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Parliament passes law allowing single-person company

Parliament passes law allowing single-person company

-- 2020-11-18 21:16:41

The ‘Companies (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2020’ was passed in parliament on Wednesday keeping a provision of formation of single-person companies, aiming to attract greater investment and do be...

Momen describes Biden’s victory as blessing for world

Momen describes Biden’s victory as blessing for world

-- 2020-11-18 21:03:57

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has described Joe Biden’s win as the next United States (US) president as blessing for the world expecting that the new US administration will be proactive in...

Expatriates’ welfare ministry urges jobseekers to be on alert for middlemen

Expatriates’ welfare ministry urges jobseekers to be on alert for middlemen

FE Online Report 2020-11-18 19:44:58

Expatriates’ welfare ministry suggested that the prospective overseas jobseekers remain alert as a section of middlemen has become active to cajole them into sending to Italy. The Ministry of E...

Govt to decide private hospitals' healthcare fees

Govt to decide private hospitals' healthcare fees

-- 2020-11-18 19:28:10

The government will take steps to fix the costs of medical treatment, including test and treatment fees, of private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Wed...

FM seeks genuine pressure from international community on Myanmar

FM seeks genuine pressure from international community on Myanmar

-- 2020-11-18 18:31:01

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has sought genuine pressure from the international community on Myanmar as the lack of sincerity of the country is the key reason behind the delay in Rohingya repatriat...

JS passes bill keeping death penalty for rape

JS passes bill keeping death penalty for rape

-- 2020-11-18 18:10:12

The Jatiya Sangsad on Wednesday passed the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in a bid to ensure the death penalty for rape. State Minister for Women and Children Affairs...

Embassy in Bangkok facilitates repatriation of 48 Bangladeshis

Embassy in Bangkok facilitates repatriation of 48 Bangladeshis

-- 2020-11-18 17:38:42

The Embassy of Bangladesh in Bangkok has facilitated the repatriation of another group of 48 Bangladeshis stranded in Thailand. Carrying the passengers, a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines...

Sylhet, Sunamganj hit hard by power outage

Sylhet, Sunamganj hit hard by power outage

-- 2020-11-18 16:45:37

The residents of Sylhet City, suburban areas, Chhatak upazila and Sunamganj district town are going without power for nearly 30 hours as the authorities concerned say it is unlikely that power supply...

Bangladesh reports 21 Covid deaths, 2,111 new cases

Bangladesh reports 21 Covid deaths, 2,111 new cases

-- 2020-11-18 16:32:21

Bangladesh has recorded 21 fatalities and 2,111 new cases of the novel coronavirus in last 24 hour. The death toll climbed to 6,275 while the number of infected people reached 438,795, according to t...

Bangladesh, Qatar to ink MoU for strengthening trade relations

Bangladesh, Qatar to ink MoU for strengthening trade relations

-- 2020-11-18 15:42:54

Bangladesh and Qatar are likely to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the trade relations between the two countries, said Bangladesh Ambassador to Qatar Md Jashim Uddin. The Qatar...

Protests break out at Mental Health Institute over arrest of doctor

Protests break out at Mental Health Institute over arrest of doctor

-- 2020-11-18 14:43:01

Doctors and employees have besieged the office of the National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital's director in protest against the arrest of a physician in connection with the killing of a polic...

Man held with 60 gold bars at HSIA

Man held with 60 gold bars at HSIA

-- 2020-11-18 14:25:22

A team of Dhaka Customs House on Tuesday arrested a man with 60 gold bars, weighing 6,900 kg, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). The identity of the arrestee could not be known immed...

Cumilla EPZ wastes allegedly polluting neighbourhoods

Cumilla EPZ wastes allegedly polluting neighbourhoods

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CUMILLA 2020-11-18 12:34:23

Wastes from Cumilla Export Processing Zone, or Cumilla EPZ, have been polluting neighbourhoods affecting fishes and crops, locals and environmentalists say. Crop yields have also decreased in three u...

25 DU teachers, employees contract Covid-19

25 DU teachers, employees contract Covid-19

-- 2020-11-18 12:23:44

At least 25 teachers, officials, and employees of Dhaka University (DU) have been infected with the coronavirus (Covid-19). Among them are law department's Prof Asif Nazrul and Deputy Registrar Prabi...

Fish fairs mark Bogura Nabanna festival

Fish fairs mark Bogura Nabanna festival

OUR CORRESPONDENT, BOGURA 2020-11-18 11:10:51

Fish fairs making Nabanna - an annual harvest festival that is celebrated on the first day of Agrahayan, the eighth month in the Bengali calendar - have taken a festive mood in all 12 upazilas of Bogu...

