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Booster doses to start within 7-10 days, says minister

Booster doses to start within 7-10 days, says minister

-- 2021-12-15 19:46:58

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said the drive to administer Covid-19 booster doses will in the next seven to ten days. “Currently, we have 45 million doses of vaccine in stock, and the drive...

Security beefed up for Victory Day

Security beefed up for Victory Day

-- 2021-12-15 19:00:25

On the occasion of the Victory Day and the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has taken three-tier security measures. &ldq...

27 more hospitalized with dengue in 24hrs

27 more hospitalized with dengue in 24hrs

-- 2021-12-15 18:48:12

Twenty-seven new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, but no death was reported, health authorities said. Dengue claimed 101 lives so far this year, according to the...

Three more cases filed against Evaly MD, Chairman

Three more cases filed against Evaly MD, Chairman

-- 2021-12-15 18:44:19

A customer of e-commerce company Evaly has filed three separate cases against four officials including its Chairman Shamima Nasrin and her husband and company Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executiv...

Nakano gets custody rights of kids in court battle

Nakano gets custody rights of kids in court battle

-- 2021-12-15 18:17:09

Nakano Eriko, the Japanese mother who has been in Bangladesh seeking custody of two children, has received temporary custody rights after their father, Imran Sharif, failed to meet an obligation speci...

Indian President pays tribute to Bangabandhu

Indian President pays tribute to Bangabandhu

-- 2021-12-15 18:00:21

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka. Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh...

HC asks to remove all illegal three wheelers immediately

HC asks to remove all illegal three wheelers immediately

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-15 17:38:50

The High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to identify all illegal three wheeler vehicles running across the country and to remove them. In response to a writ petition, the HC ben...

Covid kills four more, infects 297

Covid kills four more, infects 297

-- 2021-12-15 16:56:19

Bangladesh has registered four new deaths from Covid-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 28,038. The Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,580,302 as 297 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hour...

7.0pc families have to borrow to send children to school in Bangladesh: UNESCO

7.0pc families have to borrow to send children to school in Bangladesh: UNESCO

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-15 11:55:33

Around 7.0 per cent of families in Bangladesh have to borrow to send their children to school, according to a new UNESCO report. The UNESCO 2021/2 Global Education Monitoring Report was presented at...

Indian President Kovind arrives in Dhaka on three-day state visit

Indian President Kovind arrives in Dhaka on three-day state visit

-- 2021-12-15 11:49:20

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has arrived in Dhaka for a three-day visit to attend the celebrations marking the golden jubilee of Bangladesh's victory in its Liberation War and the closing of Mujib...

Bangladesh on diplomatic drive to reverse US sanctions on top cops

Bangladesh on diplomatic drive to reverse US sanctions on top cops

FE REPORT 2021-12-15 09:23:35

Bangladesh is on a diplomatic drive to reverse US sanctions against seven former and incumbent officials of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on allegations of human-rights violation, a charge Dhaka re...

General provisioning limit for banks raised

General provisioning limit for banks raised

FE REPORT 2021-12-15 09:03:53

All the scheduled banks will have to keep additional 2.0 per cent special general provisioning instead of 1.0 per cent earlier against loans, which have enjoyed latest policy support of the central ba...

Bangladesh Bank blocks seven banks' bonds

Bangladesh Bank blocks seven banks' bonds

Mohammad Mufazzal 2021-12-15 09:01:20

The hope for launching perpetual bonds by seven banks get deflated as the central bank disapproves of the securities regulator's consent letter over their requisite capital position, sources say. I...

HC displeased over job rejection for not having permanent address

HC displeased over job rejection for not having permanent address

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-14 20:32:19

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday expressed discontent at job rejection to one Mim Akhter in the police department, despite qualifying in all the relevant examinations, as she has no permanent address....

Bangladesh to open first official visa application centre in Kolkata

Bangladesh to open first official visa application centre in Kolkata

-- 2021-12-14 19:45:02

Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata has announced that it will soon open its first official visa application (VAC) centre in Kolkata. The announcement came to culminate a year of celebration...

