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BD’s virus deaths cross 1600-mark; recoveries hit 50,000

BD’s virus deaths cross 1600-mark; recoveries hit 50,000

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-06-25 14:43:26

The death toll from coronavirus (Covid-19) in Bangladesh crossed 1600 mark and the country’s tally of recovery crossed the 50,000 mark on Thursday. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...

Bangladeshi national killed by ‘BSF’ in Lalmonirhat

Bangladeshi national killed by ‘BSF’ in Lalmonirhat

-- 2020-06-25 13:53:10

A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by some members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Shamsernagar bordering area in Patgram upazila on Thursday.   The deceased was identified as Mizan...

Kuwait authorities send MP Shahid to jail for 21 days

Kuwait authorities send MP Shahid to jail for 21 days

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-06-25 12:49:02

The Attorney General of Kuwait has decided to imprison Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul – accused in money laundering, human trafficking, visa trading and bribery &...

UN allocates $5m to support response to cyclone Amphan

UN allocates $5m to support response to cyclone Amphan

-- 2020-06-25 12:25:23

The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$ 5 million to complement the government’s response to the people in need. Last month, Cyclone Amphan caused large scale de...

Three robbers die in gunfight after killing night guard in Feni

Three robbers die in gunfight after killing night guard in Feni

-- 2020-06-25 11:39:15

Three suspected robbers have died in a gunfight with the police after a robbery gang strangled a night guard who stopped them from looting a shop in Feni. The gang suffocated Abdul Mannan alias Monu,...

Testing out of step with number of PCR labs

Testing out of step with number of PCR labs

KAMRUN NAHAR 2020-06-25 09:35:09

The daily Covid-19 sample tests has been far too inadequate despite notable increase in the number of PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) labs and sufficient availability of kits, according experts. They...

SC upholds HC bail to two FMCH contractors

SC upholds HC bail to two FMCH contractors

FE REPORT 2020-06-25 09:24:05

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a High Court order that granted bail to two contractors accused in a corruption case involving Tk 100.0 million in supplying machinery...

Journo Mashuk Chowdhury  passes away

Journo Mashuk Chowdhury passes away

-- 2020-06-25 00:18:03

Mashuk Chowdhury, renowned poet and Chief News Editor of the Bangladesh Pratidin, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Dhaka early Wednesday, report agencies.  The 73-year-old journalist died arou...

Newspaper  hawkers' assoc  chief Mostofa dies

Newspaper hawkers' assoc chief Mostofa dies

-- 2020-06-25 00:17:13

Dhaka Sangbadpatra Hawkers' Bahumukhi Samabay Samity Ltd president and freedom fighter Mostofa Kamal died on Wednesday at a city hospital, says a press release. He was 70. He died of brain stroke. H...

Bangladesh joins UN Alliance for Poverty Eradication

Bangladesh joins UN Alliance for Poverty Eradication

-- 2020-06-24 23:09:11

Bangladesh has joined the United Nations (UN) Alliance for Poverty Eradication that is formed to support actions geared towards poverty eradication and implementation of the SDGs.  “Countr...

Speakers seek collective negotiation to save migrant workers

Speakers seek collective negotiation to save migrant workers

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-06-24 22:44:55

Speakers have urged the worker-sending countries to go for collective negotiation with the countries of destination to stop forced return of migrants. They noted that global migration regime obliges...

‘Reduce dependency on expensive power plants’

‘Reduce dependency on expensive power plants’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-06-24 21:51:19

Speakers at a virtual dialogue have urged the government to reduce dependency on ‘expensive’ oil-fired power plants to cut overall electricity generation costs and boost up national econom...

PM to get government job age limit review proposal

PM to get government job age limit review proposal

-- 2020-06-24 21:01:39

The public administration ministry is sending to the prime minister a proposal to review the maximum age limit for government jobs as the coronavirus crisis is rendering many job-seekers ineligible, r...

413 Bangladeshis to return from Bahrain tonight

413 Bangladeshis to return from Bahrain tonight

FE Online Report 2020-06-24 19:48:50

Some 413 Bangladeshis, mostly workers, will return from Bahrain on Wednesday night, according to Bangladesh embassy in Manama. The returnees include 40 deportees, 50 patients and 11 women. A special...

ILO stresses protection, reintegration of migrant workers during Covid-19

ILO stresses protection, reintegration of migrant workers during Covid-19

FE Online Report 2020-06-24 18:27:26

International Labour Organization (ILO) on Wednesday stressed policies to protect stranded migrant workers and ensure reintegration after their return to home countries. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, ten...

