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Sylhet Covid cases reach 9,369

Sylhet Covid cases reach 9,369

-- 2020-08-17 14:31:42

With the detection of 70 new coronavirus patients, the number of confirmed cases rose to 9,369 in the Sylhet division on Monday. Among the new cases, 49 were detected in the PCR-lab of Osmani Medical...

Police find body of female doctor in Jamalpur

Police find body of female doctor in Jamalpur

-- 2020-08-17 14:20:30

Police recovered the body of a doctor of Melandah upazila health complex from the residential quarter of the hospital in jamalpur district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Sultana Parv...

Youth gunned down along Chapainawabganj border

Youth gunned down along Chapainawabganj border

-- 2020-08-17 13:51:22

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh recovered the bullet-hit body of a young man along Shingnagar border in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Sumon, 2...

DMP fines online shop Tk 250,000 for fraud

DMP fines online shop Tk 250,000 for fraud

-- 2020-08-17 13:12:17

A mobile court run by Dhaka Metropolitan Police has slapped a Tk 250,000 fine on an online shop for not delivering products after taking orders. Police raided the company’s office in Kalabagan...

Militants are trying to regroup, but police say they are ‘incapable’ of attack

Militants are trying to regroup, but police say they are ‘incapable’ of attack

-- 2020-08-17 10:33:18

Recent arrests and police operations indicate that militants are trying to reorganise after smarting from the crackdown in the aftermath of the Holey Artisan Bakery terror attack four years ago. Poli...

Five crew members of sunken cargo vessel rescued

Five crew members of sunken cargo vessel rescued

Our Correspondent 2020-08-17 10:12:36

Five crew members of a lighterage vessel that sank in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday evening were rescued at around Sunday noon. Sources said the ship named MV Akter Banu loaded with 1800 metric tonne...

Desperate for survival, bikers to share rides ‘going beyond rules’

Desperate for survival, bikers to share rides ‘going beyond rules’

-- 2020-08-17 10:01:36

On-demand ride-sharing platforms have seen a dramatic rise since 2016 as a means of living for many and a support for a faster commuting across the capital until Covid-19 pandemic hit the country hard...

DSCC demolishes makeshift structures on footpaths

DSCC demolishes makeshift structures on footpaths

FE Report 2020-08-17 09:43:16

The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) authorities demolished on Sunday over fifty makeshift structures illegally built on the footpaths. Restaurants, tea stalls and rickshaw garages were among th...

HC issues rule over recruitment of 27 BCS candidates

HC issues rule over recruitment of 27 BCS candidates

FE REPORT 2020-08-17 09:42:26

The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the respondents to explain in four weeks why the government steps in refraining the 27 candidates of 37th BCS examination from joining their respective po...

Move afoot to consider treatment at Covid-19 hospitals as free of cost

Move afoot to consider treatment at Covid-19 hospitals as free of cost

REZAUL KARIM 2020-08-17 09:38:52

The government is considering treating all treatments provided to the patients at dedicated Covid-19 hospitals for around four months as free of cost, sources said. To this effect, a proposal is now...

SC admin releases 43 people after warnings of irregularities

SC admin releases 43 people after warnings of irregularities

FE REPORT 2020-08-17 09:36:19

The Supreme Court administration released 43 people, 35 clerks of lawyers and eight outsiders, after issuing warnings to them on Sunday afternoon after a drive against irregularities. Earlier, the cl...

‘No logic behind health minister’s comment on corona exit’

‘No logic behind health minister’s comment on corona exit’

-- 2020-08-16 22:29:35

Noted health experts have said they do not find any logic and scientific basis behind health minister’s comment that coronavirus will ‘leave Bangladesh by itself’. They warned that...

PM vows to ensure improved lifestyle for distressed people

PM vows to ensure improved lifestyle for distressed people

-- 2020-08-16 20:50:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday vowed to bring smile to the faces of the distressed people of the country as dreamt by Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by giving them an impro...

59 Bogura cops to donate plasma

59 Bogura cops to donate plasma

-- 2020-08-16 19:59:43

Some 59 policemen of Bogura, who have recovered from coronavirus, will be donating their plasma for the treatment of the disease in other patients. Among them, 40 police personnel are coming to Dhaka...

Aedes larva found at 67 establishments, Tk 104,300 fined

Aedes larva found at 67 establishments, Tk 104,300 fined

-- 2020-08-16 19:53:22

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Sunday found Aedes mosquito larvae at 67 houses and establishments on the sixth day of its combing operation to protect city dwellers from the mosquito-borne...

