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Govt closes Ratargul ‘risky’ watchtower to tourists

Govt closes Ratargul ‘risky’ watchtower to tourists

UNB 2020-09-21 10:53:36

Built barely six years back, the watchtower at Ratargul Swamp Forest, one of the country's most popular tourist destinations, in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet, has been closed to tourists as it has tur...

BMD plans to set up 'geological museum' in Jaflong

BMD plans to set up 'geological museum' in Jaflong

-- 2020-09-21 10:39:59

The Bangladesh Bureau of Mineral Development (BMD) plans to set up the country's first 'geological museum' at Jaflong in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet to stop stone extraction in the Ecologically C...

Eye-catching streams in Sylhet's Goabari attract visitors

Eye-catching streams in Sylhet's Goabari attract visitors

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-09-21 10:19:31

A good number of people, mostly young, gather in the Goabari area in Sylhet to spend leisure on the natural site surrounded by a tea garden on the hillocks every day. The number of visitors went up r...

Experts warn Bangladesh may be in for second wave of coronavirus

Experts warn Bangladesh may be in for second wave of coronavirus

-- 2020-09-21 10:02:01

The coronavirus epidemic in Bangladesh has remained almost unchanged after the daily infection rate dropped slightly, but experts have warned that a second wave may be coming, bdnews24.com reports. T...

Survey finds clear digital divide

Survey finds clear digital divide

FE REPORT 2020-09-21 09:58:34

A clear-cut digital divide persists in the country with no access to internet, first-level access and second-level access - depending on age, gender, geographical location and education, results of a...

Shishu Hospital sets up stem cell therapy unit

Shishu Hospital sets up stem cell therapy unit

FE REPORT 2020-09-21 09:55:03

Dhaka Shishu (Children's) Hospital has set up a modern and well equipped stem cell therapy unit aiming to treat autism, cerebral palsy and other surgery related diseases. The project has been imple...

Hatiya to have 12-MW power plant by Dec

Hatiya to have 12-MW power plant by Dec

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2020-09-21 09:54:23

The government has taken a move to install a 12-megawatt (MW) diesel-fired power plant in Hatiya island in southeastern Bangladesh by December. The Power Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy...

396 people killed extra-judicially, 1,429 women raped, 42 killed by BSF in 2019: Report

396 people killed extra-judicially, 1,429 women raped, 42 killed by BSF in 2019: Report

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-09-20 21:48:31

At least 396 people have been killed extra-judicially, 1,429 women were raped while some 42 Bangladeshis were killed by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in 2019, said a report of local rights gr...

Verdict in arms case against Shahed on Sept 28

Verdict in arms case against Shahed on Sept 28

-- 2020-09-20 19:32:11

A Dhaka court on Sunday set September 28 to pronounce judgement in an arms case against Regent Group chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayes fixed the...

Quader says BNP leaders stay in AC rooms announcing movement

Quader says BNP leaders stay in AC rooms announcing movement

-- 2020-09-20 19:27:19

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the BNP leaders stay in air-conditioned (AC) rooms after announcing movement, reports UNB. “BNP can o...

Attack on UNO: Prime accused Rabiul confesses to guilt

Attack on UNO: Prime accused Rabiul confesses to guilt

-- 2020-09-20 19:23:44

Prime accused Rabiul Islam has made confessional statement in a case filed in connection with the attack on Ghoraghat upazila nirbahi officer Wahida Khanom and her father. Emam Zafor, officer-in-char...

Court denies bail to former OC Pradeep in graft case

Court denies bail to former OC Pradeep in graft case

-- 2020-09-20 17:25:22

A Chattogram court on Sunday denied bail to former Teknaf Police Station officer-in-charge Pradeep Kumar Das in a graft case filed in connection with amassing wealth from unknown sources. Chattogram...

CID arrests electrician for illegal connection at Narayanganj mosque

CID arrests electrician for illegal connection at Narayanganj mosque

-- 2020-09-20 17:06:36

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Sunday arrested an electrician for providing an illegal electric connection to the Mosque in Narayanganj where 33 people were killed in an AC blast. The...

Fire breaks out at Banani

Fire breaks out at Banani

-- 2020-09-20 17:04:46

Firefighters have put out a fire that erupted in an office on the 22nd floor of a commercial high-rise in Dhaka's Banani, reports bdnews24.com. Eight units of the fire service were dispatched to Ahme...

PM asks everyone to be prepared as corona situation may worsen in winter

PM asks everyone to be prepared as corona situation may worsen in winter

-- 2020-09-20 16:59:34

Expressing apprehension that the Covid-19 situation may worsen during the upcoming winter, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked everyone to bolster preparation to fight the pandemic in winter,...

