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April virus cases explode

April virus cases explode

JUBAIR HASAN 2020-05-01 09:38:31

The number of COVID-19 patients was 150 times as many last month, compared with March, according to state-run Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). In the last 24 hours on Thursday morning,...

Inappropriate PPE use may become means of virus transmission: Experts

Inappropriate PPE use may become means of virus transmission: Experts

-- 2020-04-30 20:43:09

As people are increasingly using protective gears, including gloves, masks and gowns, to protect themselves from the coronavirus, health experts have cautioned that safety equipment can become the mea...

Fishermen set to start fishing Hilsha from Friday after two-month ban

Fishermen set to start fishing Hilsha from Friday after two-month ban

-- 2020-04-30 20:04:01

Fishermen in Chandpur are set to start catching Hilsa early Friday after a two-month ban on catching, selling and transporting of the national fish ends. “We hope the Hilsa production will incr...

Three die on same night in Manikganj isolation ward

Three die on same night in Manikganj isolation ward

-- 2020-04-30 19:18:40

Three people aged 50-55 who were undergoing treatment at the isolation ward of Manikganj General Hospital, passed away in space of half a day, from Wednesday evening to early Thursday. The deceased w...

Gonoshasthaya gets permission for performance study of  its COVID-19 testing kits

Gonoshasthaya gets permission for performance study of its COVID-19 testing kits

-- 2020-04-30 18:53:48

Gonoshasthaya Kendra has finally got the permission to get tested the performance of its Covid-19 rapid testing kits. Talking to UNB on Thursday, Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury s...

Govt to procure 1.15m tonnes of rice, 0.8m tonnes of paddy

Govt to procure 1.15m tonnes of rice, 0.8m tonnes of paddy

-- 2020-04-30 18:26:58

The government will procure some 1.15 million metric tonnes of rice (boiled and non-boiled) and 8,000 metric tonnes of paddy during the current Boro season. Besides, some 75,000 metric tonnes of whea...

BD gets Tk 2.3b EU fund for social security reforms

BD gets Tk 2.3b EU fund for social security reforms

-- 2020-04-30 18:24:50

The European Union (EU) on Thursday disbursed nearly Tk 2.3 billion (EUR 24 million) to Bangladesh for supporting the country’s key national reforms in social security. With this grant, the EU...

Scarcity of medical technologists hampers BD’s COVID-19 tests

Scarcity of medical technologists hampers BD’s COVID-19 tests

-- 2020-04-30 18:04:30

As the coronavirus pandemic rages across the world, health experts have been quick to stress the importance of adequate testing for the disease in shaping a country's containment strategy. In Banglad...

Historic May Day Friday

Historic May Day Friday

-- 2020-04-30 18:01:50

The historic May Day will be observed tomorrow (Friday) in the country as elsewhere across the world with due respect through various programmes. The day is being observed across the globe since 1886...

Amar Foods teams up with Esho Sobai to combat food crisis

Amar Foods teams up with Esho Sobai to combat food crisis

FE Online Desk 2020-04-30 17:29:55

'Amar Foods' started the essential food package distribution campaign among people in their production areas amid the coronavirus outbreak in collaboration with Esho Sobai. They will distribute almost...

ADB okays $100m to combat virus outbreak in BD

ADB okays $100m to combat virus outbreak in BD

-- 2020-04-30 17:27:11

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday approved a $100 million loan to support Bangladesh government in its efforts to address the public health requirements for combating the coronavirus pandem...

Data, privacy unprotected in one-third countries including BD: UNCTAD

Data, privacy unprotected in one-third countries including BD: UNCTAD

FE Online Report 2020-04-30 16:50:11

Around 34.0 per cent nations, including Bangladesh, across the word are yet to safeguard citizens’ data and privacy. A new report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCT...

164 more BD nationals return home from India

164 more BD nationals return home from India

-- 2020-04-30 16:34:03

Another batch of 164 Bangladeshis, who got stuck in India due to lockdown there amid coronavirus outbreak, returned home from Chennai on Thursday. A special flight of US-Bangla Airlines carrying Bang...

Railways Ministry gets new secretary

Railways Ministry gets new secretary

-- 2020-04-30 16:32:06

Md Selim Reza, secretary to the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, has been made secretary to Railways Ministry. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notificati...

PSC recommends recruitment of 7,000 doctors, nurses

PSC recommends recruitment of 7,000 doctors, nurses

-- 2020-04-30 16:17:57

The Public Service Commission has issued a notice for the recruitment of 2,000 doctors from those who passed the 39th Special BCS Exam to the posts of assistant surgeon. PSC also recommended recruiti...

