-- 2021-01-20 17:11:21
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh has been able to avert the economic recession due to the Covid-19 pandemic although many countries across the world have suffered the most. "...
-- 2021-01-20 16:07:52
The death toll from the COVID-19 illness has climbed to 7,950 after the government registered eight fatalities, the lowest daily count since May 8. Bangladesh recorded 656 new cases of the coronaviru...
-- 2021-01-20 14:56:18
Bangladesh has been largely successful in averting an economic crisis that arced around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “It was possible to...
-- 2021-01-20 14:49:01
Three people were killed and 15 others injured after a bus overturned in Bogail area of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur on Wednesday. Identities of the deceased could not be known yet, Officer-in-Charge o...
-- 2021-01-20 14:04:14
Two million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to be sent by India as a gift to its next-door neighbour will arrive in Bangladesh on Thursday afternoon, instead of Wednesday. A speci...
-- 2021-01-20 13:23:38
Dhaka once again has topped a list of cities with the worst air quality in the world. The capital's air quality index (AQI) at 9.30 am on Wednesday read 378, considered ‘hazardous’. An A...
FE REPORT 2021-01-20 09:26:22
Educational institutions in the country should reopen in phases as over 75 per cent of the primary and secondary-level students prefer going back to schools, according to a survey. The survey showed...
FE REPORT 2021-01-20 08:56:16
The special committee on bus route rationalisation (BRR) will seek Tk 1.0 billion from the central bank to launch a company-system bus service on Ghatarchar-Kanchpur pilot route. Dhaka South City C...
-- 2021-01-19 23:32:06
Four terminals will be built outside Dhaka for inter-district buses and the terminals inside the capital will be used for inter-city buses only, the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor said. Sh...
-- 2021-01-19 21:04:32
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday formally opened the newly-built Bhasan Char Police Station in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali. Noakhali's police chief Md Alamgir Hossain presided over the...
-- 2021-01-19 20:26:47
Bangladesh is getting ready to launch its second satellite "Bangabandhu Satellite-2" by 2023. Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited (BSCL) signed an agreement with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) at its...
-- 2021-01-19 19:56:45
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday upheld the bail of JMI Limited Chairman Md Abdur Razzak granted by a subordinate court in a case accusing the company of supplying fake N-95 masks. Razzak secured bail...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-19 19:38:46
Bangladesh on Tuesday proposed to start repatriation of Rohingya refugees by the first quarter of this year. The proposal was placed in a trilateral virtual meeting among Bangladesh, China and Myanma...
-- 2021-01-19 18:55:53
Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed after an eight-hour suspension due to dense fog. Bangladesh Inland Water Transportation Corporation’s (BIWTC) Aricha terminal manager Mahiu...
-- 2021-01-19 18:45:46
The fifth phase polls in 31 municipalities will be held on February 28 as per the schedule announced by the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday. EC’s Joint Secretary (Public Relations) SM Asadu...
-- 2021-01-19 18:32:30
Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said the government plans to inoculate 200,000 people per day after receiving the first shipment of coronavirus vaccine doses, reports bdnews24.com. He reiterated th...
-- 2021-01-19 18:31:55
Civil Courts Amendment Bill, 2021 was placed in the Jatiya Sangad aiming to raise the financial jurisdiction of the Judges of the lower court for disposal of civil cases. Law, Justice and Parliamenta...
-- 2021-01-19 18:21:29
Veteran actor Mujibur Rahman Dilu died at the age of 69 at a city hospital. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the United Hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday morning, said his elder brother...
-- 2021-01-19 17:56:17
Bangladesh has pushed Myanmar hard on creating a favourable environment for Rohingya repatriation and "cautiously expressed optimism" to begin it in the second quarter of this year. The two countries...
-- 2021-01-19 16:51:56
The government has proposed legal amendments in parliament to publish the outcome of last year's Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent exams in an alternative evaluation method amid the coronavi...
-- 2021-01-19 16:37:24
A virtual tripartite meeting among Bangladesh, Myanmar and China began on Tuesday afternoon to discuss ways to expedite the Rohingya repatriation process. The repatriation talks with Myanmar remained...
-- 2021-01-19 15:57:45
Bangladesh has recorded 702 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 529,031. The death toll climbed to 7,942 after 20 fatalities were registered in the...
-- 2021-01-19 15:37:20
The two million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, to be sent by India as a gift, will arrive in Bangladesh on Wednesday, said Director General of Health Services ABM Khurshid Alam....
OUR CORRESPONDENT, KHULNA 2021-01-19 14:59:49
Hossain Sardar is a hearing-impaired farmer. He has cultivated eye-catching colourful plums in Khulna’s Dumuria. Each of his plum trees bears two to four maunds of fruits, which he is now wholes...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-19 13:44:52
The National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19 has recommended the government re-impose a 14-day institutional quarantine for all people returning from abroad, fearing a further spread of the n...
-- 2021-01-19 09:46:01
On the eve of discussions between Bangladesh and Myanmar on resolving the Rohingya refugee crisis, China, which provides the 'tripartite' framework to the dialogue, said it will continue to support th...
FE Report 2021-01-19 09:35:41
Second episode of the webinar series, organised by The Financial Express (FE), will be held tomorrow (Wednesday). It will focus on the tectonic shifts in supply chains as a result of the Covid-19 pan...
FE REPORT 2021-01-19 09:19:08
The government will enact a new law to help prevent forgery of land documents for reducing public sufferings and giving faster service to genuine land owners, said a top official of the Ministry of La...
Munima Sultana 2021-01-19 09:10:11
The planned company-based bus service on the Bosila-Motijheel route is going to be like that of the traditional trip-based services for not following the procedures of a joint venture company. Source...
FE REPORT 2021-01-19 08:55:10
Health experts on Monday expressed concern over a negative impression created among the people about the Covid-19 vaccines due to unceasing adverse comments in the social media. They urged the mass m...
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