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'Corruption major impediment to investment in Bangladesh'

'Corruption major impediment to investment in Bangladesh'

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2020-09-15 18:07:34

Terming the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Bangladesh as one of the lowest rates in Asia, a United States government report has observed that official efforts to improve business environ...

1.0m poor women to get 30kg rice per month

1.0m poor women to get 30kg rice per month

-- 2020-09-15 17:48:52

More than 1.0 million women will get 30 kilogrammes of rice per month for a period of two years in 2021-22 as part of the government’s Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) program to ensure food a...

Turkey eyes boosting trade, investment with Bangladesh

Turkey eyes boosting trade, investment with Bangladesh

-- 2020-09-15 17:43:17

Turkey wants to boost trade and investment with Bangladesh opening new avenues of cooperation between the two countries. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusogl...

Payra power plant’s second unit likely to open in Oct

Payra power plant’s second unit likely to open in Oct

-- 2020-09-15 17:04:33

The second unit of the country’s largest coal-fired power plant at Payra in southern Bangladesh is expected to go for commercial operation in first week of October as its trial run already start...

ECNEC approves four projects involving Tk 5.34b

ECNEC approves four projects involving Tk 5.34b

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-09-15 16:56:37

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved four projects with an estimated cost of Tk 5.34 billion. The projects got approval during weekly meeting of the ECNEC on...

Railway to carry passengers at full capacity from Wednesday

Railway to carry passengers at full capacity from Wednesday

FE Online Report 2020-09-15 16:26:52

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will start operating all its passenger train services at full capacity from Wednesday. As part of the decision, the BR will sell 50 per cent tickets through online and 50 per...

Bangladesh records 43 coronavirus deaths, 1,724 cases

Bangladesh records 43 coronavirus deaths, 1,724 cases

-- 2020-09-15 16:21:04

The health authorities said 43 patients had died in the past 24 hours. During this period, 1,724 new cases were detected after testing 14,050 samples. Currently, the death tally stands at 4,802 and t...

Govt extends suspension of Khaleda’s jail term by six months

Govt extends suspension of Khaleda’s jail term by six months

-- 2020-09-15 16:11:07

The government has extended BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s prison term suspension by six more months in two cases over corruption. The Home Ministry on Tuesday passed an executive order for...

Quader launches ‘Joy Bangla Telemedicine App’

Quader launches ‘Joy Bangla Telemedicine App’

-- 2020-09-15 16:02:34

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today (Tuesday) formally inaugurated the operation of ‘Joy Bangla Telemedicine App’ at a virtual...

DGHS reports one new dengue case in last 24 hours

DGHS reports one new dengue case in last 24 hours

-- 2020-09-15 15:08:49

The health authorities on Tuesday reported one new dengue case in the past 24 hours. Currently, two dengue patients are being treated at hospitals, reports UNB.  Both of them are from the capit...

DNCC’s drive against illegal billboards begins

DNCC’s drive against illegal billboards begins

-- 2020-09-15 14:16:17

Dhaka North City Corporation has started a drive to take unapproved billboards off the streets. Four executive magistrates began the drive in Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara and Badda on Tuesday, report...

Amnesty says Rohingya refugees must participate in decisions affecting their lives

Amnesty says Rohingya refugees must participate in decisions affecting their lives

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-09-15 13:13:04

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh must be given the right to participate in decisions affecting their lives and speak for themselves, Amnesty International said in a new briefing on Tuesday. The briefi...

Abrar murder case: Court indicts 25

Abrar murder case: Court indicts 25

-- 2020-09-15 13:10:28

A tribunal has framed charges against 25 accused in a murder case filed over death of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad. Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge...

Sylhet’s rail link restored after three-hour disruption

Sylhet’s rail link restored after three-hour disruption

-- 2020-09-15 12:24:18

Sylhet’s rail communication with Dhaka and Chattogram was restored after a nearly three-hour disruption following derailment of a cargo train near Maizgaon Railway Station in Fenchuganj on Tuesd...

Fire guts foam factory in Gazipur

Fire guts foam factory in Gazipur

-- 2020-09-15 11:15:59

A fire broke out in a foam factory at Pubail area in Gazipur district on Monday night. Deputy assistant director of Jaydevpur Fire Service Abdul Hamid Miah said the fire broke out at 'Al-Raji Foam Fa...

