Bangladesh has adopted a US$ 37-billion programme for mitigation of climate change damages along the country's coastal areas, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Enamur Rahman said, reports UNB from Glasgow.He said this at a side event of COP 26, organised by the ministry in Glasgow on Thursday...
Read moreActivists are taking over the UN climate summit in Scotland on Friday, capping off a week of government pledges with a student march, youth-led presentations, and an iceberg shipped from Greenland to Glasgow's River Clyde to dramatise the plight of the Arctic, reports Reuters."We're expecting lots of people to come...
Read moreGLASGOW, Scotland, Nov 5 (Agencies): Over 40 countries have pledged to quit coal at COP26 some of the world's biggest coal-dependent countries, including India, China, US and Australia did not sign on. Countries that included Indonesia, Poland, Vietnam pledged to phase out coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, in a deal...
Read moreThe single-day death toll from Covid-19 came down to a fresh low of three in Bangladesh on Friday after one and a half years, according to official figures.The daily virus caseload was logged at 196 during the past 24 hours until 8:00 am from Thursday's 247, said the Directorate General...
Read moreBangladesh reported 103 new patients being hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hours until Friday morning, reports UNB.With no fresh death, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease this year remained unchanged at 95, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Of them 87 people died in Dhaka...
Read moreThe Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has said it found no cracks in the pillar of Chattogram's MA Mannan Flyover and forwarded its recommendations to ensure its structural integrity, bdnews24.com, reports bdnews24.com. A two-member investigation panel submitted a report on Thursday night, saying there was "no reason to fret" over the...
Read moreThe overall number of Covid cases is approaching 250 million amid the global race to vaccinate masses against the infectious disease, report agencies.According to Worldometers, the total case count mounted to 249,552,738 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,048,897 Friday evening.More than 7.17 billion doses have been administered...
Read moreABIDJAN, Nov 5 (AFP): A ground-breaking vaccine against malaria has stoked hopes in Africa of rolling back a disease that claims hundreds of thousands of lives a year, many of them youngsters.Since 2019, Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have immunised more than 800,000 children under a pilot programme using the RTS,S...
Read moreDuring the hearing of a writ petition, a High Court bench on Thursday observed that the loan defaulters cannot have the legal rights to contest elections. The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman said, "Those who want to contest any election even after being...
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