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Two killed in Bogura road crash

Two killed in Bogura road crash

-- 2021-09-17 19:23:59

Two people were killed and four others were injured as a bus collided with a battery-run autorickshaw at the Jhopgari area on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway as it crosses Bogura early Friday. The deceased...

Jatiya Party Vice-Chairman Khokon expelled

Jatiya Party Vice-Chairman Khokon expelled

-- 2021-09-17 18:55:49

Jatiya Party has expelled its vice-chairman Lutfar Reza Khokon from the party as he withdrew from the Cumilla-7 by-polls violating high command’s decision. The party also dissolved the existing...

163 new Dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

163 new Dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2021-09-17 18:12:16

Although no death from Dengue was reported in 24 hours till Friday morning, 163 more patients were hospitalised, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Among the new patients, 140 we...

‘Bangladesh yet to make direct contact with Myanmar junta over Rohingya repatriation’

‘Bangladesh yet to make direct contact with Myanmar junta over Rohingya repatriation’

-- 2021-09-17 18:07:47

Bangladesh is yet to make direct contact with Myanmar's military rulers over the repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingya people, according to Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen. Despite failing...

0.32m Moderna, Synoform vaccines reach Chattogram

0.32m Moderna, Synoform vaccines reach Chattogram

-- 2021-09-17 17:59:23

A total of 0.32 million (325,120) doses of Coronavirus vaccines of Synoform and Moderna were reached in Chattogram on Friday. Divisional health director Dr Hasan Shahriar Kabir and Chattogram Civil S...

Hasina greets Modi on his birthday

Hasina greets Modi on his birthday

-- 2021-09-17 17:43:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on his birthday. Bangladesh High Commission officials in New Delhi handed over a flower bouquet on behalf of the prime mi...

Bangladesh records 1,907 new virus cases, 38 deaths

Bangladesh records 1,907 new virus cases, 38 deaths

-- 2021-09-17 17:37:12

Bangladesh has registered 38 new fatalities from COVID-19 in a day, taking the death toll to 27,147. The caseload surged to 1,540,110 after 1,907 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hour...

Liabilities over Tk 10b, say Evaly bosses after arrest by RAB

Liabilities over Tk 10b, say Evaly bosses after arrest by RAB

-- 2021-09-17 17:31:56

E-commerce platform Evaly's liabilities count over Tk 10 billion, admitted the controversial company's CEO Mohammad Rassel and chairperson, his wife Shamima Nasrin during interrogation after arrest, a...

Evaly CEO Rassel, his wife on three-day remand

Evaly CEO Rassel, his wife on three-day remand

-- 2021-09-17 17:18:22

A court in Dhaka has granted a three-day remand, allowing police to interrogate Evaly Managing Director Mohammad Rassel his wife Shamima Nasrin in a case involving charges of fraud. Dhaka's Metropoli...

In-person classes extended to two days a week for 8th, 9th graders

In-person classes extended to two days a week for 8th, 9th graders

-- 2021-09-17 17:11:50

The government has decided to increase the number of school days for students of grades 8 and 9 to two each week as educational institutions across the reopened after one and half years amid the pande...

Over 80pc undergrad students face difficulties in online classes

Over 80pc undergrad students face difficulties in online classes

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2021-09-17 16:59:37

More than 80 per cent undergrad-level students have faced difficulties in participating in online classes during the Covid-19 pandemic, a latest study has found. The study, conducted by Bangladesh In...

Police to seek remand for Evaly boss

Police to seek remand for Evaly boss

-- 2021-09-17 16:26:26

Police are set to apply for a 10-day remand order to interrogate Mohammad Rassel, the managing director of e-commerce site Evaly, and his wife Shamima Nasrin in a case involving charges of fraud. The...

JSS member shot dead in Rangamati

JSS member shot dead in Rangamati

-- 2021-09-17 14:32:34

A member of the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS) was shot dead by assailants in Rangamati on Friday, police said. The deceased was identified as Suresh Kanti Chakma alias Dinesh, a resi...

RMCH counts five more Covid deaths

RMCH counts five more Covid deaths

-- 2021-09-17 13:38:03

Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded five more fatalities at its Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 108 so far this month, BSS reports. The previ...

Bangladesh PM Hasina leaves Dhaka to join UN General Assembly

Bangladesh PM Hasina leaves Dhaka to join UN General Assembly

-- 2021-09-17 11:49:08

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly in New York. She took a VVIP chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and flew to Helsin...

