UNB 2020-09-21 10:53:36
Built barely six years back, the watchtower at Ratargul Swamp Forest, one of the country's most popular tourist destinations, in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet, has been closed to tourists as it has tur...
-- 2020-09-21 10:39:59
The Bangladesh Bureau of Mineral Development (BMD) plans to set up the country's first 'geological museum' at Jaflong in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet to stop stone extraction in the Ecologically C...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-09-21 10:19:31
A good number of people, mostly young, gather in the Goabari area in Sylhet to spend leisure on the natural site surrounded by a tea garden on the hillocks every day. The number of visitors went up r...
-- 2020-09-21 10:02:01
The coronavirus epidemic in Bangladesh has remained almost unchanged after the daily infection rate dropped slightly, but experts have warned that a second wave may be coming, bdnews24.com reports. T...
FE REPORT 2020-09-21 09:58:34
A clear-cut digital divide persists in the country with no access to internet, first-level access and second-level access - depending on age, gender, geographical location and education, results of a...
FE REPORT 2020-09-21 09:55:03
Dhaka Shishu (Children's) Hospital has set up a modern and well equipped stem cell therapy unit aiming to treat autism, cerebral palsy and other surgery related diseases. The project has been imple...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2020-09-21 09:54:23
The government has taken a move to install a 12-megawatt (MW) diesel-fired power plant in Hatiya island in southeastern Bangladesh by December. The Power Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-09-20 21:48:31
At least 396 people have been killed extra-judicially, 1,429 women were raped while some 42 Bangladeshis were killed by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in 2019, said a report of local rights gr...
-- 2020-09-20 19:32:11
A Dhaka court on Sunday set September 28 to pronounce judgement in an arms case against Regent Group chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayes fixed the...
-- 2020-09-20 19:27:19
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the BNP leaders stay in air-conditioned (AC) rooms after announcing movement, reports UNB. “BNP can o...
-- 2020-09-20 19:23:44
Prime accused Rabiul Islam has made confessional statement in a case filed in connection with the attack on Ghoraghat upazila nirbahi officer Wahida Khanom and her father. Emam Zafor, officer-in-char...
-- 2020-09-20 17:25:22
A Chattogram court on Sunday denied bail to former Teknaf Police Station officer-in-charge Pradeep Kumar Das in a graft case filed in connection with amassing wealth from unknown sources. Chattogram...
-- 2020-09-20 17:06:36
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Sunday arrested an electrician for providing an illegal electric connection to the Mosque in Narayanganj where 33 people were killed in an AC blast. The...
-- 2020-09-20 17:04:46
Firefighters have put out a fire that erupted in an office on the 22nd floor of a commercial high-rise in Dhaka's Banani, reports bdnews24.com. Eight units of the fire service were dispatched to Ahme...
-- 2020-09-20 16:59:34
Expressing apprehension that the Covid-19 situation may worsen during the upcoming winter, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked everyone to bolster preparation to fight the pandemic in winter,...
-- 2020-09-20 16:46:12
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has hinted that the banks, which are not functioning properly, would be merged following proper assessments. “There are some banks that become very weak. In many ca...
-- 2020-09-20 16:37:52
Dr Bijon Kumar Sil, who led a team of scientists at Gonoshasthaya Kendra in inventing the rapid testing kit for the coronavirus, has returned to Singapore due to work permit hurdles, reports bdnews24....
-- 2020-09-20 16:05:13
Bangladesh has registered 26 more deaths from the novel coronavirus infection in a day, taking the body count to 4,939. The caseload surged to 348,916 after 1,544 people tested positive for Covid-19...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-09-20 15:48:45
At least 194 journalists fell victim to harassment in Bangladesh in January-August 2020, according to a report by a local independent rights body. Of them, 22 received death threats by phone, Ain o S...
-- 2020-09-20 15:05:20
The High Court on Sunday granted a six-month bail to suspended Chattogram jailer Sohel Rana in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and...
-- 2020-09-20 14:30:26
The Appellate Division on Sunday upheld the High Court Division order that stayed trial proceedings in four more cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. A three-member bench led by Justice Muhamma...
-- 2020-09-20 14:23:36
More than 40 organisations, including 34 private banks, have donated Tk 1.65 billion and surgical masks to the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund to help the poor affected by Covid-19 fall...
-- 2020-09-20 13:30:40
An Imam of a local mosque in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh was hacked to death allegedly by some miscreants near Sadhu R Market in the upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Azim...
-- 2020-09-20 12:16:21
Witness deposition in the murder case filed over the death of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad has been deferred until October 5. Dhaka Speedy Trial Trib...
-- 2020-09-20 11:08:43
Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam, who is undergoing treatment for injuries sustained during a break-in at her house, has been transferred to Public Administration Ministry as officer on...
FE REPORT 2020-09-20 09:57:44
Speakers at a webinar in the city on Saturday stressed the need for providing reintegration support to the returnee migrant workers, impacted by Covid-19 pandemic. They suggested introducing income-g...
Our Correspondent 2020-09-20 09:56:09
Farmers have started earning a substantial profit from sugarcane cultivation in Tangail district in recent years, sector insiders and official sources said. According to the Department of Agricultura...
-- 2020-09-19 21:14:18
Onion-laden trucks stranded on the Indian side opposite to Hili Land Port (HLP) in Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur started entering Bangladesh through the port on Saturday. “The stranded onion-lad...
UNB 2020-09-19 21:02:44
All the educational institutions in Bangladesh were shut down in March 2020 when Covid-19 hit the country, a move hailed by students and guardians alike. Six months into the pandemic, all the educa...
-- 2020-09-19 20:47:31
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Saturday requested the city dwellers to refrain from publishing photos of stray dog removal from the city street as they are fake and distorted. The city corpor...
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