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Bangladesh Army provides humanitarian support in Hill Tracts

Bangladesh Army provides humanitarian support in Hill Tracts

FE Online Report 2021-05-04 18:52:04

Bangladesh Army has been carrying out humanitarian activities in three hill districts -- Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban -- in Ramadan and the ongoing pandemic. The Rangamati, Khagrachhari and...

Tk 2.5b surface water conservation project progressing in Rangpur

Tk 2.5b surface water conservation project progressing in Rangpur

-- 2021-05-04 17:02:39

A comprehensive Tk 2.50 billion project is progressing fast to conserve and ensure best uses of surface water to expedite overall socioeconomic development in the greater Rangpur region amid changed c...

Couple killed in Meherpur road crash

Couple killed in Meherpur road crash

-- 2021-05-04 16:49:52

A couple was killed and six people were injured in a road accident at Khoksha village in Meherpur sadar upazila on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Farha Khatun, 60, and Abdus Sattar, 68, of...

Mobile court fines 17 for defying health protocols at Bashundhara City

Mobile court fines 17 for defying health protocols at Bashundhara City

-- 2021-05-04 16:49:03

A mobile court has fined 17 people at the Basundhara City shopping mall for defying health protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh. The court punished customers and traders at the shopp...

Sundarbans fire finally under control after 24 hrs; probe body formed

Sundarbans fire finally under control after 24 hrs; probe body formed

-- 2021-05-04 16:33:44

The fire, which had raged through Daser Bharani under Sharankhola Range of the Sundarbans East Forest Division for nearly 24 hours since Monday morning, was finally brought under control on Wednesday....

Bangladesh reports 61 Covid deaths, 1,914 new cases in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 61 Covid deaths, 1,914 new cases in 24 hours

-- 2021-05-04 16:18:04

Bangladesh has registered 61 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 11,705. The caseload rose by 1,914 in a 24-hour count on Tuesday to 765,596, according to the lates...

Rain likely across country

Rain likely across country

-- 2021-05-04 15:29:41

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, and Sylhet divisions w...

HC orders S Alam Group to pay Banshkhali victims Tk 0.5 million each

HC orders S Alam Group to pay Banshkhali victims Tk 0.5 million each

-- 2021-05-04 14:50:52

The High Court has ordered S Alam Group to pay Tk 500,000 to each of the families of the six people killed in a clash between police and workers at a power plant under construction in Chattogram&rsquo...

Medical panel to review Khaleda Zia's health

Medical panel to review Khaleda Zia's health

-- 2021-05-04 14:04:35

A medical panel will meet on Tuesday afternoon to review the health of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been diagnosed with Covid-19, and is receiving treatment at the CCU of Evercare Hospital, bd...

Police name four people in case filed over Madaripur speedboat capsize

Police name four people in case filed over Madaripur speedboat capsize

-- 2021-05-04 13:31:50

Police have filed a case over the accident between a speedboat and a sand carrier on the Padma River in Madaripur’s Kathalbari that resulted in the deaths of 26 people. Four people, including t...

Global coronavirus cases top 153 million

Global coronavirus cases top 153 million

-- 2021-05-04 12:05:08

The global coronavirus (Covid-19) caseload surpassed 153 million on Tuesday morning, with the world literally struggling to contain the second outbreak of the virus. According to Johns Hopkins Univer...

Disabled teen boy burnt to death in Barishal

Disabled teen boy burnt to death in Barishal

-- 2021-05-04 12:02:55

A 15-year-old physically challenged boy was charred to death in a fire that broke out at his house in Dingamanik village of Barishal's Sadar upazila early on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identif...

Tailors idling away time

Tailors idling away time

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-04 10:37:38

TANGAIL: Dressmakers of different tailoring shops are idling away time in the district for no noticeable number of orders placed, while only a few days are left for the Eid- ul-fitr. Before Covid-1...

Bangladesh to procure oxygen tools from US: FM

Bangladesh to procure oxygen tools from US: FM

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2021-05-04 09:51:33

Bangladesh is trying to procure equipment for ventilation and manufacturing oxygen from countries like the US and Germany. Bangladesh also requested the US recently for providing vaccines from its su...

Toddler drowns in Bogura

Toddler drowns in Bogura

-- 2021-05-03 22:09:07

A four-year-old child on Monday drowned in Bogura's Nandigram upazila. The deceased was identified as Soraiya Khatun, the daughter of Firoz Hossain of Pathan village. Chairman of Thalta Majgram Unio...

