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US-Bangla brings back 153 Bangladeshis from UAE

US-Bangla brings back 153 Bangladeshis from UAE

-- 2020-07-08 11:28:17

A special flight of US-Bangla Airlines on Wednesday brought back 153 Bangladeshi nationals stranded in the United Arab Emirates. “A US-Bangla special flight, carrying the stranded Bangladeshis,...

Bandarban Civil Surgeon tests positive for Covid-19

Bandarban Civil Surgeon tests positive for Covid-19

-- 2020-07-08 10:34:15

Civil Surgeon of Bandarban Dr Aung Sui Marma has tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19). Dr Pratyush Pal, the head of Bandarban Corona Isolation Centre, said they received the test report of the...

Infection rate at Wari 50pc, says Taposh

Infection rate at Wari 50pc, says Taposh

FE Report 2020-07-08 09:33:52

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Fazle Noor Taposh on Tuesday revealed that the infection rate at Wari was 50 per cent three days after imposing lockdown there on July 04. He also declared t...

Start regular court activities,  otherwise hunger strike  until death

Start regular court activities, otherwise hunger strike until death

FE Online Report 2020-07-07 22:45:07

A group of Supreme Court lawyers on Tuesday demanded to restart the regular activities in all courts across the country, including the Supreme Court, immediately in the interest of the livelihood of a...

HC stays govt decision  of cancelling 119 BGB  men’s FF status

HC stays govt decision of cancelling 119 BGB men’s FF status

FE Online Report 2020-07-07 22:40:19

The High Court on Tuesday stayed the effectiveness of a government notification that cancelled freedom fighter status of 119 members of Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB). The HC bench of Justice JBM H...

Regent Group head office, hospital sealed off

Regent Group head office, hospital sealed off

-- 2020-07-07 21:52:34

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) sealed off the head office of Regent Group and its hospital in the city's Uttara after they were found issuing fake Covid-19 test certificates and collecting money from Co...

Buriganga launch capsize: Accused put on 3-day remand

Buriganga launch capsize: Accused put on 3-day remand

-- 2020-07-07 21:33:12

A Dhaka court sent Abdus Salam, a staff of ‘Mayur-2’ launch arrested in connection with the Buriganga launch capsize, on a three-day remand. Dhaka Senior Cheif Judicial Magistrate Mishkat...

Ambassador Kalam will be probed if Kuwait brings allegation against him, says minister

Ambassador Kalam will be probed if Kuwait brings allegation against him, says minister

-- 2020-07-07 20:45:51

Bangladesh will open an investigation against Ambassador SM Abul Kalam if Kuwait brings any allegation against him in a case that charges MP Shahid Islam with human trafficking and money laundering, r...

Singer Selim Chowdhury infected with coronavirus

Singer Selim Chowdhury infected with coronavirus

-- 2020-07-07 20:45:02

Singer Selim Chowdhury has been infected with coronavirus in Sylhet. The 55-year old is now undergoing treatment at Sylhet North East Medical College Hospital, its managing director Doctor Shahriar C...

Buriganga launch capsize: Minister refrains from disclosing probe findings

Buriganga launch capsize: Minister refrains from disclosing probe findings

FE Online Report 2020-07-07 19:52:39

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud has refrained from disclosing the probe report on the launch capsize incident in Buriganga river saying that it would be revealed after completion of legal pr...

Houses, establishments fined Tk 126,310

Houses, establishments fined Tk 126,310

FE Online Report 2020-07-07 19:21:15

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) found Aedes larvae at 92 houses and establishments and fined Tk 126,310 on Tuesday, the fourth day of its combing operation. The DNCC has been conducting its sec...

Govt orders shutdown of Regent Hospital branches

Govt orders shutdown of Regent Hospital branches

-- 2020-07-07 18:56:25

The government has ordered a shutdown of two branches of Regent Hospital in Dhaka’s Uttara and Mirpur on charges of issuing fake COVID-19 test reports. The authorities found evidence of other s...

BGB on high alert to prevent cattle smuggling

BGB on high alert to prevent cattle smuggling

-- 2020-07-07 18:51:44

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) are on high alert to prevent cattle smuggling as the smugglers remained active ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims. BGB has...

70pc fishermen unemployed during fishing-ban period

70pc fishermen unemployed during fishing-ban period

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-07 18:43:27

Around 70 per cent fisherman are currently without jobs due to the ongoing 65-day ban on fishing in the Bay of Bengal, according to a study. It also revealed that 50 per cent of them are without thr...

211 of subordinate courts Covid-19 infected

211 of subordinate courts Covid-19 infected

-- 2020-07-07 18:34:13

A total of 211 people, including 44 judges and 167 staff, of the subordinate courts were found infected with Covid-19 until Monday. Law Ministry confirmed the matter in a press release on Tuesday. A...

