-- 2020-10-17 18:36:56
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said Bangladesh will be able to prevent the further spread of the Covid-19 in the coming days. "So far, we’re lucky that both the infection and mortalit...
-- 2020-10-17 17:13:42
The Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad has announced that there will be no programmes to celebrate Kumari Puja in Dhaka due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “The Kumari Puja festivities will...
-- 2020-10-17 17:09:12
Defying the government's fixed rate of Tk 30 per kg, traders are selling potatoes at twice the rate in the kitchen markets of the capital, pinching the pockets of customers. Visiting several retail m...
-- 2020-10-17 17:05:51
Police arrested a young man from Swarsati village in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet on Friday midnight for violating a girl. The arrestee is Zabaul Islam, 31, son of Abdul Latif of the village. Rashid...
-- 2020-10-17 16:35:24
Bangladesh has registered 23 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally so far to 5,646. The caseload climbed to 387,295 after 1,209 people tested positive for COVID...
-- 2020-10-17 14:34:20
A group of anti-rape protesters have been attacked during a rally in Feni, organised by leftist student groups as part of a 'long march' from Dhaka to Noakhali to press home a nine-point charter of de...
FE Online Report 2020-10-17 14:30:47
The by-election to Dhaka-5 constituency has been progressing with a low turnout of voters. The FE correspondents have visited a number of polling stations under the constituency since the morning....
-- 2020-10-17 11:42:25
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud has been hospitalised after testing positive for the novel coronavirus infection. He checked into Dhaka’s Square Hospital with high temperature on Friday night...
-- 2020-10-17 11:42:18
The constituents of Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 have begun to cast their ballots to elect their new representatives in parliament. Voting has been taking place without any untoward incident so far after th...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-10-17 11:18:10
CHATTOGRAM: The two-day sampan festival opened on the Karnaphuli river on Friday morning as part of celebrating Mujib Year. Chattogram city Awami League (AL) has arranged the programme with intent to...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2020-10-17 09:31:51
With the Western powers attempting to host a conference to mobilise aid for Rohingya refugees later this month, Bangladesh has expressed its reservations about too many objectives of the initiative....
-- 2020-10-16 20:36:59
Four people were killed and two others were injured after a train ploughed into a car at a level crossing in Jashore’s Abhaynagar on Friday afternoon. The car was headed for the Jashore-Khulna...
-- 2020-10-16 20:25:43
A newborn girl, who was declared dead by the doctors at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, started moving before burial at a city graveyard. ‘Shahinur’, a resident of Gopalganj Sadar Upa...
-- 2020-10-16 20:12:45
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued new instructions for visit and tourist visa holders flying into Dubai from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Nepal. The decision was taken on Thur...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-16 19:45:07
Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Friday said the production of food grains (rice, wheat and maize) has increased to about 45.3 million metric tonnes in the current financial year. T...
-- 2020-10-16 18:58:26
Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will be arranged at 30,225 puja mandaps across the country this year, reports BSS. In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak...
-- 2020-10-16 17:35:04
Malaysia will resume taking in workers from Bangladesh when the coronavirus pandemic situation improves. Malaysia’s human resources minister Saravanan Murugan gave the information in a virtual...
-- 2020-10-16 16:52:29
The Election Commission has been taking last-minute preparation for holding the Dhaka 5 and Naogaon 6 by-polls. Electronic voting machines will be used in the polling booths, each equipped with one E...
-- 2020-10-16 16:46:44
An anti-rape platform has started a 'long march' to Noakhali with the aim of raising mass cultural awareness about rape and sexual violence against women across Bangladesh. Leftist student groups org...
-- 2020-10-16 16:33:34
A total of 300,738 patients have so far recovered from the Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in the country after the recovery of 1,509 patients in last 24 hours till 8:00 am on Friday thro...
-- 2020-10-16 14:55:47
Stressing the importance of ensuring food security for all, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the people of Bangladesh must not suffer from food scarcity as a fallout from the Covid-19 pande...
FE Online Report 2020-10-16 14:06:50
A total of 2,196 people across the country died with Covid-19-like symptoms in the last six months from March 22 to October 3, according to a latest report. The week between September 27 and October...
-- 2020-10-16 13:31:14
A joint team of customs house, preventive team, and civil aviation on Friday morning seized 38,900 pieces of yaba pills from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). Mohammad Marufur Rahman, de...
-- 2020-10-16 13:03:47
The death of Raihan Ahmed, a resident of Sylhet, was probably caused by excessive torture, according to the chief of Forensic Department of Osmani Medical College Hospital. “His body bore numer...
-- 2020-10-16 12:41:04
A case has been filed over the murder of four members of a family in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira district. Moyna Khatun, mother-in-law of one of the victims Shahinur Rahman, filed the case with Kolar...
-- 2020-10-16 10:18:29
Police on Thursday arrested a man for allegedly gang raping a housewife with his accomplices at Mirzapur village of Jhikargaccha upazila of Jashore district. The arrestee was identified as Rufi Mia a...
FE Online Report 2020-10-15 21:06:07
CARE Bangladesh and local administration jointly organised a discussion event on Forecast-based early action (FbA) in Ulipur, Kurigram on Thursday, says a press release. Md Atiqul Huq, Director Gener...
-- 2020-10-15 20:44:47
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said YouTube channels and IP TVs would not be allowed to present news. They can only be run as entertainment channels, he said at a dialogue organised...
-- 2020-10-15 20:01:02
Italy has withdrawn a flight embargo for Bangladeshis with valid stay permits. "At our request, flight embargo has been withdrawn for Bangladeshis with valid Italian stay permits. Those whose permits...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-15 19:53:34
Civil society activists urged the government for proper implementation of anti-rape laws to combat the heinous crime and violence against women and children. They said if laws are not enforced, there...
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