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Coronavirus inoculation sans antibody test groping in dark

Coronavirus inoculation sans antibody test groping in dark

JUBAIR HASAN 2021-09-07 09:31:18

The government go-ahead for antibody test to assess the presence of immune response in human blood to fight covid-19 appears to have gone astray while inoculation groping for right track. Such obse...

BTRC unable to control social media contents

BTRC unable to control social media contents

FE REPORT 2021-09-07 09:02:01

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) says it is not all-powerful to control social media contents. Social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube often do not respond to...

1,735 hospitalised with dengue fever in five days

1,735 hospitalised with dengue fever in five days

-- 2021-09-06 23:02:15

As many as 275 dengue patients have been admitted to hospitals in Bangladesh in the latest daily count. This takes the number of hospitalisations for the mosquito-borne disease in the first five days...

Three-day mass vaccination drive for second dose to begin Tuesday

Three-day mass vaccination drive for second dose to begin Tuesday

-- 2021-09-06 22:21:43

The government will administer the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on three days in all the cities and one day outside the cities under the mass inoculation campaign. The second dose will be give...

High Court halts 138 appointments by former RU VC

High Court halts 138 appointments by former RU VC

-- 2021-09-06 21:40:24

The High Court has ordered a halt on the appointments of 138 teachers and support staff by Prof M Abdus Sobhan, former vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University, just before his departure four months ago...

Police arrest Jamaat secretary general, eight others

Police arrest Jamaat secretary general, eight others

-- 2021-09-06 21:07:34

Police have arrested Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar and eight other leaders of the party in Dhaka. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam said the arrestees held on...

Don’t make reckless remarks on BNP, Fakhrul urges Zafrullah

Don’t make reckless remarks on BNP, Fakhrul urges Zafrullah

-- 2021-09-06 20:18:16

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury to refrain from making unguarded and confusing remarks over their party and its le...

ACC grills five more Titas officials over graft charges     

ACC grills five more Titas officials over graft charges     

-- 2021-09-06 19:32:38

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday questioned another five officials of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company over charges of illegal accumulation of wealth through corruption....

Fire service promotes 107 officers

Fire service promotes 107 officers

-- 2021-09-06 19:11:19

A total of 107 station officers and equivalent officers of the Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) Directorate have been promoted to the post of Warehouse Inspector. This for the first time that st...

Bashundhara MD, family accused in rape and murder case

Bashundhara MD, family accused in rape and murder case

-- 2021-09-06 17:56:46

Nusrat Jahan, a sister of college student Mosarrat Jahan Muniya who was found dead in an apartment, has filed a new case against Bashundhara MD Sayem Sobhan Anvir and his wife and parents, accusing th...

Bus services in Candpur halt amid transport workers’ protest

Bus services in Candpur halt amid transport workers’ protest

-- 2021-09-06 17:51:09

Transport workers in Chandpur went on a wildcat strike on Monday morning halting bus services in the district in protest of a driver's death allegedly due to negligence. The sudden stoppage caused hu...

Museum in Ctg circuit house named after Zia will be removed, says State Minister

Museum in Ctg circuit house named after Zia will be removed, says State Minister

-- 2021-09-06 17:45:50

The museum named after Ziaur Rahman at the old circuit house in Chattogram will be removed and the building will be turned into a circuit house again, said State Minister for Information and Broadcast...

Bangladesh logs 65 new virus deaths, 2,710 cases

Bangladesh logs 65 new virus deaths, 2,710 cases

-- 2021-09-06 17:23:27

Bangladesh has registered 65 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 26,628. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,517,166 after 2,710 people tested positive for the disease in the 24...

Three international airports to have PCR testing booths

Three international airports to have PCR testing booths

-- 2021-09-06 17:18:22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered authorities concerned to introduce PCR tests at three international airports to international travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Citing the PM’s order...

Cabinet approves 5-yr extension of special provision for quick energy supply

Cabinet approves 5-yr extension of special provision for quick energy supply

-- 2021-09-06 17:18:17

The cabinet on Monday cleared a proposal for the extension of the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act 2010 for another five years till 2026. The approval came f...

Murder convict hid in plain sight for 29 years, now he faces life in prison

Murder convict hid in plain sight for 29 years, now he faces life in prison

-- 2021-09-06 17:00:07

A man from Dhaka’s Mirpur who was sentenced to life in prison over a murder case and has been in hiding for 29 years is now in the RAB’s dragnet. Md Abul Kalam Azad, 53, was arrested on S...

