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Waterlogging cripples Narayanganj as monsoon begins

Waterlogging cripples Narayanganj as monsoon begins

-- 2020-06-19 19:22:36

As monsoon begins, many parts of Narayanganj City Corporation and Sadar upazila were inundated due to intermittent rain, causing huge sufferings to the locals, according to UNB. Locals, who are alrea...

Majority of migrant Bangladeshi women domestic helps remain unpaid

Majority of migrant Bangladeshi women domestic helps remain unpaid

Arafat Ara 2020-06-19 18:55:04

Most migrant Bangladeshi women domestic helps remain unpaid, even though they are being forced to take up extra workload amid the Covid-19 outbreak worldwide.   According to a study by BNSK, abo...

Quader terms health DG’s comment on virus crisis 'irresponsible'

Quader terms health DG’s comment on virus crisis 'irresponsible'

-- 2020-06-19 18:03:52

Awami League leader Obaidul Quader has chided the chief of the health services directorate for his “short-sighted and irresponsible” statements on the likely duration of the coronavirus ep...

Train, truck collision suspends movement on Jashore-Benapole route

Train, truck collision suspends movement on Jashore-Benapole route

FE Online Report 2020-06-19 17:59:35

A head-on collision between a cargo train and an onion-laden truck at Jhikorgachi in Jashore early Friday suspended train movement on the Jashore-Benapole route for 12-hours. According to Bangladesh...

Former cricketer Ramchand Goala dies

Former cricketer Ramchand Goala dies

-- 2020-06-19 16:08:58

Former Bangladeshi cricketer Ramchand Goala passed away at his residence in Mymensingh. He was 79. “A prominent and popular player in the domestic circuit, especially of the Dhaka club cricket...

3,243 fresh virus cases, 45 more deaths

3,243 fresh virus cases, 45 more deaths

FE Online Desk 2020-06-19 14:59:55

Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh reached 105,535 on Friday, a rise of 3,243 from the previous day, while related deaths increased by 45 to 1,388; according to data released by th...

Sahara Khatun moved to intensive care

Sahara Khatun moved to intensive care

-- 2020-06-19 14:59:07

Former Home Minister and Awami League presidium member Advocate Sahara Khatun has been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of United Hospital after her condition deteriorated. Advocate Anisur Ra...

Virus-infected OC removed after raid with murder suspect

Virus-infected OC removed after raid with murder suspect

-- 2020-06-19 14:38:04

Police authorities in Noakhali have removed Sonaimuri Police OC Abdus Samad after he went on a raid with a suspect despite being infected with Covid-19. The police officer was sent to a temporary C...

Two Islami bank officials test Covid positive

Two Islami bank officials test Covid positive

-- 2020-06-19 14:05:38

Two officials of Islami Bank tested positive for coronavirus in Satkhira on Wednesday, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the district to 87. Satkhira Civil Surgeon, said Dr Joyonto Sarka...

Over 162m mobile phone subscribers in country: BTRC

Over 162m mobile phone subscribers in country: BTRC

-- 2020-06-19 13:19:15

The total number of mobile subscribers reached 162.920 million at the end of April 2020, according to the data prepared by Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC). Of the total...

Journo Kamal Lohani tested positive for Covid-19

Journo Kamal Lohani tested positive for Covid-19

-- 2020-06-19 12:57:19

Renowned journalist and cultural activist Kamal Lohani has been diagnosed with coronavirus (Covid-19). The former director general of Shilpakala Academy was admitted to the intensive care unit of H...

375 expatriate Bangladeshis die of corona in KSA

375 expatriate Bangladeshis die of corona in KSA

-- 2020-06-19 12:54:25

A total of 375 expatriate Bangladeshis, including four doctors, have so far died of coronavirus or with its symptoms in Saudi Arabia since the outbreak of the pandemic yesterday (Thursday), BSS report...

Goods train, truck collide head-on in Jashore

Goods train, truck collide head-on in Jashore

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-06-19 12:10:12

A head-on collision between a goods train and an onion-laden truck took place at Jhikargacha in Jashore early Friday, leading to the suspension of the train movement on the Jeshore-Benapole route. Ac...

RAB arrests youth in Kishoreganj for making ‘derogatory remarks’ on PM

RAB arrests youth in Kishoreganj for making ‘derogatory remarks’ on PM

-- 2020-06-19 10:57:55

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a young man from Gachihata Bazar in Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj for derogatory posts on the Prime Minister and other ministers on his facebook...

