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Sajeeb Group chairman, six others sent to jail

-- 2021-07-14 20:26:05

Md Abul Hashem, chairman of Sajeeb Group, and six others, including his two sons, have been sent to jail after their bail pleas were rejected in a case over a deadly factory fire that claimed more tha...

80 to 90pc people will be vaccinated by December, AL leader Hanif says

-- 2021-07-14 20:13:35

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahabubul Alam Hanif on Wednesday said about 80 to 90 per cent of the country's population will be inoculated by next December. “COVID-19 vaccines are being...

Dipu Moni to unveil plan about SSC, HSC examinations on Thursday

-- 2021-07-14 19:48:52

Education Minister Dipu Moni is set to unveil the government’s plan about this year’s SSC and HSC examinations as the educational institutions have remained closed amid a record surge in c...

Bar on tourist venues, public gatherings to continue

-- 2021-07-14 18:27:17

The Bangladesh government has ordered tourist venues to remain closed and maintained the ban on public gatherings during the week-long easing of pandemic restrictions ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. The Cabine...

Violation of health guidelines: Launch operators, passengers to pay penalties

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-14 18:11:51

The launch operators and passengers must pay penalties if they do not follow the health safety guidelines during the upcoming Eid--ul-Azha journey, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury...

COVID-19: 12,383 new cases, 210 deaths recorded in 24 hours

-- 2021-07-14 17:52:35

Bangladesh has registered 210 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 17,052. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,059,538 after 12,383 people tested positive for the disease until 8...

Bus owners seek Tk 50b in incentives to pay loans

-- 2021-07-14 17:41:27

Battered by several rounds of coronavirus lockdown, bus owners in Bangladesh have sought financial aid from the government as they are buckling under the burden of loans taken from banks. They have s...

CAAB initiates process to auction 12 planes left at Dhaka airport

-- 2021-07-14 17:03:48

The authorities are going to auction 12 aircraft that have been left at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka for a long time. The airlines owning the planes are not paying the fees for the place...

Sinopharm to supply 15.0m vaccine doses at reduced price

-- 2021-07-14 16:52:28

China’s Sinopharm will supply a total of 15.0 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh at a reduced price. The Directorate General of Health Services will receive 13.0 million vaccin...

Three killed in Kushtia road accidents

-- 2021-07-14 15:28:38

Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Kushtia district on Wednesday morning and Tuesday night. Two motorcyclists were killed in a collision between a truck and their motorbike on Kus...

Rajshahi hospital reports 25 more Covid deaths

-- 2021-07-14 15:20:41

Twenty-five more Covid patients have died at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Wednesday. Hospital director Brigadier General Shamim Yazdani...

Journo Mohiuddin Ahmed dies at 79

-- 2021-07-14 15:13:54

Journalist Muhiuddin Ahmed, a former News Editor of UNB, died at his Dakkhin Banasree residence in Dhaka on Wednesday. He was 79. Muhiuddin, also a member of the Jatiya Press Club, had been suffering...

Traffic swells on Dhaka on final day of lockdown

-- 2021-07-14 15:05:03

Cars, freight vehicles, and microbuses outnumbered rickshaws on the final day of lockdown in Dhaka, as traffic increased on the streets of the capital. Autorickshaws and motorcycles, sparse in the ea...

19 more die of Covid-19 in Barisal division

-- 2021-07-14 13:51:56

Nineteen more people have died of Covid-19 in Barisal division in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, health officials said. Of them, 13 died at Sher-E-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH), two i...

Kamrangirchar blast: Death toll rises to three, includes child

-- 2021-07-14 12:28:53

The death toll in autorickshaw ‘battery explosion at Kamrangirchar area in Dhaka rose to three on Wednesday as five-year-old Aysha has also succumbed to burns. She breathed her last on Wednesda...

Will work with Bangladesh seizing new opportunities, says French envoy

-- 2021-07-14 12:04:02

Ambassador of France to Bangladesh Jean-Marin Schuh on Tuesday said his country will continue to work with Bangladesh to prepare for the future building resilience, adapting to the changing global env...

VOA ends Bangla radio broadcasts after more than six decades

-- 2021-07-14 10:32:22

Voice of America Bangla language service FM and shortwave radio transmissions will officially end on July 17, after 63 years of serving Bangladesh and the Bangla-speaking Indian states of West Bengal,...

Committee formed to oversee rawhide preservation, transportation

FE REPORT 2021-07-14 09:11:50

The government has formed a central joint coordination committee to oversee the overall activities of rawhide and skins of sacrificial animals including preservation and transportation during Eid-ul...

Bangladeshi migrant workers in trouble over Covid vaccine registration

FE REPORT 2021-07-14 09:10:28

Outbound migrant workers were facing difficulties in registering for Covid-19 vaccine as they were going through a two-step registration process, workers and rights activists said at a press confere...

Veg trader dies as truck hits him

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-13 23:14:49

A vegetable trader, identified as Saiful Islam, was killed when a truck hit him in the Karwan Bazar area of the capital on Tuesday morning. Bachchu Mia, a sub-inspector at the police camp of Dhaka Me...

Democracy and development should get equal importance, Moyeen Khan says

-- 2021-07-13 21:57:33

BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Tuesday said Bangladesh should prioritise democracy and development equally as freedom fighters sacrificed their lives to achieve these two objectives. The B...

Violation of health rules to invite severe disaster, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2021-07-13 21:39:07

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged all to remain careful about the spread of coronavirus and not to make any mad rush at ferry ghats, bus-launch terminals and cattle markets...

Domestic flights to resume for eight days from Thursday

-- 2021-07-13 20:44:39

The government has decided to resume flight operations to all domestic destinations for eight days, starting from Thursday.  The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) issued an air trans...

Vessels to operate at half capacity from July 14 midnight

UNB 2021-07-13 20:44:07

Vessels will carry passengers at half capacities and maintain health guidelines from July 14 midnight to 6am on July 23. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) issued a notice on vessel...

Local administration to take decision on Eid prayer, says ministry

UNB 2021-07-13 20:22:14

Local administrations in consultation with public representatives and local elites will take decision on Eid congregation at mosques, Eidgahs or open fields considering Covid situation in their respec...

‘Nothing to be sceptical about Chinese vaccines’

UNB 2021-07-13 20:01:46

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said there is nothing to worry about the safety of Chinese vaccines, mentioning that millions of people used the vaccines approved by the World Health Org...

RMG factory owners told to clear dues by July 19

FE Online Report 2021-07-13 19:56:28

The government on Tuesday instructed garment factory owners to pay all dues, monthly wages and festival bonus by July 19. State Minister for labour Munnojan Sufian made the instruction at a meeting o...

Bangladeshi-origin Kishwar finishes third in MasterChef Australia

-- 2021-07-13 19:21:44

Kishwar Chowdhury of Bangladeshi descent has finished third in the 2021 edition of the prestigious MasterChef Australia competition, coming behind Justin Narayan, who finished first, and Pete Campbell...

Chinese, Russian companies decline to share vaccine technology

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-13 19:13:25

A plan for the coproduction of COVID-19 vaccines in Bangladesh, in collaboration with the manufacturing companies of China and Russia, has faced uncertainty as the companies do not want to share the t...

Bangladesh logs 12,198 virus cases, 203 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-07-13 17:36:52

Bangladesh has registered 203 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 16,842. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,047,155 after 12,198 people tested positive for the disease until 8...