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Fog threatens winter crops across Bangladesh

Fog threatens winter crops across Bangladesh

FE REPORT 2020-12-13 10:05:02

Early arriving foggy weather has been affecting the winter crops, especially Boro seedbeds and potatoes, dashing farmers' hopes for the expected output. The farmers in the northern, north-eastern, so...

Govt fixes eyes on March 2022 for Padma Bridge opening to traffic

Govt fixes eyes on March 2022 for Padma Bridge opening to traffic

MUNIMA SULTANA 2020-12-13 09:58:40

Opening of Padma Bridge to traffic is possible by early March 2022 marking the historic March 7, a memorable day in the history of Bangalees, project insiders said. However, the authority is likely t...

Sajek Valley beckons tourists to its greenery

Sajek Valley beckons tourists to its greenery

ADNAN HOSSAIN BHUIYAN, BACK FROM SAJEK 2020-12-13 09:54:38

Tourism in the Chattogram Hill Tract (CHT) has registered a rapid growth in recent years with improved road connectivity, improved accommodation and security. In recent times, the picturesque Sajek V...

Countries 'nowhere near' climate goals, says PM at UN climate summit

Countries 'nowhere near' climate goals, says PM at UN climate summit

-- 2020-12-12 22:38:12

Sheikh Hasina has called on global leaders to step up efforts to meet the goals set under the Paris Agreement with a stark reminder of the threat of climate change. “Unfortunately we are nowher...

Govt officials vow to uphold dignity of Bangabandhu

Govt officials vow to uphold dignity of Bangabandhu

-- 2020-12-12 21:38:09

Government officials staged countrywide protest rallies against the vandalism of an under-construction sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Kushtia. Officials of 29...

DSCC, DNCC to maintain canals from January, minister says

DSCC, DNCC to maintain canals from January, minister says

-- 2020-12-12 20:42:42

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) would be entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining the city's canals by January next year. Local Government and Rura...

JCI elects Niaz Morshed as its president   

JCI elects Niaz Morshed as its president  

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

Niaz Morshed has been elected president of Junior Chamber International (JCI)Bangladesh, says a press release. The election was held at the end of the general meeting of the volunteer organisation at...

Fog continues to disrupt life amid drizzle forecast in the north

Fog continues to disrupt life amid drizzle forecast in the north

-- 2020-12-12 20:03:26

Fog and winter chills continued to disrupt life on Saturday amid a forecast of drizzle in northern Bangladesh. Bangladesh Meteorological Department predicted light rain in parts of Rangpur, Rajshahi...

Biman flight makes emergency landing at Sylhet airport

Biman flight makes emergency landing at Sylhet airport

-- 2020-12-12 19:50:21

Dense fog and poor visibility forced a Chattorgram-bound flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Dubai to make an emergency landing at Sylhet airport on Saturday. Besides, the arrival of three domes...

Land ministry team wins Digital Bangladesh Award 2020

Land ministry team wins Digital Bangladesh Award 2020

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-12 18:18:55

Senior Secretary of Land Ministry Md. Muksodur Rahman Patwary and his team have won the 'Digital Bangladesh Award 2020' at the 'National Level' in the 'Government - General Category'. They were award...

535 children killed in 11 months in Bangladesh

535 children killed in 11 months in Bangladesh

FE Online Report 2020-12-12 18:02:56

Child killings during the period from January to November 2020 increased drastically across the country, according to a local independent rights body. A total of 535 children were killed in the first...

Chattogram judges protest against vandalism of Bangabandhu sculpture

Chattogram judges protest against vandalism of Bangabandhu sculpture

-- 2020-12-12 17:27:43

Judges in Chattogram have held a rally to protest the defacement of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s sculpture amid a growing clamour against the construction of statues by Islamist groups in...

Guava farming brings smile to Rajshahi people

Guava farming brings smile to Rajshahi people

-- 2020-12-12 17:24:31

Commercial farming of high yielding guava has been gaining popularity in the region including its vast barind tract and char (riverbed) areas of the Padma river as the farmers reap better yield and ge...

President stresses innovations for getting benefits of Digital Bangladesh

President stresses innovations for getting benefits of Digital Bangladesh

-- 2020-12-12 17:13:35

President Abdul Hamid on Saturday emphasised the importance of innovations instead of imitation to take the benefits of ‘Digital Bangladesh’ to people. “Technology is the tool of de...

Business leaders warn against defaming Bangabandhu

Business leaders warn against defaming Bangabandhu

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-12 16:14:39

Business leaders have warned against any attempt to defame Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. They came up with the warning on Saturday amid the opposition by Islamic groups to t...

