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President opens centenary celebrations of Dhaka University

President opens centenary celebrations of Dhaka University

-- 2021-12-01 21:25:25

President Md Abdul Hamid on Wednesday opened the centenary celebrations of Dhaka University (DU), recalling its magnificent role in Bangladesh’s political history alongside the academic arena in...

Govt officials must take permission from three ministries for foreign trips

Govt officials must take permission from three ministries for foreign trips

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-01 19:28:16

The High Court in a full text of a verdict directed that the government officials holding the rank of Additional Secretary and below must obtain prior permission from three ministries including the co...

Police files two cases against 800 students over vandalism, torching of buses

Police files two cases against 800 students over vandalism, torching of buses

-- 2021-12-01 19:17:46

Police have filed two cases against 800 students for the vandalism and torching of buses during protests over the death of student Md Mainuddin in a bus accident in Rampura area of Dhaka. The cases,...

Govt inks deal to set up country's first waste-based power plant

Govt inks deal to set up country's first waste-based power plant

-- 2021-12-01 18:57:56

The government has signed an agreement to set up the country's first-ever waste-based power plant at Amin Bazar area of Dhaka. The government on Wednesday signed the deal to set up a 42.5 MW waste bu...

121 hospitalised with dengue fever in 24hrs

121 hospitalised with dengue fever in 24hrs

-- 2021-12-01 18:31:20

As many as 121 new dengue patients have been hospitalised in 24 hours until Wednesday morning, health authorities said. The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at...

Dipu Moni urges all to maintain health protocols to keep HSC exams undisturbed

Dipu Moni urges all to maintain health protocols to keep HSC exams undisturbed

-- 2021-12-01 18:14:50

Education Minister Dipu Moni has urged all to maintain health protocols so that the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations can be held without any disruption. “Concerns are growing as...

Biman terminates pilot leader Captain Mahbub amid wage dispute

Biman terminates pilot leader Captain Mahbub amid wage dispute

-- 2021-12-01 18:08:10

Captain Mahbubur Rahman, the president of the Bangladesh Airlines Pilots’ Association (BAPA), has been removed from his job as a pilot amid an ongoing dispute among pilots and the airline author...

Joy vows to build Bangabandhu’s Sonar Bangla together

Joy vows to build Bangabandhu’s Sonar Bangla together

-- 2021-12-01 17:44:17

Prime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has urged all to join hands in building “Sonar Bangla (Golden Bengal)” envisioned by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman....

Katakhali Mayor Abbas Ali planned to flee abroad, says RAB

Katakhali Mayor Abbas Ali planned to flee abroad, says RAB

-- 2021-12-01 17:09:24

Abbas Ali, the mayor of the Katakhali Municipality Corporation in Rajshahi arrested over a viral audio recording of his comments on a mural depicting Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, had tried to fl...

COVID positivity rate rises to 1.5pc again in Bangladesh

COVID positivity rate rises to 1.5pc again in Bangladesh

-- 2021-12-01 16:59:56

Bangladesh has registered 282 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the total caseload to 1,576,566. It also registered two new deaths from COVID-19 in a day in the 24 hours to 8 am on Wednesday, ac...

Unbiased, independent research crucial for development, say experts

Unbiased, independent research crucial for development, say experts

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-01 16:34:02

Accurate, unbiased and independent data analysis is crucial for development as methods for proper agricultural marketing, poverty reduction and inequality need to be focused for academic research.&nbs...

PM asks students to return to classrooms instead of flouting law

PM asks students to return to classrooms instead of flouting law

-- 2021-12-01 15:58:05

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked students to return to their schools and study instead of taking legal matters into their own hands. She also called for people to follow traffic laws and driver...

Chattogram at high risk of earthquake

Chattogram at high risk of earthquake

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL, CHATTOGRAM 2021-12-01 09:01:02

Chattogram and its adjoining areas are at high risk of earthquake, experts said. If an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale hits Chattogram, more than 0.15 million buildings could be destroyed...

‘240 travellers from S Africa are traceless’

‘240 travellers from S Africa are traceless’

-- 2021-11-30 22:06:08

Bangladesh reported the arrival of 240 individuals from South Africa, where the new coronavirus variant Omicron was discovered, in the last month but authorities are unable to track down any of them....

PM shows ‘utmost humanity’ towards Khaleda, says Obaidul Quader

PM shows ‘utmost humanity’ towards Khaleda, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2021-11-30 21:07:39

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina showed 'utmost humanity' by suspending the jail sentence of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for an opportunity to take t...

