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Coronavirus cases in Narsingdi rise to 134

Coronavirus cases in Narsingdi rise to 134

-- 2020-04-20 18:41:16

Thirty more people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours as of Monday, taking the total number of cases to 134 in the district. Imrul Kayes, additional deputy commissioner and chief of...

23 physicians, 19 staff of Mitford Hospital test virus positive

23 physicians, 19 staff of Mitford Hospital test virus positive

-- 2020-04-20 18:34:30

A total of 23 doctors and 19 other staff, including 10 nurses, of Sir Salimullah Medical College (SSMC) or Mitford Hospital have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the last three days. Talking to UNB...

Monitor supply of N95 masks to hospitals: PM

Monitor supply of N95 masks to hospitals: PM

-- 2020-04-20 18:29:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the authorities concerned to monitor the supply of N-95 masks to hospitals for the use of coronavirus patients and health workers. The prime minister gave the...

SAARC leaders to adopt strong strategy to combat coronavirus outbreak

SAARC leaders to adopt strong strategy to combat coronavirus outbreak

-- 2020-04-20 18:15:51

SAARC countries will come together on Sunday through a videoconference to chalk out a strong strategy for combating coronavirus in the region. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lead Bangladesh while...

Railway Police distribute relief

Railway Police distribute relief

FE Online Report 2020-04-20 17:49:38

Dhaka District Railway Police on Monday distributed relief goods to 110 porters and 90 other needy and homeless people at the Kamalapur Railway Station amid the coronavirus shutdown. The relief was d...

Chattogram Field Hospital ready for COVID-19 patients

Chattogram Field Hospital ready for COVID-19 patients

-- 2020-04-20 17:43:03

With a Tk 100 contribution from each interested person, the Chattogram Field Hospital is almost operational with required facilities within a short time for COVID-19 patients. "Everything is ready. W...

Fraudster held over selling ‘COVID-19 remedy’

Fraudster held over selling ‘COVID-19 remedy’

FE Online Report 2020-04-20 17:37:49

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Sunday arrested a fraudster from the capital’s Mouchak area amid the coronavirus (COVID 19) shutdown. The arrestee, Tipu Sultan, aged 35, was allegedly sellin...

Sonali Bank’s Shilpa Bhaban Corporate Branch locked down

Sonali Bank’s Shilpa Bhaban Corporate Branch locked down

FE Online Report 2020-04-20 17:28:02

The Shilpa Bhaban Corporate Branch of Sonali Bank Limited at Motijheel in the capital was locked down on Monday after one of its officials tested positive for the novel coronavirus. A senior official...

164 BD nationals return home from India in first phase

164 BD nationals return home from India in first phase

-- 2020-04-20 17:04:23

The first batch of Bangladesh nationals, who got stuck in India due to countrywide lockdown there, returned home from Chennai on Monday. The government in coordination with Bangladesh High Commission...

Coronavirus cases reach eight in Sylhet

Coronavirus cases reach eight in Sylhet

-- 2020-04-20 16:46:27

A total of eight people tested positive for coronavirus or COVID-19  in the district since April 7. Health Division Assistant Director Dr Anisur Rahman confirmed the matter and said samples...

Govt steps up measures to  prevent relief distribution anomalies

Govt steps up measures to prevent relief distribution anomalies

TALHA BIN HABIB 2020-04-20 16:32:00

The government has stepped up its efforts to stop the misappropriation of relief materials allocated for the destitute people during the coronavirus pandemic, an official said.  As part of the m...

We’re in a great crisis: DGHS DG

We’re in a great crisis: DGHS DG

-- 2020-04-20 16:14:39

As the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh showed no sign of slowing down and the death toll jumped to 101 in 20 hours, Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nas...

DMP fines people for breaching social distancing rules

DMP fines people for breaching social distancing rules

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-20 15:31:40

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different mobile court drives on Sunday fined people a total of Tk 198,500 for allegedly violating the government’s social distancing measures amid the ongoing...

State minister gives police sanitisers, gloves

State minister gives police sanitisers, gloves

-- 2020-04-20 14:56:52

State minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder on Monday gave sanitisers and gloves to Mirpur zone of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). He handed over the safety equipments, including 200 bottles...

BD's coronavirus death toll crosses 100

BD's coronavirus death toll crosses 100

-- 2020-04-20 14:56:01

Ten more people died of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Monday, raising the tally to 101. Meanwhile, 492 others were diagnosed with COVID-19 during the sam...

