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300 Japanese citizens to leave by chartered flight Thursday

300 Japanese citizens to leave by chartered flight Thursday

-- 2020-04-01 17:57:52

More than 300 Japanese nationals are set to leave Dhaka for Tokyo by a special chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Thursday morning amid COVID-19 pandemic. The Biman’s Boeing 777 a...

Bangladesh suspends Pahela Baishakh celebrations amid coronavirus outbreak

Bangladesh suspends Pahela Baishakh celebrations amid coronavirus outbreak

-- 2020-04-01 17:27:25

The government has cancelled all public programmes marking Pahela Baishakh, the Bengali New Year, to avoid mass gatherings as part of its efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. In th...

654 under home-quarantine in Cumilla

654 under home-quarantine in Cumilla

-- 2020-04-01 16:48:11

A total of 654 people are currently under home-quarantine in Cumilla district to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. Civil Surgeon Dr Mohamamd Niatuzzaman said three people were sent to home-qua...

Steps taken to meet milk, egg, fish, meat crisis: Minister

Steps taken to meet milk, egg, fish, meat crisis: Minister

-- 2020-04-01 16:31:44

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Wednesday said the government has taken all necessary steps to address the crisis of milk, eggs, fish and meat during the ongoing precarious situati...

Govt plans to free 3,000 prisoners amid virus fears

Govt plans to free 3,000 prisoners amid virus fears

-- 2020-04-01 15:43:42

Bangladesh plans to release 3,000 prisoners, who are facing trials in different cases, amid deep-running fears of a coronavirus outbreak in crowded jails. The jail authority has sent a proposal regar...

Woman dies from fever, cold in Satkhira

Woman dies from fever, cold in Satkhira

-- 2020-04-01 15:23:51

A woman died from fever and cold-related diseases at Bandokati village in Kaliganj upazila of Satkhira district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rashida Khatun, 25, wife of Sirajul Isla...

Dhaka’s multi-storey mosquito hubs

Dhaka’s multi-storey mosquito hubs

-- 2020-04-01 12:50:00

Multi-storey and under-construction buildings in Dhaka house more dengue-carrying Aedes mosquitoes than any other place as the city reels from a coronavirus shutdown, according to a survey. The surve...

WB provides $350m for locals, Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar

WB provides $350m for locals, Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2020-04-01 12:44:49

The World Bank has approved $350 million in grant financing for three projects to help Bangladesh cope with one of the world’s largest forced exoduses. These grants will help Bangladesh address...

Bangladesh reports sixth coronavirus death

Bangladesh reports sixth coronavirus death

-- 2020-04-01 12:42:16

Bangladesh has confirmed another death from the novel coronavirus, taking the toll to six. The tally of infections also rose to 54 after three more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24...

RMG factory in Gazipur catches fire

RMG factory in Gazipur catches fire

-- 2020-04-01 12:13:18

A readymade garment (RMG) factory at Jarun area in Gazipur city caught fire on Wednesday. Fire service sources said the fire erupted at the semi-pacca building which houses ‘Islam Garments&rsqu...

Two die in Mymesingh road crash

Two die in Mymesingh road crash

-- 2020-04-01 12:06:27

Two people were killed when a truck ran them over on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj road at Charanipara in Nandail upazila of Mymesingh district  on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Abdur Ra...

Free transport service for doctors, nurses launched in capital

Free transport service for doctors, nurses launched in capital

-- 2020-04-01 11:54:34

A free transport service for caregivers, including doctors and nurses, has been launched today (Wednesday) so that they can go to hospitals in a faster and convenient way amid their fight against the...

Youth with fever, cold dies in Narail

Youth with fever, cold dies in Narail

-- 2020-04-01 10:02:34

A young man, who was suffering from fever and cold, died at Narail Sadar Hospital on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Shawkat Ali, 25, son of Omar Ali of Narail municipality area, accordin...

Some major hospitals to offer tele-consultation

Some major hospitals to offer tele-consultation

JUBAIR HASAN 2020-04-01 09:22:59

Some of the country's major hospitals have decided to launch telephone-based, virtual medicare services to the non-COVID-19 patients as the shutdown has been extended, physicians and officials say. A...

‘Consider house rent of workers with sympathy’

‘Consider house rent of workers with sympathy’

-- 2020-03-31 21:56:34

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Tuesday urged the house owners to consider the monthly rents of industrial sector workers with sympathy amid the global crisis over coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak....

