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Willing Bangladeshis to be brought back from KSA in phases: MoFA

Willing Bangladeshis to be brought back from KSA in phases: MoFA

-- 2020-06-15 16:08:22

Bangladesh and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have agreed to bring back Bangladeshi workers home in phases ensuring their quarantine facilities upon return. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and...
Closure of educational institutions extended until August 6

Closure of educational institutions extended until August 6

-- 2020-06-15 15:45:22

The government has extended the closure of all the educational institutions of the country until August 6 considering the worsening coronavirus situation. The decision has been taken considering the...
BD's coronavirus cases cross 90,000 on 100th day

BD's coronavirus cases cross 90,000 on 100th day

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-06-15 14:52:33

On the 100th day of detection, the number of confirmed Covid-19 patients surpassed 90,000 in Bangladesh on Monday. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 38 deaths from the coronaviru...
Have confidence, BD won’t accept defeat in anything: PM

Have confidence, BD won’t accept defeat in anything: PM

-- 2020-06-15 14:33:57

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon people to have confidence and trust that Bangladesh would not bow down to anything like the COVID-19 pandemic, BSS reports. “I talk to people time a...
Only 22pc health workers trained to fight coronavirus: TIB

Only 22pc health workers trained to fight coronavirus: TIB

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-06-15 13:54:21

Bangladesh has huge lapses in its preparation for fighting coronavirus, with only 22 per cent health workers having training in this regard, Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB), has said in a...
Dhaka faces dengue threat in pandemic

Dhaka faces dengue threat in pandemic

-- 2020-06-15 12:44:54

As Bangladesh grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, the arrival of the rainy season has given way to Aedes mosquitoes and dengue fever. Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has discovered the presen...
United Hospital built isolation unit without Rajuk permission

United Hospital built isolation unit without Rajuk permission

FE REPORT 2020-06-15 10:28:29

A report submitted in the High Court by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) said that the United Hospital authorities did not take their permission to build the corona isolation unit in where a fi...
Shahid to be stripped of JS membership if convicted

Shahid to be stripped of JS membership if convicted

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2020-06-15 09:52:15

Lawmaker Shahid Islam, who is arrested by Kuwait authorities for money laundering and human trafficking, will be stripped of his Jatiya Sangsad (JS) membership if he is convicted. Several parliamen...
Habiganj journo Sushanta Das gets bail

Habiganj journo Sushanta Das gets bail

FE REPORT 2020-06-15 09:40:12

The High Court on Sunday granted ad-interim bail to Sushanta Das Gupta, editor and publisher of local newspaper Dainik Amar Habiganj, in a case filed under Digital Security Act. The HC bench of Justi...
Ex-Sylhet city mayor Kamran dies from coronavirus

Ex-Sylhet city mayor Kamran dies from coronavirus

-- 2020-06-15 09:28:48

Former Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran died from coronavirus infection at a hospital in the capital early Monday. He was 69. He breathed his last at the Combined Military...
45 areas in Dhaka, 11 in Chattogram marked as ‘Red zones’

45 areas in Dhaka, 11 in Chattogram marked as ‘Red zones’

-- 2020-06-14 23:01:11

Some areas of the two city corporations in Dhaka and Chattogram, as well as Narayanganj, Narshingdi and Gazipur district have been marked as ‘Red zones’ to contain the spread of coronaviru...
Rights’ organisations feel budgetary allocation for migrant workers inadequate

Rights’ organisations feel budgetary allocation for migrant workers inadequate

FE Online Report 2020-06-14 22:00:29

Migrant workers’ rights activists on Sunday expressed frustration over the proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-2021 (FY21) as no specific allocation for the migrant workers and their families w...
Negligence in duty won't be tolerated: Taposh to DSCC officials

Negligence in duty won't be tolerated: Taposh to DSCC officials

FE Online Report 2020-06-14 21:17:49

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Fazle Noor Taposh on Sunday said that the negligence in duty by the DSCC officials won’t be tolerated. He made the statement at the inaugural ceremony of DSCC...
Govt took more concerted steps than BNP’s recommendations: Quader

Govt took more concerted steps than BNP’s recommendations: Quader

-- 2020-06-14 20:15:59

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the government took much more concerted steps than what BNP recommended to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. “The government has taken mu...
‘Can’t let people starve’

‘Can’t let people starve’

-- 2020-06-14 19:45:44

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government's decision to lift lockdown restrictions, amid a rampant coronavirus epidemic, was aimed at protecting people's livelihoods and enable them to ride...
Report on Gonoshasthaya coronavirus antibody kit soon: BSMMU

