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Govt restores 3G, 4G network at Rohingya camps

Govt restores 3G, 4G network at Rohingya camps

FE Online Report 2020-08-28 17:12:41

Authorities on Friday restored the 3G and 4G mobile phone network and internet services at the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. “The services resumed today after it was suspended a...

2,211 new virus cases, 47 deaths in 24 hours

2,211 new virus cases, 47 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2020-08-28 16:48:17

Bangladesh has registered 47 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 4,174. The tally of infections surged to 306,794 after 2,211 fresh cases of COVID-19 were rep...

Police find bodies of a couple in Dhaka

Police find bodies of a couple in Dhaka

-- 2020-08-28 14:01:17

A couple was found dead at their rented flat in West Nakhalpara area of Dhaka city on Friday. The deceased were identified as Asmat Ali, 45, and his wife Farzana, 36, of the area, reports UNB. Moham...

Experts dismiss notion slum-dwellers are immune to Covid-19

Experts dismiss notion slum-dwellers are immune to Covid-19

-- 2020-08-28 13:23:41

The coronavirus infection rate among the slum-dwellers in Dhaka has been found to be relatively low but many researchers have dismissed the notion they have developed immunity to the virus, bdnews24.c...

New details emerge about MP Shahid’s businesses in Kuwait

New details emerge about MP Shahid’s businesses in Kuwait

-- 2020-08-28 12:44:06

New details on Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul’s dealings and businesses in Kuwait have shown how the Bangladeshi MP was able to continue an ‘illegal permit trading scheme’ in...

Russian employee of RNPP dies after ‘taking excessive liquor’

Russian employee of RNPP dies after ‘taking excessive liquor’

-- 2020-08-28 11:40:56

A Russian employee of Ruppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) has died after reportedly taking excessive alcohol at CDM Hospital in Rajshahi city. The deceased was identified as Sergey Smolnikov, 43, a w...

Arrest warrant against Bongo League chief over forgery

Arrest warrant against Bongo League chief over forgery

Our Correspondent 2020-08-28 10:42:33

The court issued arrest warrant against President of Jatiya Bongo League Swakat Hasan Meah on Wednesday for forging sign. The court issued the arrest warrant for his involvement in forging the sign...

Palak urges Japanese investors to recruit Bangladeshi IT professionals

Palak urges Japanese investors to recruit Bangladeshi IT professionals

-- 2020-08-27 23:30:37

State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Thursday urged the Japanese investors to capitalise on the benefits and invest in the IT sector of Bangladesh and to recruit Skilled Bangladeshi IT profess...

Korea pledges broader support to Bangladesh

Korea pledges broader support to Bangladesh

-- 2020-08-27 21:58:53

South Korean Ambassador to Dhaka Lee Jang-keun on Thursday expressed strong support for the government and the people of Bangladesh in their fight against Covid-19. The Korean government has pledged...

BNP slams move to enact law over party registration 

BNP slams move to enact law over party registration 

-- 2020-08-27 19:58:57

BNP on Thursday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is going to enact the ‘Political Party Registration Act’ to transfer its power to the government for controlling the registration...

Fertiliser demand rescheduled for FY21

Fertiliser demand rescheduled for FY21

-- 2020-08-27 19:46:22

The Agriculture Ministry has rescheduled the demand for chemical fertiliser for the 2020-21 fiscal year for more intensive and expanded cultivation. According to the ministry, an additional 100,000 m...

Chinese envoy hands over surgical masks to BDRCS

Chinese envoy hands over surgical masks to BDRCS

-- 2020-08-27 19:38:01

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Thursday handed over 14,280 surgical masks provided by Yunnan Province to Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS). BDRCS Chairman Hafiz Ahmed Mazumdar, M...

Step down soon, TIB urges election commissioners

Step down soon, TIB urges election commissioners

-- 2020-08-27 18:56:16

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Thursday urged the election commissioners to resign immediately from their posts as the Election Commission (EC) moved to curtail its direct power to can...

Fresh Japanese aid for PEDP-4

Fresh Japanese aid for PEDP-4

FE Online Report 2020-08-27 18:40:50

Japan is set to provide $5.0 million for the Fourth Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP4). In this connection, the Exchange of Notes and Grant Agreements on the “Japanese Grant Aid fo...

ARTICLE 19 hails decision to allow mobile network, internet facilities at Rohingya camps

ARTICLE 19 hails decision to allow mobile network, internet facilities at Rohingya camps

-- 2020-08-27 18:13:11

ARTICLE 19, a UK based international human rights organisation, on Thursday, commended Bangladesh government’s decision to permit mobile and internet facilities at different Rohingya camps in Co...

