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Economy proved resilience during pandemic, says PM  

Economy proved resilience during pandemic, says PM  

-- 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. "...

Bangladesh logs eight virus deaths, lowest daily count in eight months

Bangladesh logs eight virus deaths, lowest daily count in eight months

-- 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...

Bangladesh successfully averted Covid-induced economic crisis, Hasina says

Bangladesh successfully averted Covid-induced economic crisis, Hasina says

-- 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...

Faridpur road crash claims lives of three

Faridpur road crash claims lives of three

-- 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...

Free vaccine doses sent by India to arrive on Thursday

Free vaccine doses sent by India to arrive on Thursday

-- 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...

Dhaka’s air quality ‘hazardous’

Dhaka’s air quality ‘hazardous’

-- 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...

Bangladesh's 75pc students prefer going back to schools: Survey

Bangladesh's 75pc students prefer going back to schools: Survey

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...

Tk 1.0b BB money sought for bus owners to launch service on BRR pilot route

Tk 1.0b BB money sought for bus owners to launch service on BRR pilot route

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...

Four terminals to be built outside Dhaka for inter-district buses

Four terminals to be built outside Dhaka for inter-district buses

-- 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...

Bhasan Char gets police station

Bhasan Char gets police station

-- 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...

Bangladesh to launch Bangabandhu Satellite-2 in 2023

Bangladesh to launch Bangabandhu Satellite-2 in 2023

-- 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...

HC upholds bail for JMI chairman in supplying fake mask case

HC upholds bail for JMI chairman in supplying fake mask case

-- 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...

Bangladesh proposes to start Rohingya repatriation by March

Bangladesh proposes to start Rohingya repatriation by March

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...

Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services resume after eight hours

Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services resume after eight hours

-- 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...

Fifth phase municipal polls in 31 municipalities on February 28

Fifth phase municipal polls in 31 municipalities on February 28

-- 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...

Bangladesh plans to vaccinate 200,000 people a day

Bangladesh plans to vaccinate 200,000 people a day

-- 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...

Civil Court Amendment Bill, 2021 placed in JS

Civil Court Amendment Bill, 2021 placed in JS

-- 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...

Veteran actor Mujibur Rahman Dilu dies

Veteran actor Mujibur Rahman Dilu dies

-- 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...

Bangladesh optimistic about Rohingya repatriation from second quarter

Bangladesh optimistic about Rohingya repatriation from second quarter

-- 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...

Govt readies bills to publish results of HSC, equivalent exams

Govt readies bills to publish results of HSC, equivalent exams

-- 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...

Tripartite meet on Rohingya repatriation begins

Tripartite meet on Rohingya repatriation begins

-- 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...

Bangladesh reports 702 new virus cases, 20 deaths

Bangladesh reports 702 new virus cases, 20 deaths

-- 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...

2.0m ‘gift’ vaccine doses to arrive from India on Wednesday

2.0m ‘gift’ vaccine doses to arrive from India on Wednesday

-- 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....

Dream of a farmer with disability revolves around colourful plums

Dream of a farmer with disability revolves around colourful plums

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...

Expert panel recommends 14-day institutional quarantine for all home returnees

Expert panel recommends 14-day institutional quarantine for all home returnees

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...

China hints at 'early, durable' solution to Rohingya crisis

China hints at 'early, durable' solution to Rohingya crisis

-- 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 to hold webinar on supply chain during Covid, tomorrow

FE to hold webinar on supply chain during Covid, tomorrow

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...

New law in the offing to stop land document forgery

New law in the offing to stop land document forgery

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...

Dhaka's planned company-based bus service far from being ready

Dhaka's planned company-based bus service far from being ready

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...

Social media campaign against vaccines stirs up worries: Health experts

Social media campaign against vaccines stirs up worries: Health experts

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...