Loading...

Search results for: National

Libya killings: Two accused on four-day remand

Libya killings: Two accused on four-day remand

FE REPORT 2020-06-04 09:43:21

A Dhaka Court on Wednesday sent two accused who had been arrested in connection with the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya on a four-day remand in a case filed by the Criminal Investigation Departme...

Recovery of Tk 8.0m: Ex-DIG (Prisons) Partha denied HC bail

Recovery of Tk 8.0m: Ex-DIG (Prisons) Partha denied HC bail

FE REPORT 2020-06-04 09:40:29

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday refused to grant bail to suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of prisons in Sylhet division, Partha Gopal Banik, in a case filed over recovery of Tk 8.0 million fr...

Govt suspends 85 public reps so far for relief embezzlement

Govt suspends 85 public reps so far for relief embezzlement

FE REPORT 2020-06-04 09:34:01

The government has suspended a total of 85 public representatives until Tuesday last for their alleged involvement in misappropriation of relief materials meant for the poor during the coronavirus pan...

NDATF will help govt to flag COVID-19 risk zones

NDATF will help govt to flag COVID-19 risk zones

-- 2020-06-03 23:25:06

National Data Analytics Taskforce (NDATF) will assist the government with information from virus-affected areas to flag COVID-19 risk zones on the basis of death and infection rates. The data analysi...

Leading COVID-19 fighters from China to arrive on Monday

Leading COVID-19 fighters from China to arrive on Monday

-- 2020-06-03 22:32:05

A team of Chinese medical experts, who have the firsthand experience of containing coronavirus and treating the patients with remarkable success, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Monday (June 8) wit...

PM places three proposals for durable use of aquatic sources

PM places three proposals for durable use of aquatic sources

-- 2020-06-03 22:21:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday placed a three-point proposal for boosting global cooperation for durable use of ocean and other aquatic sources, urging the world community to renew their co...

Police seize Ron Sikder’s car in case over ‘abduction’ of Exim Bank execs

Police seize Ron Sikder’s car in case over ‘abduction’ of Exim Bank execs

-- 2020-06-03 22:01:56

Police have seized a car used by Ron Haque Sikder, a director of National Bank Limited (NBL), allegedly to abduct top executives of Exim Bank Limited and threaten them to secure bank loan, reports bdn...

SGSF seeks legal actions against factories failed to pay March-April wages

SGSF seeks legal actions against factories failed to pay March-April wages

-- 2020-06-03 19:21:11

Labour leaders pressed for legal actions against factories that are yet to pay March-April wages and eid onus and illegally terminated workers amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Despite repeated cal...

Battling cyclone amid pandemic, PM writes in UK newspaper

Battling cyclone amid pandemic, PM writes in UK newspaper

-- 2020-06-03 18:47:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina jointly wrote an article with Patrick Verkooijen on battling cyclone Amphan amid the coronavirus pandemic in a UK newspaper. The article titled ‘Fighting cyclones a...

Obaidul Quader warns against charging extra fare

Obaidul Quader warns against charging extra fare

-- 2020-06-03 18:29:41

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has ordered the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to take stringent action against public transport services charging extra fare from passen...

Effective lockdown demanded as coronavirus spiralling

Effective lockdown demanded as coronavirus spiralling

FE Online Report 2020-06-03 17:39:36

A group of eminent people urged the government to immediately impose an effective nationwide lockdown except emergency services to tackle coronavirus pandemic. The group of 343 citizens, including un...

Six BD missions abroad to get new heads

Six BD missions abroad to get new heads

FE Online Report 2020-06-03 17:12:36

The government has decided to appoint new heads of missions in six Bangladesh missions abroad. According to the latest reshuffle, Nur Helal Saifur Rahman, presently Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pa...

BGB gets high-speed interceptor vessels for patrolling

BGB gets high-speed interceptor vessels for patrolling

-- 2020-06-03 17:00:02

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been given high-speed vessels to help it strengthen patrolling of maritime and riverine areas as well as to stop drug smuggling, human trafficking and transnational c...

Five die at Chandpur hospital isolation ward in 24hr

Five die at Chandpur hospital isolation ward in 24hr

-- 2020-06-03 16:53:14

Five people, including a woman and a village doctor, died at the isolation unit of Chandpur General Hospital in last 24 hours since Tuesday night. Resident medical officer Doctor Sujauddowla Rubel an...

Passenger shortage forces Biman to cancel flights

Passenger shortage forces Biman to cancel flights

-- 2020-06-03 16:27:28

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has cancelled all of its flights scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday due to lack of passengers on the third day of resumption of regular flight operations. With this, Biman...

