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Dengue cases keep rising, 224 more hospitalised in 24 hours

Dengue cases keep rising, 224 more hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2021-10-09 17:57:26

As Dengue cases keep rising in Bangladesh, 224 more new patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till Saturday morning. The death toll from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchan...

70-80pc people to be vaccinated by March, says Minister

70-80pc people to be vaccinated by March, says Minister

-- 2021-10-09 17:46:49

The government has geared up its nationwide vaccination drive to inoculate 70-80 per cent people by March next, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday. "So far, 50 million people have been va...

415 COVID-19 cases, 20 deaths reported in 24 hours

415 COVID-19 cases, 20 deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2021-10-09 17:14:00

Bangladesh has registered 20 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,674. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,561,878 after 415 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hou...

Verbal harassment top complaint lodged by RMG workers: CPD report

Verbal harassment top complaint lodged by RMG workers: CPD report

-- 2021-10-09 16:47:09

Verbal harassment is still the top complaint lodged by the workers in the country’s readymade garment (RMG) sector, the latest Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) report has shown. According to th...

Trawler capsizes in Turag River, three die, several missing

Trawler capsizes in Turag River, three die, several missing

-- 2021-10-09 16:27:39

Three people, including children, have died after a trawler sank in the Turag River in Dhaka's Gabtoli. Several other passengers of the vessel that capsized near the Aminbazar coalfield on Saturday a...

UN engagement in Bhasanchar starts

UN engagement in Bhasanchar starts

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-09 15:13:06

The government of Bangladesh and the United Nations (UN) on Saturday agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) relating to Bhasan Char. The MoU – signed by UNHCR on behalf of UN agencies worki...

Five more held over Mohib Ullah killing

Five more held over Mohib Ullah killing

-- 2021-10-09 13:29:12

Law enforcers have arrested five more men from the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya over the murder of Rohingya community leader Mohammad Mohib Ullah. Rohingya refugees say...

Bangladesh to save sharks and stingrays as poachers go on the prowl

Bangladesh to save sharks and stingrays as poachers go on the prowl

-- 2021-10-09 12:44:25

A few years ago, fishermen along Bangladesh’s coasts caught sharks and stingrays only when the fish were stuck in nets. With time, their commercial value has grown. Now poachers are competing to...

Romania to donate 0.2 million AstraZeneca jabs to Bangladesh

Romania to donate 0.2 million AstraZeneca jabs to Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-09 12:21:35

Romania will donate 0.2 million AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Saturday. “Romania made the announcement when Foreign...

President sets out for Germany, UK for health checkup

President sets out for Germany, UK for health checkup

-- 2021-10-09 11:27:31

President M Abdul Hamid has left Dhaka on a 12-day visit to Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) for health checkup and treatment of eyes, BSS reports. "A regular aircraft of Qatar Airways (QY639) car...

Bangladesh among lowest in Covid-19 vaccination in South Asia: WB data

Bangladesh among lowest in Covid-19 vaccination in South Asia: WB data

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-10-09 08:35:04

Bangladesh has secured one of the lowest positions in terms of Covid-19 vaccination among the South Asian (SA) nations, as the country has inoculated only 14.1 doses per one hundred people until Sep...

Seven including two Chinese nationals remanded over illicit lending via app

Seven including two Chinese nationals remanded over illicit lending via app

-- 2021-10-08 20:15:23

Police have received a court order to quiz in custody two Chinese nationals and five Bangladeshis on charges of duping people into a fraudulent scheme under cover of digital microfinance. Dhaka Metro...

Bangladesh to construct monastery in Nepal

Bangladesh to construct monastery in Nepal

-- 2021-10-08 19:30:32

Bangladesh government has signed an agreement with the Lumbini Development Trust for the construction of a Buddhist monastery in Lumbini, Nepal. The agreement was signed by Ambassador Salahuddin Noma...

Bahrain excludes Bangladesh from Covid red list

Bahrain excludes Bangladesh from Covid red list

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-08 19:23:21

Bahrain government has lifted Covid travel ban on Bangladesh paving way for hundreds of Bangladeshi workers to return to their workplaces there. Commenting on the development Foreign Minister Dr AK A...

'Bangabandhu satellite-2 to be launched in time'  

'Bangabandhu satellite-2 to be launched in time'  

-- 2021-10-08 18:29:03

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar has said the proposed Bangabandhu Satellite-2 would be launched in time. "All preparations have been completed to launch Bangabandhu Satellite-2 i...

