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Dhaka-Jalpaiguri train service from March 26

Dhaka-Jalpaiguri train service from March 26

-- 2021-03-03 09:58:07

Another passenger train will be launched to connect Dhaka with New Jalpaiguri (NJP) on March 26, marking the golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh's independence. Bangladesh Prime Minister Shei...

Bangladesh's no to human trial of any coronavirus vaccine

Bangladesh's no to human trial of any coronavirus vaccine

KAMRUN NAHAR 2021-03-03 08:49:14

Bangladesh has decided not to allow human trial of any Covid vaccine of the four producers proposed earlier. But any renowned pharmaceutical company, which produces vaccine, may be allowed similar pr...

Power, gas officials asked to explain why polluters' utility connections restored

Power, gas officials asked to explain why polluters' utility connections restored

FE REPORT 2021-03-03 08:34:11

The High Court on Tuesday issued a ruling against the managing director of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) and chairman of Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB...

'Ensure public interest in government expenditure'

'Ensure public interest in government expenditure'

-- 2021-03-02 21:07:32

President Abdul Hamid on Monday called for ensuring public interest in spending government money, noting that the expenditure is gradually increasing. The President said this while Comptroller and Au...

Indian foreign minister due Thursday ahead of Modi's Dhaka visit

Indian foreign minister due Thursday ahead of Modi's Dhaka visit

-- 2021-03-02 20:44:37

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Thursday on a brief visit to discuss about the forthcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to B...

'This is not right time to demand additional allocations'

'This is not right time to demand additional allocations'

-- 2021-03-02 19:49:12

Describing the present economic situation as stagnant one due to the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the ministries should not demand additional allocations at this moment....

Over 1,000 Rohingya to be relocated to Bhasan Char Wednesday

Over 1,000 Rohingya to be relocated to Bhasan Char Wednesday

-- 2021-03-02 19:15:50

The government will relocate a group of 1,703 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char on Wednesday, according to a UNB report. Buses carrying the latest batch of Rohingya people left Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar o...

IOM opens ‘safe space’ for women in Cox’s Bazar

IOM opens ‘safe space’ for women in Cox’s Bazar

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-02 18:36:23

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has inaugurated its first Women and Girls Safe Space (WGSS) with aim to mitigate and reduce the risks of Gender-based Violence (GBV) in Cox’s B...

BTRC plans to launch NEIR on July 1 to block illegal handsets

BTRC plans to launch NEIR on July 1 to block illegal handsets

-- 2021-03-02 18:19:19

Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) plans to launch National Equipment Identification Registrar (NEIR) on July 1 to block unauthorised mobile phone handsets. BTRC Chairman S...

Bangladesh gets nearly 1.9 million new voters

Bangladesh gets nearly 1.9 million new voters

-- 2021-03-02 17:25:55

The number of voters in Bangladesh has increased to 111.7 million after the addition of nearly 1.9 million newcomers and the exclusion of the dead. The Election Commission released an updated list on...

515 new coronavirus cases, seven deaths in 24 hours

515 new coronavirus cases, seven deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-03-02 17:17:44

Bangladesh has recorded 515 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 547,316. The death toll climbed to 8,423 after seven fatalities were registered in the 24...

CEC Huda publicly slams colleague Mahbub Talukder

CEC Huda publicly slams colleague Mahbub Talukder

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-02 14:53:59

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has publicly accused his colleague Mahbub Talukder of “doing everything possible to demean, defame and undermine” the Election Commission. Talukd...

Chittagong Port Authority recovers 52 acres of land in Laldiarchar area

Chittagong Port Authority recovers 52 acres of land in Laldiarchar area

Our Correspondent 2021-03-02 09:45:46

Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) recovered a total of 52 acres of its land by evicting more than 14,000 people in Laldiarchar area of Patenga in the port city on Monday. Starting at 9:00 am, the evict...

Four bridges lying unused for years in remote Sunamganj

Four bridges lying unused for years in remote Sunamganj

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-03-02 09:42:03

SYLHET: Road and bridges are there, but boats are the only option during the monsoon. The road couldn't be used during the dry season while the people have to drive motorbikes amid risks through the...

Chewing tobacco manufacturer Kaus Mia named best taxpayer of Mujib Year

Chewing tobacco manufacturer Kaus Mia named best taxpayer of Mujib Year

FE REPORT 2021-03-02 08:58:25

The government has recognised Hazi Kaus Mia, a chewing tobacco (zarda) manufacturer, as the best individual taxpayer of the Mujib Year for his continuous payment of high amount of tax. The Internal R...

