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49.15pc work of metro rail completed

49.15pc work of metro rail completed

-- 2020-09-04 13:37:45

The construction work of the country’s first ever metro rail is progressing in full swing maintaining health guidelines amid Covid-19 pandemic with completion of its overall 49.15 per cent const...

Two suspects of UNO Wahida attack arrested

Two suspects of UNO Wahida attack arrested

-- 2020-09-04 13:01:46

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police in a joint drive arrested two men, including a local Jubo League leader, in connection with the attack on Ghoraghat UNO Wahida Khanam on Friday. The...

EC sets Oct 10 for Chandpur mayoral poll

EC sets Oct 10 for Chandpur mayoral poll

-- 2020-09-04 10:57:35

The election to the mayoral post of Chandpur municipality, which was postponed following the death of BNP mayoral candidate Shafiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, will now be held on October 10. The Election Commi...

Prime suspect of UNO Wahida attack arrested in Dinajpur

Prime suspect of UNO Wahida attack arrested in Dinajpur

-- 2020-09-04 10:46:21

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police in a joint drive arrested the prime suspect of the attack on Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Wahida Khanam from Kaliganj in Hili area of Dina...

Kishor Alo editor Anisul Hoque among five get bail

Kishor Alo editor Anisul Hoque among five get bail

FE REPORT 2020-09-04 09:35:21

A Dhaka Court on Thursday granted bail to 'Kishor Alo' Editor Anisul Hoque and four others accused in a case filed in connection with the death of Residential Model College ninth-grader Naimul Abrar R...

BMBS demands release of detained Vietnam returnee migrant workers

BMBS demands release of detained Vietnam returnee migrant workers

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-09-03 22:45:21

Bangladesh Manabadhikar Bastabayan Sangstha (BMBS) on Thursday demanded release of detained Vietnam returnee migrant workers and ensure their normal lives. Terming such arrest human rights violation...

Injured Ghoraghat UNO Wahida airlifted to Dhaka

Injured Ghoraghat UNO Wahida airlifted to Dhaka

-- 2020-09-03 20:25:33

Wahida Khanam, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Ghoraghat, Dinajpur, who suffered serious injuries in an attack by miscreants, was airlifted from Rangpur to Dhaka by a Bangladesh Air Force MI-171SH he...

Shahidul Islam new Bangladesh Ambassador to USA

Shahidul Islam new Bangladesh Ambassador to USA

-- 2020-09-03 20:14:59

The government has appointed M. Shahidul Islam, currently serving as the Secretary General of BIMSTEC, as the next Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States of America. Shahidul is a career fore...

Khaleda may stay out of prison for six more months

Khaleda may stay out of prison for six more months

-- 2020-09-03 19:19:57

The law ministry has recommended a six-month extension of BNP Chairperson  Khaleda Zia’s prison term suspension in two cases over corruption. The ministry also recommended keeping the cond...

Dhaka-5, Naogaon-6 by-polls on Oct 17

Dhaka-5, Naogaon-6 by-polls on Oct 17

-- 2020-09-03 18:33:51

By-elections to two parliamentary constituencies – Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6-- will be held on October 17, according to a schedule declared by the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday. As per the s...

379 killed in road accidents last month: RSF

379 killed in road accidents last month: RSF

FE Online Report 2020-09-03 18:06:55

Some 379 people were killed and 368 others injured in road accidents in August last across the country. During the period, a total of 302 road accidents took place where the number of accidents invol...

Ensure quality and standard online education, urges UGC to universities  

Ensure quality and standard online education, urges UGC to universities  

FE Online Report 2020-09-03 17:49:18

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has urged the country’s university teachers to ensure quality and standard education on online to meet the goal of higher education and national demand. I...

Coronavirus a dire threat to refugee education: UNHCR

Coronavirus a dire threat to refugee education: UNHCR

-- 2020-09-03 17:10:48

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, predicts that the potential of millions of young refugees living in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities will be further threatened unless immediate and...

Navy chief adorned with admiral rank badge

Navy chief adorned with admiral rank badge

-- 2020-09-03 16:52:41

Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral Mohammad Shaheen Iqbal was adorned with the rank badge of Admiral at a function in the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganobhaban on Thursday. “Chi...

Dr Sabrina remanded on 'dual voter' charges

Dr Sabrina remanded on 'dual voter' charges

-- 2020-09-03 16:19:12

Police have been granted permission to grill Dr Sabrina Sharmin, also known as Sabrina Arif Chaudhury, who is currently behind bars over the JKG Healthcare test scam after the Election Commission sued...

