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US donates 18 freezer trucks for COVID-19 vaccine delivery

US donates 18 freezer trucks for COVID-19 vaccine delivery

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-15 19:16:42

The US embassy in Dhaka on Monday handed over brand new freezer trucks to the health ministry as a part of ongoing US support to the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Bangladesh. The US Embassy&rsquo...

Bangladesh, UAE identify 12 fields for bilateral cooperation

Bangladesh, UAE identify 12 fields for bilateral cooperation

-- 2021-11-15 18:45:37

Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates have specified 12 fields of bilateral cooperation at the fifth joint commission meeting between the two countries in Dhaka. The meeting, held in Dhaka, was co-...

140 more hospitalised with dengue in Bangladesh

140 more hospitalised with dengue in Bangladesh

-- 2021-11-15 18:34:10

Bangladesh reported 140 new dengue patients being hospitalised in 24 hours until Monday morning. The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease this year remained unchanged at 97 as no fres...

HC asks SB Exim’s owner Shahjahan Bablu to surrender in 8 weeks

HC asks SB Exim’s owner Shahjahan Bablu to surrender in 8 weeks

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-15 18:24:35

The High Court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to Shahjahan Bablu, owner of SB Exim Bangladesh, a concern of Jhenaidah-based SB Group, in two cases filed on charges of embezzling Tk 2.38...

‘Will follow next polls very closely amid Bangladesh’s growing global importance’

‘Will follow next polls very closely amid Bangladesh’s growing global importance’

-- 2021-11-15 17:55:50

Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley on Monday said they will be following the next general election "very closely" because the international com...

DSCC takes set of measures to ease traffic jam, Taposh says

DSCC takes set of measures to ease traffic jam, Taposh says

-- 2021-11-15 17:33:07

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has taken a set of measures including revival of naval routes, construction of new roads, and modernisation of existing traffic system in coordination with the gove...

Four COVID-19 deaths, 234 cases reported in 24 hours

Four COVID-19 deaths, 234 cases reported in 24 hours

-- 2021-11-15 17:04:28

Bangladesh has registered four new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,926. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,572,735 as 234 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hour...

Chief of Ansar al-Islam's online operations arrested

Chief of Ansar al-Islam's online operations arrested

-- 2021-11-15 16:27:40

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested Hasibur Rahman aka Azam Al Ghalib, the chief of banned Islamist outfit Ansar al-Islam’s...

Bangladesh can make vaccines for export, PM says

Bangladesh can make vaccines for export, PM says

-- 2021-11-15 15:47:52

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes Bangladesh has the capacity to manufacture the COVID-19 vaccine in the country and export it around the world. Hasina outlined her experiences from her recent fo...

Court defers verdict in Tinni murder again after father, uncle seek to testify

Court defers verdict in Tinni murder again after father, uncle seek to testify

-- 2021-11-15 13:28:21

A Dhaka court has deferred the verdict in the murder case against former Jatiya Party MP Golam Faruk Ovi over the 2002 murder of 24-year-old model Syeda Tania Mahbub Tinni. Dhaka Additional Distric...

President visits construction works of 'Mithamain Cantonment'

President visits construction works of 'Mithamain Cantonment'

-- 2021-11-14 21:00:24

President Abdul Hamid on Sunday visited the progress of construction works of 'Mithamain Cantonment’ in Kishoreganj.  On his arrival at the cantonment area in Mithamain upazila, Chief of A...

Minister warns of actions against whoever spreads rumours of question leaks

Minister warns of actions against whoever spreads rumours of question leaks

-- 2021-11-14 20:53:06

Strict action will be taken against whoever spreads rumours of SSC question papers being leaked or tries to harm the students by leaking question papers, Education Minister Dipu Moni said Sunday. The...

SSC examinee commits suicide hours before exam

SSC examinee commits suicide hours before exam

-- 2021-11-14 20:50:20

A 17-year-old Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee died after he allegedly off a six-storied building in Rangpur hours before he was to sit for this year's exam that began Sunday. The deceased...

‘Bangladesh’s illegal drug problem lies in its geographical location’

‘Bangladesh’s illegal drug problem lies in its geographical location’

-- 2021-11-14 20:39:22

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday told Parliament that Bangladesh faces the illegal drug problem due to its geographical location as narcotics come here from neighbouring countries. "Banglades...

Experts call for eco-friendly tourist activities

Experts call for eco-friendly tourist activities

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-14 20:05:26

Experts at a workshop have called for eco-friendly tourist activities to pave the way for more tourism and to protect biodiversity and local heritage. Highlighting the need for developing strong lega...

