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Lawmakers stress effective taxation to build tobacco-free country

-- 2021-07-13 17:22:53

Eleven members of parliament have suggested reducing the affordability of tobacco products and increasing retail prices of all tobacco products to build a tobacco-free country. The lawmakers also poi...

Bangladesh to get 5.9m doses of Pfizer, Moderna vaccine in July

-- 2021-07-13 15:06:01

Bangladesh will receive 5.9 million vaccine doses under the COVAX global vaccine sharing initiative in July, says Health Minister Zahid Maleque. The consignment consists of 3 million doses of Moderna...

Train services to resume at half capacity from Thursday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-13 14:25:10

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will resume its inter city and mail/commuter train services for eight days at a half capacity from Thursday ahead of Eid-ul-adha. In a press notice on Tuesday, the state-run t...

Bangladesh eases lockdown restrictions for Eid

-- 2021-07-13 13:50:04

Bangladesh government has decided to ease lockdown restrictions for 9 days to allow people to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha, despite record numbers of new coronavirus cases and deaths. Restrictions will...

Chattogram sees record 955 virus cases as deaths rise by 10 in a day

-- 2021-07-13 12:02:07

The Chattogram district has recorded 955 positive cases of COVID in a 24-hour count, a new daily high, while 10 people have died from the disease. As many as 2,649 samples were tested for the coronav...

Chattogram hospital suspends admission of general patients

-- 2021-07-13 10:39:18

Amid an alarming surge in coronavirus cases in Chattogram district, authorities at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) have decided to turn it into a "Covid facility". In a notification on Mon...

Why are Covid deaths spiralling in Bangladesh?

-- 2021-07-13 10:20:19

In Jashore’s Keshabpur Upazila Health Complex, four patients have died from the coronavirus infection in the space of a week. Jashore is one of many districts where the community transmission o...

River erosion intensifies

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-07-13 10:14:56

Innumerable villages, houses, roads, and croplands are being lost for years due to the erosion by the Kangsha river in Netrakona Sadar and Barhatta Upazila. In Netrakona, a market beside the Kangsha...

Labour ministry forms committee to probe Hashem Foods factory fire

FE REPORT 2021-07-13 09:54:15

The Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) on Monday formed a six-member committee to ascertain the real causes of a devastating fire at Hashem Foods Ltd at Rupganj in Narayanganj that claimed 52...

20 cattle markets in Dhaka to start operations from July 17

-- 2021-07-12 21:55:54

Two city corporations in Dhaka have decided to operate 20 cattle markets from July 17 to July 21, maintaining the health guidelines, on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Azha. Out of the total 20 cattle mar...

DNCC fines around Tk 0.3m during anti-mosquito drives

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-12 20:55:27

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Monday imposed fines worth Tk 2,91,700 in 14 cases during anti-mosquito drives in order to prevent the spread of Aedes mosquito, dengue and chikungunya in its ar...

Train services to resume on July 15-22, says Minister

UNB 2021-07-12 20:53:19

Bangladesh Railway is going to restore its passenger train services for eight days from July 15-22 across the country keeping 50 per cent of the seats empty apparently to facilitate the movement of pe...

Govt to ease pandemic restrictions from July 15 to 22

-- 2021-07-12 20:09:55

The government has decided to extend the ongoing coronavirus lockdown by easing the restrictions from Jul 15 to Jul 22 due to Eid-ul-Azha. The harsh curbs will be reimposed after the festival, report...

Bangladesh to host World Peace Conference Dec 4-5, says FM

UNB 2021-07-12 19:56:29

Bangladesh will host a two-day world peace conference on December 4-5, marking the ongoing birth centenary celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 50 years of indep...

164 doctors die, over 8,300 health staffers infected in pandemic

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-12 19:17:17

Coronavirus has so far claimed the lives of at least 164 doctors in the country while the total numbers of infections among the health workers have exceeded 8,380, according to a report of Bangladesh...

