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Shahed fails to secure bail from High Court

Shahed fails to secure bail from High Court

-- 2021-10-26 23:04:49

The High Court has rejected the bail application of ​​disgraced Regent Hospital chairman Mohammad Shahed, in a case of fraud and money embezzlement. HC bench of Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice Mohi U...

63.8m meters nets seized during ban period

63.8m meters nets seized during ban period

-- 2021-10-26 21:46:28

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized around 63.80 million meters of illegal nets, 9,832 kgs of Hilsa and 115 boats from the coastal areas and different rivers during the 22-day ban on Hilsa nettin...

Dhaka to host World Congress on Information Technology-2021

Dhaka to host World Congress on Information Technology-2021

-- 2021-10-26 20:28:07

The 25th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) will begin in Bangladesh on November 11 to bring together the global leaders in business, government, and academia in the IT sector. The four-...

Second dose mass vaccination on Thursday

Second dose mass vaccination on Thursday

-- 2021-10-26 19:56:08

Citizens who received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in the campaign to mark Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s birthday a month ago will get the second dose on Thursday. They will have to...

IMF suggests Bangladesh sustainable investment plans to address climate change

IMF suggests Bangladesh sustainable investment plans to address climate change

-- 2021-10-26 19:51:46

To address the impact of climate change, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has laid emphasis on carefully costed and fiscally sustainable investment plans for Bangladesh to attract donor finance....

Limited number of real varieties of rice names available, consumers deceived

Limited number of real varieties of rice names available, consumers deceived

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-26 18:16:50

A large portion of the country's consumers are being deceived as a limited number of real varieties of rice names are now available in the markets, according to some agricultural experts. Although mo...

Pilots suspend protest after Biman gives assurances

Pilots suspend protest after Biman gives assurances

-- 2021-10-26 18:02:29

Pilots at Biman have suspended their protest over pay cuts after the national carrier’s administration made assurances. The pilots for the state-run airline had decided not to work beyond the t...

Six war crimes suspects arrested in Jashore

Six war crimes suspects arrested in Jashore

-- 2021-10-26 17:28:24

Police have arrested six people from Bagharpara Upazila in Jashore for their suspected involvement in the crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. The arrestees are Abul Hossain Bis...

Bangladesh reports 276 new virus cases, six deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 276 new virus cases, six deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-10-26 17:08:41

Bangladesh has registered six fatalities from COVID-19 in a day, taking the death toll to 27,834. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,568,257 after 276 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 ho...

Khaleda Zia shifted to cabin from ICU

Khaleda Zia shifted to cabin from ICU

-- 2021-10-26 16:38:28

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, has been shifted to a cabin from a surgical ICU. “Madam (Khaleda) was shifted to a cabin on Monday night and she...

Gono Adhikar Parishad: Reza Kibria, former Ducsu VP Nur form new political party

Gono Adhikar Parishad: Reza Kibria, former Ducsu VP Nur form new political party

-- 2021-10-26 16:37:48

Economist Dr Reza Kibria and former VP of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) Nurul Haque Nur have launched a new political party named ‘Gono Adhikar Parishad’. Nur ann...

Bangladesh, Australia vow to work together to combat climate effects

Bangladesh, Australia vow to work together to combat climate effects

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-26 15:30:32

Lauding the country's various initiatives regarding climate change,  Australia  has expressed its willingness to work with Bangladesh aimed at combating climate effects. Australia's High Co...

Puja violence instigators' names to be revealed soon, home minister says

Puja violence instigators' names to be revealed soon, home minister says

-- 2021-10-26 15:17:34

Home Minister Asaduzzman Khan on Tuesday said the names of those who fuelled the violence at puja mandaps in different parts of the country will be made public soon. The minister said this at ‘...

Fire breaks out at BCIC building

Fire breaks out at BCIC building

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-26 15:00:44

A fire broke out at Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) building at Motijheel in the capital on Tuesday. The fire broke out around 1:51pm on the 11the floor of the building, said fire s...

Three of a family found dead in Khulna

Three of a family found dead in Khulna

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-26 14:43:08

Police found the bodies of a couple and their daughter, presumed murdered, in Khulna's Koyra Upazila. The law enforcers retrieved the bodies from a pond in the upazila's Bamia village around 8:30am o...

