12,000 kids attend classes risking life

CHANDPUR, Oct 05: About 12,000 students of government primary schools in Chandpur's Kachua Upazila have been taking classes in dilapidated school buildings where plasters fall off walls and roofs all of a sudden and students' clothes get wet due to leaking rainwater.A total of 38 govt. primary schools in the...

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Dr Atiar elected BPPF president, Dr Khaled general secretary

A new executive committee of the Bangladesh Paediatric Pulmonary Forum (BPPF) has been formed with Prof Dr Md Atiar Rahman of the Bangladesh Medical University and Dr SM Khaled of the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital as its president and general secretary (GS) respectively, says a...

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Lightning strikes kill five in Cumilla, Jhenaidah

A total of five persons were killed by lightning strikes in Cumilla and Jhenaidah district on Sunday, report agencies.In Cumilla, three people have died in a lightning strike at Homna upazila in Cumilla district.The incident took place in Bhabanipur village around 3pm on Sunday, said upazila administrator (UNO) Ksemalika Chakma.The...

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