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CCC officials deny reports of cracks in Ctg flyover’s pillar

CCC officials deny reports of cracks in Ctg flyover’s pillar

-- 2021-11-05 17:41:07

The Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has said it found no cracks in the pillar of Chattogram’s MA Mannan Flyover and forwarded its recommendations to ensure its structural integrity. A two-mem...

DSCC Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh

DSCC Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh

-- 2021-11-05 17:30:20

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is set to build ‘Nazrul Sarobar’ similar to the ‘Rabindra Sarobar’, one of the city’s most prominent places to hangout and also a cult...

Bangladesh logs 196 new virus cases, three deaths

Bangladesh logs 196 new virus cases, three deaths

-- 2021-11-05 17:18:12

Bangladesh has registered three fatalities from COVID-19 in a day, taking the death toll to 27,890. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,570,681 after 196 people tested positive until 8 am Friday, accordi...

103 more hospitalised with dengue in 24hrs

103 more hospitalised with dengue in 24hrs

-- 2021-11-05 17:13:46

Bangladesh reported 103 new patients being hospitalised with dengue fever in 24 hours until Friday morning. With no fresh death, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease this year rem...

Secret documents on Bangabandhu to be an excellent resource for researchers, PM says

Secret documents on Bangabandhu to be an excellent resource for researchers, PM says

-- 2021-11-05 16:43:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the publication of "Secret Documents of Intelligence Branch on Father of the Nation, Bangladesh: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman" will be an excellent resource...

Fuel price hike to benefit ‘looters’, BNP leader alleges

Fuel price hike to benefit ‘looters’, BNP leader alleges

-- 2021-11-05 16:21:31

BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Friday alleged that fuel prices have been raised to benefit the “looters of the ruling party”. “They (govt) have raised the prices...

Counter-protest: DU-affiliated college admission seekers block Dhaka-Aricha highway

Counter-protest: DU-affiliated college admission seekers block Dhaka-Aricha highway

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-05 16:19:54

Vehicular traffic on the busy Dhaka-Aricha highway came to a halt for nearly an hour on Friday, as candidates seeking admission to seven colleges under Dhaka University blocked the high-speed corridor...

Quader urges transport owners to call off strike

Quader urges transport owners to call off strike

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-05 15:31:50

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader urged transport owners and workers to consider the plight of ordinary people and call off a strike over a hike in fuel prices. He made the call duri...

Commuters suffer as countrywide transport strike begins

Commuters suffer as countrywide transport strike begins

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-05 13:03:28

Dhaka’s roads and thoroughfares are largely devoid of buses, much to the dismay of commuters, as transport owners and workers are enforcing a nationwide strike in protest against a hike in fuel...

Fear of attack by ‘unknown, murderous’ animal grips Gaibandha villages

Fear of attack by ‘unknown, murderous’ animal grips Gaibandha villages

Mashfiq Mizan 2021-11-05 13:00:27

At least 14 villagers including women and children have fallen victims of attacks by a wild animal, which local people called is mysterious, in Palashbari of northern Gaibandha district recently. One...

Price fall worries potato farmers, traders

Price fall worries potato farmers, traders

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CUMILLA 2021-11-05 12:38:58

The potato market in Cumilla's Daudkandi upazila has crashed following drastic price fall of the vegetable. Farmers and traders who have stored potatoes in cold storages are frustrated as they are not...

Over 40 pc of female UNOs face obstacles to combating corruption: TIB

Over 40 pc of female UNOs face obstacles to combating corruption: TIB

FE REPORT 2021-11-05 11:12:27

Country's 43.50 per cent female upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) face various obstacles while taking action against corruption, says a report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). The obstac...

Five die in city fire

Five die in city fire

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-05 11:03:02

At least five people were killed and two others injured as a fire broke out at a shoe factory in old Dhaka's Shuarighat area early Friday. The identities of the victims could not be ascertained immed...

Bangladesh to consider joining pledge to end deforestation

Bangladesh to consider joining pledge to end deforestation

-- 2021-11-04 21:40:41

Bangladesh is weighing the option on whether to express solidarity with the pledge 124 countries have made at Glasgow climate change summit to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, several delegates...

PM eyes more British investment in Bangladesh

PM eyes more British investment in Bangladesh

-- 2021-11-04 21:06:10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on Bangladeshi expatriates in Britain to be a part of Bangladesh's developmental journey by teaming up with foreign investors and taking advantage of the invest...

