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Six admin officials diagnosed with Covid-19 so far: Secretary

Six admin officials diagnosed with Covid-19 so far: Secretary

-- 2020-04-19 20:12:44

Six officials of the BCS (Admin) cadre have so far tested positive for coronavirus, says Public Administration Secretary Sheikh Yusuf Harun. On Sunday, he said three of the officials are from Narayan...

Dedicated corona isolation hospital launched in Rangpur

Dedicated corona isolation hospital launched in Rangpur

-- 2020-04-19 20:11:02

A Dedicated Corona Isolation Hospital (DCIH) was launched on Sunday at 100-bed Rangpur Shishu Hospital (RSH) to provide treatments to coronavirus (COVID-19) infected patients of Rangpur division. As...

Take action against Kushtia UP chairman for embezzling OMS rice: Court

Take action against Kushtia UP chairman for embezzling OMS rice: Court

-- 2020-04-19 19:58:43

A Kushtia court on Sunday directed the local administration to take legal action against the chairman of Durgapur union parishad following investigation for reportedly misappropriating OMS rice for th...

Seven Brahmanbaria villages under lockdown following mass gathering on Saturday

Seven Brahmanbaria villages under lockdown following mass gathering on Saturday

-- 2020-04-19 19:29:57

Local administration on Sunday put seven villages in Sarail and Ashuganh upazilas of Brahmanbaria under lockdown aiming to minimise the risks of coronavirus transmission as a huge number of people gat...

Cop tests positive for coronavirus in Jhalakati

Cop tests positive for coronavirus in Jhalakati

-- 2020-04-19 18:56:57

A policeman who returned home in Sadar upazila of Jhalakati district from Narayanganj tested positive for coronavirus  on Sunday. Civil Surgeon Dr Shaymol Krishna Hawladar said the test report o...

Four more test positive for coronavirus in Cox’s Bazar

Four more test positive for coronavirus in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2020-04-19 18:55:29

Four more people were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, according to a UNB report. Assistant professor of Cox’s Bazar Medical College and Hospital Dr Mohammad Shahjahan sa...

Food assistance to be introduced on national hotline 333

Food assistance to be introduced on national hotline 333

-- 2020-04-19 18:38:00

The government plans to provide food and relief packages alongside the existing health and other services on its national helpline, 333, for citizens struggling to cope with the impacts of the shutdow...

KSRM employees donate Tk 3.0m to Chattogram DC’s fund

KSRM employees donate Tk 3.0m to Chattogram DC’s fund

FE Online Report 2020-04-19 17:42:01

The employees of KSMR have donated Tk 3.0 million to the relief fund of the deputy commissioner (DC) of Chattogram to assist the distressed people of coronavirus pandemic, says a press release. The D...

Six held over fraudulence involving relief distribution

Six held over fraudulence involving relief distribution

FE Online Report 2020-04-19 17:41:30

A group of fraudsters is very active in the capital as they deceived the poor and homeless people taking money from them in the name of distributing the government’s relief. To this effect, the...

Volunteers work relentlessly for burials

Volunteers work relentlessly for burials

-- 2020-04-19 17:20:21

People are dying alone from the coronavirus, a frightening reality consuming the human population. Families are forced to stay away from the dying patients as the fear of contagion runs deep. Amid the...

Rain or thundershowers likely over country

Rain or thundershowers likely over country

-- 2020-04-19 17:03:56

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Sunday predicted that rain may occur at different parts of the country, with hails at isolated places, in the next 24 hours commencing from 9:00am. &ldqu...

12 UP chairmen, members suspended over aid embezzlement

12 UP chairmen, members suspended over aid embezzlement

-- 2020-04-19 16:54:35

The government suspended 12 public representatives, including three Union Parishad chairmen and nine members, over the embezzlement of government relief amid the coronavirus crisis. The Local Governm...

Pvt Medical College Assoc, Walton donate PPE to Sylhet hospital

Pvt Medical College Assoc, Walton donate PPE to Sylhet hospital

-- 2020-04-19 16:26:34

Bangladesh Private Medical College Association (BPMCA) and Walton donated 750 personal protection equipment (PPE) for the doctors, nurses and medical staff of different hospitals in Sylhet. Foreign M...

UNHCR provides PPE, support for intensive care treatment in Cox’s Bazar

UNHCR provides PPE, support for intensive care treatment in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2020-04-19 15:53:45

United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) says it has provided significant amount of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other urgently needed medical supplies to the Government of Bangl...

