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PM orders government officials to stop unnecessary expenditure of public money

PM orders government officials to stop unnecessary expenditure of public money

-- 2020-10-11 14:43:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday again directed government officials to refrain from the unnecessary expenditure of public money as she fears a second wave of Covid-19 might hit in the coming da...

Two additional attorney generals resign

Two additional attorney generals resign

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-11 14:01:53

Two additional attorney generals on Sunday resigned from their positions, showing personal reasons, according to court sources. Advocate Md Momtaz Uddin Fakir and Advocate Murad Reza sent their resig...

Health Minister says Covid-19 situation under control in Bangladesh

Health Minister says Covid-19 situation under control in Bangladesh

-- 2020-10-11 11:51:07

Compared to other countries, the coronavirus (Covid-19) situation has come under control in Bangladesh as the infection rate is now 11 per cent, Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said.  “W...

Three die in Feni bus-train collision

Three die in Feni bus-train collision

-- 2020-10-11 11:16:10

Three people were killed and 15 others injured after a train hit a bus at Fatepur level crossing in Feni on Sunday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, reports UNB....

Department of Livestock Services sets up modern lab to ensure food security

Department of Livestock Services sets up modern lab to ensure food security

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-10-11 10:51:56

The Department of Livestock Services (DLS) has established a modern lab at Savar for testing quality of eggs, milk, meat and value-added animal products, officials said on Saturday. The DLS would col...

Japan to continue supporting Bangladesh’s development

Japan to continue supporting Bangladesh’s development

-- 2020-10-10 22:22:39

Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Ito Naoki said Tokyo will continue to support Bangladesh’s development as it directly leads to the overall stability of the Bay of Bengal and Indo-Pacific region. &...

Muktijuddho Mancha block Shahbagh intersection, demand arrest of Nur

Muktijuddho Mancha block Shahbagh intersection, demand arrest of Nur

-- 2020-10-10 21:31:28

The members of Muktijuddho Mancha have blocked Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka for three hours demanding the arrest of former DUCSU vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and five other anti-quota movement lea...

Round table meeting  on International Disaster Mitigation Day

Round table meeting on International Disaster Mitigation Day

FE Online Desk 2020-10-10 20:33:37

The experience of locals in planning and implementing disaster risk mitigation and climate change adaptation programs must be utilised to reap benefits for teeming millions from the ongoing projects o...

32nd span of Padma Bridge likely to be installed Sunday

32nd span of Padma Bridge likely to be installed Sunday

-- 2020-10-10 20:01:50

The 32nd span of the much-anticipated Padma Bridge is likely to be installed on Sunday as it could not be installed on Saturday due to heavy current of the river. “We will make our efforts agai...

Govt to assign Nagad for primary student stipend distribution

Govt to assign Nagad for primary student stipend distribution

-- 2020-10-10 19:43:36

The government is going to assign Nagad, mobile financial service (MFS) of the Bangladesh Post Office, to distribute stipend among the students of primary schools. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Ed...

Waterway accidents kill 149 in three months

Waterway accidents kill 149 in three months

-- 2020-10-10 17:59:53

Though the number of launch capsize has decreased, different type of vessels accident is taking place on inland waterways round the year and deaths of people continue, said a report of two non-governm...

DU student falls ill during hunger strike

DU student falls ill during hunger strike

-- 2020-10-10 17:21:03

A Dhaka University student, who levelled allegations of rape at a quota movement leader, has fallen ill during a hunger strike to demand that perpetrators of rape and sexual violence be brought to jus...

Mother gets back sold baby in Lalmonirhat

Mother gets back sold baby in Lalmonirhat

-- 2020-10-10 17:19:48

A physically-challenged woman, who had to sell her newborn due to poverty, got back the baby with the help of the Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari Upazial Nirbahi Officer (UNO) on Friday. UNO Mohammad Ma...

Apathy for health rules spurs virus resurgence in Chattogram

Apathy for health rules spurs virus resurgence in Chattogram

-- 2020-10-10 17:06:04

A general indifference towards health directives has triggered a spike in COVID-19 infections in Chattogram after a dip over the last three months. The onset of winter is likely to aggravate the situ...

Nine held over rapes of housewife, teenager in Ctg, Lalmonirhat

Nine held over rapes of housewife, teenager in Ctg, Lalmonirhat

-- 2020-10-10 16:53:23

Nine people were arrested over the alleged gang-rapes of a housewife in Chattogram and a teenager in Lalmonirhat on Friday. In Chattogram, a housewife was kidnapped as she was returning home on a ric...