Formation of 5,500 farmer groups for livestock development on cards

Formation of 5,500 farmer groups for livestock development on cards

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-04 20:21:22

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the Department of Livestock Services under the ministry of fisheries and livestock, on Thursday,  announced the creation of 5...

Legislature cannot deprive court of its legitimate discretionary power: SC

Legislature cannot deprive court of its legitimate discretionary power: SC

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-04 19:54:23

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has observed in a full verdict that the legislature cannot make relevant circumstances irrelevant and deprive the court of its legitimate jurisdiction to ex...

Dish cable users urged to install set top box by Nov 30

Dish cable users urged to install set top box by Nov 30

-- 2021-11-04 19:19:57

The dish cable users in Dhaka and Chattogram have been urged to install a digital set-top box instead of the manual method by November 30 as the cable network of the two cities is going to b...

Dengue kills one more in Bangladesh, 157 more hospitalised

Dengue kills one more in Bangladesh, 157 more hospitalised

-- 2021-11-04 18:31:45

Bangladesh reported another death from Dengue fever, while 157 new patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Thursday morning. With the fresh death, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne...

Experts call for ban on use of lead in all paints

Experts call for ban on use of lead in all paints

-- 2021-11-04 18:22:19

Experts urged the government to take effective measures to impose a ban on the use of lead in all paints citing its adverse impact on human health and the environment.  They sought an urgent reg...

Bangladesh logs seven new virus deaths, 247 cases

Bangladesh logs seven new virus deaths, 247 cases

-- 2021-11-04 18:12:09

Bangladesh has registered seven new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,887. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,570,485 as 247 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hou...

Loan defaulters cannot have legal rights to contest polls: HC

Loan defaulters cannot have legal rights to contest polls: HC

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-04 17:53:00

During the hearing of a writ petition, a High Court bench on Thursday observed that the loan defaulters cannot have the legal rights to contest in elections. The High Court bench of Justice M Enayetu...

Transporters owners, workers call indefinite strike from Friday over fuel price hike

Transporters owners, workers call indefinite strike from Friday over fuel price hike

-- 2021-11-04 16:57:39

Bus, truck and covered van owners called an indefinite nationwide strike from Friday in protest against the fuel price hike. Convenor of Bangladesh Truck-Covered Van, Tank Lorry and Prime Movers Owne...

PM meets vibrant British-Bangladeshi youngsters in London

PM meets vibrant British-Bangladeshi youngsters in London

-- 2021-11-04 16:45:43

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has spent a joyous evening with a new generation of Bangladeshi-British youngsters in London after wrapping up her visit to Scotland for COP26. “The vibrant diaspor...

New poor in Bangladesh exceed 32m

New poor in Bangladesh exceed 32m

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-04 16:45:24

The number of people, who have entered into poverty amid Covid-19 restrictions, has increased between March and August this year, reveals a recent survey. Accordingly, 32.4 million people or almost 2...

Training academy for fire service men on cards, says Minister 

Training academy for fire service men on cards, says Minister 

-- 2021-11-04 16:37:05

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Fire Academy will be established in Gazaria of Munshiganj district to ensure modern training facilities for the fire service men, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursd...

Narsingdi election clash leaves three dead, 30 injured

Narsingdi election clash leaves three dead, 30 injured

-- 2021-11-04 13:42:46

Three people have been killed in a clash between the supporters of two Union Parishad candidates in Narsingdi’s Sadar Upazila. Another 30 people were injured during the clash, which occurred...

All seven Chandpur govt high schools sans headmasters

All seven Chandpur govt high schools sans headmasters

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-04 11:11:36

CHANDPUR: Educational activities are being hampered seriously for long for teacher shortages as all the govt high schools in the district run sans headmasters and 50 assistant teachers, sources said....

Labour rights deteriorating in Bangladesh despite govt promise: ITUC

Labour rights deteriorating in Bangladesh despite govt promise: ITUC

FE REPORT 2021-11-04 10:07:03

Abuse of workers' rights is on the rise in Bangladesh as per allegations by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Labour rights are deteriorating in the country despite the government's...

Dengue claims two more in Bangladesh, 177 hospitalised

Dengue claims two more in Bangladesh, 177 hospitalised

-- 2021-11-03 23:02:34

Bangladesh reported another two deaths from dengue fever while 177 new patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Wednesday. With the fresh death, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne di...