Govt clueless about MP arrest in Kuwait

Govt clueless about MP arrest in Kuwait

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2020-06-19 09:46:05

After the elapse of two weeks since the detention of Shahid Islam in Kuwait, the government is still in the dark about it as the Gulf nation is yet to respond to Bangladesh's query about him. An inde...

BMA leader declares closure of telemedicine service in Ctg

BMA leader declares closure of telemedicine service in Ctg

Our Correspondent 2020-06-19 09:34:06

General Secretary of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) Chattogram unit Dr Foisal Ikbal Chowdhury declared that the telemedicine service has been stopped in Chattogram from Thursday. Mr Chowdhury...

ACC starts investigation in purchase of N95 masks, PPEs

ACC starts investigation in purchase of N95 masks, PPEs

FE Report 2020-06-19 09:33:47

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday launched a formal investigation into graft allegations in purchasing safety equipment like N95 masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) for health...

Rain to continue for two more days: Met Office

Rain to continue for two more days: Met Office

-- 2020-06-18 21:19:53

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Thursday forecast that rainfall will continue for two more days all over the country commencing 6:00pm, reports UNB. “The axis of Monsoon runs thro...

Government agencies get new three DGs

Government agencies get new three DGs

-- 2020-06-18 21:02:05

The government has appointed new director generals (DGs) to the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution, the Department of Disaster Management and NGO Affairs Bureau, reports bdnews24.com. The M...

BR suspends two train services for not getting adequate passengers

BR suspends two train services for not getting adequate passengers

FE Online Report 2020-06-18 19:10:08

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is set to suspend two inter-city train services on Dhaka-Chattogram and Dhaka-Noakhali route from Saturday for not getting adequate passengers amid coronavirus pandemic. The s...

Call for integrated plan to save Rohingya refugees from Covid-19

Call for integrated plan to save Rohingya refugees from Covid-19

FE Online Report 2020-06-18 18:48:17

Rights groups, including local and international NGOs, have called for an integrated plan to save the displaced Rohingya people and the host community from coronavirus in the Cox’s Bazar. They...

Take measures to prevent spread of lumpy skin disease: Fisheries ministry to livestock dept

Take measures to prevent spread of lumpy skin disease: Fisheries ministry to livestock dept

FE Online Report 2020-06-18 18:36:59

The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has directed the Department of Livestock Services (DLS) to take urgent measures to prevent the spread of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in cattle. At the same time,...

Unilever Bangladesh donates medical equipment to fight Covid-19

Unilever Bangladesh donates medical equipment to fight Covid-19

-- 2020-06-18 17:58:33

Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL) has donated BiPAP breathing machines and Covid-19 testing kits to two  organisations in Bangladesh—Sajida Foundation and icddr,b, says a press release. Th...

Youth found dead on Arambagh Club roof

Youth found dead on Arambagh Club roof

-- 2020-06-18 17:31:33

Police recovered the body of a young man from the rooftop of Arambagh Sporting Club in the capital’s Motijheel area on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 35, son of late Man...

‘Coronavirus may take two-three years to go away’

‘Coronavirus may take two-three years to go away’

-- 2020-06-18 16:56:24

The coronavirus crisis in Bangladesh is not going away anytime soon and it may take at least two to three years to disappear, said Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad, Director General of the Directorate General...

109 held over extortion on roads, highways in 17 days

109 held over extortion on roads, highways in 17 days

-- 2020-06-18 16:37:13

Different units of police have arrested 109 people over extortion on roads and highways across the country from June 1 to 17. "Altogether 109 people were arrested in 51 cases for collecting extortion...

Met Office warns of landslides amid heavy rainfall

Met Office warns of landslides amid heavy rainfall

-- 2020-06-18 15:44:56

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has warned of landslides in the hilly regions of Chattogram as heavy rainfall batters different parts of the country with the onset of the monsoon season, bdne...

ICT prosecutor Rana Dasgupta, his wife test Covid positive

ICT prosecutor Rana Dasgupta, his wife test Covid positive

-- 2020-06-18 15:23:16

Rana Dasgupta, a prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, and his wife have been tested positive for Covid-19. Mr Dasgupta has been suffering from fever and sore throat for the last several d...

BD's Covid-19 cases cross 100,000-mark

BD's Covid-19 cases cross 100,000-mark

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-06-18 14:51:58

The number of confirmed Covid-19 patients has surpassed 100,000-mark in Bangladesh. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Thursday reported 38 deaths from the coronavirus (Covid-19) in the...

PM for strengthening Navy to protect country’s sea areas

PM for strengthening Navy to protect country’s sea areas

-- 2020-06-18 14:23:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the need for strengthening Bangladesh Navy further in a bid to protect the country’s vast maritime area. “It is essential to make our Nav...