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Momen urges ASEAN members to ‘intervene’ in Rohingya repatriation

Momen urges ASEAN members to ‘intervene’ in Rohingya repatriation

-- 2021-08-08 17:36:05

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today (Sunday) urged the ASEAN member states to ‘intervene’ in the Rohingya crisis to materialize repatriation of the persecuted Myanmar nationals to the...

Bangamata contributed to taking appropriate decisions, PM says

Bangamata contributed to taking appropriate decisions, PM says

BSS 2021-08-08 17:26:02

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib had contributed to taking the right political decisions timely for the country alongside managing her house and family. &l...

Bangladesh on course to exceed 6-day vaccine target as more people line up for jabs

Bangladesh on course to exceed 6-day vaccine target as more people line up for jabs

-- 2021-08-08 17:22:55

Officials say that many people have been turned away from COVID vaccination centres on the second day of a mass inoculation drive because the numbers queuing to take the shots greatly exceeded the all...

2.8m vaccinated on first day of mass inoculation

2.8m vaccinated on first day of mass inoculation

2.8m get COVID vaccine doses on first day of mass inoculation 2021-08-08 17:12:56

More than 2.8 million people were vaccinated in 59 districts across Bangladesh on the first day of the country’s COVID-19 mass inoculation campaign. Enthusiasm drove up numbers as millions turne...

Pick-up truck carrying passengers overturns in Natore, six die

Pick-up truck carrying passengers overturns in Natore, six die

-- 2021-08-08 16:46:49

A pick-up truck carrying passengers has overturned in Natore’s Gurudaspur, killing six people and injuring at least six others, including a child. The accident occurred on Sunday afternoon on t...

Three arrested for hacking Shawpno super shop’s system

Three arrested for hacking Shawpno super shop’s system

-- 2021-08-08 15:36:56

Three members of a hacking group were arrested by a police cybercrime investigation team for hacking the system of Shwapno super shop to generate Tk 1.8 million worth of electronic vouchers. The cybe...

Judicial proceedings of more virtual courts resume

Judicial proceedings of more virtual courts resume

FE Online Report 2021-08-08 14:52:20

Judicial proceedings of more virtual courts have resumed from today (Sunday) after the regular court functions remained closed for 38 days till Saturday as the government imposed strict restrictions m...

Bangamata’s 91st birth anniversary being observed

Bangamata’s 91st birth anniversary being observed

Bangamata’s 91st birth anniversary being observed across country 2021-08-08 14:00:27

The 91st birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is being observed today (Sunday) in a befitting manner across the co...

PM gives away Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib Padak-2021

PM gives away Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib Padak-2021

-- 2021-08-08 13:51:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today distributed Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib Padak-2021, marking the birth anniversary of the majestic woman and better half of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu...

Despite lockdown, it’s almost business as usual

Despite lockdown, it’s almost business as usual

-- 2021-08-08 13:45:40

There are not many signs of restraint in Dhaka on the seventeenth day of the lockdown imposed to curb the Covid pandemic, bdnews24.com reports. Traffic and crowds seem to have largely returned to bus...

Dolphin found dead on Kuakata sea beach

Dolphin found dead on Kuakata sea beach

-- 2021-08-08 13:33:44

Local fishermen have found a dead dolphin on Kuakata sea beach in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali district. Local people said, the dolphin, about 6-7 feet long, had injury marks on its mouth and they...

Support, vaccine, inflation and recovery are four major concerns in FY22

Support, vaccine, inflation and recovery are four major concerns in FY22

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-08 12:54:35

Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh on Sunday pointed out that there are four major concerns in the current fiscal year (FY22) from the perspectives of the Leave No One Behind (LNOB). These...

12 die of Covid-19 in Kushtia in 24 hrs

12 die of Covid-19 in Kushtia in 24 hrs

-- 2021-08-08 10:54:16

Twelve more Covid-related deaths were reported at Kushtia General Hospital in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning. Of the deceased, 11 were confirmed Covid-19 patients while remaining had symptoms...

Hospitals overwhelmed by Covid patients: Minister

Hospitals overwhelmed by Covid patients: Minister

-- 2021-08-08 10:23:39

The overstretched healthcare system will collapse if the rapid rise in coronavirus infections continues, Health Minister Zahid Maleque has warned, bdnews24.com reports. The efforts to tackle the pand...

'Betel leaf villages' see success story of farmers

'Betel leaf villages' see success story of farmers

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-08 09:06:33

Cultivation of betel leaf (Paan), an inseparable component of Bengali tradition, has changed the lives of around three hundred farmers in Sadar upazila of Naogaon district. Jalam, Magura and Jageshwa...