Bangladesh provides PPE to Nigeria marking Mujib Borsho

Bangladesh provides PPE to Nigeria marking Mujib Borsho

-- 2020-11-18 11:00:31

Bangladesh High Commissioner to Nigeria Md Shameem Ahsan has handed over Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Nigerian government as a friendly gesture marking the Mujib Borsho. Boss Mustapha,...

Ex-RU professor among world’s most-cited scientists

Ex-RU professor among world’s most-cited scientists

-- 2020-11-18 10:33:33

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY: Retired professor of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (ACCE) department of Rajshahi University (RU) Dr Ranjit Kumar Biswas has been ranked among the most cited scienti...

India unveils special edition wristwatches to mark Mujib Borsho

India unveils special edition wristwatches to mark Mujib Borsho

-- 2020-11-17 23:06:49

A limited series of special edition wristwatches designed and commissioned by High Commission of India were unveiled on Tuesday as part of celebrating "Mujib Borsho" together. Road Transport and Brid...

Bangladesh launches all-female police team to fight online abuse

Bangladesh launches all-female police team to fight online abuse

-- 2020-11-17 19:47:36

Bangladeshi police has launched an all-female unit to tackle a rise in online abuse and harassment targeting women, the country’s police chief said, as authorities seek to address growing public...

Cities in Sylhet without power due to fire at Kumargaon substation

Cities in Sylhet without power due to fire at Kumargaon substation

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-17 18:15:44

Major cities in Sylhet Division are out of electricity since 11am on Tuesday due to a fire that broke out at a 132 Kilovolt (KV) substation at Kumargaon.   A major portion of the substation and...

31 people killed in mob beating across the county from Jan-Oct

31 people killed in mob beating across the county from Jan-Oct

FE Online Report 2020-11-17 18:03:59

Some 31 people were killed in mob beating across the country in the first ten months of the current calendar year, according to a report by an independent rights body. The highest number of incidents...

Covid-19 test mandatory at airport for all incoming passengers

Covid-19 test mandatory at airport for all incoming passengers

FE Online Report 2020-11-17 17:31:34

In the wake of looming of the second wave of Covid-19 attack in the country, government is going to make Covid test mandatory for all incoming passengers at the airport. Even the passengers, having c...

Mental Health Institute registrar on remand over death of police officer

Mental Health Institute registrar on remand over death of police officer

-- 2020-11-17 17:11:53

A Dhaka court has granted a two-day remand to interrogate Dr Abdullah Al Mamun, the registrar of the National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital, in a case over the killing of a police officer in...

Bangladesh reports second highest Covid death toll since Sept 21

Bangladesh reports second highest Covid death toll since Sept 21

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-17 16:31:15

Bangladesh reported 2,212 coronavirus cases and 39 deaths recorded in the 24 hours to 8am on Tuesday. The day’s death toll turns out to be the second highest since September 21, when the countr...

Maulana Bhasani's 44th death anniv being observed

Maulana Bhasani's 44th death anniv being observed

-- 2020-11-17 15:44:41

The 44th death anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani is being observed on Tuesday with due respect. Bhasani, popularly known as 'Majlum Jananeta' (the leader of the downtrodden), passed awa...

Grid substation fire causes power outage in Sylhet

Grid substation fire causes power outage in Sylhet

-- 2020-11-17 15:01:28

About two million people are without electricity in Sylhet Division after a fire broke out at a grid substation in the city disrupting a transmission line. The fire swept through the PDB's 33 kV grid...

Home Minister tests negative for coronavirus

Home Minister tests negative for coronavirus

-- 2020-11-17 14:00:55

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has tested negative for coronavirus (Covid-19), nearly a day after he tested positive for the virus. Despite getting a negative report, the minister remains in se...

Man arrested for death threat against Shakib Al Hasan on Facebook

Man arrested for death threat against Shakib Al Hasan on Facebook

-- 2020-11-17 13:32:50

A young man, who threatened to kill all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Facebook, was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from Maigon in South Sunamganj on Tuesday. The arrestee was identified as...

Police arrest two for throwing stones at moving train in Brahmanbaria

Police arrest two for throwing stones at moving train in Brahmanbaria

-- 2020-11-17 13:08:14

Police arrested two young men from Akhaura Rail Station for throwing stones at a moving train in Brahmanbaria. Alauddin, 23, of Moniandho village and Jabed Mia, 21, of Nabinagar upazila were arrested...

Bangladeshi students in US reach ‘all-time high’

Bangladeshi students in US reach ‘all-time high’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-17 11:38:10

Bangladeshi students studying in US have reached new all-time high, making Bangladesh the 17th country worldwide sending students to the United States for higher education, according to a statement....