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Ensure sufficient health services accessible to all: HRW

Ensure sufficient health services accessible to all: HRW

FE Online Report 2020-03-21 19:31:17

Bangladesh should address the vulnerability to pandemic coronavirus outbreak and ensure sufficient health services available and accessible to all, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. “Countries...

Special parliament session on Bangabandhu centenary suspended

Special parliament session on Bangabandhu centenary suspended

-- 2020-03-21 19:00:17

The two-day special session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been suspended due to the COVID-19 outbreak. &ldq...

Coronavirus: Climber Wasfia Nazreen tests positive

Coronavirus: Climber Wasfia Nazreen tests positive

-- 2020-03-21 18:47:37

Bangladeshi mountaineer and social activist Wasfia Nazreen has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, reports bdnews24.com. Wasfia confirmed the matter in a Facebook post on Saturday. “Yes...

Jack Ma, Alibaba foundations to donate medical supplies to Bangladesh

Jack Ma, Alibaba foundations to donate medical supplies to Bangladesh

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-03-21 17:51:47

The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation will donate much-needed medical supplies to 10 more countries in Asia, including Bangladesh, to help the global fight against COVID-19. The governments o...

Satkhira traders fined for selling commodities at higher prices

Satkhira traders fined for selling commodities at higher prices

-- 2020-03-21 17:51:24

Two mobile courts in Satkhira fined nine traders Tk 179,000 for selling daily commodities at higher prices at Sultanpur bazaar in Sadar and Tala upazilas on Saturday. Sadar Upazila Assistant Commissi...

EC suspends Chattogram city polls

EC suspends Chattogram city polls

-- 2020-03-21 17:30:03

The Election Commission (EC) has suspended Chattogram city polls, scheduled for March 29, amid coronavirus fears. The by-polls were scheduled to be held in Bogura-1 and Jashore-3 parliamentary seats...

ADB to support BD in tackling coronavirus outbreak challenges

ADB to support BD in tackling coronavirus outbreak challenges

FE Online Report 2020-03-21 16:27:47

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will support Bangladesh in tackling novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak challenges. “As a long-standing development partner, ADB is committed to assist Bangla...

AL’s Mohiuddin unable to cast vote in Dhaka by-polls

AL’s Mohiuddin unable to cast vote in Dhaka by-polls

-- 2020-03-21 14:59:39

Awami League candidate Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin has been unable to cast his vote in the by-polls to the Dhaka-10 parliamentary seat as his name did not appear on the voter list. Shafiul arrived at the...

Bangladeshi dies from coronavirus in Italy

Bangladeshi dies from coronavirus in Italy

-- 2020-03-21 14:40:07

A Bangladeshi expatriate died from coronavirus in Italy on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Golam Mawla, 56, son of Hafez Ali Akbar of Companiganj upazila in Noakhali. Golam Mawla had be...

Bangladesh confirms second coronavirus death

Bangladesh confirms second coronavirus death

-- 2020-03-21 14:36:58

Bangladesh on Saturday reported the country’s second death from coronavirus that also infected four more, raising the total corona cases to 24. Another person died from coronavirus in Banglades...

Two overseas returnees sent to hospital from Shahjalal Airport

Two overseas returnees sent to hospital from Shahjalal Airport

-- 2020-03-21 14:03:33

Two overseas returnees were sent to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital on Saturday morning from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for having high body temperature. “One of th...

WB gives Bangladesh $170m for sanitation

WB gives Bangladesh $170m for sanitation

-- 2020-03-21 13:55:41

The World Bank has approved $170 million to improve sanitation services in Dhaka city, benefiting around 1.5 million people. The Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project will help improve Dhaka’s l...

Don’t hoard anything; country has enough stock of everything: PM

Don’t hoard anything; country has enough stock of everything: PM

-- 2020-03-21 12:56:26

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all not to hoard food grains and other essential items out of panic as the country has enough stock of everything. "Some people are scared… they&...

BIWTA takes measures to contain virus

BIWTA takes measures to contain virus

FE REPORT 2020-03-21 12:07:35

The government has taken measures to help check the spread of coronavirus infections among launch passengers across the country. The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) at an emergenc...

Dhaka by-polls underway amid coronavirus fears

Dhaka by-polls underway amid coronavirus fears

-- 2020-03-21 12:06:36

Voting has begun in the by-polls to the Dhaka-10 parliamentary seat with more than 312,000 voters on Saturday amid fears over the global coronavirus outbreak. The same day, two more constituencies we...

