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Death of Kalabagan schoolgirl: Lone accused gives confessional statement

Death of Kalabagan schoolgirl: Lone accused gives confessional statement

-- 2021-01-08 21:08:37

A teenaged O Level student has given statement before a court confessing that he had raped and murdered a friend from Mastermind School in Dhaka, police say. Police produced 18-year old Iftekhar Fard...
Awami League’s workshop on career planning on Saturday

Awami League’s workshop on career planning on Saturday

-- 2021-01-08 19:18:51

The ruling Awami League will hold a workshop titled ‘Karmojiboner Karmoshala’ on Saturday with a view to providing guidelines to youth in making career planning and enhancing skills. Unde...
Rizvi describes Hasina’s speech as ‘black document of falsehood’

Rizvi describes Hasina’s speech as ‘black document of falsehood’

-- 2021-01-08 19:12:54

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has described Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent address to the nation as a ‘black document of falsehood’. "We want to make i...
ACC to interrogate 15 Thakurgaon teachers over allegations of corruption

ACC to interrogate 15 Thakurgaon teachers over allegations of corruption

-- 2021-01-08 16:34:28

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned 15 Thakurgaon teachers to interrogate them about irregularities in teachers’ transfer and recruitment, Primary School Certificate (PSC) exam and...
785 new coronavirus cases, 16 deaths in 24 hours

785 new coronavirus cases, 16 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-01-08 16:15:14

Bangladesh has logged 785 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 520,690. The death toll climbed to 7,734 after 16 fatalities were registered in...
Road crashes took 5,431 lives last year, says report

Road crashes took 5,431 lives last year, says report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-08 16:08:47

Some 5,431 people were killed and 7,379 others injured in road accidents from January to December 2020 across the country. During the period, a total of 4,735 road accidents took place, according to...
BRTA fines, cases drop in November

BRTA fines, cases drop in November

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-08 13:52:21

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has marginally witnessed a drop in cases filed and fines realised for violating traffic rules in November compared to October of 2020. BRTA filed 1,511 case...
Mustard growers in Magura expect good harvest

Mustard growers in Magura expect good harvest

OUR CORRESPONDENT, MAGURA 2021-01-08 13:03:11

Farmers in Magura are expecting a bumper production of mustard due to government support and favourable weather this year. According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Magura, a total of 1...
O-level student killed after rape in Dhaka

O-level student killed after rape in Dhaka

-- 2021-01-08 11:31:52

An O-level student was killed, allegedly after rape, in Kalabagan area of Dhaka on Thursday. Police arrested the 17-year-old victim’s boyfriend and three others in connection with the incident....
Unplanned development in Dhaka's eastern fringe of Purbachal deplored

Unplanned development in Dhaka's eastern fringe of Purbachal deplored

FE REPORT 2021-01-08 09:59:59

LGRD and cooperatives minister Tazul Islam on Thursday expressed his disappointment over uncontrolled development at Purbachal with no plan for controlling population density. Such unplanned developm...
Govt making every effort to bring coronavirus vaccine quickly, says PM

Govt making every effort to bring coronavirus vaccine quickly, says PM

-- 2021-01-07 20:11:21

Bangladesh is doing everything in its power to import the COVID-19 vaccine and the frontline workers in the fight against the pandemic will be prioritised for the doses, Sheikh Hasina has said. "The...
Mobile operators not providing satisfactory services, says BTRC chief

Mobile operators not providing satisfactory services, says BTRC chief

FE Online Report 2021-01-07 18:54:54

The country’s mobile operators are not providing services to the clients up to the mark, said newly appointed Chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (BTRC) Shyam Sunder Si...
Dhaka court acquits husband in Jesmine killing case

Dhaka court acquits husband in Jesmine killing case

-- 2021-01-07 18:17:08

A court has exonerated a man of murder charges in a case over the death of his wife Jesmine Akter in the capital's Ranavola in 2011, reports bdnews24.com. Dhaka's Speedy Trial Tribunal No.1 Judge Abu...
Indian envoy lauds digitisation of land management

Indian envoy lauds digitisation of land management

FE Online Report 2021-01-07 17:37:44

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram K Doraiswami lauded the digitisation of Bangladesh’s land management. The Indian high commissioner in Dhaka also praised the Prime Minister Sheikh...
Justice for Felani still on hold

