-- 2020-12-03 17:08:50
The United Nations has unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on the ‘Culture of Peace’. While introducing the resolution in the General Assembly, the Permanent Repres...
FE Sylhet Correspondent 2020-12-03 16:54:30
Poor fishermen and inhabitants of some small villages near the nationally acclaimed vast Ratargul Swamp forest have started getting benefits of an initiative taken up under a research programme by the...
-- 2020-12-03 16:47:32
Bangladesh has recorded 2,316 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 471,739, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll increased to 6,748 after 35 fatalit...
FE Online Report 2020-12-03 16:47:05
Some 26 people were killed and 1,344 others injured in 118 incidents of political violence across the country in the first ten months of the current calendar year, according to a local independent rig...
-- 2020-12-03 16:33:23
A court has handed down the capital punishment to a woman and her four accomplices for the murder of her husband over an extramarital affair in Khagrachhari's Guimara in 2016. Khagrachhari District a...
-- 2020-12-03 16:29:08
Bangladesh is introducing antigen tests for the diagnosis of novel coronavirus infection on Saturday, two and half months after approving the guidelines on the tests. For the launch, the government h...
UNB 2020-12-03 13:44:46
As three Covid-19 vaccines look ready to be rolled out in different countries soon, one question is now crossing the public mind -- where actually Bangladesh is in the line to have one. Many health e...
-- 2020-12-03 12:59:16
Police have pressed formal charges against eight suspects in connection with the gang-rape of a newly-wed woman in Sylhet's MC College, an incident that sparked outrage and led to protests nationwide....
FE Online Report 2020-12-03 12:17:26
Human Rights Watch on Thursday called on the Bangladesh government to immediately halt the imminent relocation of Rohingya refugees to the remote island of Bhasan Char. Authorities in Bangladesh have...
FE REPORT 2020-12-03 10:59:26
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Wednesday said it has become a global challenge to prevent grafts like money laundering and tax evasion due to technological advancements...
Adnan Hossain Bhuiyan, Back from Khagrachhari 2020-12-03 10:24:52
Disputes over land rights still remain a key barrier to peace in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) even 23 years after the signing of the CHT Peace Accord. In three hill districts -- Rangamati, Khagra...
-- 2020-12-02 22:00:15
Strongly protesting the restriction on holding rallies and public meetings in Dhaka metropolitan areas without prior police permission, BNP Wednesday said this ‘anti-people’ move is an &ls...
-- 2020-12-02 21:24:43
Bangladesh Coast Guard has arrested seven Myanmar nationals in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday with 280,000 pieces of Yaba. In-Charge of Coast Guard Teknaf Station Lt Commander Amirul said t...
FE Online Report 2020-12-02 20:49:33
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Disability Alliance on SDGs Bangladesh Wednesday urged for inclusion of the disability in the 8th Five-Year Plan. The appeal came at a workshop titled...
-- 2020-12-02 20:44:43
The police have removed a suspicious bag from near an annex building of the US embassy in Dhaka. The bomb disposal unit of the police found a tin can wrapped by tape and filled with sand and wires, b...
-- 2020-12-02 20:00:10
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has urged all to refrain from organising processions, rallies and any mass gathering in the metropolitan area without taking its prior permission for the sake of overal...
-- 2020-12-02 19:33:21
Five Bangladeshi seamen, who had been held hostage by Houthi rebels in Yemen's capital Sana’a since February this year, will soon return home through India. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M...
FE Online Report 2020-12-02 18:54:16
The month-long online book fair has started in the port city. Eminent educationist Professor Anupam Sen inaugurated the book fair at the hall of Chattogram Academy at Momin Road in the city on Tuesda...
FE Online Report 2020-12-02 18:53:25
At least 486 people were killed and 741 others injured in some 443 road accidents in November, according to a study by a passenger welfare association. Besides, at least 52 people were killed and 13...
-- 2020-12-02 17:57:06
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken the family of Shampa Khatun, a child in Jamalpur who was compelled to work as a rickshaw-van puller, under her wing. Shampa, a fourth-grader has been working as...
FE Online Report 2020-12-02 17:29:03
No woman sued perpetrators of domestic violence at the court of chief judicial magistrates in keeping with the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, in 10 years after enactment of the law...
FE Online Report 2020-12-02 16:25:29
Some 2,000 casual agriculture labourers from northern Kurigram district have received an insurance payout of Tk 2,700 each, distributors said on Wednesday. This, they believe, would contribute to com...
-- 2020-12-02 15:37:36
Bangladesh has recorded 2,198 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 469,423. The death toll surged to 6,713 after 38 fatalities were registered in th...
-- 2020-12-02 15:14:40
A court has issued an arrest order for Baul singer Rita Dewan who is facing charges of hurting religious sentiments in a case under the Digital Security Act. Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal Judge Jaglul Ho...
-- 2020-12-02 14:46:15
A Dhaka court has sentenced seven people to death in a case filed over the murder and burning of the body of freedom fighter and Awami League leader Atiqullah Chowdhury seven years ago. Dhaka Speedy...
-- 2020-12-02 13:23:10
The United Nations has said Rohingyas must be able to make a free and informed decision on relocation to Bhasan Char based upon relevant, accurate and updated information. "The United Nations has not...
OUR CORRESPONDENT, KHULNA 2020-12-02 11:51:28
A low-key Rash festival at Dublar Char in the Sundarbans has ended with Hindus taking a holy bath in the nearby salty waters of the Bay of Bengal on Monday morning hoping to atone for their sins. The...
OUR CORRESPONDENT, NETRAKONA 2020-12-02 09:54:34
Potters in Netrokona’s Kalmakanda have been facing hard times, as they cannot earn as before for a decent living. Prices of clay soil, the raw material in making pots, have become high largely...
-- 2020-12-01 22:40:36
Globe Biotech has ended a Memorandum of Understanding with International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh or icddr,b on trials of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the Bangla...
-- 2020-12-01 20:16:23
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police said they have information that the employees of two airlines are involved in trafficking people from Bangladesh. The CID declined to name the tw...
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