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Bangladesh ambassador to Morocco meets President Hamid

Bangladesh ambassador to Morocco meets President Hamid

-- 2021-08-31 21:40:13

Bangladesh's newly appointed ambassador to Morocco Shahdat Hossain on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban, reports UNB. The President told the ambassador to work for...

President calls for conserving species of local fish

President calls for conserving species of local fish

-- 2021-08-31 20:06:47

President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday called upon the public and entrepreneurs to come forward for the conservation of various species of local fish alongside the effort to increase fish production. He ma...

No instance that Zia fired a single shot against Pakistani forces, PM says

No instance that Zia fired a single shot against Pakistani forces, PM says

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-31 20:02:59

Prime Minister has said there is no instance that BNP founder Ziaur Rahman fired a single gunshot against the Pakistani forces during the Liberation War in 1971. “Ziaur Rahman -- yes, he was a...

Bangladesh receives 5.6m Sinopharm vaccine doses from China   

Bangladesh receives 5.6m Sinopharm vaccine doses from China  

-- 2021-08-31 19:56:40

Around 5.6 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Dhaka from China early Tuesday. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying 55,93,650 doses of the vaccine landed at Shahjalal International A...

BNP’s 43rd founding anniversary Wednesday

BNP’s 43rd founding anniversary Wednesday

-- 2021-08-31 19:47:30

BNP is going to celebrate its 43rd founding anniversary across the country on Wednesday in a low-key manner due to the prevalence of Coronavirus. On September 1, 1978, late Ziaur Rahman founded the p...

‘Vaccine must be reached at the doorstep of Char people’

‘Vaccine must be reached at the doorstep of Char people’

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-31 19:06:57

The people of Char must be provided with vaccines at their doorstep as there are many social and economic challenges in such remote areas, said former health and family welfare minister AFM Ruhul Haqu...

Ferry hits Padma Bridge again, state minister smells deep conspiracy

Ferry hits Padma Bridge again, state minister smells deep conspiracy

-- 2021-08-31 18:50:19

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury suspects there may be a 'deep conspiracy' behind the latest incident of collision of ferries with the Padma Bridge. He on Tuesday said the governme...

Momen, UK Minister Raab to meet to chart post-Brexit strategic partnership vision

Momen, UK Minister Raab to meet to chart post-Brexit strategic partnership vision

-- 2021-08-31 18:37:14

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Raab are scheduled to hold their official meeting in London on Thursday to c...

3,357 new coronavirus cases, 86 deaths reported in 24 hours

3,357 new coronavirus cases, 86 deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2021-08-31 17:30:20

Bangladesh’s COVID-19 caseload has increased to 1,500,618 after another 3,357 new cases were logged in a day. Bangladesh also registered 86 new deaths from COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8:00 am T...

Teen drowns saving friend in Sylhet

Teen drowns saving friend in Sylhet

-- 2021-08-31 16:58:20

A teenager drowned in a Sylhet pond on Monday evening trying to rescue one of his friends in distress. The deceased was identified as Habibur Rahman Mahi, 16. According to eye-witnesses, a group of...

Bangladesh scientist wins Ramon Magsaysay Award

Bangladesh scientist wins Ramon Magsaysay Award

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-31 14:07:31

Bangladeshi scientist Dr Firdausi Qadri, who has been instrumental in discovering vaccines that have saved millions of lives, has been awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award, known as Asia’s Nobel Prize....

Now ferry ploughs into Padma Bridge span

Now ferry ploughs into Padma Bridge span

-- 2021-08-31 13:29:10

Ferries continue to crash into the under-construction Padma Bridge. In the latest accident, a ferry, Birshreshtha Jahangir, hit the span between the second and third pillars of the bridge in Louhagan...

Six to die for killing LGBT activist Xulhaz, friend Tonoy

Six to die for killing LGBT activist Xulhaz, friend Tonoy

-- 2021-08-31 12:48:11

A Dhaka court has sentenced six people to death for the murders of Bangladesh LGBT rights activist Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy. Judge Mojibur Rahman of the Anti-Terrorism Specia...

Security tightened ahead of Xulhaz murder verdict

Security tightened ahead of Xulhaz murder verdict

-- 2021-08-31 12:05:21

The police have tightened security in the court premises in Dhaka ahead of a verdict in the murder case of Bangladesh LGBT rights activist Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy. Judge Moj...

Bangladesh calls for global support for the Asia-Pacific LDCs

Bangladesh calls for global support for the Asia-Pacific LDCs

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-31 11:42:59

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen has called for stronger policies and support measures for the least developed countries (LDCs). He urged the global community for new international su...

