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Manpower export to Kuwait may be affected

Manpower export to Kuwait may be affected

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2020-07-22 09:38:01

Manpower export to Kuwait is likely to face a blow as a consequence of the negative impact of human trafficking scam of independent lawmaker Shahidul Islam. Mr Islam, who was arrested on charge of...

Parliamentary affairs secretary dies of COVID-19

Parliamentary affairs secretary dies of COVID-19

-- 2020-07-21 23:31:44

Naren Das, the secretary to the Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division at the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, has died of COVID-19. He breathed his last at Bangabandhu She...

Eid-ul-Azha on August 1

Eid-ul-Azha on August 1

-- 2020-07-21 21:28:53

Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on August 1 (Saturday), as the new moon of the Arabic month of Zilhaj was not sighted in Bangla...

'Malaysia should end manhunt for BD worker Kabir'

'Malaysia should end manhunt for BD worker Kabir'

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-21 21:23:44

Malaysia should end the manhunt for Bangladeshi migrant worker Kabir, end its attacks on media freedom, and stop mistreating migrants and harassing those who defend them, said Human Rights Watch (HRW)...

PM expresses dissatisfaction for slow pace in project works

PM expresses dissatisfaction for slow pace in project works

-- 2020-07-21 21:21:01

Expressing dissatisfaction for delay in implementation of development projects, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked different departments concerned to strengthen coordination among them to a...

‘Evolve specific strategy to improve services’

‘Evolve specific strategy to improve services’

-- 2020-07-21 20:42:37

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has directed different entities in power sector to evolve specific working strategy to improve the consumers’ services. He ga...

SC stays order on compensation to United Hospital fire victims

SC stays order on compensation to United Hospital fire victims

-- 2020-07-21 20:39:14

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a High Court order that had directed to pay Tk 3.0 million to each of the families of four out of five victims who were killed in a fire a...

PM to give financial assistance to non-MPO teachers, employees

PM to give financial assistance to non-MPO teachers, employees

-- 2020-07-21 20:35:19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided to provide financial assistance of over Taka 281.8 million to the teachers and employees of the non-MPO educational institutions. “The prime minister to...

Director general of DGHS Abul Kalam Azad resigns

Director general of DGHS Abul Kalam Azad resigns

-- 2020-07-21 20:11:37

Abul Kalam Azad has resigned as the chief of the Directorate General of Health Services, a key agency in the fight against the pandemic, amid a series of scams related to COVID-19 tests, reports bdnew...

DSCC to set up 11 cattle markets

DSCC to set up 11 cattle markets

-- 2020-07-21 19:09:54

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has fixed 11 spots to set up makeshift cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. The DSCC authorities took the decision on Sunday, reports UNB agency citing a press rel...

Govt makes wearing masks mandatory

Govt makes wearing masks mandatory

-- 2020-07-21 18:55:57

The government on Tuesday ordered its citizens to wear masks whenever they go out of homes to limit the transmission of coronavirus. A circular was issued by the health ministry in the afternoon, acc...

COVID-19 test scam: Shahabuddin hospital MD remanded

COVID-19 test scam: Shahabuddin hospital MD remanded

-- 2020-07-21 18:38:17

A Dhaka court has granted the police five days to quiz Faisal Al Islam, the managing director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital, along with two others in a case accusing the private facility of...

Global Entrepreneurship and Investment Summit 2020 ends

Global Entrepreneurship and Investment Summit 2020 ends

FE Online Report 2020-07-21 17:52:50

Better Bangladesh Foundation in partnership with BBF Global concluded its flagship webinar, Global Entrepreneurship and Investment Summit 2020, says a press release. The session was hosted online on...

BB eases process for outward dividend remittances 

BB eases process for outward dividend remittances 

FE Online Report 2020-07-21 16:52:58

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has relaxed operational process for outward remittances of dividend to encourage foreign nationals to investment more in Bangladesh. Under the relaxations, authorised dealer (AD)...

Water level rising in Ganges basin

Water level rising in Ganges basin

Water level rising in Ganges basin 2020-07-21 16:43:29

Amidst heavy downpour and incessant onrushing of water from upstream over the past one week, water level in Ganges basin has increased further escalating a flood situation in char (riverbed) and other...