First coronavirus patient detected in Sirajganj  

First coronavirus patient detected in Sirajganj  

-- 2020-04-20 14:18:35

Sirajganj reported its first confirmed coronavirus case on Monday as a 65-year-old man from Goprekhi village of Belkuchi upazila tested positive. The local administration has put five villages under...

Faridpur Medical College starts COVID-19 test

Faridpur Medical College starts COVID-19 test

-- 2020-04-20 14:02:03

Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMC) has started testing coronavirus (COVID-19). It is capable of testing 94 samples a day, reports UNB. For testing samples, a PCR machine has been set up on the...

Another killer of Bangabandhu arrested, Indian media says

Another killer of Bangabandhu arrested, Indian media says

-- 2020-04-20 12:40:12

The Indian media has reported the arrest of Risaldar Moslemuddin, another convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who had long remained at large. The Bangladesh government is yet to co...

Govt to procure 2.1m metric tonnes of food grains this season: PM

Govt to procure 2.1m metric tonnes of food grains this season: PM

-- 2020-04-20 12:38:49

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government will procure 2.1 million metric tonnes of food grains in the current season to ensure food security in the country and fair prices of farmers...

DIFE launches mobile health service for all workers

DIFE launches mobile health service for all workers

FE Online Report 2020-04-20 12:26:35

Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishment (DIFE) has started providing health related treatment service through tele-communication to all workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some 11...

Increasing infections among health workers in BD pose threat in coronavirus fight

Increasing infections among health workers in BD pose threat in coronavirus fight

-- 2020-04-20 12:10:23

Coronavirus infections on a large scale among the health workers like doctors and nurses can worsen the situation in Bangladesh, which already has an acute shortage of such workers, compounded by thei...

Lakshmipur coronavirus cases rise to 26

Lakshmipur coronavirus cases rise to 26

-- 2020-04-20 11:52:04

With four new cases, the total number of coronavirus patients has climbed to 26 in Lakhmipur.   Confirming the matter on Sunday night, Civil Surgeon Abdul Gaffar said the four new patients are re...

bdnews24.com editor sued in digital security case

bdnews24.com editor sued in digital security case

-- 2020-04-20 10:16:32

bdnews24.com’s Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi, Jago News acting Editor Mohiuddin Sarker and two others – Shaon Amin and Rahim Shubho—have been sued under the Digital Secur...

Hospitals in Narayanganj not ready yet for corona battle

Hospitals in Narayanganj not ready yet for corona battle

-- 2020-04-20 09:24:46

Although Narayanganj has been declared as a hotspot of coronavirus infection, no hospital has yet been prepared in Narayanganj to fully treat COVID-19 patients. It will take another 20 days to comple...

23 doctors at Mitford Hospital infected with coronavirus

23 doctors at Mitford Hospital infected with coronavirus

-- 2020-04-20 09:20:11

As many as 42 frontline responders in the fight against COVID-19 outbreak, including 23 doctors, have contracted the coronavirus at the Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital in Dhaka. The a...

Two more KMCH doctors test positive for coronavirus

Two more KMCH doctors test positive for coronavirus

-- 2020-04-19 22:31:05

Two more physicians of Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday. The infected doctors are Assistant Prof Dr Ranjit Kumar of the Gastroenterology department and...

Authorities impose lockdown in Manikganj

Authorities impose lockdown in Manikganj

-- 2020-04-19 21:38:39

The local administration on Sunday put Manikganj district under lockdown to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. Deputy Commissioner SM Ferdous said the lockdown came into effect on 6:00pm today,...

COVID testing lab in N’ganj soon

COVID testing lab in N’ganj soon

-- 2020-04-19 21:15:44

The government has decided to set up a lab at Narayanganj 300-bed Hospital for coronavirus test as the district has been declared as a hotspot of Covid-19 infection. An inspection team will soon visi...

Patuakhali put under lockdown

Patuakhali put under lockdown

-- 2020-04-19 21:01:10

Local administration on Sunday put the district under lockdown to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. Deputy Commissioner Md Motiul Islam Chowdhury announced the decision in a press statement, r...

Social mobilisation, local leadership key to overcome corona crisis

Social mobilisation, local leadership key to overcome corona crisis

FE Online Report 2020-04-19 20:40:13

Leaders of the existing NGO networks of Bangladesh-- from ADAB, BD CSO Process, Disaster Forum, FNB, NAHAB and NIRAPAD, who represent almost the total NGO sector of the country and represent around 2,...