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Barishal sees zero Covid deaths for first time in two months

Barishal sees zero Covid deaths for first time in two months

-- 2021-08-30 14:48:17

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, reports UNB. ...

Sundarbans to reopen to tourists from Wednesday

Sundarbans to reopen to tourists from Wednesday

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-30 13:21:22

The Sundarbans, a Unesco World Heritage Site and the world’s largest mangrove forest, is all set to reopen its door to tourists on Wednesday after a five-month closure because of the ongoing cor...

614 disappeared since 2007: ASK

614 disappeared since 2007: ASK

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-30 12:34:10

ASK has called for forming an independent and impartial commission to stop enforced disappearances and investigate all such cases in the country, as the world is observing the International Day of the...

Rail link between Khulna and rest of Bangladesh snapped

Rail link between Khulna and rest of Bangladesh snapped

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-30 11:31:48

Khulna’s rail link with the rest of the country has been suspended as four tankers of an oil-carrying train derailed in Chuadanga in the wee hours of Monday, Prothom Alo reports. The derailment...

Bangladesh to complete Covid-19 vaccination by 2022, health authorities confident

Bangladesh to complete Covid-19 vaccination by 2022, health authorities confident

-- 2021-08-30 11:20:09

Bangladesh's health authorities have said they are confident to vaccinate the country's target 80 per cent population by 2022 under an accelerated inoculation campaign, expecting receipt of required C...

Teesta, Dharla erosion wreaks havoc

Teesta, Dharla erosion wreaks havoc

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-30 09:02:19

The erosion by the Teesta and Dharla rivers has taken a serious turn, causing havoc in some unions of Patgram, Hatibandha, Kaliganj, Adimari, and Lalmonirhat sadar upazila of the district in recent ti...

Private healthcare facilities in Chattogram in bad health

Private healthcare facilities in Chattogram in bad health

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL 2021-08-30 08:48:01

Private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres, once appreciated for their latest technology and service potential, have now allegedly strayed into profit motive by neglecting quality healthcare,...

Bangladesh government to fix mobile internet prices too

Bangladesh government to fix mobile internet prices too

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2021-08-30 08:43:40

The government is going to set the prices of mobile internet services following the fixation of broadband internet recently. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) was workin...

Mauritian entrepreneur files Tk 850m defamation suit against DBC News   

Mauritian entrepreneur files Tk 850m defamation suit against DBC News  

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-29 22:46:51

Dhaka Bangla Media and Communication Limited, the owning company of DBC News, and a Bangladeshi woman named Mariam Akter alias Asma Akter, have been sued for defaming a Mauritian entrepreneur by airin...

Dr Kamal vows to wage movement against ‘misrule’, ‘autocracy’

Dr Kamal vows to wage movement against ‘misrule’, ‘autocracy’

-- 2021-08-29 21:25:53

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Sunday expressed his determination to wage a united movement to oust the current government and to save people from ‘misrule’ and ‘autocracy&r...

Students suffer deeply due to school closure, say speakers

Students suffer deeply due to school closure, say speakers

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-29 21:04:38

Students and guardians are suffering deeply because of the closure of educational institutions whereas they still don’t know if the country is prepared to open institutions yet, said speakers on...

Seven accused claim innocence over Farmers Bank scam

Seven accused claim innocence over Farmers Bank scam

-- 2021-08-29 20:54:03

Seven of the 11 accused in a case filed over embezzling Tk 40 million from Farmers Bank (current Padma Bank) defended them as innocent and hoped for justice Sunday. The seven defendants are- Mahbubul...

76pc leprosy-affected people facing severe financial crisis during pandemic

76pc leprosy-affected people facing severe financial crisis during pandemic

-- 2021-08-29 20:36:42

Around 76 per cent of people affected by leprosy (PAL) in Bangladesh are facing a severe financial crisis during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study by The Leprosy Mission International Bangla...

Dengue claims one more life, 252 more hospitalised

Dengue claims one more life, 252 more hospitalised

-- 2021-08-29 19:47:18

This year's Dengue death toll reached 42 as one more died of the viral disease, according to the Directorate General of Health Services daily update on Sunday morning. Besides, 252 more people were h...

Biman pilot Captain Nawshad on life support

Biman pilot Captain Nawshad on life support

-- 2021-08-29 19:15:45

Biman Bangladesh Airlines pilot Captain Nawshad Ataul Quaiyum, whose illness forced the emergency landing of a Dhaka-bound flight from Muscat in India’s Nagpur, is now on life support at Kingswa...

