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Covid cases hit new daily record of 3,190, deaths cross 1,000

Covid cases hit new daily record of 3,190, deaths cross 1,000

FE Online Desk 2020-06-10 14:49:27

Bangladesh reported 3,190 fresh cases of novel coronavirus on Wednesday, the health directorate said, its biggest daily increase yet in infections, pushing the total case count to 74,865. Authorities...

Govt to punish errant transporters for charging extra fare in pandemic

Govt to punish errant transporters for charging extra fare in pandemic

-- 2020-06-10 14:17:28

Transport regulators have moved to cancel the registrations and route permits of any public transport for not following hygiene rules and charging extra fare during the pandemic. The Road Transport a...

Impulse Hospital doctor dies from coronavirus

Impulse Hospital doctor dies from coronavirus

-- 2020-06-10 13:31:42

A physician of Impulse Hospital, a private hospital in Dhaka, has died after contracting Covid-19, raising the body count among doctors to 27. Dr Jalilur Rahman Khan, a senior consultant in Impulse H...

Bangladesh not obligated to take detained Rohingyas from Malaysia: FM

Bangladesh not obligated to take detained Rohingyas from Malaysia: FM

-- 2020-06-10 10:27:07

Bangladesh has ruled out any possibility to accept 269 Rohingyas detained by the Malaysian authorities saying it is no way Bangladesh's responsibility. "Rohingyas are not our citizens. Under no circu...

BMD forecasts rain, thundershowers over country

BMD forecasts rain, thundershowers over country

-- 2020-06-10 10:25:21

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecast rain and thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty winds at many places over the country in the next 24 hours until Wednesday evening. In a reg...

Padma bridge: Span placement work now to end 'by Nov'

Padma bridge: Span placement work now to end 'by Nov'

Munima Sultana 2020-06-10 09:47:36

The target of completing the span placement work on Padma Bridge has been extended by five more months due to setbacks caused by the virus scare in assembling the spans, officials said. Earlier, the...

Forgery in corona test certificates?

Forgery in corona test certificates?

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2020-06-10 09:36:41

The detection of coronavirus infection among some Bangladeshis, who left the country on special flights to at least two countries---Japan and South Korea--- with corona negative certificates, has tr...

Army to help authorities enforce Rajabazar lockdown

Army to help authorities enforce Rajabazar lockdown

-- 2020-06-09 22:49:09

Army will help the civil administration enforce a lockdown in Dhaka’s East Rajabazar to slow the spread of coronavirus. The Inter Services Public Relations Directorate or ISPR made the announce...

Number of virus infected policemen reaches 6,718

Number of virus infected policemen reaches 6,718

-- 2020-06-09 22:42:04

A total of 6,718 policemen were infected with coronavirus across the country while performing duties as of Tuesday. "Among the total infected policemen, 3,015  have made full recovery until Tues...

Legal notice served for medical waste management

Legal notice served for medical waste management

FE Online Report 2020-06-09 22:31:06

A legal notice has been served on Tuesday to the concerned government bodies to take necessary steps in 72 hours for the proper management of coronavirus-related medical waste. Advocate Md JR Khan Ro...

Govt working to identify infection-prone areas: Minister

Govt working to identify infection-prone areas: Minister

-- 2020-06-09 22:25:28

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Minister Md Tazul Islam on Tuesday said an initiative has been taken to identify the areas with high infection rate to contain the spread of...

Dr Zafrullah slightly improves

Dr Zafrullah slightly improves

-- 2020-06-09 21:23:05

The condition of Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has slightly improved. An online medical board, comprising local and foreign doctors, has been formed for the treatment of...

Transformative changes sought for conservation of oceans, marine resources

Transformative changes sought for conservation of oceans, marine resources

-- 2020-06-09 21:02:37

Experts at a webinar on Tuesday laid emphasis on transformative changes, innovative actions for the conservation of oceans and marine resources. To observe the World Oceans Day 2020, the Internationa...

Dhaka Bank’s former  VP denied bail   

Dhaka Bank’s former VP denied bail  

FE Online Report 2020-06-09 20:24:48

The High Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to former vice president of Dhaka Bank and its Dhanmondi branch in-charge Md Aminul Islam in a case filed over misappropriating of Tk 212.49 million by...

Bangladesh criticises Malaysia over Rohingya issue

Bangladesh criticises Malaysia over Rohingya issue

-- 2020-06-09 20:00:58

A Bangladesh foreign ministry official said the refugees were the responsibility of Myanmar. "Why don’t they ask Myanmar to take them back?" said the official criticising Malaysia for creating...

