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Bangladesh reports eight new Covid cases

Bangladesh reports eight new Covid cases

-- 2023-02-17 16:54:57

Bangladesh has recorded eight new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,738. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,445 over the 24-hour period...

UN to cut food aid for Rohingya refugees

UN to cut food aid for Rohingya refugees

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-17 14:24:09

The United Nations plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall for cuts that agencies warned on Friday would deepen food insecurity and malnutrition in the...

Dhaka air ‘hazardous’

Dhaka air ‘hazardous’

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-17 11:27:12

Dhaka's air quality remained in the "hazardous" zone Friday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 335 at 9:10am, the capital ranked first in the list of world cities with the worst air qu...

Govt plans to cut single-use plastic by 90pc by 2026

Govt plans to cut single-use plastic by 90pc by 2026

FE REPORT 2023-02-17 08:41:35

The government will reduce the use of single-use plastic by 90 per cent by 2026 to help protect the environment. It is also planned to increase plastic waste recycling to 80 per cent by 2030 and redu...

Four die, 30 injured as bus overturns in Habiganj

Four die, 30 injured as bus overturns in Habiganj

-- 2023-02-16 22:39:58

At least four people were killed and 30 injured after a bus overturned on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Habiganj's Bahubal upazila on Thursday evening, police said. The cause of the accident was not im...

Five-day classes a week in new curriculum: Dipu Moni

Five-day classes a week in new curriculum: Dipu Moni

-- 2023-02-16 22:00:16

According to the new curriculum approved by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, five days of classes will be held in a week in school and colleges, Education minister Dipu Moni has said. Earlier, the gover...

Foreign Minister likely to visit US this month to attend events

Foreign Minister likely to visit US this month to attend events

-- 2023-02-16 20:48:06

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen is likely to go to the US next week to attend several events there. The foreign minister is likely to be in Los Angeles on February 19, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spo...

Five-day classes in new curriculum, says Dipu Moni

Five-day classes in new curriculum, says Dipu Moni

-- 2023-02-16 19:55:04

Education minister Dr Dipu Moni has said according to the new curriculum approved by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, there will be five days of classes in classrooms. "Last year our curriculum had six...

Derailed train spills oil into Karnaphuli River

Derailed train spills oil into Karnaphuli River

-- 2023-02-16 19:40:48

Oil spilled after a train derailed in Chattogram has started spreading in the Mahesh Khal, which leads to the Karnaphuli River, raising concerns about its impact on the environment. Two teams from th...

Educational institutions can't compel admission seekers to disclose marital status: HC

Educational institutions can't compel admission seekers to disclose marital status: HC

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-02-16 18:56:35

The High Court on Thursday ruled that educational institutions cannot compel admission seekers to disclose their marital status for admissions. The HC bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Md Kha...

RAB arrests 29 members of a mugging gang in Dhaka

RAB arrests 29 members of a mugging gang in Dhaka

-- 2023-02-16 17:25:38

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested 29 suspected members of a mugging gang in Dhaka. The law enforcers made the arrests during raids in the capital’s Motijheel, Mugda, Wari, Khilgaon,...

Bangladesh plans to cut single-use plastic by 90pc by 2026

Bangladesh plans to cut single-use plastic by 90pc by 2026

-- 2023-02-16 17:23:18

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Thursday said following the Sustainable Plastic Management Action Plan, the government has taken initiatives to cut single-use of pla...

Bangladesh reports 14 new Covid cases

Bangladesh reports 14 new Covid cases

-- 2023-02-16 17:01:12

Bangladesh has recorded 14 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,730. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,445 over the 24-hour period, acc...

10m families to get 10 kg rice each during Ramadan, food minister says

10m families to get 10 kg rice each during Ramadan, food minister says

-- 2023-02-16 16:46:37

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Thursday said the government is planning to provide over 10 million families with 10 kg of rice each under the Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme in the...

Central bank extends time for banks

Central bank extends time for banks

FE REPORT 2023-02-16 10:04:41

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has extended the timeframe for banks to participate in Tk 10 billion refinance scheme for restructuring, modernisation and building new cinema halls by another year. The extensio...

CGS, USDS start dialogue series

CGS, USDS start dialogue series

FE REPORT 2023-02-16 10:01:16

The Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), in collaboration with the US Department of State (USDS), recently arranged a dialogue - "Confronting Misinformation in Bangladesh". It was the first of a seri...

