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President receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

President receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

-- 2021-03-10 19:43:04

President M Abdul Hamid and his wife Rashida Khanam received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon.  “The President and his wife Rashida Kha...

Parliamentary body recommends running textile mills under PPP

Parliamentary body recommends running textile mills under PPP

-- 2021-03-10 18:57:06

The parliamentary standing committee on textiles and jute ministry on Wednesday recommended the government to run different textiles mills under public-private partnership (PPP). The recommendation c...

Cartoonist Kishore files complaint over ‘torture in custody’

Cartoonist Kishore files complaint over ‘torture in custody’

-- 2021-03-10 17:38:15

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore on Wednesday filed a complaint with a Dhaka court over alleged torture on him in custody after his arrest under the Digital Security Act (DSA). Kishore appeared before...

Why no separate compartment for women in trains, HC asks govt

Why no separate compartment for women in trains, HC asks govt

-- 2021-03-10 17:03:06

The High Court on Wednesday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the railway authorities should not be directed to arrange separate compartment for women. The HC bench of Justice...

Moinuddin Abdullah joins ACC as new chairman

Moinuddin Abdullah joins ACC as new chairman

-- 2021-03-10 16:27:59

Moinuddin Abdullah, the former secretary to the agriculture ministry, has taken office as the new chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Md Jahurul Haque, former chairman of Bangladesh Tel...

Bangladesh records 1,018 new virus cases, highest in two months

Bangladesh records 1,018 new virus cases, highest in two months

-- 2021-03-10 16:00:43

Bangladesh has recorded 1,018 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest daily count in two months, taking the tally of infections to 553,105. The death toll climbed to 8,496 after seven fatalities we...

Bangladesh calls for more Finnish investment

Bangladesh calls for more Finnish investment

FE Online Report 2021-03-10 14:30:12

Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen urged his Finland counterpart to explore investment opportunities in Special Economic Zones and HI-TECH Parks in Bangladesh. The two ministers discussed the possib...

DMP Commissioner Shafiqul hospitalised after contracting coronavirus

DMP Commissioner Shafiqul hospitalised after contracting coronavirus

-- 2021-03-10 13:51:37

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam is in hospital care after contracting the coronavirus despite being vaccinated for the illness a month ago. He was admitted to Rajarbagh Centr...

Sunflower cultivation gaining popularity in Chandpur

Sunflower cultivation gaining popularity in Chandpur

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-03-10 12:00:08

The farmers of Chandpur district are showing keen interest to grow sunflower in their fields, the officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in the district have told the FE correspon...

Child TB emerging health challenge for Bangladesh: Experts

Child TB emerging health challenge for Bangladesh: Experts

FE Report 2021-03-10 09:16:27

Health experts at a programme in the city on Tuesday observed that child tuberculosis (TB) and extrapulmonary TB are the two emerging challenges for a high TB burden country like Bangladesh. Besides,...

Initiatives taken to rehabilitate returnee migrant workers, says Minister

Initiatives taken to rehabilitate returnee migrant workers, says Minister

-- 2021-03-09 22:42:04

The government has taken initiatives for the socio-economic rehabilitation of the returnee migrant workers, Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad said Tuesday. "Efforts to...

Passengers can now purchase advance rail tickets five days ahead instead of ten

Passengers can now purchase advance rail tickets five days ahead instead of ten

-- 2021-03-09 22:19:28

Advance railway tickets will be available five days before departure instead of 10 from now on. Moreover, passengers will get a full refund on tickets subject to deduction of service charge 48 hours...

Father alleges Rakib’s killing recorded as road accident, demands justice

Father alleges Rakib’s killing recorded as road accident, demands justice

-- 2021-03-09 21:28:34

Family members of school student Ifran Khan Rakib, who was killed in the city's Hatirjheel area in July 2019, demanded exemplary punishment of the killers by bringing them under justice. "My son SSC...

President to receive coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday

President to receive coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday

-- 2021-03-09 19:56:00

President Abdul Hamid will get his first jab of Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday. He will receive the shot at 5:00 pm, his Press Secretary Joynal Abedin said, reports UNB. Bangladesh reported its first...

‘Hike tobacco tax and price to save lives, earn revenues’

‘Hike tobacco tax and price to save lives, earn revenues’

-- 2021-03-09 19:40:49

The Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) on Tuesday urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to impose specific taxes and hike prices of all tobacco products to discourage people from consuming them....

