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'Building hospital in CRB area hinges on Prime Minister's decision'

'Building hospital in CRB area hinges on Prime Minister's decision'

Our Correspondent 2021-11-02 09:48:06

CHATTOGRAM: Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said they will not allow the building of a private hospital in the CRB area if the people of Chattogram don't want so. "On her return from abroad, Prime...

146 more patients hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours

146 more patients hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours

-- 2021-11-01 21:28:06

Bangladesh reported hospitalisation of 146 new patients with dengue fever in 24 hours till Monday morning. With no fresh death reported during this period, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-...

AIIB to give $260m loan for first arch steel bridge in Bangladesh

AIIB to give $260m loan for first arch steel bridge in Bangladesh

-- 2021-11-01 21:14:12

Bangladesh will receive $260 million from the AIIB to implement the Kewatkhali bridge project, set to be the first arch steel bridge in Bangladesh, in Mymensingh. The Economic Relations Division (ERD...

HC asks ex-AB Bank EVP to surrender in eight weeks

HC asks ex-AB Bank EVP to surrender in eight weeks

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-01 20:42:52

The High Court on Monday directed former executive vice-president (EVP) of AB Bank ABM Abdus Sattar to surrender in the trial court within eight weeks in a corruption case. The High Court bench of Ju...

Deduct time served in jail during trial from total sentence, says SC         

Deduct time served in jail during trial from total sentence, says SC      

FE ONLINE REPORT   2021-11-01 19:25:44

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the home ministry and Prison Department to strictly comply with section 35(A) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 that says the term any convict has served in jai...

Take firm steps against juvenile gangs' crimes, President tells youths

Take firm steps against juvenile gangs' crimes, President tells youths

-- 2021-11-01 18:29:53

President M Abdul Hamid has asked the youths of the country to take firm steps against different crimes, including those committed by juvenile gangs. "Nowadays, we often through different media come...

PM urges CVF, Commonwealth countries to implement Paris Agreement

PM urges CVF, Commonwealth countries to implement Paris Agreement

-- 2021-11-01 18:24:05

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and Commonwealth members to work in unison as a catalyst for implementing the Paris Agreement as no country is immune to...

Khaleda’s biopsy report sent abroad for review, says personal physician

Khaleda’s biopsy report sent abroad for review, says personal physician

-- 2021-11-01 18:03:33

The biopsy report of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the city, has been sent abroad for a review, said her personal doctor AZM Zahid Hossain. "We've received...

Bangladesh seeks Russian investment in railway sector

Bangladesh seeks Russian investment in railway sector

-- 2021-11-01 18:03:26

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujon has sought Russian investment in Bangladesh’s railway sector. The Minister said this when Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy called on him...

UN officials visit Bhashan Char as part of Rohingya aid effort

UN officials visit Bhashan Char as part of Rohingya aid effort

-- 2021-11-01 17:49:54

A joint United Nations delegation has started a three-day visit to Bhasan Char as part of their deal with Bangladesh to help provide basic services to thousands of Rohingya refugees who have been move...

Govt to create 20,000 BPO professionals in five years

Govt to create 20,000 BPO professionals in five years

-- 2021-11-01 17:08:01

The ICT Division in partnership with the private sector will create 20,000 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) professionals in the next five years through providing training online to college and univ...

COVID-19: 214 people test positive, two die in 24 hours

COVID-19: 214 people test positive, two die in 24 hours

-- 2021-11-01 17:05:32

Bangladesh has registered two new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, the lowest daily count since May 5, 2020, taking the total toll to 27,870. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,569,753 as 214 people teste...

BSMMU launches 100-bed emergency unit

BSMMU launches 100-bed emergency unit

-- 2021-11-01 16:34:14

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has launched a new emergency unit. The university has not had an emergency department since its founding. Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed, the vice-chancel...

Boat sinks in Buriganga River, three drown

Boat sinks in Buriganga River, three drown

-- 2021-11-01 16:17:56

A woman and two children have drowned after a boat hit by a cargo vessel on the Buriganga River capsized. The accident occurred in Buriganga’s Panghat area on Monday, said Abdus Sobhan, a sub-i...

HC issues rule to refund buyers’ money stuck at e-commerce gateways

HC issues rule to refund buyers’ money stuck at e-commerce gateways

-- 2021-11-01 15:44:46

The High Court on Monday raised a question over the failure or inaction of the finance ministry and the Bangladesh Bank in issuing necessary directives for refunding the money of the e-commerce custom...

