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CID arrests Narayanganj mosque committee chief over AC blasts

CID arrests Narayanganj mosque committee chief over AC blasts

-- 2020-10-31 13:43:20

The Criminal Investigation Department or CID has arrested the head of Baitus Salat Jame Mosque's management committee in a case over the deadly air conditioner blasts that killed 34 people in Narayang...

Kalyanpur slum fire burns 70 shanties

Kalyanpur slum fire burns 70 shanties

-- 2020-10-31 12:45:10

At least 70 shanties were gutted in a fire that broke out at Natunbazar slum in the capital's Kalyanpur on Friday night. Ershad Hossain, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence Control Room, s...

Bangladesh braces for dengue outbreak in winter amid coronavirus pandemic

Bangladesh braces for dengue outbreak in winter amid coronavirus pandemic

-- 2020-10-31 10:22:58

The number of dengue cases has increased when it is supposed to drop ahead of winter as Bangladesh, like the other countries, continues to battle the novel coronavirus. Generally, cases of the mosqui...

Islamist parties stage rally to protest Macron's remarks

Islamist parties stage rally to protest Macron's remarks

-- 2020-10-30 20:56:52

The Sammilito Islami Dal, an alliance of Islamist parties, on Friday staged demonstration after offering Jum’a prayer at Baitul Mukarram national mosque in Dhaka in protest against comments made...

Fakhrul says govt lying about economy, GDP growth

Fakhrul says govt lying about economy, GDP growth

-- 2020-10-30 20:30:57

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday accused the government of "lying" about the country's economic condition and the GDP growth. “Even, India has admitted that their gro...

Eid-e-Miladunnabi observed

Eid-e-Miladunnabi observed

-- 2020-10-30 20:11:53

The Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), was observed across the country on Friday with due religious solemnity. On this day in 570 AD, the 12th of Rabiul Awal of the Hijri cal...

Experimental ferry launched at Kanthalbari-Shimulia

Experimental ferry launched at Kanthalbari-Shimulia

Our Correspondent 2020-10-30 18:46:28

After 22 days, three ferries have started plying on the Kanthalbari-Shimulia route on limited experimental basis. On Friday morning, the ferry Comilla and the ferry Faridpur left from Shimulia Ghat...

Floating hospital treats flood-ravaged community in Bangladesh

Floating hospital treats flood-ravaged community in Bangladesh

AP 2020-10-30 18:21:35

In late July, volunteers from a Bangladeshi charity started getting calls seeking support from people from the country’s vast coastal region that had been flooded for months during this year&rsq...

Govt aims to cover country’s 25pc with green: Minister

Govt aims to cover country’s 25pc with green: Minister

-- 2020-10-30 18:04:05

Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Mohammad Shahab Uddin said the government is working to cover 25 per cent area of the country with trees. “To this end, 10 million trees have be...

Man on seven-day remand for ‘hurting religious sentiment’ in Feni

Man on seven-day remand for ‘hurting religious sentiment’ in Feni

-- 2020-10-30 18:00:07

A Feni court on Friday placed a man on a seven-day remand for allegedly hurting the religious sentiment of Muslims on Facebook. The accused was identified as Mithun Dey alias Piklu Nil, 32, son of Ba...

PM hands over Independence Award-2020

PM hands over Independence Award-2020

-- 2020-10-30 17:44:19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday handed over “Swadhinata Purashkar-2020” (Independence Award-2020), the highest national award, to eight distinguished persons including two posthumou...

Visitors to get free access to National Zoo on first Sunday of every month on Mujib Year

Visitors to get free access to National Zoo on first Sunday of every month on Mujib Year

-- 2020-10-30 17:22:25

The National Zoo will remain open for the visitors on the first Sunday in every month at free of cost to mark the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.  The...

Suhrawardy Hospital director, two others face graft charges

Suhrawardy Hospital director, two others face graft charges

-- 2020-10-30 16:37:27

The health ministry has initiated a departmental case against three Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital officials, including Director Uttam Kumar Barua, over irregularities in the procurement...

Stamp commemorating 7th March Speech released

Stamp commemorating 7th March Speech released

-- 2020-10-30 16:31:42

The Directorate of Posts on Friday released a postage stamp commemorating the recognition of the historic 7th March Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as part of the world’s documentary...

Bangladesh logs another 1,604 Covid cases, deaths surpass 5,900

Bangladesh logs another 1,604 Covid cases, deaths surpass 5,900

-- 2020-10-30 15:56:38

Bangladesh on Friday recorded 1,604 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally so far to 406,364. The death toll climbed to 5,905 after 19 fatalities were registered in the...

