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Legality of lockdown in question, writ filed

Legality of lockdown in question, writ filed

-- 2021-04-25 18:29:40

A writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) on Sunday challenging the legality of the ongoing countrywide lockdown enforced by the government to contain the transmission of Coronavirus. Suprem...

Govt decides to close border with India for 14 days

Govt decides to close border with India for 14 days

-- 2021-04-25 18:23:44

Bangladesh has decided to close its border with India for any kind of movement except that of cargoes for the next 14 days to control the spread of the coronavirus. "Yes, but the movement of cargo w...

People want to know initiatives about vaccine, says GM Quader  

People want to know initiatives about vaccine, says GM Quader  

-- 2021-04-25 18:20:23

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Sunday said the people want to know what initiative the government has taken to remove uncertainty created over getting Covid-19 vaccine in time. "Those who have re...

Prioritising high-yielding paddy for haor areas, says Minister

Prioritising high-yielding paddy for haor areas, says Minister

UNB 2021-04-25 18:12:02

The government is prioritising the cultivation of high-yielding paddy as occasional floods threaten the crop in haor areas, said Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque on Sunday. "Adequate amount of pad...

Shops reopen with only handful of shoppers

Shops reopen with only handful of shoppers

-- 2021-04-25 18:01:38

The government has allowed stores and shopping malls to reopen after 10 days of strict lockdown, but only a few customers have shown up. Some markets in parts of Dhaka decided to remain closed on Sun...

Bangladesh registers 101 virus deaths, 2,922 cases in a day

Bangladesh registers 101 virus deaths, 2,922 cases in a day

-- 2021-04-25 16:58:26

Bangladesh has recorded 101 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 11,053, reports bdnews24.com. The caseload surged to 745,322 after 2,922 people tested positive for...

Bangladesh halts first dosing of Covid vaccine as resupply is uncertain

Bangladesh halts first dosing of Covid vaccine as resupply is uncertain

-- 2021-04-25 16:12:58

The government has suspended the first dosing of the coronavirus vaccine from Apr 26 as the resupply of the drug is uncertain. The Directorate General of Health Services announced the suspension on S...

Bangladesh will get 2.1m Covid vaccine doses by early May, DGHS says

Bangladesh will get 2.1m Covid vaccine doses by early May, DGHS says

-- 2021-04-25 15:19:41

Bangladesh will get 2.1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine by the first week of May, said DG of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam on Sunday. &ld...

Drought shatters dream of Magura litchi growers

Drought shatters dream of Magura litchi growers

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-04-25 14:12:28

Drought like situation is prevailing in Magura. Such a situation has raised concern among he litchi growers in the district. Last month ample flowers in litchi trees brought smile on the faces of lit...

Corona treatment starts in four new Cumilla hospitals

Corona treatment starts in four new Cumilla hospitals

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-04-25 14:11:12

CUMILLA: The number of coronavirus infected people and deaths in Cumilla is increasing day by day. From April 1 to 21 this month, 65 people died of corona in the district. In this situation, the pres...

Supreme Court clears Erfan Selim’s path out of jail

Supreme Court clears Erfan Selim’s path out of jail

-- 2021-04-25 13:00:27

The Supreme Court has upheld the bail granted to Erfan Selim, the son of MP Haji Selim, in a case over ‘assaulting’ a navy officer in Dhanmondi. The state’s petition to appeal the b...

One more Armanitola fire victim dies

One more Armanitola fire victim dies

-- 2021-04-25 11:27:58

The death toll from the massive fire that broke out at a building in Armanitola area of Old Dhaka in the early hours of Friday, climbed to five as another victim succumbed to burn injuries on Sunday....

Stakeholders suggest strict laws on intellectual property rights

Stakeholders suggest strict laws on intellectual property rights

FE REPORT 2021-04-25 09:37:11

The country needs to support small and medium enterprises including start- ups to ensure their rights over intellectual property (IP) for their sustainability, speakers at a webinar on Saturday said....

Razzaque predicts surplus in fish, meat, eggs in three to five years

Razzaque predicts surplus in fish, meat, eggs in three to five years

-- 2021-04-24 22:36:05

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque has said that country might see a surplus production of fish, egg, meat and milk in three to five years time. He said, "One of the main challenges of the curren...

Worker dies as under-construction roof collapses in Narayanganj

Worker dies as under-construction roof collapses in Narayanganj

-- 2021-04-24 21:57:32

A worker was killed and six others were injured when the ceiling of the gate at an under-construction gas station in Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) project collapsed at Shimrail in Narayanganj today....