Bangladesh to experience shortage of gas for one and half months

Bangladesh to experience shortage of gas for one and half months

-- 2021-11-30 21:07:01

The country will experience shortage in gas supply for the next one and a half months as one of the two re-gasification units has been out of order. According to an official statement issued by the M...

Govt to appoint 1,710 candidates from 44th BCS

Govt to appoint 1,710 candidates from 44th BCS

-- 2021-11-30 20:35:43

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has published a notice for the appointment of 1,710 candidates for government jobs from the 44th Bangladesh Civil Service. It asked the candidates for the jobs und...

Khaleda must be sent abroad without further delay, Fakhrul says

Khaleda must be sent abroad without further delay, Fakhrul says

-- 2021-11-30 20:33:04

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia must be sent abroad for advanced treatment without further delay as she is fighting for life. The BNP leader cam...

Bangladesh extends income tax filing deadline to Dec 31

Bangladesh extends income tax filing deadline to Dec 31

-- 2021-11-30 20:08:18

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the time for submitting income tax returns by a month to Dec 31. Citizens will have to pay fines to submit tax returns after the new deadline, an NBR...

UN resident coordinator pays farewell call on PM

UN resident coordinator pays farewell call on PM

-- 2021-11-30 19:54:41

United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Mia Seppo paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban on Tuesday. During the meeting, the UN representative said her organisat...

Tk 50m worth crystal meth recovered from Teknaf

Tk 50m worth crystal meth recovered from Teknaf

-- 2021-11-30 19:20:49

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Monday recovered one kg of crystal methamphetamine worth Tk 50 million from Hlila union in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar. BGB-2 Teknaf battalion con...

Narayanganj city election on Jan 16

Narayanganj city election on Jan 16

-- 2021-11-30 18:43:36

The election to Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) will be held on January 16 using electronic voting machines (EVMs) at all polling stations. The Election Commission (EC) announced the schedule for...

India removes Bangladesh from its 'red list', Momen says

India removes Bangladesh from its 'red list', Momen says

-- 2021-11-30 18:01:12

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said Bangladesh has been removed from India’s ‘red list’, which was prepared to combat the spread of Omicron variant of coronavirus, follow...

Bangladesh receives ambulances, oxygen generators from S Korea

Bangladesh receives ambulances, oxygen generators from S Korea

-- 2021-11-30 17:54:45

The government of the Republic of Korea has donated eight ambulances and 100 units of oxygen generators to the government of Bangladesh to support its efforts for overcoming the corona pandemic and en...

Truck hits motorcycle, HSC examinee dies in Chattogram

Truck hits motorcycle, HSC examinee dies in Chattogram

-- 2021-11-30 17:45:31

Amid protests over the death of an NDC college student and an SSC examinee in Dhaka, an HSC examinee was killed after a truck hit a motorcycle in the Station Road area of Chattogram city on Tuesday....

International conference on development kicks off Wednesday in Dhaka

International conference on development kicks off Wednesday in Dhaka

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-30 17:38:18

A three-day international conference on development is going to begin in the city on Wednesday to disseminate academic research on the country’s development scenario to the world. Bangladesh In...

Covid kills one, infects 237 in 24hrs

Covid kills one, infects 237 in 24hrs

-- 2021-11-30 17:13:35

Bangladesh has registered a single new death from Covid-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,981. The coronavirus caseload rose to 1,576,284 as 273 people tested positive for the disease in the...

France donates 2.06m AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Bangladesh

France donates 2.06m AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Bangladesh

-- 2021-11-30 17:12:05

The government of France has donated 2.06 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Bangladesh. French Ambassador to Bangladesh Jean-Marin Schuh handed over the vaccine doses to Foreign Minister Dr AK...

Light fog likely over country

Light fog likely over country

-- 2021-11-30 16:51:34

Light fog may occur at some places during tomorrow morning as weather is likely to remain dry with the temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, a met release has said. Night temperature may rise...

Fire guts RMG factory in Gazipur

Fire guts RMG factory in Gazipur

-- 2021-11-30 16:35:20

A fire gutted valuables of ‘Ripon Knitwear Factory Ltd’ at Konabari Jarun in Gazipur city on Tuesday. The fire broke out in a warehouse on the ground floor of the five-story building at n...