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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...

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...

Developing curative capacity of primary health facilities

-- 2020-06-13 21:04:32

There are allegations galore that many people with Covid-like symptoms have been failing to get tested at the government-designated hospitals and other makeshift sample collection booths. The surge in...

First step towards meeting 'new normal'

-- 2020-06-12 21:10:57

There is literally a mixed bag of reactions, not in the ordinary sense of the phrase, to the just-announced national budget for 2020-21 fiscal. Apparently criticism has outweighed praise. But all crit...

'Balanced' budget to tackle economic fallout: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-06-12 19:14:13

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the budget proposed for 2020-21 fiscal year is a balanced one to recover the country’s economy hit by COVID-19 pandemic. He came up...

Proposed budget to inflict further sufferings on people: Fakhrul

-- 2020-06-12 19:10:13

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the proposed national budget for next fiscal year will inflict further sufferings on people at this time of coronavirus pandemic. He a...

Protecting local textile mills

-- 2020-06-11 21:55:00

The country's textile mills are reportedly in a difficult situation. While the Covid-induced decline in demand for fabrics from exporting garment factories has already taken a long toll on the entire...

Crisis of oxygen cylinder

-- 2020-06-10 21:32:30

Now that the incidence of death from and infection of Covid-19 is on the rise, dedicated hospitals are stretched well beyond their capacities, so are the country's reliable facilities for supplying ox...

Budget to focus on lives, livelihood: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-06-10 20:44:20

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said a public and welfare-oriented budget will be placed in parliament on Thursday, giving highest priority to saving the lives and livelihoo...

BNP seeks three-year recovery plan in budget

-- 2020-06-10 20:41:03

BNP has urged the government to formulate next budget in the light of a three-year recovery plan to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 outbreak. Secretary general of BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came...

Helping popularisation of telemedicine

-- 2020-06-09 21:37:35

As Bangladesh's war against the covid-19 pandemic has entered its 10th week with the general public wondering how our doctors, who are engaged in the frontline, are faring in their fight, they have be...

Studies in time of pandemic  

-- 2020-06-08 22:01:31

When lives in hundreds and thousands the world over are becoming a casualty of new coronavirus pandemic every day, other pressing concerns except livelihoods are sure to take a back seat. But one majo...

Don’t retrench workers in crisis time, Quader urges factory owners

-- 2020-06-08 18:42:46

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday called upon the factory owners not to retrench workers during the global coronavirus pandemic.  “The workers brought profits to...

BNP Dhaka north unit GS dies from coronavirus

-- 2020-06-08 10:49:40

Ahsanullah Hasan, general secretary of Dhaka north city unit BNP, died from coronavirus (COVID-19) at a city hospital on Sunday night. He was 65. Hasan breathed his last at Shahabuddin Medical Colleg...

COVID cover: Prime need  

-- 2020-06-07 22:16:29

The recent spectacle of physically distanced garment workers in queues, clad in personal protective equipment (PPE) and wearing masks and head covers while entering their factory, was undoubtedly en...

Helping pandemic-hit farmers

-- 2020-06-06 21:41:38

For the farming community, getting raw deals is a common happening in this part of the world. Nature, at times, thrust on them calamities such as drought, cyclone and flood, destroying, fully or parti...

Enforcing safety protocols in public places  

-- 2020-06-05 22:02:48

With the lifting of stay-home regulation and reopening of the public sphere for activities of all sorts, albeit on a limited scale, things are back to normal in the 'new nornmal' scenario. Staying hom...

Prioritising health sector in the budget

-- 2020-06-04 21:25:15

With the covid-19 pandemic creating an unprecedented health crisis worldwide, the year 2020 has begun with a new, heightened level of concern about the present healthcare system's ability to protect t...

What follows SSC results

-- 2020-06-03 20:52:14

At a time when uncertainty looms large over completion of the academic year at all tiers of education, the publication of results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations brings some wel...

BNP infected with ‘virus of criticism’: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-06-02 22:04:29

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that the main opposition BNP had dragged themselves to a position of ‘political isolation’, through years of what he called negative...

‘COVID-19 situation deteriorates further due to mismanagement’

-- 2020-06-02 22:01:45

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Tuesday said that coronavirus is seriously affecting public life as the government has failed to control its outbreak in the country. In a statement, Dr Kamal...

Helping freelancers, IT platforms

-- 2020-06-02 21:29:20

Though it is common knowledge that businesses, both in the global and domestic spheres, have been severely affected by the pandemic-induced shutdowns, the picture of the damage so done to each  s...

Tragedy befalling illegal immigrants in Libya  

-- 2020-06-01 21:36:18

At a time Covid-19 is claiming a few thousand lives globally every day, the killing of 26 Bangladesh nationals and four Sudanese in Libya may not have drawn the media attention it deserved. But the...

Food security — a respite for the country  

-- 2020-05-31 22:20:37

With a fairly good harvest of Boro paddy, there is apparently no reason to worry about the country's food stock for another six months, according to the agriculture ministry. The next major paddy crop...

BNP does not think about working people: Hasan

-- 2020-05-31 21:39:13

Turning down the BNP’s allegation that the government is pushing the people towards death by relaxing lockdown, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said BNP leaders don’t think of the...

Safety now rests on self  

-- 2020-05-30 21:56:45

Life is set to return to 'new normal' today (Sunday). The government on Thursday through a notification ended the 66-day unscheduled holiday declared in a staggered manner following the outbreak of...

Amphan havoc -- rescuing fisheries and livestock

-- 2020-05-29 21:30:16

As the Prime Minister has aptly quoted the adage 'misfortune does not come alone', the Amphan havoc amid the covid-induced disasters has brought about more misery than the country was least prepared f...

Health protocols with a strategic approach

-- 2020-05-28 21:47:25

Conspicuous by the absence of any large congregations for prayer in the open fields, the Muslim community of Bangladesh this time, as elsewhere in the world, celebrated their biggest religious festiva...

‘Announcing general holidays instead of lockdown a mistake’

-- 2020-05-27 21:32:09

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the government made a mistake by announcing only general holidays from March 26 instead of enforcing a lockdown to tackle the corona...

BNP maintains ‘safe distance’ during disaster: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-05-27 20:10:58

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP is now staying in ‘political isolation’ as the party practices the politics of maintaining ‘safe distance’ from the c...