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HC enquires about progress in establishing e-judiciary

-- 2021-08-11 19:08:17

The High Court on Wednesday enquired about the progress in the establishment of e-judiciary in the country. The court directed the government to submit a report in this regard in two months. The HC...

Bangladesh logs 10,420 virus cases, 237 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-08-11 18:56:18

Bangladesh has registered 237 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 23,398. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,386,742 after 10,420 people tested positive for the disease in the...

Govt to procure 60m Sinopharm vaccine doses

-- 2021-08-11 16:57:27

The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase on Wednesday approved a proposal of the Health Service Division to procure 60 million doses of Chinese Sinopharm vaccine as the government is trying to gear up...

DGHS asks vaccine recipients to take second jab at same centre to avoid complications

FE Online Report 2021-08-11 16:45:29

The healthcare authorities on Wednesday asked the vaccine recipients to follow the government's guidelines on taking the Covid-19 jabs and not to change the designated hospital or vaccination centre....

Six policemen arrested for snatching gold bars from businessman

-- 2021-08-11 16:11:26

Six policemen, including OC Saiful Islam of the Detective Branch, were arrested for allegedly snatching gold bars from a businessman in Feni. As many as 15 gold bars have been recovered from the susp...

Lower courts can take witness testimony, conduct trials virtually

-- 2021-08-11 15:42:56

The Supreme Court administration has decided that all lower courts and tribunals will be allowed to resume regular judicial work, including taking witness testimony, by either physical presence or vir...

Saudi Arabia allows Bangladeshis to make Umrah pilgrimage again

-- 2021-08-11 15:36:57

Saudi Arabia is once again allowing Bangladeshis to make the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca. The Ministry of Religious Affairs has laid out the conditions for making the pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia at www....

Fugitive convict in Biswajit Das murder case held

-- 2021-08-11 14:25:14

Police on Tuesday night arrested a fugitive criminal who had been on the run since his conviction in the 2012 Biswajit Das murder case. Imran Hossain Imran, who was sentenced to life in jail in the...

Activities of seven hospitals suspended for irregularities

FE REPORT 2021-08-11 10:08:10

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has suspended all the activities of seven healthcare providers in the city for alleged irregularities. It also served show-cause notices, asking for...

Mitu murder case: Court rejects bail plea of Babul Akter

-- 2021-08-10 22:23:07

A Chattogram court on Tuesday rejected the bail petition of Chattogram's former police superintendent Babul Akter in connection with his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu’s murder case. Chattogram Metro...

Five of a family burnt in Keraniganj gas line fire

UNB 2021-08-10 21:26:38

Five members of a family sustained burn injuries Tuesday in Keraniganj as a fire started from increased pressure in the cooking gas line due to a faulty riser. The injured were identified as Julhas,5...

BIWTA revokes 60 per cent fare hike

UNB 2021-08-10 20:44:39

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has revoked its previous order that hiked passenger fare by 60 per with effect from April 1 after passenger vessels were required to operate with ha...

PM joins 1,083 videoconferences in eight months

-- 2021-08-10 19:24:06

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official engagement through videoconferences or online platforms almost tripled in the last eight months compared to the last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "She (the...

DGHS decides to halt first dose of Moderna jabs after Aug 12

UNB 2021-08-10 18:38:17

In a bid to ensure the second dose of Moderna Covid vaccine, the government has decided to halt administering its first dose after August 12. The Department of Health Services has issued the notice a...

Bangavax yields ‘good results’ in animal trial, Globe Biotech claims

-- 2021-08-10 18:00:14

Bangladeshi pharmaceutical Globe Biotech says its Bangavax COVID-19 vaccine has yielded “good results” in an ongoing animal trial. Researchers found one dose of the vaccine produced &ldqu...

Covid claims 180 doctors lives, infect over 9,300 health staffers in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-10 17:59:18

Coronavirus has so far claimed the lives of at least 180 doctors in Bangladesh while the total numbers of infections among the health workers have exceeded 9345, according to the apex body of doctors...

Strong current in Padma: Ferries not allowed to carry heavy vehicles

-- 2021-08-10 17:41:01

Heavy vehicles (passenger and goods-laden) are not allowed on the ferries plying on the Shimulia in Munshiganj and the Banglabazar in Madaripur route until the strong current of the Padma River is bro...

COVID-19: 11,164 people test positive, 264 patients die in 24 hours

-- 2021-08-10 17:38:40

Bangladesh has registered 264 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, matching a previous daily record on Aug 5, and taking the total toll to 23,161. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,376,322 after 11,164...

Collision with Padma Bridge pillar: BIWTC forms probe committee 

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-10 17:30:39

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) on Tuesday has formed a five-member committee to probe into the collision of a Ro-Ro ferry with a pillar of the Padma Bridge. The committee h...

ECNEC approves Tk 22.04b project to expand, modernise Teletalk network

BSS 2021-08-10 16:58:45

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a project involving an estimated cost of Tk 22.04 billion for network expansion of state-owned mobile phone operator Telet...

SM Sultan’s 97th birth anniversary today

-- 2021-08-10 16:32:46

Tuesday (Tuesday) marks the 97th birth anniversary of renowned artist SM Sultan. He  was born at Machimdia village in Narail sadar upazila on this day in 1924. Celebrating the birth of the emine...

Buses barred from carrying standing passengers

-- 2021-08-10 16:19:57

Buses will not be allowed to take more passengers than there are seats and no standing passengers will be allowed, according to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, or BRTA. The local government,...

Police get two more days to interrogate actress Pori Moni

-- 2021-08-10 16:15:11

A Dhaka court has granted a two-day remand to interrogate actress Pori Moni and her aide Ashraful Islam Dipu, following the end of a four-day remand over a drugs case. They were brought before a magi...

Viqarunnisa principal’s phone conversation ‘unexpected and unaccepted’, HC says

FE Online Report 2021-08-10 16:07:19

The High Court on Tuesday said the way Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Principal Kamrun Nahar spoke in the alleged leaked phone conversation is ‘unexpected and unaccepted’. Expressing...

UN climate report calls for focusing on cutting methane to save the planet

REUTERS 2021-08-10 15:10:17

In four decades of climate negotiations, the world has focused intensely and exclusively on the most abundant climate-warming gas: carbon dioxide. This year, scientists are urging a focus on another...

Bangladesh begins inoculation drive for Rohingya refugees

-- 2021-08-10 14:26:58

Bangladesh began vaccinating thousands of Rohingya Muslims on Tuesday in the world’s largest refugee settlement, amid a surge in COVID-19 infections in the country, officials said. Aid workers...

1.7 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine on the way

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-10 12:21:57

Under the COVAX Programme, 1.7 million doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine are set to arrive in Dhaka this morning, a Chinese embassy official has said. The doses departed Beijing at 5:25am (BST...

Covid-like deaths rise alarmingly in Bangladesh

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2021-08-10 12:15:29

Health experts have expressed concern over record deaths with Covid-like symptoms in Bangladesh in the past four weeks until August 03, taking the total death toll to 4,435. Against this backdrop, th...

Workers doubt Covid health rules as launch services set to resume

-- 2021-08-10 10:45:58

Launches are ready to resume passenger transport services after nearly three weeks into a coronavirus lockdown, but the workers doubt whether the health rules can be followed. Passengers usually trav...

Another ferry hits Padma Bridge pillar

-- 2021-08-10 10:39:19

A Ro-Ro ferry has once again slammed into a pillar of the Padma Bridge just a few weeks after a similar incident left at least 20 people injured. After departing from the Banglabazar terminal on Mond...