Overall flood situation likely to improve from Wednesday

Overall flood situation likely to improve from Wednesday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-06 14:38:48

The flood situation is expected to improve at low lying places of the country’s ten districts in the next 24 hours starting from Monday morning, according to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Ce...

Bus driver dies after trying to stop robbery

Bus driver dies after trying to stop robbery

-- 2021-09-06 14:21:41

Manzur Hossain, a driver on a Hanif Enterprise bus, was stuck at home during the entirety of the pandemic lockdown. He was several months late on rent. His wife was sick and he needed money for her tr...

Maritime ports asked to hoist signal no 3 as low-pressure system forms in Bay of Bengal

Maritime ports asked to hoist signal no 3 as low-pressure system forms in Bay of Bengal

-- 2021-09-06 14:10:06

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has asked maritime ports to hoist the local cautionary signal No 3 as a low-pressure area over the north Bay of Bengal threatens to bring stormy weather. Va...

DNC files 10,471 cases over drug-related crimes in 2020

DNC files 10,471 cases over drug-related crimes in 2020

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-06 14:07:30

A number of mobile court drives and cases in the country’s drug-related violence and offences saw a significant increase in 2020 compared to that of 2019, showing an increased effort and enforce...

Bangladesh sees rise in cybercrime cases, but suspects are mostly acquitted

Bangladesh sees rise in cybercrime cases, but suspects are mostly acquitted

-- 2021-09-06 12:05:41

More than 4,500 cases have been filed with the cyber tribunal since its formation in 2013, with the number of cases rising, but it has acquitted suspects in most of the cases. Lawyers say the alleg...

UNICEF welcomes Bangladesh’s decision on reopening schools

UNICEF welcomes Bangladesh’s decision on reopening schools

-- 2021-09-06 11:34:50

UNICEF has "wholeheartedly" welcomed the decision by the government of Bangladesh to reopen schools. “Together with other development partners, we will continue to work closely with the governm...

Madhumati river devours schools, mosques

Madhumati river devours schools, mosques

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-06 10:35:47

Water Development Board (WDB)'s assurance of approval for Faridpur's Alfadanga Upazila Madhumati river-erosion protection project still remains a dream while the river continues to cause devastation....

Cattle farmers face acute fodder crisis

Cattle farmers face acute fodder crisis

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-06 10:32:54

Cattle farmers in char areas under Bogura and Sirajganj districts are facing acute fodder crisis as vast areas including croplands have been submerged in floodwater. To cope with the situation, trade...

Bangladesh resumes air bubble flights with India

Bangladesh resumes air bubble flights with India

-- 2021-09-05 22:27:47

Flight operations between Bangladesh and India have resumed under an 'air bubble' arrangement after a four-month closure forced by the coronavirus pandemic. Biman Bangladesh and US-Bangla Airlines op...

HC raps BTRC over ‘failure’ to block private images, videos on internet

HC raps BTRC over ‘failure’ to block private images, videos on internet

-- 2021-09-05 21:23:51

The High Court (HC) has taken Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to task for its “failure” to block private images and videos appearing on social media and other onl...

Minister for tough action against digital criminals

Minister for tough action against digital criminals

-- 2021-09-05 19:19:08

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustaf Jabbar has stressed the importance of taking tough action against the digital criminals involved in e-commerce frauds. Speaking at a webinar titled "E-com...

Inspector Sohel Rana paid Tk 10,000 to enter India

Inspector Sohel Rana paid Tk 10,000 to enter India

-- 2021-09-05 19:03:43

Banani Police Inspector Sheikh Sohel Rana, who was recently detained by law enforcers in India, paid a broker Tk 10,000 to illegally cross the India-Bangladesh border from Lalmonirhat’s Patgram....

Dengue claims one more life, 315 more hospitalised

Dengue claims one more life, 315 more hospitalised

-- 2021-09-05 18:52:49

Dengue claimed one more life in the past 24 hours raising the death toll to 52, said a report of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Sunday. Among the dead 48 were in Dhaka city alon...

Philippines to lift travel ban on Bangladesh Monday

Philippines to lift travel ban on Bangladesh Monday

-- 2021-09-05 18:23:49

The Philippines will lift the restrictions imposed on travellers from Bangladesh and nine other countries from Monday. In a statement, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that President Rodrig...