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BCL leader arrested over rape of sixth grader in Sylhet

BCL leader arrested over rape of sixth grader in Sylhet

-- 2020-10-04 16:39:19

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Saturday arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) as he allegedly raped a teenager in Dariapara area of Sylhet city. The arrestee was iden...

PM wishes prompt recovery of Trump, Melania from COVID-19

PM wishes prompt recovery of Trump, Melania from COVID-19

-- 2020-10-04 16:33:34

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Sunday) wished early recovery of US President Donald J. Trump and his wife Melania Trump from the COVID-19. PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said the prime...

Covid-19: 1,125 infected, 23 die, 1,587 recover

Covid-19: 1,125 infected, 23 die, 1,587 recover

-- 2020-10-04 16:26:48

Bangladesh has recorded 1,125 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally so far to 368,690. The death toll jumped to 5,348 after 23 fatalities were registered in...

Two get death penalty for murdering ex-Eden College principal

Two get death penalty for murdering ex-Eden College principal

-- 2020-10-04 15:42:32

A Dhaka court has handed down the death sentence to two domestic workers for the murder of former Eden College principal Mahfuza Chowdhury Parveen in 2019. Judge Abu Zafar Md Kamruzzaman of Dhaka's S...

Rifat murder: Death reference reaches High Court

Rifat murder: Death reference reaches High Court

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-04 13:19:28

The death reference of six convicts, including Ayesha Siddika Minni, in the much-talked about Rifat Sharif murder case in Barguna has reached the High Court (HC) with a view to examining the trial&rsq...

UNICEF names Mushfiqur Rahim as a new National Ambassador for children’s rights

UNICEF names Mushfiqur Rahim as a new National Ambassador for children’s rights

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-04 13:06:55

Celebrated cricket player and former captain of the national team Mushfiqur Rahim has been named as UNICEF’s newest National Ambassador in Bangladesh. The cricketer is joining forces with UNICE...

Xi says ready to take China-Bagladesh relations to new heights

Xi says ready to take China-Bagladesh relations to new heights

-- 2020-10-04 12:51:40

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday that he stands ready to work with his Bangladeshi counterpart, Md Abdul Hamid, to better align the two countries' strategies and jointly promote the constru...

Sherpur UNO's car attacked, escapes unhurt

Sherpur UNO's car attacked, escapes unhurt

-- 2020-10-04 12:41:19

Sherpur Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Liyakat Ali Sheikh escaped unhurt as miscreants attacked his car at Boroitoli Naldangi in Sherpur upazila of Bogura district on Saturday night. However,...

Vitamin A plus campaign begins

Vitamin A plus campaign begins

-- 2020-10-04 12:26:01

The national Vitamin A plus campaign started across the country on Sunday aiming to feed Vitamin A capsules to children aged between six and 59 months. The campaign will continue until October 17, ac...

Momen leaves Dhaka for Kuwait carrying PM's message for new Emir

Momen leaves Dhaka for Kuwait carrying PM's message for new Emir

-- 2020-10-04 12:01:30

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen left Dhaka on Sunday morning for oil-rich country- Kuwait carrying a message from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Foreign Minister, as a special envoy of Prime Mi...

Biman's Sylhet-London direct flight inaugurated

Biman's Sylhet-London direct flight inaugurated

-- 2020-10-04 11:47:11

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ flight on the Sylhet-London-Sylhet route was inaugurated on Sunday morning by State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali. Biman is set to start opera...

Call for quick execution of youth policy

Call for quick execution of youth policy

FE REPORT 2020-10-04 11:09:50

Speakers during a virtual discussion on Saturday laid emphasis on quick implementation of the youth policy to ensure youths' equal rights for the nation's balanced development. They also called for e...

Bangladesh Railway plans to accommodate pending works in next 5YP

Bangladesh Railway plans to accommodate pending works in next 5YP

Munima Sultana 2020-10-04 11:00:26

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has planned to accommodate thepending works of last five years in its upcoming five-year plan (5YP), sources said. It finalised 67 projects involving Tk 1.19 trillion to imple...

Bapex moves to drill gas wells awarded to Niko   

Bapex moves to drill gas wells awarded to Niko  

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2020-10-04 10:37:10

The government has moved to develop and drill the potential and 'abandoned' gas wells which were awarded to Canadian Niko Resources around a couple of decades back. State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Exp...

Guava cultivation gaining popularity in Tangail

Guava cultivation gaining popularity in Tangail

Our correspondent 2020-10-04 10:27:35

Guava cultivation is gaining popularity in recent time in Tangail district. The tasty summer fruit is now abundantly available in the local markets. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Tangail...

