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TIB wants anti-discrimination law to ensure services to marginalised people

TIB wants anti-discrimination law to ensure services to marginalised people

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-21 15:25:24

Negative attitude and practices of a section of service providers discourage the country’s marginalised people from using existing accountability mechanisms to seek services and remedy, a TIB st...

PM Hasina opens Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center

PM Hasina opens Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center

-- 2021-10-21 12:23:15

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the newly built Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center (BBCFEC) at the capital's outskirts Purbachal aiming to organise the trad...

Epitome of Bangladesh's religious harmony in Lalmonirhat

Epitome of Bangladesh's religious harmony in Lalmonirhat

-- 2021-10-21 12:15:33

In this unique place, the fragrance of attar mingles with joss stick’s aroma. It comes alive every day with chanting of dhikr (ritual prayer or litany practiced by Muslims) and ululation (a rit...

Court defers verdict in SK Sinha graft case again

Court defers verdict in SK Sinha graft case again

-- 2021-10-21 11:50:22

A Dhaka court has, once again, deferred its verdict on a case against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others over embezzlement of Tk 40 million in credit from The Farmers Bank. Jud...

Police hunt for the culprit behind Cumilla communal violence

Police hunt for the culprit behind Cumilla communal violence

-- 2021-10-21 09:36:50

Police say they have identified from security camera footage a young man who “placed a copy of the Quran” at a Durga Puja venue in Cumilla, a perceived act of sacrilege that triggered de...

50pc of vaccination target can be met by December, says Health Minister

50pc of vaccination target can be met by December, says Health Minister

-- 2021-10-20 22:07:25

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said that 50 per cent of the vaccination target can be achieved by December this year as Covid-19 jabs are arriving in the country as planned. "We have already prove...

Communal violence: Police urge citizens not to be misled by rumours

Communal violence: Police urge citizens not to be misled by rumours

-- 2021-10-20 20:16:20

Police have urged the citizens of Bangladesh not to be misled by rumours or provocation after communal violence in parts of the country left seven people dead. The Police Headquarters issued a statem...

Badrunnesa College teacher detained for ‘communal violence disinformation’

Badrunnesa College teacher detained for ‘communal violence disinformation’

-- 2021-10-20 20:00:42

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has taken into custody a female teacher of Begum Badrunnessa Government Girls’ College in Dhaka for interrogation over ‘disinformation on communal violence...

Dhaka-Beijing political trust continues to deepen, says envoy

Dhaka-Beijing political trust continues to deepen, says envoy

-- 2021-10-20 19:49:55

Terming China the largest trading partner of Bangladesh, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Wednesday said the Bangladesh-China relations have achieved rapid development. "The political mu...

Probarona Purnima observed

Probarona Purnima observed

-- 2021-10-20 19:37:31

The Buddhist community in Bangladesh celebrated Probarona Purnima, their second-largest festival, on Wednesday. This full moon day signifies the end of the three-month Lent of Bhikkhus. Rangamati Ra...

Road clashes claim nine lives in four districts

Road clashes claim nine lives in four districts

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-20 19:16:10

At least nine people have been killed and 30 others injured in separate road accidents in Mymensingh, Chattogram, Brahmanbaria, and Tangail districts. In Mymensingh, two people were killed and seve...

Bangladesh lowers COVID-19 vaccine age limit to 18 years

Bangladesh lowers COVID-19 vaccine age limit to 18 years

-- 2021-10-20 18:41:53

The Bangladesh government has opened registration for the COVID-19 vaccine to all citizens 18 years of age or above. The previous age limit for general citizen registration was 25, reports bdnews24.c...

Eid-e-Miladunnabi observed in a solemn manner

Eid-e-Miladunnabi observed in a solemn manner

-- 2021-10-20 18:32:29

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the birth and demise of the Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), was observed in the city and elsewhere in the country on Wednesday with due religious fervour and solemn...

112 more Dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

112 more Dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

-- 2021-10-20 18:16:46

Another 112 patients were hospitalised with dengue fever across the country in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. With no new deaths reported during the period, the number of fatalities from the mosqui...

PM to open Purbachal exhibition centre Thursday

PM to open Purbachal exhibition centre Thursday

-- 2021-10-20 17:51:32

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate the newly-built ‘Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre’ at Purbachal on Thursday. She will inaugurate the permanent v...

