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Actor Alamgir hospitalised after testing covid positive

Actor Alamgir hospitalised after testing covid positive

-- 2021-04-20 20:31:13

Nine-time National Film Award winner Alamgir has been hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19. His wife and eminent singer Runa Laila shared the news through a Facebook post on Tuesday after...

Mobile stalls selling livestock, dairy products during lockdown

Mobile stalls selling livestock, dairy products during lockdown

-- 2021-04-20 20:03:01

A fleet of mobile stalls under the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock are selling fish, meat, egg and dairy products during the lockdown to mitigate the loss of farmers. Livestock and dairy products...

Virtual courts grant bail to 10,681 in five working days

Virtual courts grant bail to 10,681 in five working days

FE Online Report 2021-04-20 19:55:33

Virtual courts and tribunals granted 10,681 people bail in five working days till Monday after settling 17,980 petitions. On the last day, 1,635 accused secured bail. The virtual courts and tribunal...

Bangladeshis dominate Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2021 list

Bangladeshis dominate Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2021 list

UNB 2021-04-20 19:14:32

Nine Bangladeshi youths are in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2021 list released on Monday featuring 30 young entrepreneurs, leaders and trailblazers across Asia, all under the age of 30, who are braving...

Bangladesh drops one place in  World Press Freedom Index

Bangladesh drops one place in World Press Freedom Index

-- 2021-04-20 17:43:25

Bangladesh has been ranked 152nd among 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) 2021 while its position was 151st last year, according to Reporters Without Borders, also known a...

Tough time for beggars too

Tough time for beggars too

-- 2021-04-20 17:35:32

Kabir Ahmed Miazi, 65, was begging at Jatrabari area of the city amid the lockdown. He earned Tk80 from morning to afternoon on Friday. Earlier, he used to earn Tk300-500 on a normal day there. But th...

100 Rohingya girls living in Bangladesh camps get scholarship from Kuwait

100 Rohingya girls living in Bangladesh camps get scholarship from Kuwait

-- 2021-04-20 17:17:58

Kuwait has pledged to give 100 girls from the Rohingya refugee community in Bangladesh four-year university scholarships, Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) said on Sunday. Kuwait's Finance House ann...

Bangladesh to continue flight operations with six countries

Bangladesh to continue flight operations with six countries

-- 2021-04-20 16:42:34

Bangladesh has decided to continue flight operations with six countries, mainly to facilitate travels by migrant workers and foreign nationals working for development projects in the country. Despite...

Bangladesh reports 4,559 new virus cases, 91 deaths in a day

Bangladesh reports 4,559 new virus cases, 91 deaths in a day

-- 2021-04-20 16:38:22

Bangladesh has registered 91 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 10,588. The caseload surged to 727,780 after 4,559 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the 24 ho...

Al Jazeera report on Bhasan Char false, FM says

Al Jazeera report on Bhasan Char false, FM says

-- 2021-04-20 14:36:30

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday trashed Al Jazeera’s latest report on Bhasan Char saying it is based on false information and part of its "vindictive approach" towards Muslim major...

Virus lockdown extended till April 28

Virus lockdown extended till April 28

-- 2021-04-20 14:23:59

The government has issued a notice extending the ongoing nationwide lockdown by one week to April 28. The Cabinet Division issued a notice on Tuesday, keeping all previous pandemic restrictions in pl...

Seven more Hefazat men arrested over Brahmanbaria mayhem

Seven more Hefazat men arrested over Brahmanbaria mayhem

-- 2021-04-20 13:07:21

Police have apprehended seven more people in connection with last month's mayhem by Hefazat-e-Islam supporters in Brahmanbaria, taking the total number of arrests to 317. The arrests were made from d...

Covid vaccines should be declared as global public goods, PM says

Covid vaccines should be declared as global public goods, PM says

-- 2021-04-20 12:09:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Bangladesh firmly believes that coronavirus vaccines should be declared as global public goods and called for a strong partnership to tackle COVID-19 chall...

Extreme heat affecting growth of mango, litchis in Rajshahi

Extreme heat affecting growth of mango, litchis in Rajshahi

OUR CORRESPONDENT, RAJSHAHI 2021-04-20 10:30:25

Juvenile mangoes, litchis and even standing paddy in Rajshahi region are drying up and falling away due to extreme heat and a long absence of rainfall. Moksed Ali of Haripur area under Paba upazila w...

Corona threatens livelihoods of Netrakona potters

Corona threatens livelihoods of Netrakona potters

OUR CORRESPONDENT, NETRAKONA 2021-04-20 10:16:34

The livelihood of potters in the district is threatened by the corona pandemic. The existence of a section of Bengalis has been associated with pottery and various utensils since ancient times. With...

