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‘Move to put Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur, Narsingdi under lockdown’

-- 2020-06-07 23:37:03

The health authorities are planning to put Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Narsingdi under lockdown on pilot basis at the initial stage. Dr Abul Kalam Azad, director general of Directorate General of...

Govt cancels gazettes of 1,181 ‘freedom fighters’

-- 2020-06-07 23:26:49

The government has cancelled the gazettes of 1,181 freedom fighters. The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs issued a notification on Sunday in this regard, report UNB and BSS. The notification was i...

FE journalist Monayem Khan dies of Covid-19

FE Online Report 2020-06-07 22:11:53

Abdul Monayem Khan, a senior journalist and Cox’s Bazar correspondent of The Financial Express, died of Covid-19 at the Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Sunday. He was 54. His elder broth...

DWASA to supply drinking water to 4.0m more residents

-- 2020-06-07 22:09:34

The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) has taken up a project to install water treatment plant (Jashaldia) to supply drinking water from Padma River for four million residents of Dhaka....

Five organisations fined Tk 40,000 over Aedes larvae

FE Online Report 2020-06-07 21:02:18

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) found Aedes larvae in 216 houses and establishments in the capital on Sunday, the second day of its combing operation. Five organisations in the Tejgaon industrial...

Nasim’s condition remains unchanged

-- 2020-06-07 21:02:12

The condition of ailing Awami League presidium member and former health minister Mohammed Nasim is unchanged as he still remains in ‘coma’. He is currently in ventilation support at the I...

Three BSRM workers burnt to death

-- 2020-06-07 20:10:44

Three workers of a factory were burnt to death and two others received injuries while melting hot iron rod at Mirarsari upazila in Chattogram. The deceased were identified as Gias Uddin, Nazrul Islam...

Square Hospital doctor dies of COVID-19

-- 2020-06-07 18:54:53

A senior consultant of internal medicine at Square Hospital has died of the COVID-19 disease at the age of 67, reports bdnews24.com. Dr Mirza Nazim Uddin, director of medical services at Square, pass...

icddr,b clarifies director's statement in Economist on BD coronavirus

-- 2020-06-07 18:20:54

The icddr,b has issued a clarification over the statement of its Executive Director Dr John D Clemens cited by British publication The Economist in a widely-discussed report on the state of the corona...

Police detain six in connection with gang-rape incident in city

FE Online Report 2020-06-07 18:16:01

Police arrested six suspects in connection with a gang-rape incident in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area. The arrestees are Md. Tushar (22), Md. Ali Hossain Rony (24), Md. Sumon Hawladar (30), Md. Hridoy...

Bangladesh’s first human milk bank hits COVID-19 hurdle

-- 2020-06-07 17:55:28

Bangladesh’s first human milk bank stalled once after running into opposition by a group of Islamists last year, and it faces another prodigious hurdle now: the coronavirus outbreak. The hardli...

Lawmaker Shahid Islam held in Kuwait

-- 2020-06-07 17:40:16

Mohammad Shahid Islam, MP of Laxmipur- 2 constituency (independent), has been arrested in Kuwait. Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Kuwait arrested Shahid Islam on Saturday night, Bangladesh...

Let's not confuse the nation with ‘virus of division’: Quader

-- 2020-06-07 17:10:23

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday called upon all to get united for tackling the coronavirus situation instead of confusing the nation with the ‘virus of division’....

Chinese medical team due Monday

-- 2020-06-07 17:04:29

A team of Chinese medical experts, who have the firsthand experience of containing the virus and treating the patients with remarkable success, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Monday with a bunch o...

2,767 policemen made full recovery from coronavirus

-- 2020-06-07 16:35:53

A total of 2,767 policemen made full recovery from coronavirus as of Sunday. Some 6,206 policemen were infected with coronavirus across the country while performing duties. “Among the total in...

BD expats account for half of COVID-19 dead in Maldives

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-06-07 16:22:37

Bangladeshi expatriates account for half of those who died from COVID-19 in the Maldives while the rest are locals, a Maldives Insider report analysis shows. Meanwhile, Xinhua reported as of Saturday...

PM donates Tk 100 million to CRP

-- 2020-06-07 15:36:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday donated Tk 100 million (10 crore) to the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) to continue its healthcare and other services to people. "The prim...

BD records highest 42 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

FE Online Desk 2020-06-07 14:44:21

Forty two more people died of the highly infectious coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours to 8:00 am on Sunday. With the latest, the death toll from COVID-19 now stands at 888. This is the highes...

Corona infected Minister Bir Bahadur to be flown to Dhaka

-- 2020-06-07 13:23:52

The government has made arrangements to bring Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing to Dhaka for treatment at the Combined Military Hospital after he became the first Ba...

RAB magistrate Sarwoer, wife test positive for COVID-19

-- 2020-06-07 13:15:39

RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam and his wife have been infected by the coronavirus. Sarwoer received the positive test result on Saturday night, he said, bdnews24.com reported. “My throa...

Coronavirus: 97 test positive, five die in 24 hours in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2020-06-07 12:22:48

A total of 97 people were infected and five died in the last 24 hours until Saturday evening in Cox’s Bazar. “A total of 108 people tested positive when 348 samples were tested at the l...

Six-point: “Charter of Freedom” for Bengalees

BSS 2020-06-07 12:14:56

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has written an article marking the historic Six-Point Day today. Following is the article: We observe June 7 as the Six-Point Day. The year 2020 has appeared as a uniqu...

Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing infected with COVID-19

-- 2020-06-07 10:08:26

Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing has become the first minister in Bangladesh who is confirmed to have contracted the novel coronavirus amid an escalating outbreak. The Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) affairs mini...

Japan East West Medical College Hospital starts corona treatment

FE Online Report 2020-06-06 21:43:32

Japan East West Medical College Hospital in the city has started providing treatment for Covid -19 patients on Saturday. Health and Family Planning Minister Zahid Maleque inaugurated the services thr...

Parameters set for red, green and yellow zones

-- 2020-06-06 21:38:31

The government has prepared a proposal to finalise different parameters to categorise coronavirus-infected areas in three zones - red, yellow and green- with an aim to stem the spread of the virus. A...

Historic Six-Point Day tomorrow

-- 2020-06-06 21:36:50

The historic Six-Point Day, marking the demand for autonomy for the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, is going to be virtually observed tomorrow (Sunday) across the country in wake of the fatal coro...

Sahara Khatun hospitalised

-- 2020-06-06 20:59:18

Awami League presidium member and former home minister Sahara Khatun has been admitted to the city’s United Hospital with old age complications. She was hospitalised a few days ago with fever,...

Almost 6,000 policemen infected

-- 2020-06-06 20:33:28

Altogether 5,999 members of Bangladesh Police have been infected with coronavirus while performing duties across the country as of Saturday morning, as per a UNB agency report. “Among the coron...

SBMCH orthopaedic department under lockdown

-- 2020-06-06 19:48:50

The orthopaedic department of Barishal’s Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) has been put under lockdown after 11 doctors and nurses tested positive for coronavirus. Other doctors an...

BPDB seeks Tk 58b fiscal support as electricity bills remain unpaid

FE Online Report 2020-06-06 19:24:07

State-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has sought Tk 58 billion from the government to carry out the regular expenses as huge electricity bills remain unpaid. “We sought the financ...