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China expects Bangladesh will not join Quad

China expects Bangladesh will not join Quad

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-13 16:02:38

China believes that Bangladesh will not join the Quad alliance as the country has said that it will not join any military alliance. Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming said this on Sunday in a press briefin...

Stress on overcoming learning loss to avoid long-term damage to children’s well-being

Stress on overcoming learning loss to avoid long-term damage to children’s well-being

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-13 12:51:48

School closures have caused large and persistent damage to children’s learning and wellbeing, the cost of which will be felt for decades to come, according to a new report by the Global Educat...

Responsible journalism stressed for sustainable media

Responsible journalism stressed for sustainable media

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-13 12:08:51

New information communication technologies have transformed the functions and process of content creation distribution and consumption. But the role of media remains almost the same as it was in the p...

WB-funded project in the slow lane

WB-funded project in the slow lane

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-03-13 10:34:26

SYLHET: The work on the World Bank (WB)-funded project worth Tk 1.28 billion is likely to miss another deadline due to slow progress, sources say. The project includes the construction of bus termina...

5.0m families to get rice at Tk 10 per kg, says Minister   

5.0m families to get rice at Tk 10 per kg, says Minister  

-- 2022-03-12 21:06:06

Agriculture Minister Mohammad Abdur Razzaque on Saturday said the government will distribute rice among 5.0 million poverty-ridden families at Tk 10 per kg. "Due to the Russia-Ukraine war the price o...

Dhaka, Riyadh eye stronger political, investment ties

Dhaka, Riyadh eye stronger political, investment ties

-- 2022-03-12 20:54:22

Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia are keen to strengthen their political and investment relations as Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud will arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday. Foreign Ministe...

PM leaves Abu Dhabi for home

PM leaves Abu Dhabi for home

-- 2022-03-12 20:40:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Abu Dhabi for home on Saturday wrapping up her five-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the PM...

Worker dies, four hurt as wall collapses in Rajshahi

Worker dies, four hurt as wall collapses in Rajshahi

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-12 20:00:33

A worker was killed and four others were injured as a wall collapsed on them on Saturday at Chotobangram Bimanchattar area in Rajshahi city. The deceased was identified as Riazul, reports UNB. Injur...

Government official held for hoarding 512 litres of soybean oil

Government official held for hoarding 512 litres of soybean oil

-- 2022-03-12 17:40:46

Police have arrested a government official and seized 512 litres of cooking oil from his possession in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur. The official, who has been on his pre-retirement leave, illegally sto...

South Korea joins race to win Chattogram metro rail project

South Korea joins race to win Chattogram metro rail project

-- 2022-03-12 17:24:21

South Korea has put its hat in the ring to build Bangladesh’s second metro rail network in Chattogram after China presented a proposal for the project. The government’s Public Private Par...

Common mistakes in exercise

Common mistakes in exercise

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed 2022-03-12 17:19:09

We all know that exercise is good for health. But are we doing it correctly? Exercise does not mean lifting some weight, swimming, cycling or running for hours or pressing benches. It must be a care...

198 Covid-19 cases, three deaths reported in 24 hours

198 Covid-19 cases, three deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-03-12 16:29:52

Bangladesh has registered 198 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, the lowest in a day since Dec 18, taking the caseload to 1,949,253. The government also recorded three deaths from the coronavirus in a 2...

Dhaka Media Summit on Journalism held at ULAB

Dhaka Media Summit on Journalism held at ULAB

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-12 14:56:16

New information and communication technologies have brought new opportunities as well as threats for journalism around the world. Close collaboration among media education institutions, media academic...

Bangladeshi woman dies in Kolkata guest house fire

Bangladeshi woman dies in Kolkata guest house fire

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-12 14:21:46

A 60-year-old Bangladeshi woman was charred to death while two others sustained injuries in a major fire that broke out at a guest house in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata early on Saturday morning...

PM attributes Bangladesh's development to continuation of democratic process

PM attributes Bangladesh's development to continuation of democratic process

-- 2022-03-12 13:39:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the development of today’s Bangladesh has only been possible as the democratic trend has been continuing for 13 consecutive years. “Today, you (people) h...

Allan Donald puts his eye on Shoriful

Allan Donald puts his eye on Shoriful

Mashfiq Mizan 2022-03-12 12:09:15

Allan Donald, the newly appointed pace bowling coach of Bangladesh used to be affectionately called ‘The White Lightning’ for his lightning quick deliveries. Although not as fast as Donal...