Importance on agriculture as it can take country forward, says PM

Importance on agriculture as it can take country forward, says PM

-- 2021-04-19 21:02:50

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government gives immense importance to the development of agriculture as it can take Bangladesh forward. "We're giving a great importance to agricultur...

CAAB bans domestic, international flights for another week

CAAB bans domestic, international flights for another week

-- 2021-04-19 20:33:11

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has extended the ban on all domestic and international flights by another seven days in line with the government's plans to prolong an 'all-out' lockd...

Doctors condemn alleged harassment by police in lockdown

Doctors condemn alleged harassment by police in lockdown

-- 2021-04-19 20:09:37

The Bangladesh Medical Association has condemned the alleged harassment that doctors face on their way to work during the ongoing lockdown and urged the authorities to take immediate steps to redress...

12 more Hefazat supporters held over Brahmanbaria violence

12 more Hefazat supporters held over Brahmanbaria violence

-- 2021-04-19 19:20:35

Twelve more people were arrested in the past 24 hours over the vandalism and arson carried out by Hefazat-e-Islam activists and supporters in Brahmanbaria last month, police said Monday. The arrests...

BNP demands release of arrested religious leaders 

BNP demands release of arrested religious leaders 

-- 2021-04-19 19:16:34

Voicing concern over the recent arrest of the religious leaders and alem-ulema in ‘false’ cases, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday demanded their immediate releas...

Govt considering relaxing lockdown before Eid, says Quader

Govt considering relaxing lockdown before Eid, says Quader

-- 2021-04-19 18:29:02

The government is mulling to relax lockdown before Eid-ul-Fitr taking into consideration the people's lives and livelihoods, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday. He urge...

2,222 people die with Covid-like symptoms in one year

2,222 people die with Covid-like symptoms in one year

FE Online Report 2021-04-19 18:13:10

A total of 2,222 people died with coronavirus-like symptoms in the last one year and half month across the country, according to a latest report. Of them, 1,784 males and 438 females died from March...

Dhaka streets getting filled with rickshaws, private vehicles in 'strict' lockdown

Dhaka streets getting filled with rickshaws, private vehicles in 'strict' lockdown

-- 2021-04-19 17:56:28

As the ‘strictest lockdown’ enters its sixth day, Dhaka’s roads are no longer deserted, as rickshaws, autorickshaws and private vehicles descend in droves on the streets. But the la...

DAE expects bumper mango production in Rangpur region

DAE expects bumper mango production in Rangpur region

-- 2021-04-19 16:58:40

Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) as well as farmers are expecting a bumper mango production following smooth formation of the tender fruits in Rangpur agriculture region. T...

Bangladesh reports 112 virus deaths in 24 hours

Bangladesh reports 112 virus deaths in 24 hours

-- 2021-04-19 16:52:55

Bangladesh has registered 112 new fatalities from the coronavirus, the most in a day, taking the death toll to 10,497. The caseload surged to 723,221 after 4,271 people tested positive for COVID-19 i...

Auto-rickshaw, light vehicle workers seek food, financial support from govt

Auto-rickshaw, light vehicle workers seek food, financial support from govt

-- 2021-04-19 16:31:36

Auto-rickshaw and light vehicle workers demanded direct food and financial support from the government to survive in the all-out lockdown that has been extended until April 28. In a joint statement,...

Govt decides to extend lockdown by a week as Covid-19 worsens

Govt decides to extend lockdown by a week as Covid-19 worsens

-- 2021-04-19 15:15:43

The government has decided to extend the ongoing virus lockdown by a week to April 28, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain says, bdnews24.com reports. The new phase of the lockdow...

Experts recommend lockdown extension for another week

Experts recommend lockdown extension for another week

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-04-19 13:41:35

The National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19 has recommended the government should extend the ongoing lockdown for one more week to curb the surging virus infections in the country. Scientif...

Mamunul Haque placed on seven-day remand

Mamunul Haque placed on seven-day remand

-- 2021-04-19 13:18:08

A Dhaka court has allowed the police to interrogate Hifazat-e Islam leader Mamunul Haque in their custody for seven days. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Devdas Chandra Adhikari issued the remand order...

Farmers expecting bumper maize yield in Lalmonirhat

Farmers expecting bumper maize yield in Lalmonirhat

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-04-19 12:27:22

LALMONIRHAT: Farmers of the five upazilas of the district are expecting a good production of Maize in the current season. Favourable weather and necessary agri-inputs for maize made it possible, sai...