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Covid-19 pandemic to increase child labour in BD: Educo

Covid-19 pandemic to increase child labour in BD: Educo

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-06-13 20:25:48

The economic crisis, caused by Covid-19 pandemic, will create a spike in the incidence of child labour cases in Bangladesh, a child rights organisation, Educo, warned on Friday. Education and Develop...

Oikyafront condoles Nasim's death

Oikyafront condoles Nasim's death

-- 2020-06-13 19:04:32

Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, on Saturday condoled the death of Awami League presidium member and former Health Minister Mohammad Nasim, reports UNB. In a condolence message, the top le...

DNCC finds Aedes larvae in 138 establishments on Saturday  

DNCC finds Aedes larvae in 138 establishments on Saturday  

FE Online Report 2020-06-13 17:59:18

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) found Aedes larvae in 138 houses and establishments and fined Tk 509,500 on Saturday on the eighth day of its combing operation. During the operation, mobile court...

No dengue case reported in 24 hours: DGHS

No dengue case reported in 24 hours: DGHS

-- 2020-06-13 16:24:55

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has said no new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours until 8:00 am on Saturday. Currently, two dengue patients are being treated at hospitals in...

Govt to lock down virus hotspots to contain coronavirus

Govt to lock down virus hotspots to contain coronavirus

-- 2020-06-13 16:02:35

The government will announce a general holiday in areas with high concentrations of coronavirus infections which are set to go under lockdown to contain the spread of the disease, bdnews24.com reports...

Bangladesh overtakes China in coronavirus caseload

Bangladesh overtakes China in coronavirus caseload

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-06-13 14:49:06

Bangladesh has overtaken China in terms of the number of coronavirus cases to emerge as the world’s 18th largest outbreak after recording new cases on Saturday. China, where the deadly virus re...

Mohammed Nasim dies at 72

Mohammed Nasim dies at 72

-- 2020-06-13 11:43:56

Mohammed Nasim, the Awami League stalwart who served Sheikh Hasina in four different cabinet roles, has died in hospital care at the age of 72. Nasim, who had been on life support after suffering a s...

Journalist Nannu succumbs to injuries after house fire

Journalist Nannu succumbs to injuries after house fire

-- 2020-06-13 11:36:39

Moazzem Hossain Nannu, senior reporter of the Daily Jugantor, has died after suffering fatal burns in a fire at his home in Dhaka. He succumbed to his wounds in hospital care early Saturday, said Sam...

BD set to overtake China in number of Covid-19 cases

BD set to overtake China in number of Covid-19 cases

FE REPORT 2020-06-13 10:55:50

Bangladesh is set to overtake China in terms of Covid-19 infections, as the country registered the highest single-day spike in both confirmed cases and fatalities in the past 24 hours ending on Friday...

Welding of RPV for RNPP's Unit-2 begins in Russia

Welding of RPV for RNPP's Unit-2 begins in Russia

FE REPORT 2020-06-13 10:51:07

Russian firm Rosatom has begun welding of the upper semi-vessel of the reactor pressure vessel, or RPV, for Unit-2 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) in the Volgodonsk branch of 'AEM-technology' in...

Five more die from Covid-19 in Chattogram in a day

Five more die from Covid-19 in Chattogram in a day

-- 2020-06-13 10:47:43

Five more deaths were reported from coronavirus in the span of 24 hours in the district till Friday night. Besides, 222 new cases were detected during the period, said district civil surgeon Sheikh F...

Farmers reluctant to sell Boro paddy to govt warehouses in Naogaon

Farmers reluctant to sell Boro paddy to govt warehouses in Naogaon

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-06-13 09:54:57

Farmers in the district are unwilling to sell their harvested Boro paddy to the government warehouses as they are getting relatively fair price in the local markets. District Food Controller Office s...

Minister Mozammel, wife diagnosed with COVID-19

Minister Mozammel, wife diagnosed with COVID-19

-- 2020-06-12 22:00:32

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has been infected with the novel coronavirus. His wife Laila Arjumand Banu and private secretary Habibur Rahman have also tested positive, the minis...

COVID-19: Rohingya cyclists creating awareness among refugees

COVID-19: Rohingya cyclists creating awareness among refugees

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-06-12 21:05:06

A group of Rohingya cyclists, facilitated by International Organization for Migration (IOM), are working to create awareness among Rohingya people, who have fled persecution in Myanmar's Rakhine State...

TIB urges govt to withdraw scope for whitening black money

TIB urges govt to withdraw scope for whitening black money

FE Online Report 2020-06-12 19:57:21

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Friday urged the government to withdraw the initiative of whitening of black money in the proposed national budget for the financial year (FY) 2020-21....

