Heat stress at work in BD above global average
The magnitude of excessive heat at work in Bangladesh is greater than the global average, although it has worsened slowly over the past 20 years.The International Labour Organisation (ILO) disclosed this in a new report styled 'Heat at work: Implications for safety and health' on July 25.It has warned that...
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PM seeks Japan's cooperation to reopen damaged metrorail stations
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has sought cooperation from Japan to reopen soon the two damaged metrorail stations at Mirpur-10 and Kazipara in the capital, reports BSS.She sought the assistance when Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh IWAMA Kiminori paid a courtesy call on her at her office in the capital on...
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Children pay the price as parents struggle to heal trauma after protests
Many parents of Gen Z have become traumatised by the prospect of sending their children alone outside after the nationwide anti-quota conflicts, which claimed more than 200 lives and injured thousands.Even amid the relaxed curfew in Dhaka, the guardians have expressed their panic about allowing their children -- aged between...
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Two more quota protest coordinators in DB custody
Two more Quota Movement coordinators were taken into custody of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday.They are Sargis Alam and Hasnat Abdullah.DB's Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Md Junaed Alam Sarkar confirmed it to a local vernacular daily. The two were taken into the custody in the...
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Meeting to decide on mobile internet today
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is set to hold a meeting with the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh, or AMTOB, over the restoration of mobile internet services at 9:00am today (Sunday), reports bdnews24.com.Responding to a question from the media at the Dak Bhaban in Dhaka's Agargaon on...
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Can probiotic bacteria save soil and farmers' fortunes?
Deploying good bacteria to fight bad bacteria! It sounded like a fanciful idea, the sort that might occur only to a scientist. But testing it on a green chilli farm the size of 1.5 football fields was absurd, at least that was what seemed to farmer Sumon Mia.He was sceptical....
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G20 pledges to work together to tax ultra-rich
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 27 (AFP) : G20 nations have agreed to work together to make the super-rich pay their taxes, but stopped short of a more substantial deal, according to a declaration adopted Friday after a meeting of finance ministers in Rio de Janeiro.The thorny topic of tackling tax-dodging...
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