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Oil tanker explosion leaves one dead in Jhalakathi 

Oil tanker explosion leaves one dead in Jhalakathi 

-- 2021-11-12 17:14:51

A powerful explosion on an oil tanker on the Sungandha River in Jhalakathi on Friday left a crew member dead and seven others injured, local administration said. The tanker, Sagar Nandini-3, was anch...

Light rain likely

Light rain likely

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-12 15:53:51

Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places in Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) in a statement issued on Friday mornin...

Kurigram road crash leaves four dead

Kurigram road crash leaves four dead

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-12 15:05:11

Four people, including three members of a family, were killed and another injured in a head-on collision between a Dhaka-bound bus and an auto-rickshaw in the Nageshwari area of Kurigram district on T...

Two dead, several injured in Narayanganj 'gas blast'

Two dead, several injured in Narayanganj 'gas blast'

-- 2021-11-12 14:53:06

Two women have died after an explosion rocked a home in Narayanganj's Fatullah. Eight others were injured in the blast at Sohachar Lal Kha area of Sadar Upazila in the early hours of Friday, accordin...

AI, 4IR replace old workforce; experts suggest resetting curricula, skills dev

AI, 4IR replace old workforce; experts suggest resetting curricula, skills dev

FE REPORT 2021-11-12 12:04:24

As Bangladesh is deemed already falling back in preparation, experts at a Dhaka meet Thursday made a wakeup call for resetting curricula and skills building processes to cope with AI and 4IR advances...

Magura sees bumper Aman output

Magura sees bumper Aman output

OUR CORRESPONDENT, MAGURA 2021-11-12 11:29:39

The harvesting of Aman paddy is going on in full swing in the district, and farmers are very happy with good production this year. This season's bumper yield has been achieved for adequate rainfall,...

World needs to act seriously for Rohingya repatriation: PM

World needs to act seriously for Rohingya repatriation: PM

-- 2021-11-12 11:20:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the world leaders to ensure the repatriation of Rohingya people to their homeland Myanmar soon to escape security risks in the region and beyond worldwide, BSS...

TIB worried over $100b fund for Climate Vulnerable Countries

TIB worried over $100b fund for Climate Vulnerable Countries

FE REPORT 2021-11-12 11:01:21

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep concern about uncertainty of $100-billion fund for climate-vulnerable countries (CVCs), including Bangladesh, in the UN Climate Cha...

Four found dead in separate incidents in city

Four found dead in separate incidents in city

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-12 09:49:36

Four people, including a construction worker, were found dead in separate incidents in the capital on Thursday. Deceased Shakil, 28, a construction worker, died falling from an under-construction bui...

PM urges UNESCO to declare online leaning as public good

PM urges UNESCO to declare online leaning as public good

-- 2021-11-11 21:15:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked UNESCO to declare remote learning and online education as a global public good as these are creating a new divide. "I also call upon UNESCO to work as a...

Minister emphasises research to tap potentials of blue economy

Minister emphasises research to tap potentials of blue economy

-- 2021-11-11 20:17:23

Planning Minister MA Mannan has emphasised extensive research on blue economy to unlock its potentials and get maximum benefits from the Bay of Bengal. "The government is interested to assist private...

Voting comes to an end in violence-marred union council elections

Voting comes to an end in violence-marred union council elections

-- 2021-11-11 19:17:40

The second phase of the union council elections has come to an end after a day marred by clashes, violence and bloodshed. Polling centres closed at 4 pm and have begun counting their ballots, reports...

176 more hospitalised with Dengue in 24 hrs

176 more hospitalised with Dengue in 24 hrs

-- 2021-11-11 18:34:23

Bangladesh reported 176 new dengue patients being hospitalized in 24 hours till Thursday morning. The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease this year remained unchanged at 96 as no fre...

US to donate another 14m Pfizer vaccines to BD

US to donate another 14m Pfizer vaccines to BD

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-11 18:32:14

Bangladesh is going to receive another 14 million Pfizer vaccines from the USA. Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, now in Paris, informed the foreign ministry about the development follow...

Decision to raise fuel prices was political, says Energy Secretary

Decision to raise fuel prices was political, says Energy Secretary

-- 2021-11-11 17:54:46

Senior Secretary of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division has said that the decision to raise fuel prices was absolutely political, not a bureaucratic one. "This was fully a political decision an...

