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Political violence claims 21 lives in first seven months: ASK

Political violence claims 21 lives in first seven months: ASK

FE Online Report 2020-09-07 13:24:28

Some 21 people were killed and 1,020 injured in 85 incidents of political violence across the country in the first seven months of the current calendar year, according to a local independent rights bo...

Coronavirus infected Khulna MP airlifted to Dhaka

Coronavirus infected Khulna MP airlifted to Dhaka

-- 2020-09-07 12:07:57

Khulna-6 MP Akhtaruzzaman Babu, who is infected with coronavirus, was airlifted to Dhaka on Monday by MI-171SH helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force on Monday morning. Later, he was taken to Bangabandhu...

Narayanganj mosque blast death toll jumps to 26; 11 more battling for lives

Narayanganj mosque blast death toll jumps to 26; 11 more battling for lives

-- 2020-09-07 10:26:51

The number of fatalities from the mosque air-conditioner explosions in Narayanganj has jumped to 26 after five more victims died from their injuries on Sunday. Another 11 people are battling for thei...

ACC seeks record of expenses from Kuwait-BD Hospital

ACC seeks record of expenses from Kuwait-BD Hospital

-- 2020-09-06 20:39:48

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday again issued a letter to Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital seeking its detailed record of expenses, including bills and vouchers, to investiga...

Onion prices soar further

Onion prices soar further

Yasir Wardad 2020-09-06 20:39:27

Onion market started to become volatile as of Sunday as prices witnessed a further significant hike over the past two days. Local onion was selling at Tk 60-68 per kilogramme (kg) at kitchen markets...

RAB takes four suspended cops into custody for remand

RAB takes four suspended cops into custody for remand

-- 2020-09-06 19:22:53

Four suspended policemen have been taken on a second phase of four-day remand by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a case filed over the murder of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan. The four policemen...

Bangladeshi teen becomes youngest jury of UN art contest

Bangladeshi teen becomes youngest jury of UN art contest

-- 2020-09-06 19:09:38

Saied Muhammad Zareef Saleh, 13, has become the youngest jury member of the International Art Contest ‘The Future We Want’. Perception Change Project of UN Geneva on the occasion of the 7...

Chinese Embassy ‘regrets’ sending gift to Khaleda on ‘fake’ birthday

Chinese Embassy ‘regrets’ sending gift to Khaleda on ‘fake’ birthday

-- 2020-09-06 18:55:48

The Chinese Embassy in Dhaka has expressed apology for sending gifts to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on her ‘fake birthday’, mentioning that it was a ‘mistake’ on their part, an...

Bangladeshi teen youngest UN art contest jury

Bangladeshi teen youngest UN art contest jury

-- 2020-09-06 18:51:50

Saied Muhammad Zareef Saleh, who is only 13-years-old, has become the youngest jury member of the International Art Contest ‘The Future We Want’. Perception Change Project of UN Geneva on...

New York Bangla Book Fair website to be launched Monday

New York Bangla Book Fair website to be launched Monday

-- 2020-09-06 18:16:28

The website of the 29th New York Bangla Book Fair, dedicated to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of his birth centenary, will be launched on Monday. State Minister for Culture KM Kha...

TIB demands judicial inquiry into attack on Wahida Khanam

TIB demands judicial inquiry into attack on Wahida Khanam

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-09-06 18:07:12

    Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has demanded a judicial inquiry into what it described as barbaric attack on Wahida Khanam, UpazilaNirbahi Officer (UNO) of Ghoraghat, Dinaj...

Parliament session begins amid coronavirus pandemic

Parliament session begins amid coronavirus pandemic

-- 2020-09-06 17:10:25

The ninth session of the 11th parliament has begun amid the coronavirus pandemic. The session, presided over by Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, started at 11:00 am on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com....

Primary students may get auto-promotion to next grade

Primary students may get auto-promotion to next grade

-- 2020-09-06 16:51:09

Primary schools students will be promoted to the next grade without taking any examination if schools and educational institutions across Bangladesh cannot be reopened by November, Primary and Mass Ed...

Natural pests’ management becomes popular in Aman rice farming

Natural pests’ management becomes popular in Aman rice farming

-- 2020-09-06 16:47:39

The natural methods of pests’ management like perching and light trap are gaining popularity among farmers while farming Transplanted Aman rice in Rangpur agriculture region. The farmers are ap...

China, Australia shocked at Narayanganj mosque explosions

China, Australia shocked at Narayanganj mosque explosions

-- 2020-09-06 16:39:02

The Chinese Embassy and Australian High Commission in Dhaka expressed deep shock at the loss of lives in explosions at a mosque in Narayanganj. "We are deeply shocked to have learned about the horrib...