Native fish production on rise in Naogaon

Native fish production on rise in Naogaon

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-31 09:14:29

Production of native fish has increased by more than 3,000 tonnes in Naogaon this year, District Fisheries Office sources said. The sources said, "There are 47,326 ponds on 12,895 hectares of land...

Road turns into a deathtrap

Road turns into a deathtrap

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-31 09:11:29

Sonaray-Dakumara connecting road under Gabtoli upazila of Bogura district has now turned into a deathtrap as potholes and big ditches at many points have made vehicular movement risky. Due to the dil...

Hard rock mine at risk of closure

Hard rock mine at risk of closure

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2021-08-31 08:40:30

Production at the country's lone hard-rock mine at Maddhyapara in northern Dinajpur is at risk of closure as the government is yet to appoint a contractor to continue its operation, officials said. T...

Dengue cases in Bangladesh cross 10,000 mark

Dengue cases in Bangladesh cross 10,000 mark

FE REPORT 2021-08-31 08:36:46

The number of dengue cases in the country crossed 10,000-mark this year as 233 new patients or suspected victims were hospitalised during the last 24 hours until Monday morning. The Directorate Gener...

Bangladesh receives 2,187 expats' bodies in Jan-July

Bangladesh receives 2,187 expats' bodies in Jan-July

ARAFAT ARA 2021-08-31 08:33:42

Bangladesh received more than 2,000 bodies of migrant workers from different job-destination countries in the first seven months of this year, official data showed. According to the Wage Earners' W...

EPI staff suspended for pushing Covid vaccine at home

EPI staff suspended for pushing Covid vaccine at home

-- 2021-08-30 22:10:48

Health authorities have suspended a staff (vaccine carrier) of Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in North Matlab upazila in Chandpur district for pushing Covid-19 jabs at receivers' homes. The...

State-run mining company faces uncertainty as operator’s contract expires on Sept 2

State-run mining company faces uncertainty as operator’s contract expires on Sept 2

-- 2021-08-30 22:06:20

The contract of Madhyapara Granite Mining Company Ltd (MGMCL) with the existing operator is due to expire on September 2. The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources is yet to take a decision...

10,090 dengue patients hospitalised so far this year

10,090 dengue patients hospitalised so far this year

-- 2021-08-30 21:01:01

At least 10,090 people were hospitalised with mosquito-borne dengue fever so far this year across the country. As many as 42 people have died from the disease in 2021, while 8,895 patients have recov...

US Covid origin report baseless, says Dilip Barua

US Covid origin report baseless, says Dilip Barua

-- 2021-08-30 18:52:17

Dilip Barua, general secretary of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (M-L), has dismissed the US report on COVID-19 origin tracing as "fabricated, false and out of its political motive." In a statemen...

Bangladesh registers 94 Covid deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh registers 94 Covid deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-08-30 18:38:12

Bangladesh has registered 94 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 26,109. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,497,261 after 3,724 people tested positive for the disease in the 24...

Rail link between Khulna and other parts restores after 11 hours

Rail link between Khulna and other parts restores after 11 hours

-- 2021-08-30 18:05:48

Rail links between Khulna and other parts of the country, which was disrupted following a derailment at Uthli in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga district, resumed after 11 hours on Monday afternoon....

Flood situation mostly stable in Brahmaputra basin

Flood situation mostly stable in Brahmaputra basin

-- 2021-08-30 17:13:56

The overall flood situation remained mostly stable as water levels of the major rivers marked little rises at places during the last 24 hours ending at 9:00am today (Monday) in the Brahmaputra basin....

Rajshahi division emerges hotspot for deaths with Covid-like symptoms

Rajshahi division emerges hotspot for deaths with Covid-like symptoms

Sajibur Rahman 2021-08-30 16:50:13

Rajshahi division saw the highest number of deaths with Covid-like symptoms until August 17, taking the country’s total death toll to 5,018, according to a latest report. However, deaths with C...

Barishal sees no Covid deaths in 24 hours

Barishal sees no Covid deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-08-30 16:26:36

No patient diagnosed with COVID-19 died in Barishal in the 24 hours till Monday morning - a first in over two months. However, two people died with Covid symptoms during this time. The last time the...

Biman pilot Captain Nawshad dies in hospital

Biman pilot Captain Nawshad dies in hospital

-- 2021-08-30 16:01:33

Captain Nawshad Ataul Quaiyum, the Biman Bangladesh Airlines pilot whose illness forced the emergency landing of a Dhaka-bound flight from Muscat in India’s Nagpur, has died while on life suppor...