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Dried fish processing plagued by problems

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-01-26 10:19:28

COX'S BAZAR: Fish drying is now going on in full swing in the coastal district. Hundreds of fishermen and workers in several areas of Cox's Bazar have been found to be busy drying fishes, currently be...

World Bank urged to keep supporting Bangladesh in facing Covid, post-LDC challenges

FE REPORT 2022-01-26 10:15:57

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has urged the World Bank Group and World Trade Organization (WTO) to continue supporting Bangladesh, in order to help the country face challenges involving its LDC gradua...

Denmark to help Bangladesh process agro products

FE REPORT 2022-01-26 10:05:11

Denmark shows interest in investing in Bangladesh to help the latter process its agricultural products. The Scandinavian nation will also assist Bangladesh in improving the quality of its farm prod...

‘All canals under DNCC to be recovered according to GIS map’

-- 2022-01-25 21:38:34

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Tuesday said every canal in the city will be recovered according to the GIS map with the help of the people no matter what the obstacles ar...

President asks police members to ensure 'hassle-free' services

-- 2022-01-25 20:46:01

President Md Abdul Hamid has asked police personnel to ensure hassle-free services for the countrymen. The head of the state gave the directive while virtually addressing a function marking "the Poli...

Dhaka-Sylhet long march Wednesday in support of SUST students  

-- 2022-01-25 20:37:49

Bibekban Nagarik Samaj, a platform of civil society members, has announced a long march programme on Wednesday from Dhaka to Sylhet to support the students of Shahjalal University of Science and Techn...

BNP in frustration after failure in Narayanganj polls, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2022-01-25 19:48:12

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP is now in frustration and they are passing bad days in politics after their defeat in Narayanganj City Corporation polls. “BNP is now...

EC formation law a blueprint for stage-managed election, Fakhrul alleges

-- 2022-01-25 19:41:31

BNP’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has described the government’s attempt to enact a law on the Election Commission formation ‘hurriedly’ and ‘secretly&r...

Taking Omicron lightly may be catastrophic, warns Health Minister

-- 2022-01-25 19:16:02

Violating health guidelines taking Omicron strain of coronavirus lightly and considering it to be less dangerous may cause great damage, warned Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday. "The governme...

Two ex-SUST students held in Dhaka for sending money to protesters

-- 2022-01-25 18:32:11

A team of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday arrested two former students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on charge of sending money to the protesting students...

Banks asked not to terminate employees for failure to fulfill target of deposit

-- 2022-01-25 18:21:19

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked banks not to terminate any officials or employees due to their failure to fulfill the target of deposit collection. Banks also will not be allowed to either postpone th...

HC directs to shutdown illegal brick kilns in three districts of CHT FE ONLINE REPORT

-- 2022-01-25 18:14:37

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday directed the concerned bodies to shut down all the illegal brick kilns in three districts of Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT), Khagrachari, Bandarban and Rangamati, within s...

DB jackets to get QR codes

-- 2022-01-25 18:01:41

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police will imprint a barcode or quick response code on each uniform to separate originals from imitations. The move comes amid reports of scandalous a...

HC allows Evaly board to appoint any renowned firm for its audit  

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-25 17:29:10

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday allowed the court-appointed Board of Directors of the controversial e-commerce company Evaly Limited to appoint any renowned audit firm instead of KPMG (Rahman Rahman Hu...

Covid-19 caseload crosses 1.7m as daily infections hit 16,033

-- 2022-01-25 17:25:22

Bangladesh has reported 16,033 new coronavirus cases, the highest in a day since July 28, taking the total caseload to 1,715,997. The infections soared past 16,000 cases for the second time in the co...

Ecnec approves Tk 18.03b project to fight flood, riverbank erosion

-- 2022-01-25 17:25:04

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved 10 projects, including a Tk 18.03 billion one, to minimise damages caused by flood and riverbank erosion in four districts...

Online classes can’t make up for learning losses during school closure  

SM Najmus Sakib   2022-01-25 17:15:45

Inadequate preparedness for offering online and TV-based education has created fear of loss of learning of an entire generation as the government has once again suspended in-person classes to stem the...

Events on Bangabandhu to be held at 100 prominent universities across world

-- 2022-01-25 17:05:36

Bangabandhu Foundation has initiated a plan to hold seminars, workshops and other events on the ideology and principles of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at 100 prominent unive...

Nine zebras die in safari park

-- 2022-01-25 16:37:54

At least nine zebras have died in 22 days in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur. Md Jahidul Kabir, project director of the safari park, said the animals died between Jan 2 and Jan 24, bu...

CID ‘detains’ two former SUST students from Dhaka

-- 2022-01-25 16:09:02

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has 'picked up' two former students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology from their home in Uttara, according to their families. The...

SUST hunger strike: Medical support for students ‘withdrawn’

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-25 14:20:10

The free medical support for the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) students on hunger strike and their mobile phone services have been allegedly suspended. The students embarked o...

Bangladesh drops one notch in global corruption ranking

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-25 12:53:07

Bangladesh has gone down one step in the global corruption perception index (CPI) 2021, ranking 147th among 180 countries.  The country’s position was 146th in 2020 in the CPI prepared by...

Bangladesh receives 2.12 million more AstraZeneca doses from France

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-25 12:34:04

France has donated another 2,126,100 or 2.12 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Bangladesh through the global sharing platform COVAX. An Emirates flight carried the consignment to Shahjalal...

Technology development a big challenge for Bangladesh after graduating from LDC, says Japanese envoy

-- 2022-01-25 10:48:59

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki has said innovation and technology development will play a key role in coping with new challenges as Bangladesh graduates from LDC status soon, reports UN...

World Bank to push limping projects

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2022-01-25 10:17:38

Negotiators are doing hectic homework as the World Bank sits shortly with government side to clear bottlenecks to slow-going projects it has financed in Bangladesh, sources say. A number of the World...

Three Omicron sub-types sweep Bangladesh

FE REPORT 2022-01-25 08:55:02

The spike in coronavirus infection continues unabated as Bangladesh has spotted three different sub-types of Omicron variant, causing social transmission here. The International Centre for Diarrhoeal...

Oman envoy praises Bangladeshi workers’ contribution to their economy 

-- 2022-01-24 20:55:11

Oman's newly appointed Charge d' Affaires (CDA) Abdul Ghaffar Bin Abdul Karim Al- Bulushi has appreciated the Bangladeshi workforce for their roles in the infrastructure building and development proje...

Russia greets Bangladesh on 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties

-- 2022-01-24 20:39:23

Russian foreign ministry has greeted Bangladesh as Dhaka and Moscow are set to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations on January 25.    "Congratulations to our Bangladeshi f...

SUST VC apologises for comments on JU students

-- 2022-01-24 20:38:35

Vice-Chancellor Farid Uddin Ahmed of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has apologised for his past remarks on the female students of Jahangirnagar University (JU). Amid protes...

‘Govt will wait for a week to take more decisions on Covid curbs’

-- 2022-01-24 19:51:51

State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain on Monday said that further decision on extending the ongoing restriction on public movement and other activities will be taken after observing...