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Nor’wester destroys dozens of houses in Lalmonirhat

Nor’wester destroys dozens of houses in Lalmonirhat

-- 2020-05-25 13:19:05

The joy of Eid-ul-Fitr faded for many families in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat after a nor’wester destroyed over 50 houses there on Monday morning when people were preparing to attend special...

President urges affluent section to stand by the poor

President urges affluent section to stand by the poor

-- 2020-05-25 13:07:34

President Abdul Hamid has called on the affluent section of the society to stand beside the poor in the time of coronavirus crisis. "Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated in a different context this year a...

President offers Eid prayers at Bangabhaban

President offers Eid prayers at Bangabhaban

-- 2020-05-25 12:06:56

President M Abdul Hamid on Monday offered Eid-ul-Fitr prayers along with his family members and some senior officials at Bangabhaban Durbar Hall. Against the backdrop of ongoing global crisis due to...

Eid prayers held amid pandemic

Eid prayers held amid pandemic

-- 2020-05-25 09:44:36

A large number of Muslims joined the first congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr prayers at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque while maintaining social distancing rules in place to curb the spread of the coron...

Celebrate Eid staying home: PM

Celebrate Eid staying home: PM

-- 2020-05-25 09:36:20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr staying home and enjoy time with their family members. "Your safety lies in your hand. Remember, if you remain safe then your famil...

Nazrul’s 121st birth anniversary being celebrated

Nazrul’s 121st birth anniversary being celebrated

-- 2020-05-25 09:35:59

The nation is being celebrated the 121st birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on Monday but unlike previous years, there will be no public function this year because of the coronavirus...

President to offer Eid prayers at Bangabhaban

President to offer Eid prayers at Bangabhaban

-- 2020-05-24 23:02:32

President Abdul Hamid will offer his Eid-ul-Fitr prayers at Bangabhaban Durbar Hall on Monday morning instead of the National Eidgah this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. This Eid-ul-Fitr's pray...

Bangladesh to celebrate Eid on Monday amid COVID-19 pandemic

Bangladesh to celebrate Eid on Monday amid COVID-19 pandemic

-- 2020-05-24 22:20:44

Bangladeshi Muslims are set to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr festival on Monday bidding farewell to the fasting month of Ramadan under stay-at-home order amid COVID-19 pandemic. The Eid-ul-Fitr, the bigg...

Mockbul Hossain, ex-MP and Awami League leader of Dhaka, dies from coronavirus

Mockbul Hossain, ex-MP and Awami League leader of Dhaka, dies from coronavirus

-- 2020-05-24 22:17:52

Former MP from Dhaka and Awami League leader Mockbul Hossain has died from coronavirus infection, reports bdnews24.com. The owner of MH Samorita Medical College and Hospital breathed his last at the...

Livestock sector requires immediate incentives: Study

Livestock sector requires immediate incentives: Study

FE Online Report 2020-05-24 21:34:05

More than 70 per cent of rural households are engaged in livestock-related production and businesses through which smallholders and many landless households earn a livelihood. These smallholders and...

Army to participate in embankment repair work: Minister

Army to participate in embankment repair work: Minister

-- 2020-05-24 21:10:18

Bangladesh Army will take part in repairing embankments damaged during cyclone Amphan, State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Faruk said Sunday. He came up with the information at a meeting over as...

‘Economic activities have to be resumed for livelihoods’

‘Economic activities have to be resumed for livelihoods’

-- 2020-05-24 20:08:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said economic activities have to be resumed for the sake of the lives and livelihoods of people. "Most countries of the world have already compelled to relax th...

Mugda Medical College principal among four doctors transferred

Mugda Medical College principal among four doctors transferred

-- 2020-05-24 19:48:02

The government has transferred the principal of the Mugda Medical College and three other doctors of the general hospital, including its COVID-19 focal person. Principal Shah Golam Nabi was also work...

PM calls for efforts to help poor people

PM calls for efforts to help poor people

-- 2020-05-24 19:44:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to stand beside the poor and vulnerable groups as Bangladesh prepares to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr amid an escalating coronavirus crisis. Addressing the nation...

Lawmaker Shahiduzzaman recovers from COVID-19

Lawmaker Shahiduzzaman recovers from COVID-19

-- 2020-05-24 19:26:07

Md Shahiduzzaman Sarker, the first Member of Parliament to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, has recovered from the COVID-19. The last two tests on samples from the Naogaon-2 MP came ba...

