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Dipu Moni hopes to reopen universities after mid-October

Dipu Moni hopes to reopen universities after mid-October

-- 2021-08-27 19:57:34

Education Minister Dipu Moni has expressed her hope that it will be possible to reopen the universities for in-person classes and examinations after mid-October if the inoculation of students goes acc...

184 more hospitalised with Dengue in 24 hrs

184 more hospitalised with Dengue in 24 hrs

-- 2021-08-27 18:35:57

Although no death from Dengue was reported in 24 hours till early Friday, 184 more people were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Am...

Bangladesh logs 3,525 new covid cases, 117 deaths

Bangladesh logs 3,525 new covid cases, 117 deaths

-- 2021-08-27 18:08:03

Bangladesh has registered 117 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 25,846. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,486,153 after 3,525 people tested positive for the disease in the 2...

Health experts seek roadmap for gradual reopening of educational institutions   

Health experts seek roadmap for gradual reopening of educational institutions   

-- 2021-08-27 18:05:58

As the Covid infection rate continues to fall, health experts advised the government to immediately take adequate preparations along with a roadmap to reopen the educational institutions gradually. T...

Metro rail  test run conducted on Uttara-Agargaon route

Metro rail test run conducted on Uttara-Agargaon route

-- 2021-08-27 17:33:52

Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd on Friday put a train of six metro rail coaches on a trial run on Diya Bari-Mirpur route. MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd, told UNB th...

Parliamentary body seeks report on full vaccine production plan

Parliamentary body seeks report on full vaccine production plan

-- 2021-08-27 16:35:40

The parliamentary standing committee on the health ministry has asked for a report on the full government plan on the production of coronavirus vaccines in Bangladesh. The committee, which wants the...

Biman Bangladesh plane makes emergency landing in Nagpur as pilot suffers heart attack

Biman Bangladesh plane makes emergency landing in Nagpur as pilot suffers heart attack

-- 2021-08-27 15:37:18

Biman Bangladesh plane, flying from Muscat to Dhaka, made an emergency landing in Nagpur on Friday after the pilot suffered a heart attack in the middle of the flight. The plane was near Raipur and co...

Discussion on Bangabandhu's less explored leadership qualities today

Discussion on Bangabandhu's less explored leadership qualities today

-- 2021-08-27 12:22:35

A unique discussion programme titled "Love, Peace and Freedom: Philosophy of Bangabandhu" is going to be held on Bangabandhu's odyssey towards the independence of Bangladesh, BSS reports. "The progra...

Restrictions for tourists in Tanguar haor

Restrictions for tourists in Tanguar haor

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-27 09:21:09

The local authority at a meeting clamped some 10-point restrictions for the tourists and water vessels intending to visit the attractive Tanguar haor and other tourist spots in Sunamganj haor region....

Chandpur hub depends on Hatiya's hilsa as catches still meagre in Padma

Chandpur hub depends on Hatiya's hilsa as catches still meagre in Padma

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-27 09:18:47

Chandpur depends on Hatiya's hilsa as catches of this delicious fish are still meagre in the Padma in Chandpur belt. According to fish merchants Manik Jamader, Nurul Islam Bokaul, Mostafa Dedar and C...

Bangladesh wants EU to be more generous in sharing vaccines

Bangladesh wants EU to be more generous in sharing vaccines

-- 2021-08-26 22:03:05

The European Union (EU) should be more generous in sharing Covid-19 vaccines with others who need them badly, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said Thursday. Although the EU talks much about human...

Many played controversial roles after Bangabandhu’s death, says PM

Many played controversial roles after Bangabandhu’s death, says PM

-- 2021-08-26 19:17:29

The Awami League, its supporters, freedom fighters and the army did not play the role expected of them after the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, said Prime Minister Sheikh...

Bangladesh reports 102 virus deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 102 virus deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-08-26 17:51:55

Bangladesh has registered 102 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, the lowest since Jun 26, taking the total toll to 25,729. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,482,628 after 4,698 people tested positive...

Closure of schools, colleges extended again until Sep 11

Closure of schools, colleges extended again until Sep 11

-- 2021-08-26 16:53:46

The government on Thursday extended again the closure of secondary and higher secondary-level educational institutions until September 11 considering the Covid-19 situation in the country. MA Khair,...

Why Pori Moni bail hearing should not be held without delay, asks HC

Why Pori Moni bail hearing should not be held without delay, asks HC

-- 2021-08-26 16:50:31

The High Court has asked why the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court should not be ordered to hold a bail hearing for actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, better known by her screen name Pori Moni...

