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Bangladesh reports five new virus deaths, lowest daily count in nine months

Bangladesh reports five new virus deaths, lowest daily count in nine months

-- 2021-02-12 16:18:22

Bangladesh has registered five new deaths from the coronavirus, the lowest daily count in over nine months, to take the death toll to 8,253. The caseload climbed to 539,975 after 404 people tested po...

Ron Sikder arrested

Ron Sikder arrested

-- 2021-02-12 15:37:41

Police have arrested Ron Haque Sikder, managing director of Sikder Group, on charges of threatening to murder a top executive of Exim Bank, reports bdnews24.com. Ron, who had left the country soon af...

ASA founder Shafiqual Haque Choudhury passes away

ASA founder Shafiqual Haque Choudhury passes away

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-02-12 14:39:06

Md Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, founder and president of the Association for Social Advancement (ASA), has passed away. He was 72, Prothom Alo reports. He breathed his last at Square Hospital in Dhaka...

1.2m tonnes of plastic waste shipped to Bangladesh

1.2m tonnes of plastic waste shipped to Bangladesh

SM NAJMUS SAKIB 2021-02-12 09:54:08

As many as 1.2 million tonnes of plastic waste were shipped to Bangladesh in three years since 2017, although there is a legal ban on importing any sort of waste to the country. Besides, some unscr...

No more ‘on-spot’ registration for Covid vaccine

No more ‘on-spot’ registration for Covid vaccine

-- 2021-02-11 22:51:56

The government has scrapped the 'on-spot' registration for coronavirus doses to avoid crowd in centres and properly run the vaccination campaign, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said Thursday. "On-spot...

WorldFish Bangladesh opens first-ever aquatic animal disease diagnostic laboratory

WorldFish Bangladesh opens first-ever aquatic animal disease diagnostic laboratory

FE Online Report 2021-02-11 20:41:05

WorldFish Bangladesh, a global leader in inland fish production, inaugurated the first-ever specialised PCR-based molecular fish laboratory in Khulna. It opened the private system laboratory, jo...

‘50,000 more houses for homeless in April’

‘50,000 more houses for homeless in April’

-- 2021-02-11 20:22:59

Some 50,000 more homeless and landless families are going to get homes in April as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's gifts in the 'Mujib Year'. Earlier in January, about 70,000 homeless and landless fam...

MP Shahid’s wife, daughter face forgery probe

MP Shahid’s wife, daughter face forgery probe

-- 2021-02-11 20:06:48

The High Court has ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate allegations of forging bank document in bail plea of MP Salina Islam, wife of MP Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul who has been jai...

'Bangladesh’s power import to go up to 9,000 MW by 2041'

'Bangladesh’s power import to go up to 9,000 MW by 2041'

UNB 2021-02-11 18:46:20

Bangladesh’s electricity import will go up to 9,000 MW by 2041 which will meet 15 per cent of the country’s demand by cross border power trading. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mine...

Winners of National Environment Medal 2020 announced

Winners of National Environment Medal 2020 announced

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-11 17:55:43

Three individuals and three institutions have been selected for the ‘National Environment Medal 2020’ for their outstanding contribution to the development of environment in the country....

Driving licence issuance begins this month, says bridges minister

Driving licence issuance begins this month, says bridges minister

BSS 2021-02-11 17:14:36

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said driving licence issuance will begin in the last week of February.  “Printing of the draft of licence has already begun....

Bangladesh reports 418 virus cases, 9 deaths in a day

Bangladesh reports 418 virus cases, 9 deaths in a day

-- 2021-02-11 16:56:53

Bangladesh has recorded 418 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 539,571. The death toll climbed to 8,248 after nine fatalities were registered in...

23.4pc households paid bribes to be enlisted for disability allowance: TIB

23.4pc households paid bribes to be enlisted for disability allowance: TIB

FE Online Report 2021-02-11 15:23:25

Nearly 23.4 per cent of households had to pay bribes to be enlisted for disability allowance, said a study by the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB).   In addition, some 19.3 per cent o...

FE webinar on mythbusting on vaccines today

FE webinar on mythbusting on vaccines today

FE REPORT 2021-02-11 14:48:20

The Financial Express, one of the leading English dailies of the country, is going to organise its 3rd episode of dialogue titled 'Mythbusting on Vaccines: Glimmer of hope' today (Thursday) at 7:30 PM...

Three get life in prison for war crimes

Three get life in prison for war crimes

-- 2021-02-11 13:05:18

A tribunal has sentenced three people to prison until death and jailed five others for 20 years over a series of crimes during the 1971 Liberation War in Gafargaon and Bhaluka upazilas of Mymensingh....

