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Virus fuels poverty rate to 29.4pc, shows Planning Commission estimate

Virus fuels poverty rate to 29.4pc, shows Planning Commission estimate

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-10-03 09:15:26

Bangladesh's poverty rate spiked to 29.4 per cent amid the Covid-19 pandemic from 18.8 per cent estimated before the outbreak of the viral disease, a government report has revealed. The urban areas w...

Govt to add 12,607 jobs to technical education sector

Govt to add 12,607 jobs to technical education sector

-- 2020-10-02 23:24:50

The government has set out to create 12,607 permanent posts at the technical schools and colleges and polytechnic institutes in order to expand vocational education in Bangladesh. These will include...

Migrant crowds for Saudi air tickets thin out, but job loss worries linger

Migrant crowds for Saudi air tickets thin out, but job loss worries linger

-- 2020-10-02 20:27:23

Saudia and Biman Bangladesh Airlines have restored order in Dhaka to sale of air tickets to Saudi Arabia, but the migrant workers now grapple with an information black hole as their jobs hang by a thr...

Arjun confesses involvement in MC College gang-rape incident  

Arjun confesses involvement in MC College gang-rape incident  

-- 2020-10-02 19:26:31

BCL leader Arjun Lashkar, the fourth accused in the MC gang-rape case, made a confession statement under section 164 in the court on Friday. His statement was recorded in the court of Sylhet Metropol...

Ferry services resume on Shimulia-Kathalbari route

Ferry services resume on Shimulia-Kathalbari route

-- 2020-10-02 18:58:08

The ferry services on the Shimulia-Kathalbari route resumed on Friday, 28 hours after the suspension due to poor navigability, reports UNB. "Closed five times for 17 days in the last 29 days, the fer...

Three suspects in Sylhet gang rape produced before court after remand

Three suspects in Sylhet gang rape produced before court after remand

-- 2020-10-02 17:42:27

Three accused in Sylhet MC College gang rape case were produced before the court on Friday after their five-day remand. Saifur Rahman, Robiul and Arjun were produced before the court of Sylhet Metrop...

DNCC extends time for paying holding tax, renewal of trade license

DNCC extends time for paying holding tax, renewal of trade license

-- 2020-10-02 17:17:45

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has extended the deadline for paying holding tax and renewing trade license respectively without paying 10 per cent surcharge till October 31.  “If the...

Icddr,b selected to work in global network for COVID-19 vaccine

Icddr,b selected to work in global network for COVID-19 vaccine

-- 2020-10-02 17:05:12

Icddr,b has been selected as one of the five laboratories across the globe to work together as part of centralised network to reliably assess and compare immunological responses generated by COVID-19...

Govt creates 1,061 cadre posts for technical educational institutions

Govt creates 1,061 cadre posts for technical educational institutions

-- 2020-10-02 16:48:59

The government has created cadre posts for the technical institutions for the first time as part of its move to promote technical education for creating skilled manpower to meet its growing demand at...

Govt allots 10566 tonnes of rice for fishermen during hilsa ban

Govt allots 10566 tonnes of rice for fishermen during hilsa ban

-- 2020-10-02 16:11:53

The government has allocated 10,566.84 tonnes of VGF rice for fishermen during the upcoming hilsa fishing ban from Oct 14 to Nov 4, reports UNB. The food aid is being provided under the government's...

Bangladesh coronavirus deaths surpass 5,300; cases reach 366,383

Bangladesh coronavirus deaths surpass 5,300; cases reach 366,383

-- 2020-10-02 15:48:32

Bangladesh has recorded 1,396 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally to 366,383, bdnews24.com reports. The death toll jumped to 5,305 after 33 fatalities were...

Bangladeshi women peacekeepers tasked with Congo Airport security

Bangladeshi women peacekeepers tasked with Congo Airport security

-- 2020-10-02 14:16:20

The female Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been given the task of ensuring security at DR Congo Airport (MUNUSCO), run by the UN Peacekeeping Mission. Bangladesh female police members of BANFPU-1 (Rota...

FinMin off to UAE for medical checkup

FinMin off to UAE for medical checkup

-- 2020-10-02 13:53:43

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal left Dhaka for UAE for medical checkup on Friday. A flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the minister took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the mo...

58 prisoners died behind bars in nine months: Report

58 prisoners died behind bars in nine months: Report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-02 12:38:04

A total of 58 prisoners died in different jails across the country in the first nine months of this year, according to a report of an independent rights body. The prisoners died due to different reas...

Women smugglers active on Benapole-Sharsha border

Women smugglers active on Benapole-Sharsha border

Our Correspondent 2020-10-02 11:04:58

Many women have become active in drug and gold smuggling at the Benapole-Sharsha-border. The law enforcers arrested 10 women directly involved in smuggling last month. BGB and police said the number...

