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Air pollution takes away 5.5 years from Bangladeshis' lives

Air pollution remains one of the leading causes of deaths in Bangladesh, reducing the life expectancy of residents by 5.5 years, according to the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) 2025 annual update. In Dhaka, the most populous district in Bangladesh, an average resident could potentially gain 6.9 years of life...

NGO says starving Gaza children too weak to cry

UNITED NATIONS, United States, Aug 28 (AFP): The head of Save the Children described in horrific detail Wednesday the slow agony of starving children in Gaza, saying they are so weak they do not cry.Addressing a UN Security Council meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the president of the international charity,...

Bangladesh has nearly 0.1m privately-owned edn instts

Bangladesh has nearly 0.1 million private-sector educational institutions including 6,590 coaching centres across the country, according to a government survey.A total of 1.484 million people are employed including 1.145 million teachers in the institutions, also reveals the study conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).Besides, 29.32 million students study in...

July repayment more than double of aid receipt

Bangladesh's repayment of foreign loans in July, the first month of FY26, was more than double the external aid it received from global lenders that month, officials said on Thursday.The country repaid $446.68 million against the outstanding medium- to long-term loans that month, Economic Relations Division's (ERD) provisional data shows.On...

No directive came, no scope for role in student union polls: ISPR

The Bangladesh Army has not received any directive from the government to be engaged in the upcoming central student union elections in different universities and there is no scope for such involvement in future either, according to Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR).Recently, reports were seen in various media and...

1,500-2,000 people looted white stones from Bholaganj

The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources and the Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet on Thursday submitted two separate reports to the High Court on the looting of white stones from Bholaganj, a tourist attraction under Sylhet's Companiganj upazila. The ministry report said a total of 1500 to 2000 people...

CUCSU polls to be held on Oct 12, after 35 years

CHITTAGONG, Aug 28: The authorities of the University of Chittagong have announced that elections to the Chittagong University Central Students' Union (CUCSU) will be held on Oct 12 next in the current year after long 35 years of previous polls in 1990.Chief Election Commissioner and professor of the Department of...

DSCC's typhoid vaccination campaign to begin Oct 12

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will launch the 'Typhoid Vaccination Campaign 2025' on October 12 to protect children from the disease, reports BSS.In the month-long programme, about 1.0 million children aged between nine months and 15 years will be given free typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV), according to an advocacy meeting...

BD, India agree to stop border killings

Bangladesh and India have agreed to stop killings, smugglings, illegal intrusion at borders alongside repatriate their nationals following due legal process and not to take development schemes within 150 yards of zero line.The agreement came in a joint statement issued on Thursday by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border...

UAE to recruit 400 Bangladeshi drivers

Dubai Taxi Corporation, a state-run transport company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will recruit 400 drivers from Bangladesh, reports BSS.For this purpose, a three-day selection test will be held at the Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Center (BKTTC) in Kalyanpur on September 9, 14 and 15.The information was confirmed in an...