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Courts should be open 24 hours to address backlog, chief justice says

Courts should be open 24 hours to address backlog, chief justice says

-- 2021-11-10 17:23:14

The judiciary has ‘no other option’ but to use virtual courts, says Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain. Virtual courts are needed to address the backlog in the court cases, or even the tra...

Mymensingh road crash leaves four dead

Mymensingh road crash leaves four dead

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-10 17:15:53

Four people were killed and two others injured when a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Darirampur in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh district on Wednesday. Two of the deceased were identified as...

Bangladesh, France to boost defence cooperation

Bangladesh, France to boost defence cooperation

-- 2021-11-10 15:45:39

Bangladesh and France have signed a Letter of Intent on defence cooperation as the two countries emphasise further development of their partnership. A joint statement from the French president's offi...

Teen dies in Bogura after ward boy removes oxygen mask

Teen dies in Bogura after ward boy removes oxygen mask

-- 2021-11-10 15:30:58

An 18-year-old teenager died at Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital (SZMCH) on Tuesday night after a ward boy allegedly removed his oxygen mask. The deceased was identified as Bi...

'Abducted' college student found dead in Khulna

'Abducted' college student found dead in Khulna

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-10 14:23:58

Three days after he was allegedly abducted, a college student was found dead near the Agarghata Bazar area of Khulna's Paikgachha upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Aminur,...

BGB tracking oil levels on trucks to stop fuel smuggling across border

BGB tracking oil levels on trucks to stop fuel smuggling across border

-- 2021-11-10 12:39:14

Border Guard Bangladesh have stepped up their surveillance of vehicles moving through the Benapole Land Port in an attempt to stop the smuggling of fuel across the border. The BGB took the initiati...

Classroom shortage hampers teaching in Bogura primary school

Classroom shortage hampers teaching in Bogura primary school

OUR CORRESPONDENT, BOGURA 2021-11-10 10:46:14

Classroom shortage in Unahat Singra Government Primary School (USGPS) under Dupchanchia upazila in the district has been hampering smooth teaching for a long time. The school is earmarked for primary...

Anti-graft body set to spread wings to intensify its activities

Anti-graft body set to spread wings to intensify its activities

ADNAN HOSSAIN BHUIYAN 2021-11-10 08:39:49

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has taken necessary preparations to establish 13 more integrated district offices (IDOs) to gear up its activities. The decision was taken subsequent to an admi...

Watchdog asked to dispose of representation in 30 days

Watchdog asked to dispose of representation in 30 days

FE REPORT 2021-11-10 08:34:02

The High Court has directed two watchdog bodies to dispose of a representation made by an investor seeking an inquiry into corruption and money-laundering allegations against IDRA chairman Dr M Moshar...

Sunken ferry salvaged by private company after 14 days

Sunken ferry salvaged by private company after 14 days

-- 2021-11-09 22:49:21

The Ro Ro ferry Amanat Shah was salvaged from Padma River on Tuesday, two weeks after its sinking. Joint director of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority Fazlur Rahman informed that the was ha...

PM gets warm welcome at French presidential palace

PM gets warm welcome at French presidential palace

-- 2021-11-09 21:27:41

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was given a rousing reception at the Elysee Palace, the official residence of the French president, in Paris on the first day of her visit to France. On her arrival at th...

Merck’s COVID-19 pill molnupiravir hits Bangladesh markets

Merck’s COVID-19 pill molnupiravir hits Bangladesh markets

-- 2021-11-09 19:58:24

Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical companies have begun marketing generic versions of Merck's COVID-19 antiviral drug molnupiravir, the first of its kind, upon approval from regulators. Beximco began...

Chawkbazar crockery warehouse catches fire

Chawkbazar crockery warehouse catches fire

-- 2021-11-09 19:33:14

A fire has broken out at a crockery warehouse on the first floor of a building in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar. Nine firefighting units rushed to the scene after the fire started around 5:00 pm on Tu...

Soaring gas prices: Demand and supply management ‘getting tough’

Soaring gas prices: Demand and supply management ‘getting tough’

-- 2021-11-09 18:29:07

The escalating price of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has put the Energy and Mineral Resources Division into a "trouble" over its demand and supply management following the diesel and kerosene price hik...

US envoy calls for joint actions to tackle climate crisis

US envoy calls for joint actions to tackle climate crisis

-- 2021-11-09 18:12:05

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller has said the world must put in joint efforts to confront the climate crisis right now instead of leaving the challenge for future generations. "The climate c...

