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Dengue patient dies after falling from hospital building in Dhaka

Dengue patient dies after falling from hospital building in Dhaka

-- 2021-08-13 15:07:20

A dengue patient has died after falling off the seventh floor of Dhaka National Medical Institute Hospital in the city’s Sutrapur area. The authorities suspect the victim, 17-year-old Habibur R...

Pori Moni in court after end of remand

Pori Moni in court after end of remand

-- 2021-08-13 15:03:19

The Criminal Investigation Department has sent actress Pori Moni to court at the end of the second spell of questioning in a drug-related case, reports bdnews24.com.  Her aide Ashraful Islam Dip...

Why Bangladeshi couple remains stuck at India’s police station for two months

Why Bangladeshi couple remains stuck at India’s police station for two months

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-13 14:47:08

A Bangladeshi couple has been putting up at the Faraskhana police station in India’s Pune for the last two months despite completing their two-year sentence, News18 reports. The couple arrived...

Light to moderate rain, thundershowers likely

Light to moderate rain, thundershowers likely

-- 2021-08-13 13:42:01

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD)today forecasted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind at many places across the country in the next 24 hours commencin...

Ferry rams into pillar of Padma Bridge again

Ferry rams into pillar of Padma Bridge again

-- 2021-08-13 13:21:57

Another Ro-Ro ferry has slammed into a pillar of the Padma Bridge just four days after a similar incident left five people injured to continue a trend that began three weeks ago. The vessel, named 'K...

MoU signed to help Bangladesh Air Force thwart cyber threats

MoU signed to help Bangladesh Air Force thwart cyber threats

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-13 12:53:22

The Digital Security Agency (DSA) and Bangladesh e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-Gov CIRT) under Bangladesh Computer Council will help improve the capacity of the Bangladesh Air Fo...

Government takes elaborate programmes to observe National Mourning Day

Government takes elaborate programmes to observe National Mourning Day

BSS 2021-08-13 11:30:53

The government has taken elaborate programmes to observe the 46th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Mourning Day on August 15 with due respec...

Sikder brothers cleared of attempted murder charges

Sikder brothers cleared of attempted murder charges

-- 2021-08-13 11:06:15

A Dhaka court has acquitted Ron Haque Sikder, managing director of Sikder Group, and his brother Dipu Haque Sikder of charges of trying to kill two officials of Exim Bank. Metropolitan Magistrate Raj...

Aman rice plantation going on in north

Aman rice plantation going on in north

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-08-13 10:15:31

The farmers in Naogaon and Sylhet districts are now engaged in the cultivation of Aman paddy with the hope of achieving the highest production. Our Naogaon Correspondent reports: Department of Agricu...

Parliamentary panel stands against private management of vaccine programme

Parliamentary panel stands against private management of vaccine programme

FE REPORT 2021-08-13 09:22:41

A parliamentary watchdog on Thursday suggested the authorities concerned for not allowing private management in the country's vaccination programme. The parliamentary standing committee on Ministry o...

Court orders to file FIR against PIB SP in rape case

Court orders to file FIR against PIB SP in rape case

UNB 2021-08-12 22:21:25

A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered to file a female police inspector's rape case against superintendent of Police Bureau of Investigation (PIB) Moktar Hossain as an FIR in East Uttara police station....

Bangladesh climate migrants escape rising seas only to die in factory fire

Bangladesh climate migrants escape rising seas only to die in factory fire

REUTERS 2021-08-12 20:44:05

When 15-year-old Tarek Zia left his home on Bangladesh's coast in June and travelled 150km to work at a food-processing factory in Dhaka, he was filled with hope. The extra money felt like a godsend...

Tamim Iqbal signs as brand ambassador of IPDC

Tamim Iqbal signs as brand ambassador of IPDC

-- 2021-08-12 20:16:11

Tamim Iqbal has signed an agreement with IPDC Finance as their new brand ambassador recently. According to the contract, Tamim is set to play the role from August 10, 2021, to October 31, 2022. &ldq...

242 more hospitalised in 24 hrs as dengue cases continue to spike

242 more hospitalised in 24 hrs as dengue cases continue to spike

UNB 2021-08-12 19:46:08

A total of 242 new dengue patients have been admitted to different hospitals in 24 hours till Thursday morning amid a spike in the mosquito-borne disease that spreads mainly during monsoon. Twenty tw...

Strong current in Padma disrupts Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services

Strong current in Padma disrupts Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-12 19:04:04

Drivers and their assistants are suffering immensely as at least 400 good-laden trucks remain stuck at Paturia-Daulatdia ferry terminal due to the strong current of the Padma river, according to offic...

