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Bangladesh, Maldives can introduce sea cruise services, Hasina says

Bangladesh, Maldives can introduce sea cruise services, Hasina says

-- 2021-02-17 21:16:40

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said sea cruise services can be introduced between Bangladesh and the Maldives during the winter season. The prime minister made the proposal while newly-app...

Serum to send 5.0m vaccine doses in second batch, health secretary says

Serum to send 5.0m vaccine doses in second batch, health secretary says

-- 2021-02-17 20:43:24

Bangladesh will get five million doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca  vaccine in the second batch from the Serum Institute of India as per the deal, the health secretary says. Speaking to...

Bangladesh will not face shortage of vaccine doses, health minister assures

Bangladesh will not face shortage of vaccine doses, health minister assures

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-02-17 20:18:06

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has assured the people that Bangladesh will not face any shortage of COVID-19 vaccine doses as the country ensured supply of adequate doses of the vaccine. “There&...

Bangladesh for involving maximum number of agencies to send workers to Malaysia

Bangladesh for involving maximum number of agencies to send workers to Malaysia

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-17 20:02:45

Bangladesh wants to involve as many authorised recruiting agencies as possible in the process of sending workers to Malaysia. However, the two countries are yet to decide on the issue, said Imran Ahm...

High Court orders BTRC to remove Al Jazeera report from internet

High Court orders BTRC to remove Al Jazeera report from internet

-- 2021-02-17 17:20:31

The High Court has ordered Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to take steps to remove an Al Jazeera report, titled “All the Prime Minister’s Men”, from the int...

Bangladesh reports 443 new coronavirus cases, 16 deaths

Bangladesh reports 443 new coronavirus cases, 16 deaths

-- 2021-02-17 17:03:21

Bangladesh has recorded 443 new cases of the coronavirus in a day, taking the tally of infections to 541,877. The death toll climbed to 8,314 after 16 fatalities from COVID-19 were registered in the...

Govt issues alert over cyber-attack threat

Govt issues alert over cyber-attack threat

-- 2021-02-17 14:25:23

The government's Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) has issued an alert to several financial and government organisations over a possible cyber-attack. Several organisations, including Bangladesh...

Barishal University students protest attack on fellows

Barishal University students protest attack on fellows

-- 2021-02-17 12:26:46

Students of Barishal University have been protesting in the city since Wednesday morning against an attack on some of their fellows by local transport workers on Tuesday. Witnesses said the protests...

Handmade tiles industries face closure

Handmade tiles industries face closure

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-02-17 10:18:12

Kalaroa upazila, next to Sharsha upazila of Jashore district, is famous for handmade tiles that are being exported abroad. But the potential tiles industry which had been earning a substantial amount...

Vegetable growers deprived of fair prices

Vegetable growers deprived of fair prices

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-02-17 10:01:06

NAOGAON: Vegetable growers in the district have been deprived of fair prices of their products since the beginning of the season. A big portion of the profit is going to the pockets of the district's...

Six get death sentence for killing four of a family in Kurigram

Six get death sentence for killing four of a family in Kurigram

-- 2021-02-16 17:19:31

A Kurigram court has sentenced six people to death for killing four members of a family in 2014. Kurigram District and Sessions Judge Md Abdul Mannan delivered the verdict on Tuesday, reports bdnews2...

Zero-waste systems could create thousands of jobs in Dhaka: Study

Zero-waste systems could create thousands of jobs in Dhaka: Study

FE Online Report 2021-02-16 16:29:19

Investing in Zero Waste programmes and policies can create a good number of green jobs, in addition to known benefits of reducing pollution and improving community health in Dhaka city, according to a...

Bangladesh logs 396 new virus cases, 13 deaths in a day

Bangladesh logs 396 new virus cases, 13 deaths in a day

-- 2021-02-16 16:05:55

Bangladesh has recorded 396 new cases of the coronavirus in a day, taking the tally of infections to 541,434.The death toll climbed to 8,298 after 13 fatalities from COVID-19 were registered in the 24...

Saraswati Puja being celebrated on limited scale

Saraswati Puja being celebrated on limited scale

-- 2021-02-16 14:26:13

Saraswati Puja, one of the main religious festivals of the Hindu community, is being celebrated across the country on Tuesday. The Puja is celebrated every year on the fifth day of the bright fortnig...

ISPR terms Al-Jazeera report an attempt to discredit GoB, Army, Chief of Staff

ISPR terms Al-Jazeera report an attempt to discredit GoB, Army, Chief of Staff

FE Online Report 2021-02-16 13:52:22

The Army Headquarters has rejected the Al-Jazeera report titled "All the Prime Minister's Men", describing it as ‘malicious attempt and claims’ to debase “a professionally highly ski...