Patents bill placed in JS

Patents bill placed in JS

-- 2021-11-14 19:53:09

Bangladesh Patents Bill, 2021 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) aiming to make the century-old patent law more time-befitting and strengthen the safeguard of intellectual property rights. Industr...

131 more Dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs    

131 more Dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs    

-- 2021-11-14 19:17:12

Bangladesh reported 131 new dengue patients being hospitalised in 24 hours till Sunday morning. The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease this year remained unchanged at 97 as no fresh...

India President to attend Victory Day celebration in Bangladesh

India President to attend Victory Day celebration in Bangladesh

-- 2021-11-14 19:11:20

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind will attend the Victory Day celebrations in Bangladesh on December 16 apart from his other key engagements. President Kovind will be visiting Bangladesh at the invita...

'Action against judge for her comments on rape cases was necessary'

'Action against judge for her comments on rape cases was necessary'

-- 2021-11-14 19:08:08

Law Minister Anisul Huq says it was necessary to take action against the judge who instructed police to accept only those cases of rape that have occurred in the preceding 72 hours. The judge’s...

Jatiya Party MPs demand reduction of fuel prices

Jatiya Party MPs demand reduction of fuel prices

-- 2021-11-14 18:56:45

Two Jatiya Party MPs -- Mujibul Haque and Rustum Ali Faraji -- on Sunday demanded the government reduce diesel prices to ease public sufferings. "Common people, particularly the poorer section, are n...

HC orders judicial inquiry into JNU teacher’s death

HC orders judicial inquiry into JNU teacher’s death

-- 2021-11-14 18:43:30

The High Court on Sunday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of Sayeda Nasrin Babli, an assistant professor of the History department of Jagannath University, to find out whether there was any n...

Netherlands to send trade mission to Bangladesh in March 2022

Netherlands to send trade mission to Bangladesh in March 2022

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-14 18:28:56

Bangladeshi farmers, food processors might get benefit from Dutch expertise and technology after a high-level government and business delegation, led by the Agriculture Minister DR Muhammad Abdur Razz...

COVID-19: Bangladesh logs four deaths, 223 cases in 24 hours

COVID-19: Bangladesh logs four deaths, 223 cases in 24 hours

-- 2021-11-14 17:51:46

Bangladesh has registered four new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,922. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,572,501 as 223 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hour...

Writ seeks cancellation of Evidence Act provisions on rape victims’ character

Writ seeks cancellation of Evidence Act provisions on rape victims’ character

-- 2021-11-14 17:50:25

A writ petition was submitted before the High Court on Sunday seeking abolition of two provisions of the Evidence Act, 1872, which allow raising questions about the character of rape victims who are u...

Parliament goes into 15th session

Parliament goes into 15th session

-- 2021-11-14 17:12:03

The 15th session of the 11th parliament began on Sunday with Speaker Dr. Shirin Chaudhury in the chair. The Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) went into session after a 59-day recess as its previou...

Police arrest three over failed robbery at IFIC outlet in Badda

Police arrest three over failed robbery at IFIC outlet in Badda

-- 2021-11-14 17:07:14

The police have arrested three suspects for their involvement in an attempt to ’break into and rob the vault’ of an IFIC Bank sub-branch in Badda. A group of robbers broke through the wal...

Border killing a shame for India, says foreign minister   

Border killing a shame for India, says foreign minister  

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-14 16:24:19

Killing Bangladeshis on the Indo-Bangladesh border by the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) is a shame for India, said Dr A. K. Abdul Momen on Sunday. He was addressing a press conference on the...

Khaleda Zia shifted to CCU in Evercare Hospital

Khaleda Zia shifted to CCU in Evercare Hospital

-- 2021-11-14 15:40:14

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been shifted to the Coronary Care Unit or CCU at Evercare Hospital for further treatment. Khaleda is undergoing treatment and medical tests in CCU, according to Prof A...

Light rain likely in five divisions

Light rain likely in five divisions

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-14 14:50:32

Bangladesh Metrological Department (BMD) forecast light rain in different parts of the country commencing at 9:00am on Sunday. According to the regular bulletin of Met office, “Light rain is li...

Supreme Court suspends judicial powers of Judge Kamrunnahar

Supreme Court suspends judicial powers of Judge Kamrunnahar

-- 2021-11-14 11:50:55

The Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the judicial powers of Mosammat Kamrunnahar, the judge in the Raintree rape case, who had drawn criticism for saying that rape cases should not be recorded...