10m more vaccine doses to arrive by Aug to boost inoculation drive  

10m more vaccine doses to arrive by Aug to boost inoculation drive  

UNB 2021-08-12 18:44:25

Bangladesh is going to take the deliveries of over 10 million more Covid-19 vaccine doses by this month which is expected to give a further boost to its inoculation drive, said Health Minister Zahid M...

SP accused of raping colleague several times during peacekeeping mission

SP accused of raping colleague several times during peacekeeping mission

-- 2021-08-12 18:27:21

A superintendent of police has been accused of rape by a colleague who has petitioned a court to file a case against him. The superintendent is accused of ‘raping’ the accuser several tim...

Bangladesh reports 10,126 virus cases in a day, another 215 die

Bangladesh reports 10,126 virus cases in a day, another 215 die

-- 2021-08-12 18:25:14

Bangladesh has registered 215 new deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total toll to 23,613. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,396,868 after 10,126 people tested positive for the dis...

Govt job seekers may get a 21-month extension in age limit

Govt job seekers may get a 21-month extension in age limit

UNB 2021-08-12 17:55:25

The ministry of public administration has proposed to increase the maximum age limit to enter government jobs by 21 months, from the current limit of 30 years, due to prolonged academic life caused by...

Train derailment in Gazipur disrupts rail communication

Train derailment in Gazipur disrupts rail communication

-- 2021-08-12 17:09:38

A Dhaka-bound train derailed near Dhirashram railway station in Gazipur on Thursday cutting off the capital city’s rail communication  with the country’s northern region. Dhirashram...

Bangladesh spends $4.0b annually to tackle climate effects

Bangladesh spends $4.0b annually to tackle climate effects

FE Online Report 2021-08-12 16:07:31

The government spends US$4.0 billion annually to tackle the negative impacts of climate change and has declared a planetary emergency to raise awareness about environmental pollution. Environment,...

Lockdown again if virus cases surge,  state minister says

Lockdown again if virus cases surge, state minister says

-- 2021-08-12 15:46:29

The government will impose lockdown measures again if coronavirus cases jump across Bangladesh, said State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain. “We’ll go for two strategies....

Tourist sites reopen in Bangladesh on Aug 19

Tourist sites reopen in Bangladesh on Aug 19

-- 2021-08-12 15:33:28

The Bangladesh government will allow tourist sites, community centres and other places of entertainment to reopen on Aug 19 as pandemic restrictions are lifted. The government will also allow all publ...

Public transport to operate in full swing from Aug 19

Public transport to operate in full swing from Aug 19

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-12 13:28:25

Moving away from the decision to keep half of the public transport running on the roads, the government has decided to allow operating all types of public transport - roads, railways and waterways- fr...

Ferry collisions with Padma Bridge will be probed: Quader

Ferry collisions with Padma Bridge will be probed: Quader

-- 2021-08-12 10:59:26

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the government will examine whether the collisions of ferries with the pillars of the Padma Bridge took place repeatedly due to the incomp...

Rockmelon farming now in Bangladesh

Rockmelon farming now in Bangladesh

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-08-12 10:13:48

Rockmelon, a desert fruit, is now being cultivated in Bangladesh. Three farmers from Cumilla and Khulna districts have successfully cultivated the desert fruit in their fields. According to the Depa...

BTRC okays tariffs for transmission network services

BTRC okays tariffs for transmission network services

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2021-08-12 08:39:50

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) approved tariff rates for services of the private nationwide telecommunication transmission network (NTTN) operators for the first time....

Dhaka back in bustle with reopening of economic activities

Dhaka back in bustle with reopening of economic activities

FE REPORT 2021-08-12 08:33:11

Dhaka gets back its usual looks amid traffic bustle with resumption of public transports, offices and trades as Bangladesh, attuned to reopening outer world, unlocked Wednesday all sectors but educa...

Collisions of ferries with Padma Bridge will be probed, Obaidul Quader says

Collisions of ferries with Padma Bridge will be probed, Obaidul Quader says

BSS 2021-08-11 21:40:15

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the government will examine whether the collisions of ferries with the pillars of the Padma Bridge took place repeatedly due to the...

Bangladeshi migrant workers in Gulf States victim of wage theft

Bangladeshi migrant workers in Gulf States victim of wage theft

FE Online Report 2021-08-11 19:13:27

Bangladeshi migrants working in the Gulf States were the victim of wage theft, revealed a RMMRU study on Wednesday. On average, the Gulf returnees claimed that they lost $2,119 (Tk 179,989) as wages...