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Govt to procure 17,002 tonnes of Boro paddy

Govt to procure 17,002 tonnes of Boro paddy

-- 2020-04-22 20:04:27

Food Department will procure 17,002 tonnes of Boro paddy from farmers in Jamalpur this year. According to the office of District Food Controller, 4,520 tonnes of paddy will be procured from farmers i...

OIC countries require regional, global response to contain pandemic

OIC countries require regional, global response to contain pandemic

-- 2020-04-22 19:23:43

Bangladesh has said the OIC Member States require a regional and global response based on unity, solidarity and compassion to overcome the challenges of coronavirus pandemic. "Intensified global and...

Easing age limit for jobs under consideration amid virus crisis

Easing age limit for jobs under consideration amid virus crisis

-- 2020-04-22 18:25:44

The government will consider relaxing the age limit for job applicants, who cross the threshold during the ongoing coronavirus shutdown, when fresh circulars are issued. The authorities are exploring...

First coronavirus case detected in Meherpur

First coronavirus case detected in Meherpur

-- 2020-04-22 17:11:04

The district of Meherpur on Wednesday confirmed the first coronavirus case which was reported in Mujibnagar upazila. The upazila administration put 10 houses under lockdown in the upazila after the u...

Bangladesh brings back 349 citizens from India, Singapore

Bangladesh brings back 349 citizens from India, Singapore

-- 2020-04-22 17:02:22

The government on Wednesday brought back its 349 nationals who were stranded in India and Singapore due to flight suspension amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to BSS, a total of 164 Bangladeshi n...

Govt plans to extend shutdown until May 5

Govt plans to extend shutdown until May 5

-- 2020-04-22 16:21:42

The government may extend the nationwide shutdown of offices and workplaces until May 5 amid a worsening coronavirus outbreak, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain has said. A form...

1,500 join paddy harvest in Sunamganj, thanks to UNO

1,500 join paddy harvest in Sunamganj, thanks to UNO

-- 2020-04-22 15:10:22

Responding to the call of the upazila nirbahi officer, some 1,500 people from different walks of life have joined farmers voluntarily in harvesting Boro paddy in Jamalpur upazila of Sunamganj district...

Corona cases near 3,800 in country; death toll stands at 120

Corona cases near 3,800 in country; death toll stands at 120

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-22 14:49:25

The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 3,772 on Wednesday as the country registered 390 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Besides, 10 more people died from COVID-19 duri...

Bank official infected with COVID-19 in Kushtia

Bank official infected with COVID-19 in Kushtia

-- 2020-04-22 14:32:33

Two people, including a bank official, were infected with coronavirus (COVID-19)-19 in Kushtia on Tuesday, Civil Surgeon Dr HM Anwarul Islam has said. The infected patients are Mahbub Ahmed Chappal,...

BD set to repatriate 164 more from India this afternoon

BD set to repatriate 164 more from India this afternoon

-- 2020-04-22 14:09:16

The third batch of 164 Bangladeshi nationals, who got stuck in India due to the nationwide lockdown there, are set to return home from Chennai this afternoon (Wednesday afternoon). A flight of US-Ban...

Maldives President thanks Hasina for sending relief

Maldives President thanks Hasina for sending relief

-- 2020-04-22 13:54:05

Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for sending medical equipment and relief materials to the Maldives to face the coronavirus (COVID-1...

Garment workers protest layoffs in Dhaka’s Paltan

Garment workers protest layoffs in Dhaka’s Paltan

-- 2020-04-22 13:44:52

Workers of Eton Fashions have taken to the streets of Dhaka's Paltan in protest after the garment factory announced 'layoffs' amid the ongoing coronavirus shutdown. Almost 150 disgruntled workers dem...

Man killed over cricket match amid lockdown

Man killed over cricket match amid lockdown

-- 2020-04-22 13:22:35

A sexagenarian man has been killed in a clash between two groups of villagers over a cricket match amid the ongoing lockdown at Dadpur in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur district. The deceased was ident...

Magura reports first coronavirus case

Magura reports first coronavirus case

-- 2020-04-22 11:34:47

The first case of the coronavirus infection was detected in Magura after test result of a man there came out positive late on Tuesday. The man, a resident of Atharokhada union in Sadar upazila, has b...

Karwan Bazar off-limits to retailers

Karwan Bazar off-limits to retailers

-- 2020-04-22 11:07:09

Police have shut down Karwan Bazar Wholesale Market, one of the largest kitchen markets in the capital, for retailers in a bid to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. Inspector (Operations) of Te...