PM hints at merger of weak banks

PM hints at merger of weak banks

-- 2020-09-20 16:46:12

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has hinted that the banks, which are not functioning properly, would be merged following proper assessments. “There are some banks that become very weak. In many ca...

Scientist Bijon Kumar Sil back to Singapore

Scientist Bijon Kumar Sil back to Singapore

-- 2020-09-20 16:37:52

Dr Bijon Kumar Sil, who led a team of scientists at Gonoshasthaya Kendra in inventing the rapid testing kit for the coronavirus, has returned to Singapore due to work permit hurdles, reports bdnews24....

Bangladesh logs 26 more virus deaths, 1,544 new cases  in a day

Bangladesh logs 26 more virus deaths, 1,544 new cases in a day

-- 2020-09-20 16:05:13

Bangladesh has registered 26 more deaths from the novel coronavirus infection in a day, taking the body count to 4,939. The caseload surged to 348,916 after 1,544 people tested positive for Covid-19...

194 journalists face harassment in Bangladesh in January-August: ASK

194 journalists face harassment in Bangladesh in January-August: ASK

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-09-20 15:48:45

At least 194 journalists fell victim to harassment in Bangladesh in January-August 2020, according to a report by a local independent rights body. Of them, 22 received death threats by phone, Ain o S...

HC grants bail to suspended jailer Sohel Rana

HC grants bail to suspended jailer Sohel Rana

-- 2020-09-20 15:05:20

The High Court on Sunday granted a six-month bail to suspended Chattogram jailer Sohel Rana in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and...

Appellate Division upholds HC stay order on four cases against Khaleda

Appellate Division upholds HC stay order on four cases against Khaleda

-- 2020-09-20 14:30:26

The Appellate Division on Sunday upheld the High Court Division order that stayed trial proceedings in four more cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. A three-member bench led by Justice Muhamma...

PM receives Tk1.65 billion donations for relief fund

PM receives Tk1.65 billion donations for relief fund

-- 2020-09-20 14:23:36

More than 40 organisations, including 34 private banks, have donated Tk 1.65 billion and surgical masks to the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund to help the poor affected by Covid-19 fall...

Miscreants kill Imam in Mymensingh

Miscreants kill Imam in Mymensingh

-- 2020-09-20 13:30:40

An Imam of a local mosque in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh was hacked to death allegedly by some miscreants near Sadhu R Market in the upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Azim...

Abrar murder case: Court defers witness deposition till Oct 5

Abrar murder case: Court defers witness deposition till Oct 5

-- 2020-09-20 12:16:21

Witness deposition in the murder case filed over the death of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad has been deferred until October 5. Dhaka Speedy Trial Trib...

Govt transfers UNO Wahida to Public Administration Ministry

Govt transfers UNO Wahida to Public Administration Ministry

-- 2020-09-20 11:08:43

Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam, who is undergoing treatment for injuries sustained during a break-in at her house, has been transferred to Public Administration Ministry as officer on...

Provide reintegration support to returnee migrant workers, speakers tell webinar

Provide reintegration support to returnee migrant workers, speakers tell webinar

FE REPORT 2020-09-20 09:57:44

Speakers at a webinar in the city on Saturday stressed the need for providing reintegration support to the returnee migrant workers, impacted by Covid-19 pandemic. They suggested introducing income-g...

Sugarcane fetches Tangail farmers sizeable profit

Sugarcane fetches Tangail farmers sizeable profit

Our Correspondent 2020-09-20 09:56:09

Farmers have started earning a substantial profit from sugarcane cultivation in Tangail district in recent years, sector insiders and official sources said. According to the Department of Agricultura...

Stranded onion-laden trucks entering Bangladesh thru Hili Land Port

Stranded onion-laden trucks entering Bangladesh thru Hili Land Port

-- 2020-09-19 21:14:18

Onion-laden trucks stranded on the Indian side opposite to Hili Land Port (HLP) in Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur started entering Bangladesh through the port on Saturday. “The stranded onion-lad...

Reopening schools & colleges: What’re parents thinking about?

Reopening schools & colleges: What’re parents thinking about?

UNB 2020-09-19 21:02:44

All the educational institutions in Bangladesh were shut down in March 2020 when Covid-19 hit the country, a move hailed by students and guardians alike. Six months into the pandemic, all the educa...

DSCC says photos of stray dog removal are fake

DSCC says photos of stray dog removal are fake

-- 2020-09-19 20:47:31

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Saturday requested the city dwellers to refrain from publishing photos of stray dog removal from the city street as they are fake and distorted. The city corpor...