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Dengue death toll rises to 40

Dengue death toll rises to 40

-- 2021-08-25 18:10:40

Dengue claimed two more lives in the past 24 hours raising the death toll to 40, said a report of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Wednesday. Besides, a total of 278 new patients...

Woman gang-raped after abduction from rail station in Sirajganj

Woman gang-raped after abduction from rail station in Sirajganj

-- 2021-08-25 17:50:16

A group of men raped a woman after abducting her from a railway station where she was waiting to catch a train to visit her parental home, police said on Wednesday.  Police said they launched a...

DU asks students to provide their vaccination status

DU asks students to provide their vaccination status

-- 2021-08-25 17:41:06

Dhaka University students have been asked to provide information regarding Covid-19 vaccination by logging in with their institutional e-mail account. If they face any trouble while doing this, they...

BTRC orders removal of PUBG, Free Fire

BTRC orders removal of PUBG, Free Fire

-- 2021-08-25 17:23:45

The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has ordered the removal of ‘dangerous’ games such as PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, better known as PUBG, and Garena Fr...

UCEP Bangladesh holds virtual discussion marking National Mourning Day

UCEP Bangladesh holds virtual discussion marking National Mourning Day

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-25 17:12:22

UCEP Bangladesh recently organised a virtual discussion programme marking the National Mourning Day 2021 and the 46th martyrdom anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahma...

61 held in city for consuming, selling drugs

61 held in city for consuming, selling drugs

-- 2021-08-25 16:37:01

Members of detective branch (DB) under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 61 persons for consuming and selling drugs in the capital city during last 24 hours ending 6:00am today (Tuesday)....

Pandemic affects 40m students in Bangladesh, says UNICEF

Pandemic affects 40m students in Bangladesh, says UNICEF

-- 2021-08-25 16:19:52

In Bangladesh, prolonged closure of educational institutions throughout the pandemic has affected over 40 million students from the pre-primary to the higher education level, according to UNICEF. The...

Bangladesh to start 2nd doses for Covid mass inoculation on Sept 7

Bangladesh to start 2nd doses for Covid mass inoculation on Sept 7

-- 2021-08-25 15:16:30

Those who received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as part of Bangladesh’s mass vaccination campaign will begin receiving their second doses starting Sept 7, according to Dr ABM Khurshi...

More women are now dying of Covid-19 in Bangladesh, but why?

More women are now dying of Covid-19 in Bangladesh, but why?

-- 2021-08-25 13:59:13

The ratio of COVID-19 deaths for Bangladeshi women has been nearly half that for Bangladeshi men since the start of the pandemic last year. With the ascent of the Delta variant, a change was seen in...

Three killed as truck hit auto-rickshaw in Sirajganj

Three killed as truck hit auto-rickshaw in Sirajganj

-- 2021-08-25 13:00:44

At least three people were killed when a speeding truck hit a battery-operated auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-North Bengal highway in Sirajganj in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased were identifi...

Pope Francis sends $70,000 aid for victims of cyclone Yaas in Bangladesh

Pope Francis sends $70,000 aid for victims of cyclone Yaas in Bangladesh

-- 2021-08-25 10:44:29

Pope Francis has sent more than 350,000 euros ($411,000) in charity funds at his personal disposal to help with emergency relief in Haiti, Bangladesh and Vietnam, the Vatican said on Tuesday. A state...

People cross bamboo-made bridges risking life

People cross bamboo-made bridges risking life

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-08-25 09:11:09

Setting bamboo and wood planks on the collapsed approach to an important road in Sunamganj and erecting a bamboo bridge over the river Dharla in Netrakona the locals have made temporary arrangement fo...

Money recovery not ACC's job: High Court

Money recovery not ACC's job: High Court

FE REPORT 2021-08-25 09:00:22

The High Court in a full verdict has observed that the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is busy recovering money than strengthening the legal procedures in major corruption cases. As a result, accu...

Jobless Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia in dire straits

Jobless Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia in dire straits

ARAFAT ARA 2021-08-25 08:52:05

Many jobless Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia are now facing food crisis, as they have no funds to meet their daily expenses, workers and migration experts said. Their hardship has turned so acute t...

Farmers produce 64,898 tonnes of fish in Khulna

Farmers produce 64,898 tonnes of fish in Khulna

-- 2021-08-24 22:11:07

A total of 64,898 metric tonnes of fish has been produced in the district in the 2020-2021 fiscal year, which is 8,665 metric tonnes more than the target of fisheries department. District Fisheries O...

Bangladesh aims to resume educational institutions ‘soon’ if Covid-19 cases fall

Bangladesh aims to resume educational institutions ‘soon’ if Covid-19 cases fall

-- 2021-08-24 20:47:59

The government is working to reopen educational institutions amid the coronavirus pandemic and it will happen “soon” if the downward curve in Covid-19 infections persists, Dipu Moni has sa...

