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Kuwait suspends flights to and from BD over coronavirus

Kuwait suspends flights to and from BD over coronavirus

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-03-07 11:12:13

Kuwait suspended all flights to and from Bangladesh and other six countries for a week with an immediate effect from March 06 (Friday). The six other countries from where the expatriates will not be...

Historic March 7: PM pays homage to Bangabandhu

Historic March 7: PM pays homage to Bangabandhu

-- 2020-03-07 10:20:38

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, commemorating his historic March 7 speech, which was touted as an indirect declaration of the country’s indepen...

Road accidents kill 1,027 in Jan, Feb

Road accidents kill 1,027 in Jan, Feb

UNB 2020-03-06 21:37:15

Roads in Bangladesh still remain too dangerous for passengers and pedestrians as 1,027 people, including 141 women and 166 children, were killed while 1,301 others injured in 755 road accidents across...

'Drug lord’ Amin Huda dies

'Drug lord’ Amin Huda dies

-- 2020-03-06 18:57:49

Amin Huda, the notorious ‘drug lord’ serving 79 years in prison, has died undergoing treatment at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka. Described as one of the first d...

'Mujib Year celebrations not a platform for self-promotion'

'Mujib Year celebrations not a platform for self-promotion'

-- 2020-03-06 17:31:15

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has warned ruling party leaders and activists not to turn Mujib Year celebrations into a platform for self-promotion. The road transport minister highlig...

'Two proposed laws to ensure protection for broadcast journalists'

'Two proposed laws to ensure protection for broadcast journalists'

-- 2020-03-06 17:26:48

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said two proposed laws – ‘Broadcast Act’ and the Mass Media Employees Act – will give legal protection to the broadcast journalis...

902 infected with respiratory problems in 24 hours

902 infected with respiratory problems in 24 hours

-- 2020-03-06 17:22:17

At least 902 people were infected with respiratory problems across the country in the last 24 hours till Friday morning. In the meantime, Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked worst in the Air Qual...

Thousands in Dhaka protest Delhi violence

Thousands in Dhaka protest Delhi violence

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-03-06 15:01:15

In a protest under the banner of 'Like-minded Islamic Parties' against the violence in the Indian capital of New Delhi that so far left more than 50 people dead, thousands of people took to the street...

BRAC number 1 NGO in world for fifth consecutive year

BRAC number 1 NGO in world for fifth consecutive year

-- 2020-03-06 14:15:22

BRAC has been ranked the world’s number one non-governmental organisation (NGO) of 2020 by NGO Advisor, an independent Geneva-based media organisation. BRAC, a leading development organisation...

Erratic weather, brick kilns’ pollution may hamper mango output in Rajshahi

Erratic weather, brick kilns’ pollution may hamper mango output in Rajshahi

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-06 14:00:33

Though there is available land for cultivation of mango in Rajshahi district, the fruit production in the district may be impeded this year due to erratic weather condition, several storms during the...

Kaladumur river drying up, 50000 bighas of land may remain fallow

Kaladumur river drying up, 50000 bighas of land may remain fallow

Our Correspondent 2020-03-06 13:58:00

Crop cultivation on 50,000 bighas of land in Cumilla district is now under threat as water level in the Kaladumur river has fallen. Thousands of paddy farmers of several unions under four upazilas of...

BARI-1 cumin cultivation proved lucrative to Barind region cultivators

BARI-1 cumin cultivation proved lucrative to Barind region cultivators

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-06 13:50:18

BARI-1 cumin cultivation has brought a revolutionary success among the farmers in the vast Barind region this season. Due to repeated bumper production and fair market price, BARI-1 cumin cultivation...

WB-funded Singimari Beel in Nilphamari needs reexcavation

WB-funded Singimari Beel in Nilphamari needs reexcavation

Our Correspondent 2020-03-06 13:46:27

World Bank (WB) funded Singimari Beel project of Nilphamari district needs further excavation and renovation. The beel is consist of vast areas of three union parishads namely Khogsabari, Kundopukur a...

Bipul Ghosh achieves big success in growing 16 varieties of tomato

Bipul Ghosh achieves big success in growing 16 varieties of tomato

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-06 12:32:56

Farmer Bipul Ghosh in the Shibrampur area of Macchar union of Faridpur Sadar has achieved a big success by growing tomato of sixteen varieties on about six acres of land. Bipul Ghosh said he has grow...

