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Bangladeshi national infected with coronavirus in UAE

Bangladeshi national infected with coronavirus in UAE

-- 2020-02-22 16:36:52

Two more people in the UAE, including a 39-year-old Bangladeshi, have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID19), the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced on Friday, reports UNB. Th...

Former professor of Khulna University dies after falling off moving train

Former professor of Khulna University dies after falling off moving train

-- 2020-02-22 15:03:34

A former professor of Khulna University has died after ‘attempting to board a moving train’ in Khulna. Mizanur Rahman, 65, was wounded around 6:00am on Saturday, said Wahid Khan, chief of...

EC to introduce ‘pollution-free’ election campaign

EC to introduce ‘pollution-free’ election campaign

-- 2020-02-22 13:37:06

The Election Commission plans to meet the candidates of the upcoming Dhaka 10 by-poll to reach an agreement in reducing pollution in campaigns. The EC scheduled a meeting for Sunday with the candidat...

BB to launch commemorative gold, silver coins on Bangabandhu birth centenary

BB to launch commemorative gold, silver coins on Bangabandhu birth centenary

-- 2020-02-22 13:15:30

Bangladesh Bank will launch commemorative gold and silver coins worth Tk 100 and regular currency note of Tk 200 on the occasion of birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur R...

Two die in Kushtia road accident

Two die in Kushtia road accident

-- 2020-02-22 11:45:41

A trolley (power tiller with trailer) driver and his assistant were killed in a road crash on Kushtia-Ishwardi Highway in 10 Mile area of Bheramara upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased were iden...

Woman carrying gold in rectum arrested at Dhaka airport

Woman carrying gold in rectum arrested at Dhaka airport

-- 2020-02-22 11:43:03

A woman carrying 14 gold bars weighing 1.37kg in her rectum was arrested at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on early Saturday. Nilufer Yasmin, the arrestee, came to Dhaka on a flight of Th...

Dhaka’s air quality remains ‘very unhealthy’

Dhaka’s air quality remains ‘very unhealthy’

-- 2020-02-22 10:15:15

The air quality in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has not improved in recent days and its residents continue to face health risks. The megacity ranked second among cities with worst air quality on S...

Bangladeshi tests positive for coronavirus in UAE

Bangladeshi tests positive for coronavirus in UAE

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-02-22 10:00:56

Two more residents of the UAE have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID19), the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced on Friday. This brings the total number of patients tested po...

RAB arrest 2 with fake judicial stamps

RAB arrest 2 with fake judicial stamps

-- 2020-02-21 20:12:35

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Friday arrested two people with 10,000 pieces of fake judicial stamps from Mirpur area in city.On information, a team of RAB-4 arrested Ramij Uddin, 45, and Md Omar Ali...

Don’t neglect mother tongue while learning other languages: PM

Don’t neglect mother tongue while learning other languages: PM

-- 2020-02-21 19:32:04

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Friday said in the global village one needs to learn other languages but the mother tongue must never be neglected, reports UNB. “The world is now a global...

Churihatta fire victims demand govt compensation

Churihatta fire victims demand govt compensation

-- 2020-02-21 19:23:35

Aggrieved families have demanded immediate compensation for the victims of a devastating inferno in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar last year. They also urged the authorities to relocate Old Dhaka&rsquo...

25th span of Padma Bridge installed

25th span of Padma Bridge installed

-- 2020-02-21 19:06:04

The 25th span of the 6.15-kilometre long Padma Bridge was installed on the 29th and the 30th pillars at Jajira point in Shariatpur district on Friday afternoon. With the installation of the span, 3,7...

Working to make Bangla UN’s official language: Info Minister   

Working to make Bangla UN’s official language: Info Minister  

-- 2020-02-21 18:53:09

The government is working to register Bangla as one of the official languages of the United Nations (UN), Information Minister Hasan Mahmud said Friday, reports UNB. He made the remark while paying h...

BD envoy discusses Modi’s Dhaka visit with Jaishankar

BD envoy discusses Modi’s Dhaka visit with Jaishankar

-- 2020-02-21 18:47:12

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Muhammad Imran on Friday met Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at the latter’s office in New Delhi, reports UNB. During the meeting, the envoy...

Thousands reunite at Benapole's no-man's land to mark 'Amar Ekushey'

Thousands reunite at Benapole's no-man's land to mark 'Amar Ekushey'

-- 2020-02-21 15:57:56

Thousands of people from Bangladesh and India gathered at no-man’s land in Benapole on Friday, marking 'Amar Ekushey', the Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day. The...

