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Month of Mourning begins

-- 2021-08-01 10:12:27

August, the month when Bangladesh lost its founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, began today (Sunday) in a sombre mood. A cable of army officers killed the Father of the Nation a...

Indigenous fish varieties on the verge of extinction

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-01 09:20:09

Different species of fish in the Cumilla district are on the verge of extinction due to the random use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers in agricultural lands. Moreover, the dumping of chemical...

Nutritional health deteriorating in poor households amid Covid

FE REPORT 2021-08-01 09:13:43

As malnutrition appears as a critical issue during this COVID-19 pandemic, experts have urged the government to take a multi-sectoral integrated approach to strengthen this aspect of health security...

Karnaphuli Tunnel won't be inaugurated in 2022: Official

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-01 08:49:00

The dream project Bangabandhu Tunnel under the River Karnaphuli will not be completed in next year as the execution of the over Tk 84.46 billion ($1.05 billion) project is hit hard by the Covid-19 p...

FE founder editor Moazzem Hossain’s 3rd death anniversary today

FE REPORT 2021-08-01 08:20:22

The 3rd anniversary of the death of iconic business journalist and founder editor of The Financial Express (FE) A.H.M. Moazzem Hossain is today (Sunday). On August 01, 2018, he passed away at the age...

Bangladesh allows bus, launch services for workers as factories resume in lockdown

-- 2021-07-31 22:46:26

The authorities have allowed bus and launch operators to resume services for workers who are facing trouble to return to cities with the factories reopening amid the coronavirus lockdown, reports bdne...

BITWA allows vessels to operate till 12 noon Sunday

UNB 2021-07-31 21:53:21

River vessels will be allowed to operate from Saturday evening to Sunday 12 pm to carry factory workers, said the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) on Saturday. To carry the workers...

Alarming surge in dengue cases as 196 more hospitalised

UNB 2021-07-31 20:00:35

Health authorities reported 196 new dengue cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning amid a spike in the Aedes mosquito-borne disease in the country. The outbreak of dengue fever --100 dengue patients...

Some int’l media spreading propaganda against Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud says

-- 2021-07-31 19:42:57

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said some international mass media are publishing wrong and untrue news intentionally against the government and the state as well, which is...

Dhaka gets busier as pandemic curbs wear off

-- 2021-07-31 19:42:34

The government-enforced lockdown to contain a rampant coronavirus pandemic appears to be losing its intensity with each passing day, even though COVID-19 infections and deaths show little or no signs...

Month of mourning begins Sunday

BSS 2021-07-31 19:14:36

The month of mourning begins Sunday for the nation to recall once again the brutal assassination of its founding father and renew the pledge to safeguard perpetually the country's independence and sov...

Momen appreciates health ministry’s ‘efficiency’ in managing vaccination programme  

UNB 2021-07-31 18:52:19

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday appreciated the Health Ministry for its competency and efficiency in managing the vaccination programme nationwide. He hoped that half of the targeted p...

No decision on lockdown extension yet, says State Minister

UNB 2021-07-31 18:33:27

There has been no decision yet on the extension of the ongoing lockdown that will expire on August 5, said State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain on Saturday. "We've received recomme...

No decision on lockdown extension yet, says State Minister

UNB 2021-07-31 18:33:27

There has been no decision yet on the extension of the ongoing lockdown that will expire on August 5, said State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain on Saturday. "We've received recomme...

Public, private sectors urged to hire NRBs to utilise their expertise

-- 2021-07-31 18:23:11

Speakers at a webinar urged the government and private sector entrepreneurs to hire the non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) in different projects offering them proper value and facilities to utilize thei...

COVID-19: 9,369 test positive, 218 die in 24 hours

-- 2021-07-31 17:54:38

Bangladesh has registered 218 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 20,685. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,249,484 after 9,369 people tested positive for the disease in the 2...

Army detains four armed extortonists from Rangamati

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-31 17:50:00

A patrol team of Bangladesh Army on early Saturday detained four alleged armed extortionists from Choto Kattoli area of Langadu upazila of Rangamati district. The detainees have been working for a lo...

Flood-hit people in Cox’s Bazar facing shortage of food, drinking water

UNB 2021-07-31 17:37:20

Around 250,000 flood-hit people in Cox’s Bazar district are facing a shortage of food and drinking water even if the district administration and public representatives are reaching relief to the...

7,81,320 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrive in Dhaka

-- 2021-07-31 16:55:33

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday received the second consignment of AstraZeneca vaccine doses from Japan under the COVAX facility. The second consignme...

Dhaka-bound travellers crowd ferry terminals as factories resume in lockdown  

-- 2021-07-31 16:49:42

The ferry terminals in Munshiganj's Shimulia and Madaripur's Banglabazar are teeming with large crowds despite the ongoing lockdown restrictions on travel following the government’s announcement...

Backstreet sales: 11 arrested for breaching bonded warehousing rules

-- 2021-07-31 16:22:39

Police have arrested 11 people for selling cloth in the open market after importing products through bonded warehousing, a tax-free facility provided by the government to export-oriented industries....

Chilahati-Haldibari freight train service resumes Sunday after 55 years

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-31 15:14:48

The freight train service between Chilahati in Bangladesh and Haldibari in India will resume on Sunday after 55 years of the suspension. A Bangladesh Railway official said 30 wagons packed with stone...

Bangladesh's Covid vaccination rate among lowest in South Asia, data reveals

-- 2021-07-31 14:21:00

Bangladesh’s pace of administering the COVID-19 vaccine is well below the rate needed to ensure that 40 per cent of citizens receive both doses by the end of the year. It is also significantly...

Thousands displaced as floods hit Bangladesh Rohingya camps

REUTERS 2021-07-31 10:10:55

Heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides and flash floods in refugee camps displacing thousands of Rohingya Muslims in southeastern Bangladesh this week, UN and other officials said on Friday, with fu...

Saudi Arabia blocks reentry of deported expatriates

FE REPORT 2021-07-31 10:02:32

Saudi Arabia will not allow re-entry of deported expatriates with employment visas, according to a circular of the Consulate General of Bangladesh in Jeddah. However, these workers can go to the Arab...

Influx into Dhaka amid lockdown continues

FE REPORT 2021-07-31 08:35:31

People continued to return to Dhaka on Friday despite all chances of spreading viral infection that has already taken a serious turn amid strict lockdown. The returnees went to their roots to celebra...

Court grants three-day remand to interrogate Helena Jahangir

-- 2021-07-30 22:07:51

A Dhaka court on Friday granted a three-day remand to interrogate Helena Jahangir, an expelled member of the ruling Awami League’s sub-committee, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (...

DGHS recommended extension of lockdown, no decision yet

UNB 2021-07-30 21:54:38

The ongoing stringent lockdown has been recommended for extension after August 5, said the Director General of the Directorate General (DG) of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr ABM Khurshid Alam. "We ha...

Over 200,000 stranded by flooding in Cox's Bazar

REUTERS 2021-07-30 20:22:07

More than 200,000 people were stranded by flooding, triggered by heavy monsoon rains, in Cox's Bazar Landslides and flash floods also displaced thousands of Rohingya refugees this week, UN and other...

Action to be taken against unregulated IP TVs, says Minister

UNB 2021-07-30 20:16:47

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud has said that action will be taken soon against unregulated and unauthorised Internet Protocol Television...