13 pairs of passenger trains resume operation

13 pairs of passenger trains resume operation

-- 2020-08-16 19:16:11

Thirteen pairs of passenger trains resumed operation from Sunday on different routes to make services more functional amid Covid-19 pandemic.  “We’ve asked the authorities concerned...

Hot weather persists amid moderate rain

Hot weather persists amid moderate rain

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-16 19:09:52

Hot weather persisted in the city on Sunday as well amid moderate rain with steady wind. The Met Office recorded 32mm rainfall between 6.00 am and 6.00 pm with a 17-20 kph south-easterly wind in Dha...

Sherpur beggar receives surprising gifts from PM

Sherpur beggar receives surprising gifts from PM

-- 2020-08-16 17:36:40

Nazimuddin, a landless beggar of Sherpur district, has got house as gift from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in return for his surprising donation. Deputy Commissioner of Sherpur Anar Koli Mahbub hande...

COVID-19 death toll in Bangladesh climbs to 3,657

COVID-19 death toll in Bangladesh climbs to 3,657

-- 2020-08-16 17:17:56

The death toll from the novel coronavirus infection in Bangladesh has climbed to 3,657 after 32 more fatalities were registered over a 24-hour period. The government said 2,024 new infections were co...

UGC officials to get house building loan

UGC officials to get house building loan

FE Online Report 2020-08-16 17:14:10

The University Grants Commission (UGC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Janata Bank to avail house building loan for its officials. The MoU was inked at the UGC Bhaban on Sunday under...

Foreign ministry seeks help to bring back Bangabandhu’s killers

Foreign ministry seeks help to bring back Bangabandhu’s killers

FE Online Report 2020-08-16 17:02:36

The Bangladesh foreign ministry sought assistance from the foreign countries to bring back the five fugitive killers of the founder president Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Foreign ministry sough...

Eight Regent group employees remanded in fraud case

Eight Regent group employees remanded in fraud case

-- 2020-08-16 16:58:24

A Dhaka court today (Sunday) placed eight employees of Regent Group and Regent Hospital on two-day remand each in a case lodged over issuing fake coronavirus test reports and other forgeries. The acc...

Two HSC examinees killed in Savar road crash

Two HSC examinees killed in Savar road crash

-- 2020-08-16 16:40:45

Two examinees of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) were killed after a bus hit a motorcycle on Dhaka-Aricha Highway at Srirampur in Dhamrai upazila, on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday. The de...

BMD forecasts light to moderate rain for next 24hrs

BMD forecasts light to moderate rain for next 24hrs

-- 2020-08-16 15:23:58

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has said light to moderate rain will likely hit parts of the country in the next 24 hours starting from 6:00am today (Sunday). Light to moderate rain or thu...

Three missing tourists found dead in Feni river

Three missing tourists found dead in Feni river

-- 2020-08-16 14:42:20

The bodies of three tourists, who went missing while swimming in Feni River on Saturday, were recovered from the river in Companiganj upazila of Noakhali on Sunday morning. Divers from local Fire Ser...

Four new dengue patients detected: DGHS

Four new dengue patients detected: DGHS

-- 2020-08-16 14:21:35

Four new dengue cases were recorded in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning, the health authorities said. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said 20 dengue patients are currently und...

Envoy optimistic US will return Bangabandhu’s killer to Bangladesh soon

Envoy optimistic US will return Bangabandhu’s killer to Bangladesh soon

-- 2020-08-16 13:32:00

Bangladesh Ambassador to USA Mohammad Ziauddin has said they are convinced that the USA, as champion of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, shall return the killer of Bangabandhu to Banglades...

Lighter vessel capsizes at Bay, 13 missing

Lighter vessel capsizes at Bay, 13 missing

-- 2020-08-16 12:07:25

Thirteen crew members have remained missing since a lighter vessel, carrying 2,000 tonnes of wheat sank, capsized in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday. Zahid Hossain, manager (operation) of ‘Litmon...

Nine Bangladeshis held while going to India illegally

Nine Bangladeshis held while going to India illegally

-- 2020-08-16 12:00:43

Nine Bangladeshis, including women and children, were arrested by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) while they were trying to go to India illegally through the Jhenaidah border on Saturday night. BGB...

0.39 million yaba tablets recovered in Teknaf

0.39 million yaba tablets recovered in Teknaf

-- 2020-08-16 10:52:24

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have recovered 3,90,000 yaba tablets from Damdamia bordering area of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday. Lt Col Mohammad Faisal Hasan Khan, comma...