95pc people suffer income losses: BRAC survey

95pc people suffer income losses: BRAC survey

-- 2020-06-09 19:57:23

The lockdown and social distancing measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic forced 95 per cent people across the country to suffer a loss in their income, according to a survey. The su...

DNCC finds Aedes larvae in 162 houses, establishments  

DNCC finds Aedes larvae in 162 houses, establishments  

FE Online Report 2020-06-09 17:52:17

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) found Aedes larvae in 162 houses and establishments on Tuesday and fined Tk 33,000 on the fourth day of its combing ongoing operation. During the operation, mobile...

BD to become voice of climate vulnerable countries: FM

BD to become voice of climate vulnerable countries: FM

-- 2020-06-09 17:21:32

Bangladesh has taken over the presidency of Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and the Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Group of Ministers of Finance for the term 2020-2022 from Marshal Island and urge all to atta...

Proper distribution of stimulus packages stressed

Proper distribution of stimulus packages stressed

-- 2020-06-09 16:58:53

Amid the growing unemployment and poverty rate during the shutdown period due to COVID-19, economists and businesses urged the government to distribute all stimulus packages properly in the affected s...

JS to go into budget session Wednesday

JS to go into budget session Wednesday

-- 2020-06-09 16:35:54

Amid the ongoing coronavirus situation, the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) is going to a short budget session for 2020-21 fiscal tomorrow (Wednesday). The budget session will begin at 5:00pm on Wednesday in the...

Govt allots Tk 30m for 150 distressed athletes

Govt allots Tk 30m for 150 distressed athletes

-- 2020-06-09 16:25:52

The government has allotted Tk 30 million as humanitarian aid for 150 distressed athletes in the country on Tuesday. State Minister for the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Zahid Ahsan Russell handed ov...

DGHS reports one dengue case in 24 hours

DGHS reports one dengue case in 24 hours

-- 2020-06-09 16:15:53

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Tuesday reported a new dengue case in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Tuesday. Currently, two dengue patients are being treated at hospitals in the...

Coronavirus: Number of infected policemen crosses 7,000

Coronavirus: Number of infected policemen crosses 7,000

-- 2020-06-09 16:01:51

Altogether 7,021 policemen were infected with coronavirus across the country while performing duties as of Tuesday. “Among the total infected policemen, 2,913 have made full recovery until Tues...

BD sees highest single-day rise in Covid-19 deaths, cases

BD sees highest single-day rise in Covid-19 deaths, cases

FE Online Desk 2020-06-09 14:48:21

Bangladesh on Tuesday witnessed its highest single-day rise in both Covid-19 deaths and cases. A total of 45 people died of the deadly respiratory disease in the last 24 hours to 8:00am today, the he...

PGCB to set up four new grid substations

PGCB to set up four new grid substations

-- 2020-06-09 14:40:53

Four more power grid substations are going to be set up at different locations in the country while capacity of four more substations will be enhanced. The Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), th...

Nasim tests COVID negative, but condition remains critical

Nasim tests COVID negative, but condition remains critical

-- 2020-06-09 14:15:31

Former Health Minister Mohammed Nasim has tested negative for COVID-19 test although his condition is still critical after undergoing brain surgery. “His second test for the coronavirus came ou...

US Bangla to take back 45 Indian sailors Wednesday

US Bangla to take back 45 Indian sailors Wednesday

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-06-09 14:01:19

US-Bangla Airlines has decided to operate a special flight from Dhaka to Delhi to take back 45 Indian Seafarers stranded in Chittagong due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. A special flight...

DMP arrests two with 4,000 pieces of yaba pills

DMP arrests two with 4,000 pieces of yaba pills

FE Online Report 2020-06-09 13:37:08

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested two persons from Jatrabari area of the capital along with 4,000 pieces of sedative yaba. The arrestees are Mohammad Khalilur Rahman alias Nasir (25) and Moham...

Masked criminals add to woes of police

Masked criminals add to woes of police

-- 2020-06-09 13:07:48

Aside from its medical, financial and social impacts, the coronavirus pandemic has posed another challenge to the police as criminals are increasingly taking advantage of the health crisis to hide the...

Covid-19: Director of Department of Women's Affairs dies

Covid-19: Director of Department of Women's Affairs dies

-- 2020-06-09 12:21:31

Md Fakhrul Kabir, Director of Department of Women Affairs, died from coronavirus early in Dhaka Tuesday. “He passed away at around 1:40 am at a city hospital in the capital,” said a press...