Elevated Expressway: Project limping even after decade

Elevated Expressway: Project limping even after decade

FHM Humayan Kabir 2020-10-04 10:20:39

The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has sought three and a half years more to build an elevated expressway as it failed to complete it in a decade, officials said on Saturday. Although the BBA was...

Sanem conference calls for inclusive policies to emerge out of pandemic

Sanem conference calls for inclusive policies to emerge out of pandemic

-- 2020-10-03 21:13:19

Speakers in a series of webinars organised by the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem) underscored the need for more inclusive policies for developing countries to resolve the problems cre...

18 Vietnam-returnee migrant workers released on bail

18 Vietnam-returnee migrant workers released on bail

-- 2020-10-03 21:05:48

Some 18 Vietnam-returnee migrant workers, arrested by police under section 54, were released on bail on Saturday.    Besides, the rest of the detained workers are expected to get bail...

‘Bapex’s inefficiency prompted govt to hire foreign firms for gas exploration’

‘Bapex’s inefficiency prompted govt to hire foreign firms for gas exploration’

-- 2020-10-03 20:29:37

Defending the decision to award contracts to foreign companies for gas exploration and production in Bangladesh, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said on Saturday th...

Govt’s acts making people sacred of politics: BNP  

Govt’s acts making people sacred of politics: BNP  

-- 2020-10-03 19:26:14

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Saturday alleged that people are getting scared of politics due to 'wrongdoings' and 'spiting venom' by the government in the name of politics, reports UNB. "Fo...

Savings certificates sale rising      

Savings certificates sale rising      

-- 2020-10-03 18:14:14

The government has borrowed Tk 74.55 billion, or more than 37 per cent of the money it has targeted to take through the sales of savings certificates in order to cut 2020-21 budget deficit. The net s...

Bodies of missing AIUB student, cousin found after eight days

Bodies of missing AIUB student, cousin found after eight days

-- 2020-10-03 17:18:30

Locals recovered the bodies of a missing university student and her cousin eight days after a boat capsized in the Padma River in Rajshahi. The deceased are Sadia Islam Suchona, a third semester BBA...

FM leaves for Kuwait Sunday carrying message from Dhaka

FM leaves for Kuwait Sunday carrying message from Dhaka

-- 2020-10-03 17:03:47

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen leaves Dhaka on Sunday morning for oil-rich country Kuwait carrying a special message from Bangladesh. The Foreign Minister, as a special envoy of Prime Minister Sh...

BRTA launches ‘online appointment’ for renewal of vehicle fitness

BRTA launches ‘online appointment’ for renewal of vehicle fitness

-- 2020-10-03 16:56:44

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority has introduced an ‘online appointment’ system for the renewal of fitness certificates of vehicles. The programme is scheduled to begin on Oct 15. The c...

Covid-19: Bangladesh reports lowest daily deaths in four months

Covid-19: Bangladesh reports lowest daily deaths in four months

-- 2020-10-03 16:40:01

Bangladesh on Saturday reported 20 more deaths in 24 hours which is the lowest daily number of fatalities recorded in a day since May 28 when the country saw 15 deaths, reports UNB. The total fatali...

Cumilla road crash kills two

Cumilla road crash kills two

-- 2020-10-03 15:13:23

Two people were killed and five others injured in a collision among three vehicles on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Korpai in Burichang upazila on Saturday. The identities of the deceased could not be...

PM says corona under control for sincere efforts of government

PM says corona under control for sincere efforts of government

-- 2020-10-03 14:44:01

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government has been able to put coronavirus under control in the country as different ministries and government organisations, including the Health Mi...

Libya attack survivors among 164 migrants brought back to Dhaka

Libya attack survivors among 164 migrants brought back to Dhaka

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-03 13:19:03

A total of 164 Bangladeshi migrants, including nine who escaped a massacre of foreign workers in Libya, have returned home, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Bangladesh office said on...

Awami League leader Nanak catches coronavirus

Awami League leader Nanak catches coronavirus

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-03 13:12:02

Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak has tested positive for coronavirus, his family sources say. The fomer State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives test...

Dhaka urges global community to make world livable for present, future generations

Dhaka urges global community to make world livable for present, future generations

-- 2020-10-03 11:07:30

Bangladesh has urged the global community re-commit to use their scare resources for realising sustainable development goals (SDGs), and making this world safe and livable for present and future gener...