75 held during anti-drug drives in city

75 held during anti-drug drives in city

-- 2020-10-10 16:43:57

Law enforcers arrested 75 persons and seized different types of contrabands narcotics from their possession during anti-drug drives in the capital in last 24 hours as of 6:00am today (Saturday), an of...

100-year old British-Bangladeshi made OBE for fundraising efforts

100-year old British-Bangladeshi made OBE for fundraising efforts

-- 2020-10-10 16:35:26

A 100-year-old man of Bangladeshi origin, who raised thousands for COVID-19 relief while fasting during Ramadan, has been made an OBE (Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s Birthday Honour...

Protests against rape continue in Dhaka

Protests against rape continue in Dhaka

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-10 16:32:39

Different socio-cultural organisations in Dhaka city on Saturday continued protests against rapes and assaults of women in the country. Two of the organisations, Bhasani Onushari Parishad and Banglad...

Bangladesh records 1,203 virus cases in 24 hours, death toll reaches 5,500

Bangladesh records 1,203 virus cases in 24 hours, death toll reaches 5,500

-- 2020-10-10 16:09:12

Bangladesh's coronavirus death toll has reached 5,500 after 23 new fatalities from the disease were registered in the latest daily count. The caseload jumped to 377,073 after 1,203 people tested posi...

Cyclone 'Gati' may hit Bangladesh in October

Cyclone 'Gati' may hit Bangladesh in October

FE REPORT 2020-10-10 09:34:58

A possible cyclonic storm named 'Gati' might hit the country this month which could intensify the flood woes in several districts further. Two low pressures are set to form in the Bay of Bengal in Oc...

Protesters raise nine demands at anti-rape rally in Shahbagh

Protesters raise nine demands at anti-rape rally in Shahbagh

-- 2020-10-09 22:58:33

The leftist student groups have raised a nine-point charter of demand, including the resignation of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, at a rally in Dhaka’s Shahbagh against a streak of rape...

US deputy Secretary of State to visit Bangladesh next week

US deputy Secretary of State to visit Bangladesh next week

FE Online Report 2020-10-09 21:29:16

US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun will visit Bangladesh on October 14-16, a spokesperson of the State Department said on Friday.   During his visit, Biegun will meet senior governme...

Police after key suspects in rape case against Nur, five others

Police after key suspects in rape case against Nur, five others

-- 2020-10-09 21:24:37

Police have responded to questions over their failure to make any arrests in the rape case against former DUCSU vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and five other anti-quota movement leaders. They say the...

Works on Mongla EZ in full swing

Works on Mongla EZ in full swing

-- 2020-10-09 21:05:20

Work to build the Mongla Economic Zone is going in full swing as the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) and the developer of the zone laid foundation stones of different projects on Friday. B...

BNP picks Jahangir, Selim for Dhaka-18, Sirajganj-1 by-polls

BNP picks Jahangir, Selim for Dhaka-18, Sirajganj-1 by-polls

-- 2020-10-09 20:16:34

BNP on Friday picked SM Jahangir and Selim Reza as its candidates to contest the upcoming Dhaka-18 and  Sirajganj-1 by-elections. BNP Secretary General slam Alamgir announced the names of the ca...

Nearly three million migrants stranded by COVID-19: UN report

Nearly three million migrants stranded by COVID-19: UN report

-- 2020-10-09 19:45:30

Coronavirus border closures and restrictions have stranded nearly 3 million migrants around the world who want to return home but cannot, the UN migration agency said on Friday, adding some had been &...

Cases over Noakhali woman molestation transferred to PBI

Cases over Noakhali woman molestation transferred to PBI

-- 2020-10-09 19:44:28

The two cases filed over molestation and torture of a housewife in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali have been transferred to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Thursday. Earlier police headquarters...

DU student on hunger strike demanding arrest of ex-Ducsu VP Nur

DU student on hunger strike demanding arrest of ex-Ducsu VP Nur

-- 2020-10-09 19:16:29

A female student of Dhaka University (DU) started a fast-unto-death on Thursday night demanding the arrest of former Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and five others in a rape case. The protester...

Indian HC in Dhaka announces resumption of visa services

Indian HC in Dhaka announces resumption of visa services

-- 2020-10-09 18:32:19

The Indian High Commission in Dhaka has announced resumption of online visa application services for Bangladesh citizens, reports UNB. Visa categories currently allowed are medical, business, employm...

Developing newspaper reading habit: Sheikh Hasina revisits memory lane

Developing newspaper reading habit: Sheikh Hasina revisits memory lane

BSS 2020-10-09 17:29:42

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has written an article revisiting her memory lane – how newspaper became an essential element of her everyday life and how she developed the habit since childhood be...