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WASH budget cut deepens inequality, threatens safe water access: Experts

Experts have warned that the declining budget allocation for Bangladesh's Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector could severely undermine efforts to guarantee citizens' constitutional rights to safe water and sanitation.The concern was raised during the launch of a joint policy brief by the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus presented 'Art of Triumph'

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus presented 'Art of Triumph', a book of graffiti on the 2024 July-August uprising, to newly appointed Australian High Commissioner Susan Ryle, as she called on him at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Tuesday. — PID

DU announces Tk 10.35b budget for FY 26

Dhaka University authorities have announced a Tk 10.35 billion (Tk 1,035 crore) budget for the fiscal year 2025-26, up from Tk 9.93 billion in the previous year.DU Treasurer Prof M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury presented the budget at a press conference held at the Abdul Matin Chowdhury Virtual Classroom on the...

DTCA drafts updated traffic circulation guideline

As most of the high-rise buildings, residential plots and apartments in the city and its surrounding areas have been developed without proper traffic circulation, an acceptable guideline in this regard has been drafted for use in planning stage by the stakeholders. The draft traffic circulation guideline was shared during a...

EWU Board of Trustees Chairperson Prof Dr Mohammed Farashuddin speaking

East West University (EWU) Board of Trustees Chairperson Prof Dr Mohammed Farashuddin speaking at a freshers’ orientation programme for the students, enrolled in Business Administration Department in Summer 2025, on its campus in the capital on Tuesday.

Man held for 'stealing' pistol from police station

CHATTOGRAM, June 17: Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) on Tuesday arrested a man accused of ‘looting’ a foreign pistol and ammunition from a police station.The arrestee was identified as Md. Rubel alias Roni (27), hailing from Mithachar Thakur Dighi Bazar of Mirsarai upazila in Chattogram. nazimuddinshyamol@gmail.com

244 dengue cases reported in 24 hours

A total of 244 new dengue cases were reported across the country in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning, raising the number of confirmed cases to 6,466 since the beginning of this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), report agencies.Of the new patients, 36 were...

A delegation from NDC in the capital visited BARI

A delegation from National Defence College (NDC) in the capital visited Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) in Gazipur on Monday. BARI Director General Dr Md Abdullah Yousuf Akhond welcomed the NDC delegation.

Low forms over Bay, heavy rains likely

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in parts of the country, and asked the four seaports - Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla, and Payra - to hoist local cautionary signal no-3. A low pressure area has formed over Southwestern part of Bangladesh and adjoining area."Due to active...