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Secretariat offices to run with maximum 25pc staff: State Minister

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-06-01 17:06:18

Offices at the Secretariat will be running with physical presence of maximum 25 per cent officers and employees amid the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a government decision. At the same time, 25 pe...

Vegetable farming on floating beds gets popularity in Sylhet

-- 2020-06-01 16:38:40

Vegetable farming on floating beds made of water hyacinth and bamboo in waterbodies or ponds, has drawn huge response from farmers in different areas of Sylhet district. This method of vegetable cult...

Three held over gang-rape in Manikganj

-- 2020-06-01 16:31:34

Police arrested three youths from Mouhali village of Ghior upazila in Manikganj on Sunday night in a case filed over gang- rape of a woman. The arrestees are—Wasim Hossain, 20, Rakib Hossain an...

RAB arrests suspected trafficker of 26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya

-- 2020-06-01 14:53:11

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a man suspected of trafficking 26 Bangladeshi nationals who were recently killed in Libya. Kamal Hossain, alias Haji Kamal, 55, was apprehended in Dhaka on Sun...

22 new virus deaths in BD, cases rise by 2,381

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-06-01 14:42:05

Twenty-two more people died from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Monday, according to the statistics of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With this, the de...

Passengers flout social distancing at Chandpur launch terminal

-- 2020-06-01 14:39:00

The hygiene and social distancing rules critical to limiting the spread of the coronavirus infection are being disregarded as passengers swarmed the Chandpur launch terminal, a day after river transpo...

No new dengue case reported in 24 hrs

-- 2020-06-01 13:55:31

No new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Monday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). One dengue patient is now being treated at a hospital,...

Buses back on roads after more than two months

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-06-01 12:46:42

Buses on Monday morning resumed services after more than two months of suspension in efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the country. The presence of passengers is thin in Dhaka city whi...

Man dies in Keraniganj a day after son’s death from COVID-19

-- 2020-06-01 12:35:06

A man died in Subadda area of Keraniganj on Sunday night a day after his son’s death from coronavirus infection. The deceased was identified as Bazlur Rahman Mridha, 75. Bazlur’s son Sir...

UN calls for closing compulsory drug detention and rehab centres permanently

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-06-01 11:37:10

In a joint statement, the United Nations has urgently appealed to member countries to permanently close compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centres in Asia and the Pacific as an important mea...

Dhaka’s air quality shows improvement

-- 2020-06-01 10:20:07

Dhaka’s air quality showed improvement as it ranked 15th worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning.   Dhaka had an AQI score of 87 at 08:38am and the air was classified as &lsq...

Teen commits suicide after failing SSC examination

-- 2020-06-01 09:50:19

A teenage girl apparently hanged herself after failing the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations in Puthia village of Ullapara upazila in Sirajganj on Sunday. The deceased was identified as...

Ride-sharing services to remain suspended

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-05-31 23:45:20

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has decided to keep the ride-sharing services suspended until further notice despite reopening of all kinds of public transports. The BRTA took the decision...

‘No surcharge for delayed payment of electricity bills until June’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-05-31 23:13:26

State-run power distribution companies will not impose any surcharge on electricity bills payments for the months of February, March, April and May due to coronavirus pandemic. State Minister for Pow...

Zafrullah’s wife, son infected with coronavirus

-- 2020-05-31 22:58:33

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury has said his wife Shirin Parvin Haque and son Bareesh Hasan Chowdhury were infected with coronavirus. Zafrullah said on Sunday night that, “the...

Govt, private offices reopen amid surge in virus cases, deaths

-- 2020-05-31 21:43:51

All government, semi-government, autonomous  and private offices resumed on Sunday ending a 66-day general holiday amid spike in coronavirus cases and deaths across the country. Public transport...

BNP does not think about working people: Hasan

-- 2020-05-31 21:39:13

Turning down the BNP’s allegation that the government is pushing the people towards death by relaxing lockdown, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said BNP leaders don’t think of the...

Schools, colleges to reopen after crisis is over: PM

-- 2020-05-31 21:07:10

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said students can go back to classes  after the coronavirus crisis is over. She made the remarks at an event marking the publication of the results of SSC and eq...

Jatri Kalyan Samity demands restoration of previous bus fare

FE ONLINEK REPORT 2020-05-31 20:44:54

Rejecting the 60 per cent bus fare hike, Jatri Kalyan Samity on Sunday also demanded to maintain the previous rate of bus fare.  “The government is unjustifiably accepting the transport ow...

Former BTV chief Mustafa Kamal Syed dies from COVID-19

-- 2020-05-31 20:06:32

Former director general of state broadcaster Bangladesh Television Mustafa Kamal Syed has died with coronavirus infection at the age of 76, reports bdnews24.com. He breathed his last on Sunday aftern...

Additional electricity generation required to meet unanticipated needs: Power Division

FE Online Report 2020-05-31 19:54:41

Power Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) on Sunday said the country’s additional electricity generation capacity is ‘reserve margin,’ which is...

Coronavirus: 39 Bangladeshis return from India

-- 2020-05-31 19:54:28

A special flight of NOVOAIR brought back 39 stranded Bangladeshis from Kolkata in India on Sunday amid coronavirus pandemic. “The special flight with 39 Bangladesh citizens left Netaji Subhas C...

BR resumes intercity train service maintaining health guidelines

FE Online Report 2020-05-31 19:30:52

Intercity train service resumed on Sunday abiding health regulations at stations and launches amid fear of further spreading of coronavirus. At Kamlapur station, three trains have left following ar...

Sadarghat launch terminal to get 20 disinfectant tunnels

-- 2020-05-31 18:21:38

The government will set up 20 disinfectant tunnels at Sadarghat launch terminal, aiming to ensure safe journey of launch passengers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Six disinfectant tunnels have alread...

Paturia ferry terminal at risk as Padma River erodes

-- 2020-05-31 17:17:11

At least 10 government establishments, including the Patuaria ferry terminal in Manikganj, are at risk because of untimely erosion in the Padma River. Locals said three pontoons of the terminal may s...

Industrialist Abdul Monem no more

-- 2020-05-31 16:54:58

Prominent industrialist Abdul Monem, the founder of conglomerate Abdul Monem Ltd, has died in hospital care at the age of 86, reports bdnews24.com. He passed away at Dhaka's Combined Military Hospita...

ACC sues former union chairman of corruption charges

-- 2020-05-31 16:48:10

The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday filed a case against former chairman of Beraid union of Badda Thana Jahangir Alam for amassing huge wealth illegally, reports UNB. Assistant director o...

Govt to provide Tk 20b to commercial banks as subsidy

-- 2020-05-31 16:44:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday announced that the government will provide Tk 20 billion (Tk 2,000 crore) to commercial banks as subsidy so that they could waive this money as interest from aro...

Govt increases bus fares by 60pc

-- 2020-05-31 16:26:42

The government has increased fares of inter-district and long routes (Dhaka, Chittagong cities and adjoining areas) bus and minibuses by 60 per cent, in order to compensate bus owners carrying 50 per...

ACC files lawsuit against three over rice embezzlement

FE Online Report 2020-05-31 16:00:24

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed case against three persons including a food warehouse officer-in-charge in Bogura for embezzling 15,000 kg of government rice. Wahid Munzur Sohag, a deputy...