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Austria issues two commemorative stamps on Bangladesh

Austria issues two commemorative stamps on Bangladesh

-- 2021-12-27 22:38:22

Austria has issued two commemorative stamps on the occasions of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Golden Jubilee of the Independence of Banglade...

Tariqat Federation demands participation of civil society in EC formation

Tariqat Federation demands participation of civil society in EC formation

-- 2021-12-27 20:39:43

The Bangladesh Tariqat Federation (BTF) has urged President Md. Abdul Hamid to ensure participation of civil society representatives in addition to political parties to form the Election Commission....

Cox's Bazar air, noise quality much worse than normal standard, reveals study  

Cox's Bazar air, noise quality much worse than normal standard, reveals study  

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-27 19:31:56

Air and noise quality of Cox’s Bazar area is worse than normal air of the coastal city, according to a latest study. The study, titled “Status of Air and Noise Quality in the Coastal Area...

Joynal Hazari dies

Joynal Hazari dies

-- 2021-12-27 19:04:31

Former member of parliament and Awami League Advisory Council member Joynal Hazari has died at the age of 76. He breathed his last in hospital care in Dhaka around 5:15 pm on Tuesday, according to th...

Cox's Bazar tourist raped for failing to pay extortion money, says RAB

Cox's Bazar tourist raped for failing to pay extortion money, says RAB

-- 2021-12-27 18:38:35

Ashiqul Islam Ashique, the prime accused in the case of gang-raping a female tourist in Cox’s Bazar, and his associates assaulted the woman after they failed to extort Tk 50,000 from her, RAB ha...

Govt must explain why launch fire could not be prevented, says HC

Govt must explain why launch fire could not be prevented, says HC

-- 2021-12-27 18:16:53

A writ was filed with the High Court (HC) seeking its directives to the government to explain as to why the ineffectiveness of the authorities concerned to ensure measures to prevent the fire on MV Av...

PM returns from Maldives

PM returns from Maldives

-- 2021-12-27 18:09:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday returned home wrapping up her six-day bilateral visit to the Maldives. A special VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...

Law ministry forwards opinion to home ministry on Khaleda’s plea to go abroad

Law ministry forwards opinion to home ministry on Khaleda’s plea to go abroad

-- 2021-12-27 17:40:05

The law ministry on Monday forwarded its opinion to the home ministry on an application seeking permission to allow BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for treatment. Law Minister Anisul Haque t...

373 new Covid cases, one death in 24hrs

373 new Covid cases, one death in 24hrs

-- 2021-12-27 17:09:33

Bangladesh has registered 373 new Covid-19 cases in a day, taking the total caseload to 1,583,253. The death toll rose to 28,061 as another fatality was reported in the 24 hours to 8 am on Monday, ac...

Four held with 11kg of gold at Sylhet airport

Four held with 11kg of gold at Sylhet airport

-- 2021-12-27 16:30:13

Bangladesh Customs has seized over 11kg of gold from four passengers when they arrived at Sylhet’s MAG Osmani International Airport. The gold, hidden in a juicer and calendar, is worth about Tk...

Covid booster doses for people over 60, frontline workers from Tuesday

Covid booster doses for people over 60, frontline workers from Tuesday

-- 2021-12-27 15:31:59

Bangladesh will begin administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in Dhaka from Tuesday amid a rise in omicron cases around the world. “From tomorrow we will begin distributing [boost...

An incomplete bridge that symbolises corruption

An incomplete bridge that symbolises corruption

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-27 12:48:42

Irregularities in development projects, including slow implementation, repeated extension of deadlines and the use of substandard materials, are nothing new in Bangladesh. The ordinary residents of T...

PM Hasina leaves Maldives for home

PM Hasina leaves Maldives for home

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-27 12:38:39

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Maldives today (Monday) ending her maiden six-day bilateral visit. "A special VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina an...

MV Abhijan owner Hamjalal arrested

MV Abhijan owner Hamjalal arrested

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-27 12:28:50

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), arrested Hamjalal Sheikh, the owner of the MV Abhijan-10 launch that caught on fire in Jhalakathi, leading to the death of three dozen people. The arrest was made in...

Couple killed as truck ploughs through house in Jamalpur

Couple killed as truck ploughs through house in Jamalpur

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-27 12:24:35

A man and his wife were killed as a truck ploughed through their roadside house at Garohori village in Dewanganj upazila early Monday. The deceased are Joynal Abedin, 48 a farmer, and his wife Hasina...

