The health authorities on Sunday confirmed the detection of the 3,141 new coronavirus patients in the span of 24 hours, raising the total number to 87,520.During this period, 32 people died of coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 1,171.
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Nat’l body for health safety, dropping Rampal, Rooppur plans
National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Mineral Resources and Power-Port placed a 6-point demand including ensuring healthcare service and food security for all, and cancelling all projects like Rampal coal-fired and Rooppur nuclear power plants which are posing risk to public…
Protecting people, keeping economy moving is war: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said keeping away people from getting infected with coronavirus and running wheels of economy simultaneously is a ‘war’.
Body recovered from pond in Pabna
Police recovered the body of a man from a pond in Atgharia Upazila of Pabna on Sunday morning.
896 thousand tons of winter vegetables produced in Rangpur
The farmers produced an all-time record quantity of over 8.96 lakh tonnes of winter vegetables during the just-ended Rabi season in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region.
Dhaka North City finds Aedes larvae in 138 buildings
Dhaka, June 14 – The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Saturday found Aedes mosquito larvae in 138 houses and establishments on the eighth day of its combing operation launched to protect the city dwellers from dengue.
153 Bangladeshis stranded in UK returning home Sunday
The second special flight carrying 153 stranded Bangladeshis from the UK is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on early Sunday.
Crocodile lays 44 eggs at Sundarbans Wildlife Breeding Centre
Bagerhat, June 14 – A crocodile, which has been named ‘Pilpil’, has laid 44 eggs at Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Centre in the Sundarbans.
Health Secretary’s wife dies from Covid-19 at Dhaka CMH
Dhaka, June 14 – Health Services Division Secretary Abdul Mannan’s wife Kamrunnahar died of Covid-19 disease at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka on early Sunday.
State Minister for Religious Affairs dies
Dhaka, June 14 – State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah died at a Dhaka hospital on Saturday night, minutes after he was taken there.
Govt asks Red zone-residents to offer prayers at home
Religious Affairs Ministry directed the dwellers of red zone areas across the country to offer their religious prayers at home and avoid congregations in places of worship. The ministry issued the directive in a press release in this regard on…
Prioritise embankment for protection of coastal population
Speakers at a virtual seminar on Saturday urged the government to allocate the resources for constructing an embankment to protect the coastal population. The virtual seminar titled “National budget 2020-2021, embankment and protection of coastal population” was jointly organized by…
প্রস্তাবিত বাজেট প্রত্যাখান করেছে ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ
২০২০-২০২১ অর্থবছরের প্রস্তাবিত বাজেটকে প্রত্যাখানের ঘোষণা দিয়েছেন ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের মহাসচিব অধ্যক্ষ মাওলানা ইউনুছ আহমাদ। সেইসাথে করোনা বাস্তবতাকে সামনে রেখে “জীবন বাঁচাও-জীবিকা বাঁচাও” প্রতিপাদ্যে নতুন করে বাজেট প্রস্তাব তৈরীর আহবান জানানো হয়েছে।
Virus hotspots to be under lockdown again: State Minister
As COVID-19 cases and fatalities continue to rise alarmingly in Bangladesh, the government has taken all necessary preparations to bring some virus hotspots (Red Zone) under lockdown and declaring general holidays there to prevent entry to and exit from those…
BNP mourns Mohammad Nasim’s death
BNP on Saturday expressed deep shock at the death of Awami League presidium member and former Health Minister Mohammad Nasim.
AL leader Mohammad Nasim dies
Awami League leader and former Health Minister Mohammad Nasim passed away at Bangladesh Specialised Hospital in the capital on Saturday. He was 72.
BCI wants more allocation for rural economic sectors
Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) has urged the government to divert fund from transport and communication sectors to those which will play roles to revive the rural economy.
Light rain may continue for three more days: Met office
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Saturday forecast that light to moderate rain and thundershowers will continue for the next three days all over the country commencing 9am.
Salahuddin’s suggestion to all football players
Dhaak, June,13 : Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF)’s president Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin on Saturday shared a message with the all football players by giving them advice of how to keep themselves fit in this coronavirus situation.
Dhaka in UN Group Friends on climate adaptation, resilience
Bangladesh has joined as a member of the Steering Committee of the UN Group of Friends on climate adaptation and resilience.
Dr Zafrullah’s condition improving gradually
The overall health condition of Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK) founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, infected with coronavirus and pneumonia, is improving gradually.
Five more die from COVID-19 in Chittagong in a day
Chittagong June 13 – Five more deaths were reported from coronavirus in the span of 24 hours in the district till Friday night.
Tobacco control essential to face corona epidemic risk
Chattagong Bureau: Member Parliament of Bangladesh from Chattagong Wasika Ayesha Khan expressed gratitude over the ongoing awareness against bad affects of tobacco use crated by the anti-tobacco NGOs. She urges the Prime Minister to take measures and make prices of…
IBBL Shari`ah Supervisory Committee meeting held
A virtual meeting of the reconstituted Shari`ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 10 June 2020, Wednesday. Professor Dr. Mohammad Gias Uddin Talukdar, newly elected Chairman of the Committee presided over the meeting. Md. Mahbub ul…
Welding of upper semi-vessel, Rooppur NPP Unit-2, begins
Welding of the upper semi-vessel of the Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) for Unit- 2 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant begins in the Volgodonsk Branch of ‘AEM-technology’ in Russia.
Finance Minister disputes calling budget traditional
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Friday said the proposed budget of 2020-21 FY is not just a ‘traditional’ one as some economists have described it, but rather one for ‘saving lives and livelihoods’.
Budget not implementable, to cause public sufferings: BNP
Describing the proposed national budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year as an “imaginary, blunt and unimplementable” one, BNP on Friday said it will only inflict further sufferings on people at this time of coronavirus pandemic.
Budget lacks imagination, sense of direction: Reza Kibria
The proposed budget for the 2020-21 fiscal “represents an unimaginative response to an economic crisis that calls for boldness and creativity”, according to Dr Reza Kibria, general secretary of Gono Forum.
Bangladesh in top 10 for increases in Covid-19 cases: WHO
Bangladesh ranked 10th both in daily and weekly increase of new coronavirus cases according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
‘Habit change, early detection, treatment, to bring success’
Visiting Chinese medical experts have suggested changing usual social habits, treatment after early detection and isolation can help Bangladesh earn success against COVID-19.