HC denies bail to accused who threatened to kill cricketer Shakib

HC denies bail to accused who threatened to kill cricketer Shakib

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-09 18:33:35

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday refused to grant bail to Mohsin Talukder, an accused in a case filed under the Digital Security Act 2018, for threatening to kill cricketer Shakib Al Hasan on a social m...

PM urges countrymen to follow three health safety protocols

PM urges countrymen to follow three health safety protocols

-- 2021-03-09 17:59:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged all to follow three health safety protocols -- wearing face-mask, exercising maximum caution and keeping public gatherings limited -- in the fight against...

Haji Selim gets order to surrender as High Court upholds 10-year jail sentence

Haji Selim gets order to surrender as High Court upholds 10-year jail sentence

-- 2021-03-09 17:43:46

Lawmaker Haji Mohammad Selim has got an order to surrender to the lower court as the High Court upheld a 10-year jail sentence given in a wealth case two decades ago. In another decision on Tuesday,...

Returnee migrant workers face health, psychosocial challenges: Study

Returnee migrant workers face health, psychosocial challenges: Study

-- 2021-03-09 16:55:33

Employment opportunities and food security of returnee migrant workers have improved while health and psychosocial challenges dropped in the months after the government lifted the nationwide shutdown....

Ministry seeks two more years to complete Padma Bridge project

Ministry seeks two more years to complete Padma Bridge project

-- 2021-03-09 16:39:15

The road transport and bridges ministry has applied for a two-year extension to complete the Padma Bridge project due to delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Bridges Division, under the roa...

RAB arrests driver, assistant for pushing woman off a bus

RAB arrests driver, assistant for pushing woman off a bus

-- 2021-03-09 16:28:39

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a bus driver and his assistant for shoving a speech-impaired woman off a vehicle in Dhaka’s Keraniganj after she “failed to pay the fare”. Th...

Hasina, Modi open Feni bridge to boost connectivity

Hasina, Modi open Feni bridge to boost connectivity

-- 2021-03-09 16:02:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have opened a bridge over the river Feni, a step in strengthening connectivity with India’s northeastern region. The bridge...

Bangladesh reports 912 new virus cases, 13 deaths in a day

Bangladesh reports 912 new virus cases, 13 deaths in a day

-- 2021-03-09 15:42:53

Bangladesh has recorded 912 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 552,087. The death toll climbed to 8,489 after 13 fatalities were registered in the 24 hou...

Met Office predicts rain, thundershowers in parts of country

Met Office predicts rain, thundershowers in parts of country

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-09 12:20:35

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur in different regions of the country today (Tuesday) and it may continue until Wednesday, according to an offici...

'Let women have a decision-making say to lead'

'Let women have a decision-making say to lead'

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-09 12:16:41

The women in Bangladesh are still kept away from a decision-making role at different levels, speakers have said at a seminar. They came up with the remark at the seminar organised by VOICE, a human r...

Bangladesh for strengthening intra OIC trade

Bangladesh for strengthening intra OIC trade

-- 2021-03-09 12:03:09

Bangladesh would like to see OIC as a strengthened and competent organisation to address the issues of Muslim Ummah, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Shahriar Alam. The minister comme...

Chandpur farmers fear low price of potato

Chandpur farmers fear low price of potato

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-03-09 10:13:39

CHANDPUR: Though the potato farmers in the district are expecting a bumper yield of potato this year, they are afraid of getting it's real price in the haats and bazaars in near future. They think...

Summer in Bangladesh may witness mild Covid resurgence

Summer in Bangladesh may witness mild Covid resurgence

FE REPORT 2021-03-09 08:36:52

Health experts on Monday predicted a mild resurgence of Covid-19 infection in the country during the upcoming summer. The rate of infection has been rising for the last couple of weeks. They, howeve...

National Human Rights Commission and UNDP jointly launch programmes to mark International Women’s Day   

National Human Rights Commission and UNDP jointly launch programmes to mark International Women’s Day  

-- 2021-03-08 22:22:00

To commemorate International Women’s Day 2021, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and  United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are organising a number of events, including dial...

Former general manager of Marubeni Corporation Shafiul Karim no more   

Former general manager of Marubeni Corporation Shafiul Karim no more  

-- 2021-03-08 22:01:48

Kazi Shafiul Karim, former general manager of Marubeni Corporation Dhaka Office, passed away on Saturday (March 06, 2021) due to Covid-19 complications. He was laid to rest at his family grave in Ban...