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Bangladesh reports lowest Covid-19 deaths since May 28

Bangladesh reports lowest Covid-19 deaths since May 28

-- 2020-10-09 17:05:21

Bangladesh on Friday reported the death of 17 Covid-19 patients in a day – the lowest daily deaths since May 28, when the country had reported 15 deaths. With the latest fatalities, the death t...

Online learning in Bangladesh reveals social issues: dropouts, inequality

Online learning in Bangladesh reveals social issues: dropouts, inequality

bdnews24.com 2020-10-09 16:42:33

Teachers of government schools of Belabo Upazila in Narsingdi, only 71 kilometres from the capital Dhaka, are offering online classes in line with the education ministry’s instructions. But the...

Amnesty calls for Rohingya safety after clashes

Amnesty calls for Rohingya safety after clashes

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-09 15:51:07

Amnesty International has called on the Bangladesh authorities to address violence and heighten security inside the camps in Cox’s Bazar where over one million Rohingya people are living. The L...

Bangladesh 142nd among 158 nations in public services: CRII

Bangladesh 142nd among 158 nations in public services: CRII

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-09 15:14:54

Bangladesh’s current state of inequality may be worse than official surveys suggest, says a global report which notes that authorities have not taken “decisive actions” to stop widen...

Police arrest cop in Bagerhat over murder of pregnant wife

Police arrest cop in Bagerhat over murder of pregnant wife

-- 2020-10-09 15:14:26

A police constable was arrested from Tafalbari village in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat district on Thursday night for his alleged involvement in the killing of his pregnant wife. The deceased was...

HRW asks Bangladesh govt to take meaningful action against sexual violence

HRW asks Bangladesh govt to take meaningful action against sexual violence

FE Online Report 2020-10-09 13:22:44

The Human Rights Watch has called on Bangladesh government to take meaningful action to combat sexual violence and to support survivors. “Bangladeshi women have had enough of the government&rsq...

Death penalty for rape on the cards as protests spread

Death penalty for rape on the cards as protests spread

-- 2020-10-09 09:48:55

The government plans to introduce capital punishment in rape cases as protests have continued over the recent incidents of sexual violence against women, report agencies. A proposal for the legal ame...

Samrat returns to jail from hospital after 11 months

Samrat returns to jail from hospital after 11 months

-- 2020-10-08 22:10:32

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Chowdhury Samrat has returned to jail after staying at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for 11 months. Senior Jail Super Suvash Kumar Das said Sa...

Nazma Begum first female brigadier general from medical administration

Nazma Begum first female brigadier general from medical administration

-- 2020-10-08 21:33:55

Nazma Begum has become the first woman in Bangladesh Army to be promoted to the rank of Brigadier General from the Army Medical Core (Health care management). Brig Gen Nazma was also the first female...

High Court asks police why 219 Bangladeshi migrants were detained

High Court asks police why 219 Bangladeshi migrants were detained

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-08 21:31:11

The High Court (HC) has asked the police to explain why 219 migrants, who returned home recently from three Gulf countries, were detained without an arrest warrant. Upon hearing a petition on Thursda...

LoC, connectivity, trade top priority

LoC, connectivity, trade top priority

FE Online Report 2020-10-08 20:46:15

Enhancing connectivity and bilateral trade, and completion of Line of Credit (LoC) projects will be on priorities. India's new High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami said this in his maide...

AM Amin Uddin appointed Attorney General

AM Amin Uddin appointed Attorney General

-- 2020-10-08 19:58:46

The government has named AM Amin Uddin, the president of Supreme Court Bar Association, as the successor to late Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, reports bdnews24.com. President Md Abdul Hamid made th...

Political identity not to protect criminals, Quader says

Political identity not to protect criminals, Quader says

-- 2020-10-08 19:54:30

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that criminals will not be allowed to use their political identities as shields. The road transport and bridges minister made the remarks while...

Ruling party men tarnishing country’s image: Fakhrul

Ruling party men tarnishing country’s image: Fakhrul

-- 2020-10-08 19:53:48

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that ruling ‘party men’ are badly tarnishing the country’s image in the international arena by indulging in rape...

Floods affect 5.2m people in 34 districts this year: Enamur

Floods affect 5.2m people in 34 districts this year: Enamur

-- 2020-10-08 19:20:04

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman on Thursday said several spells of flooding affected 5.2 million people in 34 districts this year. He gave the information while addres...

