The World Bank (WB) will provide US$165 million worth of grant for improving basic services and disaster risk management for the Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar.The Washington-based lender signed an agreement in this regard with the Economic Relations Division (ERD) of Bangladesh on Wednesday in Dhaka for disbursing the money.Ms....
Read moreCoastal civil society organisation on Wednesday called for building cyclone resilient houses alongside cyclone shelters in natural disaster prone areas.They urged the government to allow eight existing coastal community radios to maximise capacity to 10 thousand watt, so that they can reach 100- km especially in the Bay of Bengal...
Read moreKISHOREGANJ, May 08 (UNB): A court placed on Wednesday five people on an eight-day remand each in a case filed over killing a nurse after rape in a moving bus at Gazaria nearby Bajitpur upazila.Those remanded are bus driver Nuruzzaman, his assistants Lalan Mia, Rafikul Islam, Khokon Mia and Bakul...
Read moreThe High Court (HC) has ordered a probe into the death of lawyer Polash Kumar Rai in jail, report agencies.The lawyer died after being burnt in Panchagarh jail.Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil issued the order after hearing a petition filed by lawyer Syed Sayedul Haque Sumon on Wednesday.The...
Read moreProf Imran Rahman, special adviser to Board of Trustees of ULAB, and Korvi Rakshand, founder and chairman of JAAGO Foundation, exchanging documents after signing a memorandum of understanding on behalf of their respective sides at the ULAB Chancellery at Dhanmondi in the city recently. Under the deal, ULAB will offer...
Read moreRain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Thursday).Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country, Met Office said.Mild to moderate heat wave is...
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