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Bangladesh logs 22 deaths, 1,235 virus cases in a day

Bangladesh logs 22 deaths, 1,235 virus cases in a day

-- 2020-12-30 16:50:29

Bangladesh has confirmed 1,235 new cases of the novel coronavirus, taking the tally of infections so far to 512,496, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll climbed to 7,531 after 22 fatalities were reg...

Illegal money transactions take place in forest department, TIB study finds

Illegal money transactions take place in forest department, TIB study finds

FE Online Report 2020-12-30 16:40:36

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has found illegal money transactions, amounting from Tk 50,000 to Tk 30 million, during appointing, promoting and transferring or postings within the Fo...

Spam, ransomware Bangladesh's two major cyber threats

Spam, ransomware Bangladesh's two major cyber threats

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2020-12-30 15:52:14

Spam has been identified as Bangladesh's biggest cyber threat in the year 2020, according to a latest report of the government. Spam is unsolicited emails, most often send in bulk, and it is one of t...

HC bans broadcasting fugitives’ statements

HC bans broadcasting fugitives’ statements

-- 2020-12-30 15:43:10

The High Court has imposed a ban on the media broadcast of statements, interviews and talk-show appearances of any convicted or fugitive suspects, including the absconding Proshanta Kumar Halder who i...

Century-old forest act needs to be reformed: TIB

Century-old forest act needs to be reformed: TIB

FE Online Report 2020-12-30 15:11:48

The nearly century-old forest act-1927 is needed to be widely reformed as the existing law could not work as a safeguard to protect the country’s forest lands, said a new study of the Transparen...

Sylhet microbus cylinder blast leaves four dead

Sylhet microbus cylinder blast leaves four dead

-- 2020-12-30 15:00:26

Four people were killed and four others injured after a gas cylinder on a microbus exploded on Sylhet-Jakiganj road in front of Mollagram Government Primary School in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet early...

PM says govt building forces to protect independence, sovereignty

PM says govt building forces to protect independence, sovereignty

-- 2020-12-30 13:52:08

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government is building up every force in such a way so that the country could avail all sorts of measures and training to protect its independence an...

Payra 660-MW 2nd power unit starts operation

Payra 660-MW 2nd power unit starts operation

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2020-12-30 11:16:22

The 660-megawatt (MW) second and final unit of the country's largest coal-fired power plant at Payra in Patuakhali has initiated commercial operation from early this month with lower output due to dem...

Students aged under 11 can apply for admission at sixth grade, HC passes order

Students aged under 11 can apply for admission at sixth grade, HC passes order

-- 2020-12-30 00:42:17

The High Court Tuesday stayed a government circular that had restricted students aged under 11 from applying for admission to sixth grade in public high schools, reports UNB.  The HC also direct...

DMP bans gathering at open places on 31st night

DMP bans gathering at open places on 31st night

-- 2020-12-29 21:41:28

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) today said no public gathering at open spaces including rooftops will be allowed on the night of December 31 amid the coronavirus pandemic. The DMP asked not to arrang...

Bumper yield of onion delights Rajshahi farmers

Bumper yield of onion delights Rajshahi farmers

-- 2020-12-29 20:05:48

Grassroots farmers in Rajshahi are being delighted because they are getting good yield and the lucrative market price of the newly harvested onion everywhere in the region including its vast Barind tr...

First ship anchored at Matarbari deep seaport

First ship anchored at Matarbari deep seaport

-- 2020-12-29 19:50:52

The Panama flag carrying ship ‘MV Venus Triumph’ has been anchored successfully at Matarbari deep seaport in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar today (Tuesday) for the first time. T...

Tk 350m embezzlement charges loom over ex-mayor Sayeed Khokon

Tk 350m embezzlement charges loom over ex-mayor Sayeed Khokon

-- 2020-12-29 19:50:49

A leader of traders in Gulistan has moved a court for permission to start a case against Mohammad Sayeed Khokon, the former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, and six others on charges of embezzli...

Global leaders to join Bangladesh’s carnival on Mar 17-26, says FM

Global leaders to join Bangladesh’s carnival on Mar 17-26, says FM

-- 2020-12-29 19:28:22

Bangladesh has planned to go all out with a big carnival with heads of state and government from March 17-26 marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 5...

ADB inks $200m deal with Bangladesh for rural power supply improvement

ADB inks $200m deal with Bangladesh for rural power supply improvement

UNB 2020-12-29 19:27:10

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed agreements for $200 million additional loans, including $130 million concessional loan, to improve access to efficient and reliable el...

