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Italy to hire workers from Bangladesh, 30 other non-EU countries

Italy to hire workers from Bangladesh, 30 other non-EU countries

ARAFAT ARA 2022-01-28 10:07:57

Italy will hire seasonal and non-seasonal workers from different countries, including Bangladesh, creating an opportunity for the youths to find jobs in the European country. The government of Italy...

BB asks dealer banks to aid local companies to invest abroad

BB asks dealer banks to aid local companies to invest abroad

FE REPORT 2022-01-28 10:06:36

The central bank forwarded Thursday a notification on capital- account transactions to all the foreign-currency dealer banks for assisting Bangladeshi entrepreneurs in making offshore equity investmen...

ACC lists 68 persons, entities named in Paradise, Panama Papers

ACC lists 68 persons, entities named in Paradise, Panama Papers

FE REPORT 2022-01-28 10:05:46

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has compiled a list of 61 Bangladeshi individuals and seven entities, published in the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers leak for their involvement in money launde...

Satellite company gets income tax waiver for five years

Satellite company gets income tax waiver for five years

FE REPORT 2022-01-28 10:03:38

The revenue board has exempted Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited (BSCL) from paying income tax for a period of the next five years. The tax waiver on the earnings from operations of Bangabandhu Sa...

Mass inoculation still the national priority, health expert tells FE webinar

Mass inoculation still the national priority, health expert tells FE webinar

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-27 22:29:07

Bangladesh needs to focus on vaccinating almost all people, apart from maintaining health protocols in order to contain the spread of highly transmissible coronavirus variant Omicron, a public health...

India seeks justice for Pakistan’s genocide in Bangladesh’s Liberation War at UNSC

India seeks justice for Pakistan’s genocide in Bangladesh’s Liberation War at UNSC

-- 2022-01-27 20:56:59

India raised the issue of the 1971 genocide carried out by Pakistani army during Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and sought justice. Participating in t...

Bangladesh shifting its main focus towards addressing climate change

Bangladesh shifting its main focus towards addressing climate change

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-27 20:50:25

Being the seventh most climate-vulnerable country in the world, Bangladesh is considering adapting its main focus towards addressing climate effects, according to the environment ministry. Banglades...

ACC compiles 68 individuals, entities as money launderer

ACC compiles 68 individuals, entities as money launderer

-- 2022-01-27 20:29:47

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has compiled a list of 61 Bangladeshi individuals and 7 entities published in Panama Papers and Paradise Papers leak as money launderer. However, none of the list...

Biman cabin crew member detained in Saudi Arabia with gold, currency

Biman cabin crew member detained in Saudi Arabia with gold, currency

-- 2022-01-27 19:20:37

A cabin crew member of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been detained at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah with gold and foreign currency. The flag carrier has fired t...

Govt urged to mark Data Privacy Day at national level

Govt urged to mark Data Privacy Day at national level

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-27 19:15:08

Tele Consumers Association of Bangladesh (TCAB) on Thursday urged the government to take the initiatives to mark Data Privacy Day at the state level. Recognising the importance of data protection, it...

‘Women’s participation in journalism still very low’

‘Women’s participation in journalism still very low’

-- 2022-01-27 19:03:32

The participation of women in journalism is still very low for various socioeconomic drawbacks, speakers said at a dialogue on Thursday. They said the presence of women in journalism, especially in l...

Bangladesh’s logs 15,807 new Covid cases, 15 deaths

Bangladesh’s logs 15,807 new Covid cases, 15 deaths

-- 2022-01-27 17:45:23

Bangladesh has reported 15,807 new coronavirus cases in a day, taking the total caseload to 1,747,331. The death toll rose to 28,288 as 15 more patients died from the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am...

Last segment of MRT-6 line installed Thursday

Last segment of MRT-6 line installed Thursday

-- 2022-01-27 17:02:24

Bangladesh's first metro rail on a 20.1 km route from Uttara to Motijheel became completely visible on Thursday after the installation of the last girder of the viaduct. The milestone was achieved at...

DU student tortured for failing to attend BCL meeting due to illness

DU student tortured for failing to attend BCL meeting due to illness

-- 2022-01-27 16:49:23

A Dhaka University student has been tortured physically and mentally after he failed to attend a programme, organised by Bangladesh Chhatra League, due to his illness. Akhtarul Islam, the victim who...

Powerful poems are effective tools to inspire people, says PM

Powerful poems are effective tools to inspire people, says PM

-- 2022-01-27 16:04:22

Recalling the significant contributions of cultural activities to every national struggle since the Language Movement, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said powerful poems are stronger tools t...