Cox's Bazar beach: Illegal buildings from Sugandhya to be removed

Cox's Bazar beach: Illegal buildings from Sugandhya to be removed

FE REPORT 2020-10-02 10:59:26

The apex court on Thursday cleared the way for the government to dismantle structures illegally built along Sugandhya Point of Cox's Bazar sea beach. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, he...

PM pledges to increase women’s participation in workforce to 50pc

PM pledges to increase women’s participation in workforce to 50pc

-- 2020-10-02 10:40:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pledged to increase women’s participation in the workforce to 50 per cent by 2041 and called for protecting their job in the context of coronavirus (Covid-19) pa...

Bangladesh police becoming people-friendly, says home minister

Bangladesh police becoming people-friendly, says home minister

-- 2020-10-01 23:27:09

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said the police are gradually being transformed into a people-friendly force by standing beside the nation to tackle any bad situation, reports UNB. "Whenev...

Taqsem again managing director of Dhaka WASA

Taqsem again managing director of Dhaka WASA

-- 2020-10-01 22:17:45

The government has decided to extend the contract of Taqsem A Khan as managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority amid controversies, reports bdnews24.com. Prime Minister Sheikh Ha...

‘Geographic position makes Bangladesh an ideal place to link East with West’

‘Geographic position makes Bangladesh an ideal place to link East with West’

-- 2020-10-01 20:33:54

Bangladesh could be the perfect place to establish a link between the East and the West if the country can take advantage of its geographic location, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes. “Ban...

Mother-son killing in Ctg: Prime suspect arrested

Mother-son killing in Ctg: Prime suspect arrested

-- 2020-10-01 20:02:44

A man was arrested on Thursday for killing a woman and her son in Chattogram in August this year. Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Faruk, the prime suspect in the murder case, from Ak...

DNA of six accused in MC College gang rape incident collected

DNA of six accused in MC College gang rape incident collected

-- 2020-10-01 18:37:03

The DNA samples of six men, accused of gang-raping a woman at Sylhet MC College dormitory on Sep 25, have been collected. The accused are - Saifur Rahman, Shah Mahbubur Rahman Rony, Tarek Ahmed, Arju...

Bishop Bejoy D’Cruze new archbishop of Bangladesh

Bishop Bejoy D’Cruze new archbishop of Bangladesh

-- 2020-10-01 17:33:12

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze as the Archbishop of Dhaka's Metropolitan Archdiocese, Vatican News reports, reports bdnews24.com. Bishop D'Cruze has been serving as...

Dhaka-Beijing ties to be fortified

Dhaka-Beijing ties to be fortified

-- 2020-10-01 16:59:25

President Abdul Hamid has expressed the strongest confidence that the existing friendship between the two countries will be further strengthened and deepened in the days ahead. He highlighted that Ba...

PM calls for increasing storage capacity of water bodies

PM calls for increasing storage capacity of water bodies

-- 2020-10-01 16:57:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called for enhancing surface water by increasing the storage capacity of water bodies across the country, aiming to protect the biodiversity, boost fish produc...

Bangladesh reports 21 more coronavirus deaths, 1,508 infections in a day

Bangladesh reports 21 more coronavirus deaths, 1,508 infections in a day

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-01 16:23:20

Bangladesh registered 21 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the 24 hours to 8am, taking the total tall to 5,272. A total of 1,508 fresh infections were also diagnosed during the same period, t...

975 women raped in nine months in Bangladesh: Report

975 women raped in nine months in Bangladesh: Report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-01 16:10:08

At least 975 women were raped in the first nine months of the current calendar year in Bangladesh, according to a report of an independent rights and legal aid body. Of them, 762 women were raped by...

Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumers’ Association advocates tracking app in phones, as assaults on women rise

Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumers’ Association advocates tracking app in phones, as assaults on women rise

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-01 15:39:06

Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumers’ Association has called on the authorities concerned to install a special tracking app in mobile phones to improve the safety and security for women as incident...

PM inaugurates 'Parjatan Bhaban'

PM inaugurates 'Parjatan Bhaban'

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-10-01 15:08:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated newly constructed 'Parjatan Bhaban' in Dhaka through video conferencing. The Prime Minister instructed in 2010 to acquire necessary land in Agarga...

Government extends closure of educational institutions till Oct 31

Government extends closure of educational institutions till Oct 31

FE Online Report 2020-10-01 14:48:54

The education ministry has extended the closure of all the educational institutions of the country till October 31 citing lack of significant development to reopen schools amid the pandemic, according...