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PM pays rich homage to martyred intellectuals

PM pays rich homage to martyred intellectuals

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

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid glowing tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur here this morning, marking the Martyred Intellectual...

Momen unveils Bangabandhu’s sculpture in Ankara 

Momen unveils Bangabandhu’s sculpture in Ankara 

-- 2021-12-13 21:17:38

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Monday unveiled a sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Boulevard in Turkish capital Ankara.   “On...

Bangladesh gets over 4.0m doses of AZ vaccine from UK

Bangladesh gets over 4.0m doses of AZ vaccine from UK

-- 2021-12-13 21:08:29

The United Kingdom has donated 4.0 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines to help the country fight the coronavirus pandemic and make an economic recovery. The first batch of the vaccines,...

'Govt committed to provide all-out support to promote MPPE industry'

'Govt committed to provide all-out support to promote MPPE industry'

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-13 20:45:00

The government is committed to provide all-out support to promote the Medical and Personal Protective Equipment (MPPE) industry in Bangladesh as an important sector for attaining export diversificatio...

Dhaka tribunal rejects case against Murad over comments on Zaima Rahman

Dhaka tribunal rejects case against Murad over comments on Zaima Rahman

-- 2021-12-13 20:06:23

A Dhaka court has rejected a plea to admit a lawsuit against sacked state minister Murad Hassan for making "vulgar, obscene and misogynistic" comments about Zaima Rahman, daughter of BNP's acting Chai...

PM orders preparations for booster doses as omicron emerges

PM orders preparations for booster doses as omicron emerges

-- 2021-12-13 19:31:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed health officials to make preparations to administer COVID vaccine booster doses, or third doses, amid the emergence of the ‘omicron’ variant in...

High Court orders to stop production of illegal cigarette factories

High Court orders to stop production of illegal cigarette factories

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-13 18:55:12

The High Court on Monday directed the concerned bodies of the government to take appropriate measures immediately to stop and seize production of all kinds of illegal cigarettes and bidis by the illeg...

US sanctions will not affect next election, Obaidul Quader says

US sanctions will not affect next election, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2021-12-13 18:06:15

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the recent US sanction on seven former and incumbent officers of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) will not put any impact on the next general elect...

Mithila, Sabnam Faria get anticipatory bail         

Mithila, Sabnam Faria get anticipatory bail      

FE ONLINE REPORT   2021-12-13 18:03:08

The High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail for eight weeks to actors Rafiath Rashid Mithila and Sabnam Faria in a case filed by one of the customers of the controversial e-commerce platform Ev...

42 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

42 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

-- 2021-12-13 17:56:43

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

Quazi Anwar Hossain not writer of 260 books of ‘Masud Rana’ series: HC

Quazi Anwar Hossain not writer of 260 books of ‘Masud Rana’ series: HC

-- 2021-12-13 17:41:42

The High Court has rejected the writ petition of Qazi Anwar Hossain owner of Seba Prokashoni claiming the copyright of 260 books of the popular thriller series ‘Masud Rana’. The court als...

Bangladesh logs three new Covid deaths, 385 cases

Bangladesh logs three new Covid deaths, 385 cases

-- 2021-12-13 17:16:16

Bangladesh has recorded 385 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the total caseload to 1,579,710. It also registered three new deaths from the disease, taking the total toll to 28,031, in the 24 ho...

Five years in prison, a Tk 5.0m fine, or both for fraud in digital transactions

Five years in prison, a Tk 5.0m fine, or both for fraud in digital transactions

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

The Bangladesh cabinet has given its final approval to a draft of the ‘Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2021’, which specifies a maximum of five years in prison, a Tk 5 million fine, or...

Man held for murder of wife, infant child in Narsingdi

Man held for murder of wife, infant child in Narsingdi

-- 2021-12-13 13:49:19

A Narsingdi man has killed his wife and infant child after he began suspecting that his wife was involved in an extra-marital affair, according to police. Police arrested the suspect, Fakhrul, from t...

Square Hospitals honours 20 physicians

Square Hospitals honours 20 physicians

FE REPORT 2021-12-13 10:31:40

On the occasion of its 15th-anniversary celebration, the Square Hospitals Limited on Friday last honoured 20 living legend physicians of the country for their contribution to medical services. The Ma...

