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Weapons, drugs, Tk 10m seized from Arani mayor’s home

Weapons, drugs, Tk 10m seized from Arani mayor’s home

-- 2021-07-07 13:42:24

Police have seized four pistols, illegal drugs, and nearly Tk 10 million after a raid on the home of Muktar Ali, the municipal mayor of Arani municipality in Rajshahi. Law enforcers have also taken t...

Virtual courts grant bail to 73,075 in 55 working days

Virtual courts grant bail to 73,075 in 55 working days

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

Virtual courts and tribunals have granted bail to 73,075 people in the last 55 working days until June 30 amid the countrywide strict lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. Apart from this, a to...

39 die of Covid-19 in Khulna, Kushtia

39 die of Covid-19 in Khulna, Kushtia

-- 2021-07-07 13:07:13

In the past 24 hours, as many as 39 people succumbed to coronavirus in Khulna and Kushtia districts, officials said on Wednesday morning. In Khulna, 22 people died of coronavirus in the worst Covid-a...

Kushtia hospital reports 17 more Covid-19 deaths

Kushtia hospital reports 17 more Covid-19 deaths

-- 2021-07-07 12:44:08

Kushtia General Hospital has reported 17 more Covid-related deaths in 24 hours amid an alarming surge in the number of new infections in the district. Of the deceased, 10 were confirmed Covid patient...

River erosion fear grips Rajshahi villagers

River erosion fear grips Rajshahi villagers

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2021-07-07 10:24:19

River erosion at Boripara village in Netrakona (left), Fulchhari upazila of Gaibandha district — FE Photos People living in the villages adjacent to the river Padma under Charghat upazila of...

BGB detains eight Bangladeshis pushed back from India

BGB detains eight Bangladeshis pushed back from India

-- 2021-07-06 22:01:17

Eight Bangladeshi citizens were detained by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Naogaon Sapahar border after being pushed back from India by Indian border guards Tuesday. The detainees are Md Shariful I...

PM greets Raushan, GM Quader on Eid-ul-Azha

PM greets Raushan, GM Quader on Eid-ul-Azha

-- 2021-07-06 21:02:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday greeted Leader of the Opposition Begum Raushan Ershad and Jatiya Party Chairman, also the deputy opposition leader, GM Quader on the occasion of the forthcoming...

Record-high 662 single-day Covid cases reported in Ctg district

Record-high 662 single-day Covid cases reported in Ctg district

-- 2021-07-06 20:30:00

Chattogram district, the second most hard-hit region by Coronavirus after Dhaka, reported a record-high 662 cases in the past 24 hours, while 9 more people died. The new cases were detected after tes...

32 more dengue cases reported in 24 hrs

32 more dengue cases reported in 24 hrs

UNB 2021-07-06 19:37:38

Amid a gradual spike in dengue cases following the trend of previous years during monsoon Bangladesh reported 32 new cases in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning. The recent spike in dengue cases...

‘Govt for any regional collaboration in fostering higher education’

‘Govt for any regional collaboration in fostering higher education’

UNB 2021-07-06 18:55:56

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said the government stands ready to heartily embrace any regional collaboration, cooperation and partnership in fostering higher education. "Now, it's ou...

11,525 new COVID-19 cases, 163 deaths recorded in a day

11,525 new COVID-19 cases, 163 deaths recorded in a day

-- 2021-07-06 18:32:26

Bangladesh has registered a record 11,525 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, as the total caseload from the disease surged to 966,406. It also recorded 163 fatalities from the virus, taking the total to...

Appellate Division conducts virtual hearing in full-fledged way

Appellate Division conducts virtual hearing in full-fledged way

FE 0NLINE REPORT 2021-07-06 18:16:52

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday conducted the virtual hearing in different cases in a full-fledged manner amid the strict lockdown situation.  Justices of the Appellate Di...

BR arranges cattle special train for Eid cattle

BR arranges cattle special train for Eid cattle

-- 2021-07-06 17:46:15

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has arranged a special train to transport sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. The train will operate on Jul 17-19, three days prior to Eid day, to meet the demands of th...

Govt to reach food to 10m families before Eid

Govt to reach food to 10m families before Eid

-- 2021-07-06 17:24:29

About one crore poor and helpless families will get food aid from the government during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha considering their hardships caused by coronavirus, Awami League General Secretary Obaid...

Khulna division records 1,865 Covid cases, highest single-day infection in 24 hours

Khulna division records 1,865 Covid cases, highest single-day infection in 24 hours

-- 2021-07-06 17:12:36

The coronavirus situation is worsening in Bangladesh’s Covid hotspot of Khulna by the day. On Tuesday morning, the division logged as many as 1,865 Covid cases in 24 hours, the highest single-d...

