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Eight militants get death penalty for murder of publisher Dipan

Eight militants get death penalty for murder of publisher Dipan

-- 2021-02-10 13:15:49

A Dhaka court has handed down the death penalty to eight militants, including sacked army major Syed Ziaul Haque, for the murder of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan in 2015. The other accused are Akram...
Govt panel decides to revoke Zia’s Bir Uttam gallantry award

Govt panel decides to revoke Zia’s Bir Uttam gallantry award

-- 2021-02-10 12:39:28

A government panel has decided to remove the gallantry title of ‘Bir Uttam’ conferred on the late military ruler and wartime sector commander Ziaur Rahman, after revoking his Swadhinata Pa...
Farmers of haor region cultivating sunflower

Farmers of haor region cultivating sunflower

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-02-10 09:50:01

NETRAKONA: For the first time, cultivation of sunflower has started on the highlands of Netrakona Haor area. Farmers are expecting bumper yield of sunflowers. Sunflower cultivation have begun on 53 h...
Proper financial reporting in insurance sector necessary: Experts

Proper financial reporting in insurance sector necessary: Experts

FE DESK 2021-02-10 09:35:11

Speakers at a conference on Monday said financial reporting in insurance sector of Bangladesh is facing setback due to some grey areas between the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) and...
10 years not enough to complete new Chattogram Nagar Bhaban

10 years not enough to complete new Chattogram Nagar Bhaban

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL 2021-02-10 09:30:09

Though one decade has already elapsed by this time seeing Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls being held three times, including the last one on January 27, construction work of the new Nagar Bhaba...
High Court okays BSRM merger scheme

High Court okays BSRM merger scheme

FE REPORT 2021-02-10 09:11:11

The High Court (HC) has sanctioned the amalgamation of the Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills Limited with the BSRM Steel Mills Limited. It said all the assets and liabilities of the transferor compan...
Minister Mannan asks officials to be tough in project evaluation

Minister Mannan asks officials to be tough in project evaluation

FE REPORT 2021-02-10 09:08:50

Planning Minister M A Mannan expressed his tough stance on project evaluation, and asked the authorities concerned to oversee the development works properly. "You have to be tough in project evalua...
Rohingyas in Bhasanchar getting involved in economic activities

Rohingyas in Bhasanchar getting involved in economic activities

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN from Bhasanchar 2021-02-10 08:45:28

Rohingya refugees who were relocated to Bhasanchar from Cox's Bazar are now getting involved in income-generating activities. A non-governmental organisation (NGO) is providing vocational training to...
Flow of vaccine seekers to jab centres rising

Flow of vaccine seekers to jab centres rising

FE REPORT 2021-02-10 08:38:32

The flow of people to vaccine centres keeps rising steadily as Bangladesh reported roughly 77-per cent rise in the number of vaccinations on Tuesday. The percentage was 60 on the second day of the on...
Six policemen on remand for 'abduction'

Six policemen on remand for 'abduction'

-- 2021-02-09 21:11:15

A Chattogram court on Tuesday granted two-day remand of six members of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested in a case accusing them of abducting a man from Anowara, threatening to kill him an...
NSB approves Brri dhan-100, BJRI desi jute-10

NSB approves Brri dhan-100, BJRI desi jute-10

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-09 20:06:57

The government Tuesday released two new varieties of rice and jute seeds prospecting high yields. The National Seed Board (NSB) has approved high zinc enriched ‘Brri dhan-100’ variety inv...
Dhaka cleaners threaten to stop waste collection

Dhaka cleaners threaten to stop waste collection

-- 2021-02-09 20:05:31

The Primary Waste Collection Service Providers (PWCSP) on Tuesday threatened to stop collecting household wastes if they are not given authority to provide certificates and attestation to the cleaners...
Forbid syndication in sending manpower abroad, BAIRA urges authorities

Forbid syndication in sending manpower abroad, BAIRA urges authorities

FE Online Report 2021-02-09 17:58:48

Manpower recruiters urged the authorities concerned not to allow any syndication in the manpower sending process to Malaysia to protect the interests of the sector. They made their call at a meeting...
$200m WB aid to improve Bangladesh’s rural hygiene  

$200m WB aid to improve Bangladesh’s rural hygiene  

FE ONLINE REPORT   2021-02-09 17:51:13

Some 3.6 million people will be provided with access to hygienic sanitation facilities and about 600,000 people with clean water in the country’s 78 upazilas (sub-districts) under a World Bank-a...
‘Maldives to recruit workers from Bangladesh’

‘Maldives to recruit workers from Bangladesh’

UNB 2021-02-09 17:05:31

The Maldives will recruit workers from Bangladesh by creating a solid framework under an agreement, said visiting Foreign Minister of the Maldives Abdulla Shahid. “Today we’ll be signing...
Bangladesh reports 387 coronavirus cases, eight deaths in a day

