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Govt to facilitate expansion of tea cultivation in Chittagong Hill Tracts

Govt to facilitate expansion of tea cultivation in Chittagong Hill Tracts

-- 2020-11-20 17:53:10

Commerce Secretary Dr Md Jafor Uddin said the government will provide all sorts of assistance on a priority basis for the expansion of tea cultivation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). “Farm...

Covid-19: 2,275 infected, 17 die, 1,709 recover in 24 hours

Covid-19: 2,275 infected, 17 die, 1,709 recover in 24 hours

-- 2020-11-20 16:28:26

Bangladesh has recorded 2,275 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 443,434. The death toll climbed to 6,322 after 17 fatalities were registere...

Biman flights to remain suspended on five routes until December 31

Biman flights to remain suspended on five routes until December 31

-- 2020-11-20 16:16:03

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will continue to suspend its flights to Manchester, Medina, Kathmandu, Bangkok and Kuwait amid the second wave of coronavirus infections in winter. No flights to these five...

Photojournalist Shahidul Alam wins International Press Freedom Award

Photojournalist Shahidul Alam wins International Press Freedom Award

FE Online Report 2020-11-20 15:20:11

Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam and three others have won the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)-2020 International Press Freedom Award.  “Whether covering the pandemic or pr...

Four surrender as RAB drive in Sirajganj ends

Four surrender as RAB drive in Sirajganj ends

-- 2020-11-20 13:28:28

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained four members of an Islamist outfit from a suspected militant hideout in Sirajganj's Shahjadpur Upazila. They surrendered after a seven-hour standoff with...

Deaths with corona symptoms reach 2,203 in Bangladesh

Deaths with corona symptoms reach 2,203 in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-20 12:53:18

A total of 2,203 people died with Covid-19 symptoms in the last eight months from March 22 to November 14 across the country, according to a latest report. Besides, a total of 631 people were slapped...

Teenager 'gang-raped' in Dhaka

Teenager 'gang-raped' in Dhaka

-- 2020-11-20 12:33:54

A teenage girl was "gang-raped" by her cousin and one more on Wednesday night in Kalyanpur area of Dhaka. Four more youths were also involved. As the victim informed the law enforcers after the incid...

RAB cordons off suspected militant hideout in Sirajganj

RAB cordons off suspected militant hideout in Sirajganj

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-20 11:36:48

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have cordoned off a house in Sirajganj's Shahjadpur upazila on suspicion of it being a militant hideout. Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Ashique Billah, RAB legal...

Date juice collectors getting ready as winter is around the corner

Date juice collectors getting ready as winter is around the corner

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-11-20 11:33:17

With the advent of the winter, a good number of date juice collectors, locally known as Gachhi, who extract juice by cutting head of tree are preparing date tress to collect juice in Bogura. From the...

Researchers working on bringing back indigenous fishes

Researchers working on bringing back indigenous fishes

RU CORRESPONDENT 2020-11-20 10:17:11

A research team from Rajshahi University (RU) Fisheries department is working to bring back the abundance of indigenous fishes in Baors. They also work to introduce sustainable management of Baor fis...

Govt takes all-out preparation to procure Covid-19 vaccine: PM

Govt takes all-out preparation to procure Covid-19 vaccine: PM

-- 2020-11-19 22:50:19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that the government has taken all-out preparations to bring COVID-19 vaccine whenever it will be available. "The vaccine is about to invented or research...

Sunbeams declares zero tolerance of misogyny

Sunbeams declares zero tolerance of misogyny

FE Online Report 2020-11-19 22:09:38

In the wake of the recent protests against sexual assault and rape, multiple school communities have called for immediate change in institutional culture through renewed policies, teacher training and...

Walton gives reception to ‘Int'l Children’s  Peace Prize 2020’ winner Sadat Rahman

Walton gives reception to ‘Int'l Children’s Peace Prize 2020’ winner Sadat Rahman

FE Online Report 2020-11-19 21:25:10

Country’s electronics giant Walton gave a grand reception to Sadat Rahman for bringing glory for Bangladesh by winning the ‘International Children’s Peace Prize 2020,’ a presti...

Parliament okays bill for easing backlog of drug-related cases

Parliament okays bill for easing backlog of drug-related cases

-- 2020-11-19 19:56:00

The 'Narcotics Control (Amendment) Bill, 2020' was passed in Parliament on Thursday dropping the provision of setting up separate narcotic control tribunals to pave the way for competent courts to try...

