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Experts demand ban of single-use plastic

Experts demand ban of single-use plastic

FE Online Report 2020-11-23 17:47:08

Experts have urged the government for legislation in order to stop the growing production and usage of single-use plastic (SUP) which is causing severe environmental pollution in the country. The d...

Bangladesh reports highest single-day infection in 80 days

Bangladesh reports highest single-day infection in 80 days

FE Online Report 2020-11-23 16:58:05

Bangladesh reported 2,419 coronavirus cases and 28 deaths in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Monday. The country witnessed the highest number of single-day infection since September 3, taking the to...

Bangladesh invites Saudi crown prince to join Mujib Year celebrations

Bangladesh invites Saudi crown prince to join Mujib Year celebrations

-- 2020-11-23 16:42:23

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has invited Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to attend the final programme of Mujib Year, the year-long celebrations marking the 100th birth annive...

Mobile court fines 90 people in Chandpur for not wearing mask

Mobile court fines 90 people in Chandpur for not wearing mask

-- 2020-11-23 13:23:53

As part of the government directive to strengthen the mobile court operation and enforce laws to ensure use of mask, the local administration in Chandpur has conducted separate drives and fined 90 peo...

Coastal women fishers face gaping wage disparity, study shows

Coastal women fishers face gaping wage disparity, study shows

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-23 12:58:29

All women workers involved in fish processing in coastal districts have been getting 25 per cent less wages than their male counterparts, according to a study. Women members of the coastal fisheries...

Dhaka’s deteriorating air quality could make Covid-19 even worse

Dhaka’s deteriorating air quality could make Covid-19 even worse

-- 2020-11-23 12:33:57

Dhaka, one of the most polluted cities in the world, ranked 3rd worst in the Air Quality Index on Monday morning. Dhaka had an AQI score of 185 at 09:02am and the air was classified as ‘unhealt...

Work on Tk 910m 'washed away', new road project awaiting approval

Work on Tk 910m 'washed away', new road project awaiting approval

OUR CORRESPONDENT, SYLHET 2020-11-23 12:25:16

A portion of the much-talked about 19.5-kilometre road to connect the remote Shulla area with Sunamganj district town through Derai has been washed away by floods over the past three years. The Roads...

MP Haji Selim reoccupies ‘Agrani Bank’ land

MP Haji Selim reoccupies ‘Agrani Bank’ land

-- 2020-11-23 11:49:55

Agrani Bank recovered a piece of land from the grip of MP Haji Mohammad Selim in Old Dhaka around a month ago when the lawmaker fell in trouble following the arrest of his son Erfan Selim. The employ...

74 women tortured to death for dowry in first ten months

74 women tortured to death for dowry in first ten months

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-23 10:29:07

At least 74 women were tortured to death for dowry in the first ten months of the calendar year across the country, according to a local legal aid and rights body. Apart from this, the Ain o Salish K...

20mmcfd gas to be added to national grid next week

20mmcfd gas to be added to national grid next week

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2020-11-23 10:27:18

State-run Bapex has successfully done workover of onshore Srikail-4 gas well and initiated on test basis the gas flow at around 20 mmcfd, which is about three-folds of its previous production. Bang...

Rohingya relocation to ease Bangladesh’s burden, say some experts

Rohingya relocation to ease Bangladesh’s burden, say some experts

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN back from Bhasanchar 2020-11-23 09:51:17

As the government is preparing to relocate Rohingya refugees from Cox's Bazar to Bhasanchar Island on December 5, experts said their quick relocation is crucial to alleviate socio-economic burden on t...

PM shocked at death of football legend Badal Roy

PM shocked at death of football legend Badal Roy

-- 2020-11-22 23:15:36

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of football legend and sports organiser Badal Roy. The Prime Minister prayed for the eternal salvation of the d...

‘Golden Monir’ put on 18-day remand in three cases

‘Golden Monir’ put on 18-day remand in three cases

-- 2020-11-22 21:06:02

Separate courts in Dhaka on Sunday granted remand for a total of 18 days to interrogate suspected gold smuggler Monir Hossain, known as ‘Golden Monir’, in three cases filed over the recove...

Dr Mamun gets bail in ASP Anisul murder case

Dr Mamun gets bail in ASP Anisul murder case

-- 2020-11-22 20:44:43

Dr Abdullah Al Mamun, the registrar at the National Institute of Mental Health, has secured bail in a case over the killing of Anisul Karim Shipon, a senior assistant superintendent of police. Dhaka...

Bangladesh unlikely to avail Pfizer, Modena vaccine

Bangladesh unlikely to avail Pfizer, Modena vaccine

UNB 2020-11-22 20:38:34

The stunning results from Covid-19 vaccine trials by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna raised hopes across the world in the battle against the deadly virus, but experts find big challenges for Bangladesh to...

