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1,500 more Rohingya refugees start journey for Bhasan Char

1,500 more Rohingya refugees start journey for Bhasan Char

-- 2021-02-14 23:12:48

The government is relocating around 1,500 more Rohingya refugees to the Bhasan Char island in Noakhali. Dozens of buses carrying the Rohingya families from the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps left th...

Over 0.9m people vaccinated in seven days

Over 0.9m people vaccinated in seven days

-- 2021-02-14 21:36:11

More than 900,000 people have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in seven days since the mass inoculation began in the country on Feb 7. On Sunday, the health workers administered o...

BNP hatching conspiracy after failure in movement elections, Quader says

BNP hatching conspiracy after failure in movement elections, Quader says

-- 2021-02-14 21:29:34

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that Awami League has been repeatedly subjected to different plots as the party never hatches any conspiracy. The road transport and bridges min...

BNP announces protest programme against move to revoke Zia's title

BNP announces protest programme against move to revoke Zia's title

-- 2021-02-14 21:26:30

A day after a clash with police in the capital over a rally, BNP Sunday announced countrywide demonstrations for Wednesday protesting what it said an ‘evil effort’ to repeal the party foun...

Bangladesh Coast Guard to be made stronger, says minister

Bangladesh Coast Guard to be made stronger, says minister

-- 2021-02-14 20:27:03

Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) will be equipped with sophisticated patrol vessels, hovercrafts and other modern vessels to make the force stronger, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday. "Bangl...

People showing increased interest to get inoculated, PM says

People showing increased interest to get inoculated, PM says

-- 2021-02-14 18:26:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes people are now more inclined towards getting inoculated as the initial confusion and hesitation regarding the COVID-19 vaccine have been removed. She made the re...

Bangladesh reports 326 new virus cases, deaths rise by eight

Bangladesh reports 326 new virus cases, deaths rise by eight

-- 2021-02-14 16:05:10

Bangladesh has recorded 326 new cases of the coronavirus in a day, taking the tally of infections to 540,592. The death toll climbed to 8,274 after eight fatalities from COVID-19 were registered in...

Man killed in Chattogram municipal election violence

Man killed in Chattogram municipal election violence

-- 2021-02-14 16:00:54

A man has died in a clash between rival groups during the municipal election in Chattogram's Patiya. The incident occurred outside a polling centre in the South Gobindarkhil area around 12:30pm Sunda...

PM hopeful of more social care initiatives from private sector

PM hopeful of more social care initiatives from private sector

-- 2021-02-14 14:53:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is hopeful of more initiatives from the country's private sector to provide social services after virtually laying the foundation stone of Kumudini International Institute...

46 children killed in January: ASK

46 children killed in January: ASK

FE Online Report 2021-02-14 14:27:18

At least 46 children were killed across the country in the first month of the current calendar year, according to a local independent rights body. Of them, 19 children were aged between 7 and 12 year...

Five Bangladeshis killed in Oman road crash

Five Bangladeshis killed in Oman road crash

-- 2021-02-14 12:41:33

Five Bangladeshi workers have been killed and five others injured in a road accident in Duqm town of Oman. The deceased were identified as – Omar Faruk, Minhaz, Mamun, Milad and Rubel. All of t...

Voting underway in 4th phase municipality polls

Voting underway in 4th phase municipality polls

-- 2021-02-14 11:48:55

The fourth phase of voting has begun in 55 municipalities across the country where nearly 1.7 million voters are looking to elect new representatives to the posts of mayor, councillor and reserved cou...

Govt extends shutdown of educational institutions to Feb 28

Govt extends shutdown of educational institutions to Feb 28

-- 2021-02-14 11:02:39

Bangladesh has extended the shutdown of schools and educational institutions across the country, except for Kawmi madrasas, until Feb 28 amid the coronavirus pandemic. The education ministry announce...

Boro farming on saline soils in Dacope for the first time

Boro farming on saline soils in Dacope for the first time

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-02-14 09:12:55

Boro paddy has been cultivated for the first time in Sutarkhali union of Dacope upazila of Khulna district. The green view of Boro seedlings is spread over about 30 bighas of land out of 3,175 hectare...

Civic group calls for withdrawing decision to cut motorcycle registration fee

Civic group calls for withdrawing decision to cut motorcycle registration fee

FE REPORT 2021-02-14 09:01:27

The Passengers' Welfare Association of Bangladesh (PWAB) has demanded that the government withdraw its decisions to reduce motorcycle registration fees and increase engine capacity of motorcycle to 35...

