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Three Tablig Jamaat men test positive for coronavirus

Three Tablig Jamaat men test positive for coronavirus

-- 2020-04-07 18:23:37

Three Tablig Jamaat attendees tested positive for coronavirus in Singair upazila of Manikganj on Tuesday. Civil Surgeon Dr Anwarul Amin Akhond said the three people who attended a Tabligh Jamaat cong...

COVID-19 Pandemic: UNDP rolls out $1.5m project for poor people   

COVID-19 Pandemic: UNDP rolls out $1.5m project for poor people  

FE Report 2020-04-07 18:07:05

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Government of Bangladesh, is rolling out $1.5 million emergency food...

Tabligh Jamaat sends followers back home

Tabligh Jamaat sends followers back home

-- 2020-04-07 17:54:20

The Bangladesh unit of the Tabligh Jamaat, an Islamic missionary movement, has instructed all followers to return home amid the coronavirus outbreak. Tabligh Jamaat leader M Yunus Sikder issued a not...

‘BD has adequate stock of salt’

‘BD has adequate stock of salt’

-- 2020-04-07 17:22:59

The Ministry of Industries on Tuesday said the country has a stock of over 10.26 lakh metric tons of edible salt which is adequate as per the demand of the people. “The monthly demand of edible...

Jatri Kalyan Samity urges to stand by road, transport workers

Jatri Kalyan Samity urges to stand by road, transport workers

FE Online Report 2020-04-07 17:22:53

The Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity on Tuesday requested transport sector owner-labour unions to stand beside millions of road and water transports workers who got unemployed due to the nationwide shut...

Bangabandhu killer Abdul Mazed sent to jail

Bangabandhu killer Abdul Mazed sent to jail

-- 2020-04-07 16:50:05

Abdul Mazed, a key fugitive convict in the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been sent to jail following his arrest in Dhaka. Judge AM Zulfikar Hayat of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magis...

App for early detection of COVID-19

App for early detection of COVID-19

-- 2020-04-07 16:38:27

To ensure an early detection of deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) in one’s body and seek help to get cured, Dhaka city unit of Bangabandhu Parishad has launched a self-test app. A person with minim...

Coronavirus: UGC to donate a day's salary to PM’s relief fund   

Coronavirus: UGC to donate a day's salary to PM’s relief fund  

-- 2020-04-07 15:53:36

The University Grants Commission (UGC) will donate one-day salary of its officials and staff to the Prime Minister’s relief fund to help fight the coronavirus outbreak in the country. In a stat...

Bangladesh reports five more virus deaths, 41 new cases

Bangladesh reports five more virus deaths, 41 new cases

FE Online Desk 2020-04-07 14:23:55

Five people died from the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of fatalities in the country to 17, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Rese...

Two women with coronavirus symptoms die in Khulna, Sylhet

Two women with coronavirus symptoms die in Khulna, Sylhet

-- 2020-04-07 13:12:24

Two women with symptoms of novel coronavirus have died in Khulna and Sylhet. In Khulna, an old woman suffering from fever, sneeze and cough died at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on early Tue...

PM announces “health insurance” for doctors, others providing services

PM announces “health insurance” for doctors, others providing services

-- 2020-04-07 12:29:39

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced the introduction of a “special health insurance” for the physicians, nurses and others working in containing the novel coronavirus, BSS reports....

Elderly woman suffering from fever, cough dies in Khulna

Elderly woman suffering from fever, cough dies in Khulna

-- 2020-04-07 12:22:41

An old woman suffering from fever, sneeze and cough died at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on early Tuesday. Rupsha Upazila Health Officer Dr Anisur Rahman said the woman, who is just above 6...

Key fugitive convict in Bangabandhu killing arrested

Key fugitive convict in Bangabandhu killing arrested

-- 2020-04-07 11:54:45

Abdul Mazed, a key fugitive convict in the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been arrested, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan. The minister said on Tuesday, "The arrest has been mad...

List of health workers to be ready for rewards: PM

List of health workers to be ready for rewards: PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-07 11:29:15

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she already asked the authorities concerned to list those who are providing healthcare service from the frontlines during this coronavirus outbreak in order to re...

PM warns of worse coronavirus outbreak in April

PM warns of worse coronavirus outbreak in April

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-07 10:47:21

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh may witness a worse coronavirus outbreak in April and called on everyone to be on the alert for this.  She, however, expressed hope that whatever...