Bangladesh registers 32 new virus deaths, cases rise by 2,158

Bangladesh registers 32 new virus deaths, cases rise by 2,158

-- 2020-09-03 16:17:20

Bangladesh has counted 32 new fatalities from the coronavirus infection in a day, raising the death toll to 4,383, reports bdnews24.com. The caseload jumped to 319,686 after 2,158 people tested posit...

Anisul Hoque, five others get bail in case over Abrar’s death

Anisul Hoque, five others get bail in case over Abrar’s death

-- 2020-09-03 16:15:53

Prothom Alo's Associate Editor Anisul Hoque and five others have secured bail in a case over the death of Dhaka Residential Model College student Nayeemul Abrar Rahat, who was electrocuted during an e...

Mob beating: 26 killed in seven months

Mob beating: 26 killed in seven months

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-09-03 15:22:49

26 people were killed in mob beating across the country in the first seven months of the current calendar year, according to a report by an independent rights body. The highest number of incidents of...

Ghoraghat UNO injured in attack by intruder

Ghoraghat UNO injured in attack by intruder

-- 2020-09-03 15:11:24

An unknown assailant has injured Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam of Ghoraghat in Dinajpur and her father Omar Ali in an attack by breaking into her house, said police. The incident took place a...

BSF shoots dead Bangladeshi national along Kurigram border

BSF shoots dead Bangladeshi national along Kurigram border

-- 2020-09-03 14:27:47

A Bangladeshi national was shot dead reportedly by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Pakhiura border in Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram district on Thursday. The deceased were id...

Poor navigability halts ferry crossings on Kathalbari-Shimulia route

Poor navigability halts ferry crossings on Kathalbari-Shimulia route

-- 2020-09-03 13:14:31

Ferry operations along the Kathalbari-Shimulia route have been disrupted due to poor navigability through a stretch of the Padma River, leaving nearly hundreds of vehicles stranded at the two landings...

EC becoming useless for amending laws

EC becoming useless for amending laws

FE REPORT 2020-09-03 10:24:42

A civil society platform on Wednesday said the Election Commission (EC) has been gradually becoming ineffective in the wake of poor election management and amending laws or introducing new ones. The...

Projects taken up to protect people from flood damage

Projects taken up to protect people from flood damage

TALHA BIN HABIB 2020-09-03 10:14:54

The government has taken initiatives to protect the lives and properties from flash floods and other natural calamities in the country, especially in the coastal areas, officials said. The disaster m...

Maintain status quo on Aarisha Economic Zone work: HC

Maintain status quo on Aarisha Economic Zone work: HC

FE REPORT 2020-09-03 10:12:44

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to maintain status quo on the construction work of Aarisha Economic Zone, owned by ruling party lawmaker Aslamul Haque, and on evi...

Panel advises prioritising contact tracing

Panel advises prioritising contact tracing

Kamrun Nahar 2020-09-03 09:55:15

An advisory panel on Monday recommended placing the highest importance on contact tracing to reduce the COVID-19 transmission even after five months of the pandemic. "All-out efforts have to be made...

Hindu widows will get share of husbands' land : HC

Hindu widows will get share of husbands' land : HC

FE REPORT 2020-09-03 09:29:43

The High Court on Wednesday delivered a judgment saying that the Hindu widows will get a share in all kinds of properties, agricultural land and non-agricultural land, of their deceased husbands. T...

Handover of Taiwanese PPE to health ministry surprises China

Handover of Taiwanese PPE to health ministry surprises China

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2020-09-03 09:26:13

China has expressed its surprise over a recent event where Taiwanese personal protective equipment (PPE) were handed over to the health ministry of Bangladesh. The event prompted the Chinese Ambassad...

Appellate Division gets two more judges

Appellate Division gets two more judges

-- 2020-09-02 21:49:02

The government has appointed Justice Tariq ul Hakim and Justice Obaidul Hassan to the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division, reports bdnews24.com. The new entrants raise the number of judges at t...

Army chief Gen Aziz demands punishment for killing of major Sinha

Army chief Gen Aziz demands punishment for killing of major Sinha

-- 2020-09-02 20:42:23

Chief of Bangladesh Army General Aziz Ahmed has sought exemplary punishment for those involved in the killing of retired major Sinha Md Rashed Khan, who was gunned down in Cox’s Bazar on July 31...

Illegal billboards to be removed from capital: DNCC mayor

Illegal billboards to be removed from capital: DNCC mayor

-- 2020-09-02 20:29:10

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam on Wednesday said that all illegal billboards will be removed from Dhaka city as part of the cleanliness programme. “I ask the people to r...