Justice for Felani still on hold

-- 2021-01-07 16:45:15

All-out efforts were made to get justice despite their limitations but the long wait of the parents of Felani is yet to end. Now despair has gripped the ill-fated parents of Felani who was killed by...
Bangladesh reports 31 Covid deaths, 1,007 new cases in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 31 Covid deaths, 1,007 new cases in 24 hours

-- 2021-01-07 16:21:57

Bangladesh has recorded 31 deaths and 1,007 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 519,905. As of Thursday, the death toll climbed to 7,718, acc...
PM to address nation Thursday evening

PM to address nation Thursday evening

-- 2021-01-07 13:51:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this (Thursday) evening, marking the second anniversary of her current government formed through the December-30, 2018 general election. Banglades...
Bumper production of quality honey expected in Bogura

Bumper production of quality honey expected in Bogura

OUR CORRESPONDENT, BOGURA 2021-01-07 11:23:32

Honey farmers are expecting a bumper production of quality honey, due to favourable weather, in Bogura this year. The quality honey to be produced in the district could be worth Tk 100 million, accor...
Officials asked to make land office a place of trust

Officials asked to make land office a place of trust

FE REPORT 2021-01-07 10:07:34

Newly-appointed land secretary Md Mustafizur Rahman has urged the officials of his ministry to bring down the suffering of the people coming to take land-related services. "I call upon you (officials...
Bangladesh's road safety still elusive, says civic group

Bangladesh's road safety still elusive, says civic group

FE REPORT 2021-01-07 09:54:50

Road safety remains still elusive in the country as yearly data of Nirapad Sarak Chai (NSC) showed an increasing trend of accidents in 2020 despite low traffic flow for several months during coronavir...
Interpol requested to issue red alert against PK Halder

Interpol requested to issue red alert against PK Halder

UNB 2021-01-06 22:54:48

Police has asked Interpol to issue a red alert against Proshanta Kumar Halder – the man who left the country after reportedly amassing at least Tk 36 billion. Police Headquarters Assistant Insp...
All-out efforts bring no breakthrough in Rohingya repatriation, home minister says

All-out efforts bring no breakthrough in Rohingya repatriation, home minister says

-- 2021-01-06 21:29:43

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said Bangladesh has done everything in its power to send back the Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, but no headway has been made. The minister came up with the st...
4,996 killed in road accidents last year

4,996 killed in road accidents last year

-- 2021-01-06 20:32:06

Road accidents claimed the lives of 4,996 and left 5,085 others injured across Bangladesh in 2020, road safety campaign Nirapad Sarak Chai says in a study. Ilias Kanchan, chief of the platform, revea...
Narayanganj court jails Nur Hossain for life in arms case

Narayanganj court jails Nur Hossain for life in arms case

-- 2021-01-06 18:44:27

A Narayanganj court on Wednesday sentenced Nur Hossain, death row convict of sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case, to life imprisonment in an arms case. Additional District and Sessions Judge Be...
'Educational institutions likely to reopen in March'

'Educational institutions likely to reopen in March'

-- 2021-01-06 17:37:45

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said the government may reopen the educational institutions in March, considering the situation upon consultation...
BNP urges govt to find out alternative sources of vaccine

BNP urges govt to find out alternative sources of vaccine

-- 2021-01-06 16:49:50

Stating that the government's shortsightedness has created uncertainty over collecting a vaccine, BNP on Wednesday urged it to promptly find out an alternative source. "This government has no minimum...
Baby born with two heads in Magura

Baby born with two heads in Magura

-- 2021-01-06 16:24:31

A woman has given birth to a baby girl with two heads at Jahan Private Hospital in Magura district, doctors said on Wednesday. The baby's mother, Sonali Begum, and her husband Palash Molla, a farmer,...
Bangladesh registers 978 virus cases, 17 deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh registers 978 virus cases, 17 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-01-06 16:19:34

Bangladesh has recorded 978 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 518,898. The death toll climbed to 7,687 after 17 fatalities were registered...
178 BNP activists secure anticipatory bill in arson case

178 BNP activists secure anticipatory bill in arson case

-- 2021-01-06 14:26:19

The High Court has granted anticipatory bail to 178 BNP leaders and activists in cases linked to the arson attacks on buses during the by-election to the Dhaka-18 constituency. Justice Md Habibul Gan...
Treat migrant workers with dignity, says PM Hasina

Treat migrant workers with dignity, says PM Hasina

-- 2021-01-06 14:22:25

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on everyone involved in the labour migration process to play a responsible role in sending the workers abroad. The prime minister made the call while speaking...

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