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Writ filed seeking security of all sculptures

Writ filed seeking security of all sculptures

-- 2020-12-06 23:19:48

A writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) on Sunday seeking security of all sculptures including those of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman across the country, reports UNB. Supreme Court La...
30,000 government websites down due to power sector ‘glitch’

30,000 government websites down due to power sector ‘glitch’

-- 2020-12-06 21:13:15

A power system ‘hiccup’ at an office of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) in Dhaka has left around 30,000 government websites inaccessible. The problem in the power sys...
Bangabandhu sculpture vandalism an insult to constitution, Obaidul Quader says

Bangabandhu sculpture vandalism an insult to constitution, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2020-12-06 21:13:00

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said defamation of sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is the architect of independent Bangladesh, is a severe blow to the root of cou...
Fakhrul urges BNP leaders not to take any reckless decision

Fakhrul urges BNP leaders not to take any reckless decision

-- 2020-12-06 20:44:25

Accusing the government of ‘conspiring’ to destabilise the country to cling to power, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday cautioned his party colleagues not to take...
Four arrested for vandalising Bangabandhu’s sculpture

Four arrested for vandalising Bangabandhu’s sculpture

-- 2020-12-06 18:27:07

The law enforcement agencies have arrested four people in connection with vandalism of a sculpture of Bangabandhu in Kushtia. “We have already arrested four people in this connection,” Ho...
Police arrest 48 in city in anti-narcotic drive

Police arrest 48 in city in anti-narcotic drive

-- 2020-12-06 18:02:56

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 48 people for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs during its ongoing anti-narcotics drive in the capital in the last 24 hours till 6am on...
Bangladesh reports 1,666 new virus cases, 31 deaths

Bangladesh reports 1,666 new virus cases, 31 deaths

-- 2020-12-06 17:15:12

Bangladesh has recorded 1,666 new cases of coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 477,545. The death toll surged to 6,838 after 31 more fatalities were regis...
Haji Selim destroys his own illegal structure prior to BIWTA’s eviction drive

Haji Selim destroys his own illegal structure prior to BIWTA’s eviction drive

-- 2020-12-06 16:58:03

Lawmaker Haji Mohammad Selim has preemptively torn down an illegal structure which he himself had built on the banks of the Buriganga ahead of an eviction drive by the Bangladesh Inland Water Transpor...
Workers, farmers announce protests against closure of sugar mills

Workers, farmers announce protests against closure of sugar mills

-- 2020-12-06 16:52:15

Workers of 15 state-owned sugar mills and sugarcane farmers have announced protests against the closure of six of the mills amid the threshing season. They will demonstrate by staging a two-hour stri...
Police identify two involved in Bangabandhu sculpture vandalism

Police identify two involved in Bangabandhu sculpture vandalism

-- 2020-12-06 16:28:21

Police have identified from CCTV footage two men who defaced a statue of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman under the cover of night in Kushtia amid a clamour from Islamic groups to stop building statu...
Derailment cuts off rail links with Sylhet

Derailment cuts off rail links with Sylhet

-- 2020-12-06 15:17:58

Sylhet's rail communication with other parts of the country remained suspended since Sunday noon after the derailment of three containers of an oil-laden tanker at Shahjibazar Rail Station in Sayestag...
BCL activists demonstrate against vandalism of Bangabandhu sculpture

BCL activists demonstrate against vandalism of Bangabandhu sculpture

-- 2020-12-06 14:50:42

A group of leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League on Sunday demonstrated on the Dhaka University campus protesting against the vandalism of an under-construction sculpture of Bangabandhu S...
PM says stronger regional, int'l cooperation necessary for mitigating Covid's impact

PM says stronger regional, int'l cooperation necessary for mitigating Covid's impact

-- 2020-12-06 13:53:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said stronger regional and international cooperation is necessary in the coming days for mitigating the impact of Covid-19 pandemic and for the rebuilding phase....
PCJSS activist gunned down in Rangamati

PCJSS activist gunned down in Rangamati

-- 2020-12-06 13:53:47

An activist of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) was shot dead by some miscreants at Pakuijjachhari in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati district on Sunday. The deceased was i...
Birisiri ferry wharf leaseholders building bridge over Someswari river

Birisiri ferry wharf leaseholders building bridge over Someswari river

NETRAKONA, OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-12-06 13:35:02

Leaseholders of Birisiri Ferry Ghat (wharf) in Netrokona’s Durgapur are building a new wooden bridge with bamboo poles nearby there over the Someswari River, which locals say will ease their suf...
Three bikers die in Natore road mishap