Govt focuses on investment to fast-track economic growth: official document

Govt focuses on investment to fast-track economic growth: official document

-- 2021-08-29 18:59:24

The government is focusing on bigger investment, both local and foreign, to generate jobs and fast-track development to help the economy offset the adverse impact of Covid-19 pandemic. "The governmen...

Awami League’s income declined by 51pc in 2020

Awami League’s income declined by 51pc in 2020

-- 2021-08-29 18:49:55

The income of Awami League in 2020 was about Tk 103.3 million, 51 per cent down from that of 2019, according to its audited financial statement submitted to the election commission on Sunday. The exp...

Flood still deteriorating, 0.16m people marooned

Flood still deteriorating, 0.16m people marooned

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2021-08-29 18:28:59

More than 160,000 people are marooned in Bogura, Rajbari, Kurigram and Sirajganj districts as major rivers, especially Padma, Jamuna, Meghna, Dudhkumar, Brahmaputra, Dharla, Dhaleswari and Atrai, are...

One pc rise in women's jobs accounts for  0.31pc growth in GDP: Study

One pc rise in women's jobs accounts for 0.31pc growth in GDP: Study

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-29 17:44:57

Female employment has a significant and positive relationship with economic growth of Bangladesh in the long run, a study revealed on Sunday. One per cent increase in female employment could effectiv...

COVID-19 death toll tops 26,000

COVID-19 death toll tops 26,000

-- 2021-08-29 17:25:21

Bangladesh has registered 89 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 26,015. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,493,537after 3,948 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 ho...

Two Bangladeshi youths killed in BSF firing along Lalmonirhat border

Two Bangladeshi youths killed in BSF firing along Lalmonirhat border

-- 2021-08-29 17:17:01

Two Bangladeshi youths were shot dead by some members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Burimari border at Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified...

Bangladesh works for safe return of Bangladeshis from Afghanistan, MoFA says

Bangladesh works for safe return of Bangladeshis from Afghanistan, MoFA says

-- 2021-08-29 17:05:46

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday said the government has taken necessary measures for the safe and orderly return of stranded Bangladeshi nationals from Afghanistan “So far, the...

We want to make Bangladesh a hub of connectivity, PM says

We want to make Bangladesh a hub of connectivity, PM says

-- 2021-08-29 16:38:58

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her administration plans to make Bangladesh a global hub of connectivity to reflect its geographical location by expanding aviation routes. “We want to tur...

Chhatra League ‘attacks’ Chhatra Dal procession at Dhaka University

Chhatra League ‘attacks’ Chhatra Dal procession at Dhaka University

-- 2021-08-29 16:13:56

The Chhatra Dal has claimed that the Chhatra League launched a motorcycle attack on a protest march calling for the release of the BNP student organisation’s leaders from jail. At least 10 Chha...

Govt to provide training to 10,000 top IT executives within next five years

Govt to provide training to 10,000 top IT executives within next five years

-- 2021-08-29 15:07:10

The government is going to provide training to 10,000 top executives, including Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) known as CXOs, and mid-level managers of IT companie...

Bangladesh govt to open three major infrastructures for public next year

Bangladesh govt to open three major infrastructures for public next year

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-29 12:38:01

The government of Bangladesh is going to make three high-value infrastructure projects operational by the end of the next year. Of them, the Padma Bridge will be opened for the public in June 2022, R...

PM inaugurates Cox's Bazar Airport runway upgradation works

PM inaugurates Cox's Bazar Airport runway upgradation works

-- 2021-08-29 11:44:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday unveiled the foundation stone of the runway extension project of Cox's Bazar Airport, aiming to enable it to offer a longer range of domestic and international p...

Karishma watermelon farming sees success

Karishma watermelon farming sees success

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-08-29 09:45:59

Karishma variety watermelon has seen success after its test cultivation on a demonstration plot under Badalgachhi upazila of Naogaon district. Meanwhile, farmers are interested in cultivating loft me...

Stable tariff structure emphasised to woo investors

Stable tariff structure emphasised to woo investors

FE REPORT 2021-08-29 09:28:03

Speakers during a webinar on Saturday suggested long-term stable tariff structures for both electricity and natural gas to help investors craft a potential investment plan. Otherwise, they said, fu...

Hopes high for high-speed train

Hopes high for high-speed train

MUNIMA SULTANA 2021-08-29 09:18:00

Hope removes hype as a latest move now advances towards developing the fastest rail corridor on Dhaka-Chattogram-Cox's Bazar route to run high-speed trains, officials say. The Dhaka-Chattogram main...