Rights groups, jurnos observe World Press Freedom Day

Rights groups, jurnos observe World Press Freedom Day

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-03 20:48:49

Journalists, rights activists, and civil society representatives urged the government to take effective steps to ensure freedom of the press. Speaking at a webinar, the distinguished speakers called...

Lightning kills two farmers in Bhola

Lightning kills two farmers in Bhola

-- 2021-05-03 20:42:54

Two farmers were killed by lightning strike in Char Fasson upazila of Bhola. The deceased have been identified as Md Shahe Alam and Alauddin Bepari. Noore Alam Master, president of the local Aslampu...

Sundarbans fire proving difficult to douse

Sundarbans fire proving difficult to douse

-- 2021-05-03 20:10:00

A fire broke out this morning at Daser Bharani area under Sharankhola Range of Sundarbans East Forest Division. The flames could not be doused while filing this report at around 6:15 pm, according to...

‘No chance of oxygen crisis unless situation worsens drastically’

‘No chance of oxygen crisis unless situation worsens drastically’

-- 2021-05-03 19:49:05

Amid the growing worries over a steady supply of oxygen, Health Minister Zahid Maleque has assured the people of the country that there will not be any shortage of oxygen unless the situation worsens...

Farmers hope bumper summer vegetable output in Rangpur region

Farmers hope bumper summer vegetable output in Rangpur region

-- 2021-05-03 19:30:29

Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) are expecting a bumper summer vegetables’ output as farmers have exceeded its farming target during this Kharif-1 season in Rangpur ag...

Bangladesh may get 500,000 Chinese vaccine doses by May 10

Bangladesh may get 500,000 Chinese vaccine doses by May 10

-- 2021-05-03 19:27:33

Health Minister Zahid Maleque hopes that as many as 500,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Dhaka by May 10. "China will send us 500,000 doses of their coronavirus va...

Will be clear soon whether Indian variant reached Bangladesh, says DGHS  

Will be clear soon whether Indian variant reached Bangladesh, says DGHS  

UNB 2021-05-03 18:15:07

The government will be confirmed within a few days whether the highly contagious Indian variant of coronavirus has already reached Bangladesh as an investigation is going on in this regard, said Direc...

Local pharma seeks permission to bring Moderna vaccine

Local pharma seeks permission to bring Moderna vaccine

-- 2021-05-03 17:56:39

A Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company has sought permission from the government to import Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. Director General of the Directorate of Health Services Dr Abul Bashar Mohamm...

Govt plans to extend pandemic lockdown to May 16

Govt plans to extend pandemic lockdown to May 16

-- 2021-05-03 17:44:16

The government has decided to extend its current pandemic restrictions to May 16. Long-haul buses, trains and launches will also remain closed, but public transport will be allowed to resume with str...

Khaleda Zia shifted to CCU with breathing problem

Khaleda Zia shifted to CCU with breathing problem

-- 2021-05-03 17:33:15

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, admitted to Evercare Hospital last week with Covid infection, was shifted to the coronary care unit (CCU) of the hospital on Monday with breathing problems. "Madame was h...

Three killed in Sylhet road crash

Three killed in Sylhet road crash

-- 2021-05-03 16:57:07

Three people were killed as a truck ploughed through a roadside motor workshop at Darbast bazar in Jaintapur upazila on Sylhet-Tamabil highway on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Sohel...

Robbery at 11 Natore shops, five arrested

Robbery at 11 Natore shops, five arrested

-- 2021-05-03 16:47:15

Police arrested five suspected robbers for looting valuables from 11 shops at a market in Bagatipara upaizla of Natore. The arrestees are Abdur Rahman, Shahjahan, Selim, Naser and Shaheen Alam. Supe...

Bangladesh reports 65 Covid deaths, 1,739 new cases

Bangladesh reports 65 Covid deaths, 1,739 new cases

-- 2021-05-03 16:37:44

Bangladesh has registered 65 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 11,644. The caseload rose by 1,739 in a 24-hour count on Monday to 763,682, according to data relea...

Cabinet clears draft law for private medical, dental colleges

Cabinet clears draft law for private medical, dental colleges

-- 2021-05-03 16:19:33

The cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of Private Medical College and Dental College Act, 2021 to ensure discipline in private medical and dental colleges by bringing those under a...

Intra-district public transport services to resume Thursday

Intra-district public transport services to resume Thursday

-- 2021-05-03 15:01:59

The ongoing lockdown will continue until May 16 while the intra-district public transport services will be allowed to resume from May 6. The decision was taken on Monday at the weekly cabinet meeting...