Bangladesh reports 30 Covid deaths, 1,181 new infections in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 30 Covid deaths, 1,181 new infections in 24 hours

-- 2020-12-29 17:42:52

Bangladesh has logged 1,181 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 511,261. The death toll climbed to 7,509 after 30 fatalities were registered...

Govt to issue JSC, JDC certificates without GPA this year

Govt to issue JSC, JDC certificates without GPA this year

-- 2020-12-29 17:27:18

The government has decided to issue certificates to the eighth-graders without any grade point average (GPA) as this year's Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinat...

People reaping benefits of democracy, PM says

People reaping benefits of democracy, PM says

-- 2020-12-29 16:35:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the people of the country are now reaping the benefits of democracy as ‘they got back their state power from the cantonment’. "Military dictat...

Second group of 1,134 Rohingya leave for Bhashan Char from Chattogram

Second group of 1,134 Rohingya leave for Bhashan Char from Chattogram

-- 2020-12-29 15:56:43

As part of the government's initiative to relocate Rohingya to Bhasan Char, 1,134 Rohingyas started their journey to the island by five ships on Tuesday in the second batch. Ships carrying the Rohing...

Govt planning to hold next SSC exams in June, HSC in July-August

Govt planning to hold next SSC exams in June, HSC in July-August

-- 2020-12-29 15:35:11

The government is planning to hold the Secondary School Certificate or SSC and equivalent examinations in June, followed by HSC exams in July-August. Before the exams, the authorities will formulate...

‘Joint effort needed to recover rivers from grabbers’ 

‘Joint effort needed to recover rivers from grabbers’ 

FE Online Report 2020-12-29 13:44:37

Experts and officials have made a call for joint efforts to recover rivers from grabbers, and a social movement against the river grabbing in order for a sound and liveable environment in the country....

106th birth anniversary of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin being observed

106th birth anniversary of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin being observed

-- 2020-12-29 13:44:25

The 106th birth anniversary of art maestro Zainul Abedin is being observed today (Tuesday). The creative genius was born on December 29, 1914, in Kishoreganj and went on to become the man behind the...

Bangladesh starts moving second group of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char

Bangladesh starts moving second group of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char

Reuters 2020-12-29 12:16:21

Bangladesh started moving a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, a naval official told Reuters, despite opposition from rights groups worried...

Bangladesh farmers deserve digital card for various services: Stakeholders

Bangladesh farmers deserve digital card for various services: Stakeholders

-- 2020-12-29 10:25:22

Speakers on  Monday urged the government to provide “digital cards for farmers” upgrading the current agriculture card to ensure that they get different services easily and in a trans...

0.5m Bangladeshi expatriates return, similar number fails to go abroad

0.5m Bangladeshi expatriates return, similar number fails to go abroad

ARAFAT ARA 2020-12-29 09:58:54

The coronavirus pandemic took a heavy toll on the country's overseas employment sector in the outgoing calendar year (2020), as a large number of Bangladeshi workers lost their jobs. On the other han...

Post-Covid effects may undermine SDG efforts

Post-Covid effects may undermine SDG efforts

FE REPORT 2020-12-29 09:23:41

Post-Covid consequences and losses from latest random floods might undercut the country's efforts to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs), experts told a webinar on Monday. They said a compre...

Conspirators still active to destroy CHT peace, Hasan alleges

Conspirators still active to destroy CHT peace, Hasan alleges

-- 2020-12-28 23:23:28

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said conspirators are still active to destroy the prevailing peace in Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) region along with destroying the peace of the country...

Election commission should resign right now, Fakhrul says

Election commission should resign right now, Fakhrul says

-- 2020-12-28 23:18:42

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the election commission (EC) should resign right now shouldering the responsibility for "corruption, incompetence and failures". &ldqu...

Brother, nephew testify against former chief justice Sinha

Brother, nephew testify against former chief justice Sinha

-- 2020-12-28 23:02:23

Narendra Kumar Sinha has testified against his brother the former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha in a case that involves embezzlement of Tk 40 million in credit from The Farmers Bank. SK Sinha&rs...

First phase of municipality polls sees 60pc turnout, EC secretary says

First phase of municipality polls sees 60pc turnout, EC secretary says

-- 2020-12-28 21:28:17

Secretary of the Election Commission Secretariat Md Alamgir on Monday said the first phase of the municipality polls was held successfully across the country with a voter turnout of 60 per cent. &ldq...