'Be active at union level to enforce zone-based lockdown'

'Be active at union level to enforce zone-based lockdown'

-- 2020-06-12 19:36:08

Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam on Friday instructed the local committees of the ministry to become active after government’s announcement of zone-based loc...

147 houses, establishments fined 307,000 over Aedes larvae

147 houses, establishments fined 307,000 over Aedes larvae

FE Online Report 2020-06-12 19:15:22

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Friday found Aedes larvae in 147 houses and establishments and fined Tk 307,000 on the seventh day of its combing operation. Earlier, DNCC launched a '10-day co...

'Balanced' budget to tackle economic fallout: Obaidul Quader

'Balanced' budget to tackle economic fallout: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-06-12 19:14:13

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the budget proposed for 2020-21 fiscal year is a balanced one to recover the country’s economy hit by COVID-19 pandemic. He came up...

Proposed budget to inflict further sufferings on people: Fakhrul

Proposed budget to inflict further sufferings on people: Fakhrul

-- 2020-06-12 19:10:13

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the proposed national budget for next fiscal year will inflict further sufferings on people at this time of coronavirus pandemic. He a...

Nasrul Hamid’s PS tests positive for Coronavirus

Nasrul Hamid’s PS tests positive for Coronavirus

-- 2020-06-12 18:35:55

The Private Secretary (PS) of Nasrul Hamid, State Minister for the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, tested positive for Coronavirus in Jinjira area of Keraniganj on Friday. The test report of Muj...

Bandarban DC tests positive for coronavirus

Bandarban DC tests positive for coronavirus

-- 2020-06-12 17:07:14

Deputy commissioner of Bandarban district Mohammad Daudul Islam tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday. Civil Surgeon Aung Sui Marma said his samples were tested at Cox’s Bazar PCR lab in...

'BD now 10th in global daily, weekly increase in COVID-19 cases'

'BD now 10th in global daily, weekly increase in COVID-19 cases'

-- 2020-06-12 16:50:23

Bangladesh is now 10th in the world both in daily and weekly increase in new coronavirus cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) coronavirus (COVID-19) dashboard.  Latin American...

Jugantor journalist receives burn injury in city fire

Jugantor journalist receives burn injury in city fire

-- 2020-06-12 16:17:09

Moazzem Hossain Nannu, a crime reporter of Daily Jugantor and a former secretary of Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh (Crab), on Friday sustained burn injuries in a fire incident at his reside...

Covid-19 may push millions more children into child labour: ILO, UNICEF

Covid-19 may push millions more children into child labour: ILO, UNICEF

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-06-12 15:40:43

Millions of children are at risk of being pushed into child labour as a result of the Covid-19 crisis, which could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress, according to ILO a...

46 more virus deaths and 3,471 fresh cases, both daily records

46 more virus deaths and 3,471 fresh cases, both daily records

FE Online Desk 2020-06-12 14:53:00

Bangladesh on Friday witnessed its highest single-day rise in both Covid-19 fatalities and infections. A total of 46 people died of the deadly respiratory disease in the last 24 hours to 8:00am today...

Virtual court hearing: 33,155 get bail in 20 days

Virtual court hearing: 33,155 get bail in 20 days

FE Online Report 2020-06-12 13:42:38

Different lower courts in virtual hearings across the country granted bail to 33,155 people in 20 working days from May 11 to June 11. Md Saifur Rahman, special officer of High Court Division, confir...

BSMMU doctor dies of Covid-19

BSMMU doctor dies of Covid-19

-- 2020-06-12 13:24:02

Prof Gazi Zahirul Hasan, a paediatric surgeon in BSMMU, has died in hospital care after contracting the novel coronavirus infection. He passed away during treatment in Dhaka Medical College Hospital'...

HC orders to continue selling TCB goods at upazila level

HC orders to continue selling TCB goods at upazila level

FE REPORT 2020-06-12 12:33:54

The High Court directed the concerned government bodies on Thursday to continue selling daily essential commodities of Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB) to the people at upazila level until the end...

Writ seeks full lockdown in Dhaka city for two weeks

Writ seeks full lockdown in Dhaka city for two weeks

FE REPORT 2020-06-12 12:28:52

A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Thursday seeking its directives upon the respondents to declare a fresh lockdown in whole Dhaka city for at least two weeks and collect sufficient high...

Finance Bill 2020 placed in JS

Finance Bill 2020 placed in JS

-- 2020-06-11 17:40:43

The Finance Bill, 2020 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Thursday, proposing beginning the next fiscal year from July 1, 2020 and necessary amendments to some laws regarding the government&rsqu...