Three bikers die in Natore road mishap

-- 2020-12-06 11:45:58

Three men riding a motorcycle were killed on early Sunday after the two-wheeler fell into a road side ditch at Duaria in Lalpur upazila of Natore. The deceased were identified as Foysal, Sajib and So...
Dense fog disrupts Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services

Dense fog disrupts Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services

-- 2020-12-06 10:11:54

Dense fog forced the suspension of ferry services on the key Paturia-Daulatdia route on Sunday morning. More than 400 vehicles are stuck on both ends waiting to traverse the river, reports UNB. BIWT...
NGOs softening stance on Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char, say volunteers

NGOs softening stance on Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char, say volunteers

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN from Bhasanchar 2020-12-06 09:58:55

International NGOs are apparently softening their stance after the successful shifting of the Rohingya from Cox's Bazar to Bhasanchar island, said local volunteers. Initially, they were very rigid bu...
Bangladesh needs to better soil health for future food security

Bangladesh needs to better soil health for future food security

FE Report 2020-12-06 08:55:23

Maintaining biodiversity of soil is a must to ensure future food security, experts observed at a seminar on Saturday. To raise food output for a growing population, maintaining good health of soil is...
UN recognises huge investment in Bhasan Char: Resident coordinator

UN recognises huge investment in Bhasan Char: Resident coordinator

-- 2020-12-05 21:42:52

UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Mia Seppo on Saturday said the UN and other related agencies recognise the enormous investment that the government of Bangladesh has made in preparing Bhasan Char for...
Muktijuddho Mancha to file sedition case against Mamunul, Faizul

Muktijuddho Mancha to file sedition case against Mamunul, Faizul

-- 2020-12-05 20:29:36

Muktijuddho Mancha has announced to file a sedition case against Hifazat-e Islam’s joint secretary general Mamunul Haque and Islami Andolan Bangladesh’s Nayeb-e-Ameer Sayed Faizul Karim on...
140 policemen leave for Mali to join UN peacekeeping mission

140 policemen leave for Mali to join UN peacekeeping mission

-- 2020-12-05 19:10:34

A team of policemen left for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali on a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Friday night. The 140-member strong contingent flew to Mali's capital Bamako, Poli...
Emphasis on soil biodiversity for future food security 

Emphasis on soil biodiversity for future food security 

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-05 18:20:55

Maintaining biodiveristy of soil is integral for future food security, said experts on Saturday. To raise food output for a growing population, maintaining good health of soil is an inseparable part...
Teachers, not just students, drop out of schools  

Teachers, not just students, drop out of schools  

FE ONLINE REPORT   2020-12-05 17:34:26

The fallout of the pandemic is forcing many private school teachers to desert the ‘noble’ profession, a stakeholders’ meeting in Chattogram was told on Saturday. Such vulnerable peo...
1,888 new coronavirus cases, 35 deaths in 24 hours

1,888 new coronavirus cases, 35 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2020-12-05 16:16:48

Bangladesh has registered 35 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the death toll so far to 6,807. The tally of infections surged to 475,879 after 1,888 people...
Miscreants vandalise sculpture of Bangabandhu in Kushtia

Miscreants vandalise sculpture of Bangabandhu in Kushtia

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-05 15:19:10

A group of miscreants vandalised the under construction sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the intersection of Panch Rastar Morh in Kushtia district town, police said on Saturday. Conf...
Bangladesh starts antigen tests for coronavirus in 10 districts

Bangladesh starts antigen tests for coronavirus in 10 districts

-- 2020-12-05 14:31:36

Antigen tests for the rapid detection of the novel coronavirus infection have begun in 10 districts of Bangladesh amid a recent spike in Covid-19 cases and deaths. Health Minister Zahid Maleque virtu...
BGB seizes gold bars worth Tk 49.6m in Jashore

BGB seizes gold bars worth Tk 49.6m in Jashore

-- 2020-12-05 13:42:59

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 60 gold bars, worth Tk 49.6 million (4.96 crore), from Shahzatpur border in Chougachha upazila of Jashore district early Saturday.      &...
PM asks BGB to restrict smuggling, protect independence

PM asks BGB to restrict smuggling, protect independence

-- 2020-12-05 13:39:40

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the Border Guard Bangladesh to restrict smuggling apart from protecting the country's independence and sovereignty. "You’ve to love your country,...
Drug rehab centres can't get licence for policy contradiction

Drug rehab centres can't get licence for policy contradiction

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-12-05 11:39:23

Owners of drug rehabilitation centres are having difficulty in obtaining trade licence due to the government's dual policy. All the rehab centres under city corporation areas are currently running op...

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