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Dengue claims another life, hospitalises 129 more

Dengue claims another life, hospitalises 129 more

-- 2021-11-18 18:58:01

Bangladesh reported another death from Dengue fever while 129 new patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Thursday morning. Although dengue cases were supposed to drop ahead of winter the country...

ACC sues Khulna General Hospital staff for embezzling Tk 25.8m

ACC sues Khulna General Hospital staff for embezzling Tk 25.8m

-- 2021-11-18 18:37:08

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against a lab technologist of Khulna General Hospital for embezzling Tk 25.8 million collected from Covid-19 tests. Khandaker Kamruzzaman...

Bangladeshi youth more likely to be aware of climate change, says survey

Bangladeshi youth more likely to be aware of climate change, says survey

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-18 18:19:53

Young people in Bangladesh are substantially more likely to be aware of climate change than older people, says a new international survey by UNICEF and Gallup released ahead of World Children’s...

Bangladesh to start contract farming in Somalia

Bangladesh to start contract farming in Somalia

-- 2021-11-18 17:51:17

Somalia has agreed to a Bangladesh proposal on joint contract farming in the African country for better use of its huge unutilised cultivable land. Visiting State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Int...

Health minister refuses to disclose vaccine cost

Health minister refuses to disclose vaccine cost

-- 2021-11-18 17:14:27

Despite previously announcing the price at which the government had bought the COVID vaccine earlier, Health Minister Zahid Maleque has declined to share information regarding the price at which recen...

Covid claims five more lives, infects another 244

Covid claims five more lives, infects another 244

-- 2021-11-18 16:40:11

Bangladesh has registered five new deaths from Covid-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,939. The Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,573,458 as 244 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hour...

Man finds Tk 6.6m while fishing in pond

Man finds Tk 6.6m while fishing in pond

-- 2021-11-18 16:28:37

A man has found Tk 6.6 million while fishing in a pond in Jail Road area of Lalmonirhat sadar upazila. Locals say the man was setting up his fishing equipment when he spotted a bag containing the mon...

Bangladesh plans to import Pfizer’s Covid-19 pill

Bangladesh plans to import Pfizer’s Covid-19 pill

-- 2021-11-18 16:16:33

Bangladesh plans to use Paxlovid, Pfizer’s antiviral pill to treat coronavirus infections, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said. Importing the pill, however, depends on clinical trials and approv...

HC adjourns writ petition that challenges questioning 'character' of rape victims

HC adjourns writ petition that challenges questioning 'character' of rape victims

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-18 15:48:21

The High Court (HC) has adjourned the hearing of a writ petition that challenged section 155 (4) and section 146 (3) of the Evidence Act, 1872. Three rights organisations, Bangladesh Legal Aid &...

UN, for the first time, adopts Rohingya resolution by consensus

UN, for the first time, adopts Rohingya resolution by consensus

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-18 11:29:22

The United Nations has adopted a Rohingya resolution by consensus for the first time since the refugee influx into Bangladesh, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. “The adoption of the Rohing...

Vehicles to pay increased charges at Jamuna, Muktarpur bridges from tomorrow

Vehicles to pay increased charges at Jamuna, Muktarpur bridges from tomorrow

FE REPORT 2021-11-18 09:32:25

The government starts collecting tolls at increased rates for Bangabandhu Jamuna Bridge and Mukterpur Bridge from tomorrow (Friday). The new rates will be applicable for all kinds of transports from...

Derelict Chandpur Railway Hospital building requires renovation

Derelict Chandpur Railway Hospital building requires renovation

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-18 09:26:59

CHANDPUR: The Chandpur Railway Hospital has remained abandoned for fourteen years. It has been lying in a damaged state after being hit by Cyclone Sidr on November 15, 2007.Since then, no steps have b...

Fraud-free payment to pensioners soon

Fraud-free payment to pensioners soon

FE REPORT 2021-11-18 09:02:00

Money straightway will be paid into a pensioner's account through a fraud-free and failsafe automated transaction as the government is upgrading its pension scheme for retirees, officials said Wedne...

Lighter vessel operators increase freight charges by 15pc after fuel price hike

Lighter vessel operators increase freight charges by 15pc after fuel price hike

-- 2021-11-17 22:34:26

The operators of lighter vessels that transport goods from Chattogram port to other parts of Bangladesh have raised the freight charges by 15 per cent after a hike in fuel prices. The increase follow...

PM defends decision to increase fuel prices, questions subsidies

PM defends decision to increase fuel prices, questions subsidies

-- 2021-11-17 19:32:04

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has questioned subsidies to support several sectors while defending her government’s decision to raise fuel prices. “How much can the government subsidise?&rd...

