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A story of empowerment thru sustainable sanitation during Covid-19 pandemic

A story of empowerment thru sustainable sanitation during Covid-19 pandemic

KHANDAKER SHAOLI HASSAN AND SOMASHREE CHATTAPADHYA 2021-01-26 12:28:41

Water.org Bangladesh, a leading international organization, has so far touched the lives of more than 2.8 million people in Bangladesh by enabling access to water and sanitation. Globally, Water.org...

Bangladesh shouldn't be a police state: High Court

Bangladesh shouldn't be a police state: High Court

FE REPORT 2021-01-26 08:19:38

A High Court (HC) bench while hearing a suo moto rule on Monday observed that the country has become a police state and the people tend to believe so. 'But that should not be the case', it said. The...

War-time naval commander Nurul Huq passes away   

War-time naval commander Nurul Huq passes away  

FE ONLINE DESK   2021-01-25 23:39:48

The first chief of staff of the Bangladesh Navy and freedom fighter Captain Nurul Huq died in Dhaka on Monday evening. He was 99. He was also the second temporary chief of Bangladesh Navy during the...

India nominates two Bangladeshis for Padma awards   

India nominates two Bangladeshis for Padma awards  

-- 2021-01-25 22:56:51

India has nominated renowned Bangladeshis -- musicologist Dr Sanjeeda Khatun and Lt Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zaheer (retd) -- for this year's Padma awards. This was announced by the Indian Home Ministry o...

HSC, SSC exams to be held on brief syllabuses

HSC, SSC exams to be held on brief syllabuses

-- 2021-01-25 22:11:38

Education Minister Dipu Moni on Monday said that the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations will be held on shortened syllabuses. "Brief syllabuses hav...

Britain to include Bangladesh in coalition against climate change

Britain to include Bangladesh in coalition against climate change

-- 2021-01-25 20:56:52

Britain will team up with Bangladesh, Egypt, Malawi, Saint Lucia and the Netherlands to help communities around the world that are threatened by climate change to adapt and build resilience. In a vir...

Bangladesh-India FOC on Jan 29

Bangladesh-India FOC on Jan 29

-- 2021-01-25 20:48:41

Bangladesh and India will hold the Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between the two countries on January 29 to have comprehensive discussions on the entire gamut of bilateral relations. Foreign Sec...

PK Halder, 32 others face embezzlement charges

PK Halder, 32 others face embezzlement charges

-- 2021-01-25 20:13:24

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started five cases against fugitive businessman Prashanta Kumar Halder and 32 others on charges embezzling Tk 3.51 billion in loans through five sham companies...

Ekushey Book Fair from March 18

Ekushey Book Fair from March 18

-- 2021-01-25 19:46:51

The Bangla Academy has planned to inaugurate the Ekushey Book Fair on March 18, after a long delay due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We have decided to open the book fair on March 18 in line wi...

Govt finalises software for COVID-19 vaccine registration

Govt finalises software for COVID-19 vaccine registration

-- 2021-01-25 19:35:27

The government has prepared a software, Surokkha, to conduct the online registration for vaccination programme against the coronavirus pandemic. A team of ICT Division developed the COVID-19 vaccine...

Govt to publish HSC results after issuing gazette on legal amendment

Govt to publish HSC results after issuing gazette on legal amendment

-- 2021-01-25 18:52:14

The government will publish the results of last year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations after issuing the gazette on the latest amendment to the law which allows education authorities t...

Kushtia SP seeks unconditional apology for misbehaving with magistrate

Kushtia SP seeks unconditional apology for misbehaving with magistrate

-- 2021-01-25 17:28:03

Superintendant of Police (SP) of Kushtia district on Monday sought unconditional apology to the High Court for allegedly misbehaving with a senior judicial magistrate during recent municipality electi...

Singaporean movie producer convicted of assaulting Bangladeshi worker

Singaporean movie producer convicted of assaulting Bangladeshi worker

-- 2021-01-25 16:50:40

Singaporean movie producer and former television actor Ng Aik Leong, better known by his Chinese name Huang Yiliang, has been convicted of assaulting a Bangladeshi worker in 2018. The Singaporean, no...

Bangladesh allows travel agencies to open branches abroad

Bangladesh allows travel agencies to open branches abroad

-- 2021-01-25 16:29:58

The parliament has approved an amendment to the existing law to allow travel agencies to shift their ownership and open branches at home and abroad. State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md M...

Bangladesh registers 602 new virus cases, 18 deaths

Bangladesh registers 602 new virus cases, 18 deaths

-- 2021-01-25 15:34:47

Bangladesh has recorded 602 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 532,401. The death toll climbed to 8,041 after 18 fatalities were registered in the...

