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DGHS says Regent Hospital deal was dictated by ‘high-ups’

DGHS says Regent Hospital deal was dictated by ‘high-ups’

-- 2020-07-12 11:01:56

Abul Kalam Azad, director general of health services, claimed that he did not know Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed alias Shahed Karim before the signing of a contract for the treatment of Cov...

BD overtakes Pakistan in active Covid-19 cases

BD overtakes Pakistan in active Covid-19 cases

FE REPORT 2020-07-12 10:14:51

Bangladesh has become the second country in Asia in terms of active Covid-19 cases posing a challenge to the country's healthcare facilities, officials said. Active cases mean the patients who are ye...

PM to open Dhaka-OIC Youth Capital 2020 on July 27

PM to open Dhaka-OIC Youth Capital 2020 on July 27

-- 2020-07-11 20:17:22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Dhaka- OIC Youth Capital 2020 on July 27 with an aim to connect youth from the OIC countries and beyond virtually. Theme of the Dhaka-OIC Youth Capita...

21 migrant rights bodies express concern

21 migrant rights bodies express concern

FE Online Report 2020-07-11 20:15:19

Some 21 migrants’ rights organisations in Bangladesh expressed deep concern over harassment on journalists and migrant workers by Malaysian government recently following an investigative documen...

Don’t publish news that affects Bangladesh-Italy ties

Don’t publish news that affects Bangladesh-Italy ties

-- 2020-07-11 19:58:15

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested the print and electronic media in Bangladesh not to publish any news that may impact the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Italy without due dili...

23 districts to witness month-long fresh floods from next week

23 districts to witness month-long fresh floods from next week

-- 2020-07-11 19:05:18

Low-lying areas in 23 districts are predicted to experience a month-long fresh flooding in the next week with the rise of water levels in major rivers due to onrush of upstream waters coupled with hea...

Veterinary teams to work in cattle markets: Minister

Veterinary teams to work in cattle markets: Minister

FE Online Report 2020-07-11 18:59:55

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim said veterinary medical teams will work in the cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha aiming to prevent sick cattle from entering the market amid the Covi...

Flood situation worsens amid heavy rain

Flood situation worsens amid heavy rain

FE Online Report 2020-07-11 18:31:02

Flood situation turned severe in parts of the country on Saturday amid heavy rain and downstream flow from neighbouring India. The condition deteriorated further in 19 districts and another seven dis...

Sahara Khatun laid to rest at Banani graveyard

Sahara Khatun laid to rest at Banani graveyard

-- 2020-07-11 17:40:19

Awami League Presidium member and former home minister Advocate Sahara Khatun, who died at a Bangkok hospital on Thursday, was laid to eternal rest at Banani graveyard in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon....

City road crash leaves one dead

City road crash leaves one dead

-- 2020-07-11 17:39:41

A man was killed in a road accident near Banani Setu Bhaban in the capital on Saturday. The victim was identified as Abul Hossain, a store keeper of an engineering company and a resident of Uttara ar...

Rain likely across country in next 24hrs

Rain likely across country in next 24hrs

-- 2020-07-11 17:27:30

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecasted light to moderate rain or thundershowers in parts of the country in next 24 hours since 9:00am today (Saturday). “Light to moderate rain an...

‘Rural economy going to be under pressure with returnees from cities’

‘Rural economy going to be under pressure with returnees from cities’

-- 2020-07-11 16:59:32

Bangladesh’s rural economy is going to be under pressure as a significant number of people from urban areas are returning to their respective villages losing the sources of their earnings due to...

BD corona deaths cross 2,300, cases reach 181,129

BD corona deaths cross 2,300, cases reach 181,129

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-07-11 14:44:44

Bangladesh's coronavirus deaths have surpassed 2,300 and cases reached 181,129, as the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 30 deaths and 2,686 cases on Saturday. The new deaths bri...

Sahara Khatun’s body brought back home

Sahara Khatun’s body brought back home

-- 2020-07-11 13:37:49

The Namaz-e-Janaza of former Home Minister and Awami League presidium member Advocate Sahara Khatun was held at a mosque in Agargaon area in Dhaka on Saturday morning. A special flight of US-Bangla A...

Couple killed in Cumilla road crash

Couple killed in Cumilla road crash

-- 2020-07-11 13:17:06

A couple was killed and four people were injured in a road crash on Cumilla-Sylhet highway in Kalikapur area in Debidwar upazila of Cumilla on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Abu Taher,...