Libya killing: RAB arrests four ‘traffickers’

Libya killing: RAB arrests four ‘traffickers’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-06-03 16:19:12

Law enforces on Wednesday arrested four suspected human traffickers in connection for allegedly trafficking 26 Bangladeshis people who were killed in Libya recently. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arre...

DB investigating case against Sikder Brothers

DB investigating case against Sikder Brothers

-- 2020-06-03 16:13:41

The Detective Branch of Police (DB) has been tasked with investigating the case against Ron Haque Sikder, a director of National Bank, and his brother Dipu Haque Sikder who are accused of threatening...

Libya killings: CID starts case

Libya killings: CID starts case

-- 2020-06-03 14:53:49

The Criminal Investigation Department of police has brought human trafficking and homicide charges against 38 people in connection with the killings of 26 Bangladeshi migrants in Libya. SI Rashed Faz...

COVID-19 cases jump by 2,695 with 37 additional deaths

COVID-19 cases jump by 2,695 with 37 additional deaths

FE Online Desk 2020-06-03 14:44:20

Bangladesh reported 2,695 fresh cases of novel coronavirus on Wednesday, the health directorate said, bringing the total case count to 55,140. Authorities also registered 37 more fatalities in the la...

11 more train services resume operation

11 more train services resume operation

-- 2020-06-03 14:07:34

Eleven pairs of intercity trains resumed operations from Wednesday, Bangladesh Railway said. Directorate General of Bangladesh Railway Shamsuzzaman said train services resumed with eight pairs of int...

452 die of virus in BD, 39,386 fresh cases in May

452 die of virus in BD, 39,386 fresh cases in May

-- 2020-06-03 13:56:50

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases and the death toll have been rising since mid-April in the country but it was in May when the situation worsened. Bangladesh reported its first cases on Marc...

Bhola launch operators ignoring health rules

Bhola launch operators ignoring health rules

-- 2020-06-03 13:08:16

The government’s directives on maintaining social distancing and health guidelines are largely being ignored by passengers and transport operators in Bhola. Launch owners apparently did not tak...

Hospital charges Tk 150,000 to virus patient in city

Hospital charges Tk 150,000 to virus patient in city

-- 2020-06-03 13:02:53

Saifur Rahman, a COVID-19 patient who complained of being held captive all day at Anwer Khan Modern Hospital over medical bills, has been allowed to leave after paying Tk 150,000 even though coronavir...

Two coronavirus patients flee Jashore hospital

Two coronavirus patients flee Jashore hospital

-- 2020-06-03 11:56:43

Two female coronavirus patients, undergoing treatment at the isolation unit of Jashore General Hospital, fled on Tuesday night. They were identified as Sanu Begum, 27, wife of Lutfur Gazi of the subu...

'Shining Bangladesh' published in India

'Shining Bangladesh' published in India

-- 2020-06-03 11:12:02

The Coffee Table Book (CTB) titled ‘Shinning Bangladesh’ dedicated to the celebration of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been published....

DGF official dies from coronavirus in city

DGF official dies from coronavirus in city

-- 2020-06-03 10:49:20

A senior official of the Directorate General of Food died from coronavirus (COVID-19) on Monday night. Utpal Kumar Saha, 53, chief controller of Dhaka Rationing under the DGF, recently tested positiv...

COVID-19: 800 BD expats so far die abroad

COVID-19: 800 BD expats so far die abroad

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2020-06-03 09:43:16

With the sudden rise in the number of death among Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia last week due to coronavirus infection, the total death toll of Bangladeshi citizens abroad reached 800. The...

HC wants info on COVID-19 situation in prisons

HC wants info on COVID-19 situation in prisons

FE REPORT 2020-06-03 09:34:38

The High Court on Tuesday wanted to know what condition the prisoners and prison staff across the country are passing through during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The court asked Deputy Attorney...

Ex-BCL leader Zion denied bail in Abrar murder case

Ex-BCL leader Zion denied bail in Abrar murder case

FE REPORT 2020-06-03 09:34:12

A virtual court in Dhaka on Tuesday rejected a bail petition of Meftahul Islam Zion, a 15th batch student of naval architecture and marine engineering department of Bangladesh University of Engineerin...

Relief scam: 85 public representatives face suspension so far

Relief scam: 85 public representatives face suspension so far

-- 2020-06-02 22:54:48

A total of 85 public representatives were suspended temporarily so far their alleged irregularities in cash aid disbursement and relief distribution for destitute people since detection of the country...