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Follow health rules to avert second wave, says chief coronavirus advisor

Follow health rules to avert second wave, says chief coronavirus advisor

-- 2020-10-18 21:18:44

Bangladesh has “done well so far” in its fight against the novel coronavirus, but ignoring the health rules may lead to a second wave of infection, the chief of the national technical advi...

FFs’ monthly honorarium to be raised to Tk 20,000

FFs’ monthly honorarium to be raised to Tk 20,000

-- 2020-10-18 20:13:11

The monthly honorarium for a freedom fighter is going to be raised to Tk 20,000 from existing Tk 12,000 in the current fiscal year as a proposal in this regard has recently been sent to the Finance Mi...

Overhead cables to go underground by November: Taposh

Overhead cables to go underground by November: Taposh

-- 2020-10-18 20:08:58

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has said they have reached a consensus with all concerned bodies to put all overhead cables underground by November. The D...

US launches e-mentoring for Bangladeshi doctors to manage Covid cases

US launches e-mentoring for Bangladeshi doctors to manage Covid cases

-- 2020-10-18 19:57:09

The government of the United States has launched an e-mentoring initiative for nearly 4,000 Bangladeshi doctors for enhancing their capacity to manage COVID-19 cases as part of its ongoing support to...

Quader describes BNP's participation in elections as joke

Quader describes BNP's participation in elections as joke

-- 2020-10-18 19:43:58

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday described BNP's participation and boycott in the elections a joke. "The purpose of their participation in the elections was only to question th...

‘Khaleda not free to receive advanced treatment’

‘Khaleda not free to receive advanced treatment’

-- 2020-10-18 19:36:35

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said their party chief Khaleda Zia is not free enough to receive advanced treatment as she has been released from jail only to stay in her h...

Modern technology to be used for sewerage wastes management: Minister

Modern technology to be used for sewerage wastes management: Minister

-- 2020-10-18 19:18:36

LGRD Minister Md Tajul Islam on Sunday said modern technology will be used in the country for sewerage wastes management like the developed countries. The minister came up with the remark joining an...

Four govt officials, as many contractors, under ACC scanner

Four govt officials, as many contractors, under ACC scanner

-- 2020-10-18 19:15:06

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday issued a notice seeking accounts of the assets of four government officials and four contractors involved in various illegal businesses, including casino sca...

BSCIC estate eyes 5,000 new jobs in Rajshahi

BSCIC estate eyes 5,000 new jobs in Rajshahi

-- 2020-10-18 18:44:09

Development works of the second industrial estate of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) are progressing aimed at generating employment opportunities for more than 5,000 people...

Philippines assures BB full support on recovery of stolen money

Philippines assures BB full support on recovery of stolen money

FE Online Report 2020-10-18 18:34:55

The outgoing Ambassador of the Philippines Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo assured Bangladesh Bank (BB) full support to recover the stolen money. The envoy made the assurance while Dr A K Abdul Momen s...

International agencies continue COVID-19 health support in Cox’s Bazar

International agencies continue COVID-19 health support in Cox’s Bazar

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-18 18:31:19

International agencies have been working around the clock to effectively respond to the COVID-19 outbreak in Cox’s Bazar which hosts one of the largest refugee settlements in the world. ...

Bangladesh invites Modi to join Independence Day celebration

Bangladesh invites Modi to join Independence Day celebration

-- 2020-10-18 17:14:58

Bangladesh has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Bangladesh on March 26 in person to jointly celebrate the Independence Day of Bangladesh. "We have invited him and they (Indian gov...

Bangladesh to resume air connectivity with India from October 28

Bangladesh to resume air connectivity with India from October 28

-- 2020-10-18 16:55:48

Bangladesh is going to resume its air connectivity with India from October 28 under ‘air bubble’ arrangement, after nearly eight months of flight suspension amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Th...

Two sisters killed in Chapainawabganj road crash

Two sisters killed in Chapainawabganj road crash

-- 2020-10-18 16:39:59

Two sisters were killed after a truck ran over a motorcycle carrying them in Sonamasjid area of Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Masrufa Begum, 2...

Nixon seeks anticipatory bail from HC in EC case

Nixon seeks anticipatory bail from HC in EC case

-- 2020-10-18 16:31:18

Independent lawmaker from Faridpur-4 constituency Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury alias Nixon Chowdhury has filed a petition with the High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case initiated by the Election...

Bangladesh records lowest single-day virus deaths in five months

Bangladesh records lowest single-day virus deaths in five months

-- 2020-10-18 16:19:23

Bangladesh has registered 14 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the lowest daily count since May 12, taking the tally so far to 5,660. The caseload climbed to 388,569 after 1,274 people tested po...

