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TCB starts selling onion today

TCB starts selling onion today

FE REPORT 2020-09-13 10:23:22

The government is going to start open market sale (OMS) of onion and three other essential items across the country today (Sunday) with a view to keeping their prices within the reach of the common pe...

181 schools, colleges damaged by floods in Sylhet division

181 schools, colleges damaged by floods in Sylhet division

Our Correspondent 2020-09-13 09:30:35

Three separate spells of flood since early June have caused various types of damage to as many as 181 high schools and colleges in three districts of Sylhet division. Most of these are now unusable a...

'New education policy to prioritise e-learning'

'New education policy to prioritise e-learning'

-- 2020-09-12 20:47:19

Education Minister Dipu Moni on Saturday revealed the government has taken an initiative to formulate a new education policy for the country, in which e-learning will receive greater priority, reports...

Attack on UNO Wahida: Suspended govt employee held

Attack on UNO Wahida: Suspended govt employee held

-- 2020-09-12 20:26:36

Police arrested a suspended government employee on Friday in connection with the attack on Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Wahida Khanam and her father on September 03. The arrestee was ident...

‘Release migrant workers soon’

‘Release migrant workers soon’

FE Online Report 2020-09-12 20:25:57

Eleven progressive political organisations demanded the immediate release of detained migrant workers who returned home during Covid-19 pandemic period and were arrested by police after completing man...

Pilot project to address solid waste launched

Pilot project to address solid waste launched

FE Online Report 2020-09-12 19:16:19

Due to lack of existence of eco-friendly means of addressing waste in the country, mainly in the big cities, the majority of these waste remain uncollected, said experts stressing on more effort on it...

Wahida’s condition improves further: Doctor

Wahida’s condition improves further: Doctor

-- 2020-09-12 19:06:20

The condition of Ghoraghat UNO Wahida Khanam, who was seriously injured in an attack by miscreants leaving her right side paralysed, has improved further, said doctors. Dr Mohammad Zahed Hossain, the...

180 policewomen leave for Congo to join UN mission

180 policewomen leave for Congo to join UN mission

-- 2020-09-12 19:01:09

Some 180 members of the only Female Formed Police Unit (FPU) of Bangladesh Police have left for Congo to join the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Co...

Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Healthcare wastes turning hazardous

Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Healthcare wastes turning hazardous

-- 2020-09-12 18:57:41

Healthcare wastes, including PPE-related ones, are posing a serious threat to the public health and environment during this pandemic as such wastes generated outside hospitals and clinics remain out o...

Momen leaves for Turkey Sunday, bilateral talks on Sept 15

Momen leaves for Turkey Sunday, bilateral talks on Sept 15

-- 2020-09-12 18:47:00

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will leave Dhaka for Turkey on Sunday on a four-day visit for holding a bilateral meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on September 15....

BD suggests engagement of foreign observers in Rakhine

BD suggests engagement of foreign observers in Rakhine

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-09-12 18:40:37

Bangladesh urged Myanmar to engage foreign observers in Rakhaine to ensure safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingyas to their home land. It also apprehends that prolong stay of Rohingyas may trig...

Dhaka-5, Naogaon-6 by-polls: JP nominates Abdus Sabur, Golam Kabir

Dhaka-5, Naogaon-6 by-polls: JP nominates Abdus Sabur, Golam Kabir

-- 2020-09-12 18:11:27

Jatiya Party on Saturday announced the names of its candidates for Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 by-elections. The party nominated its presidium member Mir Abdus Sabur Asud and its Raninagar upazila unit pre...

Choreographer Ivan Shahriar sent to jail for alleged involvement in human trafficking

Choreographer Ivan Shahriar sent to jail for alleged involvement in human trafficking

-- 2020-09-12 17:48:53

A Dhaka court has sent Ivan Shahriar, an award-winning choreographer and dancer, to jail over his alleged ties to a human trafficking ring that smuggled women to Dubai. Metropolitan Magistrage Begum...

Stress on effective e-learning system, high speed internet

Stress on effective e-learning system, high speed internet

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-09-12 17:20:09

Popularising effective e-learning system in a new normal post-pandemic situation needs infrastructural development and policy revision, suggested experts and stakeholders at a function on Saturday. T...

Titas says no more leaks in gas line next to Narayanganj mosque

Titas says no more leaks in gas line next to Narayanganj mosque

-- 2020-09-12 16:45:28

State utility Titas has said it did not find any more leaks in a gas pipeline running next to a mosque in Narayanganj's Fatullah, the site of the near-simultaneous airconditioner blasts that left 31 p...