No special train during Eid-ul-Azha this year: Minister

No special train during Eid-ul-Azha this year: Minister

-- 2020-07-21 16:04:44

Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan on Tuesday said no arrangements have been taken to operate special trains ahead of Eid-ul-Azha this year, reports UNB. The government is discouraging people to...

First transhipment from India arrives at Chattogram port

First transhipment from India arrives at Chattogram port

-- 2020-07-21 15:55:20

The Chattogram port has received the first shipment of goods from India as part of a 2018 agreement on using the ports and land routes of Bangladesh to transport goods to northeastern India. The ship...

BD registers 3,057 new coronavirus cases, 41 more deaths

BD registers 3,057 new coronavirus cases, 41 more deaths

FE Online Desk 2020-07-21 14:39:28

The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 210,510 on Tuesday as the country registered 3,057 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Besides, 41 more people died from Covid-19 du...

DU teacher demoted over polls scam

DU teacher demoted over polls scam

-- 2020-07-21 14:02:53

The Dhaka University authorities have demoted Associate Professor Sabnam Jahan of the management department to assistant professor for her alleged involvement in irregularities during the DUCSU polls...

After Switzerland, Bangladeshi mangoes now going to Italy, UK, Austria

After Switzerland, Bangladeshi mangoes now going to Italy, UK, Austria

-- 2020-07-21 13:50:28

After Switzerland, Bangladesh has now started exporting mangoes to Italy's Milan while other consignments are going to the UK and Austria this week. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam...

Rain likely to continue for three more days

Rain likely to continue for three more days

-- 2020-07-21 12:22:50

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Tuesday forecast that rain or thundershowers may continue over the next 72 hours across the country. “Light to moderate rain, thundershowers ac...

Marina Tabassum in world’s top 50 thinkers’ list

Marina Tabassum in world’s top 50 thinkers’ list

-- 2020-07-21 11:52:36

Bangladeshi Architect Marina Tabassum's name was registered in the list of world's top 50 thinkers in 2020. UK-based magazine Prospect published the list on July 14. Prospect said there is nothing...

Female CU student ‘kills self’

Female CU student ‘kills self’

-- 2020-07-21 11:17:28

A female student of the Department of Public Administration of Chittagong University reportedly took her own life at her home in Dewanbazar of Chattogram city on Monday night.   The deceased was...

RAB arrests Shahabuddin hospital MD Faisal Al Islam

RAB arrests Shahabuddin hospital MD Faisal Al Islam

-- 2020-07-21 10:29:37

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Faisal Al Islam, the managing director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital, after initiating a case against the institution on charges of running unau...

Highway robbers on the loose

Highway robbers on the loose

Nazimuddin Shyamol 2020-07-21 09:54:37

CHATTOGRAM: Highway robbers have become active again on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway recently, leading to a rise in the incidents of looting of lorries and trucks carrying imported items and RMG produ...

Sample testing for travelling abroad starts

Sample testing for travelling abroad starts

FE REPORT 2020-07-21 09:50:59

The authorities have started taking samples for Covid-19 test from Bangladeshi citizens willing to go abroad. On July 20, samples were collected at a temporary Covid-19 isolation centre in Mohakhali...

More Bangladeshis willing to return home from Vietnam amid flight suspension

More Bangladeshis willing to return home from Vietnam amid flight suspension

-- 2020-07-21 09:48:56

More Bangladeshi nationals are willing to return home from Vietnam while flight operations remain suspended. Over a dozen Bangladeshis citizens rushed to Hanoi from Guntao and held a sit-in near the...

Bangladesh slips four notches in EGDI

Bangladesh slips four notches in EGDI

Saif Uddin 2020-07-21 09:43:01

Bangladesh has slipped four notches down to 119th position in the UN E-Government Development Index (EGDI) that measures the position of a country in terms of provision of online services, telecommu...

BD to get corona vaccine free of cost: Health services secy

BD to get corona vaccine free of cost: Health services secy

FE REPORT 2020-07-21 09:39:00

Health Services Division Secretary Abdul Mannan on Monday said Bangladesh will get coronavirus vaccine on a priority basis and free of cost once it is invented. "Countries like United Kingdom and Chi...

Ensure adequate relief for flood victims: PM

Ensure adequate relief for flood victims: PM

-- 2020-07-20 23:41:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities to ensure that there is no shortage of relief materials for the people affected by the floods in Bangladesh. Hasina spelt out the instruction...