Bangladeshi women need shelters to remain protected: HRW

Bangladeshi women need shelters to remain protected: HRW

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-30 14:03:44

Bangladesh sees a surge in violence against women and girls when it enters the final phase of its national plan to build ‘a society without violence against women and children by 2025’, sa...

Three members of a family found dead, dumped at backyard

Three members of a family found dead, dumped at backyard

-- 2020-10-30 12:40:16

Three members of a family, including a minor, were found dead at Jamshite village in Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj district on Thursday night. The victims were identified as Asad Mia, 55, his wife,...

Woman, son die in Rajshahi road accident

Woman, son die in Rajshahi road accident

-- 2020-10-30 12:07:39

A woman and her son were killed when a truck hit a motorbike on Godagari-Nachole road at Kazipara Sautalpara in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district on Thursday night. The deceased were identified a...

Dhaka needs to keep vigilant about Asian strategic shift: Analyst

Dhaka needs to keep vigilant about Asian strategic shift: Analyst

-- 2020-10-30 12:03:33

President of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) Major General (Retd) ANM Muniruzzaman has said Bangladesh needs to remain very careful keeping its national interest protected a...

Eid-e-Miladunnabi today

Eid-e-Miladunnabi today

-- 2020-10-30 11:39:15

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the anniversary of birth and death of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him), is being observed in the country today with massive religious festivity and fervor, BSS...

SBMCH interns go on indefinite strike

SBMCH interns go on indefinite strike

-- 2020-10-30 10:19:05

The intern doctors at Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) have announced an indefinite work abstention demanding punishment of Assistant Registrar Masud Khan for irregularities. The intern...

Public Health Institute director apologises for dress code notice

Public Health Institute director apologises for dress code notice

-- 2020-10-29 21:41:31

Director of the Institute of Public Health Md Abdur Rahim has apologised for ordering Islamic dress code amid the outcry. He also has withdrawn his own order that made following the Islamic dress cod...

Eid-e-Miladunnabi Friday

Eid-e-Miladunnabi Friday

-- 2020-10-29 19:05:18

The Eid-e-Miladunnabi will be observed on Friday, marking the day of birth and passing away of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), with religious festivity and fervour. On this day in 570, the 12th of Ra...

Experts for regulation to ban ‘lead paint’ in Bangladesh

Experts for regulation to ban ‘lead paint’ in Bangladesh

FE Online Report 2020-10-29 18:48:02

Environmental experts on Thursday urged the authorities concerned to pass regulation in a bid to ban ‘Lead Paint’ in the country citing its adverse impact of lead on biodiversity. They ca...

Freedom Fighters can now use ‘Bir’ before their names

Freedom Fighters can now use ‘Bir’ before their names

-- 2020-10-29 18:47:58

Freedom Fighters can now use 'Bir' before their names, according to a gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs on Thursday.   The gazette says that the Freedom Fight...

Internet speed likely to remain slow from Nov 2-4

Internet speed likely to remain slow from Nov 2-4

FE online report 2020-10-29 18:41:04

Internet users are expected to witness a slower connection speed from Nov 2-4 due to emergency maintenance work of submarine cable, as per the revised update of internet service providers. “Sta...

Facebook supports Bangladesh in flood response

Facebook supports Bangladesh in flood response

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-29 18:41:00

Facebook has extended supports to the flood victims in Bangladesh after people's sufferings have deepened as it has coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic, causing millions of people to slip into dire p...

Institute of Public Health makes Islamic dress code mandatory for employees

Institute of Public Health makes Islamic dress code mandatory for employees

-- 2020-10-29 17:57:36

The Institute of Public Health, a government entity, has made the Islamic dress code mandatory for its Muslim employees, triggering a social media backlash. The institute’s Director Dr Abdur Ra...

‘450 km highways upgraded to four-lane in 12 years’

‘450 km highways upgraded to four-lane in 12 years’

-- 2020-10-29 17:49:04

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said about 450 kilometres of highways were upgraded to four-lane across the country in the last 12 years. “In the last 12 years, a...

Bangladesh Ambassador to Qatar honours talabat rider for exemplary deed

Bangladesh Ambassador to Qatar honours talabat rider for exemplary deed

-- 2020-10-29 17:48:13

Bangladesh's Ambassador to the State of Qatar Md Jashim Uddin appreciated the exemplary deed of Mohammad Yasin, a Bangladeshi talabat rider who recently earned huge admiration for assisting a helpless...