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Foreign minister urges ASEAN leaders to make joint effort to tackle regional challenges

Foreign minister urges ASEAN leaders to make joint effort to tackle regional challenges

FE Online Report 2021-08-06 19:39:31

Foreign Minister Dr Momen on Friday urged the ASEAN leaders to exert concerted effort to tackle regional challenges.  The minister was addressing the 28th Meeting of the ASEAN Region...

Bustling Dhaka finally feels ‘lockdown silence’

Bustling Dhaka finally feels ‘lockdown silence’

UNB 2021-08-06 18:38:04

Facing many challenges in containing the Covid-19 pandemic, Dhaka experienced a little of lockdown silence unlike the past few days due to thinner traffic on the city streets on Friday, thanks to the...

Chattogram receives 0.26m jabs ahead of vaccination push

Chattogram receives 0.26m jabs ahead of vaccination push

UNB   2021-08-06 17:59:31

Chattogram has received another 2,66,400 doses of Covid vaccine on Friday morning as the nationwide vaccination drive is set to get a push on Saturday. Of the 2,66,400 doses of vaccine received here,...

12,606 new COVID-19 cases, 248 deaths recorded in 24 hours

12,606 new COVID-19 cases, 248 deaths recorded in 24 hours

-- 2021-08-06 17:45:31

Bangladesh has registered 248 new deaths from the COVID-19 illness in a day, taking the toll to 22,150. The caseload climbed to 1,335,260 after 12,606 people tested positive for the disease in the 24...

CPD to hold international conference to explore country’s developments over 50 years

CPD to hold international conference to explore country’s developments over 50 years

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-06 17:27:03

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) will organise a virtual international conference to explore the country’s developments over the last fifty years on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the...

Furniture shop catches fire in city

Furniture shop catches fire in city

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-06 15:09:02

A fire broke out at a furniture shop adjacent to Malancha Community Centre in Jatrabari area of Dhaka on Friday noon, according to an official at the fire department. The fire originated at 2:07 pm a...

Bangladesh plans to inoculate 3.2m in six days

Bangladesh plans to inoculate 3.2m in six days

-- 2021-08-06 14:47:21

The government plans to inoculate 3.2 million people against Covid-19 in six days as part of the expanded vaccination campaign covering unions and wards across Bangladesh, bdnews24.com reports. The i...

DGHS revises age limit for mass vaccination campaign

DGHS revises age limit for mass vaccination campaign

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-06 13:40:45

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has revised the age limit for the mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the country due to the complexity of the national voter identity card. Many p...

Thundershowers likely

Thundershowers likely

-- 2021-08-06 12:42:15

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 commenci...

Short duration, drought-tolerant paddy farming on the rise

Short duration, drought-tolerant paddy farming on the rise

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-06 10:37:24

Cultivation of Bina Dhan, a short duration and drought-tolerant paddy has largely expanded in Sunamganj. It is a short-duration variety of Aus paddy that is very suitable for areas like Sunamganj as...

Wholesalers, hoarders suffer billions in losses

Wholesalers, hoarders suffer billions in losses

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-06 09:57:13

After a week-long incessant rain sun appeared in the Chattogram sky on Wednesday, but the sun did not shine for the traders of Khatunganj, Chaktai, Korbaniganj, and Rajakhali who discovered after th...

ACC proceeds against five of 132 companies for money laundering, tax evasion

ACC proceeds against five of 132 companies for money laundering, tax evasion

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-08-06 09:00:48

Some 132 companies came under scanner of the anti-graft watchdog over allegations of customs-duty evasion and the siphoning of money worth Tk 4.16 billion, officials said. The Anti-Corruption Commiss...

India sends 30 ambulances to Bangladesh for fighting Covid-19

India sends 30 ambulances to Bangladesh for fighting Covid-19

UNB 2021-08-05 21:16:19

A total of 30 ambulances gifted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at India's Petrapole check post on Thursday awaiting necessary clearance before entering Bangladesh. The ambulances wil...

Govt orders 7.5m Sinopharm vaccine doses from China

Govt orders 7.5m Sinopharm vaccine doses from China

FE Online Report 2021-08-05 19:59:11

The government has ordered 7.5 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China, Foreign Minister Dr AKAbdul Momen disclosed it on Thursday. Talking to the newsmen after a meeting, the minister said tha...

218 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

218 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

UNB 2021-08-05 18:48:16

A total of 218 fresh dengue cases were reported in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Thursday morning. Since August 1, the country has been seeing over 200 dengue cases daily which are adding worr...

