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438 new coronavirus cases, 13 deaths in 24 hours

438 new coronavirus cases, 13 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-02-03 16:10:14

Bangladesh has recorded 438 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 536,545. The death toll climbed to 8,162 after 13 fatalities were registered in the...

Bangladesh moves four places up on Democracy Index 2020

Bangladesh moves four places up on Democracy Index 2020

-- 2021-02-03 14:33:06

Bangladesh has moved four places up on the latest Democracy Index, compared to the previous year, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, or EIU. A large majority of countries on the index reco...

Natore man gets life in jail for raping two girls

Natore man gets life in jail for raping two girls

-- 2021-02-03 14:02:43

A tribunal in the district on Wednesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping two girls in 2017. Natore Women and Children Repression Tribunal Judge Imdadul Haque found Yakub Ali of Sr...

Land ministry's civil suit monitoring to go online

Land ministry's civil suit monitoring to go online

-- 2021-02-03 10:39:56

The Ministry of Land has taken an initiative to set up a Civil Suit Management System (CSMS) for easy, transparent, efficient management and online monitoring of land-related civil cases, says the min...

101 lawyers urge constitution of Supreme Judicial Council to probe alleged EC delinquency

101 lawyers urge constitution of Supreme Judicial Council to probe alleged EC delinquency

FE REPORT 2021-02-03 10:38:07

Some 101 members of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Tuesday urged the President to constitute the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to probe the allegations of irregularities and serious financ...

Questionable procurement of medical equipment involving Tk 683m identified

Questionable procurement of medical equipment involving Tk 683m identified

FE REPORT 2021-02-03 10:04:39

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh unearthed 21 financial irregularities, involving Tk 683 million, in procurement of medical equipments for Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College H...

Bangladesh in touch with China to see progress in Rohingya talks

Bangladesh in touch with China to see progress in Rohingya talks

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2021-02-03 09:02:50

Rohingya repatriation is unlikely to be impeded even after the army took over in Myanmar, according to experts and policymakers. The repatriation of Rohingya people to Myanmar will be possible after...

BNP now in leadership crisis, Hasina says

BNP now in leadership crisis, Hasina says

-- 2021-02-02 20:47:04

Mentioning that BNP is now in a leadership crisis, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said people do not trust the party for having convicted and fugitive people in its helm. "Today, BNP has a l...

BNP voices concern over military coup in Myanmar

BNP voices concern over military coup in Myanmar

-- 2021-02-02 20:45:44

BNP has voiced concern over the military coup in Myanmar by revoking the parliament elected under the leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi. In a statement issued on Tuesday, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fak...

Army strongly condemns Al Jazeera report, says ISPR

Army strongly condemns Al Jazeera report, says ISPR

UNB 2021-02-02 20:40:19

Bangladesh Army Headquarters on Tuesday strongly denounced news channel Al Jazeera's investigative report "All the Prime Minister's Men", saying it is part of a move to break the harmony among differe...

Environment impact assessment of country’s maritime area to start finally

Environment impact assessment of country’s maritime area to start finally

UNB 2021-02-02 20:27:26

An environment impact assessment (EIA) is going to be done soon in the country's maritime area as a prerequisite to beginning the main work on a multi-client seismic survey for hydrocarbon exploration...

Govt slashes motorcycle registration fees by nearly half

Govt slashes motorcycle registration fees by nearly half

-- 2021-02-02 20:12:29

The government has nearly halved the motorcycle registration fees, as per a report on bdnews24.com. The registration fee for motorcycles with an engine capacity of 100cc or less will be Tk 2,000 in p...

Bangladesh awaits feedback from Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation talks

Bangladesh awaits feedback from Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation talks

-- 2021-02-02 19:55:52

Bangladesh is waiting for feedback from Myanmar about the next round of discussions, scheduled to take place virtually on Thursday, on Rohingya repatriation. The government is yet to establish any co...

Wife of prime minister’s personal physician dies from post-COVID pneumonia

Wife of prime minister’s personal physician dies from post-COVID pneumonia

-- 2021-02-02 19:33:20

Mahmuda Begum, the wife of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's personal physician Dr ABM Abdullah, has died from health complications following her recovery from coronavirus infection, reports bdnews24.com...

Smart management system to handle land-related cases

Smart management system to handle land-related cases

FE Online Report 2021-02-02 18:57:51

The Ministry of Land has taken an initiative to set up Civil Suit Management System (CSMS) for managing land-related civil cases online. According to the ministry, the smart management system will en...

