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8 more test positive for coronavirus in Sunamganj

8 more test positive for coronavirus in Sunamganj

-- 2020-04-24 17:58:38

Eight more people, including a physician, ‘tested positive for covid-19’ in Sunamganj in the last 24 hours till Friday noon. With the latest ones, the total number of identified cases in...

Khaleda to observe fasting in quarantine

Khaleda to observe fasting in quarantine

-- 2020-04-24 17:56:42

Despite having various ailments, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will observe fasting and receive treatment in the holy month of Ramadan staying in quarantine.  “Madam (Khaleda) has been in qu...

Army to make ventilators for COVID-19 patients

Army to make ventilators for COVID-19 patients

-- 2020-04-24 17:13:27

Bangladesh Army has moved to manufacture ventilators for critically ill patients suffering from the coronavirus. The ventilators are now in the ‘test and trial’ phase, with more than 80 p...

BD to bring back over 200 nationals from US

BD to bring back over 200 nationals from US

-- 2020-04-24 16:22:13

The government has taken steps to bring back stranded Bangladeshi citizens in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic. More than 200 Bangladeshis have registered with the Bangladesh Embassy i...

Met office issues signal two for river ports

Met office issues signal two for river ports

-- 2020-04-24 16:11:04

The river ports have been asked to hoist cautionary signal number two till Friday evening, according to a met office weather bulletin. “Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary west or n...

Over 27.70m people get govt relief amid COVID-19 pandemic

Over 27.70m people get govt relief amid COVID-19 pandemic

-- 2020-04-24 16:04:07

A total of 27.70 million people have reaped the benefit of government’s relief so far in the wake of the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. About 92,480 tonnes of rice has been alloc...

RMG workers block Ring Road for arrears wages

RMG workers block Ring Road for arrears wages

-- 2020-04-24 15:52:55

Agitated workers of embroidery factories blocked Ring Road in Adabor area of Dhaka city on Friday morning demanding their arrears. Witnesses said some 1,000 workers of the factories gathered on the...

BD reports four more COVID-19 deaths, 503 new cases

BD reports four more COVID-19 deaths, 503 new cases

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-24 14:48:01

Four more people died of deadly COVID-19 in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours as of Friday noon, bringing the total count in the country to 131. Besides, the tally of positive tests has surged by 503 t...

'Rivals' stab two youths to death in Ctg

'Rivals' stab two youths to death in Ctg

-- 2020-04-24 14:31:43

Two youths were killed in an attack by their rivals over a trifling matter at Bhuiya Para in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Thursday night. The deceased were identified as Mohammad Zahid, 25, son...

Bumper Boro yield in Jashore, but harvesting left in limbo    

Bumper Boro yield in Jashore, but harvesting left in limbo    

-- 2020-04-24 13:23:02

Some 0.5 million farmers of Jashore are passing their days in deep worries due to the labour crisis caused by restrictions on movements of people and suspension of transport services, aiming to tamp d...

Second man shot by minister's bodyguard dies

Second man shot by minister's bodyguard dies

-- 2020-04-24 12:42:52

Md Mohim Uddin, a resident of Gazipur’s Kaliakoir, who was shot by the liberation war affairs minister’s bodyguard, has succumbed to his injuries in a Savar hospital of Dhaka. Mohim died...

BD bans Iftar gatherings amid pandemic

BD bans Iftar gatherings amid pandemic

-- 2020-04-24 12:15:10

Bangladesh has banned Iftar gatherings during the month of Ramadan in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The religious affairs announced the move in a statement on Friday, r...

Coronavirus patient flees Sylhet hospital

Coronavirus patient flees Sylhet hospital

-- 2020-04-24 11:56:50

A coronavirus patient who was undergoing treatment at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital fled the hospital on Thursday. Faruk Ahmed, in-charge of Osmani Medical College and Hospital, said a pregn...

7th anniv of Rana Plaza tragedy today

7th anniv of Rana Plaza tragedy today

-- 2020-04-24 11:34:06

The 7th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, the worst-ever tragedy in the country’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry, is being observed on Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic. This year,...

Kishoreganj reports eight new corona cases; tally reaches 174

Kishoreganj reports eight new corona cases; tally reaches 174

-- 2020-04-24 11:05:46

Eight more were diagnosed with coronavirus in the district, raising the total number of  such cases to 174. Kishoreganj Civil Surgeon Dr Mohammad Mujibur Rahman said samples of 126 people w...

