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Govt to shut edn institutions if necessary, says Quader

Govt to shut edn institutions if necessary, says Quader

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-03-14 13:17:18

Terming present coronavirus situation in the country "normal", Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said it does not demand closure of educational institutions. However, the government w...

Street girl ‘raped’ in city

Street girl ‘raped’ in city

-- 2020-03-14 13:09:57

A teenage street girl was reportedly raped at Biman Math of Uttara early Saturday. Police said the victim is about 14-year-old, reports UNB. The incident took place around 1:30am. Locals rescued th...

24 people tested in 24 hours, none infected: IEDCR

24 people tested in 24 hours, none infected: IEDCR

-- 2020-03-14 12:57:41

Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora on Saturday said in the past 24 hours nobody was detected with coronavirus. "We have tested sample...

142 Italy returnees quarantined at Ashkona Camp

142 Italy returnees quarantined at Ashkona Camp

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-03-14 11:10:56

A total of 142 Bangladeshis have arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 8:20am this morning from an epicentre of coronavirus in Italy. Ordered by health minister Zahid Maleque, t...

Public offices see leap forward in e-filing

Public offices see leap forward in e-filing

JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2020-03-14 10:44:31

The use of 'e-nothi' or 'e-filing' in public offices under the Access to Information (a2i) Programme is leaping forward at a much quicker pace across the country despite a number of challenges. The s...

23 Bangladeshis quarantined in India to return home Saturday

23 Bangladeshis quarantined in India to return home Saturday

-- 2020-03-13 21:46:58

Twenty-three Bangladeshi nationals, quarantined in the suburbs of Indian capital for 14 days, will return home on Saturday afternoon after they tested negative for the Coronavirus. They will leave Ne...

Information minister rejects US report on BD human rights situation

Information minister rejects US report on BD human rights situation

-- 2020-03-13 21:33:29

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has described US state department report, released on March 11, on the human rights situation in Bangladesh as one-sided and unacceptable. “The report (on h...

Coronavirus: 648 home-quarantined in Chandpur

Coronavirus: 648 home-quarantined in Chandpur

-- 2020-03-13 19:45:15

Although no-one has tested positive for coronavirus, a total of 648 Bangladeshi expatriates who returned home recently from abroad have been kept in home-quarantine in eight upazilas of the district t...

Two held for ‘raping’ eight-year-old girl in Dinajpur

Two held for ‘raping’ eight-year-old girl in Dinajpur

-- 2020-03-13 17:49:44

Police have arrested two people from Hili Bazar in Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur district for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl with autism. The arrestees are Babul Kumar, son of Robidas in Panc...

Imams urge devotees to remain alert about COVID-19

Imams urge devotees to remain alert about COVID-19

-- 2020-03-13 17:25:45

Imams of mosques across the country urged the devotees to remain alert about the novel coronavirus while giving religious sermon “khutba” before the Jummah prayers on Friday. Responding t...

Two of three coronavirus patients recover: IEDCR

Two of three coronavirus patients recover: IEDCR

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-03-13 13:03:23

Two of the three people who contracted coronavirus have recovered while the third is showing positive signs, the IEDCR says. Of the recovered, one has been sent home while the other is still in hospi...

No new coronavirus patient detected in last 24 hrs: IEDCR

No new coronavirus patient detected in last 24 hrs: IEDCR

-- 2020-03-13 12:28:14

The IEDCR has said it detected no new case of coronavirus in the country in the last 24 hours. The government's disease control arm revealed this at a press briefing on its premises in the city on Fr...

Vast tract of alluvial Padma charland now becomes a boon for farmers

Vast tract of alluvial Padma charland now becomes a boon for farmers

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-13 11:34:49

A vast tract of charland (shoal) emerged on the bed of the river Padma adjacent to Rajshahi city has become a boon for farmers as alluvial land of those chars are being used to cultivate various crops...

Now BR to build Dhirasram ICD with govt funds

Now BR to build Dhirasram ICD with govt funds

MUNIMA SULTANA 2020-03-13 10:34:11

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has decided to construct Dhirasram Inland Container Depot (ICD) with government funds, dropping the idea to build it under public-private partnership (PPP) arrangements. BR to...

