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Submission of probe report in Sagar-Runi murder case deferred for 84th time

Submission of probe report in Sagar-Runi murder case deferred for 84th time

-- 2021-12-26 17:28:51

A Dhaka court on Sunday asked the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to submit the probe report by January 24 in the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. With this, the report s...

Bangladesh registers four new virus deaths, 246 infections

Bangladesh registers four new virus deaths, 246 infections

-- 2021-12-26 17:12:15

The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,583,253 as 268 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Sunday, according to the latest government data. Dhaka recorded the most cases among t...

Dhaka Nagar Paribahan launched with 50 vehicles

Dhaka Nagar Paribahan launched with 50 vehicles

-- 2021-12-26 16:09:52

Dhaka Nagar Paribahan, a new bus service, has been launched to bring discipline to Dhaka’s roads. Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the much-awaited bus service on Sunday. Wit...

Jhalakathi launch fire: Writ seeks compensation for victims

Jhalakathi launch fire: Writ seeks compensation for victims

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-26 15:51:54

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive upon the authorities concerned to take necessary steps for giving Tk 5.0 million as compensation to each of the families of tho...

Police arrest five more  suspects in Cox’s Bazar tourist rape case

Police arrest five more suspects in Cox’s Bazar tourist rape case

-- 2021-12-26 14:56:37

Police have arrested five more suspects in a case over the alleged rape of a tourist in the resort town of Cox’s Bazar during a family trip, bdnews24.com reports. They were arrested in an overn...

BNP leader Manju loses post after criticising party’s top leaders

BNP leader Manju loses post after criticising party’s top leaders

-- 2021-12-25 22:20:27

BNP’s central organising secretary Nazrul Islam Manju has lost his post in the party for reportedly violating the party discipline. Party’s assistant organising secretary Aninda Islam Ami...

Cox's Bazar gang rape: Court places hotel manager on four-day remand

Cox's Bazar gang rape: Court places hotel manager on four-day remand

-- 2021-12-25 22:13:30

A court in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday placed the hotel manager arrested in connection with the gang rape of a tourist in Cox’s Bazar on remand for four days. Cox’s Bazar senior judicia...

Fakhrul insults war heroes by calling Khaleda a freedom fighter, Quader says

Fakhrul insults war heroes by calling Khaleda a freedom fighter, Quader says

-- 2021-12-25 20:51:28

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir actually insulted the glory of valiant women freedom fighters and sacrifice of all war heroes b...

Launch fire: 23 bodies of unidentified people buried in Barguna mass graveyard

Launch fire: 23 bodies of unidentified people buried in Barguna mass graveyard

-- 2021-12-25 20:28:33

The bodies of 23 people, who were burned to death in a massive fire in a crowded launch near Jhalakathi in the early hours of Friday, were buried in a mass graveyard in the Barguna district on Saturda...

Probe body visits Avijan-10

Probe body visits Avijan-10

-- 2021-12-25 19:57:40

A seven-member probe body formed by the Ministry of Shipping on Saturday visited Avijan-10 launch that caught fire in Jhalkathi district on Friday, leaving over three dozens of people dead and many bu...

‘Ensuring smooth and inclusive graduation is key to Bangladesh’

‘Ensuring smooth and inclusive graduation is key to Bangladesh’

-- 2021-12-25 19:22:26

Describing the LDC graduation as an important milestone and a remarkable feat for Bangladesh, Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Ambassador Patricia Danzi has s...

Three die after drinking ‘toxic liquor’ in Pabna

Three die after drinking ‘toxic liquor’ in Pabna

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-25 18:52:36

Three people died and two others fell sick reportedly after drinking toxic liquor at Chakchatiani  in Pabna Sadar upazila on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Robiul Islam Roman, 35, son...

Dialogue on EC reconstitution nothing but farce, says BNP

Dialogue on EC reconstitution nothing but farce, says BNP

-- 2021-12-25 18:22:06

BNP on Saturday termed a farce the ongoing dialogue on the reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) as the party thinks it will not pave the way for holding a credible national election in the c...

10 held while entering Bangladesh illegally

10 held while entering Bangladesh illegally

-- 2021-12-25 17:37:53

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members on Saturday detained 10 Bangladeshis while they were entering the country from India without valid documents through Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah district. Thre...

Bangladesh logs one new Covid death, 275 cases

Bangladesh logs one new Covid death, 275 cases

-- 2021-12-25 17:07:21

Bangladesh has registered one new death from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 28,056 The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,582,985 as 275 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to...