President to open talks on forming EC next week

President to open talks on forming EC next week

-- 2021-12-14 19:07:04

President Abdul Hamid will open a dialogue with the political parties as early as next week on the formation of a new Election Commission (EC). The dialogue will begin on Dec 20, an official at the B...

Razzaque warns legal action against fertiliser price manipulators

Razzaque warns legal action against fertiliser price manipulators

-- 2021-12-14 18:43:04

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque has said legal action will be taken against those involved in selling fertilisers at high prices after creating an artificial crisis. “Legal steps w...

Dhaka’s sewage surveillance promises early Covid detection

Dhaka’s sewage surveillance promises early Covid detection

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-14 18:22:03

Dhaka’s sewage surveillance promises early detection of the virus that causes COVID-19 in the community, according to the icddr,b. Moreover, the surveillance offers insights about hotspots to h...

Indian President due Wednesday on three-day state visit

Indian President due Wednesday on three-day state visit

-- 2021-12-14 18:09:51

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Wednesday on a three-day state visit as a "unique example" of the existing good relations between the two neighbouring countries. A...

40 more hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours

40 more hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours

-- 2021-12-14 18:09:35

Forty new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, health authorities said. The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged in the current year...

Two get land in jail for killing elephant in Chattogram

Two get land in jail for killing elephant in Chattogram

-- 2021-12-14 18:03:59

A Chattogram court has sent a man and his son to jail for killing an elephant in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram district. In the first such case in the country, Mohammad Kamal, 50, and his son Neza...

Bangladesh’s Covid cases top 1.58m with 295 new infections

Bangladesh’s Covid cases top 1.58m with 295 new infections

-- 2021-12-14 17:22:55

Bangladesh's COVID-19 caseload has risen to 1,580,005 as 295 people tested positive for the disease in a daily count. Another three deaths from the disease have been registered in the 24 hours to 8 a...

High Court orders Tk 10m compensation over child’s death after wall collapse

High Court orders Tk 10m compensation over child’s death after wall collapse

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-14 16:32:33

The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule upon the concerned bodies of the government to explain in four weeks as to why they should not be directed to give Tk 10 million compensation to the family of s...

Bogura plastics factory fire kills five

Bogura plastics factory fire kills five

-- 2021-12-14 16:27:28

At least five people have been reported dead after a fire broke out at a plastics factory owned by Santahar Municipality Mayor Tofazzal Hossain in Bogura. The fire broke out around 11:30 am on Tuesda...

Stripping woman in Noakhali: 13 sentenced to 10-year imprisonment

Stripping woman in Noakhali: 13 sentenced to 10-year imprisonment

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-14 14:51:38

A court has sentenced 13 members of the ‘Delowar Bahini’ criminal gang to 10 years in prison for breaking into the home of a woman in Noakhali’s Begumganj and then stripping and assa...

Dr Yunus receives Champion of Global Change  Award

Dr Yunus receives Champion of Global Change Award

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-14 13:42:02

Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus received the prestigious ‘Champion of Global Change Award’ in recognition of his enlightened leadership and innovation to enhance human dignity, equity...

Experts for making housing a thrust sector to feed high demand

Experts for making housing a thrust sector to feed high demand

-- 2021-12-14 10:42:02

Bangladesh urgently needs to prioritise housing as a thrust sector with US$ 2.50 billion in annual investment to cope with fast-growing demand for affordable accommodation, as many still have no roo...

Bangladesh looks for fresh funds as China leaves two projects after budget cuts

Bangladesh looks for fresh funds as China leaves two projects after budget cuts

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-14 10:36:58

After Bangladesh decided to cut the cost of two railway projects, Chinese contractors have refused to work, leading the Chinese authorities to roll back plans to fund construction of the tracks. Now...

President, PM pay rich homage to martyred intellectuals

President, PM pay rich homage to martyred intellectuals

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-14 08:52:51

President M Abdul Hamid and Prrime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals marking the Martyred Intellectuals’ Day, BSS reports. They separately placed wrea...

President pays tributes to martyred intellectuals

President pays tributes to martyred intellectuals

-- 2021-12-14 08:21:38

President M Abdul Hamid today paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur here, marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day, BSS repo...