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Dhaka University student found dead at city hotel

Dhaka University student found dead at city hotel

-- 2021-10-28 19:56:11

A 25-year-old Dhaka University (DU) student was found dead at a hotel in Segunbagicha area in Dhaka on Thursday. Adnan Sakib, a student of DU's international relations department (2014-15), lived at...

DMP commissioner's tenure extended by another year

DMP commissioner's tenure extended by another year

-- 2021-10-28 18:45:18

The government has extended the appointment of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam by one year. The Ministry of Public Administration on Thursday issued a notice announcing the e...

Bangladesh logs 296 new virus cases, death toll rises by six

Bangladesh logs 296 new virus cases, death toll rises by six

-- 2021-10-28 17:08:01

Bangladesh has registered six fatalities from COVID-19 in a day, taking the death toll to 27,847. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,568,857 after 294 people tested positive until 8 am Thursday, accordi...

HC orders judicial inquiry into communal attacks during  Durga Puja   

HC orders judicial inquiry into communal attacks during Durga Puja  

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-28 16:27:28

The High Court on Thursday directed the chief metropolitan or judicial magistrates of Cumilla, Noakhali, Chandpur, Feni, Chattogram and Rangpur to investigate a series of violent attacks on the Hindu...

Social capital, unity stressed for sustainable development in Bangladesh

Social capital, unity stressed for sustainable development in Bangladesh

-- 2021-10-28 15:04:54

Speakers at a programme on Thursday called for localisation, inclusiveness, and tolerance to create social capital which is necessary for sustainable development in Bangladesh. The social capital has...

Narsingdi UP election violence leaves two dead

Narsingdi UP election violence leaves two dead

-- 2021-10-28 13:24:55

At least two people have been killed in a clash between the supporters of rival candidates in the Union Parishad election in Narsingdi. Several others were injured in the incident that took place a...

DU student found dead at city hotel

DU student found dead at city hotel

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-28 12:32:24

The body of a Dhaka University (DU) student was found hanging from the ceiling of a hotel room in Dhaka. Police recovered the body from Hotel Karnaphuli in Topkhana Road around 12:30am on Thursday, I...

Man kills wife, attempts suicide in Ctg

Man kills wife, attempts suicide in Ctg

-- 2021-10-28 12:10:01

A man tried to end his life after allegedly stabbing his wife to death in Chattogram Wednesday night. Police said a family quarrel led to the crime. The deceased was identified as Juthika, 21, wife o...

EU announces additional €12m for Rohingya, host community

EU announces additional €12m for Rohingya, host community

-- 2021-10-28 12:07:57

European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic has said the European Union (EU) decided to increase their humanitarian assistance by an additional €12 million &nd...

Sunken ferry Shah Amanat expired a decade ago

Sunken ferry Shah Amanat expired a decade ago

-- 2021-10-28 10:36:20

Bangladesh brought Shah Amanat and seven other Ro-Ro ferries from Denmark in 1980. The ferry, having expired a decade ago, capsized in the Padma River as it was docking at Paturia pier in Manikganj...

Tech companies asked to moderinse agro production, marketing

Tech companies asked to moderinse agro production, marketing

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

Speakers at a programme on Tuesday suggested that tech-based companies, both from home and abroad, develop digital technologies in order to modernise agricultural production and its marketing system...

'Enhancing IT skills crucial to boost export earnings'

'Enhancing IT skills crucial to boost export earnings'

FE REPORT 2021-10-28 10:20:04

Enhancing skills in new technologies and participation in more value-added outsourcing jobs are essential to increase export earnings from the country's IT sector, speakers said at a programme on Wedn...

Flash flood shatters dream of Lalmonirhat farmers

Flash flood shatters dream of Lalmonirhat farmers

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-10-28 10:13:04

LALMONIRHAT: Flash flood in 17 unions of five upazilas of the district has shattered the dream of several thousand farmers. The affected farmers do not know how they will overcome this situation. Los...

Experts find no cracks on Chattogram flyover pillars

Experts find no cracks on Chattogram flyover pillars

-- 2021-10-27 23:34:05

Experts from Design Planning and Management (DPM) Consultants Limited claimed on Wednesday after inspection that there are no cracks in the pillars of the Bahaddarhat flyover in Chattogram. The compa...

