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Overburdened with Rohingya, Bangladesh refuses US request to shelter Afghans

Overburdened with Rohingya, Bangladesh refuses US request to shelter Afghans

-- 2021-08-16 23:00:02

Bangladesh has turned down a request from the United States to shelter citizens of Afghanistan who are at risk of Taliban reprisal after the hardline Islamist group took control of the war-ravaged cou...

Call for workers’ productivity, innovation to reduce lead time in shipping RMG

Call for workers’ productivity, innovation to reduce lead time in shipping RMG

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-16 21:26:17

Speakers at a virtual programme stressed increasing workers’ efficiency, use of technology and innovation to help reduce the long lead time the country at present takes to ship readymade garment...

MoU signed for Sinopharm vaccine coproduction in Bangladesh

MoU signed for Sinopharm vaccine coproduction in Bangladesh

UNB 2021-08-16 20:21:04

Bangladesh, China and Incepta Pharmaceutical Ltd on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on co-production of Sinopharm vaccine in Bangladesh. Health Minister Zahid Maleque and Abdul Mukt...

Night time vessel movement on Padma's Shimulia-Banglabazar-Majhikandi routes suspended

Night time vessel movement on Padma's Shimulia-Banglabazar-Majhikandi routes suspended

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-16 20:19:33

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) suspended operation of all types of vessels on the Shimulia-Banglabazar-Majhikandi river routes from 6.30 pm to 6.30 am until further notic...

25 fatalities from Dengue reported so far this year

25 fatalities from Dengue reported so far this year

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-16 19:38:15

So far, 25 fatalities from mosquito-borne Dengue fever have been reported in the country this year. Of the total, 12 deaths took place in July and the remaining 13 in August, the Directorate General...

Bangladesh to get €50m loan from French AFD

Bangladesh to get €50m loan from French AFD

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-16 18:54:46

French development partner AFD will provide Euro 50 million worth of loan to Bangladesh aimed at expanding renewable energy in rural areas, Economic relations Division (ERD) officials said. The fund...

Intense rainfall in most parts from Wednesday

Intense rainfall in most parts from Wednesday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-16 18:54:37

People in the capital and most parts of the country are expected to see increased and intense rainfall from Wednesday as monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate over North Bay, according...

Bangladesh logs 174 new virus deaths, 6,959 cases

Bangladesh logs 174 new virus deaths, 6,959 cases

-- 2021-08-16 18:48:02

Bangladesh has registered 174 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 24,349. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,425,861 after 6,959 people tested positive for the disease in the 2...

'Efforts to evacuate Bangladesh nationals from Afghanistan started'

'Efforts to evacuate Bangladesh nationals from Afghanistan started'

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-16 17:41:06

Bangladesh is closely observing the situation in Afghanistan where the Taliban took over power ousting the existing government by force on Sunday. Dhaka will not recognise anybody as the government...

Bangladesh believes in democratic, pluralistic Afghanistan

Bangladesh believes in democratic, pluralistic Afghanistan

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-16 17:07:47

Bangladesh believes that a democratic and pluralistic Afghanistan as chosen by its people is the only guarantee of stability and development in the country. Bangladesh is carefully observing the fast...

High Court orders 3-month ban on PUBG, Free Fire

High Court orders 3-month ban on PUBG, Free Fire

-- 2021-08-16 14:54:30

The High Court has ordered a three-month ban on online games like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, popularly known as PUBG, and Garena Free Fire, also known as Free Fire, bdnews24.com reports. Th...

Six die in Habiganj road mishap

Six die in Habiganj road mishap

-- 2021-08-16 12:35:37

Six passengers on an autorickshaw were killed when their vehicle crashed into a truck in Habiganj’s Shayestaganj. The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in the Nasratpur Gate area...

BRAC evacuating staffers from Afghanistan following Taliban advances

BRAC evacuating staffers from Afghanistan following Taliban advances

FE REPORT 2021-08-16 09:08:23

BRAC International has started evacuating its Bangladeshi and other expatriate staffers from Afghanistan amid invasion of Taliban forces in all major cities of the country. BRAC has a total of 14 e...

People flout health safety rules as virus curbs eased

People flout health safety rules as virus curbs eased

FE REPORT 2021-08-16 08:48:12

After the relaxation of lockdown from August 11, most of the city dwellers were found flouting the health safety guidelines posing threat to public health and increasing the risk of transmission of co...

Short supply of vaccines hits target

Short supply of vaccines hits target

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2021-08-16 08:35:02

Bangladesh still struggles in managing mass Covid vaccination with the target of 'herd immunity' as the supply of jabs fell short of the demand. In recent days there have been some steady supplies fr...

