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Coronavirus: Jubo League leader held for spreading rumour in Pabna

Coronavirus: Jubo League leader held for spreading rumour in Pabna

-- 2020-03-31 13:05:18

Police on Monday night arrested a leader of Jubo League's Ishwardi Municipality unit for allegedly spreading rumour over coronavirus infection on social media. The arrestee is Abdus Salam, 32, son of...

Manikganj village freed from lockdown

Manikganj village freed from lockdown

-- 2020-03-31 12:13:18

The local administration on Tuesday lifted lockdown imposed on Baraichhara village of Harirampur upazila of Manikganj district after a women who died while suffering from fever and cough tested negati...

All Pahela Baishakh programmes to be cancelled: PM

All Pahela Baishakh programmes to be cancelled: PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-03-31 12:03:54

All programmes centring on the Pahela Baishakh will be cancelled due to the coronavirus situation in the country, prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said. In a video conference with all 64 deputy commi...

Police find three bodies of a family in Gazipur

Police find three bodies of a family in Gazipur

-- 2020-03-31 11:57:19

A man, his wife and their daughter have been found dead in a home at Panishail Sonali Palli in Gazipur city under mysterious circumstances, according to the police. Akbar Ali Khan, Officer in Charge...

‘Strategy to contain possible social unrest key priority’

‘Strategy to contain possible social unrest key priority’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-03-31 10:45:33

As a negative consequence of the ongoing ‘lockdown,’ introduced to fight COVID-19, a social unrest may emerge in the country as a large number of low-income and poor people are struggling...

Holiday to prevent coronavirus might be extended: PM

Holiday to prevent coronavirus might be extended: PM

-- 2020-03-31 10:37:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government declared holiday to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 might be extended till April 9. "We've announced a 10-day holiday, but this might...

Bangladeshi journalist dies from COVID-19 in New York

Bangladeshi journalist dies from COVID-19 in New York

-- 2020-03-31 09:55:10

Bangladeshi photojournalist A Hai Swapan died from coronavirus in New York on Monday night. He breathed his last at local time 12:50pm (10:50pm BdST) at Queens Hospital. Bangladeshi journalist Abdur...

Cox’s Bazar needs special attention amid virus outbreak

Cox’s Bazar needs special attention amid virus outbreak

FE Online Report 2020-03-30 22:28:55

As Cox’s Bazar is hosting 1.1 million Rohingya refugees, the district deserves special attention from both government and international agencies amid coronavirus outbreak, said journalist from b...

Organisations start donating PPE for doctors, nurses

Organisations start donating PPE for doctors, nurses

FE Online Report 2020-03-30 21:57:40

A number of organisations have come forward to donate personal protective equipment (PPE) in a bid to ensure safety of the health-service providers to fight against COVID-19. They have started distri...

Govt allocates Tk 90m, 31,000 tonnes rice for poor amid corona outbreak

Govt allocates Tk 90m, 31,000 tonnes rice for poor amid corona outbreak

-- 2020-03-30 21:48:21

The government has so far allocated Tk 90 million in cash and 31,000 metric tonnes of rice for the low-income people across the country as they remained without any work following the restrictive meas...

Digital platforms launched to provide updated info about coronavirus

Digital platforms launched to provide updated info about coronavirus

FE Online Report 2020-03-30 21:39:48

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division has introduced four digital platforms, including a personal risk assessment web tool, to create awareness among people and provide latest inform...

269 US citizens leave Dhaka by chartered flight

269 US citizens leave Dhaka by chartered flight

-- 2020-03-30 20:53:00

A total of 269 US citizens left Dhaka on Monday evening by a special chartered flight as the US government arranged the aircraft for those who opted to go back home on their personal choice amid the o...

DMP continues distributing food among the homeless

DMP continues distributing food among the homeless

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-03-30 20:05:30

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday continued distributing food among 2,500 homeless, destitute and poor people in the city amid global coronavirus pandemic outbreak. As part its initiative, th...

Sick, elderly, people with coronavirus symptoms asked to pray at home

Sick, elderly, people with coronavirus symptoms asked to pray at home

-- 2020-03-30 19:03:12

The Islamic Foundation asked people having coronavirus symptoms, sick, elderly people or those arrived here from corona-hit countries or regions not to go to mosques but to offer prayers at home. It...

‘Govt, media to work closely to tackle coronavirus’

‘Govt, media to work closely to tackle coronavirus’

-- 2020-03-30 18:59:52

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday said the government and the mass media will work more closely to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The minister made the remarks after a meeting with leader...