Bangladesh reports 387 coronavirus cases, eight deaths in a day

-- 2021-02-09 16:23:21

Bangladesh has recorded 387 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 538,765. The death toll climbed to 8,229 after eight fatalities were registered in...
PM instructs teachers to get Covid vaccine before schools reopen

PM instructs teachers to get Covid vaccine before schools reopen

-- 2021-02-09 15:45:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed teachers to get vaccine shots as Bangladesh plans to reopen educational institutions anytime soon with the nationwide inoculation drive underway. State Min...
Mild cold wave likely to go by tomorrow: Met Office

Mild cold wave likely to go by tomorrow: Met Office

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-09 13:38:21

A mild cold wave sweeping over some parts of the country is likely to go by Wednesday morning, according to an official at Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). Chuadanga, Kurigram, Panchagarh,...
Low gas pressure, power cuts hamper life in Dhaka

Low gas pressure, power cuts hamper life in Dhaka

-- 2021-02-09 12:13:38

Consumers in Dhaka and its outskirts have been suffering due to the low pressure of gas supplied to households as the production has dropped with the onset of winter. Many neighbourhoods are also exp...
Admission test for medical colleges on Apr 2, dental colleges on Apr 30

Admission test for medical colleges on Apr 2, dental colleges on Apr 30

-- 2021-02-08 21:40:31

Bangladesh is set to hold the pandemic-delayed admission test for medical colleges on Apr 2 and the exam for dental on Apr 30. In a notification on Sunday, the health education directorate announced...
Kushtia SP Tanvir assigned to Barishal in police reshuffle

Kushtia SP Tanvir assigned to Barishal in police reshuffle

-- 2021-02-08 20:11:28

Superintendent of Police SM Tanvir Arafat, who came under the spotlight over a squabble with a senior judicial magistrate, has been transferred from Kushtia to Barishal in the latest shake-up in the f...
DCAB shocked at death of journalist Raheed Ejaz’s mother

DCAB shocked at death of journalist Raheed Ejaz’s mother

-- 2021-02-08 19:55:33

Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) on Monday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Khurshida Raihan, mother of Special Correspondent of Daily Prothom Alo and DCAB membe...
Daycare centres to face punishment for lack of security

Daycare centres to face punishment for lack of security

-- 2021-02-08 18:57:15

The cabinet on Monday gave final approval to a draft of “The Child Daycare Centre Act, 2021” keeping a provision of maximum 10 years of imprisonment in case of failure to ensure proper sec...
BNP leaders apologise to Khaleda for failure to wage movement

BNP leaders apologise to Khaleda for failure to wage movement

-- 2021-02-08 18:13:41

BNP senior leaders on Monday apologised to their party chairperson Khaleda Zia for their failure to wage a strong movement or take any step for her release from jail over the last three years. They,...
Cumilla court sentences four people to death for robbery-linked murder in 2016

Cumilla court sentences four people to death for robbery-linked murder in 2016

-- 2021-02-08 17:37:49

 A Cumilla court has sentenced four people to death and jailed a fifth for 10 years for killing an army soldier during a train robbery in 2016, reports bdnew24.com. Cumilla Additional District a...
Those aged at least 40 can now sign up for vaccination

Those aged at least 40 can now sign up for vaccination

-- 2021-02-08 16:52:40

The people who are at least 40 years old will be able to sign up for the COVID vaccination from Monday as Bangladesh expanded its inoculation efforts, reports bdnews24.com. Initially, citizens, aged...
Bangladesh records 316 virus cases, 16 deaths in a day

Bangladesh records 316 virus cases, 16 deaths in a day

-- 2021-02-08 16:26:53

Bangladesh has recorded 316 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 538,378. The death toll climbed to 8,221 after 16 fatalities were registered in the...
PM calls upon all to wear facemasks, wash hands even after taking vaccine

PM calls upon all to wear facemasks, wash hands even after taking vaccine

-- 2021-02-08 15:05:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon all to wear facemasks and wash hands even after taking the Covid-19 vaccine. “All will have to continue wearing masks and washing hands. Even the...
'It's like a voting festival': Mass vaccination drive enters second day

'It's like a voting festival': Mass vaccination drive enters second day

-- 2021-02-08 14:15:37

The second day of Bangladesh’s mass vaccination drive is underway after 31,160 people were inoculated on Sunday. The programme started at 9 am and by 10 am, about 100 people received their jabs...
Rajshahi University campus turns green

Rajshahi University campus turns green

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-02-08 09:30:24

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 07: Rajshahi University is the second-largest university of the country with 750 acres of land. The authorities of the university for the first time conducted a tree census in...

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