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14 housed locked down in Nilphamari

14 housed locked down in Nilphamari

-- 2020-04-11 22:57:37

Fourteen houses were put under lockdown at Titpara village in Dimla upazila of Nilphamari on Saturday after a young man of the village tested positive for coronavirus. Civil Surgeon Ranajit Kumar Var...

‘Kitchen markets, super shops in city to remain open till 5pm’

‘Kitchen markets, super shops in city to remain open till 5pm’

-- 2020-04-11 22:39:05

Kitchen markets and super shops in the city will remain open from 6am to 5pm daily, said the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). Besides, the grocery shops in various paras and mahallas (localities) wil...

‘Gallows ready for killer Mazed; wife gets call for final visit’

‘Gallows ready for killer Mazed; wife gets call for final visit’

-- 2020-04-11 22:16:08

The government is taking preparations for the execution of Abdul Mazed, one of the convicts in the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The authorities of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj ha...

Sylhet district under lockdown

Sylhet district under lockdown

-- 2020-04-11 21:30:01

District administration on Saturday put Sylhet district under lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus. AHM Mahfuzur Rahman, additional district magistrate, said the lockdown will remain effecti...

City to get three new isolation centres soon

City to get three new isolation centres soon

-- 2020-04-11 20:51:23

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday said three new corona isolation centres with 4,500 beds are being prepared in the capital. He disclosed the information during an online briefing on coronavi...

UNDP supports sanitiser production, distribution in Khulna

UNDP supports sanitiser production, distribution in Khulna

-- 2020-04-11 20:46:01

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bangladesh has initiated manufacture of hand sanitisers to distribute among 4,000 poor people and village police personnel who are the front-line COV...

2000 helpless families get food gift from CSR Window Bangladesh

2000 helpless families get food gift from CSR Window Bangladesh

-- 2020-04-11 20:30:00

Around 2000 helpless families of 18 districts have received necessary food items as gift from CSR Window Bangladesh, a voluntary organisation with the support of IDLC Finance Limited. The organisatio...

Majed might be hanged on Saturday night, says Home Minister

Majed might be hanged on Saturday night, says Home Minister

-- 2020-04-11 20:24:12

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday said captain (retd) Abdul Majed, one of the convicted killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, might be hanged on Saturday ni...

N’ganj civil surgeon among three infected with coronavirus

N’ganj civil surgeon among three infected with coronavirus

-- 2020-04-11 19:56:16

Three more doctors, including Narayanganj district Civil Surgeon Mohammad Imtiaz, have tested positive for the coronavirus. Jahidul Islam, focal person for the coronavirus outbreak in the district, c...

Govt to crack down on illegal sale of OMS rice

Govt to crack down on illegal sale of OMS rice

-- 2020-04-11 19:23:56

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has directed the authorities to clamp down on the illegal sale of the government's Tk 10 per kg rice allocated for the poor during the ongoing coronavirus crisis....

Bangladesh receives six tonnes of food aid from envoys of Muslim nations

Bangladesh receives six tonnes of food aid from envoys of Muslim nations

-- 2020-04-11 18:34:05

The envoys of Muslim countries in Dhaka have provided 6.0 tonnes of food aid for people living under the poverty line and hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. The envoys handed over food aid to Depu...

Battling Covid-19: Govt orders list of absent officials

Battling Covid-19: Govt orders list of absent officials

-- 2020-04-11 18:30:54

The government has ordered a list of its officials who have been absent from their respective offices and, in turn, skipped their responsibilities in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus outbreak...

‘Health workers must overcome mental pressure to win COVID-19’

‘Health workers must overcome mental pressure to win COVID-19’

-- 2020-04-11 18:14:36

The physicians, nurses, technologists and technologists and common people must overcome mental pressure to strengthen their immune system to win the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Not...

Most hospitals not in position to provide nurses PPE

Most hospitals not in position to provide nurses PPE

UNB 2020-04-11 18:12:02

Nurses in the country are worried of being traumatised in some cases as most hospitals are not in a position to provide them with the personal protective equipment (PPE) they require looking after pat...

Undertake national plan, allocation of adequate fund: ActionAid to govt

Undertake national plan, allocation of adequate fund: ActionAid to govt

-- 2020-04-11 17:54:25

ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) on Saturday said the government should undertake a national plan of action including allocation of adequate fund for its implementation should be in place. They also asked...

