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20 new patients hospitalised amid rise in dengue cases

20 new patients hospitalised amid rise in dengue cases

-- 2020-12-01 18:59:18

20 new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours until Monday morning amid a spike in the mosquito-borne disease in the country. The health authorities said 94 dengue patients are receiving treat...

2,293 new coronavirus cases, 31 deaths in 24 hours

2,293 new coronavirus cases, 31 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2020-12-01 16:25:31

Bangladesh has recorded 2,293 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 467,225. The death toll surged to 6,675 after 31 fatalities were registered in th...

50,000 yaba pills seized in Dhaka

50,000 yaba pills seized in Dhaka

-- 2020-12-01 15:38:16

Detectives have seized a consignment of 50,000 yaba pills at Jatrabari area of Dhaka while being carried the drugs after purchasing it from Cox’s Bazar. They also arrested three drug traders in...

SC stays HC order to compensate Narayanganj mosque blast victims

SC stays HC order to compensate Narayanganj mosque blast victims

-- 2020-12-01 15:24:13

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed the High Court order asking the authorities concerned of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd to provide Tk 0.5 million each to th...

Two die in Chandpur road crash

Two die in Chandpur road crash

-- 2020-12-01 14:57:37

Two people were killed and another injured when an oil tanker hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Faridganj-Raiganj road at Chatura area in Faridganj upazila of Chandpur district on Tuesday. The deceased...

Bangladesh cancels all open-air Victory Day celebrations as Covid cases surge

Bangladesh cancels all open-air Victory Day celebrations as Covid cases surge

-- 2020-12-01 14:47:21

Bangladesh has cancelled all open-air events for Victory Day celebrations amid a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths. People will be allowed to hold events indoors to celebrate Victory Day, but org...

Man gets life in jail for killing wife in Natore

Man gets life in jail for killing wife in Natore

-- 2020-12-01 13:53:20

A Natore court on Tuesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing his wife for dowry, three months after getting married in 2017. The convict Rubel Hossain was a resident of Shibpur vil...

Life imprisonment means 30 years in jail: Supreme Court

Life imprisonment means 30 years in jail: Supreme Court

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-01 13:47:07

A life imprisonment convict will have to serve 30 years in jail, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has said in a verdict. But, in case of imprisonment until natural life, a convict will hav...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs starts ‘Bangabandhu Lecture Series’

Ministry of Foreign Affairs starts ‘Bangabandhu Lecture Series’

-- 2020-12-01 12:11:12

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs started its "Bangabandhu Lecture Series" on Tuesday morning, marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Former Finance Mini...

Manpower readiness critical for addressing cyber crimes: Official

Manpower readiness critical for addressing cyber crimes: Official

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2020-12-01 10:19:51

The government is set to arrange the first-ever National Cyber Drill (NCD 2020) on December 12 with an aim to enhance the skills of the cyber security personnel and prepare them for possible disaste...

'Wider male engagement required for gender equality in Bangladesh'

'Wider male engagement required for gender equality in Bangladesh'

FE REPORT 2020-12-01 10:07:53

Speakers during a webinar on Monday suggested a wider male engagement with an eye to ensuring gender equality in Bangladesh. They also recommended stopping child marriage and creating an environment...

BNP demands involvement of armed forces in vaccine management

BNP demands involvement of armed forces in vaccine management

-- 2020-11-30 22:31:03

Members of the BNP’s standing committee have demanded to involve the Armed Forces and other relevant organisations in procurement, preservation and distribution of Covid-19 vaccine. The highest...

PSC publishes circulars for 42nd, 43rd BCS examinations

PSC publishes circulars for 42nd, 43rd BCS examinations

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-11-30 20:57:52

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has published circulars for the 42nd and 43th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations seeking applications for government jobs. The commission publi...

Land Ministry's ADP implementation progress more than national progress

Land Ministry's ADP implementation progress more than national progress

-- 2020-11-30 20:57:28

The progress rate of the Ministry of Land in the implementation of ADP is 14.64 per cent, which is 1.85 percentage points higher than the national progress rate of 12.79 per cent. The information was...

Nomani, Moshiur become President, GS of DRU   

Nomani, Moshiur become President, GS of DRU  

-- 2020-11-30 20:44:51

Mursalin Nomani and Moshiur Rahman Khan have been elected President and General Secretary of the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU). The DRU election was held on Monday. The voting began at 9am and continue...

Extremist communal group trying to spread hatred: Obaidul Quader

Extremist communal group trying to spread hatred: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-11-30 19:55:56

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said an extremist communal group is trying to spread hatred among the pious people of the country by misinterpreting Islam. The road transport...

