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Experts suggest specific schemes for the new poor

Experts suggest specific schemes for the new poor

FE REPORT 2021-06-26 09:12:31

Speakers at a webinar have stressed the need for introducing specific schemes under social protection programmes for the new poor who emerged amid the Covid-19 pandemic. They have also emphasized the...

Bangladesh's Covid-19 hospitals under pressure with new cases

Bangladesh's Covid-19 hospitals under pressure with new cases

JUBAIR HASAN 2021-06-26 09:02:16

The situation in Covid-19 dedicated hospitals started worsening again with faster deterioration of the pandemic in Bangladesh, physicians and officials said. To cope with the increased inflow of new...

Govt announces countrywide pandemic restrictions from Monday

Govt announces countrywide pandemic restrictions from Monday

-- 2021-06-25 21:39:24

The government has announced a strict lockdown, which will begin across Bangladesh on Monday for an indefinite period, to curb a worrying surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.   No one wil...

PM places five-point proposal for water security at UN special session 

PM places five-point proposal for water security at UN special session 

UNB 2021-06-25 20:18:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday put forward a five-point proposal to the international community to raise global awareness for a resilient and sustainable post Covid-19 world by combating water...

তরল অক্সিজেন ট্যাংক প্রস্তুত, অনুমোদনের অপেক্ষায় নওগাঁ হাসপাতাল

তরল অক্সিজেন ট্যাংক প্রস্তুত, অনুমোদনের অপেক্ষায় নওগাঁ হাসপাতাল

-- 2021-06-25 19:00:45

নওগাঁ সদর হাসপাতালে তরল অক্সিজেনের ট্যাংক বসানোর কাজ দুই সপ্তাহ আগে শেষ হলেও বিস্ফোরক অধিদপ্তরের অনুমোদন না মেলায় তা চালু করতে পারেনি কর্তৃপক্ষ। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। ত্রিশ লাখ জনসংখ্যার স...

5,869 new coronavirus cases, 108 deaths reported in 24 hours

5,869 new coronavirus cases, 108 deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2021-06-25 18:11:38

Bangladesh has registered 108 deaths from the coronavirus illness in a day, the most since Apr 19, taking the toll to 13,976. The COVID-19 caseload surged by 5,869 during that time to 878,804, accord...

Rajshahi man with links to rape-murder of a child dies in police 'shootout'

Rajshahi man with links to rape-murder of a child dies in police 'shootout'

-- 2021-06-25 17:58:12

A man with alleged ties to crimes has been killed in a so-called shootout with the police in Rajshahi's Godagari. The dead man, identified only as Shamim, 21, was a suspect in the rape and murder of...

23 die from COVID-19 in Khulna Division in 24 hours

23 die from COVID-19 in Khulna Division in 24 hours

-- 2021-06-25 16:44:51

The Khulna Division, a coronavirus hotspot, has reported 23 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Another 1,322 people tested positive for the disease, the most in a day, during that time, accor...

Railways start offering refunds for advance train tickets

Railways start offering refunds for advance train tickets

-- 2021-06-25 15:36:54

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has started returning payments for advance booking of trains after canceling rail services in the wake of a dramatic uptick in COVID-19 cases across the country. Customers sta...

Rain, thundershowers likely in next 72hrs

Rain, thundershowers likely in next 72hrs

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-25 15:11:24

Light to heavy rainfall or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur in the next 72 hours until Sunday, according to a met office bulletin issued on Friday. Bangladesh M...

Bangladesh expects to sign MoU with Saudi on PPP projects, says FM

Bangladesh expects to sign MoU with Saudi on PPP projects, says FM

-- 2021-06-25 14:03:25

The government is expecting to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Saudi Arabia which will allow Saudi investors to invest under PPP projects in Bangladesh. "The Saudi side could tap in our...

Rajshahi hospital reports 14 more COVID deaths

Rajshahi hospital reports 14 more COVID deaths

-- 2021-06-25 13:18:10

Fourteen more have died in the past 24 hours at the coronavirus unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH). Five of the dead had tested positive for COVID-19 while the others showed symptoms of...

Tragedy haunts landless, homeless people

Tragedy haunts landless, homeless people

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-25 09:45:15

Here are heart-rending and tragic tales of two wretched and ill-fated people living amid great sorrows and sufferings due to abject poverty, being homeless, landless, and also shelter-less. The first...

US seizes unauthorised COVID drugs from Bangladesh, India

US seizes unauthorised COVID drugs from Bangladesh, India

REUTERS 2021-06-25 09:43:06

Federal authorities have seized at US airports unauthorised versions of the Covid-19 treatment remdesivir destined for distribution in Mexico, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Versions...