‘50 social media accounts spreading rumours about coronavirus’

‘50 social media accounts spreading rumours about coronavirus’

-- 2020-03-31 21:35:52

Police have sent lists of around 50 social media accounts to BTRC for the telecom regulators to stop those from spreading rumours about the coronavirus. In a statement on efforts to stop the spread o...

Density of aedes larvae not at alarming level: Survey

Density of aedes larvae not at alarming level: Survey

-- 2020-03-31 21:18:40

The density of larvae of aedes mosquito, which transmits dengue virus to human body, is not at alarming level in the capital Dhaka but everyone should remain alert about it, according to a survey of D...

DMP distributes food among 2,500 homeless people

DMP distributes food among 2,500 homeless people

-- 2020-03-31 19:44:55

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday continued distributing food among 2,500 homeless, destitute and poor people for the third consecutive day in the capital amid coronavirus outbreak.  As...

PM emphasises overall planning to confront economic crisis

PM emphasises overall planning to confront economic crisis

-- 2020-03-31 19:11:29

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put emphasis on food production and overall planning to confront the imminent global economic crisis which the novel coronavirus shutdowns may cause. Hasina urged tho...

Garment workers pass difficult time

Garment workers pass difficult time

bdnews24.com 2020-03-31 18:49:48

The countrywide shutdown over the novel coronavirus has stirred up uncertainty in Bangladesh as garment workers spend their days in fear and anxiety. “I can’t sleep. Don’t know what...

Some city dwellers reluctant to maintain social distance

Some city dwellers reluctant to maintain social distance

-- 2020-03-31 17:53:54

Ensuring social distance in the city to prevent the spread of coronavirus is getting tough due to the reluctance of some city dwellers. According to UNB, this correspondent found a huge number of peo...

Fakhrul suggests national unity to contain coronavirus outbreak

Fakhrul suggests national unity to contain coronavirus outbreak

-- 2020-03-31 16:47:11

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday suggested the government to form a national committee to contain the coronavirus outbreak and its fallout. “We’re not criticis...

Govt aid for poor inadequate: GM Quader

Govt aid for poor inadequate: GM Quader

-- 2020-03-31 16:43:50

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Tuesday said the government’s aid programmes for the poor and destitute badly affected by the coronavirus-induced shutdown are inadequate. In a statement, he...

Act immediately to prevent dengue: PM

Act immediately to prevent dengue: PM

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-03-31 16:41:04

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities concerned to act immediately about checking mosquitos in order to prevent the re-emergence of dengue across the country. She came up with thi...

Bangladesh extends general holidays for five more days

Bangladesh extends general holidays for five more days

-- 2020-03-31 16:33:02

The government has decided to extend the ongoing general holidays for five more days until April 9, merging it with the following two-day weekend, to contain the spread of deadly coronavirus. Prime M...

Coronavirus cases rise to 51 in Bangladesh

Coronavirus cases rise to 51 in Bangladesh

-- 2020-03-31 16:00:48

Two more people have been tested positive in Bangladesh for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 52, acccording to IEDCR report. The Insti...

DMP continues spraying disinfectants for seventh consecutive day

DMP continues spraying disinfectants for seventh consecutive day

FE Online Report 2020-03-31 15:52:30

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been spraying disinfectants through water cannons for the last seven consecutive days in the capital to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic. The DMP is...

Couple among three die as car falls into canal in Cumilla

Couple among three die as car falls into canal in Cumilla

-- 2020-03-31 15:31:21

A married couple and their car driver were killed as the vehicle plunged into a roadside canal in Bangra Bazar area of Muradnagar upazila in Cumilla on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified a...

Three patients test negative for COVID-19 in Sylhet

Three patients test negative for COVID-19 in Sylhet

-- 2020-03-31 15:15:10

Three patients who were admitted to Sylhet’s Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital with fever and cold were tested negative for coronavirus. Sushanto Kumar Mohapatro, residential medical officer of...

Lift internet shutdowns at Rohingya refugee camps: HRW

Lift internet shutdowns at Rohingya refugee camps: HRW

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-03-31 14:07:02

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on Bangladesh and the other countries where internet shutdowns are in place to lift them immediately amid the COVID-19 crisis saying blocking or restricting...