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Bangladesh registers 1,861 new virus cases, 37 deaths in a day

Bangladesh registers 1,861 new virus cases, 37 deaths in a day

-- 2020-12-10 17:01:40

Bangladesh has recorded 1,861 new cases of the coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 485,965, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll surged to 6,967 after 37...
College student stabbed to death by muggers in Dhaka

College student stabbed to death by muggers in Dhaka

-- 2020-12-10 15:49:14

A college student was stabbed to death and another injured by a mugger in Uttara area of Dhaka city on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Jisan Habib, 18, son of Saudi expatriate Abul Ba...
FM says work plan prepared to untap blue economy potentials

FM says work plan prepared to untap blue economy potentials

-- 2020-12-10 15:34:11

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said that the government has prepared a work plan as guideline to untap the potentials of the blue economy. "Bangladesh considers Blue Economy as one of...
New report reveals ‘severe’ mental health crisis among Rohingya genocide survivors

New report reveals ‘severe’ mental health crisis among Rohingya genocide survivors

-- 2020-12-10 15:16:38

Rohingyas in Bangladesh who survived genocide in Myanmar are experiencing a "severe" mental health crisis, according to data in a new report published on Thursday by Fortify Rights. The report includ...
Mattress makers in Netrakona get busy as winter sets in

Mattress makers in Netrakona get busy as winter sets in

OUR CORRESPONDENT, NETROKONA 2020-12-10 14:05:55

With the advent of winter, mattress makers in Netrakona have become busy as others elsewhere in the country. Some of them are getting new orders while the others repairing old mattresses. Many of th...
Padma Bridge now visible with last span installed

Padma Bridge now visible with last span installed

-- 2020-12-10 12:57:09

With the visionary and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the dream of millions of people of the country has become true as the last span of the long-cherished Padma Bridge was instal...
Traditional weavers' occupation threatened

Traditional weavers' occupation threatened

OUR CORRESPONDENT, BOGURA 2020-12-10 12:02:12

Traditional weavers are fearing for their profession in Bogura, Joypurhat, Naogaon and Gaibandha districts, as they have no modern weaving training. A good many of them have already switched over to...
PKSF’s Prosperity programme working for sustainable poverty alleviation

PKSF’s Prosperity programme working for sustainable poverty alleviation

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-10 11:02:04

The PKSF’s Prosperity programme’s multidimensional interventions is addressing poverty and its causes in a sustainable way, Abdur Rouf Talukder, Senior Secretary, Finance Division, Ministr...
Govt to build 500 relief warehouses for better disaster management

Govt to build 500 relief warehouses for better disaster management

-- 2020-12-09 23:41:27

The government is going to build relief warehouses in 500 upazilas each across the country to speed up relief distribution during any natural disaster. State Minister for Disaster Management and Reli...
Bangladesh assures UN of ensuring improved living conditions for Rohingyas in Bhasan Char  

Bangladesh assures UN of ensuring improved living conditions for Rohingyas in Bhasan Char  

-- 2020-12-09 23:05:01

Bangladesh has assured the international community of improved living conditions and security for the Rohingya refugees who are being relocated to the Bhasan Char island from the camps in Cox’s...
250kg cylinder-like bomb found at HSIA construction site

250kg cylinder-like bomb found at HSIA construction site

-- 2020-12-09 21:30:16

A cylinder-like bomb weighing 250 kg was found on Wednesday afternoon while digging for construction of the third terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka. HSIA Deputy Direc...
PM calls for robust action to reduce carbon emission

PM calls for robust action to reduce carbon emission

-- 2020-12-09 21:08:36

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday stressed the need for robust international climate coalitions to reduce the carbon emission effectively and save the future generations. “I would like...
101 Bangladeshis trapped in Ethiopia return home

101 Bangladeshis trapped in Ethiopia return home

-- 2020-12-09 20:07:48

As many as 101 Bangladeshi citizens, who were working at a factory of Bangladeshi readymade garment manufacturer DBL Group in Ethiopia, have returned home due to security concerns over the conflict be...
Probe report on PK Halder money laundering sought

Probe report on PK Halder money laundering sought

FE Online Report 2020-12-09 19:52:45

The High Court on Wednesday asked the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to submit a report by January 03 next year detailing progress in investigation into complaints of money laundering against Prosha...
BNP leader Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf dies

BNP leader Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf dies

-- 2020-12-09 18:03:25

BNP vice chairman and former minister Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf died of coronavirus at a city hospital on Wednesday. He was 80. Chowdhury breathed his last around 1:15 pm at Evercare Hospital, said...
Flight operations resume after six hours due to dense fog

