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EC suspends Regent Hospital Chairman Shahed’s NID card

EC suspends Regent Hospital Chairman Shahed’s NID card

-- 2020-07-20 21:26:39

The Election Commission (EC) has suspended the national identity card (NID) of Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed for changing his name fraudulently. Secretary of the EC Secretariat Md Alamgir...

4,000 affected by water-borne diseases amid floods

4,000 affected by water-borne diseases amid floods

-- 2020-07-20 21:05:29

At least 4,024 people were affected by diarrhoea, skin disorder, eye inflammation and bronchitis during three weeks of flooding in the low-lying areas of Bangladesh. The Directorate General of Health...

‘Country has stock of 300,000 COVID-19 test kits’

‘Country has stock of 300,000 COVID-19 test kits’

-- 2020-07-20 20:43:00

Secretary of Health Service Division Md Abdul Mannan on Sunday said the country has a stock of 300,000 kits for COVID-19 test and the process of importing more kits is underway. “There is no sc...

Flood situation worsens due to onrush of water, rainfall

Flood situation worsens due to onrush of water, rainfall

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-20 20:39:13

Continuous onrush of water from upstream as well as heavy rainfall further escalated flood in char and other low-lying areas in the northern and central regions on Monday. At least 12 people were kil...

BSCIC asked to increase salt production for Eid-ul-Azha

BSCIC asked to increase salt production for Eid-ul-Azha

FE Online Report 2020-07-20 20:01:37

The Ministry of Industries (MoC) has directed the authorities of BSCIC to increase the production of salt considering the growing demand during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. Under the move, all the indus...

Cabinet approves one-man company provision

Cabinet approves one-man company provision

-- 2020-07-20 19:36:21

The cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of ‘Companies (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2020’ keeping a provision of formation of one-man companies aiming to attract larger investme...

National Fisheries Week to begin Tuesday

National Fisheries Week to begin Tuesday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-20 18:34:44

The National Fisheries Week will begin across the country on Tuesday aiming at conserving and developing the country's fishery resources and creating awareness among the masses to boost fish productio...

TIB urges govt to ensure clarity in appointments of contractual posts

TIB urges govt to ensure clarity in appointments of contractual posts

FE Online Report 2020-07-20 18:25:19

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Monday urged the government to ensure enforcement of existing laws and transparency in the appointments of all contractual posts including managing direc...

Dr Sabrina lands in jail

Dr Sabrina lands in jail

-- 2020-07-20 17:34:02

A court in Dhaka on Monday sent JKG Healthcare's Chairman Dr Sabrina Sharmin Hussain to jail in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqul Islam passed...

Bangladesh behind India, Pakistan in recovery rate

Bangladesh behind India, Pakistan in recovery rate

-- 2020-07-20 16:38:31

Although the health authorities in Bangladesh on Monday confirmed the recovery of 1,914 more patients raising the recovery rate to 54.74 per cent, it is still lower than neighbouring India (63.8 per c...

HC fines Sikder brothers for filing bail pleas from abroad

HC fines Sikder brothers for filing bail pleas from abroad

-- 2020-07-20 16:18:44

The High Court has rejected the bail appeals from Ron Haque Sikder and his brother Dipu Haque Sikder, both accused of threatening to murder the managing director of Exim Bank. In an order on Monday,...

BD registers 50 more coronavirus deaths, 2,928 new cases

BD registers 50 more coronavirus deaths, 2,928 new cases

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-07-20 14:52:39

Bangladesh registered 50 coronavirus deaths and 2,928 cases in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Monday, the 135th day of the outbreak in the country The new deaths and cases bring the total respectively to...

Met Office forecasts heavy rain, issues cautionary signal No 3

Met Office forecasts heavy rain, issues cautionary signal No 3

-- 2020-07-20 14:01:56

Bangladesh Meteorological Department has asked the maritime ports to hoist the local cautionary signal No. 3 as it forecasts stormy weather in the coastal areas of the country, bdnews24.com reports....

Accused in 25 cases, drug suspect dies in 'gunfight'

Accused in 25 cases, drug suspect dies in 'gunfight'

-- 2020-07-20 13:20:46

A man accused in 25 cases of narcotics and illegal firearms has died in a gunfight with the detective police in Dhaka’s Khilgaon. The detective police said he was the top drug dealer of the are...

Overnight rains lead to waterlogging in Dhaka

Overnight rains lead to waterlogging in Dhaka

-- 2020-07-20 13:08:38

Torrential monsoon rain from Sunday midnight to Monday morning has swamped many parts of the capital, disrupting people’s movement and triggering traffic chaos. According to Bangladesh Meteorol...