10-month-old baby tests positive for coronavirus in Chattogram

10-month-old baby tests positive for coronavirus in Chattogram

-- 2020-04-22 11:06:43

Four more people, including a 10-month-old baby, have been infected with coronavirus in Chattogram, said an official. Dr Hasan Shahriar Kabir, divisional director of the Directorate General of Health...

BAF aircraft brings back 70 Bangladeshis from Maldives

BAF aircraft brings back 70 Bangladeshis from Maldives

FE Online Desk 2020-04-22 10:37:14

An aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force returned to Bangladesh on Tuesday with 70 Bangladeshi nationals residing in Maldives. The mission consisting of a 15 BAF aircrew was led by Group Captain Md Enamul...

Mother sells hair to buy milk for baby in Savar

Mother sells hair to buy milk for baby in Savar

UNB 2020-04-22 10:29:31

The nationwide shutdown aimed at curbing coronavirus has left her day-labourer husband jobless, leading their family, including her toddler, to starvation. As the family is new in the locality, no-one...

Old homes can be next coronavirus ‘hotspots’

Old homes can be next coronavirus ‘hotspots’

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

With the 60+ age group making up half of the coronavirus fatalities in Bangladesh, the retirement homes in the country are at high risk of becoming hotspots for infection. People aged 60 or above mak...

Number of corona-hit caregivers mounting

Number of corona-hit caregivers mounting

JUBAIR HASAN AND SM NAJMUS SAKIB 2020-04-22 09:33:37

The number of coronavirus-infected healthcare professionals keeps rising, posing a challenge to the handling of a growing number of COVID-19 patients in Bangladesh, insiders in the public service sa...

Dhaka jail's guard tests positive for coronavirus

Dhaka jail's guard tests positive for coronavirus

-- 2020-04-21 22:00:07

A prison guard of Dhaka Central Jail tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, forcing the authorities concerned to send his three roommates on quarantine. Contacted, Jailer Mahbub Islam told UNB t...

Britain flies back 269 nationals from Bangladesh

Britain flies back 269 nationals from Bangladesh

-- 2020-04-21 21:48:27

As many as 269 Britons, who were stranded in Bangladesh due to a travel ban amid lockdowns over the coronavirus pandemic, have left Dhaka for home on a special flight. A chartered British Airways pla...

BD slips one notch to 151st in press freedom index

BD slips one notch to 151st in press freedom index

-- 2020-04-21 21:09:02

Bangladesh has been ranked 151st among 180 countries in this year’s World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) by Reporters Without Borders. In a general analysis of the situation of press freedom, it sa...

First Narail coronavirus patient makes recovery

First Narail coronavirus patient makes recovery

-- 2020-04-21 20:34:51

A young man, who was diagnosed with coronavirus as the first case of Narail district, has recovered from the disease as the first patient. Syed Sujon, son of Syed Ashraf Ali of Parchatora village in...

Five jailed in Dhaka for stashing away COVID-19 testing kits

Five jailed in Dhaka for stashing away COVID-19 testing kits

-- 2020-04-21 20:28:00

A mobile court run by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has handed five people penalties for stashing away coronavirus testing kits in Dhaka. The kits were seized in a drive around Rajarbagh and Nikun...

General holidays likely to be extended: State Minister

General holidays likely to be extended: State Minister

-- 2020-04-21 20:22:24

As both the death toll and infections from coronavirus continue to surge in Bangladesh, the government is likely to extend the ongoing general holidays in a bid to tackle the worsening situation. The...

50pc of COVID-19 deceased in BD above 60 years old

50pc of COVID-19 deceased in BD above 60 years old

-- 2020-04-21 19:57:38

Though the people of 60 years of age or above make up only 10 per cent of coronavirus patients in Bangladesh, they account for 50 per cent of deaths from the virus. According to UNB, experts have att...

‘Bihari Camp’ people take to the streets for aid

‘Bihari Camp’ people take to the streets for aid

-- 2020-04-21 19:32:44

Hundreds of people from the Murapara camp took position in front of Government Women’s College in Pallabi in the capital on Tuesday. They said they will continue the demonstration until the gov...

Cumilla Medical to begin COVID-19 testing next week

Cumilla Medical to begin COVID-19 testing next week

-- 2020-04-21 19:08:39

The authorities have completed the installation of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine - a requisite for the ‘gold standard’ method of testing for COVID-19- at the Microbiology Dep...

Two pharmacies fined for selling date-expired medicine, baby food

Two pharmacies fined for selling date-expired medicine, baby food

-- 2020-04-21 19:08:15

A mobile team of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) on Tuesday fined two pharmacies including chain medicine shop Lazz Pharma Ltd Tk 40,000 for selling date- expired medici...