Prison sentences for bus driver, supervisor, helper for being drug mules

Prison sentences for bus driver, supervisor, helper for being drug mules

-- 2021-03-01 22:41:29

A Chittagong court has sentenced a driver and supervisor of Shyamoli Paribahan to 10 years and the helper to five years in prison respectively for transporting yaba in Chittagong. In the same verdict,...

Municipal polls: Voter turnout falls in fifth phase

Municipal polls: Voter turnout falls in fifth phase

-- 2021-03-01 21:54:06

As much as 58.67 per cent of voters have turned out in the fifth phase of the mayoral polls to the local government bodies, down from 65.33 per cent in the fourth phase, according to the Election Comm...

No shortage of drugs, gold, guns in BGB's February haul; over 200 arrested

No shortage of drugs, gold, guns in BGB's February haul; over 200 arrested

-- 2021-03-01 21:20:00

Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 224 alleged smugglers in connection with seizing smuggled goods, including drugs and firearms worth Tk 481.4 million from across the country last...

Chhatra Dal used Jatiya Press Club as shield during clash, Hasan says

Chhatra Dal used Jatiya Press Club as shield during clash, Hasan says

-- 2021-03-01 21:19:17

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) recently carried out attack on police personnel using the Jatiya Press Club (JPC)  as their shield. “Jati...

'PK Halder fled country a day after ACC notification on travel ban'

'PK Halder fled country a day after ACC notification on travel ban'

-- 2021-03-01 21:10:11

Former managing director of NRB Global Bank and Reliance Finance Limited Prashant Kumar Halder alias PK Halder fled the country through Benapole Land Port on October 23, 2019, a day after Anti-Corrupt...

Media coverage of foreign envoys’ statements on Mushtaq’s death irks Momen

Media coverage of foreign envoys’ statements on Mushtaq’s death irks Momen

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-01 20:14:50

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday slammed the media for their coverage of ‘nuisance’ concerns expressed by foreign envoys over the death of a writer in jail. Death in jail is...

OIC reiterates support to Bangladesh on Rohingya issue

OIC reiterates support to Bangladesh on Rohingya issue

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-01 20:02:02

The visiting delegation of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has said the organisation will continue to support Bangladesh in a case filed by Gambia over Rohingya issue with the International...

ACC grills Amir Khosru over wealth

ACC grills Amir Khosru over wealth

-- 2021-03-01 18:08:30

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has quizzed Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, a member of the BNP’s Standing Committee, for two hours over allegations of accumulating “illegal wealth&rdqu...

Samia Rahman says she is victim of teachers’ politics

Samia Rahman says she is victim of teachers’ politics

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-01 18:08:19

Dhaka University (DU) teacher and news presenter Samia Rahman Monday alleged that she has been a victim of dirty teachers’ politics of the university. “I was punished by the university sy...

PM for raising awareness to reap insurance benefit

PM for raising awareness to reap insurance benefit

-- 2021-03-01 17:21:20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged insurance companies to take initiatives so that the level of awareness among people could be raised over the benefits of opening insurance policies. "Ther...

HC decision on Kishore’s bail Wednesday

HC decision on Kishore’s bail Wednesday

-- 2021-03-01 16:40:00

The High Court will decide on a bail appeal from cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore in a case under the Digital Security Act on Wednesday. Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman fixed...

UN urges Bangladesh to review Digital Security Act

UN urges Bangladesh to review Digital Security Act

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-01 16:39:25

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday urged the government of Bangladesh to ensure a prompt, transparent and independent investigation into the death in custody...

COVID-19: 873 recover, 585 get infected, eight die in 24 hours

COVID-19: 873 recover, 585 get infected, eight die in 24 hours

-- 2021-03-01 15:50:38

Bangladesh has recorded 585 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 546,801. The death toll climbed to 8,416 after eight fatalities were registered in the 24...

Police bar left-leaning students from besieging Home Ministry

Police bar left-leaning students from besieging Home Ministry

-- 2021-03-01 15:05:22

Police have foiled the bid of the leaders and activists of some left-leaning student bodies to besiege the Home Ministry to press home their various demands including the abolition of the Digital Secu...

Experts call for zero tolerance policy in managing medical, e-waste

Experts call for zero tolerance policy in managing medical, e-waste

FE Online Report 2021-03-01 14:16:23

Experts at a conference urged the authorities concerned to incorporate a zero tolerance policy in managing medical and e-waste in the country to avoid the adverse impact of the toxic materials on publ...