‘Food grains production increased despite pandemic, disasters’

‘Food grains production increased despite pandemic, disasters’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-08 18:43:17

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque said in spite of ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and natural disasters, the production of food grains (rice, wheat and maize) has increased to around 45.3 million metric...

Govt plans capital punishment for rape as protests flare

Govt plans capital punishment for rape as protests flare

-- 2020-10-08 18:21:24

The government plans to introduce capital punishment for rape cases as protests have continued over the recent incidents of sexual violence against women. A proposal for the legal amendment will be p...

NESCO to install 0.5m meters in Rajshahi division

NESCO to install 0.5m meters in Rajshahi division

FE Online Report 2020-10-08 18:17:31

State-run Northern Electricity Supply Company Limited (NESCO) will install some 500,000 pre-paid electricity meters in Rajshahi division to serve consumers better. State Minister for the Ministry of...

Attack on Hasina's convoy: HC orders disposal of case within 3 months

Attack on Hasina's convoy: HC orders disposal of case within 3 months

-- 2020-10-08 17:59:53

The High Court (HC) on Thursday ordered lower court concerned to dispose of within three months a case lodged over the 2002 attack on the motorcade of then leader of the opposition and incumbent Prime...

Covid -19: Bangladesh records 20 new deaths, caseload jumps by 1,441

Covid -19: Bangladesh records 20 new deaths, caseload jumps by 1,441

-- 2020-10-08 17:05:45

Bangladesh has registered 20 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the death toll to 5,460. The caseload jumped to 374,592 after 1,441 people tested positive fo...

Protests against rape continue across Bangladesh

Protests against rape continue across Bangladesh

-- 2020-10-08 16:57:06

People from different walks of life, including students, staged demonstrations across the country for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday as anger mounted over the growing incidents of rape and sex...

US Embassy invites CSP applications from community leaders

US Embassy invites CSP applications from community leaders

FE Online Report 2020-10-08 16:50:35

US Embassy Dhaka has announced the call for applications for the 2021-2022 Community Solutions Program (CSP), according to a statement issued on Thursday. The CSP is a year-long professional developm...

Gaibandha double murder: Court sentences three to death

Gaibandha double murder: Court sentences three to death

-- 2020-10-08 14:46:54

A Gaibandha court has sentenced three people to death in connection with  a double murder case in Sundarganj upazila of the district. Gaibandha District and Sessions Judge Dilip Kumar Bhoumik&nb...

PM says the govt is preparing district hospitals to tackle Covid’s 2nd wave

PM says the govt is preparing district hospitals to tackle Covid’s 2nd wave

-- 2020-10-08 13:41:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is getting all the district hospitals ready with ICUs and oxygen supplies to provide healthcare services to people in the case of Covid-19 pandemic...

PM opens Kishoreganj's all-weather road

PM opens Kishoreganj's all-weather road

-- 2020-10-08 12:59:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has formally opened the amazing Itna-Mithamoin-Austagram all-weather road in Kishoreganj district to traffic. Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the 29.73–km spectacular roa...

Eight-hour gas outage in Dhaka's Matikata

Eight-hour gas outage in Dhaka's Matikata

-- 2020-10-08 12:07:17

The gas supply has been turned off to the neighbourhood of Matikata in Dhaka for 8 hours due to repair work on a pipeline, said Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company.  The outage began...

Policeman sued in Narayanganj for violating young girl

Policeman sued in Narayanganj for violating young girl

-- 2020-10-08 11:05:36

A case has been filed against a police constable for allegedly violating a young girl in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj district. A beautician on Wednesday filed the case with Siddhirganj Police...

Ministries alerted on second wave of Covid

Ministries alerted on second wave of Covid

FE REPORT 2020-10-08 09:31:26

The government has ordered its line ministries to take action plans in advance to cope with the possible second wave of Covid-19 pandemic in winter, officials said. The cabinet division has asked t...

Govt moves to build Bhola Bridge, road at Tk 127.12b

Govt moves to build Bhola Bridge, road at Tk 127.12b

Munima Sultana 2020-10-08 09:24:07

The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has taken a move to construct another long bridge, named Bhola Bridge, along with elevated road for establishing direct link with the southern district under publ...

Ensure $100b a year for developing countries to face climate change: PM

Ensure $100b a year for developing countries to face climate change: PM

-- 2020-10-07 20:45:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for ensuring $ 100 billion a year for developing countries to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change. She also sought prompt actions to save the planet...