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HC seeks list of all the rivers and illegal occupiers from government

HC seeks list of all the rivers and illegal occupiers from government

-- 2021-11-21 19:49:53

The High Court on Sunday directed the government authorities to submit a proper list of the country's rivers and division-wise list of illegal occupiers. The court asked the finance secretary, Bangla...

Rifad wins Global Youth Leadership Award

Rifad wins Global Youth Leadership Award

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-21 19:47:39

Shaikh Rifad Mahmud of Natore has won the Global Youth Leadership Award at the two-day World Youth Conference in Kathmandu organised by Global Youth Leadership Award the Global Youth Parliament in col...

110 more hospitalised with dengue in 24 hrs

110 more hospitalised with dengue in 24 hrs

-- 2021-11-21 18:59:53

As many as 110 new dengue patients have been admitted to hospitals in 24 hours until Sunday morning, health authorities said. Although dengue cases were supposed to drop ahead of winter, the country...

PM for Army’s contribution to development activities

PM for Army’s contribution to development activities

-- 2021-11-21 18:29:14

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the members of the Armed Forces to uphold the glory of the country by contributing to its development activities alongside protecting the sovereignty. "I...

Munia murder: Court allows PBI to submit probe report on December 8

Munia murder: Court allows PBI to submit probe report on December 8

-- 2021-11-21 18:18:53

A Dhaka court on Sunday allowed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) an extended time until December 8 to submit its investigation report on Bashundhara Group MD Sayem Sobhan Anvir and seven other...

HC grants custody for children of Nakano-Imran to father

HC grants custody for children of Nakano-Imran to father

-- 2021-11-21 18:18:38

The High Court has granted custody rights for the two children of Japanese citizen Nakano Eriko and Bangladeshi citizen Imran Sharif to the father. Imran will, however, have to bear the cost of allowi...

Petrol pump, tank-lorry owners demand rise in commissions, transportation fares

Petrol pump, tank-lorry owners demand rise in commissions, transportation fares

-- 2021-11-21 17:52:08

As if taking a clue from the public transports, the petrol pump and tank-lorry owners are now demanding that the government raises commissions on fuel sales and transportation fares following the rece...

Students give 24-hr ultimatum demanding bus helper’s arrest over rape threat

Students give 24-hr ultimatum demanding bus helper’s arrest over rape threat

-- 2021-11-21 17:29:49

Students of different colleges in Dhaka gave the authorities concerned a 24-hour ultimatum to arrest the bus staff who reportedly threatened to rape a female student. Several hundred college students...

Two killed in Chandpur road crash

Two killed in Chandpur road crash

-- 2021-11-21 17:22:48

Two autorickshaw passengers have died and another critically injured after a truck collided with the vehicle head-on in Kachua upazila of Chandpur district. The accident occurred on the Chandpur-Cumi...

'Govt to tackle BNP's violence with appropriate action'

'Govt to tackle BNP's violence with appropriate action'

-- 2021-11-21 17:17:36

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has warned the BNP that the government will take appropriate action if any violence occurs during their recent protests demanding that party chief Khaleda Zia be allowed...

287,077 motorcycles registered across country in Jan-Oct period

287,077 motorcycles registered across country in Jan-Oct period

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-21 16:59:50

A total of 287,077 motorcycles were registered across the country in the first ten months of the current calendar year, according to official data. Of the registered two-wheelers, 78,795 got register...

COVID-19: Seven deaths, 199 cases reported in 24 hours

COVID-19: Seven deaths, 199 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2021-11-21 16:40:23

Bangladesh has registered seven new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,953. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,574,088 as 199 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hou...

Myanmar Navy relases 22 Bangladeshi fishermen

Myanmar Navy relases 22 Bangladeshi fishermen

-- 2021-11-21 16:27:21

Myanmar Navy has released 22 Bangladeshi fishermen who were detained with four fishing trawlers while fishing near St. Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, reports UNB. Saint Martin's Un...

Vaccination programme begins at Chattogram slums

Vaccination programme begins at Chattogram slums

-- 2021-11-21 15:31:25

After a vaccination drive at Korail slum in Dhaka, health authorities have started giving Covid jabs to the slum dwellers of Chattogram city on Sunday. Some 2,000 residents of Jhautala slum in Khulsh...

Bakshibazar intersection blocked after bus helper ‘threatens student with rape’

Bakshibazar intersection blocked after bus helper ‘threatens student with rape’

-- 2021-11-21 14:52:27

Several hundred students have blocked the road at Dhaka’s Bakshibazar intersection after allegations that a student was threatened with assault and rape after she paid the discounted half fare...

