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People over 50 will receive booster doses: Health minister

People over 50 will receive booster doses: Health minister

-- 2022-01-17 15:07:27

Bangladeshi citizens over the age of 50 will receive the COVID-19 booster dose, says Minister of Health and Family Welfare Zahid Maleque. The age limit for the booster shot will be lowered by 10 ye...

Tourists flouting Covid curbs in Cox's Bazar

Tourists flouting Covid curbs in Cox's Bazar

OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR 2022-01-17 09:44:57

Cox's Bazar has come back to life again as a large number of holidaymakers have flocked to the beach city during the ongoing peak tourism season. Tourists, however, have been seen flouting Covid ru...

Groundwater in Bangladesh not falling alarmingly; new studies dispel concerns

Groundwater in Bangladesh not falling alarmingly; new studies dispel concerns

FE REPORT 2022-01-17 09:43:59

The use of groundwater in real terms would be much less than what has been predicted earlier, and that it does not deplete the water table as apprehended earlier. The latest researches on the ground...

Elections, digital security act, labour rights focused in diplomatic briefing

Elections, digital security act, labour rights focused in diplomatic briefing

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-16 21:10:41

Uncontested elections, digital security act, and labour rights were the major topics raised during the diplomatic briefing held in the city on Sunday, officials of the foreign ministry said. Foreign...

50pc voter turnout in Narayanganj city polls, says EC

50pc voter turnout in Narayanganj city polls, says EC

-- 2022-01-16 21:01:14

Some 50 per cent of voters cast ballots in the Narayanganj City Corporation election that was held peacefully on Sunday, said Secretary of the Election Commission (EC) Md Humayun Kabir Khandaker. The...

BSF returns two students held in Hili border

BSF returns two students held in Hili border

-- 2022-01-16 20:18:27

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over two Bangladeshi madrasa students, who illegally entered India, to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) through the Hili border area in Dinajpur after holding a...

Ivy wins Narayanganj city polls for third consecutive term

Ivy wins Narayanganj city polls for third consecutive term

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-16 19:48:59

Awami League-nominated mayoral candidate Selina Hayat Ivy has won the Narayanganj City Corporation election for the third consecutive term. Ivy bagged 161,273 votes in 192 centres and independent can...

‘US imposed sanctions to alert, not to punish RAB’

‘US imposed sanctions to alert, not to punish RAB’

-- 2022-01-16 19:46:46

The United States has said the sanctions imposed on individuals of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) were not meant for punishment as it was done to alert the law enforcement agency. Agriculture Minis...

President urges all to work together on basic issues

President urges all to work together on basic issues

-- 2022-01-16 19:37:37

President Md Abdul Hamid on Sunday called upon all, irrespective of party affiliations, opinions, classes and professions, to work together on basic issues like democracy, rule of law and country's de...

AL to join president's talks on EC formation Monday

AL to join president's talks on EC formation Monday

-- 2022-01-16 18:59:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lead a 10-member delegation of her Awami League party at a dialogue with President Abdul Hamid on the formation of the next Election Commission (EC) at Bangabhaban on...

‘No food shortage, famine in northern Bangladesh anymore’

‘No food shortage, famine in northern Bangladesh anymore’

-- 2022-01-16 18:51:06

The northern part of Bangladesh does not suffer from food shortage or famine anymore, as the Awami League government has ‘achieved’ its overall development goal in the region, said Prime M...

'Voting by EVM made me as happy as the day my wife agreed to marry me'

'Voting by EVM made me as happy as the day my wife agreed to marry me'

-- 2022-01-16 18:24:53

Narayanganj MP Shamim Osman has expressed his delight at casting his first ballot by an electronic voting machine, or EVM, at the mayoral polls. Arriving at the Narayanganj Ideal School centre minute...

5,222 new Covid-19 cases, eight deaths reported in 24 hours

5,222 new Covid-19 cases, eight deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-01-16 17:51:41

Bangladesh has recorded 5,222 coronavirus cases in a daily count, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,617,711. The death toll from Covid-19 rose by 8 to 28,136 in the 24 hours to 8 am Sunday,...

SC clears way to operate Delta Life by administrator

SC clears way to operate Delta Life by administrator

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-16 17:31:14

The Appellate Division on Sunday upheld till January 23 its chamber judge’s order that stayed the proceedings of a High Court verdict declaring the appointment of an administrator to operate Del...

Voting in Narayanganj city polls ends peacefully

Voting in Narayanganj city polls ends peacefully

-- 2022-01-16 17:30:04

In stark contrast to the recent local government elections across the country, there were no major disturbances, nor any significant clash of candidates in Narayanganj. Instead, the closely-watched c...

