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Bay Terminal to be completed in 2024: Khalid

Nazimuddin Shyamol 2021-08-20 09:49:44

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury has said the under-construction Bay Terminal is the pride of Bangladesh like Padma Bridge. He said the operation of Bay Terminal will start in 202...

Sylhet tourist spots open after more than four months

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-20 09:43:08

Shut for months due to the restrictions imposed amid Covid-19 situation the tourist spots, hotels, restaurants, guesthouses have been reopened as the authorities lifted the restrictions from Thursday....

Farmers busy harvesting jute

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-08-20 09:39:08

The harvesting of jute in Tangail and Manikganj districts is going on in full swing with much enthusiasm among the farmers. Meanwhile, farmers in Netrakona district are expecting to get a bumper yield...

13 Bangladeshis rescued in Mediterranean return

UNB 2021-08-19 23:02:39

Thirteen Bangladeshis, rescued in the Mediterranean Sea on their way to Italy, returned to Dhaka Thursday from Tunisia. All of them, who were victims of human trafficking, came back home on a Turkish...

Bangladesh seeks Russian investment in Ishwardi Airport

UNB 2021-08-19 22:17:00

Bangladesh has invited Russia to invest in Ishwardi Airport to make it functional. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam discussed the issue when newly appointed Ambassador of Russia to...

Holy Ashura Friday

-- 2021-08-19 21:58:00

The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain Ibn Ali (RA), a grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), will be observed across the country tomorrow (Tomorrow) wit...

Barishal mayor among 94 sued over violence

UNB 2021-08-19 21:53:19

Barishal city corporation mayor Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah has been made the primary accused in two cases filed over violence in the city on Wednesday night. Upazila Nirbahi officer Munibur Rahman of B...

ACC investigating South Bangla Bank chairman over ‘funds embezzlement’

-- 2021-08-19 21:39:03

The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into allegations against SM Amzad Hossain, Chairman of South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank, of embezzling a “huge amount of mo...

Dengue death toll now stands at 31

UNB 2021-08-19 21:03:43

Dengue claimed another life in the past 24 hours raising the death toll to 31, said a report of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Thursday. A total of 270 new patients were admitted to...

World’s smallest cow ‘Rani’ passes away in Savar

-- 2021-08-19 20:44:21

The world’s smallest cow ‘Rani’ died on Thursday due to ‘excessive gas accumulated in its stomach’. Sajedul Islam, livestock officer of Savar confirmed the death to UNB....

Bangladesh extends age limit for govt jobs except BCS

-- 2021-08-19 19:19:23

Bangladesh has decided to extend the age limit for government jobs by 21 months due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a notice from the Ministry of Public Administration. The lette...

First phase of vaccination drive for Rohingya ends in Cox's Bazar

UNB 2021-08-19 19:05:27

The first phase of vaccination drive for the Rohingya has concluded in Cox's Bazar district. A total of 1,950 Rohingya people were vaccinated against Covid-19 under the initiative of BRAC till August...

South Korean company to operate tolls collection system of Dhaka-Bhanga expressway

-- 2021-08-19 18:54:08

Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC), a South Korean firm, has received the government’s nod to install and operate the toll collection system for three bridges on the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga expressway...

Local representatives be engaged in Rohingya crisis management: NGO coalition

FE Online Report 2021-08-19 18:21:50

A network of 50 local and national non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday demanded engagement of the local government bodies in managing the Rohingya crisis tha...

Bangladesh logs 159 new virus deaths, lowest daily count in over six weeks

-- 2021-08-19 18:03:53

Bangladesh has registered 159 new deaths from COVID-19, the lowest daily count since Jul 4, taking the total toll to 24,878. According to the latest government data, the COVID-19 caseload surged to 1...

PKSF accredited as National Implementing Entity of Adaptation Fund

FE Online Report 2021-08-19 16:09:46

Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) has been accredited as the National Implementing Entity (NIE) of the Washington-based Adaptation Fund. The accreditation came in recognition of PKSF’s wor...

Salim Ullah made secretary of Financial Institutions Division

FE Online Desk 2021-08-19 14:43:02

Sheikh Mohammad Salim Ullah, additional secretary of the Finance Division, has been appointed as the new secretary of the Financial Institutions Division. The Public Administration Ministry issu...

Bangladesh reopens tourist sites, entertainment centres

-- 2021-08-19 14:26:02

After a gap of nearly five months, tourist sites in Bangladesh finally reopened on Thursday. The move comes days after the Bangladesh government had eased Covid-19 lockdown restrictions on the moveme...

Japanese woman seeks HC directives for daughters’ custody

FE Online Report 2021-08-19 14:01:34

Nakano Erico (46), a Japanese doctor on Thursday filed a writ petition with the High Court (HC) seeking its directives to produce her two daughters before the court. In the writ petition, she sought...

Bangladesh mourns loss of lives in Haiti earthquake

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-19 13:35:31

Bangladesh has expressed deep condolences over the loss of lives in the earthquake that struck Haiti on Saturday. Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen in a message sent to his coun...

Hifazat chief Junaid Babunagari dies in Chattogram hospital

-- 2021-08-19 13:35:13

Hifazat-e Islam chief Junaid Babunagari has died at a hospital in Chattogram. He passed away at the CSCR hospital around 12:45 pm, said Mir Idris Nadvi, a Hifazat central organising secretary, bdnews...

Court scraps Pori Moni’s bail petition, grants police another day for remanding her

-- 2021-08-19 13:11:55

A Dhaka court has dismissed the bail petition of actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, better known by her screen name Pori Moni, and granted law enforcers one more day to interrogate her in their custody over...

Bus services on Dhaka-Barishal highway halted as clash leaves 50 wounded

-- 2021-08-19 12:31:08

Bus services in Barishal and other parts of the country  remained suspended from Thursday morning as transport workers blocked the Dhaka-Barishal highway in protest against Wednesday's clash that...

Rohingya women describe genocide before court in historic jurisdiction

FE Online Report 2021-08-19 10:51:28

In a historic development for Myanmar, Rohingya women described in a court of law, under the aegis of universal jurisdiction, how the Myanmar military carried out a brutal massacre in their village....

Mask, treatment, vaccination simultaneously necessary for fighting Covid-19: FE dialogue

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-19 09:08:52

A panel of public health advocates has urged the policymakers to adopt evidence-based decision-making for ensuring a better impact of the government initiatives on the pandemic management. A combinat...

Biman to resume flights to Delhi and Kolkata from Aug 22

-- 2021-08-18 22:30:20

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has announced a new schedule to operate flights from Dhaka to India from August 22 (Sunday). Flights will operate on the Dhaka-Delhi route two days a week - Sundays and Wedn...

Helena gives confessional statement in narcotics case

-- 2021-08-18 21:51:10

Helena Jahangir, expelled ruling party activist and businessperson, on Wednesday gave  confessional statement under section 164 in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. Dhaka Metropolita...

PM orders reopening of schools as soon as comfortable situation emerges

-- 2021-08-18 20:27:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities to take a swift decision on the reopening of schools and educational institutions, taking into account the state of the coronavirus pandemic a...

BR to resume 36 sets of trains from Thursday

FE Online Report 2021-08-18 19:20:29

Bangladesh Railway (BR) resumes 12 more intercity and 24 more local train services in its two zones in the country from Thursday with full passenger capacity. The trains be run following health guide...

30 people die from dengue fever since July, DGHS expresses worry

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-18 19:17:59

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has expressed concern as at least 30 people died from dengue fever between July and August in the country. According to the Directorate General of He...