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Govt retains money whitening facility

-- 2021-06-29 20:04:57

The government has retained the facility to legalise undisclosed income without questioning the sources through investment in certain sectors. Parliament passed the Finance Bill for 2021-22 financial...

Total coronavirus cases in Bangladesh top 900,000

-- 2021-06-29 18:10:59

Bangladesh has registered 7,666 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the total caseload from the disease to 904,436. It also registered 112 deaths from the coronavirus in the same period, taking th...

Desperate homebound people throng ferry ghats

-- 2021-06-29 17:48:58

Passengers are packed so close they can feel each other's breath. There is only standing room on the ferry and from the deck to the staircase, the railing to the prayer room, every inch of the ferry i...

PM vows to ensure free Covid-19 vaccination for all

-- 2021-06-29 17:23:45

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will not hesitate to spend funds on collecting coronavirus vaccines to bring all citizens under inoculation coverage for free. “We’ve...

Caretaker found dead in debris of Moghbazar building

-- 2021-06-29 16:52:03

Rescuers have found the body of a man from the debris of a building that partially collapsed in Dhaka’s Moghbazar following an explosion. The death toll rose to eight. Victim Harun-or-Rashid Ho...

Australia to provide AUD 85m to Brac under SPA

-- 2021-06-29 16:48:03

Australia will provide AUD 85 million to Brac under the third phase of the Strategic Partnership Arrangement (SPA) for 2021-2025. In a signing ceremony held on Monday, Australian High Commissioner to...

New budget will take Bangladesh one step forward, PM hopes

-- 2021-06-29 16:39:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is hopeful of implementing the budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year facing the challenges posed by coronavirus outbreak. The prime minister also expressed her hope that the...

Bangladeshi youth killed in BSF firing along Lalmonirhat border

-- 2021-06-29 16:36:13

A Bangladeshi young man was gunned down by some members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Patgram border in Patgram upazila on Tuesday morning. The shooting occurred near No 862 main pi...

Educational institutions to remain closed until July 31

-- 2021-06-29 15:43:24

The government has again extended the ongoing closure of all the educational institutions of Bangladesh until July 31 as the coronavirus situation keeps worsening in the country, reports UNB. The dec...

Police file negligence case over Moghbazar explosion

-- 2021-06-29 15:02:49

Police have filed a negligence case over the recent explosion in Moghbazar that killed seven people. The case filed under section 304 (a) of the Penal Code names no suspects, according to Ramna Divis...

Sayeed Khokon points finger at Mayor Taposh after bank account freeze

-- 2021-06-29 14:18:51

Former Dhaka mayor Sayeed Khokon has accused his successor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh of pushing an investigation against him. Khokon made the allegation at a press conference on Monday, a day after a...

Nigerian held for sneaking into Bangladesh

-- 2021-06-29 13:25:03

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have arrested a 31-year-old Nigerian national in Sylhet for allegedly sneaking into Bangladesh from India. The detainee has been identified as Onibukuu Staley, reports U...

Light to heavy rainfall likely in most parts of the country

FE Online Report 2021-06-29 12:49:29

Light to heavy rainfall is likely to occur in most parts of the country including Dhaka in the next 72-hour until Thursday, according to a met office bulletin. Bangladesh Meteorological Department (B...

25 die at RMCH Covid unit in 24 hours

-- 2021-06-29 11:58:50

Twenty-five people died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till 6:00 am on Tuesday, raising the toll to 340 at the facility since the start of June. Nine of the...

Kushtia hospital registers eight more Covid-related deaths

-- 2021-06-29 11:12:12

Kushtia General Hospital on Tuesday recorded eight more Covid-related deaths in 24 hours. Among the deceased, four were confirmed Covid patients while the remaining showed symptoms of the virus, said...

Mostly bureaucrats own properties in 'Begum Para', MPs tell parliament

FE REPORT 2021-06-29 10:09:42

Senior members of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Monday said that mostly bureaucrats own properties in 'Begum Para' located in the USA and Canada. Mainly, the wives and children of Bangladeshi millionair...

Army ready to be on the ground in enforcing hard lockdown

FE REPORT 2021-06-29 09:54:38

The government is deploying army personnel and border guards alongside the police to strictly enforce rules of the countrywide hard lockdown starting from July 01. No movement pass will be issued to...

DMP bans pillion passengers during lockdown

-- 2021-06-29 08:56:33

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has restricted motorcyclists from picking up passengers amid the lockdown designed to stem the rising rate of COVID-19 infections. DMP made the announcement in a media...

Bodies of Moghbazar blast victims handed to their families

-- 2021-06-28 22:55:09

The authorities have handed over the bodies of seven victims of the horrific Moghbazar explosion to their loved ones. The victims are college student Mostafizur Rahman, 26, private car driver Md Swap...

First batch of purchased Chinese vaccines to arrive soon, confirms Envoy 

UNB 2021-06-28 22:26:06

The first batch of Covid vaccines Bangladesh has purchased from China will arrive here soon, according to the country's ambassador in Dhaka Li Jiming. The Ambassador said this while delivering an on-...

E-cooking appliances proving handy to households of different income groups, says survey

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-28 21:21:48

Households of different income groups found e-cooking appliances a handy and purpose serving option and expressed interests to purchase cookstoves if suitable discounts/instalments are offered, the la...

Investigators find hydrocarbon gas in Moghbazar building

-- 2021-06-28 21:10:54

Investigators have found traces of hydrocarbon gas in the building that was ripped by a blast in Dhaka’s Moghbazar on Sunday. Abul Kalam Azad, the chief inspector of explosives, revealed the in...

HC refuses bail to another three accused in Sinha murder case

-- 2021-06-28 20:56:08

The High Court on Monday rejected bail to another three accused in the Maj. (retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan murder case on grounds that the petitions were not filed before it. The order was issued...

Police form seven-member body to probe Moghbazar explosion

-- 2021-06-28 20:36:12

Police formed a seven-member committee to investigate the huge blast that ripped through a building in Moghbazar on Sunday, leaving at least seven people killed and dozens injured. Additional Police...

Govt allocates Tk 230m to help poor, jobless people during lockdown

-- 2021-06-28 20:07:36

The government has allocated Tk 230 million in humanitarian assistance for the poor and unemployed to help them get through the lockdown designed to curb the COVID-19 spread. The allocation has been...

SI of PBI held with Yaba

UNB 2021-06-28 19:39:43

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained a sub-inspector of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) along with 11,560 Yaba pills from Bhellapara in Karnaphuli area of Chattogram. The detainee wa...

IGP doesn’t believe Moghbazar blast was a bomb

-- 2021-06-28 19:22:18

Explosives experts of the police will investigate the deadly blast in Dhaka’s Moghbazar, but chief Benazir Ahmed believes it was not caused by a bomb. During a visit to the site on Monday, the...

Life expectancy rises to 72 years 8 months, BBS report says

-- 2021-06-28 19:15:42

The average life expectancy of people in Bangladesh has increased by two months in a year to 72 years eight months in 2020, according to the national statistics agency. Men’s life expectancy ha...

SC dismisses HC order related to hiring of 2,500 teachers   

UNB 2021-06-28 19:00:09

The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday said the Non-government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) does not have to recommend the hiring of 2,500 petitioners as teachers in private ed...

Toughest Covid lockdown across country from Thursday

-- 2021-06-28 18:10:30

The government has decided to enforce a seven-day toughest nationwide lockdown from Thursday (July 1) engaging the Armed Forces, BGB and Battalion Police in a bid to check the coronavirus transmission...