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Sheikh Hasina's imprisonment day observed

Sheikh Hasina's imprisonment day observed

-- 2021-07-16 20:53:15

The imprisonment day of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was observed in the country today (Friday) in a befitting manner, maintaining the health safety guidelines. The AL pres...

FM emphasises joint efforts to boost connectivity among Central, South Asian countries

FM emphasises joint efforts to boost connectivity among Central, South Asian countries

UNB 2021-07-16 20:08:29

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has laid emphasis on combined efforts among all states to establish good connectivity in Central and South Asia opening new avenues of cooperation. Dr Momen was add...

12,148 new coronavirus cases, 187 deaths recorded in 24 hours

12,148 new coronavirus cases, 187 deaths recorded in 24 hours

-- 2021-07-16 18:34:00

Bangladesh has logged 12,148 new cases of COVID-19 in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 1,08,39,22. Dhaka logged the highest daily cases among the eight divisions with 4,949. Chattogra...

Driver of cattle-laden truck shot dead in Chattogram

Driver of cattle-laden truck shot dead in Chattogram

-- 2021-07-16 17:10:40

The driver of a cattle-laden truck was shot dead by robbers on Fauzdarhat-Bayezid Link Road at Salimpur Union in Sitakunda upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman, 35, son o...

Rohingya refugees likely to get COVID-19 vaccine from next month

Rohingya refugees likely to get COVID-19 vaccine from next month

REUTERS 2021-07-16 17:01:08

Bangladesh plans to start rolling out inoculations against COVID-19 for the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya living in crowded refugee camps next month, says a senior official. “Subject to ava...

Bus services suspended in Barisal over union issues

Bus services suspended in Barisal over union issues

-- 2021-07-16 16:40:53

Commuters had a harrowing time on Friday as inter-district and intra-district bus services from two depots in Barisal were suspended over workers' union issues. Two different bus owners' associations...

Thousands of homebound travellers crowd Shimulia ferry terminal

Thousands of homebound travellers crowd Shimulia ferry terminal

-- 2021-07-16 16:29:53

Thousands of people have gathered at Munshiganj’s Shimulia ferry terminal as the easing of lockdown restrictions has sparked a mass exodus from Dhaka ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. A long queue of vehic...

Shamsul Alam to join cabinet as state minister for planning

Shamsul Alam to join cabinet as state minister for planning

-- 2021-07-16 16:07:43

Former member of Planning Commission Dr Shamsul Alam is going to join the cabinet as the state minister for planning. Preparations are being made for his oath-taking ceremony at Bangabhaban on Sunday...

Vaccine institute would be a gamechanger for Bangladesh: Experts

Vaccine institute would be a gamechanger for Bangladesh: Experts

-- 2021-07-16 14:20:39

As the government has planned to establish a vaccine institute, experts have appreciated it as a timely and bold move as they think Bangladesh has huge potential to grab the international vaccine mark...

Heavy traffic chokes Dhaka-Tangail highway

Heavy traffic chokes Dhaka-Tangail highway

-- 2021-07-16 13:20:44

As the government lifted travel restrictions ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, heavy traffic has hit the Dhaka-Tangail highway with homebound passengers travelling to the north. Heavy traffic created pockets of...

Govt forms body to ensure factory safety inspections after deadly fire

Govt forms body to ensure factory safety inspections after deadly fire

-- 2021-07-16 12:44:14

The government has moved to ensure safe workplace environment at industrial and commercial units with instructions to take steps for a swift inspection of all plants in the wake of the deadly fire at...

JMB militant executed for Udichi bombing

JMB militant executed for Udichi bombing

-- 2021-07-16 11:38:28

Asaduzzaman Chowdhury alias Panir, a member of the banned militant outfit JMB who was convicted over the bombing of the Udichi Shilpi Goshthi offices in Netrokona 16 years ago, has been hanged in a Ga...

Demand for oxygen peaks in Sylhet division

Demand for oxygen peaks in Sylhet division

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-07-16 10:11:28

SYLHET: The demand for oxygen increased in the Sylhet region in recent days amid an upward trend in the number of Covid patients all over the division. Just days ago, the demand was 150 cylinders d...

Bad days for daily wage earners

Bad days for daily wage earners

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-07-16 10:10:55

Due to prolonged lockdown, the daily wage earners who usually have to work hard to keep body and soul together are in great miseries for want of work and money. Khaleque Mia (43), Billal Khan (45),...

Dhaka cattle farms do brisk Eid business as online sales pick up

Dhaka cattle farms do brisk Eid business as online sales pick up

-- 2021-07-16 08:22:32

The coronavirus pandemic has a lot of dark sides as it continues its deadly path in Bangladesh. Curious and unexpectedly positive side-effects of the abrupt shifts in people's behaviour in response to...

