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‘565 doctors infected with coronavirus while treating patients’

‘565 doctors infected with coronavirus while treating patients’

-- 2020-05-04 22:02:26

As many as 565 physicians at both government and private hospitals were infected with coronavirus while treating patients, Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF) said Monday. “Among the 565 infect...

Public servants must stay at place of work during Eid holidays

Public servants must stay at place of work during Eid holidays

-- 2020-05-04 21:51:23

The government has ordered its employees to stay put at their station during the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays as the fight against the coronavirus crisis escalates. But private employees can leave the areas...

Momen for clear strategy to recover vulnerable countries’ economies

Momen for clear strategy to recover vulnerable countries’ economies

-- 2020-05-04 21:14:37

Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged the international community to take a clear strategy for economic recovery of vulnerable countries due to COVID-19 pandemic that has pushed global trade in...

Private hospitals scrap festival allowances

Private hospitals scrap festival allowances

-- 2020-05-04 20:53:27

The owners of private medical colleges and hospitals have cancelled festival allowances for teachers, doctors and other employees ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, but reversed a plan to cut salaries. MA Mubin K...

Public transport shutdown extended until May 16

Public transport shutdown extended until May 16

-- 2020-05-04 20:45:49

The government has extended the shutdown of public transport until May 16 in keeping with the nationwide shutdown as coronavirus cases continues to rise. The Road Transport and Highways Division anno...

Shops, shopping malls to remain open till 5 pm

Shops, shopping malls to remain open till 5 pm

-- 2020-05-04 18:02:09

The government has decided to allow keeping shops and shopping malls open till 5 pm provided they maintain health guidelines during the general holidays. The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notific...

Poor funding worries humanitarian agencies supporting Rohingya

Poor funding worries humanitarian agencies supporting Rohingya

FE Online Report 2020-05-04 17:18:23

Less  than  20  per cent of  the  2020  Joint  Response  Plan  for  the  Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis has been funded so far, said the Inter Sect...

Ten members of a family infected with COVID-19 in B’baria

Ten members of a family infected with COVID-19 in B’baria

-- 2020-05-04 17:10:31

Ten members of a family were found infected with coronavirus at Zafarpur village of Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Monday, creating panic among local people. Civil Surgeon Mohammad Ekram Ullah...

42 public representatives suspended for misappropriating relief goods

42 public representatives suspended for misappropriating relief goods

FE Online Report 2020-05-04 16:59:48

The government has so far suspended a total of 42 public representatives for their alleged involvement in misappropriation of relief goods during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, an official said. O...

Inter-district transport services to remain shut during Eid

Inter-district transport services to remain shut during Eid

-- 2020-05-04 16:58:43

The government has ordered a shutdown of inter-district transport services during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday as it grapples with a worsening outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The Cabinet Division annou...

Cash assistance for jobless people before Eid: PM

Cash assistance for jobless people before Eid: PM

-- 2020-05-04 16:41:24

The government will provide cash assistance before Eid-ul-Fitr to mitigate the sufferings of those rendered jobless amid the coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave the information wh...

Japan supports Tk 24m to three Bangladeshi NGOs

Japan supports Tk 24m to three Bangladeshi NGOs

FE Online Report 2020-05-04 16:15:12

The Government of Japan extended a grant of approximately BDT 24 million to three Bangladeshi NGOs, including the Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS), Prism Bangladesh Foundation (PRISM) and Trust f...

General holidays extended further till May 16

General holidays extended further till May 16

-- 2020-05-04 15:40:38

As coronavirus continues to claim more lives and infect a larger number of people every day across the country, the government has extended the ongoing general holidays till May 16 in a bid to prevent...

One new dengue case reported in 24 hours

One new dengue case reported in 24 hours

-- 2020-05-04 15:14:07

One new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Monday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A daily update from DGHS said one patient is being treated...

Coronavirus patients in BD cross 10,000

Coronavirus patients in BD cross 10,000

-- 2020-05-04 14:37:55

Five more people died from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Monday, Dr. Nasima Sultana, ADG (Admin), DGHS, said. On the 58th day after Bangladesh registered the first ca...

Minimum Fitra fixed at Tk 70, maximum Tk 2,200

Minimum Fitra fixed at Tk 70, maximum Tk 2,200

-- 2020-05-04 13:25:03

This year’s minimum Fitra, a charity donation by well-off Muslims at the end of Ramadan, has been fixed at Tk 70 per person this year. The maximum Fitra has been set at Tk 2200, according to th...

