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Tk 8m missing from National Bank vehicle in city

Tk 8m missing from National Bank vehicle in city

-- 2020-05-11 14:02:05

A bag containing about Tk 8.0 million in cash has purportedly been lost from a cash-in-transit vehicle of National Bank in Old Dhaka. A case was subsequently started over the matter by the bank's Dil...

Govt to buy extra Boro paddy for coronavirus aid

Govt to buy extra Boro paddy for coronavirus aid

-- 2020-05-11 13:09:17

The government will procure an additional 200,000 tonnes of Boro paddy during the harvest season to conduct large-scale relief operations amid the coronavirus crisis. The Ministry of Food approved a...

Woman dies with fever, cold related problems in Sylhet

Woman dies with fever, cold related problems in Sylhet

-- 2020-05-11 12:48:10

A woman who had been suffering from fever and cold related problem died at Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital in Sylhet city on Sunday night.   The woman, hailing from Sunamganj, died at night, said Susha...

Shop owners, vehicles fined for breaking social distancing measures

Shop owners, vehicles fined for breaking social distancing measures

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-05-11 12:09:30

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate mobile court drives on Sunday fined different people, vehicles and businesses a total of Tk 31,700 for allegedly violating the government’s social dis...

Six of a family, physician infected with COVID-19 in Nilphamari

Six of a family, physician infected with COVID-19 in Nilphamari

-- 2020-05-11 11:46:01

Twelve people, including six members of a family and a female physician, have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Nilphamari district. Civil Surgeon Dr Ronojit Kumar Barman said with the new ones, tot...

114 stranded Bangladeshis return home from UK

114 stranded Bangladeshis return home from UK

-- 2020-05-11 11:43:38

As many as 114 Bangladeshis, who were marooned in the UK due to a travel ban over the coronavirus pandemic, have returned home. They arrived in Dhaka on a special chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh...

Asymptomatic patients are ‘corona bombs’: Experts

Asymptomatic patients are ‘corona bombs’: Experts

UNB 2020-05-11 11:20:43

As the government is now focusing on detecting those showing symptoms of COVID-19 to isolate them from others amid limited testing capacity in the country, health experts think silent spreaders have...

Deputy minister Nowfel’s brother tests coronavirus positive

Deputy minister Nowfel’s brother tests coronavirus positive

-- 2020-05-11 09:53:00

The younger brother of Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel’s has been diagnosed with coronavirus.   According to Chattogram Civil Surgeon office, 75 people tested c...

RMG leads job cut spree

RMG leads job cut spree

MONIRA MUNNI 2020-05-11 09:29:29

At least 8,500 workers from 65 factories located in the country's six industrial zones have lost their jobs since the nationwide lockdown began, the police say. Owners are terminating workers, defyin...

156 coronavirus patients recover in Kishoreganj

156 coronavirus patients recover in Kishoreganj

-- 2020-05-10 21:33:35

A total of 156 coronavirus patients, including 95 district health department staff, have recovered in Kishoreganj until Sunday. Civil Surgeon Dr Md Mujibur Rahman came up with the information from a...

BNP accuses govt of creating scope for coronavirus spread

BNP accuses govt of creating scope for coronavirus spread

-- 2020-05-10 20:51:45

BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday alleged that the government has created a scope for the spread of the deadly coronavirus instead of containing it by easing the s...

‘Evaluate other countries’ corona picture before remarking on BD scenario’

‘Evaluate other countries’ corona picture before remarking on BD scenario’

-- 2020-05-10 20:30:21

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday urged the BNP leaders to look at the prevailing corona situation in Europe, the USA and even in neighbouring India and Pakistan before making any remark...

COVID-19 forces govt to prioritise some ongoing dev projects

COVID-19 forces govt to prioritise some ongoing dev projects

-- 2020-05-10 20:29:26

As COVID-19 has potentially triggered an economic slowdown which may lead to a possible fund crunch in the coming days, the government has planned to categorise its ongoing development projects for mo...

BGMEA arranges COVID-19 test for workers from May 13

BGMEA arranges COVID-19 test for workers from May 13

-- 2020-05-10 20:02:59

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) arranged COVID-19 testing facilities for the readymade garments (RMG) workers from May 13. According to BSS, the BGMEA appointed...

340 more Canadians leave Bangladesh

340 more Canadians leave Bangladesh

-- 2020-05-10 19:51:47

More than 340 stranded Canadian citizens and permanent residents left Dhaka for Toronto on Sunday.  The Qatar Airways flight, the third special flight organised by the Canadian High Commission,...

