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TIB expresses concern over ban on providing  patients care information

TIB expresses concern over ban on providing patients care information

FE Online Report   2021-07-10 18:23:36

On Saturday, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) expressed deep concern over the ban on providing information about patients care and health services to the media from the government hospi...

Bangladesh to get more than 11 million vaccine doses in August

Bangladesh to get more than 11 million vaccine doses in August

-- 2021-07-10 18:14:03

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said Bangladesh will get more than 11 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine next month. He gave the information while talking to reporters after visiting a field hos...

8,772 new COVID-19 cases, 185 deaths reported in 24 hours

8,772 new COVID-19 cases, 185 deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2021-07-10 18:01:38

Bangladesh has registered 185 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the toll to 16,189. Dhaka saw the most deaths logging 70 deaths followed by Khulna with 51 and Chattogram with 20. The COVID-1...

Dengue cases spike, 48 more cases reported in 24 hrs

Dengue cases spike, 48 more cases reported in 24 hrs

UNB 2021-07-10 17:58:19

Bangladesh reported 48 more dengue cases in 24 hours until Saturday morning. The recent spike in dengue cases has added to the worries as the country continues to grapple with the devastating second...

Hashem Foods fire: Owner, seven others sued; CEO nabbed

Hashem Foods fire: Owner, seven others sued; CEO nabbed

-- 2021-07-10 16:26:29

Police have started a case against Md Hashem, chairman and MD of Sajeeb Group, and seven others over a deadly blaze that claimed more than 50 lives at a factory in Narayanganj's Rupganj, reports bdnew...

Kushtia records 18 new Covid deaths, Rajshahi hospital registers 14 more

Kushtia records 18 new Covid deaths, Rajshahi hospital registers 14 more

-- 2021-07-10 15:28:07

Kushtia has registered 18 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, while Rajshahi Medical College Hospital recorded 14 more deaths at its coronavirus unit. Another nine people died in Kushtia while...

Sajeeb Group CEO detained over Narayanganj factory fire

Sajeeb Group CEO detained over Narayanganj factory fire

-- 2021-07-10 14:49:59

Detective police have taken Shahan Shah Azad, CEO of Sajeeb Group, into custody as the authorities prepare to start a case over a deadly blaze that claimed more than 50 lives at a factory Narayanganj'...

Dhaka University to hold admission exams for seven colleges in October

Dhaka University to hold admission exams for seven colleges in October

-- 2021-07-10 14:23:46

Dhaka University will hold first-year undergraduate admission examinations for the 2020-21 academic year for the seven affiliate colleges in the first week of October. Prospective students can apply...

Peter Haas new US ambassador to Bangladesh

Peter Haas new US ambassador to Bangladesh

-- 2021-07-10 11:55:25

US President Joe Biden has chosen Peter D Haas as his nominee for ambassador to Bangladesh, the White House says. Haas will replace Earl R Miller who has been serving as the US ambassador to Banglade...

Move to stop home-bound rush sees little success

Move to stop home-bound rush sees little success

FE Report 2021-07-10 10:20:58

All the government measures to prevent the rush of home-bound people in this critical period of the Covid-19 pandemic turned out to be fruitless, as a large number of people are leaving the capital...

Ferries stop carrying passengers, private cars

Ferries stop carrying passengers, private cars

FE REPORT 2021-07-10 10:11:45

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) on Friday stopped carrying passengers and private cars by ferries aiming to stem the spread of Covid-19 in the country. Now ferries were carr...

Long wait begins to identify victims of Hashem Foods factory fire

Long wait begins to identify victims of Hashem Foods factory fire

-- 2021-07-10 09:05:44

It will take at least three weeks to identify the victims of the Hashem Foods factory in Narayanganj’s Rupganj by conducting DNA tests. The forensic unit of the police’s Criminal Investig...

Police arrest 585 people for breaching lockdown in Dhaka

Police arrest 585 people for breaching lockdown in Dhaka

-- 2021-07-09 21:53:07

Police arrested 585 people and fined 414 vehicles as a greater number of restless people were out on the streets violating lockdown restrictions on the ninth day, Friday. The arrestees were out on th...

Khulna division records its highest Covid deaths in a day

Khulna division records its highest Covid deaths in a day

UNB 2021-07-09 21:10:34

An alarming surge of Covid-19 claimed 71 lives in Khulna division in 24 hours until Friday, the highest single-day fatalities in the division, said divisional health department authorities. During th...

Edible oil kept Hashem Foods factory burning for hours, firefighters believe

Edible oil kept Hashem Foods factory burning for hours, firefighters believe

-- 2021-07-09 20:21:57

Edible oil used as raw material to make a chocolate and hazelnut spread fuelled the fire at Hashem Foods Ltd factory that kept burning for around 24 hours, believe firefighters. At least 25 bodies ou...

