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Coronavirus hotspots in Wari go under 21-day lockdown

Coronavirus hotspots in Wari go under 21-day lockdown

-- 2020-07-04 16:32:42

The government has placed certain areas flagged as coronavirus red zones in Old Dhaka's Wari under lockdown for 21 days in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The virus hotspots in Tipu...

ISPAB threatens to shut down internet connection

ISPAB threatens to shut down internet connection

-- 2020-07-04 16:23:38

Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) has urged the government to resolve the complexities over 5 per cent and 15 per cent value added tax (VAT) in the sector by this month. Ot...

BMD forecasts light to moderate rain likely across the country

BMD forecasts light to moderate rain likely across the country

-- 2020-07-04 16:20:41

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by the temporary gusty wind in many parts of the country in the next 24 hours as of 9:00...

Chattogram University campus placed on 14-day lockdown

Chattogram University campus placed on 14-day lockdown

-- 2020-07-04 15:49:49

The authorities of Chattogram University have put the campus under a lockdown for 14 days from July 04 to July 18 in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, UNB reports. Registrar of the universi...

BD coronavirus deaths near 2,000, cases reach 159,679

BD coronavirus deaths near 2,000, cases reach 159,679

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-07-04 14:56:09

Bangladesh's coronavirus deaths have approached 2,000 and cases reached 159,679, as the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 29 deaths and 3,288 cases on Saturday. The new deaths br...

Bangladeshi shot dead ‘by BSF men’ in Chapainawabganj border

Bangladeshi shot dead ‘by BSF men’ in Chapainawabganj border

-- 2020-07-04 14:49:02

A Bangladeshi national was reportedly shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Telkupi border in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Saturday morning. The deceased was identif...

Farmer found dead in Satkhira

Farmer found dead in Satkhira

-- 2020-07-04 13:41:25

Police recovered the body of a farmer from Jhorgaccha village in Tala upazila of Satkhira on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Dulal Chandra Gosh, 50, son of Padmo Chandra Gosh. Local...

Jute ministry’s joint secretary dies of Covid-19

Jute ministry’s joint secretary dies of Covid-19

-- 2020-07-04 11:48:35

Khurshid Alam, joint secretary to the Ministry of Textiles and Jute, died from coronavirus (Covid-19) at a hospital in Dhaka on Saturday. Alam was undergoing treatment at Labaid Hospital in the capit...

Rehiring promise fails to allay fears of jute mill worker leaders

Rehiring promise fails to allay fears of jute mill worker leaders

-- 2020-07-04 10:16:29

The government promise that workers of the state jute mills being closed will get their jobs back once productions resume under public-private partnership has failed to allay fears among the leaders o...

BD people risk falling easy prey to human trafficking

BD people risk falling easy prey to human trafficking

Arafat Ara 2020-07-04 09:57:31

A widely-apprehended post-Covid-19 job crisis at home, to be accompanied by moratorium on hiring foreign workers in many countries, may lead to rise in human trafficking from Bangladesh, according to...

Erosion by Gorai turns appalling in Magura

Erosion by Gorai turns appalling in Magura

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-07-04 09:48:43

The ferocity of the Gorai River erosion has reached a new high in recent time with its ever-devastating traits. The eroding Gorai that flows through Sreepur upazila of the district has engulfed 20 ho...

Govt body to run awareness campaign on health rules, rawhide collection

Govt body to run awareness campaign on health rules, rawhide collection

FE Report 2020-07-04 09:43:36

The government has formed a high-powered committee to run a mass awareness campaign about health guidelines, collection and preservation of sacrificial animals' rawhides in the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha du...

Covid-19 keeps butchers aloof from govt training for Eid

Covid-19 keeps butchers aloof from govt training for Eid

FE Report 2020-07-04 09:38:24

The government's programme to train up butchers is not witnessing progress due to lack of interest among the persons whom it is meant for in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, sources said. "We...

Global experts urge immediate enforcement of bag ban

Global experts urge immediate enforcement of bag ban

FE Online Report 2020-07-03 20:38:42

Experts and activists across the globe, on the occasion of ‘International Plastic bag free day 2020, stated for execution of plastic bag ban regulation in order to have a plastic pollution free...

Coronavirus hotspots in Wari prepare for lockdown

Coronavirus hotspots in Wari prepare for lockdown

-- 2020-07-03 20:27:57

The residents of certain areas flagged as coronavirus red zones with high infection rates and deaths in Dhaka’s Wari are set to be locked down for 21 days from Saturday. Tipu Sultan Road, Jahan...

