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COVID-19: UK announces £21m funds for BD

COVID-19: UK announces £21m funds for BD

-- 2020-04-06 14:41:48

The United Kingdom has announced around 21 million pounds to support Bangladesh’s efforts to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and help preparedness in the Rohingya refugee camps. The f...

44 Bangladeshis return home from India

44 Bangladeshis return home from India

-- 2020-04-06 14:35:22

Forty-four Bangladeshis, who were stuck in West Bengal, returned home through Benapole on Monday under special arrangement. They had been stranded in Kolkata since March 26 after the suspension of pa...

Court holiday extended till Apr 13 over COVID-19

Court holiday extended till Apr 13 over COVID-19

-- 2020-04-06 13:02:44

The Supreme Court has extended the holiday for courts by two more days to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. April 14, the first day of Bengali New Year, will be added with the holidays, said a...

BD reports three more deaths from coronavirus, 35 new cases

BD reports three more deaths from coronavirus, 35 new cases

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-06 12:36:27

Three more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 12. Besides, 35 other people were diagnosed with COVID-19 during the period, raising the number o...

COVID-19 patients found in 11 districts

COVID-19 patients found in 11 districts

-- 2020-04-06 11:20:12

More than half of the 88 coronavirus (COVID 19) cases detected in Bangladesh have been reported in Dhaka. The virus hit a total of 11 out of the 64 districts in the country until Sunday after the fir...

AIIB approves $404m loan for BD to improve cross-border connectivity

AIIB approves $404m loan for BD to improve cross-border connectivity

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-06 10:54:35

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, or AIIB, has approved a $404-million loan to improve Bangladesh’s intercity travel and cross-border connectivity. The upgrade of the country’s na...

ACC director dies from coronavirus

ACC director dies from coronavirus

-- 2020-04-06 10:44:39

A director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) died from coronavirus at Kuwait Maitree Hospital in Uttara on Monday. Jalal Uddin Mohammad Saifuzzaman, director (administration) of ACC, had tested...

Three Gulf nations pile pressure on BD to take back migrants

Three Gulf nations pile pressure on BD to take back migrants

FE REPORT 2020-04-06 08:56:14

Some Middle-Eastern countries are ratcheting up pressure on Bangladesh to take back thousands of Bangladeshis, highlighting the vulnerabilities of migrant workers as the Covid-19 crisis deepens. The...

Businesses welcome stimulus package, stress on monitoring

Businesses welcome stimulus package, stress on monitoring

FE REPORT 2020-04-06 08:46:20

Country's business leaders and trade bodies have welcomed the stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday. Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) president Shams Mahmu...

Clients can renew savings tools, get payments against coupons

Clients can renew savings tools, get payments against coupons

-- 2020-04-05 22:09:11

Bank clients can renew their savings instruments and receive money against coupons of different savings certificates from 10:00am to 1:00pm during the general holiday which was extended until April 13...

NCC Mayor seeks curfew, lockdown

NCC Mayor seeks curfew, lockdown

-- 2020-04-05 21:39:32

Mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) Dr Selina Hayat Ivy on Sunday urged the authorities concerned, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to either impose a curfew in the city corporation are...

Tk 727.50b package is nothing but loan, Fakhrul says

Tk 727.50b package is nothing but loan, Fakhrul says

-- 2020-04-05 21:25:42

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has described the Prime Minister’s stimulus package of Tk 727.50 billion as a package of loan, and said Sheikh Hasina ignored those involved in...

Man tests positive for coronavirus, a week after being abandoned in Bogura

Man tests positive for coronavirus, a week after being abandoned in Bogura

-- 2020-04-05 19:41:44

A man has tested positive for the coronavirus, a week after being abandoned at the Mahasthan bus stoppage in Bogura, reports bdnews24.com.  Mostafizur Rahman, deputy civil surgeon in Bogura, con...

Ramadan likely from Apr 25

Ramadan likely from Apr 25

-- 2020-04-05 19:37:33

The Islamic Foundation on Sunday released the timings of Sehri, the meal consumed early in the morning by Muslims before fasting and iftar during Ramadan. The holy month of Ramadan is expected to beg...

‘Some countries want to deport undocumented Bangladeshi workers’

‘Some countries want to deport undocumented Bangladeshi workers’

-- 2020-04-05 19:23:51

Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh is keep contact with the countries which want to send back undocumented Bangladeshi workers due to job cut amid deadly COVID-19 pandemic. &ldquo...