First Bangladeshi female envoy to ME hopes to help women workers

First Bangladeshi female envoy to ME hopes to help women workers

-- 2020-02-21 15:47:01

Bangladesh's first woman ambassador in the Middle East is hoping her appointment will help female migrant workers in the region, with a mission to build a shelter at the embassy in Jordan for women la...

BD needs additional $7.8b for safer roads: WB report

BD needs additional $7.8b for safer roads: WB report

-- 2020-02-21 15:35:34

Bangladesh needs to invest an estimated extra $7.8 billion over the next decade to halve its road crash fatalities, says a new World Bank report, according to indiaeducationdiary.in. The report, Deli...

CU also decides not to join uniform entry test system

CU also decides not to join uniform entry test system

-- 2020-02-21 13:01:54

The authorities of Chittagong University (CU) on Thursday night decided to hold the admission test according to their existing rules instead of the integrated admission test of public universities whi...

Two ‘robbers’ die in Cumilla ‘gunfight’

Two ‘robbers’ die in Cumilla ‘gunfight’

-- 2020-02-21 12:51:27

Two suspected robbers were killed in a reported gunfight with police early Friday in Palpara area in Sadar upazila of Cumilla district, according to UNB. The deceased were identified as Arifuzzaman E...

Nation paying tributes to Language martyrs

Nation paying tributes to Language martyrs

-- 2020-02-21 01:45:05

The nation is paying respects to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement on Friday, marking 'Amar Ekushey', the Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day. The great Language...

Vessels carrying goods stranded  as water level of rivers falls

Vessels carrying goods stranded as water level of rivers falls

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-02-21 00:32:24

SYLHET, Feb 20: Drastic fall in the water level on the small rivers in Sylhet division, especially on the lower region of Sunamagnj and Habiganj, has caused severe congestion of small vessels, used...

Farmers growing tobacco in many areas of Rangpur

Farmers growing tobacco in many areas of Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2020-02-21 00:31:32

RANGPUR, Feb 20: Though the growers of Rangpur agriculture region are aware about the harmful effect of tobacco on both human health as well as environment, its farming is still going on in many are...

Victims urge govt for immediate rehabilitation

Victims urge govt for immediate rehabilitation

FE Online Report 2020-02-20 21:36:45

Even after one year of the fire occurrence at Churihatta (Chakbazar), the family members of the victims have not got financial support. The family members of the victims mentioned this, and requested...

Nine individuals, one educational institute named for Independence Award

Nine individuals, one educational institute named for Independence Award

-- 2020-02-20 21:31:56

The government has named nine individuals, including two posthumously, Commander Abdur Rouf and Anwar Pasha, and educational institute Bharateswari Homes for the Independence Award. The recipients of...

98 women raped in Jan: ASK

98 women raped in Jan: ASK

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-02-20 20:26:26

At least 98 women were raped in the month of January alone across the country, according to report of an independent rights and legal aid body. Of them, one was killed after rape and another one comm...

BUET decides not to join uniform entry test system

BUET decides not to join uniform entry test system

-- 2020-02-20 19:20:54

The authorities of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) on Wednesday decided not to join the integrated admission test of public universities which is expected to begin from the...

Language Martyrs' Day Friday

Language Martyrs' Day Friday

-- 2020-02-20 19:00:47

The nation is set to observe 'Amar Ekushey', the Language Martyrs' Day (Shaheed Day) and the International Mother Language Day on Friday, marking the supreme of sacrifice of the language heroes for...

BSF picks up BD national along Kurigram border

BSF picks up BD national along Kurigram border

-- 2020-02-20 17:36:16

A Bangladeshi youth was picked up by the members of Indian Border Security Force from Khalishakothal bordering area of Fulbari upazila in Kurigram on Wednesday night. The detainee was identified as N...

Govt mulls formulating master plan to boost tourism

Govt mulls formulating master plan to boost tourism

-- 2020-02-20 17:24:40

The government has started a process to formulate a master plan, aiming to attract more and more tourists -- both local and foreign ones -- through transforming the country’s tourism sector in a...

Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks worst yet again

Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks worst yet again

-- 2020-02-20 12:53:06

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka again ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Thursday morning. It had an AQI score of 287 at 08:18am. The air was classified as ‘very unhealthy’....