‘Govt trying to reopen some sectors gradually’

‘Govt trying to reopen some sectors gradually’

-- 2020-05-10 18:14:35

Mentioning that people are suffering a lot due to the COVID-19 shutdown, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government is trying to reopen some sectors gradually so that the poor can earn...

DSCC, DNCC start drives to stop breeding of Aedes mosquitoes

DSCC, DNCC start drives to stop breeding of Aedes mosquitoes

FE Online Report 2020-05-10 17:33:35

The authorities of two Dhaka city corporations have started drives on Sunday to stop breeding of Aedes mosquitoes in order to prevent dengue fever. The regional executive officers of Dhaka South City...

16 more COVID-19 testing labs soon: Health minister

16 more COVID-19 testing labs soon: Health minister

-- 2020-05-10 17:29:27

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said that sixteen more testing labs will be set up soon for coronavirus testing. It will be possible to increase the number of tests to 8,000-10,000 per day wh...

Obaidul Quader warns against abuse of digital security act

Obaidul Quader warns against abuse of digital security act

-- 2020-05-10 17:16:49

The government will take action against anyone abusing the Digital Security Act for political gains during the coronavirus crisis, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has warned. While...

Govt to compensate fisheries and livestock sector hit by COVID-19: Minister

Govt to compensate fisheries and livestock sector hit by COVID-19: Minister

-- 2020-05-10 17:07:41

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Sunday said the government will take all possible measures to compensate the fisheries and livestock sector affected by the coronavirus pandemic. T...

Newly-appointed 2,000 doctors assume duty at COVID-19 hospitals

Newly-appointed 2,000 doctors assume duty at COVID-19 hospitals

-- 2020-05-10 16:56:37

The newly-appointed 2,000 doctors have been posted to COVID-19 designated hospitals. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) issued a notification in this regard on Sunday asking them to jo...

Biman flight leaves for London to bring back stranded Bangladeshis

Biman flight leaves for London to bring back stranded Bangladeshis

-- 2020-05-10 16:44:42

A chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines left Dhaka on Sunday to bring back Bangladeshi nationals who have been stuck in the United Kingdom amid flight suspension due to coronavirus pandemic....

Agri officials see surplus boro output this year

Agri officials see surplus boro output this year

-- 2020-05-10 15:53:35

Despite the countrywide shutdown triggered by coronavirus, agriculturists and agriculture officials expect a surplus boro production this year as over 98 per cent of boro paddy has already been harves...

Gausia market workers stage protest demanding arrears

Gausia market workers stage protest demanding arrears

-- 2020-05-10 15:34:42

Shop employees of Gausia market staged demonstrations and blocked Mirpur Road for an hour on Sunday demanding their arrears. The agitating workers took to the streets in front of Gausia Market at 12p...

Bangladesh sees highest single day spike in coronavirus cases

Bangladesh sees highest single day spike in coronavirus cases

FE Online Desk 2020-05-10 14:42:25

Bangladesh confirmed 887 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 14,657. This is the biggest single day spike in infections since the first cases of...

College student stabbed dead in Pabna

College student stabbed dead in Pabna

-- 2020-05-10 14:12:10

A college student was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants on Saturday in Pabna Municipaity area. The deceased was identified as Jewel Rana Akash, 20, son of Sujon Mia of Mondolpara in the are...

Travails of two Bangladeshi families stuck in India amid lockdown

Travails of two Bangladeshi families stuck in India amid lockdown

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-05-10 14:07:24

Two Bangladeshi families stuck in Vellore since the start of the lockdown hitched a ride on a special bus carrying 24 people from West Bengal and reached Kolkata on Saturday travelling 1,800km, Times...

Krishak Bandhu Postal Service to deliver agro products to Dhaka for free

Krishak Bandhu Postal Service to deliver agro products to Dhaka for free

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-05-10 13:34:24

A platform called "Food for Nation" has been set up under the “Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project”. The platform run by the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) un...

More Britons to leave Dhaka today

More Britons to leave Dhaka today

-- 2020-05-10 12:55:48

Fifty eight more Bangladesh-origin British citizens will leave Dhaka for Manchester, England today (Sunday). A special flight of Novoair Airline brought the 58 British citizens to Dhaka from Syl...

US Embassy in BD to hold virtual meeting for its citizens Thursday

US Embassy in BD to hold virtual meeting for its citizens Thursday

FE ONLINE REPORT  2020-05-10 12:25:10

The US Embassy in Bangladesh urged its citizens to join Ambassador Earl Miller and members of the embassy for a virtual town hall meeting via WebEx to be held on Thursday, May 14 at 2:00pm (8:00 GMT)....