Mass transfer orders of doctors issued to cover health ministry’s mismanagement, BMA alleges   

Mass transfer orders of doctors issued to cover health ministry’s mismanagement, BMA alleges  

FE Online Report 2021-07-09 19:44:02

The recent mass transfer order of doctors was issued to divert the focus from the health ministry’s poor management, controlling condition and reckless bureaucracy, alleged Bangladesh Medica...

Health sector officials, staff directed to refrain from divulging info

Health sector officials, staff directed to refrain from divulging info

UNB 2021-07-09 19:18:34

Authorities instructed all the doctors, health sector officials and employees in Dhaka district to refrain from providing any kind of information regarding health services or patients' records to the...

Ferry services only for ambulances, goods-laden vehicles

Ferry services only for ambulances, goods-laden vehicles

UNB 2021-07-09 18:45:59

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has suspended ferry services for all vehicles and passengers from Friday, except for goods-laden vehicles and ambulances obeying health protocols....

Army detains four armed extortionist from Khagrachhari

Army detains four armed extortionist from Khagrachhari

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-09 18:20:07

A patrol team of Bangladesh Army on Friday detained four alleged armed extortionists from Sindukchari Union in Mahalchhari Upazila of Khagrachhari district. The detainees are the members of an insurg...

COVID-19 cases top 1.0m, deaths surpass 16,000 in Bangladesh

COVID-19 cases top 1.0m, deaths surpass 16,000 in Bangladesh

-- 2021-07-09 18:06:34

Bangladesh has crossed the grim milestones of 1.0 million COVID-19 cases and 16,000 deaths amid a catastrophic surge in infections across the country. The government on Friday reported 212 new fatali...

Hashem Foods factory lacked fire safety system, says official

Hashem Foods factory lacked fire safety system, says official

-- 2021-07-09 17:58:53

The factory of Hashem Foods Ltd in Narayanganj's Rupganj, the site of a devastating blaze which has claimed over 50 lives, lacked an adequate fire safety system, the Fire Service has said. The buildi...

President, PM express grief at loss of lives in Rupganj fire

President, PM express grief at loss of lives in Rupganj fire

UNB 2021-07-09 17:39:08

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the loss of lives in a factory fire at Rupganj in Narayanganj. In a condolence message, the Preside...

PMO issues stern warning against irregularities in Ashrayan project

PMO issues stern warning against irregularities in Ashrayan project

-- 2021-07-09 17:04:58

Houses built for the homeless and the landless as Sheikh Hasina’s gift on Mujib Year have partially collapsed or developed cracks in many places due to irregularities in the construction –...

Exit staircase in burning factory was locked, official says

Exit staircase in burning factory was locked, official says

-- 2021-07-09 16:40:32

Many lives could have been saved from the blaze in Hashem Foods Ltd's factory in Narayanganj’s Rupganj, if the exit staircase in the building remained unlocked, according to a fire service offic...

Death toll in Hashem Foods factory fire exceeds 50

Death toll in Hashem Foods factory fire exceeds 50

-- 2021-07-09 16:05:45

Emergency workers have recovered at least 49 bodies from the burning factory of Hashem Foods Ltd in Narayanganj’s Rupganj since Friday morning. That brought the death toll to 52. Debashish...

50 killed in Narayanganj factory fire

50 killed in Narayanganj factory fire

-- 2021-07-09 14:53:20

At least 50 workers have been killed in a massive fire that erupted at Hashem Foods Ltd factory in Narayanganj’s Rupganj. Many more are feared trapped inside the building. Debashish Bardhan, de...

Chattogram reports record 783 Covid cases

Chattogram reports record 783 Covid cases

-- 2021-07-09 14:28:55

The Chattogram district is facing a marked upturn in coronavirus infections in keeping with the record-breaking surge in COVID-19 cases across Bangladesh. The district recorded 783 positive cases of...

Kushtia witnesses record 22 Covid deaths in 24hrs

Kushtia witnesses record 22 Covid deaths in 24hrs

-- 2021-07-09 14:14:55

Twenty-two more Covid-related deaths were recorded at Kushtia General Hospital in 24 hours till Friday morning, the district's highest single-day fatality figure this year. Of the deceased, 12 were c...

Families shocked as workers trapped in burning factory in Narayanganj

Families shocked as workers trapped in burning factory in Narayanganj

-- 2021-07-09 14:09:45

The Fire Service has doubled down on its efforts to control a blaze at the factory of Hashem Foods Ltd that killed at least three workers in Narayanganj’s Rupganj. The situation outside the fac...

SBMCH bans admission of general patients as Covid cases surge

SBMCH bans admission of general patients as Covid cases surge

-- 2021-07-09 14:04:12

With the recent surge in Covid cases overwhelming the health infrastructure in Barishal division, local authorities have imposed a ban on the admission of general patients to Sher-E-Bangla Medical Col...