Bangladesh-India border talks now on  Sept 16-18

Bangladesh-India border talks now on Sept 16-18

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2020-09-15 09:55:47

The crucial border talks between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India have been rescheduled and will start in Dhaka on Wednesday. The meeting, which was postponed ea...

Onion prices rocket as India bans export

Onion prices rocket as India bans export

Yasir Wardad 2020-09-14 21:41:40

Onion prices started rocketing again in Bangladesh as neighbouring India has slapped a ban on the export of the spice from Monday. Onion prices, which already increased 54-74 per cent in Bangladesh o...

Bangladesh keen to deepen ties with Turkey: PM

Bangladesh keen to deepen ties with Turkey: PM

-- 2020-09-14 20:29:09

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh is keen to bolster its relationship with Turkey for mutual benefits as it is deeply rooted in shared history, faith and traditions based on trust and c...

Bangladesh to export 1,450 tonnes of hilsa to India

Bangladesh to export 1,450 tonnes of hilsa to India

-- 2020-09-14 20:05:46

Bangladesh is going to export 1,450 tonnes of hilsa to India on the eve of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community. “Around 1,500 tonnes of hilsa will be exported to I...

Ex-SI among five sentenced to 10 yrs jail in robbery case

Ex-SI among five sentenced to 10 yrs jail in robbery case

-- 2020-09-14 19:52:18

A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced five people including a former sub-inspector of Shahbagh Police Station to 10 years imprisonment each  in a case filed for looting Tk 1.8 million in 2011. Shahi...

State, military, recreational drones require no permission to fly

State, military, recreational drones require no permission to fly

-- 2020-09-14 18:57:07

Flying drones for state, military and recreational purposes would not require prior permission as the cabinet on Monday approved a draft policy in this regard. The cabinet approved the draft of Drone...

RAB arrests another policeman over Sinha murder

RAB arrests another policeman over Sinha murder

-- 2020-09-14 18:21:02

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested another policeman in a case filed over the killing of retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan. Rubel Sharma, a constable at Teknaf Police Station, was ar...

Covid led to food insecurity in Cox's Bazar

Covid led to food insecurity in Cox's Bazar

-- 2020-09-14 17:23:24

Almost half of the urban population in Cox’s Bazar Sadar are struggling to have access to food during this Covid-19 pandemic due to significant downturns in livelihoods and income, according to...

Jashore juvenile victims' families be compensated Tk 5.0m each: HC

Jashore juvenile victims' families be compensated Tk 5.0m each: HC

-- 2020-09-14 16:27:51

The High Court (HC) today (Monday) ordered authorities concerned explain as to why it shall not pass order to give Tk 5.0 million to families of each of the three victims, who were allegedly beaten to...

Bangladesh registers 1,812 new virus cases, death toll reaches 4,759

Bangladesh registers 1,812 new virus cases, death toll reaches 4,759

-- 2020-09-14 16:07:07

Bangladesh has recorded 1,812 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 339,332. The death toll climbed to 4,759 after 26 fatalities were registered in the 24 h...

SUST to include Bangabandhu’s March 7 speech in curriculum

SUST to include Bangabandhu’s March 7 speech in curriculum

-- 2020-09-14 15:18:40

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has decided to include the historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the syllabus of all departments. The decision was take...

Govt fixes Tk 10,000 as registration fee for online news portals

Govt fixes Tk 10,000 as registration fee for online news portals

-- 2020-09-14 14:41:03

The government has set Tk 10,000 as a registration fee for news websites and Tk 5,000 as the annual renewal fee. The Ministry of Information issued an order on Sunday announcing the registration, est...

Light to moderate rain likely in next 24 hours: Met Office

Light to moderate rain likely in next 24 hours: Met Office

-- 2020-09-14 12:53:29

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Monday forecast light to moderate rain at many places all over the country in the next 24 hours commencing 11:00am today (Monday). “Light to modera...

Shimulia-Kathalbari ferry service halted

Shimulia-Kathalbari ferry service halted

-- 2020-09-14 12:13:54

Ferry service on the key Shimulia-Kathalbari river route has been suspended as dredging work is going on to bring back the channel’s navigability. The suspension of services is causing immense...

889 women raped in eight months in Bangladesh

889 women raped in eight months in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-09-14 11:37:01

At least 889 women were raped in the eight months of the current calendar year in Bangladesh, according to a report of an independent rights and legal aid body. Of them, some 41 were killed after rap...