Five militants get death penalty for killing blogger Avijit

Five militants get death penalty for killing blogger Avijit

-- 2021-02-16 12:43:59

A Dhaka court has sentenced five militants, including fugitive sacked army major Syed Ziaul Haq, to death in the 2015 killing of writer-blogger Avijit Roy. They have also been fined Tk 50,000. Anothe...

Al-Jazeera ban writ not admissible: Amici Curiae

Al-Jazeera ban writ not admissible: Amici Curiae

FE REPORT 2021-02-16 08:09:02

Five of the High Court-appointed six amici curiae opined that the writ petition, filed by a lawyer seeking court directives to ban broadcasting of Qatar-based television channel Al-Jazeera in Banglade...

Max five persons to attend Feb 21 programme under single banner

Max five persons to attend Feb 21 programme under single banner

-- 2021-02-15 21:35:08

This will be an Amar Ekushey unlike anything Bangladesh has seen. No more than five persons will be allowed to pay tributes to language martyrs on this Feb 21 under a single banner as the country figh...

Trial of Pakistan's 1971 Genocide can start anytime, says Indian envoy

Trial of Pakistan's 1971 Genocide can start anytime, says Indian envoy

-- 2021-02-15 20:48:09

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami on Monday indicated the trial of Pakistani genocide committed during the 1971 Liberation War can take place anytime as there is no statut...

Saudi woman gets death penalty for murdering Bangladeshi maid

Saudi woman gets death penalty for murdering Bangladeshi maid

-- 2021-02-15 20:18:09

A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a housewife to death and handed her husband and child jail terms for the murder of a Bangladeshi maid named Abiron Begum. The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and...

COVID-19 vaccine: Second dose will be given eight weeks after first shot

COVID-19 vaccine: Second dose will be given eight weeks after first shot

-- 2021-02-15 20:05:58

The second dose of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine will be given eight weeks after the first shot in Bangladesh as the government has brought more changes to its nationwide immun...

How did PK Halder flee country without passport, inquires HC

How did PK Halder flee country without passport, inquires HC

-- 2021-02-15 19:15:22

The High Court on Monday inquired how Proshanto Kumar Halder fled the country although his passport had been seized. The court also sought a list of officers who were on duty at the immigration offic...

Teesta deal unlikely during Modi’s Dhaka visit, Indian HC says

Teesta deal unlikely during Modi’s Dhaka visit, Indian HC says

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-15 17:14:56

Despite maximum efforts by the Indian federal government, Teesta water sharing deal is unlikely to be inked during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka next March. Indian High C...

Freedom fighters’ allowance to be raised to Tk 20,000

Freedom fighters’ allowance to be raised to Tk 20,000

-- 2021-02-15 16:47:30

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday announced that the minimum monthly allowance of valiant freedom fighters will be raised to Tk 20,000 from the existing Tk 12,000. The Prime Minister made the an...

Bangladesh to get 2.0 to 3.0 million vaccine doses on February 22

Bangladesh to get 2.0 to 3.0 million vaccine doses on February 22

-- 2021-02-15 16:24:47

Bangladesh will receive some 2.0 to 3.0 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Serum Institute of India (SII) on February 22 through Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Nazmul Hassan Papon, the Managing Dir...

Bangladesh reports 446 new coronavirus cases, 11 deaths

Bangladesh reports 446 new coronavirus cases, 11 deaths

-- 2021-02-15 16:02:29

Bangladesh has recorded 446 new cases of the coronavirus in a day, taking the tally of infections to 541,038. The death toll climbed to 8,285 after 11 fatalities from COVID-19 were registered in the...

Digital platform launched to collect data on returnee migrants

Digital platform launched to collect data on returnee migrants

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-15 16:01:34

The expatriates’ welfare ministry on Monday launched a digital platform with the support of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to collect data of returnee migrants. The platform...

BMD predicts rising temperatures over next three days

BMD predicts rising temperatures over next three days

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-15 15:49:19

The country’s temperature in the next three days until Wednesday morning may rise gradually, according to an official at Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). Abdul Mannan, a BMD meteorol...

2,014 more Rohingyas sail for Bhashan Char

2,014 more Rohingyas sail for Bhashan Char

-- 2021-02-15 15:32:18

As part of the government’s initiative to relocate Rohingyas to Noakhali’s Bhasan Char, 2,014 more Rohingyas started their journey for the island on Monday. Five ships of the Bangladesh N...

Chattogram BRTA office building catches fire

Chattogram BRTA office building catches fire

-- 2021-02-15 11:41:32

A fire broke out at the office of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) at Natunpara area in Chattogram city on Sunday night. Mohammad Tanvir Ahmed, station officer of Bayezid Fire Station, said...