'Mass Covid immunisation drive paused on low vaccine stock'

'Mass Covid immunisation drive paused on low vaccine stock'

-- 2021-08-15 21:06:51

The government has hit pause on plans to press ahead with a mass vaccination drive against COVID-19 due to vaccine stocks running low, according to Health Minister Zahid Maleque. The nationwide immun...

Authority places lighted buoy to protect Padma Bridge from ferries

Authority places lighted buoy to protect Padma Bridge from ferries

UNB 2021-08-15 20:55:32

A floating lighted buoy has been placed Sunday at three kilometres south to the span number 12 and 13 of the Padma bridge to help ferries avoid colliding with the piers while passing under it. The de...

13 more die of Covid in Bogura

13 more die of Covid in Bogura

-- 2021-08-15 19:43:48

Another 13 people died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours in different hospitals of Bogura, officials said Sunday.  Of the deceased five were confirmed Covid patients and eight died with symptoms....

Six arrested for ‘cheating’ people with fake govt jobs

Six arrested for ‘cheating’ people with fake govt jobs

-- 2021-08-15 19:38:36

Police arrested six members of a gang on Sunday for fraudulently taking money from people in the name of providing fake government jobs. The arrestees were identified as Md Shahrukh Islam, 29, Md A K...

Different organisations observe National Mourning Day

Different organisations observe National Mourning Day

FE Online Report 2021-08-15 19:29:37

Different government, semi-government, autonomous bodies, socio-cultural and voluntary organisations and educational institutions observed the National Mourning Day and the 46th martyrdom anniversary...

UNHCR ready to support rescue work after Rohingya boat capsize

UNHCR ready to support rescue work after Rohingya boat capsize

UNB 2021-08-15 18:23:39

The UN refugee agency has said it remains in contact with the Rohingya communities both on Bhasan Char and in Cox's Bazar in an attempt to support the authorities in further rescue efforts following S...

Bangladesh logs 187 virus deaths, 6,684 new cases in a day

Bangladesh logs 187 virus deaths, 6,684 new cases in a day

-- 2021-08-15 17:24:46

Bangladesh has registered 187 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 24,175. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,418,902 after 6,684 people tested positive for the disease in the 2...

Dhaka once again facing severe air pollution

Dhaka once again facing severe air pollution

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-15 16:23:00

Dhaka has lost its short-lived status as a city of relatively clean air during the coronavirus-induced lockdown and the city’s air quality had been ranked the worst one only after Canada’s...

Seven of a family die in Cox’s Bazar road crash

Seven of a family die in Cox’s Bazar road crash

-- 2021-08-15 12:56:33

Seven members of a family have died after their microbus veered out of control and crashed into a roadside ditch in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar district. Another person was injured in the ac...

National Mourning Day observed in Japan

National Mourning Day observed in Japan

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-15 11:58:54

Bangladesh Embassy in Japan observed the National Mourning Day-2021 and the 46th Death anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a respectful and solemn manner to...

Efforts being made to bring back fugitive killers of Bangabandhu, says foreign minister

Efforts being made to bring back fugitive killers of Bangabandhu, says foreign minister

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-15 11:15:03

Efforts are being made to bring back the two fugitives from Canada and the United States among the five self-proclaimed killers of the father of the nation, said Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen...

PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu on his 46th martyrdom anniversary

PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu on his 46th martyrdom anniversary

BSS 2021-08-15 10:21:01

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, marking the National Mourning Day and the 46th anniversary of his martyrdom. As part o...

Work on 8-km road incomplete for 28 years in Sunamganj

Work on 8-km road incomplete for 28 years in Sunamganj

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-08-15 10:11:37

Construction of Tahirpur-Badaghat road in Sunamganj could not be completed in 28 years. Meanwhile, a road in Satair union of Boalmari upazila in Faridpur has become impassable. Our Sylhet Corresponde...

Tale of an arborist

Tale of an arborist

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-15 10:05:24

Wasim, an arborist in Kendua upazila of Netrakona district, has now successfully cultivated Baromasi BARI Mango-11 commercially. He is happy to be able to pick mangoes after about a year and a half of...

BIWTA showed negligence to Padma Bridge project office advice not to set up jetty at Banglabazar

BIWTA showed negligence to Padma Bridge project office advice not to set up jetty at Banglabazar

MUNIMA SULTANA 2021-08-15 09:44:44

Repeated incidents of hitting the piers of Padma Bridge by ferries have been reported due to negligence of directions given by the bridge project office. In the very beginning, sources said, the Pa...