Ferry capsize: Rescue operations suspended for the night

Ferry capsize: Rescue operations suspended for the night

-- 2021-10-27 23:17:03

The salvage operations following Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority’s (BIWTA) RoRo ferry, the Shah Amanat, capsizing at Paturia Ghat in Manikganj has been suspended for the night. Join...

BNP not to allow any election without a neutral government, Fakhrul says

BNP not to allow any election without a neutral government, Fakhrul says

-- 2021-10-27 21:22:19

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said their party will not allow any national election in Bangladesh without a non-party caretaker government. “Our position is cle...

ACC to investigate a CID official’s wealth

ACC to investigate a CID official’s wealth

-- 2021-10-27 19:30:14

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will investigate the allegation of acquiring huge money by the Assistant Superintendent of Police of Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Rangpur Sarwar Alam....

US donates 3.5m more Pfizer vaccines to Bangladesh

US donates 3.5m more Pfizer vaccines to Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-27 18:22:52

The U.S. government has donated another 3.5 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh.  With the latest shipment, the American people have now donated 15 million doses of COV...

Blinding laser lights target planes during landing at Dhaka airport

Blinding laser lights target planes during landing at Dhaka airport

-- 2021-10-27 17:36:39

On the evening of Oct 2, a NOVOAIR flight from Cox’s Bazar was preparing to land in Dhaka. As the flight crew made their landing announcements, a sudden flash of searing green light burst throug...

Covid claims seven more lives, infects 306 others

Covid claims seven more lives, infects 306 others

-- 2021-10-27 17:13:44

Bangladesh has registered seven fatalities from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,841. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,568,563 after 306 people tested positive until 8:00 am...

Be ready to make any sacrifice, PM says to army

Be ready to make any sacrifice, PM says to army

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-27 17:12:57

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina underscored her belief that the Bangladesh Army will always be prepared to make any necessary sacrifice in the nation's hour of need. Hasina was virtually addressing a ce...

15th session of parliament to begin on Nov 14

15th session of parliament to begin on Nov 14

-- 2021-10-27 17:06:35

President Abdul Hamid has summoned the 15th session of the Parliament at 4:00 pm on November 14. The President summoned the session, exercising the power bestowed upon him as per article 72 (1) of th...

Veteran lawyer Abdul Baset Majumder passes away

Veteran lawyer Abdul Baset Majumder passes away

-- 2021-10-27 16:57:36

Abdul Baset Majumder, the former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, has died at the age of 83. The veteran lawyer breathed his last at around 8:15 am on Wednesday while undergoing treatm...

Govt to procure 90,000mt fertiliser

Govt to procure 90,000mt fertiliser

-- 2021-10-27 16:40:13

The government will procure some 90,000 metric tons of fertiliser to meet the growing demand in the country. The approval came from the 36th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (C...

Bangladesh Police to get two Russian helicopters

Bangladesh Police to get two Russian helicopters

-- 2021-10-27 16:28:06

The government has decided to purchase two Mi-171A2 Russian helicopters for Bangladesh Police with around Tk 4.28 billion in order to further strengthen the capacity of this law enforcement agency. T...

SSC, equivalent exams to start on November 14

SSC, equivalent exams to start on November 14

-- 2021-10-27 15:56:11

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will begin on November 14, Education Minister Dipu Moni said on Wednesday. All coaching centres across the country will remain shut from...

Seven burnt after fire breaks out at Gulshan building

Seven burnt after fire breaks out at Gulshan building

-- 2021-10-27 14:11:16

Seven people have been burnt in a fire that broke out at a six-storey residential building in Dhaka's Gulshan. The fire started on the second floor of the building on road No. 113 at around 11:00 am...

Ferry carrying several vehicles capsizes in Paturia

Ferry carrying several vehicles capsizes in Paturia

-- 2021-10-27 11:35:43

A ferry carrying several vehicles has capsized in Manikganj’s Paturia. No casualties have been reported so far. The incident took place near Paturia No 5 ferry terminal on Wednesday morning,...

EU airs concern over Digital Security Act

EU airs concern over Digital Security Act

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-27 09:54:44

The European Union (EU) expressed its concern over the Digital Security Act during its diplomatic consultation meeting with Bangladesh, said concerned officials on Wednesday. During the meeting EU al...

Pest attack damages T-Aman paddy

Pest attack damages T-Aman paddy

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-10-27 09:53:28

T-Aman paddy growers have now become helpless to contain pest attacks in Jashore and Bogura districts. Our Benapole Correspondent reports: Brown grasshoppers have attacked a vast tract of Aman p...