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President, PM felicitate UN peacekeeping members

President, PM felicitate UN peacekeeping members

-- 2020-05-27 23:38:21

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have extended heartiest congratulations and felicitations to all the peacekeeping members marking the ‘International Day of United Nation...

Five COVID-19 patients killed in United Hospital fire

Five COVID-19 patients killed in United Hospital fire

-- 2020-05-27 23:23:55

At least five patients infected with coronavirus were killed in a fire at corona unit of the United Hospital at Gulshan area in Dhaka on Wednesday night, a fire service official said. “We have...

United Hospital in Dhaka catches fire

United Hospital in Dhaka catches fire

-- 2020-05-27 23:09:22

A fire has erupted at a tent built to treat COVID-19 patients at the United Hospital at Gulshan area in Dhaka. The Fire Service and Civil Defence sent three units to the private hospital after the fi...

Public transport services on limited scale from May 31

Public transport services on limited scale from May 31

-- 2020-05-27 21:33:45

Bangladesh is lifting the ban on public transport services from May 31, the day offices will reopen on a limited scale. State Minister to Public Administration Farhad Hossain said public transport sy...

‘Announcing general holidays instead of lockdown a mistake’

‘Announcing general holidays instead of lockdown a mistake’

-- 2020-05-27 21:32:09

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the government made a mistake by announcing only general holidays from March 26 instead of enforcing a lockdown to tackle the corona...

Maritime ports to hoist cautionary signal 3

Maritime ports to hoist cautionary signal 3

-- 2020-05-27 20:36:06

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three as a steep pressure gradient persists over north Bay. "Under its...

More than one in six youth out of work due to COVID-19: ILO

More than one in six youth out of work due to COVID-19: ILO

FE Online Report 2020-05-27 20:22:17

More than one in six young people have stopped working since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic while those who remain employed have seen their working hours cut by 23 per cent, says the International...

BNP maintains ‘safe distance’ during disaster: Obaidul Quader

BNP maintains ‘safe distance’ during disaster: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-05-27 20:10:58

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP is now staying in ‘political isolation’ as the party practices the politics of maintaining ‘safe distance’ from the c...

Govt modernises industrial units to make those profitable: Minister

Govt modernises industrial units to make those profitable: Minister

-- 2020-05-27 20:03:03

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Wednesday said industrial units under the Industries Ministry are being modernised to make those profitable. Industries Ministry has gained new momen...

PM greets Rajapaksa marking 50 years of his political career

PM greets Rajapaksa marking 50 years of his political career

-- 2020-05-27 18:55:43

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated her Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa on the occasion of completion of 50 years of his political career. “The Bangladesh prime minister extende...

Govt decides not to extend general holidays

Govt decides not to extend general holidays

-- 2020-05-27 18:05:51

The government will not extend the ongoing general holidays, aimed at curbing the transmission of coronavirus, beyond May 30, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain told UNB on Wednes...

Untimely Teesta River erosion perplexes people

Untimely Teesta River erosion perplexes people

-- 2020-05-27 17:54:15

Untimely erosion in Teesta River in Gokunda Char area of Lalmonirhat devoured about six houses and arable land. Abu Syed, son of Dulu Mia, was electrocuted while saving his house from river erosion....

Power supply in Dhaka, Narayanganj disrupted by nor'wester

Power supply in Dhaka, Narayanganj disrupted by nor'wester

-- 2020-05-27 17:35:09

The electricity supply in two cities—Dhaka and  Narayanganj— was disrupted for a few hours in the early morning of Wednesday due to nor'wester accompanied by heavy shower. According...

‘Hard lockdown is the only option now’

‘Hard lockdown is the only option now’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-05-27 17:28:06

A political analyst and economist has strongly argued the government to go for hard lockdown in the form of curfew to avoid the possible disaster due to massive spread of coronavirus in Bangladesh. &...

14 die in northern BD after consuming ‘alcohol’

14 die in northern BD after consuming ‘alcohol’

-- 2020-05-27 16:56:02

At least 14 people died in three days after consuming spirit in the neighbouring districts of Dinajpur and Rangpur during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday.    In the northern district of Rangpu...

Four die as storm lashes Joypurhat

Four die as storm lashes Joypurhat

-- 2020-05-27 16:06:36

At least four people, including two children, were crushed to death by falling trees and collapsing walls after a storm slammed into Joypurhat shortly after Tuesday midnight. The incidents were repor...