DU student ‘denied treatment by hospitals’ dies

DU student ‘denied treatment by hospitals’ dies

-- 2020-04-07 10:09:30

An MA student of Dhaka University (DU) has died in Khagrachhari after several hospitals in the capital allegedly denied him treatment fearing that he was a coronavirus patient. Suman Chakma, a studen...

Chattogram freedom fighter did not die from coronavirus

Chattogram freedom fighter did not die from coronavirus

-- 2020-04-07 09:37:14

A 72-year-old freedom fighter, who died at the isolation unit of General Hospital in the city, was not suffering from coronavirus, Chattogram Civil Surgeon said Monday night. Alimullah of Sitakunda u...

PM to hold videoconference on coronavirus situation today

PM to hold videoconference on coronavirus situation today

-- 2020-04-07 07:37:19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a videoconference with the public representatives and officials of 15 districts of Chattogram and Sylhet divisions today on the present coronavirus situation in...

Six die with Covid-19-like symptoms in four dists

Six die with Covid-19-like symptoms in four dists

-- 2020-04-07 07:27:44

Six more people have died from fever, cough and breathing complications in Faridpur, Chattogram, Barishal and Cumilla districts. In Faridpur, two septuagenarian men, who had been suffering from fev...

Ahmed Shafi supports govt’s instruction to say prayer at home

Ahmed Shafi supports govt’s instruction to say prayer at home

-- 2020-04-06 22:19:59

Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh’s chief Shah Ahmed Shafi has supported government’s instruction to say prayer at home avoiding mosques for now as part of its efforts to halt the spread of the c...

High commission in Brunei to support jobless people from BD

High commission in Brunei to support jobless people from BD

Arafat Ara 2020-04-06 20:14:42

Bangladesh high commission in Brunei will provide foods and financial supports to jobless Bangladeshis staying there to help them to overcome present crises, caused by COVID-19 pandemic. So far, they...

Coronavirus spreads to 15 districts

Coronavirus spreads to 15 districts

-- 2020-04-06 20:10:52

The novel coronavirus has spread to 15 districts of Bangladesh with four clusters detected in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Madaripur and Gaibandha, according to the government. Director General of Health Serv...

Law enforcement agencies directed to implement social distancing strictly

Law enforcement agencies directed to implement social distancing strictly

-- 2020-04-06 19:37:10

The Cabinet on Monday directed the administration and law enforcement agencies to implement the government directives on social distancing in a stricter manner to prevent the spread of coronavirus in...

Slow internet speed disrupts workflow

Slow internet speed disrupts workflow

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2020-04-06 17:40:02

As internet traffic has surged during the coronavirus shutdown, netizens are complaining about the slow speed that impedes the uploading and downloading of data. People who are carrying out office du...

The shadow of coronavirus on low-income people

The shadow of coronavirus on low-income people

-- 2020-04-06 17:20:42

Low-income people, especially slum dwellers, who have been left with no work amid the nationwide shutdown aimed at curbing the coronavirus were seen waiting at different intersections of the city on S...

7th JS session to begin Apr 18

7th JS session to begin Apr 18

-- 2020-04-06 17:10:10

The 7th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad will begin at 5:00pm on April 18. President Abdul Hamid summoned the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per Clause (1) of Article 72 of the c...

DMP orders to shut shops, kitchen markets by 7:00pm

DMP orders to shut shops, kitchen markets by 7:00pm

-- 2020-04-06 17:09:52

All shops, superstores and kitchen markets in Dhaka to will be closed by 7:00pm every day as the coronavirus outbreak in the country continued to intensify. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commission...

Cabinet fixes Ramadan office time from 9:00am to 3:30pm

Cabinet fixes Ramadan office time from 9:00am to 3:30pm

-- 2020-04-06 16:34:44

The cabinet has fixed the office time during the fasting month of Ramadan from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm for all offices of government, semi- government, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies. The decision...

Heat wave likely to spread

Heat wave likely to spread

-- 2020-04-06 16:16:30

Bangladesh Meteorological Department predicted that the ongoing heat wave might continue and spread in the country in the next 24 hours commencing at 9:00am on Monday. “Mild heat wave is sweepi...

Govt curbs mosque congregation

Govt curbs mosque congregation

-- 2020-04-06 15:36:56

No more than five people can congregate in mosques for prayers, the government has said in a notice. The decision is meant to bridle the escalation of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, bdnews24.com re...