BTRC urged to review draft rules on digital media

BTRC urged to review draft rules on digital media

FE REPORT 2022-03-12 08:23:40

A coalition of 45 international organisations wrote to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to withdraw or review the proposed regulations for digital media, social media, and...

‘Hadisur’s body to reach Bangladesh on March 13-14’

‘Hadisur’s body to reach Bangladesh on March 13-14’

-- 2022-03-11 21:30:08

The body of engineer Md Hadisur Rahman, who was killed in a rocket attack on the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) vessel stranded at a Ukraine port, is expected to reach Dhaka on March 13 or 14,...

Philippines to help Bangladesh for producing exportable pineapple, banana, tea, coconut

Philippines to help Bangladesh for producing exportable pineapple, banana, tea, coconut

-- 2022-03-11 20:49:30

Philippines will give assistance to Bangladesh for producing exportable and high quality pineapple variety MD2, G9 banana, Delmon tea, rare and high value Macapuno coconut. A memorandum of understand...

Two held for giving proxy in recruitment test

Two held for giving proxy in recruitment test

-- 2022-03-11 18:59:38

A student of Chattogram University and another were arrested while giving proxy for others at the office assistant recruitment test at the Chittagong City Corporation Municipal Model School and Colleg...

Concluding session of FAO event in Dhaka turns political over Russia-Ukraine war

Concluding session of FAO event in Dhaka turns political over Russia-Ukraine war

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-11 18:40:34

A heated exchange of words between Japan and Russia over the latter’s war with Ukraine marked the concluding session of the four-day 36th Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific of FAO (APR...

Leftist alliance calls half-day hartal on March 28

Leftist alliance calls half-day hartal on March 28

-- 2022-03-11 17:51:32

The Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) has called a half-day hartal on March 28 to protest the soaring prices of edible oil and other essential commodities. The strike will be observed from 8:00 am to 12...

Murder charges filed against 15 people over ASP Anisul's death

Murder charges filed against 15 people over ASP Anisul's death

-- 2022-03-11 17:22:10

Police have pressed murder charges against 15 people, including National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital (NIMH) Registrar Dr Abdullah Al Mamun, over the death of Senior Assistant Superintenden...

Bangladesh reports 257 new Covid cases, five deaths

Bangladesh reports 257 new Covid cases, five deaths

-- 2022-03-11 16:58:38

Bangladesh has recorded 257 new Covid-19 cases, raising the tally of infections to 1,949,055. The death toll from the disease climbed by five in 24 hours to 29,105, according to the latest government...

Two minor brothers die after taking 'fever medicine' in Brahmanbaria

Two minor brothers die after taking 'fever medicine' in Brahmanbaria

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-11 15:27:24

Two young siblings have reportedly died after consuming 'paracetamol syrup' to lower their fever in Brahmanbaria's Ashuganj. The incident took place in Durgapur village on Thursday, said Azad Rahman,...

Three tourist cops shunted out for attack on SBMCH nurse

Three tourist cops shunted out for attack on SBMCH nurse

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-11 11:03:50

Three personnel of the Barishal zone tourist police have been shunted out in connection with the attack on a nurse at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) on Wednesday night. The puniti...

Police seize Tk 3.04b fake cheques from Sonali Bank branch

Police seize Tk 3.04b fake cheques from Sonali Bank branch

FE REPORT 2022-03-11 10:39:41

Police confiscated seven fake bank cheques worth about Tk 3.04 billion and detained a person in this connection from Dilkusha Corporate Branch of Sonali Bank on Wednesday. Azarur Rahman Farukh, 46, o...

Winrock honours 50 trafficking survivors

Winrock honours 50 trafficking survivors

FE REPORT 2022-03-11 09:46:26

Fifty women, who survived human trafficking and subsequently rebuilt their livelihoods, were recently honoured with Pioneers for Self-Reliant Women awards. Winrock International's Ashshash Project, s...

Indian river projects affecting Bangladesh, say experts

Indian river projects affecting Bangladesh, say experts

FE REPORT 2022-03-11 08:39:06

Indian river inter-link projects and dams as well as adoption of dam-based water management (the cordon approach) for rivers here brought devastating consequences for Bangladesh's ecology and economy,...

Marine Drive — a blend of hill and ocean charms

Marine Drive — a blend of hill and ocean charms

OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR 2022-03-11 08:02:04

Cox's Bazar's Marine Drive from Kalatali to Teknaf along the Bay of Bengal is one such road that presents an exquisite picturesque setting - with the hills and the sea getting mingled. The 80-kilomet...