Aspiya makes ‘inspirational story’ for landless families

Aspiya makes ‘inspirational story’ for landless families

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-27 11:39:12

Aspiya Islam Kajal cried a lot when she was dropped from the list of trainee recruit constables (TRCs) for having no permanent address. Nurturing a childhood dream of being a policewoman, Aspiya did...

ACC summons NSU trustees

ACC summons NSU trustees

FE REPORT 2021-12-27 10:07:31

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday summoned two members of the board of trustees of North South University (NSU) over the allegations of realising excessive fees from students, tax evasion...

Court sentences 11 persons including former Sonali Bank MD

Court sentences 11 persons including former Sonali Bank MD

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-27 08:54:45

A Dhaka Court on Sunday sentenced 11 people including former Managing Director of the state-owned Sonali Bank Humayun Kabir in a case filed on charge of embezzling Tk 13.7 million. Judge of the speci...

Journalist Reazuddin Ahmed laid to rest

Journalist Reazuddin Ahmed laid to rest

-- 2021-12-26 21:28:46

Veteran journalist Reazuddin Ahmed was laid to eternal rest in Dhaka on Sunday. He was buried at Banani Graveyard after his third and final Namaz-e-janaza on the premises of a Baridhara mosque premis...

President's dialogue: NAP proposes law to form Election Commission

President's dialogue: NAP proposes law to form Election Commission

-- 2021-12-26 21:02:46

Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP) has placed a seven-point proposal, including enactment of permanent law in line with article 118 of the Constitution to form an acceptable Election Commission (EC...

Train rams into bus in Narayanganj, two die

Train rams into bus in Narayanganj, two die

-- 2021-12-26 20:24:33

Two people were killed after a train slammed into a bus at a level crossing in Narayanganj on Sunday. Five others were injured in the incident that took place at the city’s railway gate No.1, s...

Jhalakathi launch fire: Exact number of missing people yet to be determined

Jhalakathi launch fire: Exact number of missing people yet to be determined

-- 2021-12-26 20:05:27

As rescuers continued to search for the missing or dead from the launch fire in Sugandha River on the third day Sunday the authorities could not determine the exact number of people still unaccounted...

Omicron may take a heavy toll on unvaccinated people, say experts

Omicron may take a heavy toll on unvaccinated people, say experts

-- 2021-12-26 20:02:07

As the 'super mutant' Omicron strain of Covid-19 is spreading fast in many countries displacing the previously dominant Delta variant, experts warned that Bangladesh is all but certain to see a fresh...

Nine more dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

Nine more dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

-- 2021-12-26 19:47:07

Nine more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Sunday morning, health authorities said. Fatalities from dengue remained unchanged at 104 as no new death was reported during the period,...

PM to return home Monday

PM to return home Monday

-- 2021-12-26 19:12:34

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return home on Monday afternoon wrapping up her six-day bilateral visit to the Maldives. "A special VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying Prime Minister...

SSC, equivalent results this week

SSC, equivalent results this week

-- 2021-12-26 18:45:40

The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published this week. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will announce the results after returning home from her...

Writ seeks HC directive on compensation for launch fire victims

Writ seeks HC directive on compensation for launch fire victims

-- 2021-12-26 18:28:45

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directions on the authorities concerned to ensure payment of Tk 5.0 million for the families of the dead and Tk 2.5 million for the injur...

Quader discharged from hospital

Quader discharged from hospital

-- 2021-12-26 18:20:20

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has been released from the hospital after his recovery from sickness. The ruling party leader left Bangabandhu S...

‘Padma Bridge to be opened to traffic in June as per target’

‘Padma Bridge to be opened to traffic in June as per target’

-- 2021-12-26 18:05:17

Padma Bridge will be inaugurated in June 2022 as per the target, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday. The minister said the work on Padma Bridge is in progress, as per a...

Court sentences 13 to death for 2016 murder of AL leader Jahirul Huq

Court sentences 13 to death for 2016 murder of AL leader Jahirul Huq

-- 2021-12-26 17:48:01

A Dhaka court has sentenced 13 to death and eight others to life in prison for the 2016 murder of businessman and Awami League leader Jahirul Huq. Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 Judge Abu Jafar Md Kam...