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-- 2021-01-05 15:37:45
A Meherpur court on Tuesday sentenced a couple to hang for throttling the man's second wife to death in 2010. Meherpur additional district and sessions judge Ripti Kumar Biswash handed down the death...
FE REPORT 2021-01-05 09:12:00
Dispelling worries created by the sudden imposition of its ban on export of vaccines, India on Monday assured Bangladesh of the timely availability of the antidote to Covid-19 infection. The news cir...
-- 2021-01-04 22:27:22
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists to build themselves up putting ideology of Bangabandhu in their heart, imbued with patriotism and kee...
-- 2021-01-04 21:57:56
The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has authorised the import and emergency use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 produced by Serum Institute of India. The drug regulat...
-- 2021-01-04 20:33:08
A total for 48 Bangladeshi citizens returned home from the United Kingdom on Monday amid the detection of a new strain of COVID-19 in the European country. Forty-two of the 48 passengers, who arrived...
-- 2021-01-04 20:18:20
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that the ban imposed by India on export of COVID-19 vaccine would not be applicable for Bangladesh. “Indian external affairs ministry confirmed us that...
-- 2021-01-04 17:32:10
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 will arrive in Bangladesh as planned, regardless of what Indian authorities decide on the drug’s export, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said. Health S...
-- 2021-01-04 17:05:30
Bangladesh has recorded 910 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 516,929. The death toll climbed to 7,650 after 24 fatalities were registered...
-- 2021-01-04 15:57:33
Khandaker Aliour Rahman, secretary of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, has died in hospital care from the coronavirus infection. He breathed his last at the Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital in D...
-- 2021-01-04 15:00:41
A Beximco official has ruled out uncertainty over the arrival of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19 in Bangladesh after media reports suggested that India will meet its local demand before ex...
PABNA, ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2021-01-04 11:12:49
Handloom units in Pabna are facing closure as weavers are now left with little money to run them during the Covid-19 pandemic. Weavers say they have not been able to sell their woven clothes at fair...
KAMRUN NAHAR 2021-01-04 10:18:31
Life was yet to get back to normal for many people in the areas hit by the cyclone Amphan in May last year in Khulna and Satkhira. The grim pictures of struggle by the coastal people were found dur...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2021-01-04 10:13:18
The Rohingya repatriation and Covid diplomacy will be the main challenge for Bangladesh on the diplomatic front in the New Year. Apart from this, bilateral free trade agreements, ties with the ASEA...
Munima Sultana 2021-01-04 09:00:23
The Dhaka-Mawa expressway is likely to be expensive for all kinds of transports due to having four toll bridges on the 55-kilometre access control highway. A report prepared by a committee of the Roa...
Jubair Hasan 2021-01-04 08:53:03
The hope for getting Covid-19 vaccine from India has got stronger as the drug regulatory authority of India on Sunday approved the ones developed by the AstraZeneca-Oxford University and the Bharat...
FE Online Report 2021-01-03 22:02:42
Turkey expressed interests on Sunday to invest in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and shipbuilding sectors in Bangladesh. The Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan expressed his country&...
-- 2021-01-03 20:40:55
The Supreme Court has frozen a High Court ruling that barred English-medium schools from taking session fees from students graduating to a new class four years ago. A virtual Appellate Division bench...
-- 2021-01-03 20:21:19
Eminent novelist Rabeya Khatun, who won the highest civilian awards Swadhinata Padak and Ekushey Padak for her works, has died. She was 85. She passed away at her home in Dhaka’s Banani at 5:00...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-03 20:00:09
Agriculture Minister Dr Mohammad Abdur Razzaque Sunday said the country needs to be self sufficient in terms of food production to combat any famine-like crisis. He said: “If we witness any foo...
-- 2021-01-03 19:16:48
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said the government will take journalists of foreign media and foreign envoys stationed in Dhaka to Bhasan Char to witness the facilities ensured for Rohingya...
-- 2021-01-03 18:13:16
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said they have no displeasure against the countries which abstained from voting in the UN resolution and voted against it saying it is a "strategic" decisi...
-- 2021-01-03 17:06:41
Bangladesh has recorded 835 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 516,019, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll climbed to 7,626 after 27 fatal...
FE Online Report 2021-01-03 16:42:08
Some 464 people were killed and 513 others injured in road accidents in December 2020 across the country. During the period, a total of 402 road accidents occurred where the number of accidents invol...
-- 2021-01-03 16:34:42
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the police personnel to stop cybercrimes alongside money laundering, human trafficking, terrorism, militancy, abuse of drugs, gangster culture and repressi...
OUR CORRESPONDENT, RAJSHAHI 2021-01-03 15:38:34
Prices of winter vegetables have plummeted in Rajshahi, causing worries among vegetable farmers in the district. According to farmers, some of them got satisfactory prices of winter vegetables during...
FE Online Report 2021-01-03 15:34:58
A huge fire that broke out at an electronic goods manufacturing factory in Narayanganj's Sonargaon area was doused. The fire originated at about 10:50am at the Konka Electronics factory at Mugrapara...
-- 2021-01-03 14:56:27
At least seven people were killed after a bus hit an auto-rickshaw at Gachtala area in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh on Sunday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, report...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-03 14:22:18
The government has extended deadlines for four mega projects – Padma Bridge, Metro Rail, Karnaphuli Tunnel and Dhaka Elevated Expressway – for another six months until June next year. Roa...
-- 2021-01-03 13:04:35
The government has deposited over Tk 6 billion to make an advance payment to Serum Institute of India for the purchase of 30 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus. T...
-- 2021-01-03 12:50:33
The government is expected to make public the details of the Bangabandhu-2 satellite, including its type and utilities, by April, reports bdnews24.com. A consulting firm will begin working on finalis...
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