Teesta flows 60 cm above danger level, red alert issued

Teesta flows 60 cm above danger level, red alert issued

-- 2021-10-20 17:49:26

The Water Development Board (WDB) has issued a red alert in the Teesta Basin after the river swelled above danger level due to the onrush of water from upstream. Teesta crossed 60 cm above danger lev...

US declares $25m more Covid assistance for Bangladesh

US declares $25m more Covid assistance for Bangladesh

-- 2021-10-20 17:28:31

The US government has announced an additional $25 million in urgent Covid-19 assistance to help Bangladesh expand its fight against the pandemic, including the expansion of vaccinations. With the sup...

Six more die, 368 get Covid-19 in 24hrs

Six more die, 368 get Covid-19 in 24hrs

-- 2021-10-20 17:12:05

Bangladesh has registered six new deaths from Covid-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,791. The Dhaka division, which has seen the most cases during the pandemic, did not register any new death....

Chhatak OC recalled after livestreaming interrogation on Facebook

Chhatak OC recalled after livestreaming interrogation on Facebook

-- 2021-10-20 16:44:20

Chhatak Police Station chief Sheikh Nazim Uddin was withdrawn after the interrogation of a suspect in a murder case was streamed on Facebook. Sunamganj Superintendent of Police Md Mizanur Rahman said...

Teesta flowing above danger level

Teesta flowing above danger level

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-20 13:47:14

The Water Development Board (WDB) opened all the 44 gates of Teesta Barrage on Wednesday to rein in the high water pressure, with the river flowing 60 cm above the danger level. According to Board of...

Poets, artists, journos unite against communal violence

Poets, artists, journos unite against communal violence

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-20 11:20:34

Over 200 poets, writers, artists and journalists on Tuesday staged a protest in the capital against the recent communal violence in Bangladesh. The protesters gathered outside Bangladesh National Mus...

Floating school a need of time for students on char areas

Floating school a need of time for students on char areas

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CHANDPUR 2021-10-20 10:03:18

Nearly 40 thousand people living in Raj Rajeswar union under Chandpur Sadar UZ have demanded a floating high school for their children in this river erosion-prone union in order to get rid of the repe...

ACC not to probe money laundering charges against Evaly

ACC not to probe money laundering charges against Evaly

-- 2021-10-19 21:51:36

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to withdraw from the probe into the allegations of embezzlement and money laundering against e-commerce platform Evaly. ACC Chairman Moinuddin Abdulla...

151 more hospitalised with dengue in 24hrs

151 more hospitalised with dengue in 24hrs

-- 2021-10-19 20:32:22

Another 151 patients were hospitalised with dengue fever across the country in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. With no deaths reported during the period, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-bor...

Eid-e-Miladunnabi Wednesday

Eid-e-Miladunnabi Wednesday

-- 2021-10-19 20:16:37

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi will be observed on Wednesday, marking the day of birth and passing away of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), with religious festivity and fervour. On this day in 570, the 12...

Govt approves ‘Dolphin Conservation Action Plan’

Govt approves ‘Dolphin Conservation Action Plan’

-- 2021-10-19 19:49:19

The government has approved the "Dolphin Conservation Action Plan” to protect the habitat of dolphins, said Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin. The plan was approv...

Covid-19 puts future of 37m children in Bangladesh at risk

Covid-19 puts future of 37m children in Bangladesh at risk

-- 2021-10-19 19:31:48

The education of 37 million children in Bangladesh has been disrupted due to school closures since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, says a new report. According to the report, about...

‘Food grain storage capacity to be increased to 350m tonnes by 2030’

‘Food grain storage capacity to be increased to 350m tonnes by 2030’

-- 2021-10-19 18:49:26

Food grain storage capacity of Bangladesh will be increased to 350 million tonnes by 2030, said Food Minister Shadhan Chandra Majumder on Tuesday. "The Executive Committee of the National Economic Co...

Prime suspect of Cumilla incident identified,  home minister says

Prime suspect of Cumilla incident identified, home minister says

-- 2021-10-19 18:30:39

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said police have identified the prime suspect of the Cumilla puja mandap incident. “I hope the prime suspect in Cumilla incident will be arrested soon...

Draft law suggests 10yrs jail for leaking PSC question paper

Draft law suggests 10yrs jail for leaking PSC question paper

-- 2021-10-19 18:22:40

The maximum punishment for involvement in leaking the question paper of any PSC examination will be 10 years’ jail or financial penalty or both, according to a draft law approved by the Cabinet...