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-- 2020-04-02 21:31:26
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has rolled out urgent response to help nearly 2.16 million people stay safe from the deadly coronavirus in an effort to protect Bangladesh’s urban poo...
FE Online Report 2020-04-02 21:22:39
Telecom operator Robi has come forward with its expertise in data analytics to support the government in combatting the coronavirus pandemic in the country. This was disclosed at a digital pres...
-- 2020-04-02 20:03:04
All general and main post offices across the country will remain open from 10am to 1pm from Sunday during the period of COVID-19 shutdown, a notice issued by the government has said. The Department o...
-- 2020-04-02 19:30:41
The government is going to launch special open market sale (OMS) of rice for Tk 10 a kg in all cities and district towns from Sunday for poor people amid the nationwide shutdown. The food ministry is...
-- 2020-04-02 18:30:53
The government will collect samples of at least two COVID-19 suspects from each upazila on Thursday and will conduct tests of at least 1,000 samples on Friday. Md Habibur Rahman, director of Manageme...
-- 2020-04-02 18:09:49
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided $1.3 million financial assistance to Bangladesh to prevent the trainees from dropping out of the ongoing training under ‘Skills for Employment Inves...
-- 2020-04-02 16:25:45
The government has amended the general holiday order to include newspapers and fuel as emergency services during the coronavirus shutdown. The Ministry of Public Administration made the announcement...
-- 2020-04-02 15:30:45
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked all the government officials and employees to use masks while discharging their duties due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “The Prime Ministe...
-- 2020-04-02 15:14:20
Bangladesh Bank has extended banking hours for customers by one hour to 1pm amid the shutdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The central bank on Thursday issued a circular, ordering banks to...
FE Online Report 2020-04-02 15:04:49
Global rights watchdog Amnesty International has expressed concerned about the fate and whereabouts of Shafiqul Islam Kajol, a Bangladeshi newspaper editor and photographer who went missing weeks ago....
FE Online Report 2020-04-02 14:20:29
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), for the ninth consecutive day on Thursday, continued spraying disinfectants in the capital to contain the spread of coronavirus. The DMP is spraying the disinfect...
-- 2020-04-02 13:59:34
The 100-bed Jhalakathi Sadar Hospital became almost empty as outdoor patients refrained from receiving services, while indoor patients also left the hospital due to panic over the novel coronavirus....
-- 2020-04-02 13:04:50
Two more people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of cases in the country to 56, the government announced Thursday. "In the past 24 hours, IEDCR has teste...
-- 2020-04-02 12:28:21
A total of 327 Japanese citizens left Bangladesh for their country on Thursday. A chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying them took off from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...
-- 2020-04-02 12:23:51
A 70-year-old man, suffering from fever, cold and cough, died at Kamankhola in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila on Wednesday night. Civil Surgeon Dr Abdul Gaffar said the man had been suffering from fever an...
-- 2020-04-02 11:30:21
Two suspected criminals were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with police in Atrai and Patnitala upazilas of Naogaon district early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Minhajul Islam...
-- 2020-04-02 10:28:48
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused the worst public health crisis in living memory in the world, including Bangladesh. The sheer scale and speed of the outbreak has left the citizens aghast and grasping...
-- 2020-04-02 10:20:06
Shamsur Rahman Sherif, the Awami League lawmaker from Pabna-4 and a former land minister, has died at the age of 79. He passed away while undergoing treatment at Dhaka’s United Hospital at 3:38...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-04-02 09:22:27
Five development partners have assured Bangladesh of providing US$260 million after the government pleaded for a lifeline to combat the new coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Wednesday. Other bi...
-- 2020-04-01 22:00:09
The US Embassy in Dhaka and the Department of State are planning to have a second chartered flight from Dhaka to take its citizens to the USA who voluntarily want to leave Bangladesh. The US go...
-- 2020-04-01 20:55:13
Activities of all courts will remain suspended till April 9 to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.A notification signed by Supreme Court Registrar General Md Ali Akbar was issued on Wednesday in...
-- 2020-04-01 20:46:52
As many troops as necessary will be deployed to stem the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh, Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed has said. “We will give as many as necessary. There is no nee...
-- 2020-04-01 20:28:37
State Minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder on Wednesday urged the people not to go out of their houses without any emergency work to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Low income people who...
-- 2020-04-01 20:13:07
The government is yet to finalise any move to bring back hundreds of Bangladeshi patients who are now passing hard times in India. According to foreign ministry sources, Bangladesh High Commiss...
-- 2020-04-01 19:50:19
The global death toll from COVID-19 disease caused by the coronavirus has jumped to 42,151 as of Wednesday. It has so far infected 858,669 people around the world, reports UNB citing worldometer. O...
-- 2020-04-01 19:33:33
A Bangladeshi citizen died from coronavirus at New Jersey in the USA on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Akbar Mazumder, 50, hailing from Hatli Paschim union of Hajiganj upazila, reports UNB....
-- 2020-04-01 19:06:12
The government will provide financial assistance to Bangladeshi expatriates, living in some European and Middle East countries, as they are facing a precarious situation due to the crisis evolved over...
-- 2020-04-01 18:45:20
A total of 182 people were sent to home quarantine in different upazilas across Rangamati district to avoid further transmission of novel coronavrius. Among them, 90 were released after complet...
-- 2020-04-01 18:34:18
The government has issued a notification extending the general holidays until April 11 to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. The notification was issued by the Ministry of Public Administration...
FE Online Report 2020-04-01 18:23:59
Expressing deep concern, local right groups on Wednesday called on the government to stand besides all marginalised workers including informal and low-income ones amid the Covid-19 outbreak. Although...
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