RMG factories reopened amid risk of losing int’l market: Qauder

RMG factories reopened amid risk of losing int’l market: Qauder

-- 2020-04-30 16:04:15

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Qauder on Thursday said garment factories around Dhaka have been reopened on a limited scale as there is a risk of losing international market of RMG products du...

PM provides financial assistance to 6,959 Qawmi madrasas

PM provides financial assistance to 6,959 Qawmi madrasas

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-30 15:54:11

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday provided a financial assistance of Tk 83.125 million to 6,959 Qawmi madrasas across the country on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, UNB reports quoti...

Anti-dengue drive: Govt to act against  people with still water at home

Anti-dengue drive: Govt to act against people with still water at home

FE Online Report 2020-04-30 15:22:46

The government will take stern action against the persons who fail to remove stagnant water from their respective buildings and premises to help stop breeding of aedes mosquito. Under the move, the l...

Five more die of COVID-19 in BD, 564 test positive

Five more die of COVID-19 in BD, 564 test positive

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-30 14:46:10

Five more people died from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Thursday, (COVID-19), according to the DGHS official. With the latest victims, the death toll due to the dead...

DMP hands out lockdown fines to businesses, people

DMP hands out lockdown fines to businesses, people

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-30 14:17:41

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate mobile court drives on Wednesday fined different people and business entities a total of Tk 56,600 for allegedly violating the government’s social dis...

BR to resume parcel service on limited scale

BR to resume parcel service on limited scale

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-30 14:01:29

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) is set to resume its parcel service on a limited number of routes from Friday to facilitate cheap transportation of daily local agricultural produce and household utensils...

Six new coronavirus cases detected in Lakshmipur

Six new coronavirus cases detected in Lakshmipur

-- 2020-04-30 13:58:26

Six people were diagnosed with coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the number of confirmed cases to 43 in Lakshmipur. Civil Surgeon Abdul Gaffar disclosed the information on Thursday morning, UN...

Mugda hospital director made OSD over mask scam

Mugda hospital director made OSD over mask scam

-- 2020-04-30 13:53:30

The government has moved against the director of Dhaka Mugda Medical College Hospital Dr Shahid Md Sadiqul Islam, by removing him from active duty amid the controversy surrounding the quality of masks...

Natore goes under lockdown after spike in virus cases

Natore goes under lockdown after spike in virus cases

-- 2020-04-30 13:50:22

The local administration of Natore is going to put the district under lockdown on Thursday following a surge in coronavirus cases among people there. Deputy Commissioner Shah Riaz came up with the an...

Two more cops die from virus

Two more cops die from virus

-- 2020-04-30 13:36:39

Two more policemen have died from the coronavirus in Bangladesh, taking the death toll from the disease in the law-enforcement agency to three. Sub-inspector Md Abdul Khalek, 36, and constable Md Ash...

Child dies in Keraniganj blast; 11 injured

Child dies in Keraniganj blast; 11 injured

-- 2020-04-30 13:13:25

A child was killed and 11 others were injured in an explosion at the residence of a Jamaat-e-Islami leader at Shubhaddya North Para in Keraniganj early Thursday. The identity of the five-year-old cou...

US embassy issues fresh travel alert for its citizens in Bangladesh

US embassy issues fresh travel alert for its citizens in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-30 12:53:24

The US embassy in Dhaka has issued a fresh travel/health alert for its citizens and suggested them to depart Bangladesh if such opportunities arise amid the outbreak of COVID-19. It said "The U.S. Em...

11 doctors of Jashore hospital in home quarantine

11 doctors of Jashore hospital in home quarantine

-- 2020-04-30 12:10:56

Eleven doctors and as many nurses of Jashore General Hospital were sent home to be in quarantine on Wednesday after they came in close contact with coronavirus patients, UNB reports. Resident Medical...

Dhaka ranks 20th worst in air quality index

Dhaka ranks 20th worst in air quality index

-- 2020-04-30 12:06:06

Dhaka’s air quality showed significant improvement on Thursday morning with the capital city ranking 20th worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI). It had an AQI score of 91 and its air quality...

BD water contains harmful pharmaceutical residues, reveals int'l research

BD water contains harmful pharmaceutical residues, reveals int'l research

FE Report 2020-04-30 10:06:01

There is hazardous level of pharmaceutical residues in water of Bangladesh, which may help develop bacteria and fungi that are resistant to the medicines used for treating human infection, an internat...