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Nasir-Tamima marriage not legal, probe finds

Nasir-Tamima marriage not legal, probe finds

-- 2021-09-30 14:10:25

The marriage between Bangladeshi cricketer Nasir Hossain and Tamima Sultana is not legal, the Police Bureau of Investigation said in a report after an investigation into a complaint filed by her first...

PM opens 'Bangladesh House' in Maryland

PM opens 'Bangladesh House' in Maryland

-- 2021-09-30 13:35:34

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is now in Washington DC, inaugurated the newly constructed "Bangladesh House" at Maryland in the USA, BSS reports. She opened the house at 4:30pm on Wednesday (Maryl...

Amnesty urges probe into Rohingya activist Mohib Ullah’s killing

Amnesty urges probe into Rohingya activist Mohib Ullah’s killing

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-09-30 10:53:37

Amnesty International has called on Bangladesh to launch an investigation into the killing of leading Rohingya activist Mohib Ullah. "His killing sends a chilling effect across the entire community,"...

Private car driver stabbed dead in Bogura

Private car driver stabbed dead in Bogura

-- 2021-09-30 10:40:25

A private car driver was stabbed to death by two men in the Kansgari area of Bogura district on Wednesday night, police said on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Khairul Islam Sumon, 28, son o...

TIB blames governance deficiency for poor quality of secondary education

TIB blames governance deficiency for poor quality of secondary education

FE REPORT 2021-09-30 10:32:09

Administrative limitations, lack of transparency and accountability, and legal complexities hold back the efforts of ensuring good governance in the education sector, according to a study of Transpare...

UAE approves six Covid test facilities in Bangladesh

UAE approves six Covid test facilities in Bangladesh

FE REPORT 2021-09-30 10:20:12

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved six healthcare facilities in Bangladesh for conducting Covid-19 test on UAE-bound Bangladesh nationals. The UAE Embassy in Dhaka conveyed the development i...

Rohingya leader Mohammad Muhibullah shot dead

Rohingya leader Mohammad Muhibullah shot dead

-- 2021-09-29 23:15:56

Mohammad Muhibullah, a top Rohingya community leader, was shot dead by unknown gunmen at the Kutupalong refugee camp of Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday night. The 14th APBn commander SP Md....

Boat capsizes in Padma River, four die, several missing

Boat capsizes in Padma River, four die, several missing

-- 2021-09-29 22:43:46

At least four people died and several others went missing after a boat capsized in the Padma River in Chapainawabganj’s Shibganj Upazila on Wednesday. The authorities could not confirm how many...

State minister fails to register land for not paying bribe

State minister fails to register land for not paying bribe

-- 2021-09-29 21:59:04

The state minister for rural development and cooperatives has alleged he failed to register a piece of land because he could not pay a bribe. Swapan Bhattacharjee raised the allegation at a rally in...

Awami League gets frightened as BNP waking up with fresh vigour, Fakhrul says

Awami League gets frightened as BNP waking up with fresh vigour, Fakhrul says

-- 2021-09-29 21:22:31

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the ruling party, Awami League, has got frightened as BNP started renovating its all of units for waking up with fresh vigour. &ldq...

Bangladeshi man sentenced in US for human smuggling

Bangladeshi man sentenced in US for human smuggling

-- 2021-09-29 21:10:31

A Bangladeshi man has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for his involvement in the "smuggling" of undocumented individuals from Mexico into the United States. According to court documents, betwe...

‘Civil society engagement necessary for project implementation’

‘Civil society engagement necessary for project implementation’

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-09-29 20:37:33

Some members of the parliament, civil society organisations and experts have demanded the formulation of a legal framework to ensure engagement of civil society members in development project implemen...

Dengue claims two more lives in 24hrs, 217 others hospitalised

Dengue claims two more lives in 24hrs, 217 others hospitalised

-- 2021-09-29 20:08:03

Two more people died of dengue while 217 new patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. With this, the death toll from dengue in Dhaka city reached 62 this year...

COVID-19: 1,178 people test positive, 17 die in 24 hours

COVID-19: 1,178 people test positive, 17 die in 24 hours

-- 2021-09-29 17:25:16

Bangladesh has registered 17 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,487. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,555,051 as 1,178 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hour...

Pori Moni’s remand: High Court seeks explanations from magistrates again

Pori Moni’s remand: High Court seeks explanations from magistrates again

-- 2021-09-29 17:19:28

The High Court has asked two metropolitan magistrates to provide further explanations as to why they allowed actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, better known as Pori Moni, to be taken into police custody for...

