The rate of cancer has been rising alarmingly in Bangladesh largely due to adulterated food, chemical, arsenic, environment pollution, lifestyle and genetic factors, oncologists said on Sunday.Even young women are being affected with malignant breast cancer here unlike countries like the United Kingdom where breast cancer is prevalent among women...
Read moreA government watchdog during separate drives in four districts on Sunday fined 29 businesses Tk 0.173 million for violating consumer rights in various ways.Officials of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) conducted the drives in the districts- Dhaka, Chattogram, Netrakona and Cox's Bazar.A DNCRP team, led by its...
Read moreThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday upheld a High Court (HC) order that issued an injunction restraining two officials of the drug administration from continuing jobs for their negligence in dealing with a case filed for manufacturing toxic paracetamol that killed 28 children in 2009.The two...
Read moreEducation Minister Dr Dipu Moni said on Sunday all the coaching centres will remain closed from October 25 until November 15 due to the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations, reports UNB.The minister came up with information while talking to reporters after the national monitoring and...
Read moreChief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed visiting the firing test of newly-added Oerlikon Radar Controlled Gun at Nidania Ad Firing Range in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday — ISPR
Read moreThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday nabbed a businessman for his involvement in misappropriating Tk 44.89 million through delivering substandard medical equipment to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital (RpMCH).An ACC team led by its Assistant Director Md Saiduzzaman detained Syed Kamrul Ahsan, general manager of Bengal Scientific and Surgical Company...
Read moreThe Supreme Court (SC) ordered on Sunday bus company 'Sajan Paribahan' to give Tk 1.0 million in damages to the family of Govt Titumir College student Rajib Hasan, who died into one month of a road accident in the city, reports UNB.A four-member Appellate Division bench, led by Chief Justice...
Read moreKhandakar Mozammel Haque of Feni district and Shahin-ul Islam Chowdhury of Chattogram district have been elected president and secretary general of Chattogram Bibhag Sangbadik Forum-Dhaka (CBSF) respectively for the next two-year term from 2019 to 2021), reports UNB.A 19-member committee was formed unanimously at the biennial general meeting of CBSF...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, Oct 13 (UNB): The female students of Chittagong University (CU) on Sunday staged a sit-in programme demanding allotment of seats of Jononetri Sheikh Hasina Hall and an official notice about it within October 20.Witnesses said over one hundred female students took position in front of the main gate of...
Read moreA woman was killed and her son was injured in a road accident at Kakrail crossing on Sunday morning, reports UNB.Police identified the victims as Masuda Begum, 35, and her son Mahin Ahmed, hailing from Barishal.Masuda was killed on the spot when their rickshaw was hit by a covered van...
Read moreSAVAR, Oct 13 (UNB): Two workers died after 'inhaling toxic gas' in a water tank of a tannery at Savar Tannery Industrial Estate on Sunday morning.One of the deceased was identified as Bappy, a tannery worker.In-charge of Savar Tannery Industrial Estate police camp Inspector Emarat Hossain said an unidentified man...
Read moreChildren at a rally at Bangladesh Shishu Academy in the city on Sunday, marking the Child Marriage Prevention Day — Focus Bangla
Read moreLight to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Chattogram division in the next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Monday).Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country, said Met Office.Day temperature may...
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