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Paediatric Covid-19 vaccines arrive in Dhaka

Paediatric Covid-19 vaccines arrive in Dhaka

-- 2022-07-30 17:25:41

Bangladesh has received a shipment of over 1.5 million Pfizer paediatric vaccines for the Covid-19 virus. Dr Md Shamsul Haque, a director of the Directorate General of Health Services, said the campa...

US assistant secretary Sison to visit Bangladesh soon

US assistant secretary Sison to visit Bangladesh soon

-- 2022-07-30 17:18:22

US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele J Sison will travel to India, Bangladesh, and Kuwait on August 2-10. Sison will have consultations on a range of US mult...

349 Covid-19 cases, three deaths in 24 hours

349 Covid-19 cases, three deaths in 24 hours

-- 2022-07-30 17:02:36

Bangladesh has recorded 349 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,004,892. The death toll from the disease climbed by three in 24 hours to 29,288, according to the l...

1,361 level crossings across country  unathourised

1,361 level crossings across country unathourised

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-30 16:45:21

A total of 219 people were killed in 116 accidents at level crossings across the country in more than two and a half years. The death tolls from the rail accidents in the country occurred from 2020 t...

Coal mining suspended at Barapukuria as 40 workers test COVID positive

Coal mining suspended at Barapukuria as 40 workers test COVID positive

-- 2022-07-30 15:56:55

Authorities have suspended mining operations at the Barapukuria Mine in Dinajpur after 40 workers tested positive for COVID-19. The halt was called from Saturday morning, said the mine’s Managi...

Khoiyachhora tragedy: Case filed against railway gateman

Khoiyachhora tragedy: Case filed against railway gateman

-- 2022-07-30 15:03:04

Police have started a case against the gateman on duty at the rail crossing over the deaths of 11 people in a collision between a microbus and a Mahanagar Prabhati train in Chattogram's Mirsharai. Ch...

Drive slows against unregistered hospitals

Drive slows against unregistered hospitals

JUBAIR HASAN 2022-07-30 08:31:26

Government's clearout drive against unlicensed private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres across Bangladesh looks almost lull halfway through, leaving healthcare services risky. On allegations...

DNCC mayor wants to get rid of electric rickshaws

DNCC mayor wants to get rid of electric rickshaws

-- 2022-07-30 08:20:52

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Thursday asked for the government's help to stop the use of electric rickshaws, reports UNB. "Almost every locality in Dhaka city is fille...

Customs official ‘threatened’ after seizure of illegal liquor

Customs official ‘threatened’ after seizure of illegal liquor

-- 2022-07-29 23:05:23

A customs official has filed a complaint with police, alleging that he received threats over the seizure of more than 36,000 bottles of illegal liquor that were en route to Munshiganj from Chattogram...

Railway gateman arrested after deadly train-microbus collision

Railway gateman arrested after deadly train-microbus collision

-- 2022-07-29 22:52:14

Authorities have started investigating the train-microbus collision at a level crossing in Chattogram’s Mirsharai with questions swirling over the gateman’s responsibilities. Police detai...

Holy Ashura on August 9

Holy Ashura on August 9

-- 2022-07-29 21:43:08

Holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), will be observed in the country on August 9 as the Muharram moon was sighted in the Bangladesh sky on Friday. The decision was ta...

BNP carried out attacks on Hindu community during their reign: Obaidul Quader

BNP carried out attacks on Hindu community during their reign: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-07-29 21:15:04

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the BNP carried out a ‘record number’ of attacks on minority people in the country when...

Fuel, forex reserves may run out in coming days: Mirza Fakhrul

Fuel, forex reserves may run out in coming days: Mirza Fakhrul

-- 2022-07-29 21:09:28

Accusing the Awami League government of ruining the country’s economy through widespread corruption and plundering, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday warned that the fo...

Bangladesh keen to set up fertiliser factory in Uzbekistan: PM Hasina

Bangladesh keen to set up fertiliser factory in Uzbekistan: PM Hasina

-- 2022-07-29 20:58:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday stressed the need for developing direct connectivity with Uzbekistan for mutual benefits. “Bangladesh is keen to set up fertiliser factory in Uzbekistan u...

Chinese foreign minister due next week

Chinese foreign minister due next week

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-29 19:17:08

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Dhaka next week, said his Bangladeshi counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen. “Mr Wang is a very good friend of mine and we are happy that he is coming to D...

