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EC clears draft of political party registration bill

EC clears draft of political party registration bill

-- 2020-08-26 19:52:10

The election commission on Wednesday approved the draft of the Political Party Registration Bill, 2020 incorporating some articles from the Representation of the People Order (RPO) 1972. The commissi...

Govt initiates access to public procurement updates for all

Govt initiates access to public procurement updates for all

-- 2020-08-26 18:45:53

The government will allow people to enter into the public procurement data to ensure transparency in its purchases. The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of Implementation Monitoring and Eval...

34pc RMG workers are lone household earners: Survey

34pc RMG workers are lone household earners: Survey

FE Online Report 2020-08-26 18:23:44

In its latest survey on garment workers in Bangladesh, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) and Microfinance Opportunities (MFO) have found that among the 1,272 workers they had interviewe...

DU student rape: Trial begins against lone accused Majnu

DU student rape: Trial begins against lone accused Majnu

-- 2020-08-26 18:16:09

A tribunal on Wednesday framed charges against lone accused Md Majnu in a case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student in city’s Kurmitola area on January 5. The charges were framed b...

No Tajia procession in Dhaka: DMP

No Tajia procession in Dhaka: DMP

-- 2020-08-26 18:09:43

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has prohibited any kind of Tajia procession on the occasion of Ashura this year to prevent the spread of coronavirus. DMP Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam gave the instr...

Toufique Imrose Khalidi gets bail in ACC case

Toufique Imrose Khalidi gets bail in ACC case

-- 2020-08-26 17:03:50

The High Court has granted bdnews24.com’s Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi an eight-week anticipatory bail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission. After bdnews24.com announced...

Bangladesh reports 54 deaths, 2,519 fresh cases

Bangladesh reports 54 deaths, 2,519 fresh cases

-- 2020-08-26 17:00:00

Bangladesh recorded 54 coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and 2,519 fresh cases in last 24 hours. The recovery count rose to 1, 90,183 after another 3,427 patients were discharged from the hospitals durin...

BSCIC distributes Tk 1.31b from stimulus package

BSCIC distributes Tk 1.31b from stimulus package

-- 2020-08-26 16:03:51

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries (BSCIC) said Tk 1.31 billion has been distributed under the government stimulus package announced during the coronavirus pandemic. According to the loan admini...

Six-Point Demand only Bangabandhu’s brainchild: PM

Six-Point Demand only Bangabandhu’s brainchild: PM

-- 2020-08-26 15:01:40

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the historic Six-Point Demand was solely the brainchild of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as no-one else was involved in formulating this...

Launch services on internal Barishal routes suspended

Launch services on internal Barishal routes suspended

-- 2020-08-26 14:54:37

Authorities on Wednesday morning suspended launch services on the internal routes of Barishal due to inclement weather. Mohammad Shahidul Islam, assistant director of River-Safety and Traffic Managem...

BMD predicts light to moderate rain

BMD predicts light to moderate rain

-- 2020-08-26 14:02:06

The Met Office on Wednesday forecast rainfall and thundershowers over the next 24 hours commencing 9:0 am. According to a regular bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), light to mode...

Govt banks on incentives to help agriculture sector

Govt banks on incentives to help agriculture sector

-- 2020-08-26 12:48:26

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque has said he is confident the current scheme of incentives will be enough to help the country’s agriculture sector get back on its fee, as long as there isn...

Woman, son found dead in Jamalpur home

Woman, son found dead in Jamalpur home

-- 2020-08-26 12:13:10

Police have recovered the bodies of a woman and her son, presumed murdered, from a home in Jamalpur's Madarganj. The dead have been identified as Moslema Akhter Shikha, 32, wife of log trader Harun-u...

Atrocities against Rohingyas: Gambia to submit first memo at ICJ in October

Atrocities against Rohingyas: Gambia to submit first memo at ICJ in October

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-26 11:35:36

Gambia has said it will submit the first memorandum in the case of atrocities against Rohingya people of Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in October. “We are working extremel...

Thakurgaon records 29 more Covid-19 cases

Thakurgaon records 29 more Covid-19 cases

-- 2020-08-26 11:32:28

Twenty-nine people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in Thakurgaon in the last 24 hours till Wednesday. The district’s confirmed coronavirus cases now stands at 850, said Civil Surgeon Mahfuzar...

