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Shrimp, other fish worth Tk 100 million washed away in Bagerhat

Shrimp, other fish worth Tk 100 million washed away in Bagerhat

-- 2020-08-24 14:12:56

Fish farmers in Bagerhat district have counted a loss of around Tk  100 million (10 crore) as 5,274 fish and shrimp enclosures in nine upazilas were submerged by floodwater caused by torrential r...

Govt reminds employees it doesn’t allow talking to media without permission

Govt reminds employees it doesn’t allow talking to media without permission

-- 2020-08-24 14:07:46

No government employees will be allowed to speak to the media or publish statements, opinions or articles online without the permission of the head of the relevant department, bdnews24.com reports. T...

Shameem Ahsan appointed ambassador to Italy

Shameem Ahsan appointed ambassador to Italy

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-24 13:48:19

The government has decided to appoint Mr Md. Shameem Ahsan, ndc, currently serving as the high commissioner of Bangladesh to Nigeria, as the next ambassador of Bangladesh to Italy, the foreign ministr...

Myanmar fails to ensure safe Rohingya return: HRW

Myanmar fails to ensure safe Rohingya return: HRW

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-24 12:37:27

Myanmar has failed to ensure that nearly one million Rohingya refugees can safely return home three years since fleeing the Myanmar military’s crimes against humanity and possible genocide, the...

Three years in review: No end in sight to Rohingya crisis

Three years in review: No end in sight to Rohingya crisis

-- 2020-08-24 11:41:54

Myanmar has not taken a single Rohingya back home till date although the crisis enters the fourth year within a couple of days amid "lack of conducive conditions" in Rakhine required for a safe and su...

Crackdown on private hospitals, testing labs prompts mad rush for licences

Crackdown on private hospitals, testing labs prompts mad rush for licences

FE REPORT 2020-08-24 11:20:56

Around 12,000 private hospitals and testing laboratories applied for renewing their licences until the deadline on Sunday last. On August 08, the state-run Directorate General of Health Services (DGH...

Thakurgaon MP contrasts Covid-19

Thakurgaon MP contrasts Covid-19

-- 2020-08-24 11:14:40

Dabirul Islam, an MP from Thakurgaon-2 constituency, has been infected with coronavirus (Covid-19). According to the latest reports received on Sunday evening, 16 more people have diagnosed in the di...

MA Razzak Khan Raj file nominations for Dhaka-18 by-election

MA Razzak Khan Raj file nominations for Dhaka-18 by-election

FE Online Desk 2020-08-24 01:29:34

Mr. MA Razzak Khan Raj, a candidate of the ruling Awami League in the Dhaka-18 by-election, has collected and submitted nominations. He is a former BCL leader, chairman of the Minister-MyOne Group, an...

By-polls to Pabna-4 constituency on September 26

By-polls to Pabna-4 constituency on September 26

-- 2020-08-23 21:34:05

The election commission will hold the by-polls on September 26 to Pabna-4 parliamentary constituency where voting had remained suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak. The commission in a meeting o...

16th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman Monday

16th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman Monday

-- 2020-08-23 21:09:20

The 16th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, former women affairs secretary of Awami League and wife of late President M Zillur Rahman, will be observed tomorrow (Monday) in a befitting manner. Ivy was...

Regent Group's Shahed lands in jail over Farmers Bank loan scam

Regent Group's Shahed lands in jail over Farmers Bank loan scam

-- 2020-08-23 20:10:07

A Dhaka Court on Sunday sent Regent Hospital chairman Mohammad Shahed to jail in a case filed for misappropriating Tk 27.1 million from Farmers Bank. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge KM Imrul...

Govt hopeful of reopening schools in December

Govt hopeful of reopening schools in December

-- 2020-08-23 19:47:42

The government is hopeful of reopening schools in December if the coronavirus outbreak abates by that time, said Akram-Al-Hossain, the secretary to the primary and mass education ministry, on Sunday....

Govt inaugurates app to promote wheat production

Govt inaugurates app to promote wheat production

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-23 18:59:12

The government on Sunday inaugurated a new mobile based app aiming to promote wheat and maize production in the country further. The "Gom O Bhutta Totho Vandar" (wheat and maize information store ) a...

Court issues arrest warrant against two Viqarunnisa teachers

Court issues arrest warrant against two Viqarunnisa teachers

-- 2020-08-23 18:34:36

A Dhaka court on Sunday issued arrest warrant against suspended acting principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Naznin Ferdous and another teacher in a case filed over the suicide of a ninth g...

