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UNHCR warns of severe consequences during monsoon

UNHCR warns of severe consequences during monsoon

-- 2020-04-21 18:25:20

UNHCR on Tuesday warned of life-threatening consequences of Refugees if annual monsoon preparations cannot be completed on time in Bangladesh amid the global outbreak of COVID-19. As countries around...

BAATWF urges govt to make special allocation for them

BAATWF urges govt to make special allocation for them

-- 2020-04-21 18:12:50

Bangladesh Autorickshaw-Autotempo Transport Workers Federation (BAATWF) have urged the government to make special allocation for them during  the general holidays.  BAATWF, an association...

UNO office besieged in Brahmanbaria for relief

UNO office besieged in Brahmanbaria for relief

-- 2020-04-21 17:48:38

Several hundred people besieged the office of Sarail upazila nirbahi officer on Tuesday demanding relief. Residents of different unions including Syed Tola and Bepari Para unions of the upazila gathe...

'BD may face food shortage without timely Boro harvest'

'BD may face food shortage without timely Boro harvest'

FE Online Report 2020-04-21 17:45:36

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzak on Tuesday said the country may face a food shortage if the farmers in the haor areas cannot harvest Boro paddy timely. To this effect, the government has taken v...

ACC sues Narail UP chairman over relief embezzlement

ACC sues Narail UP chairman over relief embezzlement

-- 2020-04-21 17:23:47

The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against chairman of Perli Union Parishad of Kalia upazila in Narail district for embezzling government rice. Assistant director of ACC, Ja...

169 more BD citizen return home from India

169 more BD citizen return home from India

-- 2020-04-21 17:05:20

Bangladesh on brought back the second batch of its nationals who were stranded in India due to flight suspension amid the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 169 Bangladeshi nationals arrived a...

Govt plans to operate more spl flights to bring back BD nationals from Delhi

Govt plans to operate more spl flights to bring back BD nationals from Delhi

-- 2020-04-21 16:52:52

The government has planned to operate special flight on Dhaka-Delhi-Dhaka route to bring back Bangladesh nationals home who got stuck in New Delhi or adjacent areas due to countrywide lockdown in Indi...

Bogura locked down

Bogura locked down

-- 2020-04-21 16:33:58

Local administration put Bogura district under lockdown in an effort to prevent transmission of coronavirus as three people, including a policeman, found infected with the virus. Deputy Commissioner...

COVID-19: Govt plans rescue flight from Delhi

COVID-19: Govt plans rescue flight from Delhi

-- 2020-04-21 16:19:41

The government has planned to operate special flight on Dhaka-Delhi-Dhaka route to bring back Bangladesh nationals home who got stuck in New Delhi or adjacent areas due to countrywide lockdown in Indi...

Quader warns against discrimination in relief operations

Quader warns against discrimination in relief operations

-- 2020-04-21 15:55:48

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged all concerned to continue the relief distribution work properly and warned that no discrimination in it will be allowed. Quader, also gen...

GP wants idle spectrum at discounted rate

GP wants idle spectrum at discounted rate

FE Online Report 2020-04-21 15:41:03

The country's largest mobile phone operator Grameenphone, or GP, wants idle spectrums from the government at a discounted rate as opposed to free of charge spectrums sought by three other operators....

SSC results two weeks after reopening

SSC results two weeks after reopening

-- 2020-04-21 14:50:58

The government will publish results of the SSC and equivalent exams two weeks after the reopening of the offices following the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Sec...

OIC foreign ministers to hold virtual meeting on corona situation Wednesday

OIC foreign ministers to hold virtual meeting on corona situation Wednesday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-21 14:50:53

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an extraordinary meeting of the OIC Executive Committee at the level of foreign ministers via video conferencing on Wednesday as part of its eff...

BD reports nine more coronavirus deaths, 434 new cases

BD reports nine more coronavirus deaths, 434 new cases

FE Online Desk 2020-04-21 14:38:54

The highly infectious coronavirus disease has killed nine more people in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 110 in the country. Meanwhile, the total number of infections has so...

At least 170 Bangladeshis die of COVID-19 in New York in 29 days

At least 170 Bangladeshis die of COVID-19 in New York in 29 days

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-21 14:36:15

At least 170 Bangladeshis died of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, in New York in the last 29 days until Saturday of this week, according to a local journalist. Zakaria Masud,...