Covid-19 death toll tops 7,000-mark in Bangladesh

Covid-19 death toll tops 7,000-mark in Bangladesh

-- 2020-12-12 16:09:42

The death toll from the coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in Bangladesh has surged to 7,020 after 34 new fatalities were registered in a 24-hour period as the pandemic continues to intensify with the o...

Hospital beds filled with patients as Covid-19 cases surge

Hospital beds filled with patients as Covid-19 cases surge

Jubair Hasan 2020-12-12 09:22:17

Covid-19 dedicated hospitals have been struggling to deal with the growing number of critical patients as their ICUs (intensive care units) are getting close to reaching their capacity, officials and...

Met office says cold waves likely in late December

Met office says cold waves likely in late December

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-11 18:57:41

One or two cold waves might sweep through the country's northern, north-eastern and central parts this month, the Met office said in its monthly report. The report said the cold waves might be within...

President, PM greet Burkina Faso counterparts on their National Day

President, PM greet Burkina Faso counterparts on their National Day

-- 2020-12-11 18:24:09

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have congratulated Roch Marc Christian Kabore, President of Burkina Faso and Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso respe...

France to provide €100m for digitalisation of Bangladesh’s power sector

France to provide €100m for digitalisation of Bangladesh’s power sector

-- 2020-12-11 17:08:40

The French Development Agency AFD has agreed to provide 100 million euros in loan to Bangladesh for the digitalisation of the country’s power and energy sector. The deal aims to reinforce Franc...

Covid-19 death toll nears 7,000

Covid-19 death toll nears 7,000

-- 2020-12-11 16:15:23

The Covid-19 death toll surged to 6,986 in Bangladesh after 19 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8:00 am Friday. According to a statement released by the health directorate, the country h...

Facebook cracks down on hackers in Bangladesh, Vietnam

Facebook cracks down on hackers in Bangladesh, Vietnam

-- 2020-12-11 14:45:16

Facebook has taken action against two separate groups of hackers -- an unnamed group based in Bangladesh and APT32 in Vietnam, the social media giant said in a statement, bdnews24.com reports. The au...

Fire breaks out at plastic factory in Old Dhaka

Fire breaks out at plastic factory in Old Dhaka

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-11 12:47:41

A fire broke out at a plastic factory at Chawkbazar area in the old part of Dhaka city, officials said on Friday. Talking to The Financial Express, Rasel Sikder, duty officer of Fire Service and Civi...

Buyers swarm warm clothes market defying corona fear

Buyers swarm warm clothes market defying corona fear

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-12-11 12:24:33

Ignoring corona virus infection, winter clothes trading is going on in full swing in Bogura district as a cold wave is sweeping the area. A good number of people are coming to both new markets and ha...

‘Not just a basic need, health must be a fundamental right in the Constitution'

‘Not just a basic need, health must be a fundamental right in the Constitution'

FE Online Report 2020-12-10 22:21:16

BDCSOProcess, a forum of 700 civil society and non-government organisations in Bangladesh, along with COAST Trust organised a virtual seminar on Wednesday titled “Better Health: Stand Up for Hum...

UN expert urges Bangladesh to allow safety assessment of Bhasan Char

UN expert urges Bangladesh to allow safety assessment of Bhasan Char

Reuters 2020-12-10 20:03:40

A United Nations human rights investigator urged Bangladesh on Thursday to allow a safety assessment of the remote island where the government shipped 1,600 Rohingya refugees last week, and a verifica...

Bangladesh expects first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine in early Jan

Bangladesh expects first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine in early Jan

-- 2020-12-10 19:43:59

The first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine prepared by Serum Institute of India is expected to arrive in Bangladesh in early January, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque. “We have made an arrangeme...

PM for regional development through cooperation

PM for regional development through cooperation

-- 2020-12-10 19:12:42

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday laid emphasis on regional development and cooperation, reaffirming that Bangladesh follows its policy - 'friendship to all, malice to none'. "I believe in reg...

Refugees, host community produce 1.0m face masks in Cox’s Bazar

Refugees, host community produce 1.0m face masks in Cox’s Bazar

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-10 18:35:17

The Rohingya refugees and host community members in Cox’s Bazar have produced over one million reusable face masks which IOM teams distributed to beneficiaries and partners. After the breakout...

HC orders Papul’s wife, daughter to surrender in 10 days over graft case

HC orders Papul’s wife, daughter to surrender in 10 days over graft case

-- 2020-12-10 18:01:57

The High Court on Thursday asked MP Shahid Islam Papul's wife Selina Islam and their daughter Wafa Islam to surrender before a court within 10 days in a graft case filed over laundering Tk 1.48 billio...