Gas suspension in some areas of Dhaka for 12 hours tomorrow

Gas suspension in some areas of Dhaka for 12 hours tomorrow

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-07-11 13:16:18

Some areas of Dhaka area will face a suspension in gas supply for 12 hours from 8:00am tomorrow (Sunday) due to pipeline relocation work. The areas that are under the route alignment of Elevated Expr...

Bogura RDA director general dies of Covid-19

Bogura RDA director general dies of Covid-19

-- 2020-07-11 12:39:15

Md Aminul Islam, director general of Bogura Rural Development Academy (RDA), died from coronavirus at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Saturday morning. Aminul Islam, additional secretary of BCS...

82 Bangladeshi Tablighis secure bail in India

82 Bangladeshi Tablighis secure bail in India

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-07-11 11:24:48

A Delhi court has granted bail to 82 Bangladeshi nationals who were recently chargesheeted on charges that they had attended Tablighi Jamaat violating visa conditions, indulged in missionary activitie...

Thrust on extending services to women migrant workers

Thrust on extending services to women migrant workers

FE Report 2020-07-11 10:39:56

Speakers at a webinar on Friday stressed the need for extending services to women migrant workers by embassies to ensure their protection. They also demanded ensuring access to justice for the women...

ACC grills MediTech director over mask graft

ACC grills MediTech director over mask graft

FE REPORT 2020-07-11 10:33:33

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday grilled the director of a company over alleged graft in mask and PPE procurement for the health ministry to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. An enquiry te...

151 in quarantine on return from Italy

151 in quarantine on return from Italy

FE REPORT 2020-07-11 10:00:48

Some 151 Bangladeshi nationals were sent back home from Italy on Friday on their arrival as a significant number of passengers tested coronavirus positive at Rome airport earlier, according to officia...

Flood causes over Tk 800m damage to Sunamganj roads

Flood causes over Tk 800m damage to Sunamganj roads

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-07-11 09:58:02

SYLHET: The extent of damage to the roads in Sunamganj district, by the last week's flood has been estimated to be over Tk 800 million, official sources informed. A number of important roads at some...

Magura mango growers smile even amid pandemic

Magura mango growers smile even amid pandemic

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-07-11 09:55:44

Coronavirus pandemic has not faded away smile of mango growers in Magura. This year a bumper production of mango has been achieved in the district. Price of mango is high in the market at present. Bu...

Covid tests drop on fee imposition

Covid tests drop on fee imposition

JUBAIR HASAN 2020-07-11 09:53:16

The number of people seeking Covid-19 tests has declined following the government decision to impose fees, officials said. However, knowledgeable circles attribute the decline in number of tests, par...

Call to make sure Myanmar pays reparations to Rohingya-hit nations

Call to make sure Myanmar pays reparations to Rohingya-hit nations

FE Report 2020-07-11 09:52:12

The lockdowns and economic slowdown, caused by the coronavirus in different countries, have robbed Rohingyas of their livelihood opportunities and pushed them into an abyss of hunger and malnutritio...

110m children in Asia go hungry

110m children in Asia go hungry

FE REPORT 2020-07-11 09:47:33

As many as 110-million children in Asia remain hungry as their family income has fallen drastically for an economic depression amid coronavirus, reveals a latest World Vision survey. Another 85-mil...

113 lose lives in railway accidents in six months: Rights groups

113 lose lives in railway accidents in six months: Rights groups

-- 2020-07-10 21:26:01

Although the train services remained suspended for over two months as part of lockdown enforced due to Covid-19 pandemic, at least 113 people were killed in 105 railway accidents across the country in...

157 Bangladeshis return home from Maldives

157 Bangladeshis return home from Maldives

-- 2020-07-10 21:24:00

A total of 157 Bangladeshi nationals, who had been stranded in the Maldives due to the shutdown over coronavirus pandemic, returned home by a special flight on Friday. The special flight of US-Bangla...

BD declares Tapentadol as narcotic substances

BD declares Tapentadol as narcotic substances

-- 2020-07-10 21:16:06

The government has declared Tapentadol as narcotic substances and ordered a halt to the production of this painkiller pharma drug. The authorities have labelled the drug, an opiate analgesics, as &ls...

Educational institutes to be used as flood shelter centres

Educational institutes to be used as flood shelter centres

-- 2020-07-10 20:58:02

The government has issued directives to authorities concerned to urgently open up all educational institutions in flood prone areas to use those as temporary shelter centres, reports BSS. The Directo...