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Good catches of hilsa makes Chattogram fishermen happy

Good catches of hilsa makes Chattogram fishermen happy

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-10-02 10:12:06

CHATTOGRAM: Fishermen are netting a huge quantity of hilsa from the sea every day and returning to Fishery Ghat in Chattogram with a broad smile on their faces. Robi Sankar Joldash, a fisherman, told...

PM Hasina returns home after attending 76th UNGA

PM Hasina returns home after attending 76th UNGA

-- 2021-10-02 09:54:34

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Friday from Washington DC via Helsinki wrapping up her USA visit to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and other high level side event...

Govt prefers tunnel under Padma River instead of bridge, Quader says

Govt prefers tunnel under Padma River instead of bridge, Quader says

-- 2021-10-01 22:51:27

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the government has a plan to build a tunnel beneath the Padma River at Daulatdia-Paturia point instead of constructing a bridge to sus...

Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka in SAFF Championship opener

Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka in SAFF Championship opener

-- 2021-10-01 21:08:13

Bangladesh national football team made a good start to the five-nation SAFF Championship 2021 beating Island nation Sri Lanka 1-0 at the National Stadium in the Maldives' capital Male Friday. Defende...

Bangladesh cable operators shut broadcast of foreign TV channels with ads

Bangladesh cable operators shut broadcast of foreign TV channels with ads

-- 2021-10-01 20:18:17

Cable operators have suspended the broadcast of foreign TV channels that air ads in between programmes in line with the government's 'clean feed' policy. The move came in response to a government dir...

Khelafat Majlis quits 20-party alliance

Khelafat Majlis quits 20-party alliance

-- 2021-10-01 19:48:53

Khelafat Majlis on Friday quit the BNP-led 20-party alliance as the party thinks it has become an 'ineffective' opposition platform. Khelafat Majlis acting secretary general Advocate M Jahangir Hossa...

EU to assist Bangladesh in tackling climate change

EU to assist Bangladesh in tackling climate change

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-01 18:53:48

Frans Timmermans, executive vice president of the European Commission for the European Green Deal, has said the European Union will assist Bangladesh in all activities to combat climate change. Appre...

Dhaka to receive 0.790m AstraZeneca vaccine doses Saturday

Dhaka to receive 0.790m AstraZeneca vaccine doses Saturday

-- 2021-10-01 18:06:42

Bangladesh will receive 790,000 more doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Germany on Saturday. A cargo flight of Qatar Airlines carrying the vaccine doses will land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Air...

Bangladesh logs 21 new virus deaths, 847 cases

Bangladesh logs 21 new virus deaths, 847 cases

-- 2021-10-01 17:47:55

Bangladesh has registered 21 new fatalities from COVID-19 in a day, taking the death toll to 27,531. The caseload surged to 1,556,758 after 847 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours...

‘China a major partner in Bangladesh's development endeavours’

‘China a major partner in Bangladesh's development endeavours’

-- 2021-10-01 17:36:59

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said China has been a significant partner in the development endeavours of Bangladesh. On the auspicious occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the...

Man held over kiling of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah

Man held over kiling of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah

-- 2021-10-01 15:30:36

The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) has arrested a man over his suspected ties to the killing of prominent Rohingya leader Mohammad Mohib Ullah in Cox's Bazar, bdnews24.com reports. The suspect, who is...

Bangladesh drops 25 notches in DQL Index: Report

Bangladesh drops 25 notches in DQL Index: Report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-01 14:26:40

Bangladesh has dropped 25 notches in Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index-2021 from the last year and mobile internet users in the country experienced the slowest speed -- 10.60Mbps -- among all the ot...

ARSA killed Rohingya refugee leader Mohib Ullah, family says

ARSA killed Rohingya refugee leader Mohib Ullah, family says

-- 2021-10-01 12:15:44

The family of Mohib Ullah has blamed Myanmar insurgent group Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army or ARSA for the killing of the prominent refugee leader at a camp in Bangladesh, bdnews24.com reports with d...

National plan of action to end child labour about to be ready

National plan of action to end child labour about to be ready

MUNIMA SULTANA 2021-10-01 11:21:55

The draft of national plan of action (NPA) to eliminate all forms of child labour within next five years is in its final stage. However, the country is set to miss its target to eliminate worst forms...

Minister seeks China's good offices to resolve Rohingya crisis

Minister seeks China's good offices to resolve Rohingya crisis

FE REPORT 2021-10-01 11:16:43

Speakers at a webinar Thursday said that the relationship between China and Bangladesh has grown warmer over time as both countries share common values and goals. They said China has been contribut...

