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Costly DPHE scheme sans feasibility

The state-owned Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) has undertaken a handwash basin installation project without any feasibility study but with higher costs for the job.As per the proposal, insiders said on Wednesday, it would spend a staggering Tk 0.127 million on setting up each handwash basin for the Tk...

PM Hasina comes to rickshaw-puller Shampa’s rescue

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken the family of Shampa Khatun, a child in Jamalpur who was compelled to work as a rickshaw-van puller, under her wing, reports bdnews24.com.Shampa, a fourth-grader has been working as a van-puller after her father met with an accident and became unable to walk.Following the...

BD ready for first PPP pilot project

Bangladesh's first public-private wastewater management project is set for development in Gazipur, a major hub for ready-made garment manufacturing.In a first-of-its-kind initiative, with support from International Finance Corporation (IFC), a wastewater and sludge treatment system will be built with private-sector participation in two of its urban zones.The project aims to...

Landfilling for Sonargaon resort, EZ illegal: HC

The High Court on Wednesday declared illegal the landfilling activities in agricultural lands, water bodies and parts of the Meghna river at different areas of Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj in the names of Sonargaon Resort City and Sonargaon Economic Zone. The HC bench of Justice Md Ashraful Kamal and Justice...

Disputes bedevil CHT peace amid no land survey

Disputes over land rights still remain a key barrier to peace in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) even 23 years after signing of the CHT Peace Accord.In three hill districts -- Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban -- both Bangalees and tribal communities are in conflicts over their land rights, the authorities...

Thrust on integrated pest management

Experts focus on adaptation of integrated pest management (IPM) approach to fight back fall armyworm (FAW), one of the deadliest pests for maize across the globe.Ispahani Agro Ltd has got sub-grant to develop the market system of 'Fawligen', a new fast-tracked registered biological pesticide against FAW, said a virtual media...

Interpol seeks arrest warrant against PK Halder

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submitted a report to the High Court on Wednesday, saying that the Interpol, an international police organisation, has sought some information about Proshanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, and an arrest warrant against him.In the report, the ACC said it made a request to...

5 Bangladeshi seamen to return home soon

Five Bangladeshi seamen, who are being held by Houthi rebels in Yemen capital Sana'a since February this year, will soon return home through India, reports UNB. They are expected to arrive in Aden on Thursday amid two months efforts by the Bangladesh Missions in Oman and Kuwait and Indian Mission...

140 top VAT payers to be awarded

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will honour 140 top VAT payers in recognition of their contribution to the public exchequer.Of them, nine companies have been selected at the national level while the remaining 131 companies at the district level.The VAT wing of the NBR picked the VAT payers on...

Global Covid-19 cases top 63.8m

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 63.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.48 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University, report agencies.In its latest update on Wednesday, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and...

Regular exercise alongside morning walk in parks

Coronavirus pandemic prompted many people to take regular exercise alongside morning walk in parks and other open spaces in the city so as to boost their immunity against the disease. The photo was taken in Chandrima Udyan on Wednesday — FE photo KAZ Sumon