Move to introduce special trains for transporting sacrificial animals

Move to introduce special trains for transporting sacrificial animals

-- 2020-07-07 17:39:02

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) is planning to introduce special trains for transporting sacrificial animals to Dhaka and Chattogram from different districts of western and northern zones. Railway Minist...

10m people to get food aid during Eid

10m people to get food aid during Eid

-- 2020-07-07 17:06:57

The government has decided to give 10kg free rice to each poor family during the Eid-ul-Azha amid the coronavirus pandemic. Government aid will amount to 100,068 tonnes of rice for more than 10 milli...

Italy suspends flights from Bangladesh for one week

Italy suspends flights from Bangladesh for one week

-- 2020-07-07 16:45:34

Italy is suspending all flights from Bangladesh for one week due to a ‘significant number’ of passengers who tested positive to the coronavirus on a flight to Rome on Monday. During the s...

‘No one involved in trafficking, money laundering to be spared’

‘No one involved in trafficking, money laundering to be spared’

-- 2020-07-07 16:29:50

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said the government will not spare anybody if found involved in human trafficking and money laundering. "The government maintains zero tolerance against...

Khulna Sports organiser Rafiqul Islam dies of Covid-19

Khulna Sports organiser Rafiqul Islam dies of Covid-19

-- 2020-07-07 16:18:40

Former vice- president of Khulna divisional and district Krira Sangstha died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Khulna on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sardar Rafiqul Islam, 68, of Choto Mirjapur...

DNCC Mayor Atiqul’s elder brother passes away

DNCC Mayor Atiqul’s elder brother passes away

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-07 15:47:13

Engineer Md Shafiqul Islam, elder brother of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam, early Tuesday died of old age complications at a private hospital in the city. He was 82. Mr Shafi...

Health ministry proposes special BCS exam to recruit another 2,000 physicians

Health ministry proposes special BCS exam to recruit another 2,000 physicians

-- 2020-07-07 14:56:37

The health ministry has proposed to hold a special BCS examination on an emergency basis for the recruitment of another 2,000 physicians to tackle the coronavirus crisis, bdnews24.com reports. The He...

BD registers 3,027 new coronavirus cases, 55 more deaths

BD registers 3,027 new coronavirus cases, 55 more deaths

FE Online Desk 2020-07-07 14:41:08

The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 1,68,645 on Tuesday as the country registered 3,027 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Besides, 55 more people died from Covid-19 d...

Dhaka lauds UN role to address Covid-19 challenges

Dhaka lauds UN role to address Covid-19 challenges

-- 2020-07-07 13:15:52

Bangladesh has praised UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his leadership in guiding the global efforts to address the challenges of pandemic especially in conflict situations. "Your appeal has...

EU to provide €0.1m for flood victims in BD

EU to provide €0.1m for flood victims in BD

-- 2020-07-07 12:14:34

The European Union (EU) is providing EUR 100,000 for early anticipatory action to reduce the negative impact on the most affected communities due to floods in Bangladesh. The aid is coming in respons...

Six activists of JSS faction die in Bandarban armed attack

Six activists of JSS faction die in Bandarban armed attack

-- 2020-07-07 11:57:36

At least six activists of the reformist unit of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity, or JSS, have been shot and killed in Bandarban. Armed assailants entered the house of Ratan Sen Tanchangya in...

1,288 among 1,646 Covid-19 patients recover in Kishoreganj

1,288 among 1,646 Covid-19 patients recover in Kishoreganj

-- 2020-07-07 11:22:07

A total of 1,288 among 1,646 coronavirus patients made full recovery until Monday night in Kishoreganj, said Kishoreganj Civil Surgeon Dr Md Mujibur Rahman. Dr Mujibur Rahman said 15 new cases were d...

Man dies at C’nawabganj Police Station; police says ‘suicidal’ case

Man dies at C’nawabganj Police Station; police says ‘suicidal’ case

-- 2020-07-07 10:59:09

A man who was held with drugs, died by ‘hanging himself’ shortly after taken to Chapainawabganj Police Station for one day remand on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Afsar Ali...

Trains running empty after lockdown

Trains running empty after lockdown

-- 2020-07-07 10:47:42

As Bangladesh began to unlock, rail services were allowed to resume after a two-month hiatus at 50 per cent seating capacity in an effort to maintain the safe distancing norms amid the coronavirus epi...

HC drops GP's writ from list

HC drops GP's writ from list

FE REPORT 2020-07-07 09:49:31

The High Court (HC) on Monday dropped a writ petition from its cause-list, which was filed by the Grameenphone (GP) over the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission's (BTRC) imposition of...