Muniya’s death: Anvir fails to secure anticipatory bail

Muniya’s death: Anvir fails to secure anticipatory bail

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-29 17:10:55

The High Court has rejected an anticipatory bail plea filed by Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir in a case over the death of college student Mosarat Jahan Munia. The High Court b...

Rabindra University teacher resigns from three posts over forced haircuts of students

Rabindra University teacher resigns from three posts over forced haircuts of students

-- 2021-09-29 17:02:58

Farhana Yeasmin, the chairperson of the Cultural Heritage and Bangladesh Studies Department at Rabindra University in Sirajganj, has stepped down from three positions amid protests over the forced hai...

Mufti Ibrahim on two-day remand

Mufti Ibrahim on two-day remand

-- 2021-09-29 16:56:52

A Dhaka court has granted police two days to interrogate controversial Islamic orator Mufti Kazi Md Ibrahim over allegations of spreading misinformation regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and against the...

USAID hands over 200 cyclone shelters in southern Bangladesh

USAID hands over 200 cyclone shelters in southern Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-29 16:40:27

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Wednesday virtually handed over 200 repaired cyclone shelters in southern Bangladesh to the local communities and government. Kathryn...

Ramu violence: Nine years passed, Uttam still missing

Ramu violence: Nine years passed, Uttam still missing

-- 2021-09-29 15:55:13

Nine years ago, Uttam Kumar Barua was accused of posting ‘blasphemous’ photos on his Facebook page. The claim ignited a communal riot and, on September 29, 2012, Seema Bihar, a Buddhist mo...

Environment minister leaves for Italy to participate in pre-COP 26 consultation

Environment minister leaves for Italy to participate in pre-COP 26 consultation

FE ONLINE REPORT   2021-09-29 14:04:11

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Md Shahab Uddin has left for Italy to participate in the pre-COP 26 consultation meeting to be held in Milan, Italy. The minister left Dhaka at the...

Three missing fishermen found dead

Three missing fishermen found dead

-- 2021-09-29 13:10:49

Three fishermen, who went missing after a trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal off the Barguna coast Tuesday, were found dead on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Ibrahim, 28, son of Hossai...

Two Bangladeshis win Young Global Changemakers Award 2021

Two Bangladeshis win Young Global Changemakers Award 2021

Md Zahidur Rabbi 2021-09-29 11:55:36

SM Mobin Sikder, the founder of ‘Science Bee,’ and Murad Ansary, the founder of ‘Psycure Org’ were honoured with the YEF Young Global Changemakers Award 2021. They received th...

RAB arrests Dhamaka COO, two others for fraud

RAB arrests Dhamaka COO, two others for fraud

-- 2021-09-29 11:23:48

Sirajul Islam Rana, the chief operating officer of e-commerce platform Dhamaka, and two others have been arrested by RAB over allegations of fraud and embezzlement. The three were arrested on T...

A/C info of eight social networks sought

A/C info of eight social networks sought

FE REPORT 2021-09-29 10:34:45

The bank account details of eight social networking platforms have been sought from all banks. The platforms are - RingID Distribution Limited, RingID BD Limited, Tiktok, Streamkar, Teen Patti, Tre...

Women's participation in decision-making still poor, say stakeholders

Women's participation in decision-making still poor, say stakeholders

FE REPORT 2021-09-29 10:27:36

Women's participation in the economic decision-making is still poor in the country even though their employments have increased substantially in the last decade, speakers at a webinar on Tuesday said....

Call for law to check workplace harassment

Call for law to check workplace harassment

FE REPORT 2021-09-29 09:30:59

Speakers at a workshop on Tuesday suggested enacting a law in the light of the court's guideline to prevent sexual abuse of women at workplaces and educational institutions. They also emphasised bu...

Scramble for doses during mass jabbing

Scramble for doses during mass jabbing

FE REPORT 2021-09-29 08:54:56

The vaccination centres across the country saw scramble for Covid vaccine doses on Tuesday as the governement conducted a special nationwide programme with a target to vaccinate 7.5 million people....

HC grants BTRC 14 days more to shut unregistered news portals

HC grants BTRC 14 days more to shut unregistered news portals

-- 2021-09-28 22:07:57

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) got 14 more days from the High Court (HC) to shut the unregistered news portals. According to the court's order, the deadline for closing...

Sheikh Hasina’s birthday celebrated amid mass vaccination, festivity

Sheikh Hasina’s birthday celebrated amid mass vaccination, festivity

-- 2021-09-28 22:04:20

The 75th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the president of the Bangladesh Awami League, was celebrated across the country on Tuesday amid a special mass vaccination campaign and differen...