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EU promises 10 million doses of Covid vaccine for Bangladesh

EU promises 10 million doses of Covid vaccine for Bangladesh

-- 2021-09-02 15:27:55

Head of Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh Ambassador Rensje Teerink has said they have promised 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for Bangladesh, mentioning that it is not justified to sa...

Premier Hasina says schools, colleges will be reopened soon

Premier Hasina says schools, colleges will be reopened soon

-- 2021-09-02 14:43:13

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told the parliament that measures are being taken to reopen the schools and colleges soon. She called upon all to maintain the health guidelines, alongside taking the...

Flood situation likely to worsen in 11 districts

Flood situation likely to worsen in 11 districts

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-02 14:19:56

The flood situation at low lying places of the country’s eleven districts may worsen further as major rivers, especially Padma, Jamuna, Ghagot, Brahmaputra, Dharla, Dhaleswari , Atrai, and Turag...

Emirates restricts passengers from Bangladesh to Dubai

Emirates restricts passengers from Bangladesh to Dubai

-- 2021-09-02 14:00:20

Emirates airline has barred passengers from Bangladesh and four other countries from travelling to Dubai as their final destination due to a lack of rapid PCR testing facilities at airports. Accordin...

Government decision about school return next week

Government decision about school return next week

-- 2021-09-02 12:27:48

Government officials will sit on Sept 5 to decide whether to reopen schools and educational institutions after nearly a year and a half of closure forced by the coronavirus pandemic, bdnews24.com repo...

Three die as microbus hits bike in Pabna

Three die as microbus hits bike in Pabna

-- 2021-09-02 12:08:09

Three men were killed when a speeding microbus hit their bike on Rooppur IK Road in Pabna district on Wednesday night, police said Thursday. Two of the deceased were identified as Joy, 21, son of Jah...

Light to heavy rain likely in most parts of the country

Light to heavy rain likely in most parts of the country

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-02 12:05:38

Light to heavy rainfall is likely to occur in most parts of the country including Dhaka in the next 72 hours until Saturday, according to a met office bulletin. Bangladesh Meteorological Department (...

Sirajganj MP Hasibur Rahman Swapon dies of Covid-19 in Turkey

Sirajganj MP Hasibur Rahman Swapon dies of Covid-19 in Turkey

-- 2021-09-02 11:24:14

Md Hasibur Rahman Swapon, a member of parliament and freedom fighter, has died in hospital care in Turkey. He was 67, reports bdnews24.com. Sirajganj-6 MP Swapon had been hospitalised in Dhaka for...

Chandpur sees Covid-19 vaccines crisis

Chandpur sees Covid-19 vaccines crisis

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-02 10:05:12

Men and women waiting in queue to have jabs at Chandpur Lady Protima Girls' High School Centre — FE Photo Corona vaccine crisis has been prevailing all over Chandpur district resulting in an...

Khulna University of Engineering and Technology celebrates 18th founding anniversary

Khulna University of Engineering and Technology celebrates 18th founding anniversary

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-02 10:02:46

KHULNA: Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) observed "University Day" marking its 18th founding anniversary on Wednesday on limited scale amid Covid-19 pandemic. In the present sit...

Minister warns of stern actions against unregistered news portals, IPTVs

Minister warns of stern actions against unregistered news portals, IPTVs

-- 2021-09-01 23:13:48

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday warned that stringent measures will be taken against unregistered online news portals soon. “Online portals are being launched...

Stranded Bangladeshi migrant workers from UAE demand COVID tests at airports

Stranded Bangladeshi migrant workers from UAE demand COVID tests at airports

-- 2021-09-01 22:43:35

Stranded Bangladeshi migrant workers from the United Arab Emirates have demanded rapid PCR COVID-19 test labs at airports in Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet so that they can return to the Gulf state for...

‘Govt takes measures to collect over 245m doses of COVID-19 vaccines’

‘Govt takes measures to collect over 245m doses of COVID-19 vaccines’

-- 2021-09-01 20:45:45

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has already taken measures to collect more than 245 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as part of its initiative to inoculate all the people. ...

One million Pfizer vaccine doses arrive from US on Wednesday

One million Pfizer vaccine doses arrive from US on Wednesday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-01 19:54:01

Bangladesh gets another one million doses of Pfizer vaccine from the US under the WHO-backed COVAX facility on Wednesday. The vaccine doses arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6:...

Decision on vaccinating school students soon, DGHS DG says

Decision on vaccinating school students soon, DGHS DG says

-- 2021-09-01 18:49:03

Director General (DG) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam the government will make a decision soon on vaccinating school students against COVID...

