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Bangladesh approves clinical trial of Chinese Covid vaccine

Bangladesh approves clinical trial of Chinese Covid vaccine

-- 2021-06-24 12:06:29

The Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) has approved the Phase III clinical trials of a Chinese vaccine against the coronavirus. The vaccine, developed by the Institute of Medical Biology and...

Policeman dies of Covid-19 in Khulna, toll rises to 97

Policeman dies of Covid-19 in Khulna, toll rises to 97

-- 2021-06-24 12:04:34

A policeman, who was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 infection at Khulna General Hospital, died on Wednesday, officials said Thursday. Mohammad Azizur Rahman was working with the Khulna Court polic...

Experts fear Covid catastrophe amid positivity rate crossing 20pc in Bangladesh

Experts fear Covid catastrophe amid positivity rate crossing 20pc in Bangladesh

-- 2021-06-24 10:31:34

Public health experts have warned that the coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh could take a catastrophic turn in the wake of a dramatic surge in Covid-19 infections throughout the country and in partic...

Youth elevates fate through drumstick farming

Youth elevates fate through drumstick farming

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-24 10:05:31

FARIDPUR: Khandaker Khalid Bin Morshed, a young entrepreneur, has achieved outstanding success in commercial cultivation of drumstick (scientific name is moringa oleifera) in Faridpur. People from...

Restrictions imposed in Joypurhat

Restrictions imposed in Joypurhat

-- 2021-06-23 23:01:59

To curb the rise of coronavirus infection in Joypurhat restrictions have been imposed in all the municipalities of the five upazilas of the district till June 30. This was the third time restrictions...

BRAC employees urged to stand beside victims of any disaster

BRAC employees urged to stand beside victims of any disaster

-- 2021-06-23 21:12:20

Executive Director (ED) of BRAC Asif Saleh has urged the employees of the largest non-governmental organisation to stand beside the victims during the outbreak of any disaster or humanitarian crisis....

Govt must sit with EC to discuss transferring NID services, says CEC

Govt must sit with EC to discuss transferring NID services, says CEC

-- 2021-06-23 18:47:01

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday urged the government to sit with the commission to discuss its decision to move the National Identity (NID) services from the election body t...

Lockdown extended for another week in Rajshahi city,16 more die

Lockdown extended for another week in Rajshahi city,16 more die

-- 2021-06-23 18:21:20

Lockdown was extended for another week in Rajshahi city on Wednesday in an effort to bring the worsening coronavirus situation under control. Abdul Jalil, deputy commissioner of Rajshahi, made the an...

PM seeks global assistance to ensure dignified Rohingya repatriation

PM seeks global assistance to ensure dignified Rohingya repatriation

-- 2021-06-23 18:04:59

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the international community again to provide assistance for the dignified and peaceful repatriation of over 1.1 million Rohingya refugees. The prime mi...

COVID-19: 5,727 new cases, 85 deaths reported in 24 hours

COVID-19: 5,727 new cases, 85 deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2021-06-23 17:40:20

Bangladesh has registered 85 new fatalities from COVID-19, the most in a day since Apr 29. Khulna, a recent virus hotspot, saw 36 deaths, the most among the eight divisions. Dhaka saw 19 deaths and R...

45 dengue patients undergoing treatment at Dhaka hospitals

45 dengue patients undergoing treatment at Dhaka hospitals

-- 2021-06-23 16:46:18

Amid an alarming spike in coronavirus deaths and infections, Bangladesh is also seeing a rise in mosquito-borne dengue in the current month. Forty-five dengue patients are currently receiving treatme...

48 die from COVID-19 in Rajshahi, Khulna in 24 hours

48 die from COVID-19 in Rajshahi, Khulna in 24 hours

-- 2021-06-23 16:07:01

The Khulna Division, a new coronavirus hotspot, has seen 32 deaths from COVID-19 in a day. Sixteen people have died at a Rajshahi hospital’s coronavirus unit, while eight others have died of the...

16 more Covid-19 patients die at RMCH

16 more Covid-19 patients die at RMCH

-- 2021-06-23 12:53:10

Notwithstanding the lockdown restrictions, the frontier district of Rajshahi is witnessing a surge in Covid-19 deaths with each passing day. In fact, Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) on W...

Police arrest truck driver, aide over rape of girl in Sirajganj

Police arrest truck driver, aide over rape of girl in Sirajganj

-- 2021-06-23 12:30:33

Police have arrested a truck driver and his aide over allegations of raping a woman on a moving truck in Sirajganj. The girl was subsequently rescued and the truck was seized, police said. Law enfor...