Dhaka-Glasgow Declaration outcome of Bangladesh’s leading role, PM says

Dhaka-Glasgow Declaration outcome of Bangladesh’s leading role, PM says

-- 2021-11-17 19:24:22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described the adoption of the "Dhaka-Glasgow Declaration" in the COP26 conference as an outcome of playing a leading role by Bangladesh in climate diplomacy. "I belie...

PBI finds 'no signs of torture’ on cartoonist Kishore

PBI finds 'no signs of torture’ on cartoonist Kishore

-- 2021-11-17 18:40:23

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has ‘not found’ any evidence that cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore was tortured in custody. Md Mizanur Rahman, a superintendent of police at PBI, sa...

72-hr timeframe for recording rape case not mentioned in full text of the verdict

72-hr timeframe for recording rape case not mentioned in full text of the verdict

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-17 18:35:45

The observation that asked the police not to record rape case if the victim comes after 72 hours of the incident was not mentioned in the full verdict of the Raintree Hotel rape case. Judge of the...

Chhatra League activists ‘attack’ Reza Kibria, Nur in Tangail

Chhatra League activists ‘attack’ Reza Kibria, Nur in Tangail

-- 2021-11-17 17:50:47

Members of the new Bangladesh Gana Odhikar Parishad party, including convener Dr Reza Kibria and Member Secretary Nurul Haque Nur, have allegedly been attacked while attempting to pay their respects a...

Covid kills six more, infects another 266 in Bangladesh

Covid kills six more, infects another 266 in Bangladesh

-- 2021-11-17 16:40:08

Covid-19 in Bangladesh claimed six more lives, taking the total toll to 27,934, and infected another 266 people in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,573,214 as 266 peop...

Bangladesh wins double bronze in Asian Archery Championships

Bangladesh wins double bronze in Asian Archery Championships

-- 2021-11-17 16:24:47

Bangladesh has clinched two bronze medals at the Asian Archery Championships 2021 held at the Army Stadium in Dhaka. The Bangladesh mixed team, comprising archers Md Hakim Ahmed Rubel and Diya Siddiq...

Govt plans to set up world-class vaccine institute, says PM

Govt plans to set up world-class vaccine institute, says PM

-- 2021-11-17 16:07:22

The government plans to set up an international standard vaccine institute to produce doses in Bangladesh in order to combat the coronavirus and other pathogens, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Th...

Ex-state minister Afsar Uddin passes away

Ex-state minister Afsar Uddin passes away

-- 2021-11-17 15:31:20

Former state minister for Housing and Public Works Afsar Uddin Ahmed Khan died at his residence in Dhaka due to age-related complications on Wednesday. He was 81. Afsar, the younger brother of Tajudd...

Strategic plan to be formulated to curb illegal wildlife trade 

Strategic plan to be formulated to curb illegal wildlife trade 

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-17 15:20:58

The government is working sincerely to curb the illegal wildlife trade in the country, said environment minister Md Shahab Uddin. The minister said that a strategic plan will also be formulated among...

Woman stabbed to death by husband in Pabna

Woman stabbed to death by husband in Pabna

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-17 14:15:30

A woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband in Falia village of Pabna's Sadar Upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Hamida Khatun, 32, wife of Tejem Molla of the village. They...

Pilot algae farming project pays off

Pilot algae farming project pays off

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-17 10:28:47

COX'S BAZAR: Along the coast of Cox's Bazar, villagers have achieved success in farming algae experimentally. The officials of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) said the initial...

Sylhet City Corporation cancels tender again to dismantle vulnerable market

Sylhet City Corporation cancels tender again to dismantle vulnerable market

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-17 10:26:55

SYLHET: The Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) again retreated from its attempt to reconstruct the 40-year-old 'City Super Market', which was declared vulnerable years ago by the experts. The SCC last wee...

EDSMoney goes live on December 01

EDSMoney goes live on December 01

FE REPORT 2021-11-17 09:03:59

EDSMoney, a web-based electronic dealing platform for interbank money market, is going to hit the internet on December 01. It will facilitate real-time online dealing mechanism in the unsecured seg...

Metro rail starts test run at optimum speed

Metro rail starts test run at optimum speed

FE REPORT 2021-11-17 08:59:46

The metro rail authorities have successfully run the first set of trains almost at its optimum speed of 100-kilometre per hour, gradually approaching its commercial operation by the end of next year...

Port city yet to get master plan on multimodal transport

Port city yet to get master plan on multimodal transport

MUNIMA SULTANA 2021-11-17 08:50:50

The port city of Chattogram is still to get a transport master plan despite an initiative taken two years ago due to a distinct lack of a dedicated authority. Sources said multiple initiatives were m...