SC clears way to probe into assets of Rajarbagh Pir

SC clears way to probe into assets of Rajarbagh Pir

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-26 13:44:04

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for conducting a probe into amassing assets of ‘so-called’ Pir (saint) of Rajarbagh Shareef, Dillur Rahman, and his d...

BNP men, police clash in city

BNP men, police clash in city

-- 2021-10-26 13:04:25

BNP activists and police clashed with police in the capital's Nayapaltan area on Tuesday, leaving an unspecified number of people injured. The clash took place around 11:30 am when some BNP men broke...

School dropout, child labour rising alarmingly: Study

School dropout, child labour rising alarmingly: Study

FE REPORT 2021-10-26 09:57:23

School dropouts in the country has increased alarmingly as huge child marriages and child labour have taken place amid the pandemic, speakers at a webinar on Monday said. Such trend is leading toward...

‘Angry, frustrated’ Biman pilots launch protests over pay cut

‘Angry, frustrated’ Biman pilots launch protests over pay cut

-- 2021-10-25 23:11:25

Pilots of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have decided not to work beyond the terms of contracts with the flag carrier as part of their protests against pay cuts. Biman had announced the pay cuts for all e...

Bangladesh signs €120m deal with German bank to modernise power distribution

Bangladesh signs €120m deal with German bank to modernise power distribution

-- 2021-10-25 22:45:08

Bangladesh has signed a loan agreement worth 120 million euros with the KfW Development Bank of Germany to implement the ‘Modernisation of Power Distribution-Smart Grids Phase I’ project...

Khaleda undergoes biopsy test, but ‘out of danger’, Fakhrul says

Khaleda undergoes biopsy test, but ‘out of danger’, Fakhrul says

-- 2021-10-25 21:25:20

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their party chairperson Khaleda Zia is doing well and out of danger though she has undergone a biopsy test....

Why govt decision not to give household gas connection illegal: HC rules

Why govt decision not to give household gas connection illegal: HC rules

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-25 20:54:28

The High Court has issued a ruling upon the concerned bodies of the government to explain in four weeks as to why they should not be directed to give gas connections to the residential areas for house...

Govt approves feasibility study for setting up safari park in Moulvibazar

Govt approves feasibility study for setting up safari park in Moulvibazar

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-25 20:31:05

The government has approved the feasibility study report for setting up Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park at Juri upazila of Moulvibazar district. The approval was given at a meeting held in the...

Five workers burnt in explosion at Narayanganj steel mill

Five workers burnt in explosion at Narayanganj steel mill

-- 2021-10-25 19:45:34

Five workers sustained burn injuries in an explosion at a steel factory at Rasulpur area in Fatullah upazila of Narayanganj district on Monday. The injured were identified as Sohel Rana, 36, Liton, 3...

Seven persons including five judges get international mediation award

Seven persons including five judges get international mediation award

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-25 18:56:34

Seven persons including five judges of Bangladesh, India, and Kenya have been selected for the ‘international mediation award 2021’ for their role in peacekeeping in social life, judiciary...

Five more die, 289 get Covid-19 in 24hrs

Five more die, 289 get Covid-19 in 24hrs

-- 2021-10-25 18:00:37

Bangladesh has registered five fatalities from COVID-19 in a day, taking the death toll to 27,828. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,567,981 after 289 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 h...

12 kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

12 kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

-- 2021-10-25 17:49:53

Customs officials have seized 104 gold bars worth some Tk 84.40 million from an aircraft at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka. According to a press release of the Directorate of...

Govt and aid agencies urged to ensure  common, equitable partnership

Govt and aid agencies urged to ensure  common, equitable partnership

-- 2021-10-25 17:42:10

BDCSO Process, a forum of around 700 grass root CSO/NGOs, organised a 2nd day virtual conference session titled “Partnership selection with a policy and through a transparent process for an effe...

HC summons ACC official for demanding bribe during investigation

HC summons ACC official for demanding bribe during investigation

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-25 17:11:20

The High Court has summoned Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigation officer Md Alamgir Hossain to explain his position over an allegation of claiming unethical benefits during the investigation...

Over 40m people in Bangladesh receive at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine

Over 40m people in Bangladesh receive at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine

-- 2021-10-25 13:57:21

More than 40 million people in Bangladesh have received at least the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine as part of the government's mass immunisation campaign to contain the pandemic. The second s...