Review emission standards of thermal power plants, say speakers

Review emission standards of thermal power plants, say speakers

FE REPORT 2023-02-16 09:49:01

Environmentalists and economists at a seminar on Wednesday urged the authorities concerned to review the emission standards of thermal power plants that highly contribute to global warming through car...

Cabinet okays one LNG cargo buy from Japan

Cabinet okays one LNG cargo buy from Japan

FE REPORT 2023-02-16 09:36:19

The government has approved procurement of one cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a Japanese supplier to meet a growing need for gas mainly in the industrial sector. The cabinet committee on g...

US pledges Rohingya repatriation support

US pledges Rohingya repatriation support

FE REPORT 2023-02-16 09:28:59

Visiting US Under-Secretary Derek Chollet at top-level talks Wednesday said Washington would support early Rohingya repatriation as Bangladesh also sought American investment in its economic zones. T...

Review emission standards of thermal power plants

Review emission standards of thermal power plants

FE ONLINE REPORT  2023-02-15 22:54:41

Environmentalists and economists on Wednesday advocated for reviewing emission standards for the thermal plants in the country as it is contributing to global warming through carbon emission to the en...

Rosatom finds alternative route to deliver cargo to Rooppur nuke plant

Rosatom finds alternative route to deliver cargo to Rooppur nuke plant

-- 2023-02-15 21:46:15

Construction of the Rooppur nuclear power plant (NPP) in Bangladesh is on schedule and cargo is being delivered there using an alternative route, the press service of Rosatom nuclear corporation said...

India has total support to Sheikh Hasina’s leadership: Kwatra

India has total support to Sheikh Hasina’s leadership: Kwatra

-- 2023-02-15 21:03:17

Visiting Indian External Affairs Secretary Vinay Kwatra on Wednesday said New Delhi has total support to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership as he called on her at the premier&r...

Railway e-tickets can be refunded online from March

Railway e-tickets can be refunded online from March

-- 2023-02-15 20:16:29

Bangladesh Railway will allow passengers to get e-tickets refunded online from Mar 1 in an effort to reduce chronic hassles for customers. From that day, the verification of national ID cards or birt...

Root causes of Rohingya crisis lie in Myanmar, says US official

Root causes of Rohingya crisis lie in Myanmar, says US official

-- 2023-02-15 19:32:24

The United States (US) has been dealing with the root causes of the Rohingya crisis alongside extending support to Dhaka to tackle over a million of the forcibly displaced minority Myanmar people, a s...

Bangladesh logs 13 new Covid cases, no deaths in a day

Bangladesh logs 13 new Covid cases, no deaths in a day

-- 2023-02-15 17:42:48

Bangladesh has recorded 13 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,716. The death toll from the disease stayed unchanged at 29,445 over the 24-hour period, acc...

Bangladesh to buy one cargo of LNG from spot market

Bangladesh to buy one cargo of LNG from spot market

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-15 17:23:38

The Bangladesh government has decided to buy one cargo of liquefied natural gas from Japan’s Jera Co at a ‘spot market’ rate in an effort to rapidly increase the fuel supply and powe...

CEC sees no legal barrier for Shahabuddin to hold post of president

CEC sees no legal barrier for Shahabuddin to hold post of president

-- 2023-02-15 16:26:31

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal says there is no legal barrier for president-elect Mohammed Shahabuddin to hold the post of the head of state. The CEC also described the debate over hol...

Three Bangladeshi students killed in Canada road accident

Three Bangladeshi students killed in Canada road accident

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-15 14:36:27

Three Bangladeshi students living in Canada have died while another was seriously injured after their car rolled over and caught fire in Toronto’s Etobicoke, bdnews24.com reported citing Canadia...

SC stays HC order allowing Aarsha Prokashoni’s stall at Ekushey Book Fair

SC stays HC order allowing Aarsha Prokashoni’s stall at Ekushey Book Fair

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-02-15 14:35:54

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the High Court order that had allowed Adarsha Prokashoni to participate in the Ekushey Book Fair this year. A three-member branch of th...

Cox's Bazar sees bustling crowd on Valentine's Day

Cox's Bazar sees bustling crowd on Valentine's Day

OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR 2023-02-15 11:07:03

Cox's Bazar, the largest and most attractive beach in the world, has worn an exquisite look to the tune of the colours of spring. As if rhythm of love has mingled on even with the turbulent waves of t...