PM casts vote in JS by-polls at Dhaka City College centre

PM casts vote in JS by-polls at Dhaka City College centre

-- 2020-03-21 11:15:09

Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina cast her vote in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) by-polls to Dhaka-10 constituency at Dhaka City College centre this morning (Saturday). The prime mini...

BD cuts air connectivity with 10 countries over virus

BD cuts air connectivity with 10 countries over virus

-- 2020-03-21 10:29:00

Bangladesh has cut air connectivity with 10 countries, including India, Singapore and Saudi Arabia, to limit the spread of the coronavirus. AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan, director of Hazrat Shahjalal Internati...

Bangladesh sees first lockdown in Madaripur

Bangladesh sees first lockdown in Madaripur

-- 2020-03-20 21:45:43

The local administration has enforced a complete shutdown in Shibchar municipality and three unions of Shibchar upazila in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus. All the entrances and exits...

Nor'wester likely to hit nine districts

Nor'wester likely to hit nine districts

-- 2020-03-20 19:20:35

A nor’wester is likely sweep over nine districts of the country, including Dhaka, at any time until 9:00am on Saturday. “Nor’wester may sweep over Dhaka, Pabna, Tangail, Mymensingh,...

Press club suspends all activities, services for 11 days

Press club suspends all activities, services for 11 days

-- 2020-03-20 17:56:08

Jatiya Press Club (JPC) has suspended all of its activities and services from March 21 to March 31 to prevent the further spread of coronavirus. The club managing committee took the decision at an em...

DNCC forms committee to prevent COVID-19

DNCC forms committee to prevent COVID-19

FE Online Report 2020-03-20 17:09:41

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has formed a committee aimed at preventing the spread of the deadly coronavirus or COVID-19. The DNCC panel mayor Md Jamal Mustafa will preside over the committee...

Coronavirus: Three more affected in country taking total to 20

Coronavirus: Three more affected in country taking total to 20

-- 2020-03-20 16:52:35

Bangladesh has confirmed three more coronavirus cases, taking the total to 20. Among the new cases, a 70-year-old patient is in a critical condition, said Prof Nasima Sultana, additional director gen...

Four die in M’singh, Narsingdi road crashes

Four die in M’singh, Narsingdi road crashes

-- 2020-03-20 14:55:39

At least four people were killed and six others injured in two separate road accidents in Mymensingh and Narsingdi on Friday. In Mymensingh, two people were killed as a truck hit another truck on Dh...

Youth held for spreading rumours over coronavirus

Youth held for spreading rumours over coronavirus

-- 2020-03-20 14:49:31

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a young man for spreading rumour over coronavirus through Facebook from Mujguni in Khalishpur upazila of Khulna district on Thursday night. The arrest...

Five children die from measles in Rangamati

Five children die from measles in Rangamati

-- 2020-03-20 14:44:53

Five children, suffering from measles, died while 100 more have been infected at three villages in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati district, according to the district Health Department. Civil Surge...

Two die in M’singh road crash

Two die in M’singh road crash

-- 2020-03-20 14:37:23

Two people were killed as a truck hit another truck on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Bhandab area in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Jamal Uddin, 40, a...

Offer only Farz of Jum’a prayers at mosque: Govt

Offer only Farz of Jum’a prayers at mosque: Govt

-- 2020-03-20 13:16:56

Islamic Foundation on Friday urged Muslims to come to mosque only to offer Farz prayers of Jum’a. It requested all concerned to offer their Sunnah and Nafl prayers at home, UNB reported citing...

BD returnees fined for violating quarantine rules in dists

BD returnees fined for violating quarantine rules in dists

OUR CORRESPONDENTS 2020-03-20 11:43:03

Two Bangladeshis carrying foreign passports were refused entry into Bangladesh after they landed at Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Thursday. Fli...

Cox’s Bazar sea beach empty after govt ban

Cox’s Bazar sea beach empty after govt ban

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-20 11:33:31

All tourist spots in Cox's Bazar including sea beaches have become empty after the government ban on Wednesday. The government has imposed a ban on public gathering and tourist arrivals at Cox's Baza...

BD returnees to be stamped for identity

BD returnees to be stamped for identity

FE REPORT 2020-03-20 11:20:00

The government will stamp the people returning from abroad through land, water and airports, aiming at their quarantine at home or any other specified places. Planning minister MA Mannan spoke on Thu...