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Bangladesh forms national committee to coordinate ‘Rohingya’ affairs

Bangladesh forms national committee to coordinate ‘Rohingya’ affairs

-- 2020-12-17 09:55:01

The government has formed a national committee to coordinate and manage overall activities including law and order of the forcibly displaced Myanmar-nationals in the camp areas of Bangladesh, BSS repo...

People renew pledge to root out extremism on Victory Day

People renew pledge to root out extremism on Victory Day

-- 2020-12-16 20:14:52

Bangladesh has celebrated the 50th Victory Day recalling moments that had marked the emergence of Dhaka as the free capital of independent Bangladesh with the unconditional surrender of Pakistani occu...

Saudi Airlines fined Tk 0.2m for carrying passengers without Covid-19 negative certificates

Saudi Airlines fined Tk 0.2m for carrying passengers without Covid-19 negative certificates

-- 2020-12-16 20:06:23

Saudi Arabian Airlines was fined Tk 200,000 for carrying passengers to Dhaka without Covid-19 negative certificates. Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Director (Security) Group Captain AHM Towhi...

PM greets freedom fighters on Victory Day with flowers, sweetmeats

PM greets freedom fighters on Victory Day with flowers, sweetmeats

-- 2020-12-16 18:22:08

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday greeted all freedom fighters (FFs) of the country on the occasion of the 50th Victory Day. Like previous years, the Prime Minister sent flowers, fruits and s...

How extreme weather emptying Bangladesh's villages

How extreme weather emptying Bangladesh's villages

The Guuardian 2020-12-16 18:15:22

The house Faruk Hossain grew up in has, for the last six months, resisted being claimed by the river, as the rest of the village already has been. But slowly, as the waters have failed to seep away,...

Govt extends Mujib Year celebrations by nine months

Govt extends Mujib Year celebrations by nine months

-- 2020-12-16 18:02:08

The government has extended the celebrations of Mujib Year, which was declared to celebrate Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary, to December 16, 2021. The Cabinet Division on Tu...

PM's personal physician tests positive for Covid-19

PM's personal physician tests positive for Covid-19

-- 2020-12-16 16:33:35

Dr ABM Abdullah, the prime minister's personal physician, has tested positive for Covid-19. Later, he was admitted to a private hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com. Abdullah said he s...

Bangladesh reports 27 Covid deaths, 1,632 new cases

Bangladesh reports 27 Covid deaths, 1,632 new cases

-- 2020-12-16 16:03:18

Bangladesh has recorded 27 deaths and 1,632 new cases of the novel coronavirus in last 24 hours till 8:00am on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 7,156 while the number of infected people so far re...

15kg gold seized at Dhaka Airport

15kg gold seized at Dhaka Airport

-- 2020-12-16 15:29:54

Customs officials seized 130 gold bars, weighing 15 kg, and arrested a man in this connection at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Lutfur Rah...

Wait for FFs' full list lingers even as Bangladesh marks 50th Victory Day

Wait for FFs' full list lingers even as Bangladesh marks 50th Victory Day

-- 2020-12-16 15:29:42

Bangladesh is months away from the golden jubilee of its independence but a complete list of the valiant people who put their lives at stake for the country's freedom is yet to be finalised, bdnews24....

Dhaka's area plan to be finalised upon opinions from city corporations: Minister

Dhaka's area plan to be finalised upon opinions from city corporations: Minister

FE REPORT 2020-12-16 12:12:01

Local government minister Tazul Islam on Tuesday said detailed area plan (DAP) will be finalized after getting opinions from the city corporations as they will play a vital role in implementing the ma...

Nation celebrates 50th Victory Day

Nation celebrates 50th Victory Day

-- 2020-12-16 09:46:14

Bangladesh is celebrating its 50th Victory Day today (Wednesday) and commemorating the martyrs of the nine-month Liberation War against Pakistan. The nation began the day with paying tributes to mart...

Dhaka North mayor calls government's 'Setu Bhaban' illegal

Dhaka North mayor calls government's 'Setu Bhaban' illegal

FE Report 2020-12-16 08:59:02

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam on Tuesday accused the Bangladesh Bridge Authority, a state agency, of building its headquarters---Setu Bhaban-- illegally and demanded its tra...

Nation set to celebrate 50th Victory Day today

Nation set to celebrate 50th Victory Day today

-- 2020-12-16 00:05:31

The nation is set to celebrate the 50th Victory Day today (Wednesday) paying deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country during the Liberation War. On this day in 1971, the P...

Ganga Barrage, LoC, NRC likely to be raised during Hasina-Modi meeting

Ganga Barrage, LoC, NRC likely to be raised during Hasina-Modi meeting

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2020-12-15 23:58:44

Bangladesh may raise the issue of Ganga Barrage during the upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, according to officials concerned. The summit...