Rizvi says govt giving wrong info over corona

Rizvi says govt giving wrong info over corona

-- 2020-09-12 16:21:51

BNP on Saturday alleged the government has been providing wrong information about coronavirus cases and fatalities. “How many people are dying of coronavirus and what information is being given...

'Dhaka-Delhi connectivity positively impacts both Bangladesh, Northeast'

'Dhaka-Delhi connectivity positively impacts both Bangladesh, Northeast'

-- 2020-09-12 16:15:21

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said connectivity between Bangladesh and India directly and positively impacts both the Northeast and Bangladesh.  He said four of the six pre...

New Bangladesh coronavirus cases fall to lowest since Aug 2

New Bangladesh coronavirus cases fall to lowest since Aug 2

-- 2020-09-12 15:59:46

Bangladesh has recorded 1,282 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, the lowest since August 02 2, taking the tally of infections to 336,044, bdnews24.com reports. Another 34 people died from...

Power back in Mymensingh after 40 hours

Power back in Mymensingh after 40 hours

-- 2020-09-12 15:42:43

Power supply across Mymensingh division has been restored nearly 40 hours after a fire broke out in the national grid substation in Kewatkhali, bdnews24.com reports. The power grid 'T1' transformer w...

Bangladesh sees rise in violence along borders

Bangladesh sees rise in violence along borders

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-09-12 12:32:29

Incidents of violence along the country's borders increased during the period from January to August 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, according to a report of a local independent rights body....

Malaysia relaxes entry ban for Bangladesh citizens

Malaysia relaxes entry ban for Bangladesh citizens

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-09-12 11:38:13

Malaysia has recently announced that it will allow expatriates and professional visit visa holders from Bangladesh and 22 other countries to enter, reversing a move criticised by employers, reports Th...

US Defence Secy calls PM Hasina

US Defence Secy calls PM Hasina

-- 2020-09-12 10:43:25

US Defence Secretary Dr. Mark T Esper has called Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over phone and assured her of continuing his country’s support in bringing a peaceful solution to the protracted Roh...

BNP finds 29 MP aspirants for contesting by-polls

BNP finds 29 MP aspirants for contesting by-polls

-- 2020-09-12 10:14:00

Twenty-nine BNP aspirants are now in the final race to get the party’s ticket to contest the upcoming by-polls to four parliamentary seats in Dhaka, Naogaon and Sirajganj, UNB reports. They hav...

Ferry runs on trial basis on Kathalbari-Shimulia route

Ferry runs on trial basis on Kathalbari-Shimulia route

TALHA BIN HBIB 2020-09-12 09:58:29

The ferry services on Kathalbari-Shimulia route was restored on Friday afternoon on an experimental basis after a suspension of over one week for safety reason, an official said. "Ferry services on K...

1,330 hectares under water for lack of a canal in Naogaon

1,330 hectares under water for lack of a canal in Naogaon

Our Correspondent 2020-09-12 09:39:30

Around 1,330 hectares of farmland in Kola union under Badalgachhi upazila of Naogaon district have been submerged by rainwater due to lack of a canal. Locals said the vast tract of land goes under wa...

NBR detectives seize truck over tax dodge charges

NBR detectives seize truck over tax dodge charges

-- 2020-09-11 20:46:20

Detectives of the National Board of Revenue have seized a truck full of mosquito coils in Narayanganj's Shiddhirganj on charges that the owners evaded paying taxes. The seizure took place in the wee...

Border killing to largely dominate BGB-BSF talks: Official

Border killing to largely dominate BGB-BSF talks: Official

-- 2020-09-11 20:31:37

The issue of killings on the border is likely to dominate largely the talks between Bangladeshi and Indian border guards as chiefs of the two paramilitary forces set for a six-day meeting from Septemb...

Three construction workers die after falling from buildings in city

Three construction workers die after falling from buildings in city

-- 2020-09-11 20:31:14

Three construction workers fell to their deaths from two separate under-construction buildings in the city’s Bhatara and Malibagh areas on Friday. They were identified as Asadul and his cousin...

Prolonged flood to further hike vegetable prices

Prolonged flood to further hike vegetable prices

Yasir Wardad 2020-09-11 19:37:51

The lengthy spell of flood have severely been affecting early winter crop farming in many districts triggering fear of further hike in prices of vegetables including onions, said insiders. Although r...

DNCC drive against illegal billboards, banners from Sept 15

DNCC drive against illegal billboards, banners from Sept 15

-- 2020-09-11 19:30:21

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will launch a drive against illegal billboards, signboards, banners, festoons from September 15 in the capital. DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam gave the information at a v...