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JS passes bill to ensure safe child daycare centres

-- 2021-06-16 14:45:57

Parliament has passed the Child Daycare Centre Bill 2021, seeking to support the children of professionals and working women as the number of nuclear families is increasing day by day. State Minister...

13 more die at RMCH Covid unit

-- 2021-06-16 13:16:10

Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) on Wednesday recorded 13 more deaths from Covid in 24 hours. Of the deceased, five were confirmed Covid patients while the remaining eight showed symptoms...

Over 1.04m farmers directly benefit from USAID funded project

-- 2021-06-16 13:07:54

Above 1.04 million farmers have directly benefited from a project run by the USAID's Feed the Future Initiative. The project titled 'Rice and Diversified Crops Activity' started in 2016 aiming to r...

Four-member family found throats slit in Sylhet, three die

-- 2021-06-16 11:48:10

A couple and their two minor children were found with their throats slit at their home at Binnakandi village in Goainghat upazila of Sylhet district on Wednesday, police said. While Alima Begum, 34,...

Bangladesh developing SSF as a time-befitting force, PM says

-- 2021-06-15 21:51:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that her government has been developing the Special Security Force (SSF) as a time-befitting force equipped with advanced technology and appropriate traini...

Rajshahi hospital logs nearly 150 COVID deaths in two weeks

-- 2021-06-15 21:35:07

As many as 148 people have died at the coronavirus unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in the first half of June. Among the dead, 56 were from Rajshahi district, a recent COVID-19 hotspot, whil...

Bangladesh approves single-dose J&J Covid-19 vaccine

-- 2021-06-15 20:38:52

The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) on Tuesday approved Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in the country. In a press release, the DGDA said that people aged...

Khaleda Zia struggling to survive, Abbas says

-- 2021-06-15 20:36:26

BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas on Tuesday said their party chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is struggling to survive for lack of advanced treatment. "Our leader Begum Khaleda Zia was...

Korea to provide $700m of EDCF loan to Bangladesh

-- 2021-06-15 20:24:22

South Korea has decided to provide US$ 700 million Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) loan to Bangladesh between 2021 and 2025. The two governments have been discussing this plan since last...

LOAB terms BERC's LPG pricing formula faulty, demands 'acceptable' one

FE Online Report 2021-06-15 19:45:52

Privately owned LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) operators have termed the pricing formula of the country’s energy regulator ‘faulty’ and demanded an ‘acceptable’ one. They...

Maritime ports advised to keep hoisted cautionary signal no three

FE Online Report 2021-06-15 18:22:13

Maritime ports have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal no three (R) three as the active monsoon deep convection is taking place over North Bay and adjoining areas. The 24- hour bull...

3,319 new COVID-19 cases, 50 deaths recorded in 24 hours

-- 2021-06-15 18:00:23

Bangladesh has recorded 3,319 new cases of the coronavirus in a day, the highest daily count since Apr 23. This brings the overall caseload to 833,291, according to the latest data released by the go...

Police get seven days to interrogate Nasir, Omi over attempted rape case

-- 2021-06-15 17:55:53

A Dhaka court has granted police seven days to interrogate real estate businessman Nasir U Mahmood and Tuhin Siddiqui Omi over an attempted rape case filed by actress Pori Moni. Police also received...

PM urges all to plant at least three saplings

-- 2021-06-15 17:53:19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged all, including the leaders and workers of Awami League and its associate bodies, to plant at least three saplings to make Bangladesh a much greener countr...

BRAC describes UK aid cuts as ‘catastrophic’ decision

-- 2021-06-15 17:05:41

The BRAC has described a decision, taken by the United Kingdom to cut funding to the world’s largest non-governmental development organisation, as “catastrophic”. Asif Saleh, execut...

Nasir Mahmood is a ‘good man’, Jatiya Party MP Chunnu says

-- 2021-06-15 16:42:51

Senior Jatiya Party MP Md Mujibul Haque, nicknamed Chunnu, has come to the defence of real estate businessman Nasir U Mahmood, the prime suspect in the attempted rape case filed by actress Pori Moni....

DB summons Pori Moni for questioning over attempted rape claims

-- 2021-06-15 16:33:24

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has called actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, popularly known as Pori Moni, to its offices to question her over a case of attempted rape and murder aga...

65,899 people secure bail in 43 working days

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-15 16:23:34

A total of 65,899 people secured bail in the 43 working days until Monday as the virtual courts and tribunals settled a total of 129,293 petitions. The virtual courts and tribunals have granted bail...

HRW says UN shared Rohingya data without informed consent

-- 2021-06-15 15:17:13

The United Nations refugee agency improperly collected and shared personal information from ethnic Rohingya refugees with Bangladesh, which shared it with Myanmar to verify people for possible repatri...

Dodgy hajj agencies to be tried in Bangladesh as parliament passes bill

-- 2021-06-15 14:18:15

Parliament has passed a bill clearing the way for Hajj and Umrah agencies to be tried in Bangladesh for any criminal offence in arranging the journeys to Saudi Arabia. State Minister for Religious Af...

Strict restrictions imposed in Dinajpur Hili area for a week to curb Covid surge

-- 2021-06-15 14:04:05

The local administration on Tuesday imposed strict restrictions in the Hili land port area of Dinajpur's Hakimpur upazila for a week to break the chain of Covid-19 transmission. The restrictions came...

Bangladesh to host virtual V20 Climate Vulnerables Finance Summit in July

-- 2021-06-15 12:05:21

The government of Bangladesh has announced it will host the first-ever virtual V20 Climate Vulnerables Finance Summit on July 8. The Summit will feature Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, heads of state f...

Sharp rise in deaths with Covid-like symptoms

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2021-06-15 11:43:24

A total of 2,302 people died from the Covid-19 like symptoms from March 22, 2020, to June 08, 2021. The death toll increased sharply in Bangladesh from May 24 to June 08 this year. Of the deaths,...

NID mandatory for filing case with police station or court: HC

FE REPORT 2021-06-15 08:35:46

The High Court on Monday directed that a plaintiff has to submit the copy of his national identity card (NID) during filing a case with a police station or a court. The judicial magistrate or the p...

Govt to look into proposal to bar female officials from guard of honour

-- 2021-06-14 22:58:58

A parliamentary committee’s recommendation to bar female officials from giving the guard of honour to dead freedom fighters will be looked into “in detail”, Cabinet Secretary Khandke...

Black fungus detected in patient at DMCH

UNB 2021-06-14 22:00:36

A patient was diagnosed with black fungus at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Monday, the chief of the public hospital said. DMCH Director Brig Gen Dr Nazmul Haque said, "The patient had post-Covid...

‘Pfizer, Sinopharm shots to start June 19’ 

UNB 2021-06-14 21:11:11

Bangladesh will start administering Sinopharm and Pfizer vaccine doses from June 19, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Monday. "The vaccination drive will start with the number of vaccines availa...

Bangladesh reelected ILO Deputy Member

UNB 2021-06-14 20:42:19

Bangladesh has been reelected Deputy Member of the governing body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) from the Asia-Pacific region for the term 2021-2024. The election was virtually held o...

Impose local lockdowns without risking COVID spread, says PM

-- 2021-06-14 20:02:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered local authorities not to take any risks and impose lockdowns on those areas seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases. Hasina asked the cabinet members to send her mes...

Nizam Uddin Ahmed becomes member of CSO Steering Committee of GAVI

-- 2021-06-14 19:53:42

Public Health Specialist Dr Nizam Uddin Ahmed has been elected as a member of the CSO Constituency Steering Committee of the Global Alliance for Vaccine Initiative (GAVI). He will hold this position...