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Biman suspends flights to Saudi Arabia for a week

Biman suspends flights to Saudi Arabia for a week

FE Online Desk 2020-12-21 12:06:30

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended its flights to Saudi Arabia for a week from today, Monday, the national flag career has said in a media statement. The move follows the Saudi government’...
Power generation increases to 20,595 MW, electricity consumption remains half the total

Power generation increases to 20,595 MW, electricity consumption remains half the total

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2020-12-21 10:26:06

The country's overall electricity generation capacity increased 1,015 megawatts (MW) or 5.18 per cent during the outgoing calendar year (2020) to reach 20,595 MW in total. Four new power plants were...
Bangladesh may face chaos over Covid vaccine, health experts fear

Bangladesh may face chaos over Covid vaccine, health experts fear

FE REPORT 2020-12-21 09:51:12

Healthcare experts on Sunday warned inappropriate methodology in setting priorities for Covid-19 vaccination would trigger "chaos" in the country. The government has already prioritised some groups o...
Experts stress transparency, accountability in Covid-19 vaccination

Experts stress transparency, accountability in Covid-19 vaccination

-- 2020-12-20 21:49:33

Bangladesh’s coronavirus experience is mixed compared to the experiences of its neighbouring countries. While Bangladesh is doing better than countries like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in term...
Tomato farming brings smiles to Rajshahi farmers

Tomato farming brings smiles to Rajshahi farmers

-- 2020-12-20 20:32:58

The tomato farming appeared as a fortune changer for many farmers as it made many peasants solvent in the region this year with also significantly infusing dynamism into the local economy. Sources sa...
Three more U-Turns inaugurated on Satrasta-Uttara road to ease traffic congestion

Three more U-Turns inaugurated on Satrasta-Uttara road to ease traffic congestion

-- 2020-12-20 20:30:33

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Sunday opened three more U-Turns constructed as part of the 11 U-Turns Construction Project to ease traffic congestion in the city. The U-Turns are being constr...
Election commissioner describes allegations raised by 42 citizens as intentional

Election commissioner describes allegations raised by 42 citizens as intentional

-- 2020-12-20 20:24:55

Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury has described the allegations of indiscipline and serious financial misconduct brought by 42 distinguished citizens against the electio...
Bangladesh permits GCSE, A Level exams in January amid pandemic

Bangladesh permits GCSE, A Level exams in January amid pandemic

-- 2020-12-20 18:47:11

The Ministry of Education has approved the British Council’s plan to hold GCSE and A Level exams for students of English medium institutions in January 2021 amid the coronavirus outbreak. The D...
Govt to publish HSC results this month

Govt to publish HSC results this month

-- 2020-12-20 18:25:46

The government is making the final preparations to publish the results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations in December amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, the au...
Development initiatives elude marginal communities: Experts

Development initiatives elude marginal communities: Experts

FE Online Report 2020-12-20 18:18:26

Development initiatives taken for the marginalised communities in the country were not successful in improving their standard of life. Experts observed this on Saturday in a webinar organised by Desp...
Army chief hoists flag of Military Dental Centre

Army chief hoists flag of Military Dental Centre

-- 2020-12-20 17:45:17

Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed today (Sunday) hoisted the flag of the newly formed Military Dental Centre as the chief guest. The flag hoisting ceremony of the newly formed Military Dental Ce...
Armed forces to be given modern equipment, PM reaffirms

Armed forces to be given modern equipment, PM reaffirms

-- 2020-12-20 17:15:52

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated that the country's armed forces would be provided with more modern equipment and technologies as ensuring top quality modernised force is vital. "We...
Covid-19 cases surpass 500,000 in Bangladesh

Covid-19 cases surpass 500,000 in Bangladesh

-- 2020-12-20 16:15:44

Bangladesh's coronavirus tally has crossed 500,000, hitting another grim milestone in the pandemic. The tally of infections climbed to 500,713 on the back of 1,153 new cases recorded in the 24 hours...
Artisans busy preparing kumrabori

Artisans busy preparing kumrabori

OUR CORRESPONDENT, BOGURA 2020-12-20 14:59:11

Financially disadvantaged, more than 500 women artisans in Bogura are busy making kumrabori, a locally made popular food item, this winter season. They have already started selling it too. They say...
Bangladesh’s economic situation now good as coronavirus is under control, minister says

Bangladesh’s economic situation now good as coronavirus is under control, minister says

-- 2020-12-20 14:08:08

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said the economic situation of the country is good now as the Coronavirus situation is under control here. "The coronavirus has devastated the world. The economies o...
Frequent power tariff hikes bring misery to people: Experts

