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South Sudan names road after Bangladesh 

South Sudan names road after Bangladesh 

UNB 2021-08-21 17:49:19

The South Sudan government has named a road in its capital Juba as "Bangladesh Road". It was constructed with the help of the Bangladesh UN Peacekeeping Engineering contingent. The Bangladesh UN Pea...

'Why aren't you applying for bail?': Pori Moni asks her lawyers in court

'Why aren't you applying for bail?': Pori Moni asks her lawyers in court

-- 2021-08-21 17:48:33

Actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, better known by her screen name Pori Moni, has confronted her own defence team while in court after the lawyers opted against petitioning for her release on bail in a narc...

Court sends Pori Moni back to jail in drugs case

Court sends Pori Moni back to jail in drugs case

-- 2021-08-21 16:49:21

A Dhaka court has sent actress Pori Moni back to jail after a third spell of questioning in custody in a case carrying drug-related charges. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ashik Imam passed the order...

Northern, central regions may see flooding as rivers swell

Northern, central regions may see flooding as rivers swell

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2021-08-21 16:19:11

The country’s major rivers, especially Padma, Jamuna, Dudhkumar and Gorai, have been flowing above danger marks at different points, Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said on Saturday. It fo...

Pori Moni arrives in court, no bail plea made

Pori Moni arrives in court, no bail plea made

-- 2021-08-21 16:11:50

Actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, better known by her screen name Pori Moni, has been brought to court by police at the end of the third spell of questioning in custody in a drug-related case. After arriv...

'Aug 21 attack wouldn’t have been possible without then govt’s patronage'

'Aug 21 attack wouldn’t have been possible without then govt’s patronage'

-- 2021-08-21 15:45:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said it wouldn’t have been possible to carry out the attack on August 21, 2004 had there been no direct patronage from then BNP-Jamaat government. "They...

Banani fire brought under control after four hours

Banani fire brought under control after four hours

-- 2021-08-21 15:21:10

Firefighters have tamed a fire that broke out on the third floor of a six-storey building in Dhaka’s Banani. The fire, which started in the Chairman Bari area around 9:15am on Saturday, was bro...

Attack on Hasina's motorcade: Fugitive convict arrested in Dhaka

Attack on Hasina's motorcade: Fugitive convict arrested in Dhaka

-- 2021-08-21 14:57:31

Police have arrested a fugitive convict in the attack on Sheikh Hasina’s motorcade in Satkhira in 2002. Arifur Rahman Ranju, 42, was apprehended in Hazaribagh on Friday, Dhaka Metropolitan Po...

Road in South Sudan named after Bangabandhu

Road in South Sudan named after Bangabandhu

-- 2021-08-21 14:35:52

The South Sudan government has named a road in its capital Juba the Bangabandhu Road. It was constructed with the help of the Bangladesh UN Peacekeeping Engineering contingent, reports UNB.  Th...

Fire at Ananda TV building in Banani

Fire at Ananda TV building in Banani

FE Online Report 2021-08-21 11:13:21

A fire broke out inside a warehouse at Ananda TV building in the capital’s Banani Chairman Bari area, fire department officials said on Saturday. Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence media...

Death reference of Aug 21 grenade attack convicts ‘set’ for High Court hearing

Death reference of Aug 21 grenade attack convicts ‘set’ for High Court hearing

-- 2021-08-21 09:44:58

The death reference of convicts and their appeal against the verdict in the Aug 21 2004 grenade attack case are ready to be heard at the High Court, bdnews24.com reports. The court can open the heari...

Panic as six-storey building leans in Dhaka’s Sutrapur; another next door at risk

Panic as six-storey building leans in Dhaka’s Sutrapur; another next door at risk

-- 2021-08-21 09:30:35

A six-storey building has tilted in Dhaka’s Sutrapur, leaving the residents of the neighbourhood panicked and putting at risk a four-storey building next to it, bdnews24.com reports. Dhaka Sout...

17th anniversary of Aug 21 grenade attacks today

17th anniversary of Aug 21 grenade attacks today

BSS 2021-08-21 08:36:43

The 17th anniversary of the gruesome grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) anti-terrorism rally in the capital on August 21, 2004, is being observed today with heavy hearts. The gruesome grenade att...

221 more Dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

221 more Dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

UNB 2021-08-20 20:45:30

Although Bangladesh saw no deaths from Dengue in the past 24 hours till early Friday, 221 more people were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne fever. Among the new patients, 212 were admitted to gov...

Awami League to observe 17th anniversary of grenade attacks Saturday

Awami League to observe 17th anniversary of grenade attacks Saturday

BSS 2021-08-20 20:44:48

Awami League will observe the 17th anniversary of gruesome August 21 grenade attacks on Saturday. The attacks were carried out on an anti-terrorism rally of Awami League at Bangabandhu Avenue in the...

