UNB, Dhaka :The government will provide 30 kgs of rice and Tk 500 cash every month under a 100-day scheme...
A case was filed on Monday against seven people, including the owner of ‘MV Miraj-4’, in connection with the launch capsize in Munshiganj on Thursday.Haidar Hossain Akand, sub-inspector of Gazaria Police Station, filed the case early Monday against Khandaker Anwar Hossain, owner of ‘MV Miraj-4’ and six other identified and 2/3 unidentified people, said Ferdous Hossain, officer-in-charge of Gazaria Police Station.The other accused are-launch master Rafiqul Islam, ticket master Dulal, cabin boy Nurul Islam and three other launch staff- Samsuddin,...
UNB :The National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday approved the Annual Development Programme (ADP) involving Tk 225,324 crore for 1,426 projects for the 2021-22 fiscal year with focus on transport and communications, power, housing, education and health sectors.Among the approved projects, 1,308 will be investment ones while 118 will be of technical assistance.The approval to the ADP was given at an NEC meeting held at its conference room. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who joined the meeting from her official residence...
Abdul Alim :The authorities have confirmed another six deaths from dengue fever, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country since January to 29, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported Thursday. The deaths include two in April, three in June, 15 in July and nine in August.The number of people hospitalised with dengue across Bangladesh so far this year has reached a record 34,666 with one more becoming the latest fatalities on Thursday.However, a total of 8,765 dengue...
Staff Reporter :The second phase of Union Parishad (UP) elections in 644 (UP) will be held today (Thursday) amid fearing violence. The 31 Awami League-backed chairman candidates have already been elected unopposed. The voting will continue from 8:00am to 4:00pm.The Election Commission (EC) has already sent four crore ballot papers for holding polls. The judicial and executive magistrates will do their duties to help ensure fair polls. Election Commissioner Mohammad Shahnewaz hoped that the election would be held in free...
Al Jazeera News :At least 19 people have been killed in South Sudan, including an American freelance journalist, after fighting broke out between government troops and rebel forces in the southern part of the country, rebel leaders and the military said.Christopher Allen, who worked with various news outlets, including Al Jazeera in the past, was killed in heavy fighting in the town of Kaya in Yei River State on Saturday. “On the ground, about 16 [bodies] have been found around...
AP :Thirteen Russians have been criminally charged for interfering in the 2016 US election to help Donald Trump, the office of Robert Mueller, the special counsel, announced on Friday.Mueller’s office said 13 Russians and three Russian entities, including the notorious state-backed “troll farm” the Internet Research Agency, had been indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington DC.A 37-page indictment alleged that the Russians’ operations “included supporting the presidential campaign of then-candidate Donald J Trump … and disparaging Hillary Clinton,”...
BBC :Media in India feel Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Bangladesh is a continuation of the new government’s policy of integrating South Asia.In her first solo foreign visit after taking oath, Ms Swaraj will hold talks with Bangladeshi leaders on key issues including a land boundary agreement and a proposed pact on sharing water from the Teesta river, papers say.Ms Swaraj had accompanied Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bhutan earlier this month.Papers are calling on India to strengthen ties...
Staff Reporter :For the first time ever, plasma therapy has been used for treating a Covid-19 patient admitted at the Ever Care Hospital in Dhaka.The patient, who received the convalescent plasma therapy at the hospital, has responded well to the treatment, Dr Abu Jafar Mohammad Saleh, senior consultant and coordinator at Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Department in Ever Care Hospital Dhaka, said on Wednesday. “We are quite optimistic about this treatment. At present, the patient has been shifted to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet President Abdul Hamid after sweeping the 10th parliamentary elections. The meeting has been scheduled...
Our Correspondent :Bodies of four people have been recovered and 13 others are rescued after a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal.At least nine people are believed to be missing after the trawler sank 65 kilometres off Cox’s Bazar’s St Martin’s Island in the deep sea early on Saturday.According to sources at the local Coast Guard, the trawler ‘FV Zanzabil’ sank with 26 people on board early in the morning.“The Coast Guard and Navy along with local fishing...
News Desk :All the courts including the Supreme Court will run virtually from August 16 after the relaxation of ongoing restrictions.The decision was taken at a full court meeting which was held under the chairmanship of Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain in this regard on Thursday....