Bangladesh logs one new Covid death, 237 cases

Bangladesh logs one new Covid death, 237 cases

-- 2021-11-11 17:35:59

Bangladesh has registered a single new death from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,907. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,571,906 as 237 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 h...

RAB arrests ward boy who removed teen's oxygen mask at Bogura hospital

RAB arrests ward boy who removed teen's oxygen mask at Bogura hospital

-- 2021-11-11 16:35:53

A ward boy accused of removing the oxygen mask of a teenager at a state-run hospital in Bogura district has been detained by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Dhaka. Asadul Islam Dhulu, son of Joyn...

All suspects in Raintree hotel rape case acquitted

All suspects in Raintree hotel rape case acquitted

-- 2021-11-11 15:46:06

A court has acquitted all five suspects, including Shafat Ahmed, the son of an Apan Jewellers co-owner, in a case over the rape of two university students. The verdict was announced by Judge Begum Mo...

UP poll violence leaves three dead in Narsingdi

UP poll violence leaves three dead in Narsingdi

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-11 15:02:30

Three people were killed and 30 others injured at Bashgari union in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi, prior to the second phase of the union parishad (UP) polls across the country on Thursday. The deceas...

Dhaka urges Paris to take Rohingya issue to UN Security Council

Dhaka urges Paris to take Rohingya issue to UN Security Council

-- 2021-11-11 13:29:25

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said Bangladesh has requested France to take the Rohingya issue to the UN Security Council as the country is a permanent member of the council, BSS reports. The req...

Over 50 illegal structures demolished in Chandpur

Over 50 illegal structures demolished in Chandpur

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CHANDPUR 2021-11-11 13:05:42

Over fifty illegal slum-dwellers' structures were demolished on railway land in the Koila Ghat area in the town adjacent to Railway Boro Station on Monday. After lunch, the drive was abandoned when e...

Narsingdi UP poll violence leaves one dead

Narsingdi UP poll violence leaves one dead

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-11 12:48:30

A 45-year-old supporter of an Awami League-backed candidate was allegedly shot dead in Narsingdi as voting for the second phase of the union parishad (UP) polls kicked off in Bangladesh on Thursday mo...

Air quality of Dhaka still ‘unhealthy’

Air quality of Dhaka still ‘unhealthy’

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-11 11:48:12

Dhaka's air quality is still 'unhealthy', but that's good news for the residents of the metropolis. In fact, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh has slipped to the fourth position in the list...

Candidates detained for questioning after Sitakunda election clash

Candidates detained for questioning after Sitakunda election clash

-- 2021-11-11 11:36:46

The Dhaka-Chattogram Highway has been blocked following a clash between the supporters of two union council member candidates in Chattogram’s Sitakunda, bdnews24.com reports. Police took both o...

ACC okays charge-sheet against absconding PK Halder

ACC okays charge-sheet against absconding PK Halder

FE Report 2021-11-11 10:36:15

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday approved charge-sheet against former managing director of NRB Global Bank Proshanta Kumar Halder (PK Halder) and 13 of his associates over illegal wea...

No more seating service in city's public transports

No more seating service in city's public transports

FE REPORT 2021-11-11 08:31:01

Dhaka's residents will see no seating and gate-lock bus services after three days to ease commuter sufferings, according to a top road transport leader. "Seating and gate-lock bus services in the cap...

HSIA to suspend flight operation 8 hours every day for three months

HSIA to suspend flight operation 8 hours every day for three months

-- 2021-11-10 21:28:30

Flight operations at the country's main aviation hub, Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), will remain suspended from 12:00 am to 8:00 am every day for three months from December 10. ...

Five arrested on charges of leaking bank recruitment test questions

Five arrested on charges of leaking bank recruitment test questions

-- 2021-11-10 21:02:08

The Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested five people on charges of leaking questions of the recruitment tests of five state-run banks, officials said on Wednesday The arrest...

Bangladesh logs two virus deaths, 235 cases in a day

Bangladesh logs two virus deaths, 235 cases in a day

-- 2021-11-10 18:10:46

Bangladesh has registered two new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,906. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,571,669 as 235 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours...

Second phase union council polls on Thursday

Second phase union council polls on Thursday

-- 2021-11-10 17:54:55

The Election Commission is set to hold the second phase of the union council polls on Thursday amid a recent spate of disorder and violence surrounding the election. Voting is scheduled to begin in t...