High Court likely to hold hearing on Aug 21 grenade attack cases soon

High Court likely to hold hearing on Aug 21 grenade attack cases soon

BSS 2021-08-20 20:26:06

The High Court is expected to start holding hearings soon on the death references and appeals of the convicts in the two cases lodged over the barbaric grenade attack on an Awami League rally in capit...

Teesta flows above danger level as India reopens barrage gates

Teesta flows above danger level as India reopens barrage gates

UNB 2021-08-20 20:13:51

Teesta River has crossed the danger level in Lalmonirhat and surrounding areas due to the onrush of water from upstream India. According to the source of the Flood Forecasting Warning Center of Water...

Fourth batch of AstraZaneca to arrive Saturday

Fourth batch of AstraZaneca to arrive Saturday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-20 19:55:05

The fourth batch of AstraZeneca Vaccine has been dispatched from Japan on Friday. A flight of All Nippon Airways (ANA), carrying an amount of 7,81,440 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, departed from the...

Bangladesh close to 100pc electricity coverage

Bangladesh close to 100pc electricity coverage

BSS 2021-08-20 19:31:33

Bangladesh has edged close to cent per cent electrification, as around 99.5 per cent of people have already come under electricity coverage, which was only 47 per cent in 2009. "Incredible success wa...

Momen praises Bangladeshi peacekeepers for boosting country's image globally

Momen praises Bangladeshi peacekeepers for boosting country's image globally

UNB 2021-08-20 17:59:32

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladeshi peacekeepers have enhanced the country's image internationally through dedicated and efficient services in the UN peacekeeping missions. He ide...

Bangladesh registers 145 new deaths, 5,993 cases

Bangladesh registers 145 new deaths, 5,993 cases

-- 2021-08-20 17:44:14

Bangladesh has crossed the grim milestone of 25,000 deaths from COVID-19 on the back of 145 new fatalities in a day. The death toll currently stands at 25,023. The caseload climbed to 1,453,203 after...

Bangladesh makes efforts to enhance benefits of peacekeepers, Momen says

Bangladesh makes efforts to enhance benefits of peacekeepers, Momen says

-- 2021-08-20 17:21:32

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said the government has made efforts at the United Nations (UN) for enhancing the benefits of Bangladeshi peacekeepers. The minister came up with the statement whi...

UP chairman in Sirajganj suspended on graft charge

UP chairman in Sirajganj suspended on graft charge

-- 2021-08-20 15:05:58

A union parishad (UP) chairman in Sirajganj has been suspended for allegedly taking money from people on the pretext of giving them houses under the Ashrayan project in Tarash upazila. Tarash UNO M...

Bangladeshi children at 'extremely high risk' of climate crisis impacts, says Unicef

Bangladeshi children at 'extremely high risk' of climate crisis impacts, says Unicef

-- 2021-08-20 14:50:19

Bangladesh is among four South Asian nations where children are most at risk from climate change, with its impacts threatening their health, education, and protection, according to a report from UNICE...

Holy Ashura being observed

Holy Ashura being observed

-- 2021-08-20 14:07:24

Muslim devotees across the country are observing the Holy Ashura on Friday, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), with religious fervour and solemnity. Amid the ongoing coronavirus...

27 Bangladeshis remain stranded in Afghanistan

27 Bangladeshis remain stranded in Afghanistan

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-20 13:19:32

At least 27 Bangladeshis have been stranded in Afghanistan amid the Taliban takeover of the country, Prothom Alo reports. Of them, 18 are in Kabul and the others elsewhere in the troubled country, Md...

Students aged at least 18 can now register for Covid vaccine

Students aged at least 18 can now register for Covid vaccine

-- 2021-08-20 12:21:41

Bangladesh is now allowing students aged at least 18 to register for a vaccine shot against Covid-19 as part of the efforts to further expand the vaccination exercise in the country, bdnews24.com repo...

Attackers on UNO's residence will be brought to justice: Quader

Attackers on UNO's residence will be brought to justice: Quader

-- 2021-08-20 11:55:03

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said those who will be found involved with the attack on the residence of Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) in B...

Muhibullah Babunagari acting chief of Hifazat

Muhibullah Babunagari acting chief of Hifazat

-- 2021-08-20 10:32:02

Muhibullah Babunagari, a senior Hifazat-e Islam leader and uncle to its chief Junaid Babunagari, has been named acting chief of the organisation after the death of Junaid. The leaders of the Islamist...

Barishal Mayor Sadiq Abdullah named as prime accused in case over clash with police

Barishal Mayor Sadiq Abdullah named as prime accused in case over clash with police

-- 2021-08-20 10:17:22

Police have accused 94 individuals, including the mayor of Barishal City Corporation, over a clash with the law enforcers, bdnews24.com reports. Kotwali Police OC Nurul Islam said multiple ward counc...