Pandemic hits Jashore flower growers' sales

Pandemic hits Jashore flower growers' sales

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-02-14 08:22:09

Flower growers of Gadkhali in Jashore did not get the targeted price of flowers for the spring festival and Valentine's Day due to corona pandemic this year. They claim that per piece flower has been...

Army chief returns home from USA

Army chief returns home from USA

-- 2021-02-13 22:22:18

Chief of Bangladesh Army staff General Aziz Ahmed returned home on Friday morning upon completion of his official trip to the United States of America (USA). General Aziz had left Bangladesh for the...

Three die in Gazipur chemical factory fire

Three die in Gazipur chemical factory fire

-- 2021-02-13 21:51:25

Rescuers have pulled two bodies from the rubble left by a fire at a chemical factory in Gazipur’s Sreepur Upazila, taking the toll to three. They found Ashraful Islam, 50, and Nasir Uddin, 39,...

Govt creates 284 new posts to help improve  farm mechanisation process

Govt creates 284 new posts to help improve farm mechanisation process

-- 2021-02-13 18:45:13

The government has created 284 new posts for agriculture engineers as part of improving the farm mechanisation process, Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said on Sunday. He said the eng...

Rail communication from Sylhet suspended

Rail communication from Sylhet suspended

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-13 18:26:52

Rail communication between Sylhet and other parts of the country has been suspended since Saturday afternoon after an oil-laden train derailed in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura area, an official said. S...

On-site vaccine registration to resume for senior citizens

On-site vaccine registration to resume for senior citizens

-- 2021-02-13 17:21:56

Elderly citizens will soon be allowed to register for vaccine shots at inoculation centres, says Health Secretary Md Abdul Mannan. That will also encourage the rural people to get vaccinated, Mannan...

Bangladesh logs 291 new virus cases, another 13 die

Bangladesh logs 291 new virus cases, another 13 die

-- 2021-02-13 16:26:40

Bangladesh has recorded 291 new cases of the coronavirus in a day, taking the tally of infections to 540,266.The death toll climbed to 8,266 after 13 fatalities from COVID-19 were registered in the 24...

Police foil BNP’s protest rally

Police foil BNP’s protest rally

-- 2021-02-13 14:39:35

Police have broken up a rally organised by the BNP in protest against the government’s decision to strip its founder Ziaur Rahman’s of his gallantry title of 'Bir Uttam'. The rally, joint...

USAID hands over multi-purpose disaster shelter to government in Bandarban

USAID hands over multi-purpose disaster shelter to government in Bandarban

FE Online Report 2021-02-13 13:15:48

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over a new multi-purpose disaster shelter to Bangladesh government in Naikhangchori Upazilla of Bandarban district recently. The shel...

'Fight myths with accurate vaccine info'

'Fight myths with accurate vaccine info'

FE REPORT 2021-02-13 13:12:26

Healthcare experts have identified limited access to information on vaccines and Covid-19 related medicare facilities as the existing myths about the country's health sector. To dispel such myths, th...

Govt to follow HC direction on Al Jazeera issue, Hasan says

Govt to follow HC direction on Al Jazeera issue, Hasan says

-- 2021-02-12 23:20:38

Information Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said that the government will take action against Al Jazeera if the High Court directs the government to this en...

Shab-e-Meraj on March 11

Shab-e-Meraj on March 11

-- 2021-02-12 20:50:20

The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed on the night of March 11 (Thursday) as the moon of Hijri month of Rajab (1442 Hijri) was not sighted anywhere across the country on Friday. The decision was tak...

Jails holding inmates nearly double the capacity

Jails holding inmates nearly double the capacity

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-12 19:29:56

All of the prisons of the country are currently holding inmates nearly double the capacity, according to official data The number of prisoners as of February 12 this year stood at 83,370, according t...

Rohingya community at Bhasan Char gradually getting involved in economic activities 

Rohingya community at Bhasan Char gradually getting involved in economic activities 

UNB 2021-02-12 17:56:31

The Rohingya, now living in Bhasan Char, are gradually getting involved in economic activities and informal education which, the authorities say, will help the refugee community stay away from committ...

Ron Sikder freed on bail

Ron Sikder freed on bail

-- 2021-02-12 16:34:48

Ron Haque Sikder, the managing director of Sikder Group, has been granted bail after he was arrested on charges of abducting and threatening to murder a top executive of Exim Bank.Ron, who had left...