Primary schools to admit students from closed kindergartens

Primary schools to admit students from closed kindergartens

-- 2020-09-06 16:34:30

Government primary schools will admit students from kindergartens that may be forced to shut down due to financial troubles amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The government has ordered the autho...

183 journalists harassed in Jan-July: ASK

183 journalists harassed in Jan-July: ASK

FE Online Report 2020-09-06 16:32:10

At least 183 journalists fell victim to harassment in January-July 2020, according to a report by an independent rights body. Of them, 20 received death threats over phones during the period, the A...

Bangladesh registers 1,592 new virus cases, 32 deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh registers 1,592 new virus cases, 32 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2020-09-06 16:18:48

Bangladesh has recorded 1,592 fresh cases of Covid-19 in a daily count, raising the tally of infections to 325,157. The death toll jumped to 4,479 after 32 new fatalities were registered in the 24 ho...

PM Hasina emphasises overseeing construction of mosques after Narayanganj tragedy

PM Hasina emphasises overseeing construction of mosques after Narayanganj tragedy

-- 2020-09-06 16:16:02

Describing the Narayanganj mosque blast as a very tragic incident, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said it is essential to oversee whether mosques are constructed in the country maintaining the...

JS Speaker nominates five-member panel chairman

JS Speaker nominates five-member panel chairman

-- 2020-09-06 16:10:30

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has nominated a five-member panel of chairmen for the ninth session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (parliament). She nominated the panel at a meeting before the sessio...

UNICEF provides medical equipment worth $12m for Bangladesh

UNICEF provides medical equipment worth $12m for Bangladesh

-- 2020-09-06 15:37:27

UNICEF has been procuring lifesaving supplies – including personal protective equipment (PPE) and other medical equipment – for a value of $12.28 million US dollar over the last six months...

There’s no need to take UNO abroad right now, Health Minister says

There’s no need to take UNO abroad right now, Health Minister says

-- 2020-09-06 14:49:52

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said there is no need to send Ghoraghat UNO Wahida Khanam abroad for better treatment at this moment but a decision in this regard will be taken later, if neede...

BSF kills Bangladeshi national in Chapainawabganj

BSF kills Bangladeshi national in Chapainawabganj

-- 2020-09-06 13:31:46

A Bangladeshi youth was shot to death allegedly by the members of Indian Security Force (BSF) at Telkupi frontier in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Saturday night. The deceased was i...

Parliament goes into session after 59-day recess

Parliament goes into session after 59-day recess

-- 2020-09-06 12:29:51

The ninth session of the 11th Parliament began with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair on Sunday. The parliament session began at 11:05 am after a 59-day recess as the last (budget) ses...

Two accused placed on seven-day remand over attack on UNO

Two accused placed on seven-day remand over attack on UNO

-- 2020-09-06 11:19:46

A court in Dinajpur has placed two accused on a 7-day remand  each in a case filed in connection with the attack on Wahida Khanam, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Ghoraghat, Dinajpur and his fat...

99pc vultures have become nonexistent: Minister

99pc vultures have become nonexistent: Minister

FE REPORT 2020-09-06 10:39:52

About 99 per cent of the vultures have become extinct while only 260 vultures are there now in the country, said Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Md Shahab Uddin on Saturday. So,...

86pc work on Chattogram Ring Road completed

86pc work on Chattogram Ring Road completed

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL 2020-09-06 10:29:28

The construction work of much-hyped Coastal Road known as Ring Road is in progresswith completion of almost 80 per cent of construction. The rest work is expected to be completed within next six mont...

Trains running at full capacity, violating health guidelines

Trains running at full capacity, violating health guidelines

MUNIMA SULTANA 2020-09-06 10:17:19

Many trains of different routes are being operatedat almost full capacity, violating the health safety guidelines issued due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The staffs of different local station are allege...

Narayanganj mosque blast: Death toll jumps to 23

Narayanganj mosque blast: Death toll jumps to 23

-- 2020-09-06 09:55:37

The number of deaths from the mosque air-conditioner blasts in Narayanganj has increased to 23 as two more victims have succumbed to their injuries. Another 15 people are battling for their lives at...

US sends back 101 Bangladeshi nationals for illegal entry

US sends back 101 Bangladeshi nationals for illegal entry

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-09-05 22:15:25

Some 101 Bangladeshi nationals were sent back home from the United States on Saturday following their illegal entry to that country. They arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 12:0...