Parjatan offers discount on room rent at Kuakata, Cox’s Bazar

Parjatan offers discount on room rent at Kuakata, Cox’s Bazar

FE Online Report 2020-06-24 18:25:07

Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) has decided to offer up to 50 per cent discount on its room rent of its hotels, motels at Kuakata and Cox’s Bazar from July 01 until November 30 to attract...

Fire breaks out at Bangladesh Bank ground floor

Fire breaks out at Bangladesh Bank ground floor

-- 2020-06-24 18:05:03

A fire broke out at the ground floor of Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday afternoon, which was doused by the fire fighters soon. “The fire broke out on the wastage papers stockpiled near the canteen...

Govt to announce decision on Dhaka lockdowns in 2-4 days

Govt to announce decision on Dhaka lockdowns in 2-4 days

-- 2020-06-24 17:40:48

The government has shut down 45 red zones across the country, flagged on the basis of infection and death rates, as part of a renewed push to contain the coronavirus epidemic. But it is yet to finali...

UNO, wife infected with Covid-19 in Feni

UNO, wife infected with Covid-19 in Feni

-- 2020-06-24 17:19:09

Dagonbhuiyan Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO)  Md Rabiul Hossain and his wife have been infected with coronavirus. Besides, 16 more patients including a physician of Feni General Hospital and a Dha...

Hajj registration: Intending pilgrims must apply after Jul 12 for money withdrawal

Hajj registration: Intending pilgrims must apply after Jul 12 for money withdrawal

-- 2020-06-24 17:00:58

Intending hajj pilgrims who had deposited registration money to perform hajj under government or private management and now want to withdraw their money have to apply after July 12, reports UNB. The...

Flawed screening at Dhaka airport raises concern

Flawed screening at Dhaka airport raises concern

-- 2020-06-24 17:00:01

People are passing undetected through the flawed health screening system at the Dhaka airport. After they land abroad, they get diagnosed with COVID-19. That raises questions over Bangladesh’s a...

Photojournalist Kajol denied bail

Photojournalist Kajol denied bail

-- 2020-06-24 16:27:05

A Dhaka court on Wednesday denied bail to photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station under the Digital Security Act (DSA). The virtual court of Dhaka M...

150 Indian trucks remain stranded at Benapole

150 Indian trucks remain stranded at Benapole

-- 2020-06-24 16:25:24

As many as 150 Indian trucks have remained stranded at Benapole port for the last three months due to the enforcement of lockdown in Indian parts, causing untold sufferings to the truckers. According...

Ambulance falls into pond with dead body in Natore

Ambulance falls into pond with dead body in Natore

-- 2020-06-24 15:37:39

An ambulance carrying a body fell into a pond at Bagatipara in Natore on Tuesday night leaving seven relatives of the deceased injured. Confirming the information, Nazmul Haque, officer-in-charge of...

icddr,b to start Covid-19 testing from June 26

icddr,b to start Covid-19 testing from June 26

-- 2020-06-24 15:17:07

icddr,b diagnostic centre will offer SARS CoV-2 test to patients suspected of having Covid-19 starting from June 26. Initially, the patient will be required to book an appointment through online regi...

Information secretary contracts Covid-19

Information secretary contracts Covid-19

-- 2020-06-24 15:04:52

Information Secretary Kamrun Nahar has been diagnosed with coronavirus (Covid-19). She tested positive for the infection on Jun 23, but she did not show any symptom, her aide Mohammed Enamul Ahsan sa...

3,462 new Covid cases, 37 more deaths

3,462 new Covid cases, 37 more deaths

FE Online Desk 2020-06-24 14:49:00

Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh reached 122,660 on Wednesday, a rise of 3,462 from the previous day, while related deaths increased by 37 to 1,582; according to data released by...

Journalist, poet Mashuk Chowdhury passes away

Journalist, poet Mashuk Chowdhury passes away

-- 2020-06-24 11:46:39

Mashuk Chowdhury, renowned poet and Chief News Editor of Bangladesh Pratidin, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Dhaka early Wednesday. The 73-year-old breathed his last around 1:30am at Rushmono Spe...

Policeman suffering from fever, cold dies in Barishal

Policeman suffering from fever, cold dies in Barishal

-- 2020-06-24 10:58:20

An assistant sub-inspector of Barishal Metropolitan Police died after suffering from fever and cold at Rajarbagh Police Hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Habibur Rahman, 53...

Mashrafe’s brother test positive for Covid-19

Mashrafe’s brother test positive for Covid-19

-- 2020-06-24 10:50:44

The younger brother of former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been infected with coronavirus (Covid-19). The development comes a few days after the former captain was diagnosed with the v...