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Govt in a real quandary

Govt in a real quandary

JASIM UDDIN HAROON and JUBAIR HASAN 2020-04-30 09:35:00

The ongoing lockdown in response to the COVID-19 outbreak has posed a serious challenge for the government to strike a balance between the need for resuming economic activities and the possibility of...

Millions at risk as testing capacity remains very low

Millions at risk as testing capacity remains very low

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2020-04-30 09:20:07

With the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh pushing towards the second month, the testing capacity remains one of the lowest in the world. The constraint is posing a real danger to the lives of milli...

DCs asked for moving out kitchen mkts to suitable places

DCs asked for moving out kitchen mkts to suitable places

FE Online Report 2020-04-29 22:40:03

The government has asked all the deputy commissioners (DCs) to take steps for shifting the existing kitchen markets to suitable places to help prevent further spread of coronvirus pandemic. Under the...

More than 2,000 SC  lawyers apply for loans  from SCBA

More than 2,000 SC lawyers apply for loans from SCBA

FE Online Report 2020-04-29 22:23:59

More than 2,000 Supreme Court lawyers have applied for loans from the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) through emails as the association decided to provide interest free loans to its members in ne...

Hasina, Modi pledge to work together to boost food production

Hasina, Modi pledge to work together to boost food production

-- 2020-04-29 21:25:46

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have pledged to work together to boost food production to offset the possible food crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. The tw...

‘Over 20,000 isolation beds ready for COVID-19 patients’

‘Over 20,000 isolation beds ready for COVID-19 patients’

-- 2020-04-29 19:32:21

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Wednesday said more than 20,000 corona isolation beds are now ready across the country for treatment of coronavirus patients. The minister came up with the statement...

BPSC begins process to recruit 2,000 doctors, 5,000 nurses

BPSC begins process to recruit 2,000 doctors, 5,000 nurses

-- 2020-04-29 19:19:42

The government has begun recruiting 2,000 doctors and 5,000 nurses to speed up the treatment of patients amid the coronavirus outbreak. The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) held a meeting...

Coronavirus testing lab opens in Narayanganj

Coronavirus testing lab opens in Narayanganj

-- 2020-04-29 18:59:21

A coronavirus testing laboratory, funded by Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, was opened on Wednesday at Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district, one of the worst-affected areas in Bangl...

Policeman dies of coronavirus

Policeman dies of coronavirus

-- 2020-04-29 18:03:26

A constable of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday night after contracting Covid-19.   The deceased, constable Md Jasim Uddin, 40, was posted a...

440 physicians get infected with coronavirus, says BDF

440 physicians get infected with coronavirus, says BDF

-- 2020-04-29 17:57:58

As coronavirus continues to spread across the country, 440 doctors of both private and public hospitals have so far been infected with the virus as of Wednesday, said Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BD...

Biman suspends all flights until May 15

Biman suspends all flights until May 15

-- 2020-04-29 17:39:39

The Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended all flight operations on domestic and international routes until May 15 amid an escalating coronavirus crisis. Biman's Managing Director Mokabbir Hossain a...

Another special flight to bring back BD nationals from Delhi May 5

Another special flight to bring back BD nationals from Delhi May 5

-- 2020-04-29 17:34:42

The government will bring back Bangladesh nationals, who got stuck in India amid countrywide lockdown, by another special flight on May 5. This will be operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said the...

COVID-19 tests at three more private hospitals

COVID-19 tests at three more private hospitals

-- 2020-04-29 17:34:05

The government has granted permission to three private hospitals in Dhaka to COVID-19 tests amid a surge in cases and deaths in Bangladesh. Evercare, Square and United are the latest private hospital...

‘Ban homegoing during Eid-ul-Fitr’

‘Ban homegoing during Eid-ul-Fitr’

-- 2020-04-29 17:17:29

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS), a passenger welfare forum, on Wednesday urged the authorities concerned to impose restriction on going home during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr vacation to contain...

PepsiCo, BRAC to provide over 1.4m meals to virus-hit families

PepsiCo, BRAC to provide over 1.4m meals to virus-hit families

-- 2020-04-29 17:06:02

PepsiCo in Bangladesh and the PepsiCo Foundation have partnered with BRAC to provide over 1.4 million meals to low-income and ultra-poor families affected by the coronavirus across Bangladesh. BRAC w...