Korea resumes entry of Bangladeshi workers

Korea resumes entry of Bangladeshi workers

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-09 18:11:54

The Republic of Korea has decided to resume the entry of Bangladeshi expatriate workers, suspended since June last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-ke...

Bangladeshi tourists can make 30-day stays in India from Nov 15

Bangladeshi tourists can make 30-day stays in India from Nov 15

-- 2021-11-09 17:33:01

From Nov 15, Bangladeshi nationals will be able to fly to India on a regular flight and stay a maximum of 30 days if they carry a tourist visa. Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami made the sta...

Bangladesh logs three new virus deaths, 206 cases

Bangladesh logs three new virus deaths, 206 cases

-- 2021-11-09 17:06:23

Bangladesh has registered three new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,904. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,571,434 as 206 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hou...

UP polls creating panic instead of festivity, says GM Quader

UP polls creating panic instead of festivity, says GM Quader

-- 2021-11-09 16:48:59

Jatiya Party Chairman on Tuesday voiced concern that the ongoing Union Parishad (UP) polls have become a matter of panic instead of festivity. In a statement, he said, “The second and third pha...

Bangladesh again scraps annual exams for primary students

Bangladesh again scraps annual exams for primary students

-- 2021-11-09 16:37:30

The government has decided to promote primary school students to the next grade without holding a final exam due to the pandemic for the second year, reports bdnews24.com. In a meeting on Oct 26, the...

Man hacks wife to death in Bagerhat

Man hacks wife to death in Bagerhat

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-09 14:53:53

A man allegedly killed his wife over a family feud in Shambagat village of Bagerhat's Fakirhat upazila on Monday night. The victim was identified as Arifa Begum, 18, wife of auto driver Helauddin of...

Former chief justice Sinha gets 11 years in jail over graft case

Former chief justice Sinha gets 11 years in jail over graft case

-- 2021-11-09 13:34:46

A Dhaka court has sentenced former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha to 11 years in prison in a graft case over laundering Tk 40 million from the Farmers Bank, now known as Padma Bank. S...

Two dead in Truck-autorickshaw collision in Jamalpur

Two dead in Truck-autorickshaw collision in Jamalpur

-- 2021-11-09 13:05:13

Two people have died and another two injured after an autorickshaw collided head-on with a truck in Jamalpur. The accident took place in the Narikeli area on the Jamalpur-Tangail road in the early...

COP26: US ambassador’s visit to St Martin’s Island highlights climate resilience programmes

COP26: US ambassador’s visit to St Martin’s Island highlights climate resilience programmes

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-09 12:09:16

US Ambassador Miller visited US government’s climate resilience projects in Cox’s Bazar and traveled to St Martin’s Island to assess the effects of climate change and learn about loc...

Govt invites applications from ailing FFs for treatment in India

Govt invites applications from ailing FFs for treatment in India

-- 2021-11-09 12:02:00

The Liberation War Affairs Ministry today issued a statement seeking applications from ailing freedom fighters (FFs) to be treated in the neighboring country India, BSS reports. Some 100 freedom figh...

Court set to deliver verdict in former chief justice Sinha graft case

Court set to deliver verdict in former chief justice Sinha graft case

-- 2021-11-09 11:16:37

The court is set to deliver its verdict in a case filed against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 11 others on charges of laundering Tk 40 million from The Farmers Bank, now known as Pad...

Plundering of trees rampant on Tanguar haor

Plundering of trees rampant on Tanguar haor

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-09 10:06:43

SYLHET: The plundering of natural plantations like Hijol, Koroch and other trees from different places on the renowned Tanguar Haor in remote Sunamganj has gone rampant in recent days. Such incident...

Chaos in Chattogram over bus-fare hike

Chaos in Chattogram over bus-fare hike

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL, CHATTOGRAM 2021-11-09 09:04:16

Chaos descended on public-transport sector in the port city over a hike in fares of buses and other modes of oil-run transports as the government-set new fares came into force on Monday. Hot exchange...

Bus operators charge higher than rates, CNG vehicles raise fares too

Bus operators charge higher than rates, CNG vehicles raise fares too

FE REPORT 2021-11-09 08:40:20

People begin to pay through their nose as bus operators are allegedly ripping off fares beyond the latest government-set rates following oil-price hike while CNG-run vehicles also charging higher thou...

Truck owners, workers call off strike

Truck owners, workers call off strike

-- 2021-11-08 23:02:49

Truckers have called off strike over a hike in diesel prices after two hours of talks with the government as the home minister says the demand for higher freight charges is logical. “We think t...