14 killed in two separate road crashes

14 killed in two separate road crashes

-- 2020-03-06 10:53:22

Fourteen people were killed and nine others injured in separate road accidents in Habiganj and Brahmanbaria districts on Friday. In Habiganj, eight people were killed and five others injured when a m...

India confirms Modi's Dhaka visit

India confirms Modi's Dhaka visit

FE REPORT 2020-03-06 10:49:21

Indian foreign ministry on Thursday confirmed their Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka to attend the birth centenary programme of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Raveesh Kumar, spokes...

Four dead among 19 people sued over Khagrachhari clash

Four dead among 19 people sued over Khagrachhari clash

-- 2020-03-05 19:27:43

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday filed a case against 19 people including the four deceased who were killed in a clash between BGB members and villagers in Matiranga upazila. Ishak Ali, Habi...

Three sailors taken in ‘isolation’ in Mongla for coronavirus test

Three sailors taken in ‘isolation’ in Mongla for coronavirus test

-- 2020-03-05 17:59:59

Three sailors of a ship that reached the Mongla port have been taken into the isolation ward for having body temperature more than the normal range amid the global outbreak of the coronavirus. The au...

Nine smugglers held in Chattogram airport

Nine smugglers held in Chattogram airport

-- 2020-03-05 17:37:00

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested nine members of a smuggling gang from Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Thursday. The arrestees are - Md Rashidul Karim, 22, Md Sajja...

11 persons, institutions to get award on National Jute Day

11 persons, institutions to get award on National Jute Day

-- 2020-03-05 17:13:49

The government will honour eleven individuals and institutions on Friday for their outstanding contributions in promoting jute sector of the country.    Textiles and Jute Minister Gola...

Verdict on Wari child rape, murder March 9

Verdict on Wari child rape, murder March 9

-- 2020-03-05 16:26:49

A Dhaka court on Thursday set March 9 to pronounce judgement in a case lodged over the rape and subsequent murder of seven-year-old Samia Afrin Saima in the capital’s Wari area last year, report...

Deputy secretary dead in Dhaka apartment

Deputy secretary dead in Dhaka apartment

-- 2020-03-05 16:19:33

A deputy secretary assigned to the Ministry of Labour and Employment has been found dead at Bailey Road Officers’ Quarters in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com.  Government official Md Abdul Kad...

China assures to make up for virus impact on mega projects: Momen

China assures to make up for virus impact on mega projects: Momen

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-03-05 15:09:35

China has assured Bangladesh of making up for the impact caused by coronavirus outbreak on the mega projects like Padma bridge. The assurance came as he had a conversation with Chinese foreign minist...

HC wants to know govt steps taken to prevent coronavirus

HC wants to know govt steps taken to prevent coronavirus

-- 2020-03-05 14:50:30

The High Court on Thursday asked the government to inform it about steps taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Bangladesh. Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader came up with t...

Govt firmly believes in rule of law: Quader

Govt firmly believes in rule of law: Quader

-- 2020-03-05 14:13:20

Terming the stand release of the Pirojpur district judge an issue of the law ministry, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said the government believes in the rule of law and independenc...

PM urges researchers to be beneficial to country

PM urges researchers to be beneficial to country

-- 2020-03-05 13:52:40

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she wanted to know the result of the researches in which the government is investing the public funds. "Doing only research is not enough, (I) want to know the o...

Appellate Division upholds HC order declaring gambling illegal

Appellate Division upholds HC order declaring gambling illegal

-- 2020-03-05 13:52:13

The Appellate division on Thursday upheld a High Court Division order declaring all sorts of gambling involving money illegal and ordered the law enforcement agencies not to raid clubs until the appea...

Dubai returnee hospitalised in Sylhet with fever

Dubai returnee hospitalised in Sylhet with fever

-- 2020-03-05 13:11:49

A Bangladeshi man, who recently returned from Dubai, has been admitted to a hospital in Sylhet with fever and cold-related issues. The Bangladeshi national, hailing from Kanaighat upazila, returned o...

One held with gold worth Tk 15m at Dhaka airport

One held with gold worth Tk 15m at Dhaka airport

-- 2020-03-05 10:53:16

A team of Dhaka Customs House arrested a man with 2.950 kgs of gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday night. The arrestee was identified as Sheikh Sadi, reports a news agency....

US gives $59m, EC €31m to tackle Rohingya crisis

US gives $59m, EC €31m to tackle Rohingya crisis

FE REPORT 2020-03-05 10:12:00

The United States has announced more than $59 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh, and internally displaced Rohingya and members of o...