Frequent power tariff hikes bring misery to people: Experts

-- 2020-12-20 13:44:09

Notwithstanding an exponential growth in electricity generation, the repeated power tariff hikes across Bangladesh will only burden the consumers, eminent economist Dr Ahsan H Mansur has said. &ldquo...
Incidents of rape rise alarmingly in Jan-Nov: ASK

Incidents of rape rise alarmingly in Jan-Nov: ASK

FE Online Report 2020-12-20 13:27:03

Bangladesh witnessed an alarming rise in the number of rape incidents during January-November 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, according to a report of an independent rights body. At least 1...
Bangladeshi expatriate, son die from Covid-19 in New York within three hours

Bangladeshi expatriate, son die from Covid-19 in New York within three hours

-- 2020-12-20 13:16:20

A Bangladeshi expatriate and his son died of Covid-19 in New York on Saturday where the deadly virus has already claimed over 36,000 lives. Engineer Khairuzzaman and his son Abul Bashar Panna, hailin...
Reintegration support still elusive

Reintegration support still elusive

Arafat Ara 2020-12-19 22:18:34

Reintegration support for the pandemic-hit returnee migrant workers is still a far cry, thus the majority of them are going through tough times at home, workers and rights activists said. More than 1...
BAF rescues four tourists from Cox’s Bazar hilly region

BAF rescues four tourists from Cox’s Bazar hilly region

-- 2020-12-19 22:07:01

Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) on Saturday rescued four tourists, who had lost their way while hiking in a remote hilly region of Cox’s Bazar’s Darianagar. An aircraft of BAF found them after...
Bangladesh Betar to broadcast programmes through apps

Bangladesh Betar to broadcast programmes through apps

-- 2020-12-19 21:59:38

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Satunary unveiled Bangladesh Betar apps to facilitate airing programmes of Bangladesh Betar on mobile phones all over the world. The minister inaugurated the a...
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed’s first death anniversary on Sunday

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed’s first death anniversary on Sunday

-- 2020-12-19 21:16:10

BRAC commemorates its founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed on his first anniversary of death on Sunday (December 20). Last year (2019) he died on this day at a hospital in Dhaka, says a press release. No el...
BNP issues show-cause notice in attacking language, Hafizuddin says

BNP issues show-cause notice in attacking language, Hafizuddin says

-- 2020-12-19 18:45:21

Terming untrue the allegations mentioned in the show-cause notice served on him, BNP Vice-Chairman Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed on Saturday said he felt insulted as the party issued it in an ‘att...
Bangladesh logs 1,267 new virus cases, another 25 die

Bangladesh logs 1,267 new virus cases, another 25 die

-- 2020-12-19 18:38:50

Bangladesh has registered 1,267 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 499,560, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll climbed to 7,242 after 25 f...
Quader says BNP joins election to make it questionable

Quader says BNP joins election to make it questionable

-- 2020-12-19 18:36:50

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP takes part in elections not to win but to make the polls questionable. “The people hav...
Study shows 86pc people with disabilities directly involved in agriculture

Study shows 86pc people with disabilities directly involved in agriculture

UNB 2020-12-19 18:28:52

A total of 86 per cent people with physical and leprosy disabilities in Bangladesh are directly involved in agriculture, while the income of 88 per cent of farmers with disabilities has been reduced d...
Outbound migrant workers to get vaccinated as a priority, minister says

Outbound migrant workers to get vaccinated as a priority, minister says

FE Online Report 2020-12-19 17:29:01

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOE) ministry is working for the outbound migrant workers so that they get vaccinated as a priority when the Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in the co...
Detectives arrest five suspected drug traders from Motijheel

Detectives arrest five suspected drug traders from Motijheel

-- 2020-12-19 16:26:33

Detectives in a drive arrested five suspected drug traders from the city’s Motijheel area on Saturday. The arrestees are Sajib Hossain, 36, Rubel alais Shubho, 21, Abdur Rahman D, 45, Riaz Hoss...
Mild cold snap continues to grip Bangladesh

Mild cold snap continues to grip Bangladesh

-- 2020-12-19 14:44:45

A mild cold wave is sweeping over large swaths of Bangladesh and expected to last for a few more days, according to the Met Office. The lowest temperature in the country was recorded in Kurigram&rsqu...
42 noted citizens demand investigation into EC's 'serious misconduct'

42 noted citizens demand investigation into EC's 'serious misconduct'

-- 2020-12-19 14:24:58

As many as 42 eminent citizens have urged President Abdul Hamid to investigate complaints of indiscipline and serious financial misconduct against the Election Commission, reports bdnews24.com. Supre...

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