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COVID 19: Singair municipality under lockdown

COVID 19: Singair municipality under lockdown

-- 2020-04-05 12:25:16

The local administration has put Singair municipality of Manikganj district under lockdown after a man tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). Upazila Nirbahi Officer Runa Laila made the announce...

Ex-Moulvibazar MP Sirajul dies from coronavirus in US

Ex-Moulvibazar MP Sirajul dies from coronavirus in US

-- 2020-04-05 11:56:49

Former Moulvibazar MP and freedom fighter Md Sirajul Islam died from coronavirus in the USA on Saturday evening. He was undergoing treatment at Elmhurst Hospital in New York where he passed away at 6...

PM announces Tk 727.5 billion package to fight coronavirus

PM announces Tk 727.5 billion package to fight coronavirus

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-05 10:31:54

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a total financial package of Tk 727.5 billion, including the previously announced Tk 50 billion, in efforts to face the possible impact of the coronavirus on...

PM unveiling work plan to overcome coronavirus impact

PM unveiling work plan to overcome coronavirus impact

FE Online Desk 2020-04-05 10:22:57

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is announcing the government’s work plan at a briefing to overcome the possible impacts of the coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak on the economy. The briefin...

Rain or thunder showers likely in parts of country: Met Office

Rain or thunder showers likely in parts of country: Met Office

-- 2020-04-05 10:21:26

An ongoing mild heat wave sweeping across parts of Bangladesh is likely to persist, the Met Office said Sunday. In a regular forecast, it said a mild heat wave sweeping over Khulna division and the r...

Most pvt hospital doctors skip duty

Most pvt hospital doctors skip duty

FE REPORT 2020-04-05 09:36:14

A day after the health minister's warning, the Directorate of National Consumers Rights Protection (DNCRP) on Saturday launched a special drive at the capital's private healthcare centres to make a li...

Air Quality Index: Dhaka’s air still ‘unhealthy’

Air Quality Index: Dhaka’s air still ‘unhealthy’

-- 2020-04-05 08:50:01

Although the streets have been largely empty for nearly two weeks now, air in Bangladesh’s capital city barely showed any sign of improvement as Dhaka ranked third worst in the Air Quality Index...

Police want over 100 social media accounts suspended

Police want over 100 social media accounts suspended

-- 2020-04-04 22:48:19

Police have recommended the suspension of more than 100 social media accounts for allegedly spreading rumours about the novel coronavirus. Another 100 accounts are under surveillance, Assistant Inspe...

BGMEA urges owners to keep factories shut till Apr 11

BGMEA urges owners to keep factories shut till Apr 11

-- 2020-04-04 22:38:21

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has urged the owners to keep their factories closed until April 11 to help tackle the spread of coronavirus. BGMEA President Rub...

Police, armed forces continue efforts to keep people indoors

Police, armed forces continue efforts to keep people indoors

-- 2020-04-04 22:00:34

Members of police and armed forces have been continuing their efforts to strictly maintain social distancing alongside ensuring home quarantine to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus. They also spraye...

‘OECD countries should charter flight to repatriate their citizens’

‘OECD countries should charter flight to repatriate their citizens’

-- 2020-04-04 21:28:38

The government has suggested member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to look for chartered flights instead of regular flights to repatriate their citizens as...

DNCRP, Commerce Ministry teams monitor markets, hospitals

DNCRP, Commerce Ministry teams monitor markets, hospitals

-- 2020-04-04 20:02:19

Three teams of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) and three monitoring teams of Commerce Ministry conducted a day-long drive at eight hospitals and markets in Dhaka City on...

SC extends effectiveness of court orders for two weeks after reopening

SC extends effectiveness of court orders for two weeks after reopening

FE Online Report 2020-04-04 19:31:59

The Supreme Court (SC) authorities extended effectiveness of some court orders-- bail in criminal cases, or temporary injunction order in civil cases -- for two weeks effective from the opening day of...

Islamic Foundation urges devotees to offer Shab-e-Barat prayers at home

Islamic Foundation urges devotees to offer Shab-e-Barat prayers at home

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-04 19:29:48

The Islamic Foundation on Saturday in a statement urged all Muslims in the country to offer prayers on the holy Shab-e-Barat at home to prevent the coronavirus pandemic. “All have been speciall...

Khokon asks minister to consider closing RMG factories

Khokon asks minister to consider closing RMG factories

-- 2020-04-04 19:15:51

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSSC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon on Saturday called upon the Commerce Minister to consider shutdown of garments factories to prevent the spread of coronavirus. He made the req...

