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All districts to have ICUs: PM

All districts to have ICUs: PM

-- 2020-04-27 15:46:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government will set up Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in all districts of the country. “We’ll set up an ICU in a good hospital of every distri...

Suspension of flight operations extended until May 7

Suspension of flight operations extended until May 7

-- 2020-04-27 15:42:36

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) on Monday extended the suspension of all international and domestic flights until May 7 in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus in the count...

Coronavirus test lab inaugurated at CoMCH

Coronavirus test lab inaugurated at CoMCH

-- 2020-04-27 15:35:29

A test lab for conducting coronavirus test was inaugurated at Comilla Medical College Hospital (CoMCH) on Monday. AKM Baharuddin Bahar, MP, inaugurated the lab at the Microbiology department at noon,...

BD reports seven more COVID-19 deaths, 497 new cases

BD reports seven more COVID-19 deaths, 497 new cases

-- 2020-04-27 14:55:57

Bangladesh has recorded another seven deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Monday, according to the DGHS official. With the latest victims, the death toll due to the de...

US embassy in Dhaka to hold virtual meeting for its citizens today

US embassy in Dhaka to hold virtual meeting for its citizens today

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-27 14:32:39

The US embassy in Dhaka has invited its citizens to join Ambassador Earl Miller and other members of the embassy for a virtual Town Hall meeting via WebEx to be held on Monday, April 27 at 3:00pm (09:...

Fleeing coronavirus patient nabbed in Chandpur

Fleeing coronavirus patient nabbed in Chandpur

-- 2020-04-27 14:19:26

A man infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) has been caught and sent back into quarantine after he fled from a hospital in Chandpur district. The 35-year-old man, who hails from Poa village in Chandpu...

No new dengue case reported in 24 hours

No new dengue case reported in 24 hours

-- 2020-04-27 13:35:28

No new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours till 8am on Monday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A daily update from DGHS said a patient is being treated at a...

Don’t worry about loan interest, PM tells businesses

Don’t worry about loan interest, PM tells businesses

-- 2020-04-27 12:56:05

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the businesspeople who took loans for operating their business entities need not worry about their loan interest. "You were doing your business taking loan...

DMP fines people, organisations for breaching social distancing rules

DMP fines people, organisations for breaching social distancing rules

FE Online Report 2020-04-27 12:36:36

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate mobile court drives on Sunday fined different people and organisations a total of Tk 18,400 for allegedly violating the government’s social distancing...

Govt to consider waiving loan interests for small businesspersons: PM

Govt to consider waiving loan interests for small businesspersons: PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-27 12:08:02

The government will consider waiving small businesspersons’ bank loan interest as they are incurring losses due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on M...

Schools, colleges to remain shut until at least Sept: PM

Schools, colleges to remain shut until at least Sept: PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-27 10:50:08

All educational institutions, including schools and colleges, may be needed to be shut due to the coronavirus outbreak until at least September this year, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Monday m...

Around 400 Bangladeshis died of coronavirus abroad: PM

Around 400 Bangladeshis died of coronavirus abroad: PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-27 10:33:55

Around 400 Bangladeshis died from coronavirus in different countries, including the United States of America and the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. She gave the information wh...

10 more test positive for coronavirus in Chattogram

10 more test positive for coronavirus in Chattogram

-- 2020-04-27 10:05:56

Ten more people were diagnosed with coronavirus in Chattogram in the last 24 hours, raising the number of confirmed cases to 55, according to a news agency report Monday. Among the new cases, seven p...

City Iftar hub falls silent on virus

City Iftar hub falls silent on virus

Yasir Wardad 2020-04-27 09:36:36

For the first time in the country's history, city dwellers are breaking their fast without traditional food items this Ramadan as most of outlets remain closed due to the countrywide shutdown amid C...

BD workers' mass deportation from M-E states begins

BD workers' mass deportation from M-E states begins

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2020-04-27 09:32:50

Mass deportation of Bangladeshi workers from some countries in the Middle-East (M-E) has started with sending back of 430 workers on last Friday and Sunday. Besides, 121 workers are scheduled to be...

Most edn institutions start online classes

Most edn institutions start online classes

MUNIMA SULTANA 2020-04-27 09:29:22

Most of the educational institutions have launched online classes on a limited scale due to continuation of the coronavirus lockdown in Bangladesh. As the shutdown is unlikely to end soon amid the pa...

