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High Court orders steps against hooligans of Bangabandhu sculpture   

High Court orders steps against hooligans of Bangabandhu sculpture  

-- 2020-12-08 17:31:07

The High Court has ordered authorities to take legal steps to punish those who opposed the building of statues and defaced the sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports bdnews24.com....

Bangladesh reports 32 Covid deaths, 2,202 new cases

Bangladesh reports 32 Covid deaths, 2,202 new cases

-- 2020-12-08 17:19:37

Bangladesh recorded 32 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and 2,202 fresh cases in 24 hours. The recovery count rose to 4,01,194 after another 2,571 patients were discharged from the hospitals durin...

Govt extends cabinet secretary’s contract by two years

Govt extends cabinet secretary’s contract by two years

-- 2020-12-08 16:59:59

The government has extended the contract of Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam by two years. The Ministry of Public Administration issued an order on Tuesday, extending Islam’s contract f...

Clash erupts between Police, traders at Fulbaria market as DSCC starts eviction drive

Clash erupts between Police, traders at Fulbaria market as DSCC starts eviction drive

-- 2020-12-08 15:16:36

Police and businessmen have clashed at a market in Gulistan’s Fulbaria as Dhaka South City Corporation or DSCC began a drive to oust 911 illegal shops. The protesting traders of Fulbaria Super...

BSF shoots dead two Bangladeshis in Thakurgaon

BSF shoots dead two Bangladeshis in Thakurgaon

-- 2020-12-08 15:02:58

Two Bangladeshi nationals were shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Betna border in Haripur upazila of Thakurgaon district early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as N...

Man reportedly dies of dengue in Khulna

Man reportedly dies of dengue in Khulna

-- 2020-12-08 14:43:57

A man, who was undergoing treatment at Khulna Medical College Hospital for dengue, died on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Zakir Hossain, 50, a resident of Zianagar in Pirojpur district. Dr...

Four madrasa students, teachers remanded over Bangabandhu sculpture vandalism

Four madrasa students, teachers remanded over Bangabandhu sculpture vandalism

-- 2020-12-08 13:41:16

A Kushtia court has remanded four arrestees in police custody in a case of vandalising the sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the city. Senior Judicial Magistrate Enamul Haque issued t...

Beijing willing to work with Dhaka for producing, distributing Covid-19 vaccine

Beijing willing to work with Dhaka for producing, distributing Covid-19 vaccine

Ismail Hossain 2020-12-08 12:40:54

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming expressed China’s interest in working with the government of Bangladesh in the production and distribution of vaccines to address the Covid-19 pandemic...

Bridges without approach roads!

Bridges without approach roads!

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2020-12-08 11:53:21

Three bridges —one in Sunamganj and two in Gaibandha — have been lying unused for two years due to lack of approach roads. In Sunamganj’s Jamalganj, the bridge over the Rokti River...

Two trucks collide on Dhaka-Tangail highway, leaving five dead

Two trucks collide on Dhaka-Tangail highway, leaving five dead

-- 2020-12-08 11:23:50

Two trucks have collided head-on in Tangail Sadar Upazila, leaving at least five people dead and another injured. The incident occurred on the Dhaka-Tangail Bangabandhu Bridge highway in the Badekoya...

Momen says UN statement on Bhasan Char relocation undesirable

Momen says UN statement on Bhasan Char relocation undesirable

FE Online Report 2020-12-08 09:29:31

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said that the United Nations' statement on Bhasan Char Rohingya relocation was undesirable as they were provided with the details of the island. "They were requ...

Dhaka-Siliguri train service from March

Dhaka-Siliguri train service from March

-- 2020-12-07 22:48:55

A trans-border passenger train service connecting Dhaka and the Indian city of Siliguri would be launched in March next year. The decision was finalised during a meeting between Railway Minister Nuru...

1,947 artistes, employees get assistance from PM relief fund

1,947 artistes, employees get assistance from PM relief fund

-- 2020-12-07 22:38:16

Some 1,947 film, radio and television artistes, technologists and concerned employees got Tk 2,500 each as a donation from the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund during the coronavirus out...

BNP describes sugar mill closure as inhumane, shortsighted

BNP describes sugar mill closure as inhumane, shortsighted

-- 2020-12-07 22:14:58

BNP has described the government’s decision to shut down production in six state-owned sugar mills as inhumane and shortsighted The party also urged the government to resume threshing sugarcane...

Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char not to affect repatriation efforts: FM

Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char not to affect repatriation efforts: FM

-- 2020-12-07 21:56:43

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said the relocation of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char will have no negative impact on repatriation efforts. "We’ve made this arrangement for a short period...