20 Bangladeshis return home from Turkey

20 Bangladeshis return home from Turkey

-- 2020-04-21 14:14:08

Twenty Bangladeshis were brought back from Turkey by a chartered flight on Tuesday. Confirming the information, Bangladesh Civil Aviation sources said 154 Turkish citizens left Dhaka at 1:10pm. A ch...

First UK repatriation flight from BD today

First UK repatriation flight from BD today

-- 2020-04-21 13:28:35

The first special chartered flight taking British visitors from Bangladesh to the United Kingdom will leave Dhaka for London on Tuesday afternoon. It is scheduled to take off from Hazrat Shahjalal In...

Social distancing violations: DMP fines people, organisations   

Social distancing violations: DMP fines people, organisations  

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-21 13:16:30

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate mobile court drives on Monday fined different people and organisations a total of Tk 191,900 for allegedly violating the government’s social distancin...

Two Bangladeshis in Indian custody test positive for COVID-19

Two Bangladeshis in Indian custody test positive for COVID-19

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-21 12:53:51

Two of the 11 Bangladesh nationals, arrested by India for violating visa conditions and remanded in judicial custody, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, Indian media have reported. The entire gr...

Two more test positive for coronavirus in Nawabganj

Two more test positive for coronavirus in Nawabganj

-- 2020-04-21 12:16:56

Two youths were diagnosed with coronavirus in Nawabganj on Tuesday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the upazila to eight.   Nawabganj Upazila Health Complex’s Medical Officer Dr Har...

JUST conducting coronavirus tests

JUST conducting coronavirus tests

-- 2020-04-21 11:59:43

The Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) is testing coronavirus samples collected from seven districts in Bangladesh’s south eastern region. “We’re conducting tests a...

Rain, thunder showers likely: Met office

Rain, thunder showers likely: Met office

-- 2020-04-21 10:57:07

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (Met office) has forecast rain in all eight divisions of the country in its 24 hours bulletin. In a regular update on Monday evening, it said rain or thunde...

Utility services to be cut for harassing COVID-19 patients: Ministry 

Utility services to be cut for harassing COVID-19 patients: Ministry 

-- 2020-04-21 09:30:57

Electricity and gas connections of the houses will be severed if landlords harass coronavirus-infected patients or doctors, nurses, health workers, emergency service workers or journalists or anyone s...

Defying social distancing rules raising risk of infections

Defying social distancing rules raising risk of infections

Jubair Hasan 2020-04-21 09:01:04

Despite a sustained surge in coronavirus patients in the capital, many city dwellers aren't following social distancing guidelines, intensifying the risk of more infections here. The situation was...

67 more test positive for coronavirus in Kishoreganj

67 more test positive for coronavirus in Kishoreganj

-- 2020-04-20 21:06:46

A total of 67 more people were infected with coronavirus in Kishoreganj in last 24 hours, taking the number of coronavirus cases in the district to 141. Among the infected people, 41 are physicians,...

Over 200 doctors infected with coronavirus, DAB says

Over 200 doctors infected with coronavirus, DAB says

-- 2020-04-20 20:49:23

The Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB), a pro-BNP forum, on Monday alleged that over 200 physicians in the country were infected with coronavirus while providing healthcare services to such patie...

Working hard to respond to BD's request of $600m: ADB

Working hard to respond to BD's request of $600m: ADB

-- 2020-04-20 20:20:09

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa on Monday said they are working hard to respond to Bangladesh's request of $600 million emergency assistance to help it effectively implement i...

Nasrul for uninterrupted power supply during pandemic

Nasrul for uninterrupted power supply during pandemic

-- 2020-04-20 20:05:48

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has asked authorities concerned to ensure uninterrupted power supply during the coronavirus pandemic. “Ensuring proper protec...

Govt to procure Boro paddy through ‘Krishoker App’

Govt to procure Boro paddy through ‘Krishoker App’

-- 2020-04-20 19:47:58

After procurement of Aman paddy through digital application, the government will now procure food grains from the farmers directly using mobile application – billed as ‘Krishoker App&rsquo...

Secretaries to coordinate aid efforts in districts

Secretaries to coordinate aid efforts in districts

-- 2020-04-20 18:54:39

The government has assigned senior secretaries, secretaries and officials of equivalent rank to coordinate efforts in districts to slow the coronavirus outbreak and relief distribution. One official...