RMG workers returning Dhaka to save jobs amid virus fear

RMG workers returning Dhaka to save jobs amid virus fear

-- 2020-04-04 18:38:24

Thousands of readymade garment (RMG) factory workers started heading back to Dhaka from northern and southern districts on Saturday to save their jobs, ignoring risks to their lives and a potential co...

8,718 foreign returnees complete quarantine period in Khulna

8,718 foreign returnees complete quarantine period in Khulna

-- 2020-04-04 18:25:55

A total of 8,718 foreign returnees, out of the 12,569, have returned to normal life after completing the 14-day home-quarantine period in Khulna division. They were kept in home-quarantine to prevent...

Process underway to use passenger launches as isolation units

Process underway to use passenger launches as isolation units

-- 2020-04-04 17:42:54

The Ministry of Shipping is taking preparations to use passenger launches as isolation units to fight against the novel coronavirus. State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Saturday sa...

Govt to start sale of rice at Tk 10 per kg in Dhaka

Govt to start sale of rice at Tk 10 per kg in Dhaka

-- 2020-04-04 17:36:37

The government will sell subsidised rice at Tk 10 per kg in Dhaka from Sunday with a view to helping the poor during the shutdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, reports bdnews24.com. The special op...

‘Indira Gandhi acknowledged Bangladesh leaders on April 4, 1971’

‘Indira Gandhi acknowledged Bangladesh leaders on April 4, 1971’

-- 2020-04-04 17:21:04

The history of the country records April 4, 1971 as a crucial day for the subsequent course of the Liberation War as the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi acknowledged Bangladesh leadership, co...

Bangladesh’s situation better than Europe, USA: Quader

Bangladesh’s situation better than Europe, USA: Quader

-- 2020-04-04 17:00:58

The coronavirus situation in Bangladesh is better than developed countries in Europe and the USA, ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Saturday. According to UNB, he made this re...

Hanif warns against extortion in name of helping poor

Hanif warns against extortion in name of helping poor

-- 2020-04-04 16:51:52

Awami League’s Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Saturday warned of taking stern actions against those involved in extortion in the name of helping poor during the COVID-19 pandemic...

BNP proposes Tk 870b special fund to tackle COVID-19 impacts

BNP proposes Tk 870b special fund to tackle COVID-19 impacts

-- 2020-04-04 16:48:28

BNP on Saturday proposed to a special fund of Tk 870.00 billion to tackle the impacts of coronavirus disease, COVID-19, on the country’s economy. The party has urged the government to allocate...

35 more Bangladeshis return home from India

35 more Bangladeshis return home from India

-- 2020-04-04 16:35:14

Thirty five more Bangladeshi nationals, who got stuck in West Bengal during the ongoing lockdown in India, returned home through Benapole check-post on Saturday morning under an special arrangement....

Two cops sent to isolation in Bagerhat

Two cops sent to isolation in Bagerhat

-- 2020-04-04 16:31:13

Two members of police were sent to isolation unit of two separate hospitals for having symptoms of coronavirus infection in Bagerhat on Saturday. Meanwhile, 1,683 people are maintaining home quaranti...

COVID 19: PM to unveil work plan Sunday

COVID 19: PM to unveil work plan Sunday

-- 2020-04-04 16:09:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will announce the government’s work plan at a press conference on Sunday to overcome the possible impacts of the coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak on the economy. The...

KMCH to start COVID-19 test from April 11

KMCH to start COVID-19 test from April 11

-- 2020-04-04 15:56:19

Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) is set to start test to detect coronavirus or COVID-19 infection using the Polymerase Chain Reaction(PCR) machine on April 11. The test kits have already reache...

DMP continues spraying disinfectants Saturday

DMP continues spraying disinfectants Saturday

FE Online Report 2020-04-04 15:00:48

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), for the 11th consecutive day on Saturday, continued spraying disinfectants in the capital in an attempt to contain the spread of coronavirus. The DMP is spraying...

Govt extends public transport suspension until April 11

Govt extends public transport suspension until April 11

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-04 14:33:55

The government has extended its ongoing suspension on all modes of public transportation until April 11 as part of its efforts to contain the coronavirus spread. The decision came from the Road Trans...

Man suffering from fever, cold dies in Natore

Man suffering from fever, cold dies in Natore

-- 2020-04-04 13:46:15

A man suffering from fever and cold died at Kafuria in Natore Sadar upazila on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Dulal, UNB reports. Doctor Mahabubur Rahman, upazila health officer, said...