No single Rohingya repatriated in three years

No single Rohingya repatriated in three years

FE Online Report 2020-08-27 17:11:37

Not a single Rohingya could be repatriated in the last three years due to lack of political will and decisive action on the part of Myanmar, said Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen. Dr Momen made thi...

JSC, JDC exams cancelled

JSC, JDC exams cancelled

-- 2020-08-27 16:47:25

The government has cancelled this year's Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations due to the coronavirus epidemic. "The JSC-JDC exams will not be held in 2020,...

icddr,b gets govt nod to run Chinese Covid vaccine  trial

icddr,b gets govt nod to run Chinese Covid vaccine trial

-- 2020-08-27 16:45:21

The government has allowed the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) to run phase-III trial of Chinese company Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine, reports UNB. &nbsp...

Bangladesh reports 45 more deaths, 2,436 new cases

Bangladesh reports 45 more deaths, 2,436 new cases

-- 2020-08-27 16:34:12

Bangladesh on Thursday reported the death of 45 more Covid-19 patients in the last 24 hours, raising the tally to 4,127. Health authorities detected 2,436 new cases across the country during the peri...

‘Second Dhaka Declaration' urges compensation from Myanmar for Rohingya-hosting countries

‘Second Dhaka Declaration' urges compensation from Myanmar for Rohingya-hosting countries

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-27 15:01:53

The ‘Second Dhaka Declaration' has called on the government of Myanmar to provide all the host countries as well as the Rohingya people proper monetary and legal compensation. The document reco...

Providing subsidy to power sector won’t be possible always: PM

Providing subsidy to power sector won’t be possible always: PM

-- 2020-08-27 14:33:35

Urging all to maintain austerity in electricity use, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it will not be possible to always provide subsidy for power generation. "It’s not always possible to g...

Govt extends shutdown of schools to Oct 3

Govt extends shutdown of schools to Oct 3

-- 2020-08-27 13:57:18

Government has extended the shutdown of schools and other educational institutions by more than a month to Oct 3 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to roil the country. The government had previous...

Regent Group chairman Shahed indicted in arms case

Regent Group chairman Shahed indicted in arms case

-- 2020-08-27 13:42:33

A Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed Karim in an arms case. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge KM Imrul Kaysh fixed September 10 to start the formal tr...

Nazrul’s 44th death anniv being observed

Nazrul’s 44th death anniv being observed

-- 2020-08-27 13:17:47

The 44th death anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is being observed on Thursday. Nazrul, revered as Bidrohi Kobi (a rebel poet) for his activism for political and social justice, breathed...

‘2nd Dhaka Declaration' calls for ensuring justice for Rohingya people

‘2nd Dhaka Declaration' calls for ensuring justice for Rohingya people

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-27 12:33:43

The ‘2nd Dhaka Declaration' has urged the international community to work for ensuring a safe, dignified and voluntary return of Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh in the face of Myanmar mi...

Flood situation improves with water levels receding

Flood situation improves with water levels receding

-- 2020-08-27 12:18:48

The overall flood situation in Bangladesh has improved in most of the districts with water levels in many rivers receding. Sarder Udoy Raihan, Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) executive engi...

Kushtia OC dies from coronavirus

Kushtia OC dies from coronavirus

-- 2020-08-27 11:34:21

The Officer-in-charge of Doulatpur Police Station in Kushita district died from coronavirus at Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital (CPH) on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as SM Arifur Rah...

Padma Bridge work may end in 2022, says Kamal

Padma Bridge work may end in 2022, says Kamal

FE REPORT 2020-08-27 09:47:36

The construction work of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge may be completed in 2022, finance minister A H M Mustafa Kamal said on Wednesday, blaming the virus outbreak and this year's prolonged flood for...

'BD to collect vaccines for 34m people by 2021'

'BD to collect vaccines for 34m people by 2021'

FE REPORT 2020-08-27 09:42:27

Bangladesh will collect Covid-19 vaccines for 34 million people, which is 23 per cent of its total population, phase by phase by 2021, an official said on Thursday. These vaccines will be provided to...

Rohingya crisis resolution hinges on citizenship issue

Rohingya crisis resolution hinges on citizenship issue

 FE REPORT 2020-08-27 09:37:55

International relations experts have opined that the Rohingya crisis cannot be resolved without granting the full citizenship to the persecuted ethnic population by Myanmar. They were addressing a tw...