the additional commissioner of Dhaka Me...

Feni MP Nizam Hazari, two family members infected with Covid-19

Feni MP Nizam Hazari, two family members infected with Covid-19

-- 2021-03-14 12:29:26

Nizam Uddin Hazari, MP of Feni-2 constituency, his wife and daughter have been infected with coronavirus. All of them are now undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital, said Shahid Khandaker,...

Bumper horseradish output likely in Joypurhat

Bumper horseradish output likely in Joypurhat

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2021-03-14 09:43:33

Due to favourable weather condition, bumper horseradish production is expected in Joypurhat this current season. For growing good amount of the vegetable the district is known as horseradish area. Th...

Sunflower farming expanding fast in Sylhet region

Sunflower farming expanding fast in Sylhet region

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-03-14 09:40:17

A good number of farmers in Sylhet region have been expecting a good yield of Sunflower this year while cultivation area of the crop has also been on increase in the division amid their increasing int...

Paris Road's iconic trees at RU on the verge of lifespan

Paris Road's iconic trees at RU on the verge of lifespan

RU CORRESPONDENT 2021-03-14 09:37:06

'Paris Road' in Rajshahi University is one of the iconic sites of the university campuses in the country. The road is famous for the majestic presence of 30-40 metre-high Gangan Shirish trees along it...

Rain likely to continue on Sunday

Rain likely to continue on Sunday

FE Report 2021-03-13 20:27:24

Rain/thundershowers, accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind, may continue in different parts of the country on Sunday, according to an official at Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). Tal...

Power distribution in Dhaka to be fully automated

Power distribution in Dhaka to be fully automated

-- 2021-03-13 19:43:54

A move is underway to make the power distribution system in Dhaka city fully automated to better address the complaints of consumers, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hami...

Modi, other world leaders to join independence jubilee celebrations

Modi, other world leaders to join independence jubilee celebrations

-- 2021-03-13 17:26:39

Bangladesh is set to stage a grand celebration to mark the golden jubilee of its 1971 independence, drawing five heads of state and government from South Asia region, including Indian Prime Minister N...

One killed, 40 injured in Sunamganj clash

One killed, 40 injured in Sunamganj clash

-- 2021-03-13 17:18:16

A man was killed and 40 others were injured in a clash between two groups over establishing supremacy in Bhatipara Union of Dirai Upazila in Sunamganj. The deceased was identified as Md Shah Mulq, 40...

Bangladesh records 1,014 new coronavirus cases, 12 deaths

Bangladesh records 1,014 new coronavirus cases, 12 deaths

-- 2021-03-13 16:10:07

Bangladesh has recorded 1,014 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 556,236. The death toll climbed to 8,527 after 12 fatalities were registered in the 24 h...

BIDS publishes book, commemorating Bangabandhu's birth centenary

BIDS publishes book, commemorating Bangabandhu's birth centenary

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-03-13 15:34:14

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) has published a two-volume book, commemorating the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The launching programm...