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Bangladesh’s virus cases surge by 352, one dead in a day

Bangladesh’s virus cases surge by 352, one dead in a day

-- 2021-12-22 17:13:17

Bangladesh has registered one death from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 28,052.The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,581,986 as 352 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 a...

DU gets legal notice to cancel ban on married female students in halls

DU gets legal notice to cancel ban on married female students in halls

-- 2021-12-22 16:53:33

Dhaka University (DU) has been served with a legal notice over its rule banning married and pregnant female students from residing in its dormitories. The rule is ‘extremely discriminatory&rsqu...

Met office predicts light rain or drizzle

Met office predicts light rain or drizzle

-- 2021-12-22 16:29:41

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted light rain or drizzle at one or two places over Sylhet and Mymensingh divisions and the districts of Brahmanbaria and Kishoregonj in the next 2...

PM flies to Maldives on a six-day official tour

PM flies to Maldives on a six-day official tour

-- 2021-12-22 15:43:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday left Dhaka for Malé on a six-day official visit at the invitation of Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. A special VVIP flight of Biman Banglad...

Bangladesh rises from Covid by helping the neediest first, PM says

Bangladesh rises from Covid by helping the neediest first, PM says

-- 2021-12-22 13:57:59

Bangladesh’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was successful because the government acted quickly to protect the country’s most vulnerable people and businesses, says Prime Minister S...

Farmers of Netrokona haor cultivating sweet gourds

Farmers of Netrokona haor cultivating sweet gourds

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-12-22 10:01:27

NETRAKONA: Growing vegetables in haor areas is not a common sight in Bangladesh. But for the first time, the cultivation of sweet gourd began on the highlands of Netrakona haor. And, the farmers are e...

‘BNP neither gets invitation nor makes any decision at EC dialogue’

‘BNP neither gets invitation nor makes any decision at EC dialogue’

-- 2021-12-21 21:17:43

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said their party still neither received an invitation letter from the President to join the dialogue on reconstitution of the Election Comm...

Commerce ministry seeks information from police over e-commerce scam

Commerce ministry seeks information from police over e-commerce scam

-- 2021-12-21 20:19:51

The Commerce Ministry has sought information from police on all cases filed against the e-commerce companies for refunding the customers' money stuck in different payment gateways. The police headqua...

Bangladesh welcomes US reward for information about Avijit killers

Bangladesh welcomes US reward for information about Avijit killers

-- 2021-12-21 19:44:01

The government has welcomed the US State Department’s reward for information about the 2015 killing of writer-blogger Avijit Roy in Dhaka, specifically about two fugitive convicts. Foreign Mini...

PM Hasina flies to Maldives Wednesday

PM Hasina flies to Maldives Wednesday

-- 2021-12-21 19:38:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Male on Wednesday on a six-day official visit at the invitation of Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.  "A special VVIP flight of Biman B...

‘Elephant killing must be stopped’

‘Elephant killing must be stopped’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-21 19:28:17

The government is working on a zero tolerance policy to prevent the killing of elephants and attempt on other wildlife in the country, said Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Ud...

RAB arrests three human traffickers from Mirpur, Uttara

RAB arrests three human traffickers from Mirpur, Uttara

-- 2021-12-21 19:15:10

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested three men for allegedly luring people with promises of work in Australia and Europe, trafficked them to India and then detained and tortured them to get a...

ACC probes irregularities in Bangladesh Textile University admission tests

ACC probes irregularities in Bangladesh Textile University admission tests

-- 2021-12-21 19:02:39

An enforcement team of the Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday met the officials of Bangladesh Textile University to check on the spot alleged irregularities in admission test results. Deputy Direc...

One Covid-19 death, 291 cases reported in 24 hours

One Covid-19 death, 291 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2021-12-21 18:16:24

Bangladesh has registered one new death from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 28,051 The Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,581,634 as 291 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours t...

13 more hospitalised with dengue in 24hrs

13 more hospitalised with dengue in 24hrs

-- 2021-12-21 16:53:30

Thirteen new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, health authorities said. Fatalities from dengue remained unchanged at 103 as no new death was reported during the peri...

Home ministry urges people to scale down Christmas, New Year celebrations

Home ministry urges people to scale down Christmas, New Year celebrations

-- 2021-12-21 16:27:04

The Ministry of Home Affairs has urged people to scale down the celebration of Christmas and New Year in Bangladesh, as the omicron variant of coronavirus spreads fast across the globe. The public se...