Move to create 17 more labs to detect coronavirus

Move to create 17 more labs to detect coronavirus

-- 2020-03-30 18:41:23

Health Minister Zahid Malik has said the government will establish at least 17 new laboratories across the country to accelerate the testing process for the coronavirus. The minister gave the informa...

269 US citizens to return back

269 US citizens to return back

-- 2020-03-30 18:41:11

269 US citizens along with nine dogs will return to their country on Monday evening. They are scheduled to board a flight of Qatar Airways at 6 pm, according to sources at Civil Aviation Bangladesh....

DMP continues to spray disinfectants

DMP continues to spray disinfectants

FE Online Report 2020-03-30 18:24:49

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) continues spraying disinfectants through water cannons in the capital to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic for the sixth consecutive day. The DMP is spray...

Sylhet tea workers go on work abstention amid coronavirus fear

Sylhet tea workers go on work abstention amid coronavirus fear

-- 2020-03-30 16:39:46

At least 20,000 workers of different tea gardens here went on work abstention on Monday morning demanding suspension of their work to prevent the transmission of the deadly coronavirus. Raju Goala, p...

PCR testing machines reach Khulna, Sylhet hospitals for coronavirus test

PCR testing machines reach Khulna, Sylhet hospitals for coronavirus test

-- 2020-03-30 16:28:46

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing machines, used for detecting coronavirus infection and other complicated diseases, reached Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) and Sylhet's MAG Osmani Medica...

Locomotive strikes autorickshaw in Rangpur, four people killed

Locomotive strikes autorickshaw in Rangpur, four people killed

-- 2020-03-30 16:23:25

At least four people have died in Rangpur’s Pirgachha upazila, after a locomotive ploughed into an autorickshaw on the level crossing, reports bdnews24.com. The accident took place at the Anand...

‘Low-income people to get food support countrywide’

‘Low-income people to get food support countrywide’

-- 2020-03-30 16:16:08

The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief preparing a list for providing the support The government has taken an initiative to provide food assistance to those who used to survive on their daily...

Over 166m mobile phone subscribers in country: BTRC

Over 166m mobile phone subscribers in country: BTRC

FE Online Report 2020-03-30 16:02:40

The total number of mobile phone subscribers in the country reached 166.114 million at the end of February 2020, according to data by telecom regulator. The number of subscribers of Grameen Phone Ltd...

PM to hold video conference with officials of 64 districts Tuesday

PM to hold video conference with officials of 64 districts Tuesday

-- 2020-03-30 14:37:56

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a video conference with the officials of 64 districts on Tuesday to coordinate the ongoing activities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The video confer...

Man suffering from cold, breathing problem dies in Kushtia

Man suffering from cold, breathing problem dies in Kushtia

-- 2020-03-30 13:56:08

Nine people, including two doctors and five staff of Kushtia Sadar Hospital, were kept in quarantine after an auto-rickshaw driver suffering from cold and breathing problems died there on Monday. The...

IEDCR confirms one more coronavirus case

IEDCR confirms one more coronavirus case

-- 2020-03-30 13:04:38

One more person has been diagnosed with COVID-19 disease in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 49, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Diseas...

Coronavirus testing equipment reached Sylhet hospital

Coronavirus testing equipment reached Sylhet hospital

-- 2020-03-30 12:42:27

Coronavirus testing machines and related equipment were sent to Sylhet's MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital on Monday morning. Brig Gen Md Yunusur Rahman, director of the hospital, said the RT-PCR m...

Mild heat wave to continue

Mild heat wave to continue

-- 2020-03-30 11:59:00

A mild heat wave sweeping over Faridpur, Madaripur, Sitakundu and Rangamati may continue, the Met Office said in its regular weather forecast on Monday. Temperature during the day may remain nearly u...

DU student goes missing in Manikganj

DU student goes missing in Manikganj

-- 2020-03-30 11:43:36

A student of Dhaka University has remained missing for three days after going home at Baliakhora village in Ghior upazila of Manikganj during holidays. The student, Saiful Islam, 26, is a final year...

Dhaka crime drops sharply on coronavirus fears

Dhaka crime drops sharply on coronavirus fears

-- 2020-03-30 11:26:37

Police generally produce more than 200 arrestees in the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court of Dhaka in a day, but the number dropped to 26 on Sunday amid a nationwide shutdown over a coronavirus out...