Govt releases postage stamp marking birth anniv of Sheikh Russel

Govt releases postage stamp marking birth anniv of Sheikh Russel

-- 2020-10-18 15:41:20

The Bangladesh government's Postal Department has released a commemorative stamp to mark the 56th birth anniversary of Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibu...

Dhaka South halts cable removal drive after reaching compromise with stakeholders

Dhaka South halts cable removal drive after reaching compromise with stakeholders

-- 2020-10-18 15:11:57

The Dhaka South City Corporation has decided to pause its drive to lay overhead internet and satellite television cables underground, bdnews24.com reports. The initiative has been put on hold until N...

Raihan’s body had 111 injury marks,  autopsy reveals

Raihan’s body had 111 injury marks, autopsy reveals

-- 2020-10-18 15:08:03

Raihan Ahmed, who was allegedly beaten to death in police custody at the Bandar Bazar police outpost, had 111 injury marks and two of his nails were pulled off, according to the autopsy report. His s...

HC rejects writ challenging reappointment of Taqsem as DWASA MD

HC rejects writ challenging reappointment of Taqsem as DWASA MD

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-18 14:35:32

The High Court on Sunday rejected a writ petition that challenged the recommendation of Dhaka WASA board to reappoint engineer Taqsem A Khan as its managing director (MD) for the next three years afte...

Government working to provide better future for children, PM says

Government working to provide better future for children, PM says

-- 2020-10-18 13:15:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government is working relentlessly to provide a better future for the children so that they could become the leaders of the country. "Every children wi...

Child marriage surges in Bangladesh during pandemic

Child marriage surges in Bangladesh during pandemic

SM NAJMUS SAKIB 2020-10-18 13:01:28

The progress the country has made in reducing child marriage and girls’ education over the decades may be reversed due to effects of the Covid-19 on the poor and rural people, on-going social re...

DB arrests four for hilsa fishing during ban in Narail

DB arrests four for hilsa fishing during ban in Narail

-- 2020-10-18 12:21:02

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested four people from Narail for catching hilsa during the 22-day ban on fishing. The drive was conducted from Jamrildanga to Baroipara in Kalia upazila of the dis...

BSF shoots dead Bangladeshi national along Chuadanga border

BSF shoots dead Bangladeshi national along Chuadanga border

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

A Bangladeshi national was reportedly gunned down by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the Thakurpur border in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga early Sunday. The deceased was identified as O...

Padma Beel offers picturesque view of lotus

Padma Beel offers picturesque view of lotus

OUR CORRESPONDENT, KHULNA 2020-10-18 12:10:40

Padma Beel, or the lake of lotus, in Khulna is now full of pink flowers, pulling in hundreds of visitors every day. On holidays, the visitors to the lake – nestled mostly in Khulna’s Tero...

AL’s Monirul Islam wins Dhaka-5 by-election

AL’s Monirul Islam wins Dhaka-5 by-election

-- 2020-10-17 23:21:50

Awami League candidate Md Kazi Monirul Islam was unofficially elected in Dhaka-5 by-polls held using EVMs amid the low turnout of the voters on Saturday. Kazi Monirul Islam won the election defeating...

Court to remain closed on Oct 25-28 marking Durga Puja

Court to remain closed on Oct 25-28 marking Durga Puja

-- 2020-10-17 21:48:35

The Appellate Division and the High Court Division of the Supreme Court will remain closed from October 25 to 28 on the occasion of the Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu...

Eid-e-Miladunnabi on October 30

Eid-e-Miladunnabi on October 30

-- 2020-10-17 20:22:37

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi (SM), marking the anniversary of birth and demise of Prophet Muhammad (SM), will be observed in the country on October 30 with due religious solemnity. The decision was tak...

US seeks ‘unified voice’ from Myanmar's neighbours for Rohingya repatriation

US seeks ‘unified voice’ from Myanmar's neighbours for Rohingya repatriation

-- 2020-10-17 19:00:04

The United States has sought an equal role from all neighbours of Myanmar with "broad and unified voice" so that the Rohingya can get the confidence back to return to their homeland without any fear o...

Fishing nets worth Tk 91.3m seized in three days

Fishing nets worth Tk 91.3m seized in three days

FE Online Report 2020-10-17 18:53:44

The law-enforcing agencies seized illegal fishing nets (current nets) worth Tk 91.3 million in the first three days through mobile courts led by the Department of Fisheries under its Mother Hilsa Cons...