ACC sues Pradeep, wife for amassing wealth from unknown sources

ACC sues Pradeep, wife for amassing wealth from unknown sources

-- 2020-08-23 17:59:10

The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a case against former Officer-in-Charge of Teknaf Model Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das and his wife for amassing wealth worth Tk 40 million from unknown sour...

298 violated between Jan and July

298 violated between Jan and July

FE Online Rpport 2020-08-23 17:55:32

As many as 298 children were raped and 153 others murdered between January amd July 2020, says a report released by a child rights organisation. Last year some 1,005 children were raped while some 44...

SC upholds stay order on four more cases against Khaleda

SC upholds stay order on four more cases against Khaleda

-- 2020-08-23 17:53:11

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the High Court Division’s order that had stayed the trial proceedings in four more arson and vandalism cases against BNP Chairperson...

Light to moderate rain or thunder showers likely

Light to moderate rain or thunder showers likely

-- 2020-08-23 17:09:19

Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Sunday forecast light to moderate rain  across the country in the next 24 hours starting from 6:00am today (Sunday). “Light to moderate rain or thun...

298 children raped, 153 killed in seven months

298 children raped, 153 killed in seven months

-- 2020-08-23 16:34:41

As many as 298 children were raped and 153 others murdered during the period between January to July 2020, says a report released by a child rights organisation. Last year some 1,005 children were ra...

BD reports 34 new virus deaths, recoveries outstrip infections

BD reports 34 new virus deaths, recoveries outstrip infections

-- 2020-08-23 16:19:52

Bangladesh has registered 34 new fatalities from COVID-19 in a daily count, taking the death toll to 3,941. The tally of infections climbed to 294,598 after 1,973 people tested positive for COVID-19...

Lives of frontline health workers in danger

Lives of frontline health workers in danger

-- 2020-08-23 16:13:28

Cancellation of the institutional quarantine facility has put the life of the frontline health workers and their families in danger in the country amid pandemic, experts said, urging the government to...

NTV’s joint chief news editor dies of Covid-19

NTV’s joint chief news editor dies of Covid-19

-- 2020-08-23 16:07:32

Abdus Shahid, joint chief news editor of private television channel NTV, died at a city hospital on Sunday after a long battle with coronavirus. He was 63. Shahid breathed his last around 10:45 am wh...

Jatri Kalyan demands immediate withdrawal of hiked bus fare

Jatri Kalyan demands immediate withdrawal of hiked bus fare

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-23 15:18:34

The government should immediately withdraw the 60 per cent extra bus fare imposed during this coronavirus pandemic as bus operators are no more carrying passengers at a half capacity maintaining healt...

Trial of Papia, husband in arms case begins

Trial of Papia, husband in arms case begins

-- 2020-08-23 14:36:50

A Dhaka court will record witness testimonies in an illegal arms case against expelled Jubo Mahila League leader Shamima Noor Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman alias Sumon Chowdhury from August 31...

Zia behind Aug 15 killings, Khaleda involved in Aug 21 attack: PM

Zia behind Aug 15 killings, Khaleda involved in Aug 21 attack: PM

-- 2020-08-23 14:11:04

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday renewed her allegations that Khaleda Zia was involved in the August 21 grenade attack and her husband Ziaur Rahman was behind the August 15, 1975 killings. "Zia...

Religious affairs secretary, wife infected with COVID-19   

Religious affairs secretary, wife infected with COVID-19   

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-23 13:37:11

Religious Affairs Secretary Md Nurul Islam and his wife have tested positive for coronavirus. They have been undergoing treatment at Dhaka Central Police Hospital since Saturday, said Anwar Hossain,...

Malaysia deports BD worker Rayhan

Malaysia deports BD worker Rayhan

-- 2020-08-23 12:25:14

Malaysia has deported a Bangladeshi worker who criticised the government's treatment of migrants in a documentary made by broadcaster Al Jazeera, the country's director general of immigration confirme...

Banned poppy seeds seized from Mongla

Banned poppy seeds seized from Mongla

FE REPORT 2020-08-23 11:40:58

A VAT intelligence team has seized four containers with import-restricted products from Mongla port after detecting irregularities in its investigation. It has also locked Business Identification Num...

Bangladesh catches Pakistan in cases

Bangladesh catches Pakistan in cases

FE REPORT 2020-08-23 11:25:28

The country's coronavirus tally reached 292,625 on Saturday, overtaking that of Pakistan, the Asian hotspot for Covid-19 infections, official data showed. As a result, Bangladesh became the second wo...

Aug 21 attack was 'planned state terrorism': Obaidul Quader

Aug 21 attack was 'planned state terrorism': Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-08-22 22:30:44

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said the grenade attack on August 21 was not an accident, but rather planned state terrorism. He said this while addressing a memorial meeting on the...