Speakers for comprehensive policies to address e-waste management

Speakers for comprehensive policies to address e-waste management

FE Online Report 2021-02-02 18:40:59

Speakers at a discussion Tuesday demanded comprehensive policies addressing the increasing problem of electronic waste (e-waste) and its management. They said e-waste which is increasing at the rate...

Bangladesh police arrest young man over Facebook scams

Bangladesh police arrest young man over Facebook scams

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

Detective police have arrested a young man on charges of using pictures of senior government officials in multiple Facebook accounts to deceive people, reports bdnews24.com. The man was identified as...

Keep wearing masks even after vaccination, PM urges people

Keep wearing masks even after vaccination, PM urges people

-- 2021-02-02 16:35:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon those who took the coronavirus vaccine or are planning to become inoculated to keep wearing masks to stay safe from getting infected. During her closing s...

Bangladesh reports 525 virus cases, 12 deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 525 virus cases, 12 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-02-02 16:21:44

Bangladesh has recorded 525 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 536,107. The death toll climbed to 8,149 after 12 fatalities were registered in the...

Cold wave continues to grip different parts of the country

Cold wave continues to grip different parts of the country

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-02 16:02:27

The sweeping cold wave may continue in some parts of Bangladesh until tomorrow (Wednesday), according to an official at Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). Abdul Mannan, a meteorologist at BM...

Bangladesh urges Malaysia to finalise protocol on employment of workers

Bangladesh urges Malaysia to finalise protocol on employment of workers

-- 2021-02-02 14:59:02

Bangladesh has urged Malaysia to finalise the protocol amending the MoU between the government of Malaysia and the government of Bangladesh (G-to-G plus) on the employment of workers. Bangladesh also...

Bangladesh govt terms Al Jazeera report 'false, defamatory'

Bangladesh govt terms Al Jazeera report 'false, defamatory'

BSS 2021-02-02 13:05:49

Bangladesh has dismissed Al Jazeera news channel’s Monday’s report titled “All the Prime Minister’s Men”, calling it “false and defamatory” and a desperate &l...

Police bust illegal liquor factory in Dhaka, arrest six

Police bust illegal liquor factory in Dhaka, arrest six

-- 2021-02-02 12:30:54

Police claimed to have busted an illicit liquor manufacturing unit in the city’s Bhatara area on Monday night. Six people working at the factory in Khilbari Tek Mukti Polli have also been arres...

BRTA proposes Tk 2.20 a km fare for company-based bus services

BRTA proposes Tk 2.20 a km fare for company-based bus services

MUNIMA SULTANA 2021-02-02 10:11:11

The BRTA fare committee has proposed a fare of Tk 2.20 per kilometre for the company-based bus service that is expected to run on a pilot route soon, sources said. The fare is Tk 0.50 higher than t...

Rizvi describes PM’s remarks on democracy as mockery

Rizvi describes PM’s remarks on democracy as mockery

-- 2021-02-01 20:56:09

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ‘made a mockery’ with her comments that a strong opposition in the country is a mus...

Attempt to murder PM: HC judgement on February 17

Attempt to murder PM: HC judgement on February 17

-- 2021-02-01 20:06:52

The High Court (HC) will deliver its judgement on February 17 on death reference and jail appeals of the convicts in a case lodged over an attempt to murder Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Kotalipara,...

Health workers’ leave cancelled till Feb 10 due to nationwide vaccination drive

Health workers’ leave cancelled till Feb 10 due to nationwide vaccination drive

-- 2021-02-01 18:49:27

Health workers in Bangladesh will not be able to leave their workplaces until February 10 as the government is set to roll out its nationwide vaccination campaign, said the Directorate General of Heal...

Western economic corridor project pulls $500m aid from WB   

Western economic corridor project pulls $500m aid from WB  

FE ONLINE DESK   2021-02-01 18:08:04

More 20 million people in at least four western districts will benefit from a project designed to improve roads and digital connectivity, the World Bank (WB) said on Monday. It signed a $500 million...

69 kg venison recovered in Bagerhat; seven detained

69 kg venison recovered in Bagerhat; seven detained

-- 2021-02-01 17:50:30

Forest officers in Bagerhat detained a man with 22 kg venison from Sundarbans Dhashervarani area adjacent to Shoronkhola upazila Sunday night. With this in two separate drives in the last two weeks,...

Bangladesh to conduct 43rd BCS preliminary test on Aug 6

Bangladesh to conduct 43rd BCS preliminary test on Aug 6

-- 2021-02-01 17:05:34

Bangladesh Public Service Commission has announced a plan to hold the 43rd BCS preliminary test in eight divisional cities on Aug 6, reports bdnews24.com. The exam will be held in Dhaka, Rajshahi, Ch...