Three more arrested over Chapainawabganj  bus robbery

Three more arrested over Chapainawabganj  bus robbery

-- 2021-08-26 16:43:32

Three more suspected robbers  have been arrested in connection with robbery in three buses on Bholahat-Shibganj road in Chapainawabganj. Twelve mobile phone sets, Tk 19,500, gold ornaments and s...

Gas line ‘explosion’ in Mirpur burns seven

Gas line ‘explosion’ in Mirpur burns seven

-- 2021-08-26 14:49:56

Seven people, including a child, have been hospitalised for burns after being caught in a gas line ‘explosion’ at a house in Dhaka’s Mirpur. The incident occurred around 1 pm on T...

Light to moderate thundershowers likely

Light to moderate thundershowers likely

-- 2021-08-26 12:59:50

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Kh...

40 more ambulances gifted by India arrive in Bangladesh

40 more ambulances gifted by India arrive in Bangladesh

-- 2021-08-26 12:28:26

Forty more ambulances—a gift from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi—arrived in Bangladesh through the Benapole land port on Thursday morning. Additional Commissioner of Benapole Customs...

UK pledges to provide support in climate mitigation, waste management

UK pledges to provide support in climate mitigation, waste management

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-26 12:13:33

The UK has pledged to assist Bangladesh in the areas of climate mitigation and overall waste management, including single use waste and medical waste.   The UK will also extend its support in en...

Dhaka South accounts for 40pc of city’s dengue patients

Dhaka South accounts for 40pc of city’s dengue patients

FE REPORT 2021-08-26 09:04:35

Around 40 per cent of total dengue patients in the capital Dhaka have been detected in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) areas, the corporation's Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said on Wednesd...

Hoarders, market manipulators to face stern actions, says commerce secretary

Hoarders, market manipulators to face stern actions, says commerce secretary

FE REPORT 2021-08-26 09:01:33

The government on Wednesday warned of taking stern actions against those involved in hoarding the key essential commodities and manipulating prices to make hefty profit. "The government will use th...

Chattogram city goes under knee-deep water

Chattogram city goes under knee-deep water

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-26 08:58:22

Most of the areas of the port city went under knee-deep water due to heavy early autumn shower augmenting woes of the city-dwellers who have been suffering from the problem of rain-triggered water-log...

Cabinet body smells rat in proposals on procuring curtains for nuke plant, tabs for census

Cabinet body smells rat in proposals on procuring curtains for nuke plant, tabs for census

FE REPORT 2021-08-26 08:40:31

The cabinet committee on government purchase Wednesday sent back two proposals -- one on buying curtains for residential buildings at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Project (RNPPP) site -- asking f...

Bangladesh receives 40 more ambulances from India

Bangladesh receives 40 more ambulances from India

-- 2021-08-25 21:10:40

Forty more life support ambulances have arrived in Petrapole and will leave for Dhaka Thursday after getting clearance at Benapole land custom check post. The remaining 38 ambulances are expected to...

Bangladeshi women try on rare leadership roles for a fairer fashion future

Bangladeshi women try on rare leadership roles for a fairer fashion future

REUTERS 2021-08-25 20:32:23

Bangladeshi garment worker Nurunnahar Begum never imagined winning a leadership role at the Dhaka clothing factory where she first began as a seamstress in 2012. But four years later, Begum, now 28,...

Taliban appoint senior veterans to key ministerial posts

Taliban appoint senior veterans to key ministerial posts

-- 2021-08-25 20:20:08

Afghanistan's Taliban have appointed senior veterans to the posts of finance minister and defence minister, two members of the group said, as it switches focus from a stunning military conquest to how...

‘Projects thru PPP must internalise costs of climate loss’

‘Projects thru PPP must internalise costs of climate loss’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-25 19:13:10

Any project we are undertaking through Public-Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) should internalise the cost of loss and damage induced by climate change, said Dr Ahmad Kaikaus, principal secretary...

Fresh challenges as return hits snag

Fresh challenges as return hits snag

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2021-08-25 19:04:09

Not a single one of Rohingya camp-dwellers repatriated so far, Bangladesh is now faced with twin challenges from the emergence of Afghan refugee crisis and from international insistence on long-term a...

COVID-19: 4,966 people test positive, 114 patients die in 24 hours

COVID-19: 4,966 people test positive, 114 patients die in 24 hours

-- 2021-08-25 18:12:10

 Bangladesh has registered 114 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 25,627. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,477,930 after 4,966 people tested positive for the disease in...