Death toll from Habiganj road crash reaches eight

Death toll from Habiganj road crash reaches eight

-- 2020-12-07 20:51:50

The death toll from a head-on collision between a bus and two autorickshaws in Habiganj's Nabiganj Upazila reached eight. Another 10 people were injured in the accident that took place on the Dhaka-S...

All govt data to be stored at Kaliakair Data Centre

All govt data to be stored at Kaliakair Data Centre

-- 2020-12-07 19:51:01

The Cabinet on Monday decided to store all government data at the 300 Tera byte capacity Kaliakair Data Centre under the ICT Division. It will have a backup in Jashore so that the data will not be lo...

Cabinet approves draft law with provision of preparing razakars’ list

Cabinet approves draft law with provision of preparing razakars’ list

-- 2020-12-07 19:03:19

The cabinet on Monday approved in principle a draft of the ‘Jatiya Muktijoddha Council Act-2020’ incorporating a provision to enable the commission to recommend the government to publish a...

Bus crushes autorickshaw, six die in Habiganj

Bus crushes autorickshaw, six die in Habiganj

-- 2020-12-07 18:36:27

At least six people were killed and 15 others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and an autorickshaw in Nabiganj Upazila of Habiganj district The accident took place on the Dhaka-Sylhe...

IOM opens health clinic for freedom fighters in Cox’s Bazar

IOM opens health clinic for freedom fighters in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2020-12-07 17:40:32

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in collaboration with Cox's Bazar district administration, has opened a new health clinic for veteran freedom fighters in Cox's Bazar. Some of the...

Field admin recommends govt rigorous campaign over face masks

Field admin recommends govt rigorous campaign over face masks

-- 2020-12-07 17:17:30

Field-level officials have suggested the government to engage commercial, industrial and non-political organisations to motivate people to mask up as Bangladesh has started seeing an increased number...

Man held with yaba tablets in city

Man held with yaba tablets in city

-- 2020-12-07 16:51:55

Detectives in a drive arrested a young man along with 27,600 Yaba tablets from Malibagh Chowdhurypara in the city on Sunday night. The arrestee is Mohammad Shakil, 19. Tipped off, a team of DB polic...

Court asks police to submit probe report on Hefajat chief by Jan 7

Court asks police to submit probe report on Hefajat chief by Jan 7

-- 2020-12-07 16:36:08

A Dhaka court on Monday asked the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit a report within January 7 after investing the cases filed against three people, including Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh ch...

Bangladesh reports 2,198 new virus cases, another 36 die

Bangladesh reports 2,198 new virus cases, another 36 die

-- 2020-12-07 16:21:55

Bangladesh has recorded 2,198 new cases of the coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 479,743. The death toll surged to 6,874 after 36 more fatalities were r...

Hefazat chief Babunagari, two others sued for remarks on Bangabandhu sculpture

Hefazat chief Babunagari, two others sued for remarks on Bangabandhu sculpture

-- 2020-12-07 14:29:07

Two cases have been filed against three people including Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Chief Junaid Babunagari for their remark opposing the establishment of the sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur R...

Dipu Moni tests positive for Covid-19

Dipu Moni tests positive for Covid-19

FE Online Report 2020-12-07 14:18:27

Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), officials confirmed the FE. The minister is doing well without experiencing any visible complications, Publi...

HC orders authorities to ensure security of all Bangabandhu sculptures

HC orders authorities to ensure security of all Bangabandhu sculptures

-- 2020-12-07 13:03:42

The High Court (HC) on Monday asked the authorities concerned to take measures to ensure the security of all sculptures of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman across the country. The HC bench of Justic...

Land management activities to be monitored through the Land Service Digitization Monitoring Cell: Land Secretary

Land management activities to be monitored through the Land Service Digitization Monitoring Cell: Land Secretary

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-07 12:54:42

The digital land management activities of the whole of Bangladesh will be monitored through the Land Service Digitization Monitoring Cell, Land Secretary Md. Muksodur Rahman Patwary said.  This...

Peasants in south-west region busy farming winter vegetables

Peasants in south-west region busy farming winter vegetables

OUR CORRESPONDENT, BENAPOLE 2020-12-07 12:24:28

Farmers in six districts of the country’s south-western region — Jashore, Jhenidah, Magura, Kushtia, Chuadanga and Meherpur — are busy cultivating and caring for winter vegetables....

Haor cropland yet to be ready

Haor cropland yet to be ready

OUR CORRESPONDENT, NETRAKONA 2020-12-07 11:03:41

Farmers in Netrakona’s haor (wetland) area are yet to be able to sow their Boro paddy seeds for seedling transplantation due to a slow recession in water there. They say if seeds are not sown a...