69pc RMG workers stop sending money to families: Study

69pc RMG workers stop sending money to families: Study

-- 2020-04-24 10:58:39

About 69 per cent of the readymade garment (RMG) workers who used to send money to their families in villages have stopped doing so after the coronavirus outbreak, a recent study found, UNB reports....

RAB busts fake safety kits warehouse in city

RAB busts fake safety kits warehouse in city

FE REPORT 2020-04-24 09:14:49

Law enforcement agencies have started cracking down on production facilities and inventories of counterfeit safety kits that are imperilling the lives of COVID-19 patients and front line health worker...

Govt rolls out Tk 5.0m insurance for death of virus responders

Govt rolls out Tk 5.0m insurance for death of virus responders

-- 2020-04-23 23:24:32

The government has announced an insurance coverage of up to Tk 5.0 million in case of the death of a frontline responder from the coronavirus. The insurance coverage for the government officers in ca...

PM for collective approach to fight coronavirus

PM for collective approach to fight coronavirus

-- 2020-04-23 21:08:13

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday underscored the need for taking an approach of collective responsibility and partnership from everyone to fight COVID-19 and its impacts on economies across th...

No more than 12 devotees including imams in Tarabi prayers: Ministry

No more than 12 devotees including imams in Tarabi prayers: Ministry

-- 2020-04-23 20:50:52

A maximum of 12 people, including two imams, can attend Tarabi prayers at each mosques during the holy month of Ramadan. The Religious Affairs Ministry issued a directive on Thursday in this regard....

49pc coastal people have no idea about how to fight against Covid-19

49pc coastal people have no idea about how to fight against Covid-19

FE Online Report 2020-04-23 19:41:53

Almost half  (49 per cent) of the respondents surveyed in the coastal area of the country have no clear idea about the primary protective measures against the novel coronavirus. Besides, 74 per...

Not weather but preventive measures can stop coronavirus: Bangladesh experts

Not weather but preventive measures can stop coronavirus: Bangladesh experts

UNB 2020-04-23 19:27:33

Though multiple early-stage studies, including one by MIT researchers, suggest coronavirus transmit less efficiently in countries with warm and humid conditions, Bangladesh’s health experts thin...

4,422 foreigners leave BD since virus outbreak

4,422 foreigners leave BD since virus outbreak

FE Online Report 2020-04-23 19:11:05

Some 4,422 foreign nationals left Bangladesh after the coronavirus outbreak began in the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said on Thursday. These expatriates went back to their respect...

Seven more UP chairmen, three members suspended for relief embezzlement

Seven more UP chairmen, three members suspended for relief embezzlement

-- 2020-04-23 18:45:52

The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives ministry has suspended seven more Union Parishad (UP) chairmen and three members on various allegations including embezzlement of relief materi...

Four of a family found dead in Gazipur

Four of a family found dead in Gazipur

-- 2020-04-23 18:40:08

Four members of a family have been found dead with their throats slashed in a home in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur, reports bdnews24.com. The murders took place in the home of a migrant worker in the u...

Heavy afternoon shower sweeps city

Heavy afternoon shower sweeps city

-- 2020-04-23 18:30:40

City dwellers witnessed a brief but heavy rain coupled with thundershowers on Thursday afternoon. Met office recorded a wind speed of 74 kilometers per hour in the capital in the afternoon, said AKM...

Coronavirus: 0.1m migrant workers returned home after losing jobs

Coronavirus: 0.1m migrant workers returned home after losing jobs

FE Online Report 2020-04-23 18:26:23

Around 100,000 Bangladeshi migrant workers have returned home after losing their jobs amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus.   This information was revealed at an inter-ministerial meeting held...

BD likely to get $250m AIIB fund to fight COVID-19

BD likely to get $250m AIIB fund to fight COVID-19

-- 2020-04-23 18:05:37

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) plans to provide $250 million for extending cooperation to Bangladesh government’s utmost efforts for winning in combating Covid-19. “We ar...

BSTI asked to strengthen monitoring during Ramadan

BSTI asked to strengthen monitoring during Ramadan

-- 2020-04-23 18:02:50

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Wednesday directed the Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI) to strengthen its surveillance to ensure safe food for consumers during Ramada...

218 policemen infected with coronavirus

218 policemen infected with coronavirus

-- 2020-04-23 17:44:03

At least 218 police personnel have been infected with the coronavirus as the disease continues to spread across the country. Among those who tested positive, 117 belong to Dhaka Metropolitan Police,...