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Probe body finds two staffers responsible for ferry collision with Padma Bridge

Probe body finds two staffers responsible for ferry collision with Padma Bridge

MUNIMA SULTANA 2021-07-26 08:27:11

The inquiry committee, formed to investigate the accident of hitting a pillar of the Padma Bridge by a ferry, held two staffers of the ro-ro ferry responsible. The committee stated that they could ha...

Exodus of holidaymakers blamed for surge in Covid case

Exodus of holidaymakers blamed for surge in Covid case

FE REPORT 2021-07-26 08:26:08

Criticising a massive exodus of holidaymakers, Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said the number of Covid-19 cases increased by five to six times following the Eid travel. He also said 75 per c...

President asks armed forces to work for tackling COVID-19

President asks armed forces to work for tackling COVID-19

-- 2021-07-25 22:07:58

President Md Abdul Hamid has called upon all, including every member of the Armed Forces Division, to work from their respective positions to deal with the coronavirus situation. The president made t...

80pc people to get COVID-19 vaccines by 2022, DGHS DG hopes

80pc people to get COVID-19 vaccines by 2022, DGHS DG hopes

BSS 2021-07-25 21:52:54

Bangladesh has set a target of bringing 80 per cent of citizens under the COVID-19 vaccination programme by next year. Director General (DG) of Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) Prof Dr Ab...

Bangladesh seeks financial support for climate vulnerable countries

Bangladesh seeks financial support for climate vulnerable countries

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-25 20:52:20

Bangladesh sought financial support for the climate vulnerable countries at a ministerial-level meeting, in London, to ensure effective adaptation actions. Environment, Forest and Climate Change Mini...

COVID-19 patient dies at home hours after fleeing hospital

COVID-19 patient dies at home hours after fleeing hospital

-- 2021-07-25 20:00:12

A female COVID-19 patient died at her home Sunday noon hours after she fled a hospital in Bagerhat. The deceased was identified as Nithi Begum, 25, a housewife from Borobari village of district's Chi...

Uptick in dengue cases: Govt to designate separate hospitals

Uptick in dengue cases: Govt to designate separate hospitals

-- 2021-07-25 19:47:36

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said the government will designate separate hospitals to treat dengue patients as the number of cases has increased amid the coronavirus pandemic. The hospitals for...

105 more dengue cases reported across country

105 more dengue cases reported across country

UNB 2021-07-25 19:05:12

Amid a rise in the number of dengue patients, authorities reported 105 more new cases in 24 hours until Sunday morning. Across Bangladesh, some 460 patients diagnosed with dengue are receiving treatm...

Eid holidays saw lower tests, higher infections

Eid holidays saw lower tests, higher infections

UNB 2021-07-25 18:08:24

Although the number of Covid tests marked a sharp fall during the eid holidays, the rate of infection of the virus did not fall, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Sunday. "The...

Bangladesh logs 228 new virus deaths, 11,291 cases

Bangladesh logs 228 new virus deaths, 11,291 cases

-- 2021-07-25 17:53:15

Bangladesh has registered 228 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 19,274. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,164,635 after 11,291 people tested positive for the disease until 8...

India's Oxygen Express reaches Sirajganj

India's Oxygen Express reaches Sirajganj

-- 2021-07-25 17:41:23

Oxygen Express, an emergency railway service of India, reached Sirajganj of Bangladesh with 200 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen on Sunday. India has sent the oxygen to assist Bangladesh in tackling t...

‘Govt plans to vaccinate 10m people each month’

‘Govt plans to vaccinate 10m people each month’

-- 2021-07-25 17:04:07

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said the government has planned to bring some 10 million people under its vaccination programme each month using 210 million vaccine doses to be collected from...

Mysterious fires destroy four Dhaka buses in two days

Mysterious fires destroy four Dhaka buses in two days

-- 2021-07-25 14:56:52

Four buses have been gutted in two separate fires in Dhaka's Motijheel and Kamalapur areas on Saturday and Sunday. Two buses and two cars located in a garage near the Modhumita Cinema Hall caught fir...

Dhaka streets see larger crowds on third day of lockdown

Dhaka streets see larger crowds on third day of lockdown

-- 2021-07-25 14:30:52

The third day of lockdown after Eid-ul-Adha sees more people and vehicles on the streets of Dhaka city on Sunday morning. A line of traffic ran all the way from the city’s Suhrawardy Hospital t...

Linde Bangladesh to continue medical oxygen import from India by train

Linde Bangladesh to continue medical oxygen import from India by train

-- 2021-07-25 14:14:01

Linde Bangladesh has said it will continue the import of medical oxygen by train to supplement its local supply with active assistance from Linde India, the governments of India and Bangladesh. This...

