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-- 2020-05-20 17:48:09
Bangladesh still relies on the British-era storm warning system despite being one of the countries which are most vulnerable to natural disasters. However, almost every country in the world has ensur...
-- 2020-05-20 17:42:53
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has enough preparation to face the impending cyclone ‘Amphan’. “We have the preparations (to face cyclone Amphan). We are taking...
-- 2020-05-20 16:39:38
An octogenarian man, who had been infected with coronavirus, died at his house at Razapur village of Boalmari upazila in in Faridpur on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Khairul Alam, 80. Dist...
-- 2020-05-20 16:27:47
Mobile courts on Wednesday fined owners of 12 houses and other establishments Tk 57,000 as larvae of Aedes mosquito was found on their premises in different parts of the city under the Dhaka North Cit...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-05-20 16:06:00
Ahmed Fazlur Rahman (Bahar), Former President of the Bangladesh Indenting Agents' Association (BIAA), died of old-age complications at his Siddheswari Residence in Dhaka early Tuesday. Mr. Rahman (84...
-- 2020-05-20 15:08:43
Authorities in Bangladesh have moved hundreds of Rohingya refugees living on a flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal to storm shelters as super cyclone Amphan, the strongest recorded in the region,...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-05-20 14:46:34
Bangladesh witnessed 1,617 new cases of novel coronavirus on Wednesday, the health directorate said, its biggest daily increase yet in infections, bringing the total case count to 26,738. Authorities...
-- 2020-05-20 13:17:48
About 1.4 million people in the coastal areas of Bangladesh have taken refuge in storm shelters as of Wednesday as cyclone Amphan moves further close to the coast. Authorities are continuing to shift...
-- 2020-05-20 12:00:37
As Cyclone ‘Amphan’ is approaching fast, the district administration of Satkhira has taken all the necessary preparations to tackle the super cyclone in addition to evacuating thousands of...
-- 2020-05-20 11:53:06
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has elevated the storm alert to great danger signal 9 for Chattogram and Cox's Bazar ports as the very severe cyclonic storm reached within 345 km of the count...
-- 2020-05-20 10:52:24
The air quality in Dhaka showed a significant improvement on Wednesday morning with the capital city ranking 41st worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI). It had an AQI score of 56 at 08:44 am and its a...
-- 2020-05-20 10:37:36
Sixteen more people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Kishoreganj district in the last 24 hours till Tuesday. Civil Surgeon of the district Dr Mohammad Mujibur Rahman said the results of sample...
-- 2020-05-20 09:59:07
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has asked Mongla and Payra ports to hoist great danger signal No. 10 as the very severe cyclonic storm reached within 390 km of the country’s coastline,...
FE Report 2020-05-20 09:46:40
Road Safety Foundation (RSF) has expressed concern over the vulnerable condition of transport workers as they remain jobless amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The organisation urged the govern...
ADNAN HOSSAIN BHUIYAN 2020-05-20 09:29:29
Public crowding in Dhaka's marketplaces and traffic on streets continue to rise in the wake of a relaxed regime of the health and social-distancing guidelines. This blatant disregard for personal saf...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2020-05-20 09:28:35
The number of expatriate Bangladeshis, who died of corona abroad, reached 654 until Tuesday, community leaders said. It may be mentioned that in Bangladesh, 360 people died of corona so far. Among t...
FE Online Report 2020-05-19 22:59:56
Dettol Harpic Porichchonno Bangladesh (DHPB) is going to donate protective care items to police, health workers, poor and disadvantaged families as measures to fight coronavirus. DHPB will provide th...
-- 2020-05-19 22:24:03
The super cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ is likely to cross Bangladesh coast between Khulna- Chattogram by Wednesday evening, according to a latest special storm warning bulletin by Bangladesh me...
-- 2020-05-19 21:07:30
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education are working together to distribute food rations among nearly 3.0 million primary school children across Ban...
-- 2020-05-19 21:04:58
The High Court (HC) has formed a committee to protect natural environment, biodiversity, mother carp fishes and dolphins in Halda river in Chattogram. The High Court bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan o...
-- 2020-05-19 20:58:39
Extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ is posing a huge challenge for Bangladesh to maintain social distancing and hygiene at the shelter centres as the country grapples to contain the s...
-- 2020-05-19 20:46:42
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has found mental peace in staying at home but her physical condition has seen no improvement, a senior party leader said. “Without any doubt, she is in relief...
-- 2020-05-19 20:44:08
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged all parties to extend cooperation to government during the coronavirus situation for the sake of the country’s people. He also cal...
FE Online Report 2020-05-19 20:39:48
Russian contractor has weld connected two halves Reactor Pressure Vessel, or RPV, for 1200 megawatt, or MW, unit-1 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at Ishwardi of Pabna in northern Bangladesh. It is a...
-- 2020-05-19 20:27:07
Bangladesh Navy has deployed 25 ships as part of three-tier efforts to conduct emergency rescue, relief and medical operations in the immediate aftermath of the super cyclone Amphan. Two maritime pat...
-- 2020-05-19 20:10:17
A total of 4,042 people secured bail after their petitions were heard by virtual courts across the country on Tuesday. Hearing on 6,516 bail petitions were held virtually on Tuesday, said Md Saifur R...
-- 2020-05-19 19:58:56
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has declared to provide special assistance to those journalists who have fallen in crisis due to Coronavirus pandemic. “The special assistance would be give...
-- 2020-05-19 19:31:26
The super cyclone ‘Amphan’ over west central bay and adjoining area moved north-northeastwards and lies over the same area as an extremely severe cyclonic storm. It is likely to move in a...
-- 2020-05-19 18:25:16
Bangladesh Film Exhibitors' Association has decided to keep cinema halls across the country shut during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr holidays to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. “No cinema ha...
-- 2020-05-19 18:15:55
Leading global storm tracker AccuWeather has described Amphan as the first super cyclone in Bay of Bengal since 1999, fearing the “ferocious” storm to unleash extreme impacts across Bangla...
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