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Sramik League leader shot dead, protests flare in Cox’s Bazar

Sramik League leader shot dead, protests flare in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2021-11-07 17:08:55

Jatiya Sramik League leader Jahirul Islam Sikder has died from bullet wounds at Cox’s Bazar’s Jhilangja, triggering protests from members of the party in the area. After the news of the d...

Virus claims four more lives, infects 178

Virus claims four more lives, infects 178

-- 2021-11-07 16:55:25

Bangladesh has registered four new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,895. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,571,013 as 178 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hour...

HC passes split order on granting bail to Destiny Group director

HC passes split order on granting bail to Destiny Group director

-- 2021-11-07 16:34:27

The High Court (HC) on Sunday passed a spilt order on a petition over granting bail to Destiny Group Director Lt Col (retd) Didarul Alam in a money laundering case. The HC bench consisting of Justice...

Transport owners demand 40pc rise in bus fares

Transport owners demand 40pc rise in bus fares

-- 2021-11-07 16:18:54

Transport owners have demanded a 40 per cent hike in bus fares per kilometre after the government raised diesel prices by Tk 15, or 23 per cent. The proposal was tabled at a fare review meeting with...

SC asks authorities not to execute any convict before release of full verdict

SC asks authorities not to execute any convict before release of full verdict

FE ONLINE REPORT   2021-11-07 15:23:05

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday asked the Attorney General to talk to the Inspector General of Prisons so that the jail authorities don’t execute any death row convict befo...

Transport owners hold meeting with BRTA to decide on bus fares amid strike

Transport owners hold meeting with BRTA to decide on bus fares amid strike

-- 2021-11-07 13:38:14

Transport owners, who have been on strike for three days following a hike in the price of diesel fuel, are meeting with the government to discuss raising bus fares, bdnews24.com reports. The meeting,...

Two die in ‘gunbattle’ with RAB in Moulvibazar

Two die in ‘gunbattle’ with RAB in Moulvibazar

-- 2021-11-07 12:07:05

Two unidentified individuals have been killed in an alleged shootout with RAB in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal. The gunfight took place in the Maizdihi Hill area early on Sunday, said Basu Dutta C...

Alleged Bangladeshi cattle smuggler beaten to death in Tripura

Alleged Bangladeshi cattle smuggler beaten to death in Tripura

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-07 12:03:17

A man was beaten to death in Tripura yesterday on suspicion of stealing cows, NDTV reports. Three suspected cattle smugglers had allegedly entered the state from Bangladesh late on Friday night. When...

Man ‘commits suicide’ after killing wife, daughter

Man ‘commits suicide’ after killing wife, daughter

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-07 11:23:03

A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his house after killing his wife and six-year-old daughter at Jamgara in Ashulia of Savar on Saturday night. The deceased are...

Vegetable growers happy with price

Vegetable growers happy with price

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-07 09:57:43

NAOGAON: Growers in the district are happy with the fair prices of different vegetables at the beginning of this Rabi season. At the district wholesale kitchen markets, bean is being sold at Tk 100...

Launch owners join strike, authorities sit for meeting today to adjust fares

Launch owners join strike, authorities sit for meeting today to adjust fares

FE REPORT 2021-11-07 08:10:11

Launch operators have joined in the ongoing transport strike, demanding upward adjustment of fares to the increased price of diesel. Without any official announcement, they suspended operations of th...

Transport strike stalls Chattogram port, delays shipments

Transport strike stalls Chattogram port, delays shipments

-- 2021-11-06 20:50:07

The ongoing transport strike over a fuel price hike has suspended the movement of containers in and out of Chattogram port, delaying shipments. The nationwide strike continued for the second day on S...

Six get ‘Alokito Grameen Nari Shommanona 2021’ award

Six get ‘Alokito Grameen Nari Shommanona 2021’ award

Md. Zahidur Rabbi 2021-11-06 19:04:26

Six rural women have received 'Alokito Grameen Nari Shommanona 2021' for their outstanding leadership or contribution to the community. In association with Manusher Jonno Foundation and UK Aid, Aloki...

Commuters pay higher fares as transport strike continues for second day

Commuters pay higher fares as transport strike continues for second day

-- 2021-11-06 18:39:44

Rickshaw pullers and autorickshaw drivers are charging citizens higher fares for trips amid the ongoing transport strike in protest of the hike in fuel prices. With no buses or trucks in the streets...

Launch services halted over fuel price hike

Launch services halted over fuel price hike

-- 2021-11-06 17:57:30

A day after owners and workers of public and cargo transports began an indefinite strike over a hike in fuel prices, launch services have also been halted leaving scores of travellers in the lurch. A...