‘Distressed’ by coronavirus fears, policeman commits suicide

‘Distressed’ by coronavirus fears, policeman commits suicide

-- 2020-05-04 13:24:45

A police constable has committed suicide by throwing himself from the rooftop of a five-storey building in Khilgaon. Tofazzal Hossain, 39, who was assigned to the special branch of police, jumped off...

29th span of Padma Bridge installed

29th span of Padma Bridge installed

-- 2020-05-04 12:58:21

About 4,350 metres of Padma Bridge has become visible with the installation of its 29th span on Monday. The 4a span, weighing 3,140 tonnes, was installed on pillars 19 and 20 of the bridge around 11:...

Confusions as coronavirus recoveries leap in BD

Confusions as coronavirus recoveries leap in BD

-- 2020-05-04 12:49:52

Confusions have clouded new Health Directorate estimates updated in a matter of 24 hours that show more than 1,000 people have recovered from coronavirus, bdnews24.com reports. The figure for recover...

Second doctor dies from coronavirus

Second doctor dies from coronavirus

-- 2020-05-04 12:46:29

Bangladesh has recorded the death of the chief haematologist of Anwer Khan Modern Medical College, bringing the body count to two. Dr Md Moniruzzaman, who had been serving Anwer Khan Modern Hospital...

District-based small and cottage enterprises to be reopened: PM

District-based small and cottage enterprises to be reopened: PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-05-04 12:26:10

Some enterprises, including district-based small and cottage ones, will be reopened, ensuring health safety, in order to keep the wheels of the economy running, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said....

General holidays to continue until May 15: PM

General holidays to continue until May 15: PM

-- 2020-05-04 12:18:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said that the government wants to extend the tenure of general holidays until May 15. "We declared the general holidays till May 5, now we want to continue it u...

Dhaka’s air 2nd worst in the world

Dhaka’s air 2nd worst in the world

-- 2020-05-04 09:50:43

Dhaka ranked second worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning. The capital ranked the worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) with a score of 160 at 08 am. The air was classified as ‘...

Lax lockdown in Dhaka heightens corona risk

Lax lockdown in Dhaka heightens corona risk

ADNAN HOSSAIN BHUIYAN 2020-05-04 09:41:51

Lockdown or social-distancing regime has witnessed some relaxation in recent days with movement of increased vehicles and commuters in Dhaka, posing a risk of further spreading COVID-19. Languid main...

Stranded migrants in Kuwait urge govt to bring them back

Stranded migrants in Kuwait urge govt to bring them back

Arafat Ara 2020-05-04 09:35:36

Bangladeshi migrants who have remained stranded at different camps in Kuwait for deportation under a general amnesty are leading miserable lives because of inadequate food and accommodation. In a vid...

Professor Muntassir Mamoon diagnosed with COVID-19

Professor Muntassir Mamoon diagnosed with COVID-19

-- 2020-05-03 21:36:50

Noted author and Dhaka University history Professor Muntassir Mamoon has been hospitalised in Dhaka after being diagnosed with COVID-19. He was admitted to the Mugda General Hospital on Sunday evenin...

'Bangladesh to get $1b as compensation from Niko'

'Bangladesh to get $1b as compensation from Niko'

-- 2020-05-03 20:53:07

Canadian oil firm Niko will have to pay US$ 1.0 billion as compensation to Bangladesh as a global dispute settlement body has made the firm liable for two consecutive gas field blowouts at Tengratila...

Five bank officials diagnosed with COVID-19 in Nilphamari

Five bank officials diagnosed with COVID-19 in Nilphamari

-- 2020-05-03 20:36:07

Five bank officials have found infected with coronavirus in the district, taking the confirmed cases of Covid-19 into 21. District Civil Surgeon Dr Ranjit Kumar Barman, said of the five bank official...

‘Free, independent, responsible media important for pluralistic society’

‘Free, independent, responsible media important for pluralistic society’

-- 2020-05-03 19:48:28

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said the role of free, independent and responsible media is very important in taking a state forward and reconstructing a pluralistic society. “I do bel...

Health minister urges factory owners to ensure workers’ safety

Health minister urges factory owners to ensure workers’ safety

-- 2020-05-03 19:23:00

Health Minister Zahid Malik has urged clothing factory owners to ensure the safety of workers, sending a warning that a surge in coronavirus cases due to the reopening of the plants will leave their e...