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PM releases stamp on 50 years of Bangabandhu's homecoming

-- 2022-01-11 10:09:40

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has released a commemorative postage stamp, a first-day cover, and a data card marking 50 years of the historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh M...

Teachers of non-government institutions demand nationalisation of their jobs

FE REPORT 2022-01-11 10:03:13

Non-government teachers and employees on Monday demanded the government nationalise their jobs taking their woes as they were going through a difficult time. They made the demand at a sit-in programm...

Three DMCH staff injured in attack by Chhatra League activists

-- 2022-01-10 23:07:19

Three staff of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) were injured in an attack by some activists of the DMCH unit Chhatra League during a sit-in programme at the college premises on Monday. The i...

Transport owners seek to raise fares for half-capacity trips

-- 2022-01-10 22:13:38

Transport owners are keen to raise fares once again to offset their losses after the government halved the seating capacity in a bid to stem the spike in Covid-19 infections. The government on Monday...

Guliakhali Sea Beach now 'reserved tourism zone'

-- 2022-01-10 21:47:57

Guliakhali Sea Beach, a little-known sea beach located at Sitakundu upazila in Chattogram, has been declared as a reserved area for tourism, reports UNB.   The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tou...

JP wants EC formation law for acceptable polls

-- 2022-01-10 21:45:40

Jatiya Party (JP) led by Anwar Hossain Manju MP on Monday told President Abdul Hamid that the party wanted the next Election Commission to be formed under a law provided by the constitution. A seven-...

Electoral system collapses in Bangladesh, GM Quader claims

-- 2022-01-10 20:56:44

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Monday alleged that the incidents of killing in the name of election have become a regular feature in Bangladesh as the electoral system here has just collapsed. &l...

PM asks all to keep up pace of development

-- 2022-01-10 20:39:56

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon the people to keep up the pace of the economic progress that the country has achieved in the great stride of all to build 'Sonar Bangla'. "InshAllah...

Bangladesh condemns Houthi attacks on humanitarian work in Yemen

-- 2022-01-10 19:59:13

Bangladesh has strongly condemned the Houthi militias’ hijacking of a UAE flag-bearing cargo ship called “Rawabi” off the coast of Al Hudayah Governorate engaged in medical equipment...

Govt imposes tough restrictions as virus cases surge

-- 2022-01-10 19:03:16

The government has announced new pandemic restrictions, including a vaccine-certificate requirement for dining in restaurants, amid fears of the spread of omicron, a highly contagious COVID-19 variant...

Customs official gets death threat by smugglers

-- 2022-01-10 18:54:59

A customs official, who received death threats from members of a smuggling syndicate, lodged a general diary (GD) with the local police station seeking security. Deputy Commissioner of Benapole Custo...

A group of fishermen earns Tk 0.6m with a single cast of net

-- 2022-01-10 18:20:47

A group of fishermen have caught about 300 maunds (1 maund = 37 kg) of fish in a single cast of the net that earned them Tk 600,000. Md Kalim Ullah, a fisherman from Pan Majher Para, and his team net...

SSC, HSC exams depend on the pandemic situation, says Dipu Moni

-- 2022-01-10 17:35:22

The education ministry will determine the fate of this year’s Secondary School Certificate, Higher Secondary Certificate and their equivalent exams after reviewing the Covid-19 situation. &ldqu...

Bangladesh reports nine more patients with omicron variant of Covid

-- 2022-01-10 17:30:11

Bangladesh has detected the omicron variant of Covid-19 in nine more patients, pushing the total number of cases of the new strain in the country to 30. All the patients are residents of Dhaka, repor...

2,231 Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-01-10 17:16:33

New COVID-19 cases have soared by 2,231 in the past 24 hours in the country, according to the latest government data, taking the total caseload to 1,595,931. It is a 49.6 per cent jump from Sunday an...

Ekushey Book Fair to open Feb 1 with health restrictions in place

-- 2022-01-10 17:09:38

The Bangla Academy is making preparations to open the Ekushey Book Fair on Feb 1 while imposing health restrictions on the event. “We are taking all the necessary preparations to open the book...

HC stays for three months procurement of service providers by BCPCL

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-10 16:33:31

The High Court has stayed for three months the appointment of the stevedore service providers by the Bangladesh China Power Company Limited (BCPCL) for their own service in the inner jetty of the Payr...

Bangladesh sees a surge in Omicron cases, infections rise to 30

-- 2022-01-10 15:14:37

Nine more cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been detected in Bangladesh, taking the total tally to 30 till Monday, according to GISAID, the global database for genomic data on t...

Govt decides to keep schools open, ramp up vaccination

-- 2022-01-10 13:56:42

The Bangladesh government has decided to keep schools open, but emphasised the need for vaccination as the COVID-19 pandemic situation worsens in the country. Those students who face health r...

Light to moderate rain likely in parts of country

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-10 13:47:01

Light to moderate rainfall may occur in the country including the capital Dhaka on Tuesday, officials said. Talking to The Financial Express, Dr Muhammad Abul Kalam Mallik, a meteorologist at Banglad...

Workplace accidents killed 1,053 in Bangladesh last year: BILS

FE REPORT 2022-01-10 10:25:05

A total of 1,053 workers were killed and 594 others injured in workplace accidents across the country in 2021, reveals a survey conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS). Besid...

PM Hasina pays homage to Bangabandhu on Homecoming Day

-- 2022-01-10 10:17:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the Homecoming Day of the great leader, BSS reports. The premier along...

Internet speed to be slower, price costlier in Bangladesh

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2022-01-10 10:17:20

Internet speed is likely to be slower while the price of internet will be costlier in the country due to the use of higher volume of internet for the removal and transfer of cache servers across the c...

Boro farmers worried about delay in embankment protection projects

OUR CORRESPONDENT, SYLHET 2022-01-10 09:49:23

Flash floods in haor areas often cause huge damage to Boro harvest. In response, the government has initiated investment in embankment construction and repair. However, farmers in Sylhet's haor are...

Fire burns down 'thousands' of houses in Rohingya camp

-- 2022-01-09 22:13:32

A fire has reportedly scorched through thousands of houses and establishments at a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya. However, no fatalities have yet been reported after the fire broke out on Sun...

BIWTA suspends operation of Surovi-9

-- 2022-01-09 21:02:40

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has suspended the operations of MV Surovi-9 over allegations of a technical glitch after a fire broke out on it Saturday night while carrying 300 pa...

Two restaurants fined Tk 0.15m in DMP drive

-- 2022-01-09 20:57:30

A mobile court of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) fined two restaurants a combined Tk 150,000 for preparing food in an unhealthy environment by conducting raids in Kalabagan and Kataban areas of the c...

Four students killed in Bagerhat road crash

-- 2022-01-09 20:13:46

Four madrasa students were killed and another injured as a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Shyambagat area in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat on Sunday, police said. The deceased were identified as...

Murad, wife surrender arms to police

-- 2022-01-09 19:39:20

Murad Hassan's family has surrendered a pistol and two shotguns to the police after the disgraced politician’s wife accused him of domestic abuse. One of the shotguns and the pistol are licence...

Govt makes all-out effort to ensure safe school environment, Dipu Moni says

-- 2022-01-09 19:32:49

Education Minister Dipu Moni says the government is making an all-out effort to create a safe school environment for students amid mounting fears over the spread of a highly-transmissible new strain o...