138 more hospitalised with Dengue in 24 hrs

138 more hospitalised with Dengue in 24 hrs

-- 2021-11-06 17:50:33

Bangladesh reported 138 new patients being hospitalised with dengue fever in 24 hours until Saturday morning. With no fresh death during the period, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne d...

Bangladesh reports one death from COVID-19 in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports one death from COVID-19 in 24 hours

-- 2021-11-06 17:18:53

Bangladesh has registered a single new death from COVID-19 in a day, the lowest daily count since May 5, 2020, taking the total toll to 27,891. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,570,835 as 154 people t...

Truck drivers, owners vow to continue strike after meeting home minister

Truck drivers, owners vow to continue strike after meeting home minister

-- 2021-11-06 16:52:29

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has failed to get striking truck drivers and owners to call off their protest. The minister called truck workers and owners to his home in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi for a...

Jatri Kalyan Samity protests fuel price hike

Jatri Kalyan Samity protests fuel price hike

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-06 16:43:48

Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passenger welfare association of Bangladesh, on Saturday protested the unreasonably increased fuel price and demanded withdrawal of the ongoing transport strike. Mozammel Haque...

Obaidul Quader promises to keep transport fares at tolerable level

Obaidul Quader promises to keep transport fares at tolerable level

-- 2021-11-06 16:42:46

In the wake of a nationwide strike over a hike in fuel prices, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has promised to keep transport fares at a tolerable level. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasi...

Civil society leaders from MVCs demand adequate finance, technologies for climate action

Civil society leaders from MVCs demand adequate finance, technologies for climate action

FE Online Report 2021-11-06 14:42:34

Civil Society leaders from MVCs (Most Vulnerable Countries) urged the developed countries to ensure adequate finance and appropriate tools that will support effective climate action. They placed thei...

Prisoner dies at Dhaka hospital

Prisoner dies at Dhaka hospital

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-06 14:37:22

An inmate of Dhaka Central Jail died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Niaz Morshed, 32, son of Mojibor Rahman. He was taken to the hospital after fal...

Commuters’ woes drag on as transport strike enters second day

Commuters’ woes drag on as transport strike enters second day

-- 2021-11-06 14:23:20

The sufferings of commuters in Dhaka carried into the second day of an indefinite strike called by transport owners and workers to protest the hike in the price of fuel and to demand higher fares, bdn...

RAB conducts raid on Gulshan's Capital Recreation Club

RAB conducts raid on Gulshan's Capital Recreation Club

-- 2021-11-06 12:59:24

The Rapid Action Battalion is conducting a raid on The Capital Recreation Club in Dhaka’s Gulshan. The raid was prompted by allegations that the club authorities had been stockpiling liquor i...

100 trees felled on Chattogram roads to build structures

100 trees felled on Chattogram roads to build structures

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL, CHATTOGRAM 2021-11-06 08:53:35

A section of traders is felling trees indiscriminately in the port city to construct shops beside roads, on footpaths and in open spaces of Chattogram City Corporation violating rules. Sources said s...

Rowshan Ershad taken to abroad for better treatment

Rowshan Ershad taken to abroad for better treatment

-- 2021-11-05 21:26:10

Opposition Leader Raushon Ershad has been taken to the Thai capital of Bangkok for better medical treatment. She was taken by an air ambulance at 6:25 pm where she will be admitted to the Bumrungrad...

Bangladesh adopts $37b scheme to mitigate climate change effects

Bangladesh adopts $37b scheme to mitigate climate change effects

-- 2021-11-05 20:01:24

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Enamur Rahman has said Bangladesh has adopted a 37 billion dollar programme for mitigation of climate change damages in the country’s coastal...

Momen optimistic about climate cash flow

Momen optimistic about climate cash flow

-- 2021-11-05 19:22:54

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday expressed optimism about adequate flow of funds to address climate change- related challenges, noting that Bangladesh has taken a very strong leadership ro...

Pressure of passengers on train in Khulna owing to transport strike

Pressure of passengers on train in Khulna owing to transport strike

-- 2021-11-05 19:01:59

As long-distance bus services halted in protest against the sudden hike in fuel prices hundreds of people remained stranded at bus stations in Khulna on Friday. Many of them, desperate to reach their...

Diarrhoea outbreak in Jhenaidah afflicts 160 people

Diarrhoea outbreak in Jhenaidah afflicts 160 people

-- 2021-11-05 18:47:12

As many as 160 people have been admitted to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital after being afflicted with diarrhoea in past two days, hospital sources said on Friday. Of them, 110 patients are currently underg...