15 Bangladesh-bound Rohingyas detained in India

15 Bangladesh-bound Rohingyas detained in India

-- 2021-07-25 13:34:33

Fifteen Rohingyas have been detained in India when they were trying to sneak into a Tripura-bound train, on their way to Bangladesh, which shares 856 km of border with India’s Tripura. Railway...

Lockdowns upend life as Bangladesh fights Covid surge

Lockdowns upend life as Bangladesh fights Covid surge

REUTERS 2021-07-25 13:09:02

Saiful Alam’s design and printing shop in Dhaka’s Purana Paltan was doing well enough to earn a living for his family, and also provide livelihoods for two of his employees. But as the go...

Metro rail launch delayed further

Metro rail launch delayed further

-- 2021-07-25 11:41:03

The launch of the Agargaon-Uttara route of Bangladesh’s first metro rail is being delayed further with the COVID-19 situation going from bad to worse. The authorities had planned to finish the...

Tourists visit Sylhet spots amid lockdown

Tourists visit Sylhet spots amid lockdown

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-07-25 10:31:31

SYLHET: A good number of visitors were seen moving on the tourist spots in Sylhet during the Eid vacation and amid lockdown. Many of the visitors with their family members and friends in groups were...

'Damage to Padma bridge pier insignificant'

'Damage to Padma bridge pier insignificant'

FE REPORT 2021-07-25 08:30:58

The users of the Padma have been alerted to carefully cross the river for protection of the under-construction costly bridge from any damage. The move has been made after a ro-ro ferry hit a pier of...

Millions desperately trying to return to Dhaka

Millions desperately trying to return to Dhaka

-- 2021-07-25 08:02:47

The flow of Dhaka-bound people continued rising as the second day of the 'hard lockdown' ended on Saturday in a comparatively relaxed mood. To join work after Eid holidays, people from different part...

210m vaccine doses to come early next year, health minister says

210m vaccine doses to come early next year, health minister says

-- 2021-07-24 22:11:55

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday said 210 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have already been arranged from different sources early next year to bring the country’s 80 per cent populati...

383 arrested in capital for breaching lockdown rules

383 arrested in capital for breaching lockdown rules

UNB 2021-07-24 20:04:16

Police arrested 383 people and penalised 441 vehicles in the capital for violating restrictions on Saturday, the second day of the strict post-Eid nationwide lockdown reinforced to rein in the soaring...

‘Bangladesh to receive 3.0m more Sinopharm jabs this month’

‘Bangladesh to receive 3.0m more Sinopharm jabs this month’

UNB 2021-07-24 19:07:37

Bangladesh will get 3.0 million more doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China this month, Health and Family Planning Minister Zahid Maleque said on Saturday. The jabs are expected to arrive in Dhaka eit...

India to send 200 tonnes liquid oxygen to Bangladesh

India to send 200 tonnes liquid oxygen to Bangladesh

-- 2021-07-24 18:36:11

The Indian government is sending 200 tonnes of liquid oxygen to Bangladesh by train to help supplement the country’s reserves amid a spike in COVID cases and deaths. The consignment, carried in...

Adult family members of frontline workers to get vaccines

Adult family members of frontline workers to get vaccines

-- 2021-07-24 18:15:38

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said family members of frontline workers, who are aged at least 18 years, will get the COVID-19 vaccine shot. The health ministry has already issued directions on th...

COVID-19: 6,780 test positive, 195 die in 24 hours

COVID-19: 6,780 test positive, 195 die in 24 hours

-- 2021-07-24 17:56:09

Bangladesh has registered 195 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 19,046. The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,153,344 after 6,780 people tested positive for the disease until 8...

People trying to reach Dhaka crossing Padma River

People trying to reach Dhaka crossing Padma River

-- 2021-07-24 16:56:57

People have been heading crossing the Padma River near the Shimulia port in Munshiganj in an attempt to reach Dhaka despite the current lockdown and warnings about strict punishments. Mobile courts h...

Dhaka receives 245,200 AstraZeneca doses from Tokyo

Dhaka receives 245,200 AstraZeneca doses from Tokyo

-- 2021-07-24 16:40:27

The first consignment of 245,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon from Japan. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen received the vaccine doses that came under the COVA...

Indian Railways' Oxygen Express leaves for Bangladesh

Indian Railways' Oxygen Express leaves for Bangladesh

-- 2021-07-24 16:30:56

An Indian Railways' Oxygen Express carrying 200 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in 10 containers left Tatanagar railway junction of Indian state Jharkhand for Bangladesh this morning.  “Th...