SC extends court holidays until April 25

SC extends court holidays until April 25

-- 2020-04-11 17:32:20

The Supreme Court on Saturday has extended the holidays for all courts in the country until April 25 considering the coronavirus situation in Bangladesh The Chief Justice and the judges of the Appell...

Fire at Rampura power sub-station

Fire at Rampura power sub-station

FE Online Report 2020-04-11 17:07:50

A fire broke out at the 230/132 KV Sub-Station at Rampura in the capital at around 4:00pm on Saturday. The blaze originated from an explosion in a transformer inside the power station, an official of...

Restriction on vehicular movement extended to April 25

Restriction on vehicular movement extended to April 25

FE Online Report 2020-04-11 16:52:58

The ongoing restriction on vehicular movement has been extended to April 25 in line with the government’s decision in a bid to continue the lockdown in the country for checking the spread of cor...

FM Associates stands by poor amid COVID-19

FM Associates stands by poor amid COVID-19

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-11 15:50:19

FM Associates, a full-service leading law firm in Dhaka and Chittagong, has stood by the poor people, providing them with essential commodities, amid the deadly outbreak of the novel coronavirus disea...

Three more die from COVID-19 in BD; 58 new cases

Three more die from COVID-19 in BD; 58 new cases

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-11 15:01:06

Three more people in Bangladesh have died from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 58 tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, health minister Zahid Maleque said during an online briefing...

Six-month-old baby dies in KMCH isolation unit

Six-month-old baby dies in KMCH isolation unit

-- 2020-04-11 13:38:37

A six-month-old baby suffering from cold, fever, cough and pneumonia died at the Isolation Unit of Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) early Saturday. KMCH Corona Unit Doctor Shailendranath Biswas...

BD identifies water stress as a critical issue: ESCAP

BD identifies water stress as a critical issue: ESCAP

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-11 13:27:58

The Government of Bangladesh has identified water stress as a critical issue at a time when population growth and urbanisation in Asia and the Pacific are rising fast creating stress on the region&rsq...

Armed forces medical team reaches Kuwait to help fight COVID-19: ISPR

Armed forces medical team reaches Kuwait to help fight COVID-19: ISPR

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-11 12:25:32

A Bangladesh armed forces medical team, along with necessary healthcare logistics, reached Kuwait recently in order to help fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the oil-rich gulf country. The...

Padma Bridge’s 28th span installed; 4.2 km now visible

Padma Bridge’s 28th span installed; 4.2 km now visible

-- 2020-04-11 12:07:11

About 4,200 metres of the much-hyped Padma Bridge has become visible with the installation of its 28th span on Saturday. The 4B span, weighing 3,200 tonnes, was installed on pillars 20 and 21 of the...

Switzerland supports Bangladesh’s coronavirus response

Switzerland supports Bangladesh’s coronavirus response

FE Online Desk 2020-04-11 11:44:25

Switzerland has said it stands by Bangladesh in facing the COVID-19 crisis and implementing an effective response as nations around the globe suffer from challenges posed by the pandemic. The country...

Bangladeshis employed in ME not to lose jobs for late return: Shahriar

Bangladeshis employed in ME not to lose jobs for late return: Shahriar

-- 2020-04-11 11:12:57

Bangladeshi nationals, employed in Middle Eastern (ME) countries and now on vacation at home, will not lose their jobs for returning late to their respective job stations under the current circumstanc...

Dhaka’s air quality improves

Dhaka’s air quality improves

-- 2020-04-11 10:03:07

The air of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka showed a slight improvement on Saturday morning.   It ranked 12th in the Air Quality Index (AQI) with a score of 112 at 08:35am, indicating that the ai...

DMCH's burn unit to be used for COVID-19 suspects

DMCH's burn unit to be used for COVID-19 suspects

-- 2020-04-11 10:01:38

Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) has decided to use its burn and plastic surgery unit for isolating COVID -19 suspects as well as lab for coronavirus test. “People coming to the hospita...

Opinions divided on virus test method

Opinions divided on virus test method

Kamrun Nahar 2020-04-11 08:01:56

Experts and virologists are still divided on the corona test procedure, although there is a strong demand for increasing the number of tests from the very beginning. The number of COVID-19 cases in...

Two sisters drown in B’baria

Two sisters drown in B’baria

-- 2020-04-10 22:02:22

Two sisters drowned in a pond in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Sadia and Samia, daughters of Sadir Mia of Shohagpur Chowdhurypara. One of them w...