PM says Bangladesh has set an example by tackling virus outbreak

PM says Bangladesh has set an example by tackling virus outbreak

-- 2020-12-15 19:59:46

Bangladesh has set an example in the world by tackling the coronavirus outbreak through unity, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Noting that the final span of the Padma Bridge, a proud moment for he...

‘Indo-China tension won’t affect Bangladesh-India ties’

‘Indo-China tension won’t affect Bangladesh-India ties’

FE Online Report 2020-12-15 19:36:13

The tension between India and China won’t affect the ties between Bangladesh and India, experts said in a virtual conference on Tuesday. “Any country in India’s neighbourhood except...

Bangladesh, India likely to sign nine MoUs during Hasina-Modi talks

Bangladesh, India likely to sign nine MoUs during Hasina-Modi talks

-- 2020-12-15 19:06:07

Bangladesh and India are expected to ink nine Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) during virtual talks between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Thursday. &ldqu...

Six die as boat with wedding guests capsizes in Noakhali

Six die as boat with wedding guests capsizes in Noakhali

-- 2020-12-15 18:36:45

At least six people, including a bride, have died after a trawler full of wedding guests capsized in the Meghna river in Noakhali’s Hatia, reports bdnews24.com. The accident occurred southwest...

Govt distributes 1.6m blankets among cold-hit people

Govt distributes 1.6m blankets among cold-hit people

-- 2020-12-15 17:21:05

The government has distributed a total of 15,88,803 blankets among the cold-hit people across the country at the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of respective d...

Pandemic affects lives and livelihoods of 95pc young women in Bangladesh

Pandemic affects lives and livelihoods of 95pc young women in Bangladesh

FE Online Report 2020-12-15 16:50:09

Lives and livelihoods of 95 per cent of young women have been impacted negatively by COVID-19 pandemic in different districts across the country, said an ActionAid survey. Data showed that the averag...

HC suspends FF gallantry awards of four fugitive killers of Bangabandhu

HC suspends FF gallantry awards of four fugitive killers of Bangabandhu

-- 2020-12-15 16:30:41

The High Court on Tuesday suspended the freedom fighter gallntary awards of four fugitive killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports UNB.  The four convicts are:...

Covid-19: Bangladesh registers highest daily deaths in three months

Covid-19: Bangladesh registers highest daily deaths in three months

-- 2020-12-15 16:13:58

Bangladesh has registered 40 new fatalities from the coronavirus infection, the highest daily count in three months, taking the death toll so far to 7,129. Bangladesh has registered 40 new fatalities...

Bangladesh, Canada co-host launch of Nutrition for Growth Year of Action

Bangladesh, Canada co-host launch of Nutrition for Growth Year of Action

FE Online Report 2020-12-15 15:11:35

Bangladesh and Canada co-hosted the launch of the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Year of Action on Tuesday. Karina Gould, Canada’s Minister of International Development, and Zahid Maleque, Banglade...

Why 15,000 hectares of Cumilla farmland remain under water

Why 15,000 hectares of Cumilla farmland remain under water

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CUMILLA 2020-12-15 13:42:57

At least 15,000 hectares of agricultural land in the southern part of Cumilla cannot be brought under cultivation due to water logging in a year, agricultural officials and farmers say. The damming o...

30pc dry fish remain unsold in Pabna

30pc dry fish remain unsold in Pabna

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2020-12-15 10:16:04

Dry fish stockist and producers are facing hardship in the current season as 30 per cent of their produced export quality goods has remained unsold due to corona pandemic in Pabna district. The vil...

No health cards for over 90pc of Dhaka’s rickshaw-pullers: Survey   

No health cards for over 90pc of Dhaka’s rickshaw-pullers: Survey  

FE ONLINE REPORT   2020-12-14 22:36:34

Less than 10 per cent of the rickshaw-pullers working and living in Dhaka city round the year have health cards to seek services from urban primary healthcare providers, reveals a PPRC survey. Howeve...

Court imposes injunction  on using domain titled  ‘facebook.com.bd’

Court imposes injunction on using domain titled ‘facebook.com.bd’

FE Online Report 2020-12-14 21:18:34

A Dhaka Court on Monday issued an ad-interim injunction till further order upon using a domain under the title of ‘facebook.com.bd’.  Judge of the District and Sessions Judge’s...

Man kills himself at court premises failing to reunite with wife, son

Man kills himself at court premises failing to reunite with wife, son

-- 2020-12-14 21:02:30

A 32-year-old Hafizur Rahman stabbed himself to death at the court premises in Habiganj, failing to get his wife and eight-month-old son back. The incident took place at the Habiganj Judicial Magistr...

Drug admin destroys expired  medicines of Tk 301m  from Jan to Oct

Drug admin destroys expired medicines of Tk 301m from Jan to Oct

FE Online Report 2020-12-14 21:00:42

The Directorate General of Drug Administration has withdrawn and destroyed date expired medicines from the market worth Tk 301.42 million of various drug companies from January to October this year...