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Lightning kills two in Joypurhat

Lightning kills two in Joypurhat

-- 2021-08-02 16:48:21

Two farmers were killed by lightning strike on Ratanpur-Salua field in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat district  on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Dulal Hossain, 59, and Mofazzal...

HC asks government to decide on vaccination of pregnant women in 72 hours

HC asks government to decide on vaccination of pregnant women in 72 hours

-- 2021-08-02 16:35:22

The High Court has ordered the government to decide in 72 hours whether pregnant women would be allowed to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, reports bdnews24.com. After the hearing of a writ petition for...

Dhaka returns to almost normal look during office hours

Dhaka returns to almost normal look during office hours

-- 2021-08-02 16:26:54

Dhaka witnessed the higher movement of vehicles on Monday, the 11th day of the countrywide ‘stringent lockdown’, with the reopening of garment and other export-oriented factories. The reo...

JMB militants trained online to make bombs, police say

JMB militants trained online to make bombs, police say

-- 2021-08-02 14:51:44

The bomb discovered by the counterterrorism police at a traffic box in Narayanganj was made by neo-JMB militants who learned online how to create explosives. The militants who planted the bomb at the...

Double vaccinated Covid-19 patients face lower risk: IEDCR

Double vaccinated Covid-19 patients face lower risk: IEDCR

-- 2021-08-02 13:40:02

Individuals who received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine face lower risks of experiencing respiratory problems, hospitalisation, and death, according to a new government report. The Institute of Ep...

CARE Bangladesh opens first Covid-19 isolation centre at Rohingya camp

CARE Bangladesh opens first Covid-19 isolation centre at Rohingya camp

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-02 13:31:31

CARE Bangladesh on Sunday opened a 40-bed isolation centre in Rohingya Camp-4 Extension at Cox's Bazar aiming to treat and support the Rohingya community with mild to severe Covid-19 symptoms, says a...

Barishal division reports new daily record of 31 COVID-19 deaths

Barishal division reports new daily record of 31 COVID-19 deaths

-- 2021-08-02 13:16:31

Barishal division recorded 31 new Covid deaths in 24 hours till Monday morning, the division's highest single-day fatalities this year, said divisional health department authorities. Of the deceased,...

Off-season watermelon farming gaining momentum in Natore

Off-season watermelon farming gaining momentum in Natore

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-02 10:58:14

Off-season yellow watermelon cultivation is gaining momentum in Natore. The mulching method is being followed to get fresh and bumper output. The farmers have started turning to watermelon production...

Pandemic leads to rise in child labour

Pandemic leads to rise in child labour

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-02 10:15:08

The number of child labourers is increasing abnormally in five upazilas of Lalmonirhat district in recent times. Closure of educational institutions due to pandemic and poverty are the main reasons be...

Community awareness needed for better pandemic management

Community awareness needed for better pandemic management

FE REPORT 2021-08-02 09:51:29

Speakers at a programme on Sunday called for community-led awareness programmes to reduce transmission of Covid-19 in rural Bangladesh, as people there have been reluctant to follow health guidelines....

BGMEA urges global buyers not to penalise local suppliers for delays

BGMEA urges global buyers not to penalise local suppliers for delays

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-01 22:03:40

The apparel apex body BGMEA on Sunday called upon global buyers not to penalise local suppliers for any reasonable delays caused due to the nationwide lockdown. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and E...

‘Factory reopening will cause more COVID-19 infections’

‘Factory reopening will cause more COVID-19 infections’

-- 2021-08-01 20:33:36

Zahid Maleque has admitted restarting factories amid lockdown will drive coronavirus infections, but added the government needs to think about livelihoods as well. Thousands of workers flooded into D...

14,844 new COVID-19 cases, 231 deaths recorded in 24 hours

14,844 new COVID-19 cases, 231 deaths recorded in 24 hours

-- 2021-08-01 18:57:48

Bangladesh has registered 231 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 20,916. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,264,328 after 14,844 people tested positive for the disease until 8...

Fourth Oxygen Express arrives with 200 tonnes of oxygen

Fourth Oxygen Express arrives with 200 tonnes of oxygen

UNB 2021-08-01 18:44:07

Indian Railways' fourth Oxygen Express arrived in Bangladesh carrying 200 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen on Sunday. The special train set out from India's Tatanagar at 7am carrying 10 containers of...

237 patients hospitalised as dengue situation worsens further

237 patients hospitalised as dengue situation worsens further

UNB   2021-08-01 18:30:39

237 new dengue cases were reported across the country on Sunday morning amid a concerning spike of Aedes mosquito-borne disease. The outbreak of dengue fever with more than 100 dengue patients report...