Mild to moderate cold wave to continue for another two to three days

Mild to moderate cold wave to continue for another two to three days

-- 2021-12-21 10:20:23

The mild to moderate cold wave sweeping through vast swaths of Bangladesh, including Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal and Gopalganj, will continue for another two to three days, according to Bangla...

Raise in SCC water tariff triggers commotion

Raise in SCC water tariff triggers commotion

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-12-21 09:37:33

SYLHET: A sudden raise in the water tariff by the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) has triggered serious commotion among the city dwellers. Consumers alleged the SCC has just doubled the tariff withou...

Recruiting agencies pledge free migration to Malaysia

Recruiting agencies pledge free migration to Malaysia

FE REPORT 2021-12-21 08:47:13

Manpower exporters hope they will be able to send workers to Malaysia sans migration cost if the employers provide necessary expenses, as stated in the just-struck fresh deal. They also welcomed the...

Dhaka to see electric bus service

Dhaka to see electric bus service

MUNIMA SULTANA 2021-12-21 08:42:06

Dhaka is set to see maiden electric bus service as 130 such vehicles are being booked for the first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line, sources say. They say Dhaka BRT Company now considers lifecycle cos...

EC formation dialogue nothing but a mockery, claim BNP leaders

EC formation dialogue nothing but a mockery, claim BNP leaders

-- 2021-12-20 21:39:08

BNP senior leaders on Monday called the President’s dialogue with political parties on reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) as nothing but a ‘drama’ to hold another ‘...

US announces $5.0m reward for information on militants behind Avijit murder

US announces $5.0m reward for information on militants behind Avijit murder

-- 2021-12-20 21:02:23

The United States government has announced a reward of up to $5,0 million for information on two absconding convicts in the 2015 murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy. The convicts are sacked army majo...

BBS to invite fresh tender for 395,00 tabs from local manufacturers

BBS to invite fresh tender for 395,00 tabs from local manufacturers

-- 2021-12-20 20:53:02

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) will invite a fresh tender to procure 395,000 tabs (tablets) from Bangladeshi manufacturers. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal informed this following the rejec...

Writer, freedom fighter Begum Mushtari Shafi dies

Writer, freedom fighter Begum Mushtari Shafi dies

-- 2021-12-20 20:18:10

Eminent litterateur and freedom fighter Begum Mushtari, also known as ‘Shaheed Jaya’ (wife of Shaheed) Begum Mushtari Shafi, passed away at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka on M...

Two killed in Mymensingh road crash

Two killed in Mymensingh road crash

-- 2021-12-20 19:45:12

Two people have been killed and four others injured in a road accident at the Zero Point area adjacent to Nazrul University link road on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway under Trisha upazila of the distri...

Jatiya Party presents three-point proposal to president on EC formation

Jatiya Party presents three-point proposal to president on EC formation

-- 2021-12-20 19:33:37

Jatiya Party, the main opposition party in the parliament, has presented a three-point proposal to President Abdul Hamid on the formation of the next election commission. An eight-member delegation o...

Five addl secy promoted, six secretaries transferred

Five addl secy promoted, six secretaries transferred

-- 2021-12-20 19:26:07

The government has promoted five officials of administration cadre, who were performing as additional secretaries, to the rank of secretary, and transferred six secretary-level public servants to new...

Dewanganj mayor expelled from Jamalpur unit AL for assaulting education officer

Dewanganj mayor expelled from Jamalpur unit AL for assaulting education officer

-- 2021-12-20 19:00:05

Dewanganj Municipality mayor Shahnewaz Shahan Shah was expelled from the local unit of Awami League on Monday for assaulting the secondary education officer of Dewanganj upazila in Jamalpur district o...

Cricketer Nasir, wife Tamima get bail

Cricketer Nasir, wife Tamima get bail

-- 2021-12-20 18:58:20

Former national cricketer Nasir Hossain, his wife Tamima Sultana Tammi, and mother-in-law Sumi Akhter have been granted bail in a case filed over 'illegal marriage'. The Additional Chief Metropolitan...

‘Belt and Road Initiative’ to create partnership linkages: Roundtable

‘Belt and Road Initiative’ to create partnership linkages: Roundtable

-- 2021-12-20 18:19:09

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), reminiscent of the Silk Road, is a long-term infrastructural project that would stretch from the heart of China, all the way to Europe which will help Asia cope wit...