Bangladesh expresses disappointment over UK’s FCDO report

-- 2021-07-12 19:04:48

Bangladesh expressed its disappointment to the United Kingdom (UK) for presenting ‘grossly misleading’ information about jailed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Mo...

13,768 new COVID-19 cases, 220 deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2021-07-12 18:00:26

Bangladesh has registered a record 13,768 new COVID-19 cases in a day, taking the total caseload to 1,034,957. The country also logged 220 new deaths, taking the total death toll to 16,639 until 8 am...

Bangladeshi-origin Kishwar in MasterChef Australia finals

Tahseen Nower 2021-07-12 17:32:43

Kishwar Chowdhury has so far done wonders with her reimagining of Bangladeshi dishes in an Australian style to win the hearts of the judges and the spectators at MasterChef Australia season 13. A pri...

Supreme Court upholds death for convict in Labaid doctor murder case

-- 2021-07-12 17:30:33

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for Aminul Islam over the killings of Dr Nazneen Aktar, a doctor at Labaid Hospital, and her domestic aide Parvin Aktar Parul....

ILO launches COVID-19 awareness campaign for RMG workers

-- 2021-07-12 15:55:22

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a ‘Behaviour Change Awareness Campaign’ to identify and reduce the COVID-19 risks faced by ready-made garment (RMG) workers in thei...

Bangladesh suspends visa-on-arrival amid virus concerns

-- 2021-07-12 14:53:54

The visa on arrival facility in Bangladesh remains suspended for citizens of all countries except for the investors and businesspersons due to the influx of COVID-19. Therefore, the government says,...

Two cattle traders killed in Gaibandha road accident

-- 2021-07-12 12:05:41

Two cattle traders were killed and four others injured in a collision between a truck and a pickup van on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district on Monday. The deceased we...

Barisal Division sees record 22 Covid deaths in a day

-- 2021-07-12 11:51:42

Barisal logged 22 new Covid deaths in 24 hours till Monday morning, the division's highest single-day fatalities this year, said divisional health department authorities. Among them, 19 died at Sher-...

Bombs recovered from militant hideout in Narayangonj

-- 2021-07-12 10:34:00

Police have recovered three ‘powerful’ bombs during an operation on a militant hideout at Panchagaon area in Araihajar upazila of Narayanganj district. Members of the bomb disposal unit a...

Kushtia cattle farmers hit hard by pandemic

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-07-12 10:07:06

The Covid-19 epidemic has created a serious negative impact not only on the health sector of Bangladesh but also on all aspects of living. After the Covid-19 outbreak began in early March in Banglade...

10 cattle markets to be set up maintaining health rules, says DNCC Mayor

UNB 2021-07-11 22:20:55

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will set up 10 cattle markets in its areas ahead of Eid-ul-Azha maintaining Covid health rules and government restrictions, Mayor Atiqul Islam said Sunday. The may...

DGHS warns of darker days as COVID-19 situation worsens

-- 2021-07-11 22:00:14

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has warned that the pandemic could worsen over the next seven days as infections continued to soar despite the imposition of a stringent lockdown. Ab...

UNICEF mourns death of children in Rupganj factory fire

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-11 21:37:42

UNICEF has mourned the deaths of children in a fire at a food processing factory in Rupganj, Bangladesh on Thursday. In a statement issued on Sunday, UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh, Tomoo Hozumi...

BGMEA, truck-covered van owners stress vigilance on Dhaka-Ctg highway

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-11 21:36:16

Leaders of the country’s apparel sector and truck-covered van association have urged the government to raise vigilance of law enforcing agencies to prevent incidents of RMG export goods on Dhaka...

Authorities to restrict traffic on Langalbandh bridge from Monday

UNB 2021-07-11 21:27:44

Traffic on Langalbandh bridge on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway will be restricted from July 12-14 due to the repairing of damaged decks and slabs of the bridge. Located between Kanchpur and Meghna bri...