Execution rate of Tk 1.17b Chandpur irrigation project zero in two and a half years

Execution rate of Tk 1.17b Chandpur irrigation project zero in two and a half years

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-07-16 08:06:24

The IMED has recommended scrapping an irrigation project of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) due to failure in making any execution progress within the deadline that has already expired. The...

Operators double fare, run buses at full capacity flouting health protocol

Operators double fare, run buses at full capacity flouting health protocol

-- 2021-07-15 22:44:02

Heated disputes over extra fare and flagrant breach of coronavirus health guidance have marked the restart of long-haul bus services ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Fewer passengers travelled on Thursday, with...

Rich country hypocrisy exposed by vaccine inequities

Rich country hypocrisy exposed by vaccine inequities

Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram 2021-07-15 21:35:14

No one is protected from the global pandemic until everyone is' has become a popular mantra. But vaccine apartheid worldwide, due to rich countries' policies, has made Covid-19 a developing country pa...

Korean agency gets contract for renovating reactors of BAEC

Korean agency gets contract for renovating reactors of BAEC

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-15 20:00:30

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has been awarded the tender for the modernisation of the 3 MW BAEC TRIGA Research Reactor (BTRR).  The company signed...

CDA won’t allow commercial structure at heritage zone CRB

CDA won’t allow commercial structure at heritage zone CRB

-- 2021-07-15 19:56:08

The Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) has said it will not allow commercial structure at Central Railway Building (CRB), which is marked as a heritage zone in the port city’s master plan....

Promote right persons in Army, says PM

Promote right persons in Army, says PM

-- 2021-07-15 18:38:21

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the Army Headquarters Selection Board-2021 needs to pick qualified people for promotion aiming to build a strong military. "I believe that the selection...

Bangladesh logs 226 new virus deaths, 12,236 cases

Bangladesh logs 226 new virus deaths, 12,236 cases

-- 2021-07-15 17:56:07

Bangladesh has registered 226 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 17,278. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,071,774 after 12,236 people tested positive for the disease until 8...

All above 18 yrs will be gradually vaccinated, says Health Minister

All above 18 yrs will be gradually vaccinated, says Health Minister

UNB 2021-07-15 17:33:47

Expanding the vaccine eligibility target, Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said everyone above 18 years will gradually be vaccinated in Bangladesh. "Arrangements are being made to gradually...

Quader urges BNP to stop spreading ‘lies’ about Covid vaccine

Quader urges BNP to stop spreading ‘lies’ about Covid vaccine

UNB 2021-07-15 17:24:31

Awami League Secretary General Obaidul Quader has dismissed BNP's allegation that the government is not doing anything for the marginalised and low-income groups hit hard by coronavirus-induced lockdo...

47 die of Covid-19 in Khulna division

47 die of Covid-19 in Khulna division

-- 2021-07-15 14:52:36

As many as 47 people have died of Covid-19 in different districts of Khulna division in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Thursday. Besides, 1,639 Covid-19 people tested positive for Covid-...

Govt plans to hold SSC exams in Nov, HSC in Dec

Govt plans to hold SSC exams in Nov, HSC in Dec

-- 2021-07-15 12:49:19

Minister of Education Dipu Moni has announced that the Secondary School Certificate, or SSC, examinations will be held in November and the Higher Secondary Certificate, or HSC, examinations in Decembe...

82pc crippled beggars are victims of road accidents, study finds

82pc crippled beggars are victims of road accidents, study finds

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-15 12:42:58

Among the beggars, who were crippled due to different accidents in the country, some 82.53 per cent got crippled in road accidents, according to the latest study. Some 17.46 per cent were crippled du...

Passenger vessels resume river service for Eid

Passenger vessels resume river service for Eid

-- 2021-07-15 12:11:37

Passenger vessels have resumed running on river routes after three weeks as government lifts lockdown restrictions for the pandemic ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. But Bangladesh shipping authorities and river...

Workers' safety: HC judge rips into business community over response to factory fire

Workers' safety: HC judge rips into business community over response to factory fire

-- 2021-07-14 23:00:30

A High Court justice has called into question the role of the businesses in safeguarding worker interests, improving workplace safety and factory environment in the wake of a deadly blaze at a factory...

BRAC to donate Tk 75m to 50,000 families

BRAC to donate Tk 75m to 50,000 families

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-14 22:55:58

BRAC rolled out a support programme of Tk 75 million for 50,000 families that lost earnings amid the second wave of the pandemic and consequent lockdown. The programme titled ‘Dakchhe Abar Desh...