37 Bangladeshis among 600 migrants found hidden in two trucks in Mexico

37 Bangladeshis among 600 migrants found hidden in two trucks in Mexico

-- 2021-11-21 13:32:15

Migrants from 12 countries were among 600 people found hidden in the back of two trucks in eastern Mexico on Friday, most of them from neighboring Guatemala, the government's National Migration Instit...

President, PM pay homage to armed forces martyrs

President, PM pay homage to armed forces martyrs

-- 2021-11-21 13:16:54

President Mohammad Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday paid homage to the martyred members of the Armed Forces on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day 2021, UNB reports. The Presid...

PM Hasina pays tributes to armed forces martyrs

PM Hasina pays tributes to armed forces martyrs

-- 2021-11-21 11:48:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid glowing tributes to the martyred members of Bangladesh Armed Forces on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day-2021. The prime minister paid the homage by placing a...

Doctors see ‘little improvement’ in Khaleda’s health condition

Doctors see ‘little improvement’ in Khaleda’s health condition

-- 2021-11-21 11:12:05

There has been little improvement in the condition of Khaleda Zia, who is currently receiving treatment at the Critical Care Unit, or CCU, at Dhaka’s Evercare Hospital. Doctors have the BNP c...

Bumper Aman yield makes farmers happy

Bumper Aman yield makes farmers happy

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-21 10:06:23

Farmers of Cumilla and Jamalpur districts are happy to achieve bumper production of Aman this season. Meanwhile, peasants are passing busy time harvesting the paddy in full swing in Bogura. Our Cumil...

Khaleda Zia at critical juncture of her life: Fakhrul

Khaleda Zia at critical juncture of her life: Fakhrul

FE REPORT 2021-11-21 08:40:26

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold nationwide protest rallies on Monday demanding immediate release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia to facilitate her advanced treatment abroad. As part of th...

Four workers suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj rice mill fire

Four workers suffer burn injuries in Narayanganj rice mill fire

-- 2021-11-20 21:27:16

Four workers suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out at City Auto Rice & Dal Mill at Rupshi area of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj on Saturday. The injured were identified as Belayert Hos...

75m people to be fully vaccinated by Jan, says Health Minister

75m people to be fully vaccinated by Jan, says Health Minister

-- 2021-11-20 21:03:16

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday said the government will administer 60 million more Covid-19 vaccine doses by January next across the country. "So far, 90 million vaccine doses have been ad...

Minister lauds business community’s role in Bangladesh’s economic success

Minister lauds business community’s role in Bangladesh’s economic success

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

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Saturday appreciated the role played by the business community in the overall development of the country and making Bangladesh 'the fastest-growing economy in the worl...

142 more hospitalised with Dengue in 24 hrs

142 more hospitalised with Dengue in 24 hrs

-- 2021-11-20 19:39:01

Bangladesh reported hospitalisation of 142 new dengue patients in 24 hours until Saturday morning. Although dengue cases were supposed to drop ahead of winter, the country has been recording more tha...

Young generation will forge greater Bangladesh-Japan cultural ties, says Envoy

Young generation will forge greater Bangladesh-Japan cultural ties, says Envoy

-- 2021-11-20 18:37:31

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki has expressed his hope that the young generation will forge a greater Bangladesh-Japan cultural relationship as the two countries will celebrate 50 years of...

BNP can bring foreign physicians for Khaleda, says Law Minister

BNP can bring foreign physicians for Khaleda, says Law Minister

-- 2021-11-20 18:13:39

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday said BNP can bring physicians from abroad for Khaleda Zia's treatment if they want and there will be no obstruction from the government side. "But BNP should keep...

Tipu Munshi inaugurates ICC Bangladesh's new secretariat at Gulshan   

Tipu Munshi inaugurates ICC Bangladesh's new secretariat at Gulshan  

-- 2021-11-20 18:06:58

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi inaugurated today (Saturday) the National Committee Secretariat of International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB)-The World Business Organization at Gulshan, ac...

Zahangir breaks down in tears, sees conspiracy behind expulsion

Zahangir breaks down in tears, sees conspiracy behind expulsion

-- 2021-11-20 18:06:47

Zahangir Alam, the Gazipur City Corporation mayor expelled by the Awami League over his remarks on Bangabandhu and Liberation War martyrs, claims he is the victim of a ‘conspiracy'. Zahangir br...

Bangladesh reports no COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports no COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-11-20 17:00:50

Bangladesh has registered no new deaths from COVID-19 in the past day for the first time since Apr 3, 2020. This means the death toll from the disease has remained unchanged at 27,946. The coronaviru...