BNP celebrates its 43rd founding anniversary

BNP celebrates its 43rd founding anniversary

-- 2021-09-01 18:44:07

BNP and its associate bodies celebrated the 43rd founding anniversary of the party across the country on Wednesday with various programmes. On September 1, 1978, late President Ziaur Rahman founded t...

Bangladesh logs 79 virus deaths in a day, lowest since June

Bangladesh logs 79 virus deaths in a day, lowest since June

-- 2021-09-01 18:05:59

Bangladesh has registered 79 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, the lowest since Jun 26, taking the total toll to 26,274. Another 3,062 new cases were detected in the 24 hours to 8 am on Wednesday, t...

14th parliament session begins

14th parliament session begins

-- 2021-09-01 17:43:21

Parliament went into session on Wednesday afternoon, after a 59-day recess following the prorogation of the budget session. The 14th session of the 11th parliament began at 5:00 pm with Speaker Dr Sh...

Pilot Nawshad's body to be brought back home Thursday

Pilot Nawshad's body to be brought back home Thursday

-- 2021-09-01 17:39:39

The body of Biman pilot Captain Nawshad Ataul Qaiyum, who died in India following a mid-air heart attack, will be brought back home from India on Thursday, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Touris...

Bangladesh urges for continuation of LDC-specific international support after graduation

Bangladesh urges for continuation of LDC-specific international support after graduation

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-01 17:39:16

Bangladesh has urged for the continuation of LDC-specific flexibilities and exemptions available under the WTO rules and provisions for the LDCs after graduation, a foreign ministry spokespe...

HC questions continuous remand orders against Pori Moni

HC questions continuous remand orders against Pori Moni

-- 2021-09-01 16:54:29

The High Court believes the authority of ordering remands one after another has been “abused” in a drug case against actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, popularly known by her screen name Pori Mo...

Study finds air pollution cuts Dhaka dwellers’ life expectancy by 7.7 years

Study finds air pollution cuts Dhaka dwellers’ life expectancy by 7.7 years

-- 2021-09-01 16:29:16

Air pollution is reducing the life expectancy of the residents of Dhaka, one the most polluted cities in the world, by 7.7 years, says a new study. The residents of Dhaka could live 7.7 years longer...

Rajshahi registers 10 more Covid deaths in 24 hours

Rajshahi registers 10 more Covid deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-09-01 15:22:46

Ten more people have died of Covid-19 and related complications at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Wednesday. Four of them died of Covid, w...

Dhaka University teachers, students to undergo dope tests

Dhaka University teachers, students to undergo dope tests

-- 2021-09-01 15:17:28

Dhaka University authorities have decided to conduct dope tests on teachers and students at the university. A committee has been formed to formulate a policy in this regard and has named Dhaka Medica...

Prof Syed Saleheen Qadri dies at 73

Prof Syed Saleheen Qadri dies at 73

-- 2021-09-01 14:40:12

Dr Syed Saleheen Qadri, a former professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Dhaka University and husband of Ramon Magsaysay Award-winning scientist Firdausi Qadri, has died. He was 73. His wi...

Chinese PLA provides Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh military

Chinese PLA provides Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh military

FE ONLINE REPORT  2021-09-01 12:46:53

Bangladesh military has received Covid-19 vaccines from Chinese military assistance, a first of its kind of vaccine assistance for the country’s armed forces from any foreign military in the pan...

First dosing of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to be completed by Sept 9

First dosing of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to be completed by Sept 9

-- 2021-09-01 11:18:12

Recipients of the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can now get their second shots from any vaccination centre as part of the government's expanded inoculation programme. Howeve...

Flood victims face food, drinking water crisis

Flood victims face food, drinking water crisis

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-09-01 10:11:04

BOGURA: Due to prolonged flood-like situation people living in the char areas of Sariakandi, Sonatola and Dhunat upazilas of Bogura district and Sirajganj district are facing severe food and pure drin...

Govt plans to provide Covid jabs to 20m people by September

Govt plans to provide Covid jabs to 20m people by September

-- 2021-08-31 22:13:24

The government aims at vaccinating 20 million people against Covid by next month, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Tuesday. The minister said this at a virtual programme on the occasion of the N...

Sub-Inspector of police sent to jail in rape case

Sub-Inspector of police sent to jail in rape case

-- 2021-08-31 22:08:16

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent a sub-inspector of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station to jail over a rape case filed with the Gulshan police station. The accused sub-inspector is Khayerul Islam. Accor...