White Clay of Netrakona gets GI recognition

White Clay of Netrakona gets GI recognition

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-08 09:01:52

White Clay (Sada Mati) of Vijoypur under Durgapur upazila in Netrakona district has been recognised as a geographical indication (GI) product. In 2017, the Deputy Commissioner of Netrakona applied to...

‘Bangladesh can manufacture vaccine at half dollar with Russia’s help’

‘Bangladesh can manufacture vaccine at half dollar with Russia’s help’

UNB 2021-08-07 22:09:26

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on Saturday said Bangladesh can manufacture one dose of Covid vaccine spending just half a dollar with the help of Russia. "I proposed manufacturin...

22.5m register online for COVID vaccine in Bangladesh

22.5m register online for COVID vaccine in Bangladesh

-- 2021-08-07 20:16:46

The number of citizens who have registered for the coronavirus vaccine on Surokkha web platform has reached 22.5 million as people’s interest in getting the jab increases. The rate of registrat...

Covid-19: Bangladesh sends medicines to Indonesia

Covid-19: Bangladesh sends medicines to Indonesia

-- 2021-08-07 19:09:45

The government has extended supply of medicines to Indonesia in its efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The consignment of the essential COVID-19 medicines has already reached Jakarta where the C...

Bangladesh reports new 8,136 COVID cases, 261 deaths

Bangladesh reports new 8,136 COVID cases, 261 deaths

-- 2021-08-07 18:58:26

Bangladesh has registered 261 new deaths from the COVID-19 illness in a day, taking the toll to 22,411. The caseload climbed to 1,343,396 after 8,136 people tested positive for the disease in the 24...

Covid vaccine seekers crowds Suhrawardy Hospital; chaos all around

Covid vaccine seekers crowds Suhrawardy Hospital; chaos all around

UNB 2021-08-07 18:39:21

A chaotic situation was created at the city's Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital on Saturday as thousands of jab-seekers turned up overwhelming its medical staff. Nearly 4,000 vaccine se...

Dengue surge in Bangladesh: 204 more hospitalised in 24 hours

Dengue surge in Bangladesh: 204 more hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2021-08-07 17:13:58

As the number of Dengue cases keep rising in Bangladesh, 204 new patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Saturday morning. Since August 1, the country has been seeing over 200 dengue cases every...

ADC Golam Saklain removed from Detective Branch over ‘misconduct’

ADC Golam Saklain removed from Detective Branch over ‘misconduct’

-- 2021-08-07 16:46:26

The authorities have removed Additional Deputy Commissioner Md Golam Saklain Shithil from his post in the DMP's Detective Branch amid allegations that the officer had engaged in 'unprofessional conduc...

Bangladesh to procure another 60m Sinopharm vaccine doses

Bangladesh to procure another 60m Sinopharm vaccine doses

-- 2021-08-07 16:25:45

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday said the government will procure another 60 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China to ramp up the inoculation drive against COVID-19 across Bangladesh....

Dhaka inches closer to normalcy despite lockdown

Dhaka inches closer to normalcy despite lockdown

-- 2021-08-07 16:14:03

On Saturday, there was more traffic on the streets of Dhaka city than on the day before. Noting the state of pandemic lockdown restrictions enforced in the capital, one resident quipped that now the l...

39 more die of Covid in Khulna division

39 more die of Covid in Khulna division

-- 2021-08-07 15:31:01

Khulna division has logged 39 new Covid-related deaths in 24 hours till Saturday morning, as the Delta variant of the deadly coronavirus continues to wreak havoc across the country, reports UNB. Acc...

Barishal division sees 23 Covid deaths in a day

Barishal division sees 23 Covid deaths in a day

-- 2021-08-07 14:33:58

Barishal division has logged as many as 23 new Covid deaths in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Thursday morning, UNB reports. Of the deceased, eight were confirmed Covid patients while th...

Bangladesh kicks off mass inoculation drive

Bangladesh kicks off mass inoculation drive

-- 2021-08-07 12:31:41

An expanded mass vaccination campaign is underway across the country to inoculate 3.2 million people against COVID-19. The programme began at more than 15,000 vaccination centres at 9 am on Saturday....

Film director Chayanika Chowdhury taken to DB headquarters

Film director Chayanika Chowdhury taken to DB headquarters

-- 2021-08-06 20:18:41

The police have taken TV and film director Chayanika Chowdhury to the DB headquarters in Dhaka as a probe opens into a drugs case against actress Pori Moni. A team of the police’s Detective Bra...

TIB for cancelling safari park plan in Lathitila forest

TIB for cancelling safari park plan in Lathitila forest

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-06 20:05:22

Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) urged the authorities concerned to cancel the plan to convert the wildlife sanctuary protected Lathitila forest in Moulvibazar district into a safari park....