Environment, cultural affairs ministers test Covid positive

Environment, cultural affairs ministers test Covid positive

-- 2022-01-27 15:17:24

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin and State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid, along with his wife, have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Minister Shahab Uddin provid...

Election Commission search panel includes a woman

Election Commission search panel includes a woman

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-27 14:54:44

The Bangladesh parliament has greenlighted the much-discussed bill on the formation of the Election Commission (EC) while mandating the inclusion of a woman in the president-nominated two-member searc...

Rain catches Dhaka city dwellers off guard

Rain catches Dhaka city dwellers off guard

FE REPORT 2022-01-27 09:19:18

The capital witnessed a moderate rain on Wednesday afternoon, creating inconveniences to the city-dwellers especially returnees from offices. The nearly half-an-hour shower had started around 5:00pm...

Sylhet city produces 54 tonnes of plastic waste every day

Sylhet city produces 54 tonnes of plastic waste every day

-- 2022-01-26 21:58:31

Around 54 tonnes of plastic waste was generated daily in Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) last year, according to a new study. “Of the plastic waste, the most used single-use plastic products were...

FE to hold dialogue on overall preparedness for the supposed new wave

FE to hold dialogue on overall preparedness for the supposed new wave

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-26 20:49:11

The Financial Express will hold the seventh episode of its webinar series tomorrow (Thursday). This episode will focus on the overall impact of the new Omicron variant, the recent spike in infection...

BNP, Jamaat hired eight lobbyists in US to spread misinformation: Momen

BNP, Jamaat hired eight lobbyists in US to spread misinformation: Momen

-- 2022-01-26 20:27:22

The government has appointed a public relations firm to convey the “truth” to dispel “misinformation” spread by “lobbyists” appointed by the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami...

Head-on collision between bus, autorickshaw leaves five dead in Bogura

Head-on collision between bus, autorickshaw leaves five dead in Bogura

-- 2022-01-26 20:22:26

A head-on collision between a bus and an autorickshaw has left five people from the three-wheeler dead in Sherpur area of Bogura. The incident occurred at the Upazila’s Ranir Mor on Dhaka-Bogur...

Health directorate issues clinical guidelines to combat omicron

Health directorate issues clinical guidelines to combat omicron

-- 2022-01-26 20:03:48

The Directorate General of Health Services has sent a set of clinical guidelines to all medical institutions citing omicron as the chief reason for the uptick of COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh. Studies...

Alleged money laundering information of 10 Bangladeshis received

Alleged money laundering information of 10 Bangladeshis received

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-26 19:57:29

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has received responses from the financial intelligence units (FIUs) of different other countries about 10 individuals or entities whose names were pub...

Railway tickets go black market despite online ticketing system

Railway tickets go black market despite online ticketing system

-- 2022-01-26 17:51:04

Zakir Hossain, a Dhaka-based doctor, travels to Rajshahi by train at least four times a month. He is doing an MPhil at Rajshahi University. "I love to travel by train as it is safe, comfortable, and...

Coronavirus: 15,527 cases, 17 deaths reported in 24 hours

Coronavirus: 15,527 cases, 17 deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-01-26 17:22:26

Bangladesh has reported 15,527 new coronavirus cases, taking the total caseload to 1,731,524. The death toll rose to 28,273 as 17 more patients died from the disease in the 24 hours to 8:00 am on Wed...

Some vice-chancellors stirring up anger among students, Inu says

Some vice-chancellors stirring up anger among students, Inu says

-- 2022-01-26 16:48:09

Hasanul Haq Inu, the president of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, has accused vice-chancellors of some public universities of spreading incitement among students against the government. “Nonsensic...

EC formation bill: Parliamentary body recommends two changes

EC formation bill: Parliamentary body recommends two changes

-- 2022-01-26 16:28:25

The standing committee on the law ministry has presented a report recommending two changes to the bill on the formation of the Election Commission in parliament. Chairman of the committee Shahiduzzam...

Train rams autorickshaw in Nilphamari, three die

Train rams autorickshaw in Nilphamari, three die

-- 2022-01-26 16:22:01

Three people were killed after a train rammed an autorickshaw at a level crossing in Nilphamari. Five others were injured in the incident that occurred in Sadar Upazila’s Darwani area around 7:...

SUST students end hunger strike after seven days

SUST students end hunger strike after seven days

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-26 12:48:31

Protesting students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) ended their hunger strike at the request of renowned writer and former SUST Professor Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal. Mohammed Za...