HC seeks information on steps taken to bring back PK Halder

HC seeks information on steps taken to bring back PK Halder

-- 2020-11-19 18:53:26

The High Court on Thursday sought information from the government about the steps being taken to bring back Proshanto Kumar Halder, the disgraced director of International Leasing and Finance Services...

WB channels $100m more into service delivery to Rohingya   

WB channels $100m more into service delivery to Rohingya  

FE ONLINE REPORT   2020-11-19 18:05:37

The government on Thursday signed a $100 million grant financing agreement with the World Bank to scale up access to energy, water, sanitation services and disaster-resilient infrastructures for the R...

PM asks all to wear masks as second Covid wave looms

PM asks all to wear masks as second Covid wave looms

-- 2020-11-19 17:46:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday renewed her warning that the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic in the country is imminent and asked all to wear masks. "I request you all to wear masks and fol...

Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action laucnhed

Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action laucnhed

-- 2020-11-19 17:21:47

The Ministry of Women’s and Children’s Affairs and the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission, with the support of UNHCR and UNICEF,  jointly launched the Minimum St...

Four Hijbut Tahrir men held in city

Four Hijbut Tahrir men held in city

-- 2020-11-19 16:52:18

The Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of DMP arrested four members of the outlawed Hijbut Tahrir from city’s Dakshinkhan area on Wednesday. The arrestees are Md Jahirul Islam Titu, 32, Md Rashidul Isla...

Bangladesh records 2,364 new virus cases, 30 deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh records 2,364 new virus cases, 30 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2020-11-19 16:28:59

Bangladesh has recorded 30 deaths from Covid-19 and 2,364 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am Thursday, the government said in a statement. With the latest data, the death toll from C...

Majnu sentenced lifer in rape case of DU student

Majnu sentenced lifer in rape case of DU student

-- 2020-11-19 16:17:39

A tribunal in  Dhaka on Thursday sentenced lone accused Md Majnu to life term imprisonment in a case over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the city’s Kurmitola area on January 5....

Every upazila to get fire stations: Home minister

Every upazila to get fire stations: Home minister

FE Online Report 2020-11-19 15:53:28

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said a total of 129 new fire stations will be set up across the country by 2021 as part of the government’s plan to ensure that every upazila has...

Mirza Fakhrul goes into quarantine after his relative found Covid positive

Mirza Fakhrul goes into quarantine after his relative found Covid positive

-- 2020-11-19 14:25:31

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has gone into quarantine as one of his relatives who stays in his Uttara residence in Dhaka tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19). Fakhrul said...

BNP MP Zahidur, Dulu contract Covid-19

BNP MP Zahidur, Dulu contract Covid-19

-- 2020-11-19 13:47:50

Two BNP leaders have tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) in Thakurgaon and Lalmonirhat districts. BNP MP Zahidur Rahman Zahid of Thakurgaon-3 constituency has been infected with Covid-19, repo...

Court to deliver judgement in DU rape case this afternoon

Court to deliver judgement in DU rape case this afternoon

-- 2020-11-19 13:22:40

The verdict in the case over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the city’s Kurmitola area, will be delivered Thursday afternoon. On November 12, Dhaka Women and Children Repression Preve...

Road crash kills seven in Chapainawabganj

Road crash kills seven in Chapainawabganj

-- 2020-11-19 10:40:59

Seven people were killed and five others injured when a rice-laden human-hauler plunged into a roadside ditch at Sonapur-Barikbazar in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district early Thursday. The...

Rohingya relocation to coastal island begins in December

Rohingya relocation to coastal island begins in December

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman from Bhasanchar 2020-11-19 09:54:01

The much-talked-about relocation of Rohingya refugees to Bhasanchar Island on the southern tip of Noakhali will start next month (December). The island, having a land area of 13,000 acres, has been t...

Experts fear worse pandemic situation in winter: PM 

Experts fear worse pandemic situation in winter: PM 

-- 2020-11-18 22:33:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said although the prevalence of Covid-19 is now relatively lower in Bangladesh, it would surge during the winter months. "As of now, the Covid-19 pandemic ha...

BERC can revise energy price more than once in a fiscal

BERC can revise energy price more than once in a fiscal

-- 2020-11-18 21:58:12

Parliament passes Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2020 The Jatiya Sangsad passed the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2020 on Wednesday to empower t...

CPA signs agreement for hydraulic survey of Karnaphuli river

CPA signs agreement for hydraulic survey of Karnaphuli river

FE Online Report 2020-11-18 21:55:06

Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) signed an agreement with HR Waling Ford Company of the United Kingdom (UK) for hydraulic survey of the river Karnaphuli on Tuesday evening. The High Commissioner of UK...