Serum may resume vaccine export in July/Aug

Serum may resume vaccine export in July/Aug

-- 2021-06-25 09:32:02

India, depending on the scale of production of vaccines within the country, is aiming at July-end or August to at least release those vaccines that have been bought by Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal...

KSA-bound expats getting paid for quarantine

KSA-bound expats getting paid for quarantine

FE REPORT 2021-06-25 08:44:23

Expatriates' welfare ministry on Thursday launched the distribution of financial grant to Saudi-bound workers for meeting a portion of their hotel quarantine cost. Each of the workers will get Tk 25,...

Bangladesh registering mobile phones with three-month lifeline

Bangladesh registering mobile phones with three-month lifeline

-- 2021-06-24 22:54:02

All the mobile phones in Bangladesh will get automatically registered by Jun 30 as part of a process to block illegal and counterfeit handsets. “The users won’t need to do anything. There...

Bangladesh to get fair share of vaccines

Bangladesh to get fair share of vaccines

-- 2021-06-24 20:42:39

US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat- Texas) said Bangladesh will receive a fair share of Covid-19 vaccines. She made the assurance during a meeting with Bangladesh Ambassador to the United...

Advisory body recommends ‘complete shutdown’ for minimum 14 days

Advisory body recommends ‘complete shutdown’ for minimum 14 days

-- 2021-06-24 20:42:20

The National Technical Advisory Committee on the Covid-19 pandemic recommended enforcement of a ‘complete nationwide shutdown’ for at least two weeks to deal with the worsening Covid-19 si...

LoGIC project extended for two years

LoGIC project extended for two years

FE ONLINE DESK   2021-06-24 19:24:34

The government and the development partners, on Thursday, have decided to extend the Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) project for two more years for delivering adaptation benefit...

Experts warn of dreadful virus peak ahead of Eid

Experts warn of dreadful virus peak ahead of Eid

UNB 2021-06-24 18:50:56

Amid the rise in Covid cases triggered by local transmission of the Delta variant, experts predict that Bangladesh may see the peak of the current wave of the deadly virus in the third week of July ne...

Minister trashes report of food shortages

Minister trashes report of food shortages

UNB 2021-06-24 18:39:17

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has trashed report of food shortage in the country saying that there is enough food stock and it's increasing. The minister said this on Thursday at an agreement...

Generating 40pc electricity from renewable sources goal ‘ambitious, but roadmap absent’

Generating 40pc electricity from renewable sources goal ‘ambitious, but roadmap absent’

UNB 2021-06-24 18:20:47

Bangladesh has set a goal of generating 40 per cent of electricity from renewable sources in the next 20 years, but a roadmap on how to reach that lofty target is absent. The government has adopted...

Army Chief adorned with General rank badge

Army Chief adorned with General rank badge

BSS 2021-06-24 18:14:57

Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed was adorned with the new rank badge of General in the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Thursday morning. Chief of Nav...

Govt signs $940m loan agreement with ADB to purchase vaccines

Govt signs $940m loan agreement with ADB to purchase vaccines

-- 2021-06-24 17:55:21

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh today signed agreements for $940 million in loans to purchase safe and effective vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)....

Bangladesh reports 6,058 new virus cases in a day, death toll rises by 81

Bangladesh reports 6,058 new virus cases in a day, death toll rises by 81

-- 2021-06-24 17:32:33

Bangladesh has registered 6,058 new virus cases in a day, the most since Apr 12, taking the total tally of infections to 872,935. Dhaka reported 2,271 new cases, the most among the eight divisions, f...

Rajshahi hospital reports record 18 deaths in 24 hours

Rajshahi hospital reports record 18 deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-06-24 17:14:22

A record 18 people died in the 24-hour period to 6:00am on Thursday at the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital’s coronavirus unit. Eight of them tested positive for the disease, while the...

Govt bans tea ad that projects ‘poor image’ of Bandarban

Govt bans tea ad that projects ‘poor image’ of Bandarban

-- 2021-06-24 17:13:00

The government has ordered the media to stop broadcasting a much-discussed advertisement, saying it may create a bad impression about Bandarban, a district in the Chattogram Hill Tracts. On Thursday,...

Zero tolerance for human traffickers, BGB chief says

Zero tolerance for human traffickers, BGB chief says

-- 2021-06-24 16:37:07

Border Guard Bangladesh will not show leniency for anyone involved in the trafficking of women and children, says Maj Gen Md Shafeenul Islam, director-general of the agency. “The BGB has a zero...

CSOs called for cutting global carbon emission to ‘Net Zero’ by 2050

CSOs called for cutting global carbon emission to ‘Net Zero’ by 2050

FE Online Report 2021-06-24 16:01:37

Different Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) called for bringing down the global carbon emission to ‘Net Zero’ by 2050 to combat climate change and to ensure livable earth for posterity....