One dengue case reported in 24 hours

One dengue case reported in 24 hours

-- 2020-04-29 15:42:10

One new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Wednesday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A daily update from DGHS said three patients are being...

Natore’s Singra upazila put under lockdown

Natore’s Singra upazila put under lockdown

-- 2020-04-29 15:38:08

The local administration has put Singra Health Complex and Singra upazila under lockdown as two health workers of the hospital have tested positive for coronavirus. Nasrin Banu, upazila nirbahi offic...

BD coronavirus cases rise to 7,103, deaths reach 163

BD coronavirus cases rise to 7,103, deaths reach 163

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-29 14:48:35

Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh reached 7,103 on Wednesday, a rise of 641 from the previous day, while related deaths increased by eight to 163, according to data released by th...

Dead journo Khokon had coronavirus

Dead journo Khokon had coronavirus

-- 2020-04-29 12:53:10

Homayuan Kabir Khokon, a journalist who died within an hour of his admittance to a Dhaka hospital with complaints of respiratory distress and a headache, had been infected with the coronavirus, doctor...

Nine more prison guards test positive for COVID-19 in city

Nine more prison guards test positive for COVID-19 in city

-- 2020-04-29 12:39:30

Nine more prison guards of Dhaka Central Jail have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the total number to 10. Jailer Mahbubul Islam said the prison guards had been suffering from feve...

Another cop tests positive for coronavirus in Chattogram

Another cop tests positive for coronavirus in Chattogram

-- 2020-04-29 10:23:17

Another policeman was found infected with coronavirus in Chattogram in the last 24 hours till Tuesday, said Civil Surgeon Sheikh Fazle Rabbi. The policeman, aged about 50, is posted at Dampara Police...

Journalist dies of suspected COVID-19

Journalist dies of suspected COVID-19

-- 2020-04-29 09:55:18

A journalist died at a Dhaka hospital on Tuesday night from what doctors believe was coronavirus infection. Homayuan Kabir Khokon, the city editor and chief reporter of The Daily Shomoyer Alo, was ad...

Gazipur mayor orders mosques reopened defying government curbs

Gazipur mayor orders mosques reopened defying government curbs

-- 2020-04-29 09:50:44

Gazipur Mayor Zahangir Alam has announced his decision to reopen mosques in the city corporation areas to worshipers during Ramadan despite strict restrictions imposed by the government to contain the...

'e-nothi' solutions go unused

'e-nothi' solutions go unused

FHM Humayan Kabir 2020-04-29 09:23:45

The government has failed to utilise its virtual office solutions during the lockdown, despite the introduction of 'e-nothi', officials and experts said on Tuesday. The shutdown of the offices for mo...

Govt releasing 50pc security deposits of recruiting agencies

Govt releasing 50pc security deposits of recruiting agencies

-- 2020-04-28 22:27:55

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the government on Tuesday decided to release fifty per cent of the security deposit paid by recruiting agencies of overseas jobs, to help them pay wages and office rent....

30 test positive for coronavirus at NICVD

30 test positive for coronavirus at NICVD

-- 2020-04-28 21:56:19

As many as 30 health workers, including eight doctors, have been diagnosed with COVID-19 at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases or NICVD in Dhaka. A total of 52 heath workers, i...

Prof Jamilur Reza Choudhury laid to eternal rest

Prof Jamilur Reza Choudhury laid to eternal rest

-- 2020-04-28 21:31:26

National Professor and noted educationist Dr Jamilur Reza Choudhury was laid to eternal rest at the Banani graveyard in Dhaka following Namaz-e-Janaza at Dhanmondi Eidgah Mosque premises after Zohr pr...

Patrons of Bangabandhu’s killers are still active in politics: Hasan

Patrons of Bangabandhu’s killers are still active in politics: Hasan

-- 2020-04-28 20:37:11

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said the patrons of the killers of Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman are still active in the country’s politics. “Being benefitte...

Bhairab Police Station SI recovers from coronavirus

Bhairab Police Station SI recovers from coronavirus

-- 2020-04-28 20:35:13

A sub-inspector of Kishoreganj’s Bhairab Police Station, who was infected with Covid-19, was discharged from Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday after his recovery. The police office...

‘Govt creating employment for jobless youth amid coronavirus’

‘Govt creating employment for jobless youth amid coronavirus’

-- 2020-04-28 19:47:42

State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell on Tuesday said that government is working to create employment for youth who have become jobless due to coronavirus outbreak in the country. &...