Three Rohingya children drown at Bhashanchar

Three Rohingya children drown at Bhashanchar

-- 2021-08-24 20:22:45

Three Rohingya children, including two siblings, drowned in a lake at Bhahshanchar in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Jamal Hossain, 9, and Anisur Rahm...

HC frustrated by ACC’s ‘sluggish pace’ of investigations

HC frustrated by ACC’s ‘sluggish pace’ of investigations

-- 2021-08-24 19:33:44

A High Court panel has noted that the Anti-Corruption Commission has not done enough to increase the speed of its investigations or submit reports in time. In some cases, despite the existence of a s...

School reopening awaits decision from highest level, says state minister

School reopening awaits decision from highest level, says state minister

-- 2021-08-24 19:07:35

State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain said schools, closed since March last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will be reopened after getting directives from the government's hig...

Court wraps up witness statements in graft case against ex-chief justice SK Sinha

Court wraps up witness statements in graft case against ex-chief justice SK Sinha

-- 2021-08-24 18:41:15

A Dhaka Court on Tuesday concluded recording of statements of the witnesses in a graft case filed against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others who are facing charges of misappropria...

5,249 new coronavirus cases, 114 deaths recorded in 24 hours

5,249 new coronavirus cases, 114 deaths recorded in 24 hours

-- 2021-08-24 18:00:32

Bangladesh has registered 114 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, the lowest since June 29, taking the total toll from the coronavirus to 25,513. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,472,964 after 5,249...

Ivy Rahman was declared dead shortly after Khaleda’s departure from CMH, PM says

Ivy Rahman was declared dead shortly after Khaleda’s departure from CMH, PM says

-- 2021-08-24 16:55:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Awami League leader Ivy Rahman was declared dead, on August 24 in 2004, immediately after the then prime minister Khaleda Zia’s departure from the Combined...

74 Rohingya people arrested in Chattogram

74 Rohingya people arrested in Chattogram

FE Online Desk 2021-08-24 16:33:51

Police arrested 74 people of the Rohingya community, who escaped refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar and were working as labourers in Chattogram’s lime orchards. They were arrested from houses b...

Bangladesh secures top position in supporting breastfeeding

Bangladesh secures top position in supporting breastfeeding

-- 2021-08-24 16:31:10

Bangladesh has gained the top position among nearly 100 countries in supporting lactating women. Out of 98 countries, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have achieved the status of 'green' nation in the index...

Dhaka ranks 54th among 60 in safe cities index

Dhaka ranks 54th among 60 in safe cities index

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-24 15:35:27

Bangladesh capital Dhaka still remains near the bottom of the global list of safe cities, emerging 54th out of 60 cities in the Safe Cities Index 2021. The Safe Cities Index is a report from The Econ...

পরীমনি, রাজ, পিয়াসা, হেলেনাদের ১৫ মামলার তদন্ত শেষ পর্যায়ে: সিআইডি

পরীমনি, রাজ, পিয়াসা, হেলেনাদের ১৫ মামলার তদন্ত শেষ পর্যায়ে: সিআইডি

-- 2021-08-24 15:34:08

চিত্রনায়িকা পরীমনি, প্রযোজক নজরুল ইসলাম রাজ, মডেল ফারিয়া মাহবুব পিয়াসা এবং আওয়ামী লীগের বহিষ্কৃত নেতা হেলেনা জাহাঙ্গীরসহ বিভিন্নজনের নামে থাকা সাম্প্রতিক সময়ে আলোচিত ১৫টি মামলার তদন্ত কাজ শেষ পর্যা...

Ivy Rahman’s 17th death anniversary today

Ivy Rahman’s 17th death anniversary today

-- 2021-08-24 15:28:52

The 17th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, former president of Bangladesh Mahila Awami League and wife of late President M Zillur Rahman, is being observed today in the country in a befitting manner, B...

BNP chalks out programmes to celebrate founding anniversary on Sept 1

BNP chalks out programmes to celebrate founding anniversary on Sept 1

-- 2021-08-24 15:24:30

BNP on Tuesday chalked out various programmes, including virtual discussions, to celebrate its 43rd founding anniversary on September 1. BNP organising secretary Syed Emran Saleh Prince announced the...

Court sets Oct 20 to hear 11 cases against Khaleda Zia

Court sets Oct 20 to hear 11 cases against Khaleda Zia

-- 2021-08-24 13:58:49

The court has set Oct 20 to hear 11 cases against former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, including charges of murder and sedition. The date was set by Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judg...

Bangladesh ranks top among SAARC countries in global cyber security index

Bangladesh ranks top among SAARC countries in global cyber security index

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-24 12:36:52

Bangladesh has secured top place among South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations in the global cyber security index compiled by National Cyber Security Index (NCSI) jumping 27...