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Three more cases of omicron detected in Bangladesh

Three more cases of omicron detected in Bangladesh

-- 2021-12-31 18:17:33

Three more cases of the omicron variant of Covid-19 were reported in Bangladesh, bringing the total number of cases of the highly-infectious strain to 10. Germany's Global Initiative on Sharing All I...

BRRI invents low cost combined harvester

BRRI invents low cost combined harvester

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-31 17:50:47

Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has invented a harvester that farmers can afford at less than half the cost of the imported one. The harvester can be used also in small sized lands. Farm...

Bus plunges into ditch in Sirajganj, four dies

Bus plunges into ditch in Sirajganj, four dies

-- 2021-12-31 17:47:16

Four people, including a policeman, were killed after a bus overturned and fell into a roadside ditch in Sirajganj's Salanga. At least 15 others were injured in the incident which took place on the H...

Hasan Foez Siddique sworn in as chief justice of Bangladesh

Hasan Foez Siddique sworn in as chief justice of Bangladesh

-- 2021-12-31 16:54:10

Hasan Foez Siddique, a judge of the Appellate Division, has been sworn in as Bangladesh's new chief justice. President Abdul Hamid administered the oath to Justice Siddique at Bangabhaban on Friday....

538 workers die in workplace accidents across country in 2021

538 workers die in workplace accidents across country in 2021

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-31 13:43:44

At least 538 workers were reportedly killed in 399 workplace accidents across the country in 2021, a survey on Friday revealed. The study, conducted by Safety and Rights Society (SRS), said some 432...

Substandard accessories in LPG and other gas cylinders pose greater risk

Substandard accessories in LPG and other gas cylinders pose greater risk

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2021-12-31 13:37:11

Substandard accessories used in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders and other gas cylinders have led to an increasing number of accidents and thus huge damage to properties in the country, st...

Market-centric skills development of youths a core strategy

Market-centric skills development of youths a core strategy

FE REPORT 2021-12-31 10:06:17

Market-specific skill development of youths should be in centre of strategies to get benefits from the brief window of demographic dividend in the country, speakers opine at a programme on Thursday....

Mustard cultivation exceeds target in Tangail, Jamalpur

Mustard cultivation exceeds target in Tangail, Jamalpur

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-12-31 09:53:26

Tangail, Dec 30: The mustard cultivation has exceeded its target by 5,000 hectares of land in Tangail. The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and the growers here are expecting a bumper musta...

Bangladesh bids farewell to 2021 on a sweet-sour note

Bangladesh bids farewell to 2021 on a sweet-sour note

FE REPORT 2021-12-31 08:36:12

Like any other country across the globe, Bangladesh bids farewell to 2021 with mixed feelings as an invasive pandemic upended life for a large part of time in the year while bringing the country's eco...

Beximco, Eskayef get nod to introduce Pfizer's Covid pill

Beximco, Eskayef get nod to introduce Pfizer's Covid pill

-- 2021-12-30 20:54:42

Bangladeshi pharmaceutical companies Beximco and Eskayef have been given the green light to launch generic versions of US drugmaker Pfizer’s highly promising oral treatment for COVID-19. Beximc...

PM keeps online learning option open as COVID cases rise

PM keeps online learning option open as COVID cases rise

-- 2021-12-30 20:28:36

In the wake of an increase in coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will make every necessary arrangement for the students to keep online education programmes ru...

'No outdoor celebration on New Year’s Eve'

'No outdoor celebration on New Year’s Eve'

-- 2021-12-30 20:20:09

Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Md Shafiqul Islam on Thursday said no outdoor celebration will be allowed on New Year’s Eve like previous years. "No one can even apply for h...

Hasan Foez Siddique appointed as chief justice

Hasan Foez Siddique appointed as chief justice

-- 2021-12-30 19:32:24

Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, a judge of the Appellate Division, has been appointed as the chief justice of Bangladesh's top court, a Bangabhaban official has confirmed. Justice Siddique, 65, becomes...

Gazette of finalised DAP after PM’s approval, says Minister

Gazette of finalised DAP after PM’s approval, says Minister

-- 2021-12-30 18:56:38

Detailed Area Plan (DAP), 2016-35 has been finalised and a gazette notification will be published upon approval from the Prime Minister, said Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md...

EIB provides $283m soft loan for healthcare development

EIB provides $283m soft loan for healthcare development

-- 2021-12-30 17:59:20

European Investment Bank (EIB) provides Bangladesh $283.06 million (EUR 250 million) to purchase Covid-19 vaccine and strengthen the healthcare system. A finance contract (FC) was signed in this rega...

