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Light to moderate rain likely on Eid day

Light to moderate rain likely on Eid day

-- 2020-08-01 09:38:23

Parts of Bangladesh will likely be battered by light to moderate rain, thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind on the Eid-ul-Azha today (Saturday). Bangladesh Meteorological Department on...

Eid being celebrated in shadow of Covid-19, floods

Eid being celebrated in shadow of Covid-19, floods

FE Online Report 2020-07-31 23:58:57

Muslims in Bangladesh are celebrating Eid-ul-Azha today amid Covid-19 outbreak and hundreds of thousands of people passing hard time trapped in floodwater. Muslims celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha on the 10...

Ferry operation suspended on Shimulia-Kathalbari route

Ferry operation suspended on Shimulia-Kathalbari route

-- 2020-07-31 22:34:35

Ferry operation on Shimulia-Kathalbari route in Munshiganj has been suspended owing to erosion threat amid strong current in the Padma River. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) has...

President greets countrymen on Eid-ul-Azha

President greets countrymen on Eid-ul-Azha

-- 2020-07-31 21:14:19

President Md Abdul Hamid on Friday greeted the countrymen and the Muslims across the world on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha to be celebrated on Saturday in Bangladesh. In a message, the President...

No Eid congregation at Sholakia

No Eid congregation at Sholakia

-- 2020-07-31 21:02:34

The authorities concerned have suspended the 193rd Eid-ul-Azha Jamaat (congregation) at the historic Sholakia Eidgah Maidan in Kishoreganj this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We have ta...

Coronavirus-negative test report not mandatory for all

Coronavirus-negative test report not mandatory for all

-- 2020-07-31 20:48:10

Expatriates’ Welfare And Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad has said all air passengers leaving Bangladesh will not require test reports certifying that they are coronavirus-negative. &ld...

Villages in Jhenaidah, Lalmonirhat, Laxmipur celebrate Eid

Villages in Jhenaidah, Lalmonirhat, Laxmipur celebrate Eid

-- 2020-07-31 20:18:13

In keeping with Saudi Arabia, residents of a number of villages in Jhenaidah, Laxmipur and Lalmonirhat are celebrating the Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest festival of the Muslims. Saudi Arabia and a...

Govt eyes long-term solution to land erosion

Govt eyes long-term solution to land erosion

-- 2020-07-31 20:05:42

Bangladesh is taking steps to permanently resolve the problem of land erosion as floods sweep across the country throwing millions of lives into disarray. Work is underway to address the issue after...

Tailback, lack of social distancing reign supreme at Daulatdia Ghat

Tailback, lack of social distancing reign supreme at Daulatdia Ghat

FE Online Report 2020-07-31 19:45:46

Thousands of people are going home through Daulatdia Ghat, the gateway to 21 districts in the country's south-west region, to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha on Saturday with their loved ones. However, social...

PM greets nation on Eid-ul-Azha

PM greets nation on Eid-ul-Azha

-- 2020-07-31 18:28:13

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has extended her greetings to the people on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, urging them to commit to ensuring the welfare of the country and its people by upholding the spirit of...

Pry headmaster, two others die after inhaling toxic gas in Satkhira

Pry headmaster, two others die after inhaling toxic gas in Satkhira

-- 2020-07-31 16:15:57

Three people, including the headmaster of a government primary school, died after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank at Puijala village in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira on Friday. The deceased were...

Flood situation remains unchanged in Rajbari

Flood situation remains unchanged in Rajbari

OUR CORRESPONDENT, FARIDPUR 2020-07-31 16:10:05

Flood situation in Rajbari district has remained unchanged with the water of the Padma River flowing over the danger level at all points. In the last 24 hours, the water level of the rover at the Dau...

28 more virus deaths, 2,772 fresh cases

28 more virus deaths, 2,772 fresh cases

FE Online Desk 2020-07-31 14:40:56

Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh reached 237,661 on Friday, a rise of 2,772 from the previous day, while related deaths increased by 28 to 3,111; according to data released by th...

Pandemic makes little difference in pre-Eid home rush

Pandemic makes little difference in pre-Eid home rush

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-31 14:07:06

The coronavirus pandemic has made little difference in the pre-Eid home rush picture as a 20km long tailback led to the Paturia Ferry Ghat in Manikganj this morning (Friday) ahead of Eid-al-Azha to be...

Three ‘Yaba traders’ die in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

Three ‘Yaba traders’ die in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

-- 2020-07-31 14:06:07

Three suspected yaba peddlers were killed in a reported gunfight with police on Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar Highway at Amtoli Garjan orchard in Chakaria upazila of the district on Friday. The identities...