Bangladesh to offer 30m free vaccine doses to frontliners

Bangladesh to offer 30m free vaccine doses to frontliners

-- 2020-11-30 18:37:48

The government has announced a plan to offer 30 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to frontline workers free of cost in the first phase of the vaccination process amid the coronavirus pandemic. Ca...

Rohingya relocation to Bhashan Char to begin next week

Rohingya relocation to Bhashan Char to begin next week

-- 2020-11-30 18:28:13

The first batch of Rohingyas would be shifted to Bhashan Char next week from overcrowded camps in Cox’s Bazar as part of the Bangladesh government’s plan to relocate 100,000 Rohingyas temp...

AFD PSO Waqar-uz-Zaman adorned with rank badge of Lt Gen

AFD PSO Waqar-uz-Zaman adorned with rank badge of Lt Gen

-- 2020-11-30 18:06:32

Newly appointed Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces Division Waqar-uz-Zaman has been adorned with the rank badge of Lieutenant General. Navy Chief Admiral Shaheen Iqbal and Chief of the...

Distribution of vaccines: Challenges Bangladesh will face

Distribution of vaccines: Challenges Bangladesh will face

 Shadman Saquib Rahman 2020-11-30 18:05:19

The tension between vaccine diplomacy and vaccine nationalism continues which reflects a lack of cooperation among countries. Even though some initial trials have been successful, it would be difficul...

Govt says breach of mask rules may lead to jail term

Govt says breach of mask rules may lead to jail term

-- 2020-11-30 17:50:24

The government has instructed the authorities to take harsher measures to enforce mask rules amid the resurgence of coronavirus cases and deaths in Bangladesh. A breach of rules amid the coronavirus...

Dr Zafarullah accuses govt of 'cashing in on' pandemic

Dr Zafarullah accuses govt of 'cashing in on' pandemic

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-30 16:28:18

The government is "cashing in on" the Covid-19 pandemic, Public health activist Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury alleged on Monday. He made the allegation at a human chain organised by ‘Constitutional Ri...

Bangladesh records highest daily virus infections in three months

Bangladesh records highest daily virus infections in three months

-- 2020-11-30 15:56:01

Bangladesh has recorded 2,525 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest daily tally in about three months, taking the caseload so far to 464,932. The death toll surged to 6,644 after 35 fatalities we...

Interpol issues red notice on six Bangladeshi human traffickers

Interpol issues red notice on six Bangladeshi human traffickers

-- 2020-11-30 15:34:16

The Interpol has issued a red notice on six Bangladeshi human traffickers as requested by the Criminal Investigation Department. All of them are named in a case of human trafficking leading to the ki...

DNA report shows involvement of accused in MC College gang rape

DNA report shows involvement of accused in MC College gang rape

-- 2020-11-30 15:23:16

Police found the involvement of some accused, arrested over the gang-rape incident of a woman at Sylhet MC College, according to a DNA test. However, police did not disclose the number of accused who...

Eight policemen in Kushtia suspended for failing dope tests

Eight policemen in Kushtia suspended for failing dope tests

-- 2020-11-30 12:29:14

Eight policemen including two sub-inspectors have been suspended in Kushtia for failing dope tests. Superintendent of Kushtia Police SM Tanvir Arafat said the suspended policemen were attached to the...

Disaster impact assessment critical for minimising economic losses

Disaster impact assessment critical for minimising economic losses

FE Report 2020-11-30 10:46:02

Policymakers and disaster management experts have stressed the importance of Disaster Impact Assessment (DIA) tool in the planning process to minimise economic losses caused by disasters and ensure ma...

Five Bangladeshis among 20 sailors taken hostage by Houthis in Yemen   

Five Bangladeshis among 20 sailors taken hostage by Houthis in Yemen  

FE ONLINE REPORT   2020-11-29 22:07:00

Twenty seamen, including some Bangladeshis, have been under custody of Houthi rebels in Yemen capital Sana’asince February, according to an Indian newspaper report. The number of Bangladeshi ho...

Ctg Eye Hospital gets donation

Ctg Eye Hospital gets donation

FE Online Report 2020-11-29 21:20:48

Begum Jaheda Khaton, sister of former minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain has donated Tk 0.2 million to Chittagong Eye Hospital and Training Centre Trust for procuring new beds for patients. Managing...

ACC seizes money, stops transactions of bank accounts run by CMCH employees

ACC seizes money, stops transactions of bank accounts run by CMCH employees

FE Online Report 2020-11-29 21:06:32

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has seized Tk 2.9 million (29,47,696) and directed to stop transaction of four bank accounts run by employees of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Sunday....