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Brisk sales of winter cake of 'vapa pitha' here and there

Brisk sales of winter cake of 'vapa pitha' here and there

OUR CORRESPONDENT, RAJSHAHI 2020-12-23 14:24:56

As the winter has set in, more than 200 stalls of dhupi or vapa pitha, mostly run by women, have sprung up in different places, especially road crossings and corners, of Rajshahi city. Dhupi or vapa...

Deputy commissioners’ conference postponed again amid fresh surge in Covid cases

Deputy commissioners’ conference postponed again amid fresh surge in Covid cases

-- 2020-12-23 13:28:58

The annual deputy commissioners’ conference, which had to be rescheduled to January 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, has been postponed once again amid a fresh surge in virus cases and deat...

Bagmara Bazar sees sales of 12,000 litres of milk a day!

Bagmara Bazar sees sales of 12,000 litres of milk a day!

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CUMILLA 2020-12-23 12:50:44

A local market in Cumilla's Lalmai witnesses a sale of cow milk to the tune of 12,000 litres every morning. Some 15 milk traders buy the milk from some 2,000 small and medium dairy farmers at the loc...

Mild cold wave may continue: Met office

Mild cold wave may continue: Met office

-- 2020-12-23 11:23:46

A mild cold wave sweeping over the regions of Gopalgonj, Cumilla, Tetulia, Rajarhat, Chuadanga may continue, the Met Office said Tuesday. Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over th...

Law on domestic violence proved ineffective as no such lawsuit filed in a decade

Law on domestic violence proved ineffective as no such lawsuit filed in a decade

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-12-23 09:02:31

The existing Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act-2010 proved ineffective to shelter the distressed women in one decade due to its flaws. It has been found that no cases had been filed...

Dhaka to complete formality of approving Oxford vaccine once UK does it

Dhaka to complete formality of approving Oxford vaccine once UK does it

KAMRUN NAHAR 2020-12-23 08:56:22

Directorate general of health services (DGHS) will seek approval for Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine from the drug administration after that from the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agenc...

Police starts probe into money-laundering charges against MP Shahid

Police starts probe into money-laundering charges against MP Shahid

-- 2020-12-22 22:47:47

The police have launched an investigation into allegations of money laundering against MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul, who is awaiting trial in a Kuwaiti jail on human-trafficking charges,...

Aman rice production target exceeds in Rangpur region

Aman rice production target exceeds in Rangpur region

-- 2020-12-22 21:48:28

Braving the coronavirus pandemic, farmers have already exceeded the fixed production target of Aman rice despite massive damages caused to the crop by recent floods this season in Rangpur agriculture...

ACC approves charge sheet against GK Shamim

ACC approves charge sheet against GK Shamim

-- 2020-12-22 19:34:36

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday approved charge sheet against GK Shamim and his mother Ayesha Akter for acquiring illegal assets worth around Tk 3.00 billion. Shamim and his mother were c...

Revoke rent allowance if govt employees don’t stay in quarters: PM

Revoke rent allowance if govt employees don’t stay in quarters: PM

-- 2020-12-22 18:04:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to take measures for not providing house rent allowance to government employees if they don't stay at the government quarters...

ECNEC approves project to ensure WASH facilities for 4.5m people

ECNEC approves project to ensure WASH facilities for 4.5m people

-- 2020-12-22 18:00:46

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a project involving Tk 18.83 billion for ensuring WASH facilities for around 4.5 million people through providing w...

Bangladesh yet to decide on UK travel amid fears over new virus strain

Bangladesh yet to decide on UK travel amid fears over new virus strain

-- 2020-12-22 17:34:49

Bangladesh has yet to decide if it will impose a ban on air travel to and from the United Kingdom amid growing fears over the emergence of a newly-identified variant of the coronavirus in the country....

Bangladesh reports 17 Covid deaths, 1,318 new cases in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 17 Covid deaths, 1,318 new cases in 24 hours

-- 2020-12-22 16:38:48

Bangladesh has registered 17 new fatalities from the coronavirus infection, the lowest daily count in five weeks, taking the death toll so far to 7,329. The caseload climbed to 503,501 after 1,318 pe...

Bangladeshi development professionals require better learning attitude, targetted networking: Experts

Bangladeshi development professionals require better learning attitude, targetted networking: Experts

FE OUTREACH TEAM 2020-12-22 16:19:50

Bangladesh has earned reputation as a mature country in humanitarian operations but the development workers have proved some shortcomings in strategic leadership skills in a businesslike world, a stak...

Biman halts flights to Muscat for a week amid fears of new virus strain

Biman halts flights to Muscat for a week amid fears of new virus strain

-- 2020-12-22 13:38:39

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended its flight services to Oman for a week after the Gulf state closed its borders amid the concerns over the spread of a new strain of Covid-19. The flag carrier...