High level of toxic chemical ‘BPA’ found in cash receipts: Study

High level of toxic chemical ‘BPA’ found in cash receipts: Study

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-05 18:19:47

High level of chemical bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine- disrupting harmful chemical, has been found in cash receipts in the country that is already putting an alarming threat towards lives and env...

Facebook to launch mobile upskilling programme for Bangladeshi journalists

Facebook to launch mobile upskilling programme for Bangladeshi journalists

-- 2021-08-05 18:19:40

Facebook Journalism Project has partnered with the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) and Center for Communication Action Bangladesh (C-CAB) to upskill over 1,000 journalists. The programme, Fa...

‘Progress in publishing self-motivated information by govt institutions, NGOs not satisfactory’

‘Progress in publishing self-motivated information by govt institutions, NGOs not satisfactory’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-05 18:19:00

Progress in publishing self-motivated information by government institutions and non-government organisations (NGOs) through websites is not satisfactory enough, according to a latest study. The stud...

Bangladesh logs record 264 new Covid deaths, 12,744 cases

Bangladesh logs record 264 new Covid deaths, 12,744 cases

-- 2021-08-05 18:03:49

Bangladesh has registered 264 Covid related deaths in a day, a new national record, as the Delta variant spreads. The total death toll from the disease surged to 21,902. Another 12,744 cases of the c...

Bangladeshi youth shot dead in US

Bangladeshi youth shot dead in US

-- 2021-08-05 18:00:29

A 28-year-old Bangladeshi youth was shot dead allegedly by an unidentified gunman at South Philadelphia in Pennsylvania of United States on Tuesday night, his friends and police said. The youth was i...

Bangladeshi man murdered in Saudi Arabia

Bangladeshi man murdered in Saudi Arabia

-- 2021-08-05 17:57:14

A Bangladeshi man was found dead with his throat slit in the Al Hara area of Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, according to his family, reports bdnews24.com. The deceased, Zakir Hossain Gazi, hailed from...

Preparations underway to run passenger trains from Aug 11, says minister

Preparations underway to run passenger trains from Aug 11, says minister

-- 2021-08-05 17:37:33

Preparations are underway to operate 38 pairs of intercity trains and 19 pairs of mail and commuter trains after the nationwide lockdown restrictions come to an end on Aug 10, said Railways Minister M...

Delta variant accounts for 98pc of COVID cases in Bangladesh

Delta variant accounts for 98pc of COVID cases in Bangladesh

-- 2021-08-05 17:28:40

About 98 per cent of COVID-19 patients across Bangladesh in July have contracted the Delta variant of the pathogen, according to a study conducted by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. The...

India wants to implement disaster management MoU with Bangladesh

India wants to implement disaster management MoU with Bangladesh

-- 2021-08-05 15:16:22

New Delhi has showed keen interest to implement the recently signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) on between India and Bangladesh disaster management to become resilient on natural disaster togeth...

PM hands over Sheikh Kamal NSC Award to 12 entities

PM hands over Sheikh Kamal NSC Award to 12 entities

-- 2021-08-05 15:11:43

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has distributed Sheikh Kamal National Sports Council (NSC) Award-2021 to 10 sports personalities and two organisations through a virtual function. On behalf of the Prime...

‘Rohingya robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab in Cox's Bazar

‘Rohingya robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab in Cox's Bazar

-- 2021-08-05 15:09:32

A suspected  Rohingya robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion members in Damdamia area of Hnila Union in Teknaf Upazila early Thursday. The deceased was id...

Factories, domestic flights exempted during lockdown

Factories, domestic flights exempted during lockdown

-- 2021-08-05 14:28:04

The Bangladesh government has issued a notice extending the current ongoing nationwide lockdown by five days to Aug 10 in an attempt to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdown restrictions will remain...

More rainfall likely over several parts of Bangladesh

More rainfall likely over several parts of Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-05 13:31:10

People in the capital and some parts of the country are expected to witness an increased rainfall from tonight (Thursday night) and it may continue to Sunday as monsoon is fairly active over Banglad...

Singer factory catches fire in Savar

Singer factory catches fire in Savar

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-05 12:36:08

A fire broke out in a warehouse of Singer Bangladesh in Savar upazila of Dhaka on Thursday. Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence media official M. Rayhan told The Financial Express that the fi...

ACC sues five including two Bank Asia officials for embezzling Tk 120m

ACC sues five including two Bank Asia officials for embezzling Tk 120m

-- 2021-08-05 12:16:15

The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a case against five people, including two officials of Bank Asia, for embezzling nearly Tk 120 million from clients. ACC Assistant Director Fazlul Bari of its...