Youth held with seven gold bars in Cox’s Bazar

Youth held with seven gold bars in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2021-09-16 21:44:36

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a young man with seven gold bars weighing 1.162kg on Thursday at Ukhiya-Marichya joint check post while smuggling them from Myanmar. The arrestee was identified...

Movement of passengers through land ports relaxed

Movement of passengers through land ports relaxed

-- 2021-09-16 21:43:04

Cross-border movement of passengers through land ports has been relaxed considering the improving Covid-19 scenario in Bangladesh and the region. With the lifting of the restrictions Thursday, passen...

HC directs lawyers to settle custody dispute over Japanese children within Sept 28

HC directs lawyers to settle custody dispute over Japanese children within Sept 28

-- 2021-09-16 21:26:04

The High Court (HC) on Thursday directed concerned lawyers to settle the custodial dispute between Bangladeshi father Imran Sharif and Japanese mother Nakano Erico over their two daughters within 12 d...

President calls for improving ICT skills of judges

President calls for improving ICT skills of judges

-- 2021-09-16 20:53:36

President Abdul Hamid has directed the Judicial Service Commission to take steps to improve information and technological skill alongside the appointment of judges. The President made the remarks on...

E-passport service launched at Bangladesh Embassy in Athens

E-passport service launched at Bangladesh Embassy in Athens

-- 2021-09-16 20:32:55

The electronic passport (e-passport) service has been launched at Bangladesh Embassy in Athens to ensure a hassle-free passport service for the Bangladeshi expatriates living in Greece. Home Minister...

‘Govt encourages climate-friendly alternative technologies’

‘Govt encourages climate-friendly alternative technologies’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-16 19:51:05

The government is encouraging climate-friendly alternative technologies in the hydro chlorofluorocarbon Phase-out Management Plan Stage-2 to protect the ozone layer. The implementation of the Stage-...

Editors’ Council expresses concern over bank account summons of journalist leaders

Editors’ Council expresses concern over bank account summons of journalist leaders

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-16 19:17:47

The Editors’ Council (Sampadak Parishad) on Thursday expressed grave concern over bank account summons of top journalist leaders by a government agency.   The Bangladesh Financial Int...

234 new Dengue patients hospitalised, no death reported

234 new Dengue patients hospitalised, no death reported

-- 2021-09-16 19:10:25

No death from Dengue was reported in 24 hours till Thursday morning but 234 more patients were hospitalised, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Among the new patients, 218 were u...

Covid, Rohingya main isssues for Bangladesh in UN assembly

Covid, Rohingya main isssues for Bangladesh in UN assembly

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-16 18:11:27

Covid pandemic and Rohingya issues will be the main priorities for Bangladesh in the upcoming 76th session of the UN General Assembly. These issues will be also highlighted in the Prime Minister...

RAB arrests Evaly chairman, CEO

RAB arrests Evaly chairman, CEO

-- 2021-09-16 17:52:19

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Evaly’s Managing Director and CEO Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin who holds the position of chairman, amid allegations the company has been ch...

Bangladesh reports 51 deaths from Covid-19

Bangladesh reports 51 deaths from Covid-19

-- 2021-09-16 17:39:52

Bangladesh on Thursday reported 1,901 COVID-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed 51 lives in the last 24 hours. "The country reported 6.64 per cent COVID-19 positive cases as 28,615 samples were te...

RAB raids Evaly CEO’s house

RAB raids Evaly CEO’s house

-- 2021-09-16 17:10:31

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is conducting a raid on the house of e-commerce site Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel amid allegations the company has been cheating its customers. The raid began at 4:00 am...

Parliament passes ‘quick rental’ power bill amid protests

Parliament passes ‘quick rental’ power bill amid protests

-- 2021-09-16 16:02:29

Parliament has given the green light to a bill extending the special law on the purchase of electricity from ‘quick rental’ power plants by another five years amid protests by opposition l...

Best startups of "Bangabandhu Innovation Grant 2021" to get Tk 26m grant

Best startups of "Bangabandhu Innovation Grant 2021" to get Tk 26m grant

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-16 15:39:54

The best 26 startups of the reality show "Bangabandhu Innovation Grant 2021" are getting a grant of Tk 26 million. To build a startup ecosystem and an innovation culture in Bangladesh, the iDEA proje...

Tougher maritime law in the offing

Tougher maritime law in the offing

-- 2021-09-16 13:03:37

The Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones (Amendment) Act, 2021 was placed in Parliament on Thursday to make it a more time-befitting one so that evolving issues can be dealt with properly. The pro...