Many of apparel, other factories reopen

Many of apparel, other factories reopen

MONIRA MUNNI 2020-04-27 09:14:43

The reopening of factories from Sunday has given rise to confusion and uncertainty among readymade garment workers over their job security and payment of April wages. Hundreds of workers had to endur...

Jashore to go under lockdown from Monday

Jashore to go under lockdown from Monday

-- 2020-04-26 22:42:37

Local administration has decided to put the whole district of Jashore under lockdown for an indefinite period from Monday morning, to prevent transmission of coronavirus. Deputy Commissioner Mohamamd...

Satkhira police using drone to monitor social distancing

Satkhira police using drone to monitor social distancing

-- 2020-04-26 22:35:11

Satkhira district police is using drone-mounted cameras to ensure that people are maintaining social distancing and to detect people who made unnecessary gatherings in defiance of restrictions to prev...

Extend support to keep supply chain of essentials moving: Ministry

Extend support to keep supply chain of essentials moving: Ministry

-- 2020-04-26 21:53:23

Commerce Ministry has urged different ministries and departments to take necessary measures to keep on the production, import and transportation of essential commodities including all medical and elec...

LGRD ministry allocates Tk 522.5 million to tackle coronavirus crisis

LGRD ministry allocates Tk 522.5 million to tackle coronavirus crisis

-- 2020-04-26 21:25:50

The Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Ministry has allocated additional Tk 522.5 million for the local government institutions to tackle the crisis created over coronavirus outbrea...

Three die of COVID-19 in Narayanganj in 24 hours

Three die of COVID-19 in Narayanganj in 24 hours

-- 2020-04-26 21:22:28

Three more people died of coronavirus disease, COVID-19, in Narayanganj district in the last 24 hours until Sunday. With latest deaths, a total of 42 people died in the district so far, said Civil Su...

BD to move beyond crisis, hopes Oxfam

BD to move beyond crisis, hopes Oxfam

Khawaza Main Uddin 2020-04-26 21:00:46

None of the Rohingyas living in Cox’s Bazar is infected with coronavirus although the standards for refugee camps are not designed to cope with the pandemic like Covid-19, the Country Director o...

Top City Bank executive dies of COVID-19

Top City Bank executive dies of COVID-19

-- 2020-04-26 20:46:57

A senior executive of City Bank has died from COVID-19, the first known fatality caused by the new coronavirus among the bankers in Bangladesh. He passed away at the Mugda General Hospital in Dhaka o...

‘DGDA refuses to accept Gonoshasthaya’s unapproved test kits’

‘DGDA refuses to accept Gonoshasthaya’s unapproved test kits’

-- 2020-04-26 20:27:15

The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) did not receive the coronavirus testing kits invented by Gonoshasthaya Kendra on Sunday, said its founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on Sunday. Dr Za...

127 Chattogram factories reopen ignoring health rules, allege workers

127 Chattogram factories reopen ignoring health rules, allege workers

-- 2020-04-26 20:19:19

Tens of thousands of workers rejoined work in 127 factories of three Export Processing Zones (EPZs) in Chattogram amid allegations that the authorities have ignored physical contact rules amid the cor...

BB relaxes rules on import of agricultural tools

BB relaxes rules on import of agricultural tools

-- 2020-04-26 19:48:38

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has enhanced the usance period up to 360 days from 180 days for import of agricultural implements and chemical fertiliser for minimising the COVID-19 pandemic related disruptions....

DC office staff among three detected with coronavirus in Narail

DC office staff among three detected with coronavirus in Narail

-- 2020-04-26 19:23:19

Three people including a member of staff of the deputy commissioner’s office were diagnosed with coronavirus in the district in the last 24 hours, reports UNB. District civil surgeon Doctor Md...

Corona patients’ recovery rate in BD lowest in the world

Corona patients’ recovery rate in BD lowest in the world

-- 2020-04-26 19:11:57

Although 4,998 people tested positive for coronavirus from March 8 to April 25, only 113 of them or 2.26 per cent, recovered during the period, showing one of the lowest recovery rates in the world....

UN, NGOs step up efforts to tackle COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar

UN, NGOs step up efforts to tackle COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2020-04-26 18:56:41

Inter Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) partners - UN agencies, local, national and international NGOs with the government of Bangladesh have stepped up their efforts to respond to priority COVID-19 ne...