Ahle Sunnat wants Hifazat banned   

Ahle Sunnat wants Hifazat banned  

-- 2021-04-24 21:38:48

Terming Hifazat-e Islam an “extremist militant group”, another religion-based organisation Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat has demanded a ban on the radical Islamist outfit over violence, reports b...

Child ‘kills self’ for Eid dress in Kushtia

Child ‘kills self’ for Eid dress in Kushtia

-- 2021-04-24 21:23:36

Police have recovered the hanging body of a child from a house in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia. The deceased was identified as Rehena Khatun 10, a student of class III of Chapra Government Primary S...

Another top Hefazat leader held in city

Another top Hefazat leader held in city

-- 2021-04-24 21:02:59

Detective Branch (DB) members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested another top leader of Hefazat Islam Bangladesh from the city's West Agargaon area on Saturday afternoon. The arrestee is Dr A...

Abandoned newborn rescued in Ctg

Abandoned newborn rescued in Ctg

-- 2021-04-24 20:58:37

Police rescued a baby girl from the pavement in front of Premier University at the WASA intersection of Chattogram, following a 999 call early Saturday morning. Local resident Al-Amin, an accounting...

BNP urges govt to shut borders with India

BNP urges govt to shut borders with India

BNP urges govt to shut borders with India to stop Covid variant spread 2021-04-24 20:42:38

BNP on Saturday urged the government to close the country's land borders with India as the neighbouring country is witnessing a serious outbreak of coronavirus. “The coronavirus infection has s...

Khaleda undergoes fresh Covid test

Khaleda undergoes fresh Covid test

-- 2021-04-24 18:32:54

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia underwent a fresh Covid test on Saturday to know whether she has recovered from the virus as she has been doing well with no visible symptom, said her personal physician Mo...

Beximco Pharma MD urges govt to press India for vaccines

Beximco Pharma MD urges govt to press India for vaccines

-- 2021-04-24 18:24:46

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Managing Director Nazmul Hassan Papon has urged the government to step in as the Serum Institute of India failed to provide vaccine doses in keeping with their agreement. He m...

Bangladesh orders three-day institutional quarantine for air passengers without vaccine

Bangladesh orders three-day institutional quarantine for air passengers without vaccine

-- 2021-04-24 18:01:41

Any air passenger arriving in Bangladesh with the first dose of the COVID vaccine or no inoculation at all will have to undergo a three-day mandatory institutional quarantine. Even those with RT-PCR-...

Hefazat leader Abul Hussain put on remand

Hefazat leader Abul Hussain put on remand

-- 2021-04-24 17:30:55

A Faridpur court on Friday sent vice-president of Faridpur district Hefazat-e-Islam Md. Abul Hussain on a seven-day remand. The court passed the order when Bhanga Police Station sub-inspector Bikash...

Three-day quarantine mandatory for inbound travellers without vaccine

Three-day quarantine mandatory for inbound travellers without vaccine

-- 2021-04-24 16:40:00

Any air passenger arriving in Bangladesh with the first dose of the COVID vaccine or no inoculation at all will have to undergo a three-day mandatory institutional quarantine. According to bdnews24.c...

114 road accident-prone locations identified across country

114 road accident-prone locations identified across country

FE Online Report 2021-04-24 16:35:34

At least 114 road accident-prone locations have been identified in the country, according to a latest report. Of them, some 51 are categorised as extremely accident-prone while some 63 as accident-pr...

Experts discuss labour market challenges

Experts discuss labour market challenges

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-04-24 16:33:46

ICSA Bangladesh, a non-profit service organisation arranged its 19th dialogue titled ‘Labour Market Challenges in Covid-19 Situation: Bangladesh Perspective,' on April 17. Professor Aynul Islam,...

Dhaka’s air quality improved in lockdown

Dhaka’s air quality improved in lockdown

-- 2021-04-24 16:20:13

The air quality of Dhaka city has made a marked improvement by some 45pc on average a day during the first seven days of the Covid-19 lockdown due to the low level of emissions. According to a survey...

Bangladesh logs 83 virus deaths, 2,697 cases in a day

Bangladesh logs 83 virus deaths, 2,697 cases in a day

-- 2021-04-24 16:17:34

Bangladesh has registered 83 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 10,952. The caseload surged to 742,400 after 2,697 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the 24 ho...

Govt mulls resuming public transport services

Govt mulls resuming public transport services

-- 2021-04-24 16:14:06

The government is working on a plan to allow the public transport to resume operations once the current lockdown is over, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday. The mini...