Bailey bridge collapses cutting off road link in Netrakona

Bailey bridge collapses cutting off road link in Netrakona

Our Correspondent 2020-08-26 10:44:29

A portion of the deck of the Bailey bridge over the Bayarahala River in Madan upazila of Netrakona collapsed on Friday morning, leading to a halt in movement of all types of vehicles to and from the d...

Plea seeks HC's interference over 'mystery girl'

Plea seeks HC's interference over 'mystery girl'

FE REPORT 2020-08-26 10:06:11

An application was placed before the High Court on Tuesday seeking its interference over the incident of a teenage girl who was said to have been murdered but rescued alive on Monday last, 51 days aft...

Mismanagement in relief work: ‘Disparity, lack of clarity key bars’

Mismanagement in relief work: ‘Disparity, lack of clarity key bars’

FE REPORT 2020-08-26 10:00:04

Lack of clarity, coordination among agencies concerned, political bias in selecting beneficiaries for flood relief and insufficient relief are key challenges in distributing relief in fighting flood a...

‘Dhaka’s diplomacy addressing Rohingya crisis on right track’

‘Dhaka’s diplomacy addressing Rohingya crisis on right track’

-- 2020-08-25 22:53:54

Bangladesh’s diplomatic efforts to resolve the Rohingya crisis are on right track as now the entire world echoes with Dhaka that repatriation is the only solution of it, said foreign minister Dr...

College admission seekers get  phase-1 results

College admission seekers get phase-1 results

-- 2020-08-25 22:36:53

The government has chosen more than 1.27 million students for admission to class 11 in colleges in the first phase, reports bdnews24.com. It made the results available on the college admission websit...

19 more passenger trains to resume services from Sept 5

19 more passenger trains to resume services from Sept 5

-- 2020-08-25 21:39:34

Bangladesh Railway has decided to resume services of 19 more passenger trains from September 5. The trains are: Mahanagar Godhuli/Provati, Joyantika Express, Upaban Express, Turna Express, Mohanganj...

Public transport fares may return to pre-pandemic rate

Public transport fares may return to pre-pandemic rate

-- 2020-08-25 21:31:53

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the government is considering resuming pre-pandemic rate of public transport fares. “A decision would be taken soon to this en...

‘17pc electricity to come from renewable sources by 2041’

‘17pc electricity to come from renewable sources by 2041’

-- 2020-08-25 21:14:33

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday said around 17 per cent of Bangladesh’s total electricity will come from renewable energy sources by 2041. Nasrul...

Over 0.1m Rohingya children born in refugee camps

Over 0.1m Rohingya children born in refugee camps

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-25 20:24:55

108,037 Rohingya children have been born in Bangladesh and Myanmar in recent years, a new analysis by Save the Children has found. These children are living in unsuitable conditions, with limited ac...

Vegetable prices shoot up

Vegetable prices shoot up

-- 2020-08-25 20:01:57

Vegetable prices have shot up further in the city in a week amid the ongoing flood that caused severe damage to crops in many producing hubs. Most vegetables witnessed 50-80 per cent hike in prices...

Floods cause damages worth Tk 59.73b

Floods cause damages worth Tk 59.73b

-- 2020-08-25 19:34:44

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Enamur Rahman on Tuesday said floods have caused damages worth Tk 59.73 billion so far in Bangladesh this year. As many as 33 out of the 64 distri...

Govt to spend Tk 2.84t for education sector

Govt to spend Tk 2.84t for education sector

-- 2020-08-25 19:24:46

The government has planned to spend Tk 2.84 trillion for education sector over the next three fiscal years (FY21, FY22, FY23) under a mid-term plan as it has given utmost importance to building skille...

31 upazilas to come under 100pc power coverage

31 upazilas to come under 100pc power coverage

-- 2020-08-25 18:40:35

The government has taken initiatives to bring 31 upazilas under 100 per cent electricity coverage from Thursday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate two power plants, 11 grid sub-stations, s...

HC issues rule over circular against hospital raids

HC issues rule over circular against hospital raids

-- 2020-08-25 18:36:14

The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to explain why the letter sent by the Health Ministry to stop law enforcement agencies from raiding public and private hospitals should not be declared i...

BNP submits audit report to election commission

BNP submits audit report to election commission

-- 2020-08-25 18:24:05

BNP on Tuesday submitted its annual financial statement to the election commission (EC) for the 2019 calendar year, showing that the party spent Tk 18.0 million more than its income. A BNP delegation...