Corruption cases: Courts order confiscation of Tk 30m assets in 2020

Corruption cases: Courts order confiscation of Tk 30m assets in 2020

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2021-01-25 14:47:08

Trial courts in Bangladesh ordered the confiscation of assets worth Tk 30.03 million and slapped Tk 724.88 million in fines in corruption cases in 2020, according to the Anti-Corruption Commission (AC...

Five policemen injured in Pirojour attack

Five policemen injured in Pirojour attack

-- 2021-01-25 14:01:06

Five policemen were injured in an attack by some local people during a drive at Kumarkhali in Sadar upazila of Pirojpur district early Monday. The victims were identified as Sub-inspector of Sadar Po...

First shipment of imported Covid vaccine doses arrives in Dhaka

First shipment of imported Covid vaccine doses arrives in Dhaka

-- 2021-01-25 13:14:41

The first shipment of five million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, imported from India, has arrived in Dhaka. Nine refrigerated vans will carry the vaccine doses to a warehouse in Tongi on t...

Bangladesh-US ties to reach new height during Biden administration: Momen

Bangladesh-US ties to reach new height during Biden administration: Momen

FE Report 2021-01-25 12:42:30

Welfare visions of the US administration led by President Joe Biden and the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are similar. So, the ties between these two countries are expected to reach...

Govt to observe COVID-19 situation until February 4 for reopening schools, colleges

Govt to observe COVID-19 situation until February 4 for reopening schools, colleges

-- 2021-01-24 23:24:54

The government will take a decision on reopening high schools and colleges after observing the coronavirus situation until February 4. Education Minister Dipu Moni revealed the plan at a virtual even...

Bangladesh, India will pay same price for AstraZeneca vaccine, Papon says

Bangladesh, India will pay same price for AstraZeneca vaccine, Papon says

-- 2021-01-24 22:54:54

Bangladesh and India will pay the same price in procuring the COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, from Serum Institute of India, Managing Director of Beximco Pharmaceutic...

Internet users may face slow connection on January 31

Internet users may face slow connection on January 31

-- 2021-01-24 21:58:28

Internet users in Bangladesh may face slow connection early on January 31 due to repair work on the second submarine cable. The repair work on the cable will continue for four hours from 2:00 am, Ban...

Bangladesh unveils vaccination plan

Bangladesh unveils vaccination plan

UNB 2021-01-24 21:48:36

The government has worked out a plan for national vaccination against Covid-19 with a target to give two doses of jabs to each of 138.2 million (13.82 crore) people to eliminate the prevalence of the...

5.0 million vaccine doses to arrive on Monday, health minister says

5.0 million vaccine doses to arrive on Monday, health minister says

-- 2021-01-24 20:33:11

Bangladesh will get 5.0 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca and manufactured by Serum Institute of India, on Monday. Health Minister Zahid Maleque gave t...

Agonising noise pollution poses serious health risk in Dhaka: Study

Agonising noise pollution poses serious health risk in Dhaka: Study

UNB 2021-01-24 20:06:49

Although there was a drop in the level of noise pollution in Dhaka during the initial days of the Covid-induced lockdown period, the brief interlude of quiet has started fading since restrictions were...

EVM gains acceptance among voters, CEC says

EVM gains acceptance among voters, CEC says

-- 2021-01-24 19:51:48

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Sunday said electronic voting machine (EVM) has gained acceptance among voters. The CEC came up with the statement while addressing a view exchange...

Govt to ensure 14,000MW power during irrigation season

Govt to ensure 14,000MW power during irrigation season

-- 2021-01-24 19:40:40

The government has taken steps to ensure supply of 14,000-MW electricity during the upcoming irrigation season. “We have instructed all concerned for completing necessary preparation to ensure...

Woman's meeting with Hall-Mark GM: Kashimpur jailer, superintendent withdrawn

Woman's meeting with Hall-Mark GM: Kashimpur jailer, superintendent withdrawn

-- 2021-01-24 17:50:46

The authorities have recalled Kashimpur Jail's Superintendent Ratna Roy and Jailer Nur Mohammed of Kashimpur for providing special treatment to Tushar Ahmed, general manager of scam-tainted Hall-Mark...

Court to pronounce verdict in Dipon murder case on February 10

Court to pronounce verdict in Dipon murder case on February 10

-- 2021-01-24 17:47:00

A Dhaka court has set February 10 to pronounce its judgement in the case lodged over the murder of Jagriti Prokashoni publisher Foysal Arefin Dipon. Judge Md Mojibur Rahman fixed the date at the end...

Bangladesh logs 473 new virus cases, 20 fatalities

Bangladesh logs 473 new virus cases, 20 fatalities

-- 2021-01-24 16:11:45

Bangladesh has recorded 473 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 531,799. The death toll climbed to 8,023 after 20 fatalities were registered in the...