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330,000 Rohingyas, host community to be vaccinated against cholera

COX'S BAZAR, Nov 17 (UNB): Nearly 330,000 Rohingyas and Bangladesh host community will be vaccinated against cholera in a month-long campaign that began on Saturday in the camps of the district and its nearby areas.The campaign is to protect vulnerable population against the deadly disease.Led by the Ministry of Health...

IGP for strengthening Polwel as a modern, profitable entity

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Javed Patwary on Saturday called upon the authority of Bangladesh Police Cooperative Society Limited, well known as Polwel, to develop the organisation as a modern and profitable one, reports UNB.The IGP, also the chairman of Polwel, made the call while addressing the 51st Annual...

IMCTC secy gen wraps up Dhaka visit

Lieutenant General Abdulelah bin Othman Al-Saleh, secretary general of Saudi-based Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC), along with his four-member entourage wrapped up a four-day visit to Bangladesh on Thursday. The official tour that started on November 12 continued till November 15, said an ISPR press release.The main objective of...

Police nab two with Phensidyl

JHENIDAH, Nov 17 (UNB): Police detained two youths along with 264 bottles of Phensidyl from in front of a restaurant near the district bus terminal on Saturday.The detainees were identified as Sakib Hossain, 18, son of Rokon Mondal and Ripon Hossain, 19, son of Nayeb Ali, both hailing from Goalimonda...

Move on to launch Dhaka-Cox's Bazar deluxe trains to lure tourists

The government has taken an initiative to launch a luxurious tourist train service from Dhaka to Cox's Bazar via Chattogram upon installation of new railway tracks from Dohajari to Cox's Bazar, reports UNB.Railways Minister Mujibul Haque said a process to procure 54 deluxe tourist coaches has started as the project...

Jashore bomb attack hurts three

BENAPOLE, Nov 17 (UNB): Three people, including a Jubo League leader, were injured in a bomb attack in front of a park in Sharsha Upazila on Friday night.The injured were identified as Shariful Islam Pipul, 42, joint general secretary of Ulashi union Jubo League, his associate Abdul Wahab, 35, and...

This is true, development work may cause problems to the city dwellers for a certain period,

This is true, development work may cause problems to the city dwellers for a certain period, but the scenario in the city is somehow reverse. Lack of proper monitoring of the work progress and negligence of the authority concerned multiply the sufferings of the taxpayers. The photograph was taken from...

BSS Managing Editor Shahriar Shahid dies

Shahriar Shahid, Managing Editor of the official news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and a permanent member of the Jatiya Press Club, passed away at a city hospital on Saturday. He was 56, reports UNB.Shahriar, who had been undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals for heart-related complications, breathed his last there...

‘Family feud motive behind murder inside Ashulia bus’

Police say a family feud was the cause of the murder of a woman on a bus in Dhaka's Ashulia, reports bdnews24.com.The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) announced the findings a week after the incident. The investigators have arrested three suspects and found the bus.Jarina Khatun, 45, was killed on...

WEATHER-18-11-2018

Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, reports UNB. It may occur light rain/drizzle at one or two places over Sylhet division in the next 24 hours until 06:00 pm today (Sunday).Light to moderate fog may also occur at places over the country during...