Bangladesh logs 509 virus cases in a day, seven deaths

Bangladesh logs 509 virus cases in a day, seven deaths

-- 2021-12-30 17:32:00

Bangladesh has registered 509 new COVID-19 cases in a day, the highest since Oct 13, taking the total caseload to 1,585,027. The death toll rose to 28,070 as another seven fatalities were reported in...

‘Three reasons behind record SSC pass rate’

‘Three reasons behind record SSC pass rate’

-- 2021-12-30 17:31:50

The record pass rate in SSC and equivalent exams, which rose to 93.58 per cent for the first time in Bangladesh’s, was caused by three factors, believes Education Minister Dipu Moni, reports bdn...

NBR extends tax return submission deadline to January 2

NBR extends tax return submission deadline to January 2

-- 2021-12-30 17:16:26

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for income tax return submission till January 2.In a notification on Thursday, the NBR said as December 31 (tomorrow) is a weekly holiday...

Record pass rate in SSC, equivalent exams

Record pass rate in SSC, equivalent exams

-- 2021-12-30 12:16:05

The pass rate in SSC and equivalent exams rose to 93.58 per cent in 2021, a record in the history of Bangladesh. The latest pass rate compares to the previous rate of 82.87 per cent in 2020, accordin...

Biometric registration a must to get Saudi visa for Hajj, Umrah

Biometric registration a must to get Saudi visa for Hajj, Umrah

FE REPORT 2021-12-30 10:28:40

The Bangladeshi nationals who are planning to perform Hajj and Umrah will have to go through a biometric registration process for getting a Saudi visa. The biometric registration (fingerprints and fa...

Hasan Foez tipped to be new Chief Justice

Hasan Foez tipped to be new Chief Justice

FE REPORT 2021-12-30 10:05:57

The Supreme Court lawyers are widely congratulating Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, a senior judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, as the 23rd Chief Justice (CJ) of the country even tho...

Miscreants tried to exploit student's death in Rampura, RAB says

Miscreants tried to exploit student's death in Rampura, RAB says

-- 2021-12-29 22:12:21

A group of people, led by a former activist of the BNP’s worker wing, tried to exploit the death incident of a student in the Rampura area of Dhaka to spread unrest, the Rapid Action Battalion (...

BNF, IOJ place proposals to president for EC formation

BNF, IOJ place proposals to president for EC formation

-- 2021-12-29 21:04:38

The Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) on Wednesday placed a three-point proposal while the Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) placed four proposals to President M Abdul Hamid on the fifth day of the ongoing dia...

Jhalakathi launch fire: Two more bodies of suspected victims found

Jhalakathi launch fire: Two more bodies of suspected victims found

-- 2021-12-29 20:19:26

Rescuers have recovered two more bodies that floated up on Sugandha River, believed to be victims of the deadly MV Abhijan-19 launch fire. The bodies are that of a man and a woman, Fire Service and C...

BNP not to join president’s dialogue on EC formation

BNP not to join president’s dialogue on EC formation

-- 2021-12-29 19:47:27

Describing the ongoing dialogue on the reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) as ‘pointless’, the BNP standing committee has decided not to take part in the talks with President Ab...

Two individuals die in a shootout between two regional groups in Rangamati

Two individuals die in a shootout between two regional groups in Rangamati

-- 2021-12-29 18:17:53

Police reported the death of two individuals in a shootout between two regional groups operating out of Rangamati’s Baghaichhari hills. Md Asad, Baghaichhari police sub-inspector, said the enco...

Experts for reflection of region-specific realities in National Adaptation Plan

Experts for reflection of region-specific realities in National Adaptation Plan

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-29 18:15:56

Experts and stakeholders at a dialogue have called for removing inefficiency and ensuring transparency in formulation of the National Adaptation Plan (NPA) to mitigate the climate change impa...

UNICEF delivers over 100m Covid-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh since June

UNICEF delivers over 100m Covid-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh since June

-- 2021-12-29 18:04:07

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday that it had delivered over 100 million COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh from multiple World Health Organization (WHO)-approved manufacturers s...

Bangladesh records 495 Covid cases in a day, the highest in 11 weeks

Bangladesh records 495 Covid cases in a day, the highest in 11 weeks

-- 2021-12-29 17:37:17

Bangladesh has registered 495 new Covid-19 cases in a day, the highest since Oct 13, taking the total caseload to 1,584,518, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll rose to 28,063 as another fatality wa...

Law minister sees no room for debate on EC formation through dialogue

Law minister sees no room for debate on EC formation through dialogue

-- 2021-12-29 17:12:28

Law Minister Anisul Huq says there is ‘no room to debate’ the process of forming a new Election Commission, or EC, through discussions with the president. At a Dhaka Reporters Unity event...