Bangladesh launches Covid vaccination programme for school children

Bangladesh launches Covid vaccination programme for school children

-- 2021-11-01 12:59:45

Bangladesh has launched a new phase of its Covid-19 vaccination programme by administering the shots to two students from the ninth grade at Ideal School in Dhaka’s Motijheel, bdnews24.com repor...

PM Hasina to address COP26 summit today

PM Hasina to address COP26 summit today

-- 2021-11-01 11:58:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Glasgow, the port city of Scotland, on Sunday afternoon on a two-week visit to the United Kingdom and France to attend the COP26 world leaders' summit and other...

Seaweeds protect sand dunes of Cox's Bazar beach

Seaweeds protect sand dunes of Cox's Bazar beach

A CORRESPONDENT 2021-11-01 11:47:08

COX'S BAZAR: Rare minerals, including uranium, can be formed around the seaweeds of the Cox's Bazar beach. Its local name is Daungalta or Pinya Lata. The plant is also known as the 'sand maker' becaus...

Booster doses: What is Bangladesh’s plan?

Booster doses: What is Bangladesh’s plan?

-- 2021-11-01 11:30:21

Almost a year into the pandemic, Bangladesh kicked off a mass vaccination campaign against the coronavirus in February with hopes of vanquishing the disease that decimated lives and livelihoods, bdnew...

Govt hires private company to salvage sunken ferry at Paturia

Govt hires private company to salvage sunken ferry at Paturia

FE REPORT 2021-11-01 10:10:35

The government picked on Sunday a private company for salvaging the sunken ro-ro ferry Amanat Shah at Paturia ferry ghat in Manikganj. A high official of the Ministry of Shipping (MoS) said the dec...

85pc of Bangladeshi youths consider online bullying a serious problem

85pc of Bangladeshi youths consider online bullying a serious problem

FE REPORT 2021-11-01 09:40:37

Eighty-five per cent of youths in Bangladesh consider online bullying a severe problem, a survey carried out in four separate countries by Telenor Group, controlling company of Grameenphone said. Wit...

Momen says Bangladesh doesn't care foreign dictations anymore

Momen says Bangladesh doesn't care foreign dictations anymore

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2021-11-01 09:12:45

Bangladesh is not in a position anymore that it would follow dictations of other countries, foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said, amid foreigners' concerns over DSA and human rights situation i...

14 burnt in gas cylinder explosion on fishing trawler in Cox’s Bazar

14 burnt in gas cylinder explosion on fishing trawler in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2021-10-31 20:53:10

Fourteen fishermen have been sustained burn injuries as a gas cylinder exploded on a fishing trawler in the Bay of Bengal near Kutubdia upazila in Cox's Bazar. Locals said the blaze started from the...

Widespread vaccination for children to begin Monday

Widespread vaccination for children to begin Monday

-- 2021-10-31 18:44:32

Bangladesh will start the widespread vaccination for children between the ages of 12 and 17 years on Monday, inoculating students from Motijheel Ideal School and College in Dhaka first. The shots wil...

HC stays BAIRA election schedule for four weeks

HC stays BAIRA election schedule for four weeks

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-31 18:28:26

The High Court on Sunday stayed the operation of the election schedule of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA), an association of manpower exporters, for four weeks....

146 more hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours

146 more hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours

-- 2021-10-31 18:15:50

Bangladesh reported hospitalisation of 146 new patients with dengue fever in 24 hours till Sunday morning. With no fresh death reported, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease this...

Covid claims six more lives, infects 211 others

Covid claims six more lives, infects 211 others

-- 2021-10-31 18:09:03

The novel coronavirus claimed six more lives in Bangladesh in a day, taking the total toll to 27,868. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,569,539 as 211 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 h...

Pori Moni’s remand: Two magistrates seek unconditional apology to High Court

Pori Moni’s remand: Two magistrates seek unconditional apology to High Court

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-31 17:57:18

Two metropolitan magistrates have sought unconditional apology to the High Court for placing actress Pori Moni on second and third phases of police remand in a narcotics case At the same time, they p...

High Court rejects writ seeking directive to enact EC formation law

High Court rejects writ seeking directive to enact EC formation law

-- 2021-10-31 17:24:46

The High Court on Sunday rejected a writ petition seeking its directive to enact a law for the formation of the Election Commission as per Article 118 (1) of the Constitution. A bench of Justice Md M...

More funding is critical for the most vulnerable to survive climate change: PM Hasina

More funding is critical for the most vulnerable to survive climate change: PM Hasina

-- 2021-10-31 12:46:12

Prime Minister and Chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Sheikh Hasina stressed the need for increasing financing for survival of the most vulnerable countries from the adverse impact of climate...