Report on Gonoshasthaya coronavirus antibody kit soon: BSMMU

-- 2020-06-14 18:25:22

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) is going to soon present the results of performance trial of the coronavirus antibody testing kit developed by Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK) . “W...
Head-on collision between truck and car kills four in Rajbari

Head-on collision between truck and car kills four in Rajbari

-- 2020-06-14 16:41:16

Four people have died in a head-on collision between a truck and a car in Rajbari Sadar Upazila, reports bdnews24.com. Another person was left injured in the incident which occured near a small bridg...
No dengue case reported in 24 hrs: DGHS

No dengue case reported in 24 hrs: DGHS

-- 2020-06-14 15:56:40

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Sunday said no new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours until 8:00am. Currently, two dengue patients are being treated at hospitals in Dh...
BD registers 3,141 new coronavirus cases, 32 more deaths

BD registers 3,141 new coronavirus cases, 32 more deaths

FE Online Desk 2020-06-14 14:46:46

The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 87,520 on Sunday as the country registered 3,141 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Besides, 32 more people died from COVID-19 duri...
Zafrullah recovers from Covid-19 after 20 days of treatment

Zafrullah recovers from Covid-19 after 20 days of treatment

-- 2020-06-14 13:27:13

Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, has recovered from Covid-19 after undergoing treatment for 20 days.  Gonoshasthaya Kendra shared an update on Zafrullah’s healt...
State Minister Abdullah was infected with coronavirus

State Minister Abdullah was infected with coronavirus

-- 2020-06-14 11:58:57

State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah, who passed away at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka on Saturday night, was infected with coronavirus, UNB reports. Awami League O...
US, BD partner to help over 1,500 Americans return home

US, BD partner to help over 1,500 Americans return home

FE Online Report 2020-06-14 11:50:09

The US Department of State and US Embassy in Dhaka helped over 1,500 Americans and their family members return to the United States on four chartered flights as part of our response to the global chal...
AL leader Nasim laid to rest at Banani graveyard

AL leader Nasim laid to rest at Banani graveyard

-- 2020-06-14 11:32:37

Veteran Awami League leader and former Health Minister Mohammed Nasim was laid to rest at the Banani graveyard in the capital on Sunday morning, after being awarded a guard of honour. His first namaz...
Covid-19: Health Services Secretary’s wife dies at CMH in Dhaka

Covid-19: Health Services Secretary’s wife dies at CMH in Dhaka

-- 2020-06-14 11:32:32

Health Services Division Secretary Abdul Mannan’s wife, Kamrunnahar, died of Covid-19 disease at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka on early Sunday, UNB reports. “Kamrunnahar b...
State Minister Abdullah dies after heart attack

State Minister Abdullah dies after heart attack

-- 2020-06-14 09:31:54

State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah died aged 74 at a Dhaka hospital on Saturday night, minutes after he was taken there, UNB reports. “He passed away at 11:45pm at the CMH...
FBCCI condoles death of Mohammad Nasim

FBCCI condoles death of Mohammad Nasim

FE Online Desk 2020-06-14 00:42:32

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has condoled the death of Mohammad Nasim, a senior leader of Bangladesh Awami League. "The country has lost a dedicated politici...
Industries ministry secures top position in e-filing management 

Industries ministry secures top position in e-filing management 

FE Online Report 2020-06-13 22:40:48

The Ministry of Industries (MoI) has secured the top position among different ministries for its  electronic filing (e-filing) activities. The ministry secured the top position, according to the...
Mango transportation through postal department begins

Mango transportation through postal department begins

-- 2020-06-13 21:33:06

The transportation of mangoes through the postal department from Chapainawabganj to Dhaka free of cost began on Saturday amid coronavirus pandemic. The government has taken an initiative to transport...
Coronavirus kills 28 doctors in BD so far

Coronavirus kills 28 doctors in BD so far

-- 2020-06-13 20:59:19

The novel coronavirus has claimed the lives of 28 doctors and infected a total of 3,164 doctors in the country until June 12, according to the Bangladesh Medical Association, reports bdnews24.com. On...
Govt asks Red zone-residents to offer prayers at home

Govt asks Red zone-residents to offer prayers at home

-- 2020-06-13 20:40:44

Religious Affairs Ministry directed the dwellers of red zone areas across the country to offer their religious prayers at home and avoid congregations in places of worship. The ministry issued the di...

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