‘Govt trying best to help foreigners in BD’

‘Govt trying best to help foreigners in BD’

-- 2020-04-05 19:11:10

The government of Bangladesh has put in its best efforts to help out the foreign citizens and permanent residents (PRs) stranded in Bangladesh, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The government s...

12 Ctg pvt hospitals requisitioned to treat corona patients

12 Ctg pvt hospitals requisitioned to treat corona patients

-- 2020-04-05 19:05:38

A total of 12 reputed private hospitals in Chattogram have been requisitioned to treat the coronavirus patients. Chattogram district administration requisitioned the city’s 12 private hospitals...

ICRC assists BD to tackle spread of coronavirus in prisons

ICRC assists BD to tackle spread of coronavirus in prisons

-- 2020-04-05 18:29:02

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Bangladesh has joined hands together with the prison directorate and the home ministry to enhance the preparedness of the 68 prisons across the c...

7,151 people under home quarantine in Rajshahi div

7,151 people under home quarantine in Rajshahi div

-- 2020-04-05 17:37:50

A total of 7,151 people have, so far, been put under home quarantine in all eight districts under Rajshahi division till 8:00am today (Sunday) since March 10 last to prevent community transmission of...

Ensure bank employees’ smooth movement during holidays: BB

Ensure bank employees’ smooth movement during holidays: BB

-- 2020-04-05 17:00:51

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has requested the Ministry of Home Affairs to take necessary steps for ensuring smooth travel of bank employees during the ongoing general holidays in the wake of coronavirus outb...

BTCL waives late fee for domain renewal until June

BTCL waives late fee for domain renewal until June

-- 2020-04-05 16:41:19

The Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) has announced late fee waiver for the renewal of national domains, dot bangla (.bangla) and dot bd (.bd). Considering the unwanted situation r...

BUILD chair welcomes stimulus but suggests proper monitoring

BUILD chair welcomes stimulus but suggests proper monitoring

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-05 15:54:17

Welcoming a total Tk 727.5 billion stimulus package announced by the prime minister to recover the economy from the coronavirus impact, Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) chairperson Abul...

Govt extends shutdown to Apr 14

Govt extends shutdown to Apr 14

-- 2020-04-05 15:44:07

The government has extended the nationwide shutdown by three more days to April 14 in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus that infected 88 people and killed nine in the country so far....

Cumilla Muktijuddha Sontan Command gives PPEs for health workers

Cumilla Muktijuddha Sontan Command gives PPEs for health workers

FE Online Report 2020-04-05 15:30:33

Cumilla Metropolitan Muktijuddha Sontan Command, in association with the representative of LGRD Minister, has distributed PPEs among the doctors and health workers of Comilla Medical College Hospital....

Lawyer held 'for spreading coronavirus rumour' on Facebook

Lawyer held 'for spreading coronavirus rumour' on Facebook

-- 2020-04-05 14:22:59

Cyber police unit of Detective Branch (DB) arrested a lawyer from Uttar Badda area in the capital on Saturday night over allegation of spreading rumour on Facebook. The arrestee is Abu Bakar Siddique...

BD confirms one more death from coronavirus, 18 new cases

BD confirms one more death from coronavirus, 18 new cases

FE Online Desk 2020-04-05 14:18:44

One more person died from the coronavirus disease in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to nine, health and family welfare minister Zahid Malik has said. Besides, 18 other people...

US embassy issues health/travel alert for its citizens in BD

US embassy issues health/travel alert for its citizens in BD

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-05 13:59:18

The US embassy in Dhaka has issued a health/travel alert for its citizens in Bangladesh amid the coronavirus outbreak. The embassy remains open for business, it noted in an alert message on the websi...

Biman cancels all flights until April 14

Biman cancels all flights until April 14

-- 2020-04-05 13:17:47

The Biman Bangladesh Airlines has cancelled all of its international and domestic flights until April 14 to restrict the spread of coronavirus (COVID 19) in the country. Mokabbir Hossain, managing di...

Police to bar flow of people in and out of Dhaka: IGP

Police to bar flow of people in and out of Dhaka: IGP

-- 2020-04-05 13:12:43

Police officers have been ordered to restrict the flow of people in and out of Dhaka after a huge influx of workers into the capital on Saturday sparked fears of contagion amid a coronavirus outbreak....

Cumilla farmer suffering from fever, respiratory problems dies

Cumilla farmer suffering from fever, respiratory problems dies

-- 2020-04-05 12:39:27

A farmer suffering from cold, cough, fever and respiratory problems died at Chakratala village in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla on Sunday morning, nine hours after his house was put under lockdown. Th...