Dhaka, April 08 – Leaders of organisations, working for rights of low-income people, demanded waiver of rent for slum dwellers as they have become jobless due to nationwide shutdown aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus.
Category: Bangladesh
Veteran journalist Roushanuzzaman passes away
Dhaka, April 08 – Roushanuzzaman, a veteran journalist and former executive editor of United News of Bangladesh (UNB), passed away on Wednesday. He was 70.
Shab-e-Barat on Thursday
The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, will be observed in the country on Thursday.
Poor rickshaw-van puller’s suicide hits wife, 4 orphans hard
Failing to bear the agony of abject poverty amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis, a man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at Dalbhanga village in Maheshpur upazila on Tuesday night.
Dhaka again extends Hajj registration deadline for pandemic
The government has once again extended the dateline for hajj registration until April 16 considering the outbreak of coronavirus across the globe.
Tourist District Cox’s Bazaar comes under virus lockdown
The district administration has decided to impose a lockdown on the district to prevent spread of coronavirus.
Dhaka Slum locked down after resident tests virus positive
A slum in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar was put under lockdown on Wednesday after a resident tested positive for coronavirus.
Declare either emergency or curfew: Oli Ahmed
Dhaka, April 08 – President of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Oli Ahmed on Wednesday demanded the government either to declare a state of emergency or impose a curfew to contain the coronavirus pandemic which continues to spread across the country.
RAB chief Benazir Ahmed made new IGP
Dhaka, April 08 – The government has appointed Benazir Ahmed, director general of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), the new inspector general of police (IGP).
3 more Covid-19 deaths, 54 new infections recorded in Bangladesh
Dhaka, April 08 – Three more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 20, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
Air Force’s special helicopter ready to carry COVID-19 patients
News Desk As per the instruction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Air Force is conducting different activities in preventing coronavirus in the country following the government rules while it’s a special helicopter is ready to carry COVID-19 patients.
Young woman dies with corona symptoms in Rangpur hospital
A 30-year-old young woman died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur on Wednesday morning.
Death warrant issued for Bangabandhu’s killer Mazed
News Desk A court here on Wednesday issued the death warrant for Captain (retd) Abdul Mazed, one of the convicted killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Area-specific lockdown enforced as virus cases surge in BD
Dhaka, April 08 – As the number of deaths from coronavirus as well as infections continued to surge in the country for the last couple of days, the administration has widened lockdown in a number of places across the country.
Don’t visit graveyards: Dhaka North City urges people
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has requested people to refrain from offering ziarat at the graveyards under the city corporation to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.
Tabligh Jamat asks its followers to return home
DHAKA, April 7, 2020 (BSS) – Tabligh Jamat Bangladesh today urged its followers, who are now in different chillas (pattern of spending time to different mosques for preaching Islam), to return home from their respective tours. In a statement signed…
3 Tablig Jamaat men test coronavirus positive in Manikganj
Three Tablig Jamaat attendees tested positive for coronavirus in Singair upazila of the district on Tuesday.
Oikya Front seeks national consensus to tackle corona
Calling for forging a national consensus to tackle the coronavirus crisis, Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, on Tuesday placed a five-point proposal.
BB asks to open MFS accounts for industry workers
News Desk Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued an instruction on opening mobile financial service (MFS) accounts for all workers and employees of export-oriented industries and factories by April 20 to facilitate providing salaries and allowances from government’s financial package.
Fugitive Bangabandhu murder trial convict Majed arrested
A specialised police unit overnight arrested one of the fugitive Bangabandhu Murder Trail convict, former military captain Abdul Majed, who was on the run to escape hangman’s noose, home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said.
Khulna city put under lockdown
Khulna Correspondent As a total of 123 people have been found coronavirus-positive in 15 different districts of the country, police have put Khulna city under lockdown to avert any further spread of COVID-19.
Virus spreads to 15 districts; four clusters seen in BD
Coronavirus has spread to 15 districts of Bangladesh with four clusters detected in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Madaripur and Gaibandha, Director General of Health Services Abul Kalam Azad said while detaillng on the district-wise data of coronavirus infection on Monday.
DU student ‘denied treatment by hospitals’ dies
Dhaka, April 07 – An MA student of Dhaka University (DU) died on Monday in Khagrachhari after several hospitals in the capital allegedly denied him treatment fearing that he was a coronavirus patient.
Incentives for doctors, nurses, health workers: PM Hasina
Dhaka, April 07 – The government has decided to give incentives for doctors, nurses, health workers and other employees of the republic, who deployed themselves with bravery, in the war against COVID-19, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced Tuesday.
Participation of NGOs to tackle coronavirus sought
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam on Monday underscored the need for participation of NGOs and civil society alongside the government to tackle the challenge of coronavirus.
ACC director Saifuzzaman laid to rest at Azimpur Graveyard
Jalal Uddin Mohammad Saifuzzaman, director (Administration) of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) who died from the coronavirus, was laid to eternal rest at Azimpur graveyard in the capital on Monday afternoon.
Dhaka Police orders closure of markets, Dept-stores by 7 pm
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday ordered the closure of recognised kitchen markets and super shops in the capital by 7pm starting from 6 am every day.
Dhaka reports 3 more virus deaths, 35 new cases in 24 hrs
The death toll from coronavirus has touched 12 in Bangladesh as the country confirmed three more deaths on Monday, said IEDCR Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora on Monday.
Implement govt directives to check coronavirus spread: PM
The Cabinet on Monday directed the administration and law enforcement agencies to implement the government directives on social distancing in a stricter manner to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country.
Namaz at home, Zohr instead of Jumma: Ministry
The Ministry of Religious Affairs on Monday directed all to avoid mosques and offer prayers at home to prevent the transmission of fast-spreading coronavirus or COVID-19.