Police arrest SUST teacher, husband for torturing ‘domestic help’

Police arrest SUST teacher, husband for torturing ‘domestic help’

-- 2020-07-31 13:45:12

Police arrested a female teacher of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and her husband on Thursday night for allegedly torturing their domestic help. The arrestees were identified...

Police find three bodies of a family in Pirojpur

Police find three bodies of a family in Pirojpur

-- 2020-07-31 13:10:43

Police have recovered the bodies of three members of a family from a house in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur district. The dead were identified as Ainul Hoque Hawlader, 35, his wife Khukumoni Begum, 2...

Month of mourning begins tomorrow

Month of mourning begins tomorrow

-- 2020-07-31 12:46:42

The month of mourning begins tomorrow for the nation to recall once again the most brutal assassination in its history and renew the pledge to safeguard perpetually the country’s independence an...

Crime suspect dies in city 'shootout'

Crime suspect dies in city 'shootout'

-- 2020-07-31 12:35:43

A man has been killed in a so-called shootout with the Rapid Action Battalion in Pallabi area of Dhaka. The dead man was identified as Mohammed Mohsin, 35. He was a 'contract killer', according to th...

Road crash on Dhaka-Sylhet highway kills five

Road crash on Dhaka-Sylhet highway kills five

-- 2020-07-31 11:06:45

Five people were killed and another was injured after a bus hit a private car on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Boraya Chanpur in Osmaninagar upazila early Friday. The identities of the deceased could not b...

Eid rush: Buses, launches hardly go by hygiene norms

Eid rush: Buses, launches hardly go by hygiene norms

TALHA BIN HABIB 2020-07-31 09:26:08

The Sadarghat launch terminal witnessed increased rush of homebound passengers on Thursday as a large number of people left the city for their respective village homes to celebrate the holy Eid-ul-Azh...

FE ex-editor’s 2nd anniv of death tomorrow

FE ex-editor’s 2nd anniv of death tomorrow

FE REPORT 2020-07-31 09:20:30

The 2nd anniversary of death of iconic business journalist and founder editor of The Financial Express (FE) A.H.M. Moazzem Hossain will be observed tomorrow (Saturday). On August 01, 2018 he passed a...

Online reunion for Azizul Haque College batch-91

Online reunion for Azizul Haque College batch-91

FE Online Report 2020-07-31 08:22:15

An online get-together will be hosted for former students of HSC batch-1991 of Government Azizul Haque College, Bogura, says a press release. The initiative has been taken with the intent of amplifyi...

Govt set to release list of verified news portals

Govt set to release list of verified news portals

-- 2020-07-30 21:15:40

The government is set to release the list of online news portals that have been selected for getting registered after a rigorous verification process, reports UNB. Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahm...

Fire breaks out in city slum

Fire breaks out in city slum

FE Online Report 2020-07-30 20:53:31

A devastating fire that broke out at the city’s Bhasantek slum on Thursday evening was brought under control by the fire fighters. Some 10 units of Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence dou...

‘Overhead cables on Gulshan Avenue to go underground’

‘Overhead cables on Gulshan Avenue to go underground’

-- 2020-07-30 19:32:34

All overhead cables on Gulshan Avenue will be put underground by October 1, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam said Thursday. No price will be increased at the consumer level for...

‘60pc Covid-19 dedicated beds still empty in hospitals’

‘60pc Covid-19 dedicated beds still empty in hospitals’

-- 2020-07-30 18:37:35

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said 60 per cent dedicated beds in hospitals for coronavirus patients are still vacant due to proper measures taken by the government durin...

Pallabi blast suspects on 14-day remand

Pallabi blast suspects on 14-day remand

-- 2020-07-30 18:18:27

A Dhaka court has granted the police 14 days to grill the three men who were carrying an explosive device which went off at Pallabi Police Station, leaving five people injured, reports bdnews24.com....

DLS provides medical services for 81,168 cattle

DLS provides medical services for 81,168 cattle

FE Online Report 2020-07-30 18:00:42

Department of Livestock Services (DLS) has provided medical services for 81,168 cattle and 4,13,634 poultry birds through 249 veterinary medical teams in flood-affected areas across the country, accor...

59 members of ‘dope gangs’ held in city

59 members of ‘dope gangs’ held in city

-- 2020-07-30 17:44:12

Detectives in separate drives arrested 59 members of ‘dope gangs’ from different parts of the capital on Thursday. Police also recovered foods mixed with sedatives and knives from their p...