Bangladesh government plans to vaccinate 80pc people by April

Bangladesh government plans to vaccinate 80pc people by April

FE REPORT 2021-12-13 10:00:02

The government plans to complete 80 per cent of its vaccination target by April next year, Health Secretary Lokman Hossain Mia said on Sunday. Addressing a programme to mark handover of vaccines by t...

Minister has no information on transmission of Omicron

Minister has no information on transmission of Omicron

FE REPORT 2021-12-13 08:43:59

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said they were yet to receive any information over transmission of Omicron in Bangladesh. The minister made the comment while inaugurating v...

Bangladrsh's imports further rise on economic pickup

Bangladrsh's imports further rise on economic pickup

SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-12-13 08:39:28

Bangladesh's imports increased further by volume and value both amid gradual economic pickup as well as higher import-payment obligation due to international inflation. Official count on November imp...

Rehab centres affected by policy loopholes

Rehab centres affected by policy loopholes

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-12-13 08:36:56

The government has brought the privately-owned drug addiction rehabilitation centres under a policy, which is allegedly hindering the set up and operation of the centres in a few cases. Appreciating...

Teletalk launches 5G service in six areas on trial basis

Teletalk launches 5G service in six areas on trial basis

-- 2021-12-12 21:27:38

Bangladesh has entered the fifth-generation (5G) era as Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy virtually inaugurated the service at a function in the city on Sunday. “As lo...

Dhaka airport to get 2,500 new luggage trolleys

Dhaka airport to get 2,500 new luggage trolleys

-- 2021-12-12 21:20:35

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali has said 2,500 new luggage trolleys will be procured by February at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) to lessen passengers' suffe...

Mithila, Faria seek anticipatory bail from HC in Evaly scams

Mithila, Faria seek anticipatory bail from HC in Evaly scams

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-12 19:49:51

Actors Rafiath Rashid Mithila and Sabnam Faria filed petitions with the High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case filed by one of the customers of the controversial e-commerce platform Evaly Limi...

Tobacco companies incentivise 'designated smoking area' at restaurants

Tobacco companies incentivise 'designated smoking area' at restaurants

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-12 19:15:43

Tobacco companies apply various tactics and incentivise 'designated smoking area' (DSA) in Dhaka city’s restaurants using loopholes of the Smoking and Tobacco Usage (Control) Act, 2005 (amended...

Rohingya father ‘kills self’ after ‘poisoning’ three kids

Rohingya father ‘kills self’ after ‘poisoning’ three kids

-- 2021-12-12 18:37:26

A Rohingya man has killed himself by swallowing poison after ‘poisoning’ his three children at Shahparir Dwip in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district. One of the three children-Su...

Murad returns home after being denied entry to Canada, UAE

Murad returns home after being denied entry to Canada, UAE

-- 2021-12-12 18:34:58

Disgraced former state minister for Information and Broadcasting Murad Hassan got back home on Sunday after having failed to enter Canada and the UAE. An official at Hazrat Shahajalal International A...

HC stays trial proceedings of a case against Dr Yunus in labour court

HC stays trial proceedings of a case against Dr Yunus in labour court

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-12 18:26:38

The High Court has stayed for six months the trial proceedings of a case filed against Grameen Telecom Chairman Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus on charge of violating labour law. The High Court benc...

National Memorial to remain closed till Dec 15

National Memorial to remain closed till Dec 15

-- 2021-12-12 18:11:30

The National Memorial located at Savar, outskirts of the capital, will remain inaccessible to the public from Sunday (today) to December 15 for cleanliness purposes in observance of the Victory Day-20...

Govt plans to complete 80pc vaccination target by April

Govt plans to complete 80pc vaccination target by April

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-12 18:07:49

The government plans to complete 80 per cent of its vaccination target by April next year, Health Secretary Lokman Hossain Mia said on Sunday. Addressing a programme to mark the handing over of vacc...

Petition filed seeking permission to sue Murad under DSA

Petition filed seeking permission to sue Murad under DSA

-- 2021-12-12 17:45:19

A petition was filed with the Cyber Tribunal on Sunday seeking its permission to file a case against disgraced former State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Murad Hassan under the Digital...

Govt spending on public servants to rise in FY23

Govt spending on public servants to rise in FY23

-- 2021-12-12 17:34:47

Although the government has shrunk the percentage of expenditure on pay and allowances of the public servants against the total budget in the running fiscal, it will be raised again in fiscal 2022-23...