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Three teenagers die as fire burns shanty in Uttara slum

Three teenagers die as fire burns shanty in Uttara slum

-- 2022-01-04 12:31:14

Three teenagers have died after a fire swept through a shack at a slum in Dhaka's Uttara. The incident occurred at the 'Manik slum' sprawling over government-owned land in Chandalbhog early Tuesday,...

Dhaka South City Corporation starts drive against illegal rickshaws

Dhaka South City Corporation starts drive against illegal rickshaws

FE REPORT 2022-01-04 10:44:37

The authorities of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Monday carried out drives against illegal manually-driven and battery-run rickshaws in city's different areas. Public Relations Officer of DS...

Bangladesh fears major coronavirus outbreak in Mar, Apr

Bangladesh fears major coronavirus outbreak in Mar, Apr

FE REPORT 2022-01-04 10:37:04

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) DG warned of experiencing a major spike in coronavirus infection, caused by the highly infectious Omicron variant, in the country in March and April....

RTPCR lab set up at Chattogram Airport

RTPCR lab set up at Chattogram Airport

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-01-04 10:14:53

CHATTOGRAM: The RTPCR laboratory for coronavirus test has been set up at the Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport and the virus test has started formally for expatriates at the airport from...

Bangladesh sends 617,209 workers abroad in 2021

Bangladesh sends 617,209 workers abroad in 2021

ARAFAT ARA 2022-01-04 09:22:10

Bangladesh sent more than 600,000 workers abroad in the just concluded calendar year (2021) despite the Covid-19 pandemic, achieving more than 183 per cent growth in the sector than that of previous y...

Two dolphins found dead in Turag River

Two dolphins found dead in Turag River

-- 2022-01-03 21:35:33

Within just 12 hours two dolphin carcasses were recovered from the Turag River at Ashulia Bazar area in Savar upazila of Dhaka until Monday noon. After the local fisherman fished out a dead dolphin w...

‘Unvaccinated people won’t be allowed to take food in restaurants’

‘Unvaccinated people won’t be allowed to take food in restaurants’

-- 2022-01-03 21:17:19

Health Minister Zahid Maleque says the government does not have a plan to enforce lockdown to control the fresh surge of Covid-19 cases in the country. However, he informed that the government would...

Death toll of Jhalakathi launch fire rise to 49

Death toll of Jhalakathi launch fire rise to 49

-- 2022-01-03 20:08:11

The death toll from last month's deadly launch fire in Jhalakathi district rose to 49 on Monday as another man succumbed to his injuries at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Sur...

Bangladesh to strengthen public diplomacy to counter misinformation, says Momen

Bangladesh to strengthen public diplomacy to counter misinformation, says Momen

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-03 19:52:32

Dhaka will gear up public diplomacy through its missions across the world to counter misinformation about Bangladesh, said Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday. “Some countries seem to...

Woman, two children dead after trawler capsizes in Cumilla

Woman, two children dead after trawler capsizes in Cumilla

-- 2022-01-03 19:16:31

A woman and two girls, believed to be members of the same family, have died after a trawler capsized in the Kathalia River in Cumilla’s Meghna Upazila. At least 10 others were injured after the...

Biman to resume flights on Ctg-Sylhet-Ctg route from Jan 8

Biman to resume flights on Ctg-Sylhet-Ctg route from Jan 8

-- 2022-01-03 18:23:00

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume its domestic flights on the Chattogram-Sylhet-Chattogram route from January 8. A Biman press release on Monday said the decision was taken...

Bangladesh will give booster doses to people at risk

Bangladesh will give booster doses to people at risk

-- 2022-01-03 18:13:55

The Bangladesh government is mulling booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for those who are at fatal risk or face serious health issues if they contract the coronavirus. “Those who have a como...

HC hands over One Bank’s principal officer to police

HC hands over One Bank’s principal officer to police

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-03 18:04:59

The High Court has handed over One Bank’s principal officer Md Emran Hossain to the officer in charge (OC) of Shahbagh Police Station after rejecting his anticipatory bail petition in a corrupti...

3703 women, girls suffered violence in 2021

3703 women, girls suffered violence in 2021

-- 2022-01-03 17:45:13

A total of 3703 women and girls were subjected to different forms of violence including rape and murder in 2021, according to a report of Bangladesh Mohila Parishad. Some 1235 females were raped in t...

29 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

29 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

-- 2022-01-03 17:31:42

Twenty-nine more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Monday morning, health authorities said. The death toll from dengue fever remained unchanged at 105 as no new death was reported du...