BD reports seven more COVID-19 deaths, 312 cases

BD reports seven more COVID-19 deaths, 312 cases

FE Online Desk 2020-04-19 14:36:58

Seven more people died of the novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Sunday, raising the tally to 91. Meanwhile, 312 others were diagnosed with COVID-19 du...

National advisory committee on COVID-19 formed

National advisory committee on COVID-19 formed

-- 2020-04-19 13:53:12

The government has formed a 17-member ‘national technical advisory committee’ led by Mohammod Shahidullah, a neonatologist, to find ways to prevent the worsening coronavirus outbreak in th...

Probe body formed over Brahmanbaria gathering

Probe body formed over Brahmanbaria gathering

-- 2020-04-19 13:43:15

Police Headquarters on Sunday formed a three-member committee to look into the huge gathering at the funeral of senior Nayeb-e-Ameer of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish at Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria ig...

Online office: Private employees more active than govt officials

Online office: Private employees more active than govt officials

-- 2020-04-19 13:25:10

Although employees at different private institutions are continuing to work from home during the ongoing government-declared general holidays, most government employees are enjoying the holidays witho...

Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks sixth worst

Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks sixth worst

-- 2020-04-19 12:47:25

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked sixth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday morning. It had an AQI score of 145 at 8:30am. The air was classified as ‘unhealthy for sensitive gr...

D-8 for strong cooperation to tackle corona pandemic

D-8 for strong cooperation to tackle corona pandemic

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-19 11:59:49

As the world struggles to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and its huge disruption to livelihood, economy and health systems, the Developing-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation has intensified solid...

Sarail OC withdrawn over huge gathering at funeral amid lockdown

Sarail OC withdrawn over huge gathering at funeral amid lockdown

-- 2020-04-19 09:14:22

The OC of Sarail Police Station in Brahmanbaria has been withdrawn after tens of thousands of people joined the funeral prayers of an Islamic party leader ignoring a lockdown over the coronavirus outb...

Funds of less important projects to be used in pandemic fight: PM

Funds of less important projects to be used in pandemic fight: PM

-- 2020-04-19 09:08:15

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina has said the government will use the money of the less important development projects for the welfare of the people in view of the coronavirus outb...

‘Doctor Moyeen’s death exposes state of health system’

‘Doctor Moyeen’s death exposes state of health system’

-- 2020-04-18 22:00:46

The death of Sylhet doctor Moyeen Uddin from COVID-19 has exposed the creaky state of the country’s healthcare system, leaders of the Left Democratic Alliance have said. “It proves the go...

DUJ urges govt to start rationing system for journalists

DUJ urges govt to start rationing system for journalists

-- 2020-04-18 21:38:24

Leaders of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) urged the government to start a rationing system for journalists during the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, the organisation said its President Quddu...

No scarcity of food in country: PM

No scarcity of food in country: PM

-- 2020-04-18 21:07:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government has taken measures to ensure food security for the country’s people considering the possible impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. &l...

Info Minister terms TIB, BNP statements on relief committee ‘very irresponsible’

Info Minister terms TIB, BNP statements on relief committee ‘very irresponsible’

-- 2020-04-18 20:52:07

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and BNP exposed themselves as very irresponsible through their statements over AL relief committee withou...

14 including children test positive for coronavirus in Cumilla, Narsingdi

14 including children test positive for coronavirus in Cumilla, Narsingdi

-- 2020-04-18 20:30:19

14 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Narsingdi and Cumilla districts in the past 24 hours as of Saturday as the pandemic continues to spread in Bangladesh.   According to UNB,...

Independent TV videographer recovers from Coronavirus

Independent TV videographer recovers from Coronavirus

-- 2020-04-18 19:27:25

The videographer of Independent Television, who tested positive for COVID-19 in the first week of April, has fully recovered from his infection as of Saturday. The journalist was discharged from Kuwa...

More men than women dying in BD from coronavirus

More men than women dying in BD from coronavirus

UNB 2020-04-18 19:17:01

Though coronavirus pays no attention to borders, race and nationality, its infection and mortality data suggest this virus is deadlier for men than women all over the world, including Bangladesh. Hea...

'BD nationals to be brought back in phases to ensure quarantine'

'BD nationals to be brought back in phases to ensure quarantine'

-- 2020-04-18 19:02:25

The government is bringing back its nationals from a number of countries in phases so that all returnees can avail of quarantine facilities institutionally. "There's pressure on us. We’re bring...