Lack of recycling causes 60pc plastic waste to end up on land and in reservoirs in Bangladesh

Lack of recycling causes 60pc plastic waste to end up on land and in reservoirs in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-16 17:27:14

A maximum of 40 per cent plastic waste is recycled in Bangladesh while the remaining 60 per cent falls on land and in reservoirs, including rivers, canals and sea, causing environmental pollution and...

Govt job seekers block city roads demanding extension of age limit

Govt job seekers block city roads demanding extension of age limit

-- 2022-01-16 17:21:56

Job seekers, under the banner of Sarbadaliya Chhatra Oikya Parishad, staged demonstrations in Nilkhet intersection in Dhaka on Sunday demanding extension of age limit to apply for the government jobs....

Officials expect good voter turnout in Narayanganj city polls

Officials expect good voter turnout in Narayanganj city polls

-- 2022-01-16 16:52:50

Voters have been turning up at polling centres in good numbers to cast ballots Narayanganj city election amid a festive and peaceful atmosphere, according to Returning Officer Mahfuza Akhter. Voting...

HC allows Evaly board to withdraw money from two bank accounts

HC allows Evaly board to withdraw money from two bank accounts

-- 2022-01-16 16:50:48

The High Court on Sunday allowed the court-appointed board of directors of the controversial e-commerce platform Evaly to withdraw Tk 23.51 million kept in the organisation's two bank accounts and uti...

Book fair delayed for two weeks due to Covid concerns

Book fair delayed for two weeks due to Covid concerns

-- 2022-01-16 16:14:17

The month-long Ekushey Book Fair, which usually begins at the start of February in Dhaka, has been pushed back two weeks amid a spike in Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh. “The Bangla Academy has ma...

GM Quader tests positive for Covid-19

GM Quader tests positive for Covid-19

-- 2022-01-16 15:45:47

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has tested positive for Covid-19. GM Quader underwent the mandatory Covid-19 test before attending the parliament's new session on Saturday and his report came positiv...

PM Hasina says her govt wants to build tech-savvy nation

PM Hasina says her govt wants to build tech-savvy nation

-- 2022-01-16 15:15:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government's main focus is on building a modern and technology-knowledge based nation, BSS reports. "Our aim is to turn Bangladesh into a developed and pro...

Narayanganj city polls: Voter lines grow longer

Narayanganj city polls: Voter lines grow longer

-- 2022-01-16 12:12:07

The nearly 525,000 voters of the Narayanganj City Corporation have begun turning up at polling centres in numbers as the city election kicked off festively on Sunday, bdnews24.com reports. In some ar...

Narayanganj voters deciding their fate

Narayanganj voters deciding their fate

-- 2022-01-16 09:56:15

Voters in Narayanganj have begun casting their votes to decide whether to let Salina Hayat Ivy continue as mayor of the city corporation for another term, or replace her with main contender Taimur Ala...

Ferry shortage creates long queues of vehicles on Paturia-Daulatdia route

Ferry shortage creates long queues of vehicles on Paturia-Daulatdia route

SAZZAD BABU 2022-01-16 09:27:51

FARIDPUR: Shortage of ferries and their suspension due to dense fog have been continuing to disrupt services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route, causing sufferings to passengers and transport workers. Hu...

Non-compliant kilns damaging ecosystem across Bangladesh

Non-compliant kilns damaging ecosystem across Bangladesh

FE REPORT 2022-01-16 09:17:02

A large number of brick kilns across the country are running without compliance, causing a serious impact on the environment, according to a study. An estimated 35 per cent of the kilns are also oper...

BTRC issues guidelines on granting VSAT licences

BTRC issues guidelines on granting VSAT licences

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2022-01-16 09:14:10

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has issued guidelines on granting licences to operate VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) for providing internet connectivity by using satelli...

Tall amounts of toll topple transgender rehabilitation programmes

Tall amounts of toll topple transgender rehabilitation programmes

Jubair Hasan 2022-01-16 09:11:37

A growing number of transgender people roam around Dhaka for the lure of huge informal economic opportunities, often tormenting the city- dwellers both financially and mentally, as their rehabilitatio...

Gazprom rallying rigs to drill three onshore wells

Gazprom rallying rigs to drill three onshore wells

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2022-01-16 09:08:53

The Russian oil-gas exploration company Gazprom starts mobilising rigs and equipment to do the drilling of three onshore gas wells in gas-rich Bhola island. It has already taken over the sites to pri...

Fund for roads yet to get going, even after eight years

Fund for roads yet to get going, even after eight years

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-01-16 09:06:22

The Road Maintenance Fund (RMF) could not be made functional in last eight years since its inception in 2013 due to absence of necessary rules and regulations, sources said. They also alleged that so...