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Almost one-third youths leave studies to support family amid Covid-19: Survey

Some 28 per cent youths aged above 18 left studies to support their families amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, according to an online survey conducted by Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh, reports UNB.Almost 80 per cent of the respondents said their household incomes declined, which adversely affected the...

Masihuzzaman Serniabat posing for photograph with the participants

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat posing for photograph with the participants of the second Ops Conversion Course and higher officials of the Air Force at BAF Base Zahurul Haque in Chattogram on Sunday — ISPR

Journo Abul Hasnat dies

Abul Hasnat, renowned journalist, former vice-president of Chhayanaut, director of Bengal Publications and editor of the monthly Kali O Kalam magazine, passed away on Sunday morning at a city hospital at the age of 75, reports UNB.He was suffering from old-age complications and was taken to Anwar Khan Modern Medical...

DNCC resumes drive against dengue today

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will resume the cleaning drive (combing operation) in every ward to prevent the citizens from dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases from today (Monday) till November 12. The drive will be conducted in 54 wards from 9:00 in the morning till 12:00 noon. There will be...

Ctg sees spike in coronavirus patients

CHATTOGRAM, Nov 01: The number of coronavirus patients has been increasing day by day in Chattogram. A total of 21,184 patients have been infected with Covid-19 in Chattogram so far including the 183 persons on Saturday. According to the civil surgeon office of Chattogram, the rate of corona infected patients...

City witnesses rainfall

Dhaka city, as elsewhere in the country, witnessed light to moderate rainfall on Sunday, which helped keep the mercury at comparatively low level.The Met Office recorded 15 millimetres (mm) of rainfall in Dhaka until 06:0pm on Sunday while the country's highest downpour was recorded at 76mm in Khepupara under Barishal...

Bus driver, helper, supervisor to die for death of NSU student

A Dhaka court sentenced three men to death on Sunday for killing North South University (NSU) student Saidur Rahman Payel, reports UNB.Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 Judge Abu Zafar Mohammad Kamruzzaman handed down the verdict in presence of the convicts.The convicts are -- 'Hanif Paribahan' bus driver Jamal Hossain, his assistant...

Reduce air pollution to avert Covid surge in winter: Experts

As the densely-populated Dhaka city braces for serious air pollution in the dry season like previous years, health experts warn that dirty air during this winter may help coronavirus turn deadlier in terms of mortality rate, reports UNB.They said the exposure to a high level of air pollution weakens people's...