Key suspect in Tazreen fire becomes unit president of Awami League’s associate body

Key suspect in Tazreen fire becomes unit president of Awami League’s associate body

-- 2022-07-29 18:02:02

Delwar Hossain, indicted over the deadly blaze at the Tazreen Fashions garments factory a decade ago, has been appointed as president of the Awami Matsyajibi League's Dhaka North chapter. Matsyajibi...

More rains likely to lash Bangladesh

More rains likely to lash Bangladesh

-- 2022-07-29 17:41:30

More rains are likely to lash Bangladesh in the next 24 hours, the weather department has predicted. "Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur a...

65 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

65 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-07-29 17:26:38

A total of 65 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours till Friday morning. Among the new patients, sixteen new cases were reported from outside the Dhaka division,...

Shahed gets permanent bail in money embezzlement case

Shahed gets permanent bail in money embezzlement case

-- 2022-07-29 17:24:23

The High Court has granted permanent bail to Regent Hospital Chair Mohammad Shahed in a corruption case filed on charge of embezzling nearly Tk 27.5 million from Padma Bank (formerly Farmers Bank). T...

Case filed over 'unnatural deaths' of expatriates

Case filed over 'unnatural deaths' of expatriates

-- 2022-07-29 17:10:26

A case was filed on Thursday over recent 'unnatural deaths' of two members of a UK-based Bangladeshi family of five after they were found unconscious at a house in Sylhet’s Osmani Nagar. Delwar...

Bangladesh logs 355 new COVID cases, one death in a day

Bangladesh logs 355 new COVID cases, one death in a day

-- 2022-07-29 16:53:29

Bangladesh has recorded 355 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,004,543. The death toll from the disease climbed by one in 24 hours to 29,285, according to the lat...

Pranay Kumar Verma appointed next Indian envoy to Bangladesh

Pranay Kumar Verma appointed next Indian envoy to Bangladesh

-- 2022-07-29 16:02:55

Pranay Kumar Verma, presently Ambassador of India to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh. The Ministry of External Affairs made...

Cement-laden trawler sinks after collision with vessel in Barishal

Cement-laden trawler sinks after collision with vessel in Barishal

-- 2022-07-29 15:51:26

A trawler carrying cement has capsized in Pandab river of Barishal's Bakerganj upazila. The trawler was carrying 1,000 sacks of cement from a factory in Barishal city. It sank after a collision with...

11 die after train crashes into tourist microbus in Chattogram

11 die after train crashes into tourist microbus in Chattogram

-- 2022-07-29 15:06:45

At least 11 people have died after a train crashed into a tourist microbus at a level crossing in Chattogram's Mirsharai Upazila. The accident took place near the entrance to the Borotakia Station in...

Food shortages, dried up rivers making tigers in Sundarbans look for easy prey

Food shortages, dried up rivers making tigers in Sundarbans look for easy prey

-- 2022-07-29 13:51:04

One hundred and fourteen. That is the number of Royal Bengal Tigers, also known as Panthera Tigris Tigris, surviving in their natural habitat on the Sundarbans’ Bangladesh side. The forest cove...

Desh Rupantor Editor Amit Habib no more

Desh Rupantor Editor Amit Habib no more

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-29 09:29:49

Daily Desh Rupantor Editor Amit Habib passed away at a hospital in Dhaka city Thursday night, UNB reports. Amit, 59, breathed his last at 11pm while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of...

Linking MRT-BRT routes with six corridors ‘vital’

Linking MRT-BRT routes with six corridors ‘vital’

FE REPORT 2022-07-29 08:44:08

Proper linkage of mass rapid transit (MRT) and bus rapid transit (BRT) routes with six active corridors will be the key to making the transportation system of Dhaka sustainable, experts said at a wo...

BB sets Tk 309.11 billion farm credit target

BB sets Tk 309.11 billion farm credit target

SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2022-07-29 08:39:54

The central bank has set Tk 309.11 billion agriculture credit-disbursement target for all the scheduled banks in the current fiscal year (FY), 2022-23. The amount is nearly 9.0 per cent higher than t...

Research and education network to get bandwidth at low cost

Research and education network to get bandwidth at low cost

-- 2022-07-28 20:10:32

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunication will provide internet bandwidth at a low cost to Bangladesh Research and Education Network (BdREN,), an education network of the University Grants Commission...

DB to continue drives against US dollar hoarders

DB to continue drives against US dollar hoarders

-- 2022-07-28 19:02:17

Detective Branch (DB) of Police would continue its ongoing drives against the individuals involved in manufacturing counterfeit US dollars and hoarding the currency illegally. “We must conduct...