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Locally-led, integrated programmes can notably improve health, well-being

Locally-led and integrated nutrition and hygiene programmes can significantly improve the health and well-being of pregnant women, adolescent girls and young children living in the country's slums, found a new study.As part of its AdSEARCH dissemination series, icddr,b held a scientific seminar at the Sasakawa Auditorium in the capital's Mohakhali...

BD population hits 175.7m: UNFPA

Bangladesh's population is estimated at 175.7 million of which half are women, two-thirds (115 million) in the working-age group (aged 15-64), presenting a window of opportunity to harness the demographic dividend, reports UNB.The estimation was made in the annual flagship publication, the State of World Population (SWOP) 2025, of the...

Dengue situation worsening: 3 more die

The dengue situation in the country is deteriorating further, as three more people died of the mosquito-borne disease during a 24-hour period until Monday morning, when an additional 492 patients were hospitalised.However, the situation with Covid-19 appears to be more manageable, with only 11 positive cases reported out of 334...

Journo Shamim Ahmad no more

Shamim Ahmad, former Chief of Correspondents and City Editor of UNB, passed away at a hospital in the capital on Monday. He was 68, reports UNB.He was admitted to a private hospital on Sunday following a deterioration of his health conditions, and he breathed his last in the morning.He is...

Holy Ashura observed -

The Holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), observed in Bangladesh on Sunday with due religious fervour and solemnity, repots UNB.Ashura, the 10th of Muharram in the Islamic calendar, commemorates the date in the Hijri year of 61, when Hazrat Imam, the grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad...

SSC exam results likely on 10 July

The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations are likely to be published on 10 July.An official at the Dhaka Education Board said they had sent a proposal to the Ministry of Education for publishing the results on 10 July.

One arrested for 'killing' wife

Police arrested a person named Kamruzzaman (30) on Monday for his alleged involvement in killing his wife at Bhatara in the capital. The victim's mother filed a case. Later, a police team carried out a drive on Monday, and arrested Kamruzzaman from Sonamura under Bijoynagar in Brahmanbaria.Kamruzzaman strangulated his wife...

Transporters have long been keeping their buses in a haphazard way

Transporters have long been keeping their buses in a haphazard way on the busy main road in the capital's Azimpur area and using the thoroughfare as an illegal parking bay, thus intensifying gridlock in the area. The snapshot was taken on Monday. — FE Photo

Weather (2025-07-08)

Light to moderate rain accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday).The highest temperature in the country on Monday was recorded at 35.8 degrees Celsius in Dimla,...