Fresh water fish cultivation thrives in Shariatpur district

Fresh water fish cultivation thrives in Shariatpur district

Our Correspondent 2020-03-13 00:10:41

FARIDPUR, Mar 12: Cultivation of freshwater fish is increasing in Shariatpur district. At present, about 17,000 people are involved in fish production in the district. According to sources in the f...

Independence Day parades cancelled

Independence Day parades cancelled

-- 2020-03-12 20:16:43

The government has cancelled all parades and gatherings planned for Mar 26 Independence Day throughout Bangladesh in an attempt to stop the coronavirus from spreading. The Cabinet Division announced...

No Indian visas from Friday: HC

No Indian visas from Friday: HC

-- 2020-03-12 19:32:01

All valid visas issued by the Indian High Commission or the Assistant High Commissions of India in Bangladesh on or before March 12 will remain suspended from March 13 to till April 15. No new visa s...

US mobilises $2.5m to support BD’s coronavirus readiness, response efforts

US mobilises $2.5m to support BD’s coronavirus readiness, response efforts

-- 2020-03-12 18:07:44

The US government has mobilised $2.5 million through USAID to support Bangladesh’s COVID-19 readiness and response efforts.  This USAID funding will support three priority areas -- streng...

Two Rohingya ‘robbers’ killed in 'RAB shootout'

Two Rohingya ‘robbers’ killed in 'RAB shootout'

-- 2020-03-12 17:44:02

Two members of the Rohingya community with suspected ties to crimes died in a so-called shootout with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar’ on Thursday morning. The i...

Five dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

Five dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

-- 2020-03-12 17:00:16

Five new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Thursday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). According to daily update from DGHS, ten dengue patien...

10 people lynched in Jan-Feb

10 people lynched in Jan-Feb

FE Online Report 2020-03-12 16:57:29

At least 10 people were killed by mob beating across the country from January to February, according to a report by an independent rights body. The highest number of incidents of killing took place i...

Follow instructions to fight coronavirus: PM

Follow instructions to fight coronavirus: PM

-- 2020-03-12 15:54:32

Noting that the government is making its best efforts to fight coronavirus, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the people of the country to properly follow the awareness-raising instructio...

Don’t return home right now if not urgent: Minister to expats

Don’t return home right now if not urgent: Minister to expats

-- 2020-03-12 14:50:45

Health minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday urged the Bangladeshi expatriates living in different countries of the world not to return home right now unless it is a case of emergency. “If anyone...

Magistrate ‘ordered’ cutting off tourist’s hair; probe body formed

Magistrate ‘ordered’ cutting off tourist’s hair; probe body formed

-- 2020-03-12 14:27:32

A committee has been formed on Thursday over cutting off the hair of a tourist at Guliakhali Sea Beach in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district reportedly in presence of Assistant Commissioner (lan...

Man to die for murder in Khagrachhari

Man to die for murder in Khagrachhari

-- 2020-03-12 14:16:08

A Khagrachhari court on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his friend in 2011. The convict is Mohammad Yusuf. The court also fined him Tk 10,000, UNB reports. According...

Two Rohingya ‘robbers’ die in Cox’s Bazar shootout

Two Rohingya ‘robbers’ die in Cox’s Bazar shootout

-- 2020-03-12 14:07:04

Two members of the Rohingya community with suspected ties to crimes have died in a shootout with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The incident occurred on Mari...

Khaleda Zia gets HC bail in defamation case

Khaleda Zia gets HC bail in defamation case

-- 2020-03-12 13:38:13

The High Court on Thursday granted permanent bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed in Narail district. The HC bench of Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique and Justice ASM Abdul Mob...

BCC holds workshop on baseline survey

BCC holds workshop on baseline survey

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-03-12 13:28:55

The ‘Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project’ of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the ICT Division with its Startup Bangladesh banner is set to conduct a basel...

COVID-19: Schools, colleges ordered to hold assemblies inside classrooms

COVID-19: Schools, colleges ordered to hold assemblies inside classrooms

-- 2020-03-12 13:15:19

The government has ordered schools and colleges to hold daily assemblies inside classrooms amid growing fears over the novel coronavirus in the country. Educational institutions were also directed to...

Photojournalist Kajol reported missing

Photojournalist Kajol reported missing

-- 2020-03-12 12:53:48

Photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol has been reported missing by his family following his implication in a case started by a ruling party MP under the Digital Security Act. His family filed a genera...