Padma bridge completion unlikely this Jun

Padma bridge completion unlikely this Jun

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-02-11 08:33:49

The opening of Padma multipurpose bridge is likely to be delayed further as two more years has been sought to complete its construction, insiders said on Wednesday. The bridges division recently soug...

High Court to hear from amici curiae to decide on Al Jazeera ban writ

High Court to hear from amici curiae to decide on Al Jazeera ban writ

FE REPORT 2021-02-11 08:22:55

The High Court on Wednesday appointed six lawyers as amici curiae (friends of the court) for opinions about the writ petition filed seeking the court's directives to ban broadcasting of Qatar-based te...

India jails JMB militant ‘Boma Mizan’ for 29 years

India jails JMB militant ‘Boma Mizan’ for 29 years

-- 2021-02-10 23:56:52

An Indian court has sentenced Jahidul Islam Mizan alias ‘Boma Mizan’, a leader of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), to 29 years in jail on terrorism-relat...

Bangladesh launches vaccination of foreign diplomats in Dhaka

Bangladesh launches vaccination of foreign diplomats in Dhaka

-- 2021-02-10 21:42:51

The government has begun vaccinating Dhaka-based foreign diplomats against Covid-19, reports bdnews24.com. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam inaugurated the campaign at Sheikh Russel G...

Don't heed vaccine criticism, PM urges people

Don't heed vaccine criticism, PM urges people

-- 2021-02-10 20:43:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged people not to take seriously criticisms of the government’s efforts to bring coronavirus vaccines and immunise them. The government initiated the steps to...

Private hospitals to join coronavirus vaccination, health minister says

Private hospitals to join coronavirus vaccination, health minister says

-- 2021-02-10 20:17:52

Private hospitals will be involved in the coronavirus vaccination campaign launched nationwide, the health minister has said. Zahid Maleque made the announcement in a seminar, titled ‘National...

10 die in Jhenaidah bus-truck collision

10 die in Jhenaidah bus-truck collision

-- 2021-02-10 19:22:43

At least 10 people have died after a bus and a truck collided in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah district. The accident at the Upazila's Barobazar on Jashore-Jhenaidah Road on Wednesday afternoon left...

United Nations lauds Bangladesh's peacekeepers

United Nations lauds Bangladesh's peacekeepers

UNB 2021-02-10 18:58:50

The United Nations has appreciated the professionalism, discipline, dedication and bravery of the Bangladeshi peacekeepers deployed in different UN peacekeeping missions. It thanked the government of...

Minibus-autorickshaw collision in Teknaf leaves four dead

Minibus-autorickshaw collision in Teknaf leaves four dead

-- 2021-02-10 17:59:46

Four people have been killed in a head-on collision between a minibus and an autorickshaw in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila, reports bdnews24.com. The accident took place on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf road...

Fakhrul criticises move to repeal Zia’s gallantry title

Fakhrul criticises move to repeal Zia’s gallantry title

-- 2021-02-10 17:58:36

Protesting the decision to remove their party founder Ziaur Rahman’s Bir Uttam gallantry title, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday described the move as a “stig...

High Court seeks experts' opinions on writ petition against Al Jazeera

High Court seeks experts' opinions on writ petition against Al Jazeera

-- 2021-02-10 16:58:30

The High Court has sought the opinions of legal experts to determine the acceptability of a writ petition to ban the broadcast of Qatar-based television channel Al Jazeera in Bangladesh and if it can...

Vehicular movement on Padma Bridge to begin by June 2022

Vehicular movement on Padma Bridge to begin by June 2022

-- 2021-02-10 16:49:27

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has expressed his hope that vehicular movement on the Padma Bridge will begin by June 2022. “After completion of the construction works of the...

Bangladesh records 10 deaths, 388 new virus cases

Bangladesh records 10 deaths, 388 new virus cases

-- 2021-02-10 16:44:16

Bangladesh has registered 388 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 539,153, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll climbed to 8,239 after 10 fatalitie...

Bus-truck collision leaves nine dead in Jhenaidah

Bus-truck collision leaves nine dead in Jhenaidah

-- 2021-02-10 16:37:35

At least 9 people have died after a bus and a truck collided on a highway in Kaliganj Upazila of Jhenaidah district. The accident took place at Upazila's Barobazar on Wednesday, said Highway Police S...

Bangladesh to help Maldives to combat climate changes, PM says

Bangladesh to help Maldives to combat climate changes, PM says

-- 2021-02-10 16:28:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has assured visiting Foreign Minister of the Maldives Abdulla Shahid that Bangladesh would extend its all-out support to his country in the fight against climate changes....