Bangladesh logs 674 new virus cases, the highest in 13 weeks

Bangladesh logs 674 new virus cases, the highest in 13 weeks

-- 2022-01-03 17:22:43

Bangladesh has registered 674 new COVID-19 cases in a day, the highest since Oct 6, taking the total caseload to 1,587,140. The death toll rose to 28,081 as another four fatalities were reported in t...

High Court sends fake doctor to jail

High Court sends fake doctor to jail

-- 2022-01-03 17:17:07

The High Court (HC) has summarily rejected the anticipatory bail of an alleged fake doctor and sent him to jail. The High Court division bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice AKM Zahi...

Taimur loses post in BNP 'for participating in city polls'

Taimur loses post in BNP 'for participating in city polls'

-- 2022-01-03 17:02:41

The BNP has removed Taimur Alam Khandaker from the Advisory Council to the BNP Chairperson. A letter to the effect, signed by the party’s Senior Joint Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, has been sent...

Chittagong University student found dead inside cottage

Chittagong University student found dead inside cottage

-- 2022-01-03 16:12:40

Police have recovered the body of a Chittagong University student from a cottage and identified him as Anik Chakma of the Department of Marine Science and Fisheries of the university. The body was re...

Jhalakathi launch fire: Another victim dies in hospital

Jhalakathi launch fire: Another victim dies in hospital

-- 2022-01-03 14:19:02

The launch fire on the Sugandha River in Jhalakathi has taken another life. Mohammad Rasel, 38, died at the Sheikh Hasina Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute on Monday, according to Resident Dr SM A...

Kids to stay with Nakano for 20 more days

Kids to stay with Nakano for 20 more days

-- 2022-01-03 13:27:29

Two children of Japanese national Nakano Eriko will remain in their mother’s custody for another 20 days, following an order from the Supreme Court, bdnews24.com reports. A three-member bench l...

Mass Media Employees Bill will be placed in JS winter session: Information minister

Mass Media Employees Bill will be placed in JS winter session: Information minister

-- 2022-01-03 10:31:53

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said the Mass Media Employees (services conditions) Bill will be placed in the upcoming winter session of the Jatiya Sangsad, BSS reports. &l...

Migratory birds no more a common sight in Cox's Bazar

Migratory birds no more a common sight in Cox's Bazar

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-01-03 09:47:31

COX'S BAZAR: Migratory birds are now-a-days hardly seen in Cox's Bazar district due to hunting, heavy urbanisation, massive deforestation, occupation of water bodies and a lack of campaign against p...

Fire guts 20 tents, health centre in Rohingya camp

Fire guts 20 tents, health centre in Rohingya camp

-- 2022-01-02 21:47:24

A fire broke out at the Rohingya refugee camp at Kutupalong in Ukhiya Upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, gutting at least 20 tents and a health centre, officials said. The fire erupted around 8:...

Two jailed for killing for killing elephant in Sherpur

Two jailed for killing for killing elephant in Sherpur

-- 2022-01-02 20:53:36

A forest court in Sherpur on Sunday sent two accused to jail in a case filed over killing an endangered Asian elephant by electrocution last November in Sreebardi upazila. Senior Judicial Magistrate...

Bangladesh received more 2.4m Pfizer jabs received from US

Bangladesh received more 2.4m Pfizer jabs received from US

-- 2022-01-02 20:51:43

Bangladesh, on Sunday, has received 2.4 million more Pfizer vaccine jabs donated by the United States under the COVAX facility. As many as 24,90,780 doses of Pfizer vaccines arrived at the Hazrat Sha...

Bikalpa Dhara, Gono Forum join president’s dialogue on EC formation

Bikalpa Dhara, Gono Forum join president’s dialogue on EC formation

-- 2022-01-02 20:50:53

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh and Gono Forum on Sunday took part in a discussion with President Abdul Hamid on the formation of the Election Commission. President's press secretary Joynal Abedin said that...

11 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

11 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

-- 2022-01-02 19:55:38

Eleven more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Sunday morning with no new death reported, health authorities said. Dengue fever has claimed 105 lives so far since January last year, a...

Charge-framing hearing over Pori Moni case deferred until Jan 5

Charge-framing hearing over Pori Moni case deferred until Jan 5

-- 2022-01-02 19:51:37

A Dhaka court on Sunday set a new date, January 5, for hearing arguments on whether to press charges against actress Pori Moni and two others in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. The hear...

Contempt rule issued  against CEC and four  others

Contempt rule issued against CEC and four others

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-02 19:48:37

The High Court on Sunday issued a contempt of court rule against the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and four other officials for publishing the election result of a union parishad in Chattogram...