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Lack of basic amenities drives away tourists

Lack of basic amenities in different tourist spots has set back the expansion of tourism in the country, experts said. Most tourist destinations do not have adequate number of quality restaurants and hygienic toilets. Furthermore, road travellers have to struggle to find any modest facility of refreshment and restrooms during...

One more dies of dengue

One more died of dengue on Monday, while some 865 people were infected afresh with the viral disease that was slightly lower than 902 on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Hasan Fakir, 45, a security guard of Madina Group and son of Shakhawat Hossain of Chitalmari upazila in Bagerhat.He died...

IAEA advises use of nuclear technique

Experts from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and World Health Organization (WHO) have assessed the current dengue outbreak in Bangladesh.They have also drawn up a plan to test a nuclear technique to suppress the mosquitoes spreading the viral disease, an IAEA statement said on Monday.Following a request from the government,...

Remittances top $3.0b in August

Money sent home by expatriate Bangladeshis amounted to over US$3.0 billion in the two months to August, boosted by increased flow on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. The flow of remittances rose by nearly 13 per cent to $3.08 billion during the July-August period of financial year 2020 from $2.73 billion...

T-shirt tops RMG exportables

Value addition has helped the country's knitwear makers turn T-shirt into the top export item among basic garments, surpassing trousers.Industry insiders owed this rise in the locally manufactured T-shirt export earnings to a shift in orders to Bangladesh from China for its rising production costs.Most of the knitters produce cotton...

UNHCR expresses alarm at statelessness risk in Assam

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi Sunday expressed his concern over the publication of a National Register of Citizens (NRC) that may put large numbers of people in India's north-eastern state of Assam at risk of becoming stateless, according to a report by www.unhcr.org.It is too early to say...

MTB clarifies its position

The Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTBL) has clarified its position regarding reports published in a section of the media on the blacklisting of five local banks by China.In a statement, the private bank expressed its dismay over naming MTB among the blacklisted lenders in those reports."We are greatly perturbed with...

Highway police ASI among three killed in Cumilla road crash

Three people, including a policeman, were killed after a covered van rammed a police car and a recovery vehicle during a rescue operation in Cumilla's Chauddagram Upazila, reports bdnews24.com. The accident took place on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in the Baburchi Bazar area around 5:15pm on Monday. A truck and a...

Australia, Iran, Sri Lanka FMs among ministers to join blue economy confce Sept 5 in city

Bangladesh is set to host the third IORA Blue Economy Ministerial Conference on September 5 in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the conference. Foreign ministers of Australia, Iran and Sri Lanka are among a group of ministers to be arriving in Bangladesh to attend the conference.The IORA...

Warships, aircraft ready for first US-ASEAN maritime drills

BANGKOK, Sept 02 (AFP): Eight warships, four aircraft and more than a thousand personnel from the US and ten Southeast Asian countries will join maritime drills kicking off on Monday, as part of a joint exercise extending into the flashpoint South China Sea.The first Asean-US Maritime Exercise (AUMX) between the...

Six die in Kenya flash flood

NAIROBI, Sept 02 (AFP): Kenyan authorities said on Monday they have recovered the bodies of six of seven members of a tour group who were killed in a flash flood at the Hell's Gate national park."Six bodies of the flash flood victims have been recovered, leaving one tourist missing," the...

Rickshaw-vans

Rickshaw-vans and other vehicles remaining parked haphazardly on the roadside at Fakirapul in the city on Monday, causing traffic jam in the area — FE photo