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-- 2020-05-12 14:51:10
A total of 1,878 policemen were infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) as of Tuesday while performing their duties during the pandemic. Among the infected police members, 865 are from Dhaka Metropoli...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-05-12 14:47:25
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate mobile court drives on Monday fined 25 shops a total of Tk 34,000 for allegedly violating the government’s social distancing measures. Several DMP te...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-12 14:42:34
Bangladesh confirmed 969 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 16,660. Meanwhile, 11 more people died of the lethal disease in the last 24 hours....
-- 2020-05-12 13:59:23
Twenty people, including an Assistant Commissioner (Land) and her husband, were diagnosed with coronavirus on Tuesday in Keraniganj in Dhaka. Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Mir Mobarak...
FE Online Report 2020-05-12 13:20:45
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Tuesday said a special committee or task force will be formed to monitor the investigation and prosecution activities of the cases filed...
-- 2020-05-12 12:48:42
Farhana Aktar Rahima, the one-and-half-year-old child whose body was recovered from a septic tank in Lakshmipur on Saturday, was killed by her own father to frame his opponents in murder charges, acco...
UNB 2020-05-12 12:32:48
Field-level work on 25 ongoing power transmission projects remained suspended since the coronavirus outbreak in China, hitting hard the power sector development. According to official sources, most o...
-- 2020-05-12 12:08:44
More Bangladesh nationals are scheduled to return home from the Maldives by a chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on May 15. If the date is further changed, it will be notified on High Comm...
-- 2020-05-12 10:42:09
Eleven people including an Upazila Nirbahi Officer and an Officer-in-Charge were infected with coronavirus in Netrakona district on Monday night. Deputy Commissioner Md Moinul Islam said the samples...
-- 2020-05-12 09:56:18
The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University or BSMMU has brushed aside reports that its Vice Chancellor Prof Kanak Kanti Barua has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “[Prof Barua] i...
MUNIMA SULTANA 2020-05-12 09:51:15
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has started taking preparation to resume train service after withdrawal of the lockdown amid the challenge of checking the spread of coronavirus among passengers with its limit...
-- 2020-05-12 09:44:03
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning. It had an AQI score of 163 at 09:04m. The air was classified as ‘unhealthy’. Although Dha...
FE Online Report 2020-05-11 21:34:21
The US has provided over $22 million till date to complement the government’s ongoing efforts to prepare and contain the spread of COVID-19. The assistance is aimed to improve rapid diagnosis,...
-- 2020-05-11 20:51:27
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL) has given order to Japanese metro train company for manufacturing second, third and fourth set of passengers’ trains, as the first passenger train was read...
-- 2020-05-11 20:43:34
The concerned VAT offices would remain open on May 15 (Friday) since it will be the last day for submission of value added tax (VAT) returns. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued an office orde...
-- 2020-05-11 20:42:17
The government will publish the results of SSC and equivalent examinations this month even if the coronavirus shutdown continues. Inter-board coordination subcommittee Chairman Md Ziaul Haque confirm...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-05-11 20:26:51
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) fined Tk 22,000 at several places of its areas in the capital on Monday. Eight mobile courts of the DNCC conducted the drives aiming to help prevent breeding of Ae...
-- 2020-05-11 20:26:44
US Embassy in Dhaka has provided essential personal protective equipment (PPE) to Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) as part of US assistance to Bangladesh’s COVID-19 response efforts. US am...
TALHA BIN HABIB 2020-05-11 20:23:30
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has directed to withdraw 43 brands of different products including Suresh mustard oil, Danish curry powder, Promi mustard oil and Pubali salt from m...
-- 2020-05-11 20:12:28
Bangabandhu Satellite-I (BS-I), first communication satellite of the country, will mark the second anniversary on Tuesday at it was launched to the orbit on May 12 in 2018 from United States. The sat...
-- 2020-05-11 19:50:38
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government on Monday signed $500 million loan agreements to strengthen Bangladesh’s efforts to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the novel coronaviru...
-- 2020-05-11 19:39:40
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday requested the owners of media houses to stop sacking their employees and pay their arrear salary and allowances. The minister came up with the remarks a...
-- 2020-05-11 18:55:31
Speakers at a webinar discussion underscored the need for bilateral cooperation in agriculture between India and Bangladesh to overcome the existing problems caused by COVID-19. South Asian Network o...
-- 2020-05-11 18:19:21
Bangladesh’s health sector is likely to witness an increased amount of only Tk 8.00 billion, the lowest monetary allocation in terms of increase, in the upcoming annual development programme (AD...
-- 2020-05-11 17:08:40
An office assistant at the Prime Minister’s Office has made a confessional statement to a court about misappropriating an official document bearing the premier's seal for Tk 20,000 following her...
-- 2020-05-11 16:30:14
The bKash users can pay their water bills of Dhaka WASA and Chattogram WASA anytime from home during the Covid-19 prevention period. “Around 380,000 customers of Dhaka WASA and around 72,000 cu...
-- 2020-05-11 15:41:22
A mild heat wave is sweeping over Khulna, Barishal and Sylhet divisions as well as the regions of Kishoregonj, Sandwip, Sitakunda, Rangamati, Feni, Hatiya, Rajshahi and Pabna. It may continue for the...
-- 2020-05-11 15:28:57
The UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Monday agreed with the government of Myanmar to extend the tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for activities in Rakh...
-- 2020-05-11 14:55:30
Illegal fish harvesters have descended on the Halda River as the breeding season begins, leaving fish and dolphins at high risk. Despite multiple raids, the authorities have failed to stop the thieve...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-05-11 14:55:27
Bangladesh reported the highest-ever single-day coronavirus (COVID-19) infections on Monday, according to the statistics of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A total of 1034 people teste...
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