Int’l humanitarian bodies call for urgent action to increase Covid vaccine supplies to Bangladesh

Int’l humanitarian bodies call for urgent action to increase Covid vaccine supplies to Bangladesh

FE Online Report 2021-07-06 16:37:46

International humanitarian bodies call for urgent action to increase COVID-19 vaccine supplies to Bangladesh as hospitals reach capacity and oxygen supplies run short across the country. “The d...

Long queues at TCB points

Long queues at TCB points

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-06 16:35:07

First day of TCB's mobile truck commodity sales in the capital drew a huge crowd on Monday amid the Covid-19 pandemic ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Both male and female customers in the city rushed to the Tr...

DGHS assigns medical college teachers to perform clinical duties

DGHS assigns medical college teachers to perform clinical duties

-- 2021-07-06 16:27:53

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has ordered a mass transfer of doctors, including teaching staff at medical colleges, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Some 1,236 doctors were...

114 CMCH doctors transferred amid pandemic

114 CMCH doctors transferred amid pandemic

-- 2021-07-06 15:01:54

As many as 114 doctors from Chattogram Medical College Hospital have been transferred to other hospitals across the country amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Health issued orders...

13 Covid deaths recorded in Kushtia in a day, four in Rajshahi

13 Covid deaths recorded in Kushtia in a day, four in Rajshahi

-- 2021-07-06 14:13:26

The border district of Kushtia has registered 13 deaths due to COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8 am Tuesday, while the lab at Kushtia Medical College has logged 432 new cases of the disease. Two more pat...

Railways Ministry to run special cattle trains ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

Railways Ministry to run special cattle trains ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

-- 2021-07-06 13:12:01

The Railways Ministry has decided to run special cattle trains for ferrying sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Azha amid a worsening Covid-19 situation in the country. Shoriful Alam, senior informat...

Bangladesh likely to get 1m Oxford vaccine

Bangladesh likely to get 1m Oxford vaccine

-- 2021-07-06 11:56:23

Bangladesh is likely to receive one million Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses under the COVAX system in July, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said. Separately, it may receive an unspecified consignment...

Bangladesh receives medical oxygen from India

Bangladesh receives medical oxygen from India

-- 2021-07-06 10:33:43

Bangladesh has received the first consignment of medical oxygen from India in two and a half months amid the coronavirus pandemic. Linde Bangladesh imported 190 tonnes of oxygen from India in two day...

Chandana river turns into a canal

Chandana river turns into a canal

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-07-06 10:02:18

Once the fast-flowing river Chandana is almost dried up and there is knee-deep water somewhere. The places where there is water are also polluted for garbage dumped by the locals. Many influential pe...

Court recasts International Leasing's board of directors

Court recasts International Leasing's board of directors

FE REPORT 2021-07-06 09:50:34

The High Court (HC) has reconstructed the board of directors of the International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL), a non-banking financial institution which is in trouble due to loan...

Vaccine registration of migrant workers begins

Vaccine registration of migrant workers begins

-- 2021-07-05 21:33:54

The government has launched the final phase of online registration of migrant workers for COVID-19 vaccines. Besides the Surokkha platform, the expatriates can sign up via Ami Probashi app for the ja...

Four Covid patients die in Pabna hospital amid oxygen crisis

Four Covid patients die in Pabna hospital amid oxygen crisis

-- 2021-07-05 21:00:12

At least four patients in Covid-19 ward of Pabna General Hospital have died from the virus in the past 24 hours until Monday, allegedly due to a shortage of oxygen supply. The deceased were identifie...

Water levels of norther region rivers may rise rapidly in next 72 hours

Water levels of norther region rivers may rise rapidly in next 72 hours

-- 2021-07-05 20:09:41

The water levels of the Teesta, Dharla, Dudhkumar Rivers of the country’s northern region may rise rapidly in the next 72 hours. The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) on Monday said t...

526 vehicles fined Tk 1.22m in Dhaka for breaching lockdown rules

526 vehicles fined Tk 1.22m in Dhaka for breaching lockdown rules

UNB 2021-07-05 20:08:07

On the fifth day of the seven-day strict lockdown authorities on Monday arrested 413 people and fined 326 vehicles for violating the lockdown rules in the capital. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arr...

Buy vaccines urgently with money from mega projects, says BNP

Buy vaccines urgently with money from mega projects, says BNP

UNB 2021-07-05 19:05:26

BNP on Monday called upon the government to procure Covid vaccines on an emergency basis by diverting money allocated for mega projects as the pandemic has turned critical in the country. "Our specif...