Flight operations resume after six hours due to dense fog

-- 2020-12-09 18:00:44

Flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport resumed after six hours of suspension on Wednesday morning due to poor visibility caused by dense fog. A number of flights were diverted du...
Bangladesh logs 2,159 new virus cases, 24 deaths in a day

Bangladesh logs 2,159 new virus cases, 24 deaths in a day

-- 2020-12-09 17:07:21

Bangladesh has registered 2,159 new cases of the coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 484,104, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll surged to 6,930 after 2...
Khaleda, Tarique named in complaint filed over vandalism of Bangabandhu sculpture

Khaleda, Tarique named in complaint filed over vandalism of Bangabandhu sculpture

-- 2020-12-09 16:52:01

BNP leaders Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman and Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir are named in a complaint filed with a Dhaka court over the vandalism of Bangabandhu's sculpture and inciting the anti-sculpture...
Five persons receive Begum Rokeya Padak

Five persons receive Begum Rokeya Padak

-- 2020-12-09 12:31:25

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday handed over the prestigious Begum Rokeya Padak to five persons for their outstanding contributions towards the society, women education and women empowerment....
PM Hasina ranks 39th on Forbes’ 100 most powerful women list

PM Hasina ranks 39th on Forbes’ 100 most powerful women list

-- 2020-12-09 12:05:57

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ranked 39th on the list of the world’s 100 most powerful women of 2020 announced by Forbes on Tuesday. Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister in the history of...
19 Bangladeshi fishermen rescued from Bay

19 Bangladeshi fishermen rescued from Bay

-- 2020-12-09 10:58:20

Indian Coast Guard on Tuesday rescued 19 Bangladeshi fishermen who were stranded in Indian waters in the Bay of Bengal. The fishermen who started from Cox’s Bazar on November 15, were stranded...
Bangladesh experienced worst form of genocide in 1971, PM says

Bangladesh experienced worst form of genocide in 1971, PM says

-- 2020-12-08 21:47:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh is among the few countries that have experienced one of the worst forms of genocide during the War of Liberation in 1971. The premier issued separate...
Bangladesh kept UN out of Rohingya relocation process

Bangladesh kept UN out of Rohingya relocation process

-- 2020-12-08 21:09:15

A “negative campaign, unrealistic conditions and static position” of the United Nations agencies made it impossible for the government to include them in the relocation of the Rohingya ref...
Communal forces won’t get scope to strengthen footings: Obaidul Quader

Communal forces won’t get scope to strengthen footings: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-12-08 20:12:33

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the communal forces will not be given any scope to strengthen footings in the country that attained independence through the nine-month bl...
Fakhrul expresses unwillingness to talk about sculpture controversy

Fakhrul expresses unwillingness to talk about sculpture controversy

-- 2020-12-08 20:04:36

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday expressed unwillingness to talk about the current sculpture controversy as he thinks it is not an issue for their party. “I don&rsqu...
Momen hopes Saarc can reunite members to address Covid challenges

Momen hopes Saarc can reunite members to address Covid challenges

-- 2020-12-08 19:45:10

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Saarc has huge prospect to reunite the member states to collectively address the challenges emanating from the Covid-19 pandemic during this unprecedented t...
Canada for collective action to end violence against women globally

Canada for collective action to end violence against women globally

-- 2020-12-08 18:40:18

Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Benoit Prefontaine has called for collective voice and actions at all levels possible to help bring about positive change ending gender-based violence globally...
US official says vaccine prioritisation to be major challenge for Bangladesh

US official says vaccine prioritisation to be major challenge for Bangladesh

-- 2020-12-08 18:05:44

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a United States federal agency, has offered its expertise in fixing priority of potential anti-COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Bangladesh, fearing the is...
HC questions legality of bail order for bdnews24.com’s editor-in-chief

HC questions legality of bail order for bdnews24.com’s editor-in-chief

FE Online Report 2020-12-08 17:58:17

The High Court on Tuesday questioned the legality of a lower court order that granted permanent bail to Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of online news portal bdnews24.com, in a corruption cas...
TIB for strict implementation of ‘zero tolerance’ policy against corruption

TIB for strict implementation of ‘zero tolerance’ policy against corruption

FE Online Report 2020-12-08 17:47:12

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) demanded strict and impartial implementation of ‘zero tolerance’ policy against corruption in all sectors, including the health sector in the Co...

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