Flood situation deteriorates further

Flood situation deteriorates further

FE Online Report 2020-07-03 20:01:15

Flood conditions have deteriorated further in the central regions while it remained same in the northern parts of the country on Friday. More fresh areas were inundated in Tangail, Munshiganj, Manikg...

Coronavirus: Over 11,000 policemen infected

Coronavirus: Over 11,000 policemen infected

-- 2020-07-03 19:31:57

A total of 11,302 members of Bangladesh Police were infected with Covid-19 across the country until Friday morning. Among the total cases, 7,327 policemen have made full recovery so far, said sources...

Flood situation remains steady in northern districts

Flood situation remains steady in northern districts

-- 2020-07-03 18:16:38

Flood situation remained mostly steady following little ups and downs in water levels of major rivers during the last 24 hours ending at 9 am on Friday in seven northern districts on the Brahmaputra b...

4,960 people secure bail in 3 days

4,960 people secure bail in 3 days

-- 2020-07-03 17:45:05

A total of 4,960 people secured bail after their petitions were heard by virtual courts across the country in three days from June 28 to July 2. Hearings on 10,866 bail petitions were held virtually...

BSMMU starts COVID-19 treatment from Saturday

BSMMU starts COVID-19 treatment from Saturday

-- 2020-07-03 17:38:23

A 370-bed ‘Corona Centre’ will open at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Saturday for providing treatment to the coronavirus (COVID-19) patients. BSMMU Vice Chanc...

Eleven stranded Bangladeshis repatriated from Vietnam

Eleven stranded Bangladeshis repatriated from Vietnam

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-03 16:55:49

Eleven Bangladeshis stranded in Vietnam were repatriated by a special plane of Viet Jet Airlines on Friday. Bangladesh Embassy in Hanoi said among the stranded Bangladeshis, two were working in Vietn...

Jute mill workers to get wages for June by next week

Jute mill workers to get wages for June by next week

-- 2020-07-03 16:11:05

The workers of 25 closed state-run jute mills will receive their wages for the month of June through their personal bank accounts by next week. Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi gave the...

DNCC’s special anti-mosquito drive from Saturday

DNCC’s special anti-mosquito drive from Saturday

-- 2020-07-03 16:07:44

A special cleanliness drive will be conducted in all the wards under Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) from Saturday to prevent dengue outbreak, said DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam. Atiqul Islam came up w...

Pandemic turns transgender lives upside down

Pandemic turns transgender lives upside down

-- 2020-07-03 15:47:10

She was on cloud nine when she secured a job at a private company after passing the higher secondary exam. Her contentment, however, was short-lived as Bobby, a transgender person, lost the job when...

40 judges among 221 court officials infected with Covid-19

40 judges among 221 court officials infected with Covid-19

-- 2020-07-03 14:59:34

A total of 40 judges and 136 staff of subordinate courts and 45 employees of the Supreme Court were infected with Covid-19 until today (Friday). They were infected with the coronavirus pandemic while...

BD records 42 coronavirus deaths, 3,114 cases in 24 hours

BD records 42 coronavirus deaths, 3,114 cases in 24 hours

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-07-03 14:47:55

Bangladesh recorded 42 coronavirus deaths and 3,114 cases in the 24 hours to 8:00 in the morning on Friday. With the latest, the total number of such deaths and cases now stands at 1,968 and 156,391...

Senior journalist Faruk Quazi passes away

Senior journalist Faruk Quazi passes away

-- 2020-07-03 11:27:42

Faruk Quazi, a veteran journalist and former Chief of Correspondents of United News of Bangladesh (UNB), passed away at his residence on Friday. He was 71.   He breathed his last in his sleep aro...

ADB projects food crisis amid Covid pandemic

ADB projects food crisis amid Covid pandemic

FE REPORT 2020-07-03 10:33:45

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned of food insecurity in Bangladesh during this protracted Covid-19 pandemic for its higher dependence on Indian rice. Bangladesh and two other South Asian...

€32m EU fund for host communities, Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar

€32m EU fund for host communities, Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar

FE REPORT 2020-07-03 10:10:37

The European Union (EU) on Thursday announced €32 million or Tk 3.04 billion in funding to contribute to the needs of Bangladeshi host communities of Cox's Bazar and Rohingya in the camps. Of...

State Minister for Water Resources infected with Covid-19

State Minister for Water Resources infected with Covid-19

-- 2020-07-02 19:51:56

State Minister for Water Resources Ministry Zahid Faruk has been infected with Covid-19. Asif Ahmed, Public Relations Officer of Water Resources Ministry, confirmed the matter on Thursday. Zahid Far...