DMP issues 14-point directives for attending Eid Jamaat

DMP issues 14-point directives for attending Eid Jamaat

-- 2020-05-24 18:03:04

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has issued 14-point instructions including completion of ablution before going to the mosques to say Eid prayers for the devotees. The DMP in its directives on Friday...

Lawmakers stand beside vulnerable people: Information minister

Lawmakers stand beside vulnerable people: Information minister

-- 2020-05-24 17:53:48

Turning down a media report on lawmakers’ staying away from ongoing relief distribution, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said most of the lawmakers have stood beside the vulnerable peop...

CPA handles 319,000 containers in 56 days of general holiday

CPA handles 319,000 containers in 56 days of general holiday

-- 2020-05-24 17:47:06

Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) has handled over 319,000 containers in 56 days of general holiday across the country during global epidemic of coronavirus (Covid-19). The Transport Department of CPA...

Cyclone Amphan reopens wounds of ‘Aila’ in Khulna region

Cyclone Amphan reopens wounds of ‘Aila’ in Khulna region

-- 2020-05-24 16:41:20

Kalpana Rani had forcibly been taken to a shelter before cyclone Amphan hit last week. When she returned, she found her house situated in the vicinity of the Sholmarri River completely shattered. Her...

Another police official dies of coronavirus in city

Another police official dies of coronavirus in city

-- 2020-05-24 16:21:45

One more member of Bangladesh Police died of coronavirus at Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital in the city on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Raju Ahmed, an inspector of the Counter-Terrorism a...

BD records highest single-day coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

BD records highest single-day coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

FE Online Desk 2020-05-24 14:48:40

Twenty eight 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 480. This is the high...

Zoo animals get a respite from crowds amid lockdown

Zoo animals get a respite from crowds amid lockdown

-- 2020-05-24 14:28:01

The coronavirus lockdown seems to have given zoo animals a breath of fresh air as crowds stay home amid contagion risks. For the past two months, animals have been spending their days eating and slee...

Special Novoair flights to bring back Bangladeshis from Kolkata

Special Novoair flights to bring back Bangladeshis from Kolkata

-- 2020-05-24 13:13:10

Novoair will operate two special flights on Kolkata-Dhaka route on May 29 and 31 to bring back Bangladesh nationals home who are willing to return. Interested passengers have been requested to enroll...

13 more COVID-19 patients detected in Lakshmipur

13 more COVID-19 patients detected in Lakshmipur

-- 2020-05-24 12:23:43

Thirteen more people, including a policeman and a local UP chairman, were diagnosed with coronavirus in Lakshmipur on Sunday. With the latest ones, the total number of COVID-19 patients in the distri...

Striking Bangladeshis in Beirut agree back-to-work pay deal

Striking Bangladeshis in Beirut agree back-to-work pay deal

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-05-24 12:02:11

Hundreds of striking Bangladeshi waste-sector labourers in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, have returned to work after reaching a pay agreement with their Lebanese employer, Arab News reports. A...

PM Hasina to address nation this evening

PM Hasina to address nation this evening

-- 2020-05-24 11:59:04

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on Sunday evening on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. "The Prime Minister will address the nation at 7:30pm on the occasion of Holy Eid-ul-Fitr,"...

Cyclone Amphan: UN lauds BD, India for keeping people safe

Cyclone Amphan: UN lauds BD, India for keeping people safe

-- 2020-05-24 10:51:28

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appreciated Bangladesh and India for their efforts to keep people safe well ahead of cyclone Amphan that affected badly both the countries.    The S...

Manzur Elahi, his wife Niloufer test positive for coronavirus

Manzur Elahi, his wife Niloufer test positive for coronavirus

-- 2020-05-24 09:58:08

Syed Manzur Elahi, chairman of Apex Group, and his wife Niloufer Manzur, the founding head of Sunbeams school, have contracted COVID-19. According to a message received from the Manzur Family, Mrs Ma...

Volunteers help expand COVID-19 testing across Bangladesh

Volunteers help expand COVID-19 testing across Bangladesh

-- 2020-05-24 09:31:29

Ever since the first cases of the coronavirus were reported in Bangladesh, experts have stressed the need to expand the country's testing capacity in order to gauge the scope of the outbreak and formu...

Letting people leave Dhaka amid coronavirus outbreak ‘suicidal move’: Experts

Letting people leave Dhaka amid coronavirus outbreak ‘suicidal move’: Experts

-- 2020-05-24 09:21:00

The government’s decision to allow people to travel to their village homes to celebrate Eid is a “suicidal move” amid the coronavirus outbreak, which will help the virus spread to al...