Chandpur
Fishermen set to start fishing early Friday after two-month ban
Fishermen here are set to start catching Hilsa early Friday after a two-month ban on catching, selling and transporting of the national fish ends.
UNO, banker diagnosed with coronavirus in Chandpur
Hajiganj upazila nirbahi officer and a banker have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the district.
Bangladeshi dies of Covid-19 in US
A Bangladeshi national died from coronavirus in New York of the United States early Sunday.
Coronavirus: Girl, 14, tests positive after death in Chandpur
A 14-year-old girl, who died at the isolation ward of Chandpur General Hospital, was suffering from coronavirus, her test result showed on Saturday.
Civil Surgeon Dr Md Sakhawatullah said 14 people have so far been diagnosed with coronavirus in the district.
After testing the sample collected from the deceased girl, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) on Saturday confirmed that she was infected, said the Civil Surgeon.
Sharmin Akhter of Faridganj upazila died at the isolation ward of the hospital on Thursday.
Among the confirmed cases in the district, seven are from Sadar upazila, three from Matlab Uttar, three from Faridganj, and a 12-year-old of Haimchar upazila, said the sources of Civil Surgeon Office.
Altogether, 671 people are staying in home quarantine in the district, said the sources.
Bangladesh has so far confirmed 140 deaths and 4,998 coronavirus cases.
Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana in the daily health bulletin on Saturday informed that coronavirus has spread to 60 districts in the country except Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Jhenidah and Satkhira.
Jhenidah reported its first two cases as per the results of the tests carried out at the Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) laboratory on Saturday.
Beheading girl: Accused held in Chandpur
Police on Friday arrested an accused in connection with the killing of Sharmin Akter Kakoli, a ninth-grader, at Islamabad village in Matlab Uttar upazila.
BCL men help Chandpur farmer harvest paddy
The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) helped a poor farmer harvest paddy at a time when agro-labour is scarce due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Six shops gutted in Chandpur fire; 10 wounded
Six shops were gutted by a fire in Hajiganj upazila of Chandpur district on Monday night, leaving 10 people injured.
No new Covid-19 case in Chandpur; dead youth found negative
A young man who died with fever and cold in Matlab Uttar upazila on Thursday last had not been infected with coronavirus.
2 suffering from fever, cold die in Chandpur
Two people suffering from cold, fever and respiratory problems died in the Sadar upazila on Saturday.
Coronavirus: Chandpur under lockdown
The district administration put Chandpur under complete lockdown on Thursday evening to limit the transmission of coronavirus.