84 women tortured to death for dowry in Jan-Nov: Report

84 women tortured to death for dowry in Jan-Nov: Report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-22 12:51:34

At least 84 women were tortured to death for dowry in the first 11 months of the current calendar year across the country, according to a local legal aid and rights body. Apart from this, the Ain o S...

Actor Abdul Kader tests positive for Covid-19

Actor Abdul Kader tests positive for Covid-19

-- 2020-12-22 11:11:03

Abdul Kader, popular television actor who has recently been diagnosed with stage IV cancer, tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) on Monday. The actor returned home from Christian Medical Hospit...

BUET's Abrar murder accused to be tried at Speedy Trial Tribunal, HC confirms

BUET's Abrar murder accused to be tried at Speedy Trial Tribunal, HC confirms

FE REPORT 2020-12-22 08:55:44

The High Court on Monday cleared the way for the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka to continue the trial of all 25 accused in connection with the murder of Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh Universi...

DMP to take highest security measures for Christmas, 31st night celebration

DMP to take highest security measures for Christmas, 31st night celebration

-- 2020-12-21 23:24:01

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam on Monday said that the highest security measures would be taken to ensure a smooth celebration of Christmas Day and the new rear. He wa...

Court accepts Sinha murder charge sheet

Court accepts Sinha murder charge sheet

-- 2020-12-21 22:18:38

A court in Cox’s Bazar on Monday accepted the charge sheet against 15 people, including former OC of Teknaf police station Pradip Kumar Das, over the murder case of retired army officer Sinha Mo...

Cabinet approves policy to ensure safe food

Cabinet approves policy to ensure safe food

-- 2020-12-21 19:43:49

The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the Bangladesh Agricultural Good Practices Policy, 2020 in order to ensure safe and quality agricultural products by applying good practices in the entire p...

BNP to stage demonstration across country on December 30

BNP to stage demonstration across country on December 30

-- 2020-12-21 19:25:22

BNP has decided to stage demonstrations across the country on December 30, marking the second anniversary of the 11th parliamentary election. Standing committee members of the party worked out the pr...

Turkish foreign minister to arrive in Dhaka Tuesday

Turkish foreign minister to arrive in Dhaka Tuesday

-- 2020-12-21 19:01:36

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is expected to arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday on a two-day visit. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is likely to discuss bilateral and regional issues and...

Bangladesh moves two notches up in human development index

Bangladesh moves two notches up in human development index

-- 2020-12-21 18:49:28

Bangladesh has moved two notches up in the human development index — to 133 — compared to last year, said a new report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The report, titl...

Bangladesh eyes procuring another 60m COVID vaccine doses 'by June'

Bangladesh eyes procuring another 60m COVID vaccine doses 'by June'

-- 2020-12-21 17:29:58

Bangladesh is planning to procure 60 million additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine through the World Health Organization's COVAX programme within June 2021. Health Minister Zahid Maleque revealed...

HC orders list of money launderers with dual citizenship, passports

HC orders list of money launderers with dual citizenship, passports

-- 2020-12-21 17:26:50

The High Court has ordered a list of Bangladeshi nationals suspected of money laundering and corruption with dual citizenship and passports, reports bdnews24.com. The list will name those who travel...

2,205 people die with Covid-19 symptoms in Bangladesh: Report

2,205 people die with Covid-19 symptoms in Bangladesh: Report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-21 15:53:37

A total of 2,205 people died with coronavirus (Covid-19) symptoms in the last nine months from March 22 to November 28 across the country, according to the latest report. Apart from this, 1,629 peopl...

Bangladesh logs 1,470 new virus cases, 32 new deaths in daily count

Bangladesh logs 1,470 new virus cases, 32 new deaths in daily count

-- 2020-12-21 15:41:05

Bangladesh has recorded 1,470 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 502,183. The death toll climbed to 7,312 after 32 fatalities were registere...

Bangladesh set for warmer days as cold wave loosens grip

Bangladesh set for warmer days as cold wave loosens grip

-- 2020-12-21 15:34:12

A mild cold snap sweeping over large swaths of Bangladesh is likely to abate in the next three days as the temperature begins to rise slightly. A moderate cold wave is currently prevailing across the...

Illegal fish enclosures obstruct Chitra River flow

Illegal fish enclosures obstruct Chitra River flow

OUR CORRESPONDENT, BENAPOLE 2020-12-21 13:20:37

Fishermen are fishing in the Chitra River by illegally putting up enclosures, which result in disrupting the normal flow of the river in Jashore. Such illegal activity has been going on for so long w...