Police murder suspect dies in RAB ‘shootout’ in Brahmanbaria

Police murder suspect dies in RAB ‘shootout’ in Brahmanbaria

-- 2020-07-20 12:25:00

Mamun Mia, a key suspect in the murder of an assistant sub-inspector in Brahmanbaria, has died in a ‘shootout’ with the Rapid Action Battalion. The shootout took place at Chandpur Bazar i...

Sweet smells of Bangladeshi mangoes reach Switzerland

Sweet smells of Bangladeshi mangoes reach Switzerland

-- 2020-07-20 12:00:04

Sweet smells of Bangladeshi mangoes has reached Switzerland with the export of first package mangoes to the country on July 14. The country's popular variety ‘Amropali Mangoes’ are now se...

Police arrest two teachers in Chandpur under Digital Security Act

Police arrest two teachers in Chandpur under Digital Security Act

-- 2020-07-20 10:56:14

Police arrested three people including two teachers from Farakkabad College campus on Sunday in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for their ‘derogatory facebook posts against education...

US-Bangla to resume Dhaka-Rajshahi flight Tuesday

US-Bangla to resume Dhaka-Rajshahi flight Tuesday

-- 2020-07-20 10:01:48

The US-Bangla Airlines will resume flight operation on the Dhaka-Rajshahi domestic route on July 21 (Tuesday), after disruption of four months. Kamrul Islam, director general (PR) of the private airl...

Health hotline calls drop sharply

Health hotline calls drop sharply

JUBAIR HASAN 2020-07-20 09:45:49

The number of people calling the government hotlines to get health tips or related inquiries has come down significantly in very recent days, official data showed. It is giving an indication that eit...

Flood hits road, rail networks

Flood hits road, rail networks

FE REPORT 2020-07-20 09:39:50

Floods have hit more than 280-kilometre road in several parts of Bangladesh, also snapping rail communication between Sarishabari and Jamalpur, officials said. Roads and Highways Department (RHD) h...

CJ asks lower courts to hear urgent civil, succession cases   

CJ asks lower courts to hear urgent civil, succession cases  

FE REPORT 2020-07-20 09:32:25

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has asked all lower courts concerned across the country to hear and dispose of urgent civil and succession cases. The chief justice took the decision after discussio...

Police have information about ‘link’ between Shahed, Dr Sabrina

Police have information about ‘link’ between Shahed, Dr Sabrina

-- 2020-07-19 21:24:09

Police have quizzed JKG Heath Care’s doctor Sabrina in the presence of Mohammad Shahed, the chairman of Regent Hospital, both arrested on charges of duping patients with fake COVID-19 test repor...

Legal notice seeks  compensation for victims

Legal notice seeks compensation for victims

FE Online Report 2020-07-19 20:54:42

A legal notice has been sent on Sunday to the concerned government bodies asking them to give Tk 1.0 million as compensation to each of the families which have been victimised by receiving fake C...

Covid-19 vaccine: Icddr,b gets BMRC approval to conduct phase-3 trial

Covid-19 vaccine: Icddr,b gets BMRC approval to conduct phase-3 trial

-- 2020-07-19 20:41:21

Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) on Sunday approved the icddr,b to conduct thephase-3 human trial of Covid-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese company. "The approval to conduct the Phase-3 cl...

President attends his younger brother’s namaz-e-janaza

President attends his younger brother’s namaz-e-janaza

-- 2020-07-19 20:38:22

President M Abdul Hamid on Sunday attended namaz-e-janaza of his younger brother and freedom fighter Abdul Hye at his ancestral home at Kamlapur village under Mithamain upazila in Kishoreganj district...

5,803 health workers, 625 newsmen infected with coronavirus

5,803 health workers, 625 newsmen infected with coronavirus

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-19 20:27:51

A total of 5,803 health workers and 625 newsmen have so far tested positive for coronavirus across the country. Besides, as many as 625 newsmen of some 148 national and regional newspapers, TV, onlin...

HC seeks report on medical waste management

HC seeks report on medical waste management

-- 2020-07-19 20:18:14

The High Court has asked the government to submit report about steps taken in implementing Medical Waste Management and Processing Rules 2008. A virtual bench of Justice JBM Hasan passed the order on...

Govt waives surcharge bills for residential clients

Govt waives surcharge bills for residential clients

-- 2020-07-19 20:07:45

The government on Sunday waived surcharge for late payment of electricity bills by residential consumers in order to mitigate sufferings of the clients amid the ongoing coronavirus. The remission has...

RAB raids Shahabuddin hospital, arrests official

RAB raids Shahabuddin hospital, arrests official

-- 2020-07-19 20:04:55

The Rapid Action Battalion has raided Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital in Gulshan area of Dhaka and arrested an official over unauthorised coronavirus testing. The law enforcers also found eviden...