CPD mourns passing of educationist Niloufer Manzur

CPD mourns passing of educationist Niloufer Manzur

FE Online Desk 2020-05-27 16:00:21

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) says it is deeply saddened by the passing of Mrs Niloufer Manzur, a renowned educationist and founding principal of Sunbeams School, according to a condolence mess...

22 more die of COVID-19 as caseload reaches 38,292

22 more die of COVID-19 as caseload reaches 38,292

FE Online Desk 2020-05-27 14:44:57

Bangladesh on Wednesday registered 22 more fatalities caused by the novel coronavirus, the health directorate said, bringing the total count to 544. Authorities also reported 1,541 new infections in...

Australia plans to take 120 more citizens from Dhaka

Australia plans to take 120 more citizens from Dhaka

-- 2020-05-27 14:13:20

The Australian High Commission in Dhaka has planned to arrange a special flight for its 120 citizens to return home from Bangladesh on June 13. "The flight will require minimum 120 passengers. If we...

Decision on lockdown restrictions Thursday

Decision on lockdown restrictions Thursday

-- 2020-05-27 13:52:01

The government is set to decide whether to lift or extend the ongoing lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday. The nationwide lockdown orders have been in effect since March 26 with the go...

Three dead after microbus plunges into ditch in Munshiganj

Three dead after microbus plunges into ditch in Munshiganj

-- 2020-05-27 13:32:33

Three people have died after a microbus lost control and fell into a roadside ditch in Munshiganj's Gazaria Upazila. Eight others were injured in the accident which took place on the Dhaka-Chattogram...

Nor'wester kills four in Joypurhat

Nor'wester kills four in Joypurhat

-- 2020-05-27 13:04:54

At least four people, including two children, were crushed to death by falling trees and collapsing walls after a nor'wester slammed into Joypurhat shortly after Tuesday midnight. The incidents were...

Death toll rises to five in Jamuna boat capsize

Death toll rises to five in Jamuna boat capsize

-- 2020-05-27 12:54:24

Three more bodies were recovered on Wednesday morning after a boat capsized in the Jamuna River in Chauhali upazila of Sirajganj district on Tuesday, raising the death toll to five. The deceased are-...

Three killed in Chapainawabganj lightning strikes

Three killed in Chapainawabganj lightning strikes

-- 2020-05-27 12:32:09

Three people were killed in separate lightning strikes in Ghorapakhia union of Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Rumali Begum, wife of Far...

Govt orders all hospitals to treat virus patients

Govt orders all hospitals to treat virus patients

-- 2020-05-27 12:18:09

The government has ordered all public and private hospitals in Bangladesh to provide treatment to coronavirus (COVID-19) and other patients in separate units. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfar...

Nor’wester lashes Dhaka

Nor’wester lashes Dhaka

-- 2020-05-27 10:36:57

A nor’wester accompanied by rain and gusty wind swept the capital early Wednesday. “The nor’wester was blowing with wind speed of 78kph in Dhaka. It was 83kph in the Hazrat Shahjala...

Singaporeans raise $60,000 to help dying cancer patient return to Bangladesh

Singaporeans raise $60,000 to help dying cancer patient return to Bangladesh

-- 2020-05-27 10:34:04

A group of Singaporeans worked feverishly to arrange a special flight to Bangladesh to grant a dying man his wish to celebrate one last Eid-ul-Fitr in his home town Dhaka, reports The Straits Times....

COVID-19: Over 4000 cops test positive

COVID-19: Over 4000 cops test positive

-- 2020-05-27 10:08:02

More than 4000 policemen have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as the deadly virus continues to spread fast across the country. Some 152 cops were found to be infected with the vi...

Dr Zafrullah takes plasma therapy for COVID-19

Dr Zafrullah takes plasma therapy for COVID-19

-- 2020-05-27 09:49:07

Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, the founder and trustee of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra, has undergone convalescent plasma therapy for coronavirus infection while Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina checked on his healt...

Drug trafficking thrives in Bangladesh amid coronavirus pandemic

Drug trafficking thrives in Bangladesh amid coronavirus pandemic

-- 2020-05-27 09:29:32

The coronavirus pandemic has stopped the world in its tracks, but drug traders in Bangladesh enjoy a booming business. The police say incidents of drug cache seizure and arrest of drug trafficking su...