International blockchain Olympiad kicks off in city

International blockchain Olympiad kicks off in city

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-08 18:07:36

The much-awaited "International Blockchain Olympiad (IBCOL) 2021", was launched with the theme "Inspiring Empowerment and Innovation” in the capital on Friday. The three-day contest is being he...

COVID-19: 645 people test positive, 7 die in 24 hours

COVID-19: 645 people test positive, 7 die in 24 hours

-- 2021-10-08 17:22:19

Bangladesh has registered seven new fatalities from COVID-19, the lowest daily count since Mar 11, taking the death toll to 27,654. The caseload surged to 1,561,463 after 645 people tested positive f...

Britain eases travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Bangladeshis

Britain eases travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Bangladeshis

-- 2021-10-08 16:16:57

Britain has eased travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Bangladeshi travellers who have received jabs of a vaccine authorised by the country. Bangladesh will be added to the list of countries and...

Former FE ED MA Momen dies

Former FE ED MA Momen dies

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-08 15:40:17

MA Momen, a former executive director at The Financial Express, died of old-age complications in Dhaka on Friday morning. He was 81. He had been suffering from various diseases including Parkinson fo...

Shutdown shutters dreams of 3,000 girls

Shutdown shutters dreams of 3,000 girls

-- 2021-10-08 12:36:02

As the schools in Bangladesh reopened after long Covid-induced shutdown last month, many girls in this coastal district were missing from classrooms with a majority of them lost to early marriages. F...

India set to reopen tourist visa services on Oct 12

India set to reopen tourist visa services on Oct 12

-- 2021-10-08 12:26:44

India is set to resume tourist visa services for foreign travellers after an 18-month pause due to the coronavirus pandemic, bdnews24.com reports. Bangladeshi nationals will be able to visit India on...

Netrakona villagers use hurricane lamp in hatcheries

Netrakona villagers use hurricane lamp in hatcheries

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-10-08 09:22:19

NETRAKONA: More than two hundred families at Kothurikona village of Tiyashree Union in Madan upazila of the district have become self-reliant by hatching duckling with hurricane lamp heat. The village...

Karnaphuli Tunnel's trial opening today

Karnaphuli Tunnel's trial opening today

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL 2021-10-08 09:17:55

CHATTOGRAM: All is set for opening on trial basis the multilane Bangabandhu Tunnel under the River Karnaphuli in the port city Friday. Planning Minister MA Manan has said that the 9.092 kilometres (k...

Consultation focuses on giving proper aid to female workers

Consultation focuses on giving proper aid to female workers

FE REPORT 2021-10-08 09:12:30

The social cost of female migrant workers is very high as they leave behind their families and children while going abroad for livelihood, said speakers at a consultation on Thursday. To address the...

Bangladesh government urged to formulate policies on AI, IT services

Bangladesh government urged to formulate policies on AI, IT services

FE REPORT 2021-10-08 09:02:22

Speakers at a virtual dialogue on Thursday urged the government to formulate policies on AI and IT-enabled services in line with the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Bangladesh can step into a tri...

Spinners ask authorities to address barriers in importing cotton for RMG

Spinners ask authorities to address barriers in importing cotton for RMG

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-07 22:48:46

Local spinners on Thursday called on authorities concerned to address the barriers they are facing in importing cotton from US to help the smooth supply of the main raw material used for RMG manufactu...

India allows Serum to send 1.0m AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Bangladesh

India allows Serum to send 1.0m AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Bangladesh

-- 2021-10-07 22:36:01

The Serum Institute of India has been allowed by the country’s government to send 1.0 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh, according to the local media. The compa...

Emphasis on ensuring proper working conditions of women migrant workers

Emphasis on ensuring proper working conditions of women migrant workers

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-07 22:22:52

The social cost of women migrant workers is very high as they leave behind their families and children when they go abroad for livelihood, said speakers at a consultation on Thursday. To address the...

Police Welfare Trust opens a drug rehab centre

Police Welfare Trust opens a drug rehab centre

-- 2021-10-07 21:24:00

Bangladesh Police Welfare Trust has launched a drug rehabilitation centre to bring back the addicts to normal life with the healthcare of “international standards”. Home Minister Asaduzza...

208 more hospitalised with Dengue in 24 hrs

208 more hospitalised with Dengue in 24 hrs

-- 2021-10-07 20:01:15

Bangladesh reported hospitalised of 208 new Dengue patients across the country in 24 hours till Thursday morning. The death toll from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at 73 as no fresh d...