Ten million people will be vaccinated by next week, health minister says

Ten million people will be vaccinated by next week, health minister says

-- 2021-08-01 17:31:42

Preparations are going on to vaccinate 10 million people in the country against the coronavirus disease by next week, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday.  He said this while attending...

Bangladesh to resume AstraZeneca jabs from Monday

Bangladesh to resume AstraZeneca jabs from Monday

-- 2021-08-01 17:28:08

The government will resume administering the second dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines from Monday in Dhaka division. Dr Shamsul Haque, director of the vaccination program of the Health Department i...

Liming soil can boost crop production by 25pc in Barind area

Liming soil can boost crop production by 25pc in Barind area

BSS 2021-08-01 16:35:43

Soil management with liming and organic matter can be the best ways of boosting crop yield by 25 per cent on an average in the high Barind area because most of its lands have turned into acidic at pre...

DNCC mayor sounds alarm over dengue outbreak in COVID pandemic

DNCC mayor sounds alarm over dengue outbreak in COVID pandemic

-- 2021-08-01 16:27:47

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam has said an increasing prevalence of dengue has posed a serious challenge to public health amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “We&rsqu...

Owners urge govt to reopen shopping malls after Aug 5

Owners urge govt to reopen shopping malls after Aug 5

FE Online Report 2021-08-01 16:25:42

Shop owners on Sunday demanded reopening markets and shopping malls after August 5 as they have been incurring losses due to the lockdown measure imposed by the government to stop the spread of the co...

Owners urge govt to reopen shopping malls after Aug 5

Owners urge govt to reopen shopping malls after Aug 5

FE Online Report 2021-08-01 16:25:42

Shop owners on Sunday demanded reopening markets and shopping malls after August 5 as they have been incurring losses due to the lockdown measure imposed by the government to stop the spread of the co...

Horrible situation prevails in country over lockdown, BNP says

Horrible situation prevails in country over lockdown, BNP says

UNB 2021-08-01 16:14:31

BNP on Sunday termed ‘suicidal’ the government’s decision of allowing the export-oriented factories to resume operation amid the ongoing "strict lockdown" enforced to contain the spi...

Plotters of Bangabandhu’s assassination will be unmasked, PM says

Plotters of Bangabandhu’s assassination will be unmasked, PM says

-- 2021-08-01 15:51:20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the names of conspirators behind Bangabandhu’s assassination will come out one day, mentioning that there was a link between Khondaker Mostaq and Ziau...

Results of 41st BCS preliminary tests published

Results of 41st BCS preliminary tests published

-- 2021-08-01 15:13:32

The Public Service Commission has published the results of the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service preliminary exams. As many as 21,056 candidates have passed the tests, according to the results published...

Launch services to continue until Monday morning: BIWTA official

Launch services to continue until Monday morning: BIWTA official

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-01 15:05:49

The authorities will allow launch operators to continue their resumed services until Monday morning in efforts to facilitate the return of export-oriented ready-made garment (RMG) workers to their wor...

68 more return to Dhaka from Bangkok in special flight

68 more return to Dhaka from Bangkok in special flight

-- 2021-08-01 15:04:25

Bangladesh Embassy in Bangkok has facilitated the repatriation of a group of 68 Bangladeshi, Indian, and Thai nationals from Thailand to Bangladesh by a special Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight. The...

Bangladesh, India restore Haldibari-Chilahati rail link after 56 years

Bangladesh, India restore Haldibari-Chilahati rail link after 56 years

-- 2021-08-01 14:47:41

Bangladesh and India on Sunday started regular operation of freight trains through the restored Haldibari-Chilahati rail route after 56 years, aiming to "strengthen rail connectivity and bilateral tra...

Non-factory workers return to Dhaka as govt lifts Covid curbs

Non-factory workers return to Dhaka as govt lifts Covid curbs

-- 2021-08-01 14:28:22

Non-factory workers have taken advantage of the easing of pandemic restrictions for factories and workers as the government allows buses and launches to resume services for them. Several launch passe...

Dengue: children at greater risk in Bangladesh

Dengue: children at greater risk in Bangladesh

-- 2021-08-01 13:50:18

A month ago, Moslehuddin Tarun’s life was marked by tragedy. A monitoring officer at Willes Little Flower School, Tarun lost his wife Fatema Begum to dengue. She was nine months pregnant. &ldqu...

Covid-19 patient ‘attempts suicide’ in Chandpur

Covid-19 patient ‘attempts suicide’ in Chandpur

-- 2021-08-01 10:28:33

A Covid-19 patient, undergoing treatment at Chandpur General Government Hospital, reportedly attempted suicide by jumping off the second floor of the hospital on Saturday. Witnesses said Beauty Begum...