Case filed over ‘unnatural deaths’ in Jhalakathi launch fire

Case filed over ‘unnatural deaths’ in Jhalakathi launch fire

-- 2021-12-25 16:40:51

Police have recorded a case over the 'unnatural deaths' of passengers aboard the MV Abhijan-10 launch after a horrific blaze swept through the vessel on the Sugandha River in Jhalakathi. Jahangir Hos...

Veteran journalist Reazuddin Ahmed no more

Veteran journalist Reazuddin Ahmed no more

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-25 15:19:09

Reazuddin Ahmed, a senior journalist and former president of the Jatiya Press Club, died from COVID-related complications at the age of 76. Ahmed passed away during treatment at United Hospital in th...

Bangladesh celebrating Christmas with message of hope amid COVID gloom

Bangladesh celebrating Christmas with message of hope amid COVID gloom

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-25 13:55:15

Christians in Bangladesh and all over the world are celebrating Christmas, their largest religious festival, to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. However, the festivities are being held amid lim...

How Bangladesh’s deadliest launch fire began still remains a mystery

How Bangladesh’s deadliest launch fire began still remains a mystery

-- 2021-12-25 10:35:34

The fire on board Abhijan-10 in Jhalakathi has been the deadliest such incident yet in Bangladesh’s history, but the authorities are grappling with unanswered questions as to what ignited it and...

DGHS sends five doctors to Barishal for injured launch fire victims

DGHS sends five doctors to Barishal for injured launch fire victims

-- 2021-12-24 23:24:24

The Directorate General of Health Services has formed a team of five specialists from the burns and plastic surgery institute in Dhaka and sent them to Barishal to assist in the treatment of the injur...

Bangladeshis in Maldives to get easier way of money transfer, PM says

Bangladeshis in Maldives to get easier way of money transfer, PM says

-- 2021-12-24 20:41:43

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government of Bangladesh has taken an initiative so that Bangladeshi expatriates in the Maldives can send their hard-earned money to Bangladesh without additi...

Beach bike launched for Padma riverbanks tourists

Beach bike launched for Padma riverbanks tourists

-- 2021-12-24 20:12:53

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has launched beach bikes and chairs for tourists along the banks of the river Padma. City Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton opened two bikes and some chairs at a function h...

PM orders prompt, proper treatment of injured in Jhalakathi launch fire

PM orders prompt, proper treatment of injured in Jhalakathi launch fire

-- 2021-12-24 18:30:14

Expressing profound shock and sorrow at the loss of lives and injuries in the MV Avijan-10 launch fire, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday directed the authorities concerned to ensure quick treatm...

Patharghata UNO, wife jump from burning launch to escape death

Patharghata UNO, wife jump from burning launch to escape death

-- 2021-12-24 18:20:28

Barguna’s Patharghata Upazila Nirbahi Officer Hossain Mohammad Al-Mujahid and his wife were travelling in a cabin of the MV Abhijan-10 l bound for the southern district. At least 37 people have...

Envoy eyes wider collaboration between Bangladesh, Turkey

Envoy eyes wider collaboration between Bangladesh, Turkey

-- 2021-12-24 18:17:34

Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan has said Bangladesh and Turkey are looking to a "brighter future" with vast areas of cooperation and there is room for the two countries to make th...

Bangladesh logs 342 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh logs 342 new Covid cases, one death

-- 2021-12-24 17:59:05

Bangladesh has recorded 342 cases of Covid-19 in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 1,582,710. The death toll climbed by one to 28,055 in the 24 hours to 8 am on Friday, according to th...

Seven more hospitalised with dengue in 24hrs

Seven more hospitalised with dengue in 24hrs

-- 2021-12-24 17:28:08

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

BLAST demands proper investigation into Jhalakathi launch fire incident

BLAST demands proper investigation into Jhalakathi launch fire incident

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-24 17:10:51

Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) called for the proper investigation into the launch fire incident on the Sugandha river in Jhalakathi that killed at least 37 people. The body also urg...

Launch fire victims’ families to get Tk 25,000 financial assistance

Launch fire victims’ families to get Tk 25,000 financial assistance

-- 2021-12-24 16:49:48

The district administration of Barguna will provide Tk 25,000 in aid to the families of the victims of the Jhalakathi launch fire to meet the funeral expenses. “As the launch, MV Abhijan-10, wa...

Barkatullah Bulu infected with Covid-19

Barkatullah Bulu infected with Covid-19

-- 2021-12-24 16:02:11

BNP Vice Chairman Barkatullah Bulu has been infected with coronavirus. Bulu said he underwent the coronavirus test on Thursday and his report came out positive. The BNP leader said he has been suffe...