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IEDCR requests elderly people to maintain self-quarantine

IEDCR requests elderly people to maintain self-quarantine

-- 2020-03-10 16:16:21

Country’s state-run disease monitoring wing Institute of Epidemiology, Diseases Control and Research (IEDCR) has requested elderly people, along with foreign returnees, to maintain self-quaranti...

Coronavirus: Cumilla district admin takes preventive measures

Coronavirus: Cumilla district admin takes preventive measures

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-03-10 15:43:06

Cumilla District Administration, along with Cumilla Civil Surgeon, has formed a disaster management committee to face the crisis of coronavirus attack. As per direction of the Ministry of Disaster M...

PM’s visit to Japan postponed over coronavirus outbreak

PM’s visit to Japan postponed over coronavirus outbreak

-- 2020-03-10 15:40:36

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to Japan has been postponed over the global outbreak of novel coronavirus, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen. “The prime minister was scheduled to...

Joy Bangla to be national slogan: HC

Joy Bangla to be national slogan: HC

-- 2020-03-10 13:55:37

The High Court (HC) has declared that ‘Joy Bangla’ will be the national slogan of the country. Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader’s bench made the announcement on...

Bangladeshi couple from Saudi Arabia quarantined

Bangladeshi couple from Saudi Arabia quarantined

-- 2020-03-10 13:07:38

An elderly couple returning from Saudi Arabia has been quarantined after displaying symptoms of the novel coronavirus. They landed at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday m...

Maldives halts entrants from BD

Maldives halts entrants from BD

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-03-10 13:05:13

The Maldives government has halted all direct and transit flights from Bangladesh over the recent confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bangladesh. The ban will be effective from Tuesday till March 24, Mald...

Another Italy-returnee hospitalised with fever in Chandpur

Another Italy-returnee hospitalised with fever in Chandpur

-- 2020-03-10 12:09:36

Another Italy-returnee Bangladeshi was hospitalised with fever on Monday and kept in an isolation ward at Matlab Uttar Upazila Health Complex in Chandpur district. “The 60-year-old man came to...

Bangladeshi man dies from coronavirus in UK

Bangladeshi man dies from coronavirus in UK

-- 2020-03-10 12:00:03

A Bangladesh-origin man in his 60s has become the third patient to die after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK, reports bdnews24.com citing BBC Bangla. He passed away at a hospital in Manche...

Stop worker abuse in garment industry, report urges BD

Stop worker abuse in garment industry, report urges BD

REUTERS 2020-03-10 11:43:49

Workers in Bangladesh's garment industry face increased threats, intimidation and even physical and sexual abuse, according to a report for an influential US Senate committee that urged authorities to...

Coronavirus: No thermal scanner at Chattogram seaport, airport

Coronavirus: No thermal scanner at Chattogram seaport, airport

-- 2020-03-10 11:34:05

Even after Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases, the seaport and airport in Chattogram are yet to get thermal scanners as part of preventive measures to stop further spread of the virus. T...

26th span of Padma Bridge installed

26th span of Padma Bridge installed

-- 2020-03-10 11:11:41

About 3,900 metres of the much-hyped Padma Bridge became visible after the installation of the 26th span on Tuesday morning. The span was installed on pillar no 28 and 29 of the bridge at around 9:15...

Natore farmers growing cabbage in eco-friendly way

Natore farmers growing cabbage in eco-friendly way

ROVING CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-10 10:41:24

Eco-friendly pheromone traps in cabbage field are gaining popularity in Natore district. A good number of farmers said the method reduces the production cost as it does not require pesticides for c...

Maize cultivation getting a boost in Naogaon

Maize cultivation getting a boost in Naogaon

Our Correspondent 2020-03-10 10:30:07

Cultivation of maize is increasing in the district thanks to favourable climactic condition, fair price of the crop and appropriate initiative by the local agriculture offices. Sources at the Departm...

Coronavirus: Govt to arrange quarantine, impose visa curbs

Coronavirus: Govt to arrange quarantine, impose visa curbs

FE REPORT 2020-03-10 10:28:39

The government will arrange special quarantine facilities for passengers arriving from epicentres of Italy, South Korea, Iran along with imposing visa restrictions for some other countries if the numb...

Nagore river about to die

Nagore river about to die

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-10 00:54:42

BOGURA, Mar 09: Thousand of landless farmers in the district are in great difficulties as the Nagore river has lost its navigability. The river originates from the Karatoa (Nilphamari) river flowing...

