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Wrong woman in isolation due to name mix-up

A woman who escaped from Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital after being infected with coronavirus was not found. The woman fled last Thursday night. However, the police are claiming to have caught the woman and that they have sent her to isolation on Friday afternoon. It was later learned th...

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Patuakhali UP chairman suspended, 5 others served show-cause notices

A union parishad chairman and a female member of Patuakhali were suspended on charge of stealing relief rice. Md Monir Hossain Mridha, Chairman of Kamalapur Union Parishad of Patuakhali Sadar upazila, has been suspended for allegedly stealing 10 sacks of rice allotted for fishermen in the area.A not...

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Shefa, her team collect swabs at risk of their lives

Khoksha's EPI technician Shefa Khanam and her team have been working non-stop to help the patients access examination and treatment at the risk of their own lives. There is no medical officer in the team of "swab" collectors from patients. They also have worries about PPE and masks for...

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MPO dressed in PPE dies on Barishal road

A Medical Promotion Officer of Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited wearing PPE fell unconscious at Gariarpar area beside Barishal-Dhaka highway of Barishal on Wednesday morning. Fearing him to be infected with Coronavirus, no one approached to him to rescue. Later, police rushed to the spot and admitted...

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Policemen, 2 others tested Covid-19 positive in Kushtia

For the first time three corona virus infected persons have been iidentified in Kushtia on Wednesday. All three victims are men. One of them is a Dhaka returnee police SI, one is a bank official and the other is an old man in his sixties.The victims are identified as Kazi Ataul, 35, a policeman is t...

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Man dies in Sylhet isolation centre

A 35-year-old man died at the isolation centre of Saheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital in Sylhet with coronavirus-like symptoms on Saturday morning, a day after he was sent to the isolation centre.Hailing from Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet, the man was admitted to the hospital on Friday as he had been suf...

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Feni reports first Covid-19 case

A 28-year-old man tested Covid-19 positive at Chagolnaiya upazila in Feni on Thursday night, making him the first confirmed coronavirus case in the district.The man worked at a mobile company in the Mirpur area in the capital and returned to his village home on March 25, said Md Sazzad Hossain, civi...

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Army distributes relief in Bandarban hills

Bangladesh Army has given relief materials to 360 families in the remote areas of Thanchi and Ruma upazilas of Bandarban district. A helicopter of the Army Aviation carried the relief materials, including rice, lentils, salt, and soap.The relief work was supervised by the Bangladesh Army's 24th ...

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Farmers’ dream may be shattered

Boro paddy harvesting has already started in various parts of the country. Farmers are expecting good profit as Boro cultivation has provided them with bumper yield this year, but their dream may be shuttered in the current situation. While the farmers of various district in the country, includ...

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Police on alert over N’ganj returnees

As Narayanganj has been identified as the ‘cluster’ area of coronavirus spread, people of other districts are panicked over people recently returning back to those districts from Narayanganj.Narayanganj is an industrial district of the country. Therefore, huge number of people from all o...

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Youth killed in clash at Gopalganj mosque

A youth was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash of two groups of villagers over offering prayers in a mosque at Bahara village under Muksudpur upazila in Gopalganj on Monday. The deceased was identified as Sujan Sheikh, 26, of the village.The clash took place at village in the morning. Ther...

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UP chairman, two members suspended

The LGRD Ministry has suspended a Union Parishad chairman in Chattogram and two members in Natore and Narayanganj over allegations of stealing rice allocated for distribution among people as relief. The ministry issued a release in this regard on Sunday. The suspended representatives are: Nurul Afsa...

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90,000 yaba pills seized

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) seized 90,000 pieces of yaba tablets from a boat after conducting drives at Jalia and Sonarchar islands of Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar in the early hours on Saturday. On information, Teknaf BCG Station conducted the drives at the areas and the seized the yaba ...

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UP member shot dead in Rangamati

A union parishad member was shot dead by miscreants at Jurachhari upazila of Rangamati on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Hemanto Chakma, 32, a member of Bonjogichhara Union Parishad and a resident of Dhamaipara village in the upazila. Mahmudul Hai, officer-in-charge of Jurachhari Polic...

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18 districts under complete lock down, 22 in partial

The authorities concerned have put at least 17 districts in lockdown with more than 22 other districts in partial lockdown to combat the coronavirus.The districts, which have already been locked down, are Sylhet, Khulna, Rangpur, Noakhali, Cumilla, Cox’s Bazar, Narayanganj, Narsingdi, Kishoreg...

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BCDF distributes relief among poor in Barguna

Bangladesh Coastal Development Foundation (BCDF), a local non-government organization, distributed relief goods among the poor people, who are suffering from miseries due to spared of coronavirus, in Sadar upazila in the coastal district of Barguna on Tuesday. Founder and Executive Director of ...

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Three roads to Kushtia from Chuadanga, Rajbari closed

Police on Tuesday closed all three entrances from Chuadanga and Rajbari to the district to prevent the spread of coronavirus.  SM Tanvir Arafat, superintendent of police, said that two roads to Kushtia from Chuadanga and one from Rajbari were shut on Tuesday.Meanwhile, Kushtia-Alamdanga regiona...

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Bomb-like objects found in Pabna

Law enforcers cordoned off two houses at Ishwardi upazila of Pabna on Tuesday as unidentified criminals set explosive-like objects on the premises. On information, a bomb squad from Dhaka reached the spot and began work on it. Unidentified criminals set two bomb-like objects in front of the hou...

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First coronavirus case confirmed in Narsingdi

A 35-year-old has tested positive for coronavirus at Palash upazila in Narsingdi, the first confirmed case in the district. The infected person works as a supervisor at a textile mill in Narayanganj, said Civil Surgeon of Narsingdi Dr Mohammad Ibrahim.Local administration has locked down Danga Islam...

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None joins funeral of Patuakhali girl fearing coronavirus

Family members buried a female madrasa student after washing and shrouding her body at Bauphal upazila in Patuakhali on Monday as none of the villagers had approached the graveyard fearing coronavirus infection. The incident took place at village Paschim Botkajol of Naumala union under Bauphal upazi...