AL dominates first phase of Union Parishad polls

AL dominates first phase of Union Parishad polls

-- 2021-06-23 12:02:21

The first phase of the Union Parishad elections has seen an average voter turnout of about 65 per cent. The election to the lowest tier of local government, held on Monday after a long pandemic-enfor...

Chinese engineer goes missing in Padma river

Chinese engineer goes missing in Padma river

-- 2021-06-23 11:27:35

A 25-year-old Chinese engineer working in the Padma Bridge Project has gone missing in the river near Shimulia ghat in Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj, police said Wednesday. Joe has been tasked with...

AL founding anniversary: PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu

AL founding anniversary: PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu

-- 2021-06-23 10:52:15

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, marking the 72nd founding anniversary of Awami League. On the occasion, she placed w...

Manpower shortage hampers Chandpur forest office activities

Manpower shortage hampers Chandpur forest office activities

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-23 10:11:32

CHANDPUR, June 22: Lack of saplings of various plants is disappointing the tree and flower lovers of Chandpur. Manpower shortage has been hampering the normal activities in Hajiganj, Shahrasti and...

Brokers, drug addicts exploit patients at CMCH

Brokers, drug addicts exploit patients at CMCH

-- 2021-06-23 10:04:23

CUMILLA: People rush to the blood bank only when critically ill patients need emergency blood. But the blood bank of Cumilla Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) has been accused of trading in life-sav...

Five top central bankers quizzed for BIFC loan

Five top central bankers quizzed for BIFC loan

SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-06-23 09:00:24

The central bank probe committee has interrogated five high ups to take their versions on financial irregularities at a non-banking financial institution (NBFI). They are: former deputy governors of...

71pc test in Dhaka have antibody, 55pc in Chattogram

71pc test in Dhaka have antibody, 55pc in Chattogram

FE REPORT 2021-06-23 08:48:57

Covid-19 seroprevalence or antibody response is higher among slum-dwellers than non-slum people, according to a new ICDDR, B study. The report of the study, released by the International Centre for D...

Passenger train services to and from Dhaka suspended

Passenger train services to and from Dhaka suspended

-- 2021-06-22 21:44:14

Bangladesh Railway has suspended all passenger trains to and from Dhaka as a part of an attempt to isolate the capital amid an increasing trend of coronavirus cases. The suspension will come into eff...

ACC seeks wealth information of former minister’s private secretary

ACC seeks wealth information of former minister’s private secretary

UNB 2021-06-22 21:08:09

Anti- Corruption Commission ( ACC) on Tuesday sought the wealth information of Nur Khan, private secretary of former Housing and Public Works Minister and Awami League leader Engineer Md Mosharraf Hos...

Decision on SSC and HSC exams soon, says Minister

Decision on SSC and HSC exams soon, says Minister

UNB 2021-06-22 20:44:56

Minister of Education Dr Dipu Moni has said that a decision regarding SSC and HSC examination would be announced soon. The education minister said this while addressing a virtual programme on distrib...

‘Setting up of 0.5m nutrition gardens on cards’

‘Setting up of 0.5m nutrition gardens on cards’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-22 19:50:13

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said the government would set up about 500,000 nutrition gardens across the country under a project worth Tk 4.38 billion to ensure nutritious food for all. Ter...

PM seeks global cooperation to deal with Covid-19 setbacks

PM seeks global cooperation to deal with Covid-19 setbacks

-- 2021-06-22 19:36:21

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for international cooperation in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. “The COVID-19 pandemic is a litmus test for global solidarity,” Hasina said...

Minister calls for banning easy bikes, battery-powered rickshaws

Minister calls for banning easy bikes, battery-powered rickshaws

UNB 2021-06-22 18:20:42

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday asked Dhaka Metropolitan Police and the city corporations to be strict in banning easy bikes and battery-powered rickshaws in the capital....

Bangladesh reports 4,846 new COVID cases, 76 deaths in a day

Bangladesh reports 4,846 new COVID cases, 76 deaths in a day

-- 2021-06-22 18:00:29

Bangladesh has registered 4,846 new coronavirus cases, raising the country’s total caseload to 861,150. Another 76 people died of the virus in the 24 hours to 8 am on Tuesday, taking the tota...

Bangladesh blames rich countries for using vaccine as ‘tool of exploitation’

Bangladesh blames rich countries for using vaccine as ‘tool of exploitation’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-22 18:00:24

Apparently frustrated over the dilly-dallying of the rich countries in providing their surplus covid vaccines to the country, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday accused them of u...

Youth goes missing after falling into canal in Khilgaon

Youth goes missing after falling into canal in Khilgaon

FE Online Report 2021-06-22 17:27:03

A 20-year-old youth went missing after falling into the North Basabo canal in the city’s Khilgaon area on Tuesday morning. The incident took place around 10:00am on Tuesday near the Jhilpar Mos...