Farhana Baten suspended over forced haircut

Farhana Baten suspended over forced haircut

-- 2021-10-01 10:24:38

Rabindra University has temporarily suspended Farhana Yeasmin Baten, an associate professor of the Cultural Heritage and Bangladesh Studies Department, on the charges of forcibly cutting the hair of s...

PM returns home today

PM returns home today

-- 2021-10-01 10:11:36

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return home tonight from Washington DC via Helsinki after wrapping up her US visit to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and other high level side...

Dr Pran Gopal takes oath as MP

Dr Pran Gopal takes oath as MP

-- 2021-09-30 20:59:01

Newly-elected Member of Parliament (MP) from the Cumilla-7 constituency Dr Pran Gopal Dutta took the oath of office at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Thursday. Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sha...

Bangladesh’s UNGA participation shows its stronger presence in multilateral forum, say officials

Bangladesh’s UNGA participation shows its stronger presence in multilateral forum, say officials

-- 2021-09-30 20:28:05

Bangladesh has once again demonstrated its "stronger and diversified" presence in multilateral forum through in-person participation during the 76th UN General Assembly (UNGA), officials said. "Bangl...

Why the appointment of IDRA chairman should not be declared illegal, rules HC

Why the appointment of IDRA chairman should not be declared illegal, rules HC

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-30 19:44:23

The High Court on Thursday issued a ruling upon the respondents to explain in four weeks as to why the appointment of Dr M Mosharraf Hossain, FCA, as the chairman of the Insurance Development & Re...

Another dolphin found dead in Halda River

Another dolphin found dead in Halda River

-- 2021-09-30 19:41:10

Another dolphin was found dead in the Halda River in Chattogram on Thursday. Naval police members recovered the five feet long dolphin carcass from Madunaghat Barua Para area. Police also seized 5,0...

Emphasis on media’s role in promoting usefulness of animal protein

Emphasis on media’s role in promoting usefulness of animal protein

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-30 19:04:14

Media gatekeepers have agreed with the poultry industry leaders that the role of media in promoting animal protein is vital for building a healthy nation and intelligent society. They said that the m...

Seven farmers shot in protest against sand mining in Chattogram

Seven farmers shot in protest against sand mining in Chattogram

-- 2021-09-30 18:37:39

At least seven farmers were shot and wounded on Thursday during a protest against illegal extraction of sand from the Sangu River at Satkania of Chattogram allegedly by a local politician and his supp...

UNHCR urges Bangladesh to investigate killing of Rohingya leader

UNHCR urges Bangladesh to investigate killing of Rohingya leader

-- 2021-09-30 18:22:48

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has urged Bangladesh to undertake an immediate investigation into the killing of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah and hold those responsible to account. "UNHCR is deeply shoc...

Bangladesh logs 23 new virus deaths, 860 cases

Bangladesh logs 23 new virus deaths, 860 cases

-- 2021-09-30 17:57:49

Bangladesh has registered 23 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,510. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,555,911 as 860 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours...

Rabindra University teacher forcibly cut students’ hair, probe panel finds

Rabindra University teacher forcibly cut students’ hair, probe panel finds

-- 2021-09-30 17:02:09

A probe panel has found video footage from a CCTV camera that proves that Rabindra University teacher Farhana Yeasmin Baten forcibly cut the hair of several students, reports bdnews24.com.  A gr...

US-Bangla starts first-ever flights on two new routes

US-Bangla starts first-ever flights on two new routes

-- 2021-09-30 16:56:28

US-Bangla Airlines has started first-ever direct flights between Jashore and Chattogram as well as Syedpur and Chattogram without via Dhaka.    State Minister for Civil Aviation a...

USAID workshop trains reporters on how to counter misinformation

USAID workshop trains reporters on how to counter misinformation

FE ONLINE REPORT  2021-09-30 15:59:50

The United States Agency for International Development Agency (USAID) organised a workshop on enhancing constructive development reporting and countering misinformation for the Diplomatic  Corres...

High Court seeks all records of Evaly

High Court seeks all records of Evaly

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-30 15:34:20

The High Court on Thursday sought all records and documents of the controversial e-commerce platform Evaly Limited. The Registrar of Joint Stock of Companies and Firms should come up with all records...

Traffic rule violation: 2,100 cases filed, Tk 2.08m realised in August

Traffic rule violation: 2,100 cases filed, Tk 2.08m realised in August

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-30 14:50:29

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) filed a total of 2,100 cases and realised over Tk 2.08 million in fines in August 2021 over violations of traffic rules. In its 206 drives, BRTA also jailed...