Cumin successfully  grown in Faridpur

Cumin successfully grown in Faridpur

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-10 00:53:42

FARIDPUR, Mar 09: Cumin seeds have been successfully cultivated for three years at Faridpur Spice Research Sub-station under Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute. Sources said, cumin is culti...

Muksudpur cultivators eyeing bumper BARI Musur-6 output

Muksudpur cultivators eyeing bumper BARI Musur-6 output

Our Correspondent 2020-03-10 00:52:00

GOPALGANJ, Mar 09: Farmers in Muksudpur upazila of the district are expecting a bumper production of BARI Musur-6 this season. According to the upazila DAE office sources, a total of 800 hectares o...

Guava farming brings smile to Rajshahi farmers

Guava farming brings smile to Rajshahi farmers

-- 2020-03-09 18:26:23

Guava farming has become blessings to many farmers as it has made them wealthy in the region including its vast Barind tract during the last couple of years. The farmers after the best uses of modern...

Road crash leaves six dead in Tangail

Road crash leaves six dead in Tangail

-- 2020-03-09 18:06:14

Six passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed in a road accident at Mirzapur upazila of Tangail on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Hridoy, 18, of Beltoil village, Sonam Uddin,...

Rooppur Nuke Plant: Cabinet approves draft protocol with Russia

Rooppur Nuke Plant: Cabinet approves draft protocol with Russia

-- 2020-03-09 18:00:53

The cabinet on Monday endorsed the draft of a protocol to be signed for receiving assistance from Russia over the operation and maintenance of the Ruppoor Nuclear Power Plant after the construction of...

PM urges people to avoid mass gathering

PM urges people to avoid mass gathering

-- 2020-03-09 17:40:54

In the wake of detection of the first coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the people of the country not to panic and avoid any mass gathering. Sheikh Hasina...

Two Italy-returnees hospitalised with ‘coronavirus symptoms’

Two Italy-returnees hospitalised with ‘coronavirus symptoms’

-- 2020-03-09 17:33:08

Two more people were sent to a hospital with the ‘symptoms of coronavirus ‘after their arrival at Hazrat Shahajalal International Airport from Italy on Monday. "They were sent to Kuwait B...

'Mount more pressure on Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation'

'Mount more pressure on Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation'

-- 2020-03-09 17:05:20

Visiting French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly has put emphasis on mounting more international pressure on Myanmar to take back its Rohingya nationals from Bangladesh. In a meeting with Prim...

Modi's Dhaka visit uncertain as Mujib Year programmes rearranged

Modi's Dhaka visit uncertain as Mujib Year programmes rearranged

-- 2020-03-09 16:35:32

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to visit Bangladesh for the celebration of the birth centenary of the Father the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, sources have said. Two India...

'Conduct mobile courts against price hike of masks, hand wash, sanitisers'

'Conduct mobile courts against price hike of masks, hand wash, sanitisers'

-- 2020-03-09 16:14:29

The High Court has directed the government to conduct mobile courts to prevent the price hike of masks, hand wash and sanitisers. A bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader came...

Six die in Tangail pile-up

Six die in Tangail pile-up

-- 2020-03-09 14:25:10

A three-way collision between a soil-laden dump truck, an autorickshaw, and a car has killed six people and injured one in Tangail’s Mirzapur Upazila. The incident took place on Hatubhanga-Sakh...

People achieve financial solvency growing banana

People achieve financial solvency growing banana

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-09 14:18:31

Thousands of people have achieved financial solvency by growing banana on char land of the Teesta, Buri Teesta, Khorkhoria and other rivers and adjacent areas in the district. The extensive banana cu...

No new coronavirus case reported in last 24 hrs: IEDCR

No new coronavirus case reported in last 24 hrs: IEDCR

-- 2020-03-09 13:38:29

The IEDCR says it found no coronavirus cases in the country in the last 24 hours until Monday morning. The government's disease control arm briefed the media about this on its premises in the city's...

Man sentenced to death for killing child after rape in Wari

Man sentenced to death for killing child after rape in Wari

-- 2020-03-09 13:00:43

A Dhaka court has sentenced a man to death for murdering six-year-old Samia Afrin after raping her in Wari a year ago. Dhaka No. 1 Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal judge Kazi Abdul H...

Dhaka’s battle with toxic air continues

Dhaka’s battle with toxic air continues

-- 2020-03-09 11:57:53

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked the third worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday. It had an AQI score of 175 at 09:10am. The air was classified as ‘unhealthy’. Mongolia&r...