DMP terminates 10 policemen, suspends 18 after failing dope tests

DMP terminates 10 policemen, suspends 18 after failing dope tests

-- 2020-11-22 20:34:28

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has terminated 10 policemen and suspended 18 more after failing dope tests. A total of 68 policemen – seven sub-inspectors, one sergeant, five assistant sub-...

Monir to be stripped off 200 plots if fraudulence found, says Rajuk

Monir to be stripped off 200 plots if fraudulence found, says Rajuk

-- 2020-11-22 20:10:08

'Golden Monir' will be stripped of the ownership of 200 plots if the allegations of irregularities against him are proven, said Chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) Md Sayeed Noor Alam....

Govt to ensure 100pc electricity coverage by December, Nasrul says

Govt to ensure 100pc electricity coverage by December, Nasrul says

-- 2020-11-22 18:50:29

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Sunday said the government has a target to bring 100 per cent population of the country under electricity coverage by December th...

Native fruit varieties disappearing fast in Narsingdi

Native fruit varieties disappearing fast in Narsingdi

-- 2020-11-22 18:20:33

The native fruit varieties are disappearing fast in Narsingdi due to the adverse impact of climate change, the use of agro-chemical in the ground and the lack of planned ways for the production and ma...

Migratory birds begin arriving in northern region

Migratory birds begin arriving in northern region

-- 2020-11-22 18:16:40

With the beginning of the winter season, rural people are witnessing the pleasing arrival of migratory birds from the Himalayan and Siberian regions in water bodies and riverine char areas of the nort...

Court sets Dec 29 for Sagar-Runi murder investigation report submission

Court sets Dec 29 for Sagar-Runi murder investigation report submission

-- 2020-11-22 18:08:21

A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed December 29 for submitting the investigation report of the Sagar-Runi murder case. General Registration Officer of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station Mohammad Asad confi...

Bangladesh Bank gets two new deputy governors

Bangladesh Bank gets two new deputy governors

-- 2020-11-22 16:39:02

The government has appointed two new deputy governors to Bangladesh Bank, filling the positions that remained vacant since 2016. The central bank's Executive Director Kazi Sayedur Rahman and Rajshahi...

Govt alerts banks over possible cyber attack

Govt alerts banks over possible cyber attack

-- 2020-11-22 16:31:55

The government has issued an alert over a possible cyber attack, prompting the banks to strengthen surveillance at automated teller machine (ATM) booths. Some banks have shut ATM operations fearing c...

Amnesty urges govt to stop hotel construction posing eviction threat to Mro people

Amnesty urges govt to stop hotel construction posing eviction threat to Mro people

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-22 16:28:34

Amnesty International has called on Bangladesh’s government to immediately stop the construction of a five-star hotel in Chittagong Hill Tracts, saying it could lead to the forced eviction of Mr...

Bangladesh records 38 Covid deaths, 2,060 new cases  

Bangladesh records 38 Covid deaths, 2,060 new cases  

-- 2020-11-22 16:23:50

Bangladesh has registered 38 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the death toll to 6,388. The tally of infections surged to 447,341 after 2,060 people tested positive f...

'Extensive communication network' behind Bangladesh’s vibrant economy, says PM

'Extensive communication network' behind Bangladesh’s vibrant economy, says PM

-- 2020-11-22 16:21:16

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has attributed Bangladesh's dynamic economy to an 'extensive network' of communication developed by the Awami League government. She made the remarks while inaugurating t...

Man held with 148,000 Yaba pills in Chattogram

Man held with 148,000 Yaba pills in Chattogram

-- 2020-11-22 15:27:36

Police in a drive arrested a man and recovered 148,000 pieces of Yaba pills from a fishing trawler at Old Kalurghat area in Chandgaon of Chattogram city on Sunday. The arrestee was identified as Sohe...

DB detains four more in Dhaka over crude bombs recovery

DB detains four more in Dhaka over crude bombs recovery

-- 2020-11-22 15:12:14

Detectives in a drive detained four people in connection with the recovery of 31 unexploded crude bombs from city’s Uttara Paschim and Tugar area. The DB police of Dhaka Metropolitan Police con...

High Court seeks info on money launderers by Dec 17

High Court seeks info on money launderers by Dec 17

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-22 14:31:50

The High Court in a suo moto (voluntary) rule has sought information about money launderers, including their identities, by December 17. The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Ahme...

RAB files three cases against ‘Golden Monir’

RAB files three cases against ‘Golden Monir’

-- 2020-11-22 14:09:18

Three cases were filed against ‘Golden Monir’ in connection with the recovery of foreign currencies, firearms and liquor from his Badda residence in Dhaka on Saturday. Rapid Action Battal...