Lightning strike has turned into one of the deadliest natural disasters in Bangladesh claiming over 200 lives every year due to the loss of natural defence and lack of precautionary measures, say experts. They blame deforestation, worsening air pollution and global warming, climate variability, and the growing use of mobile...
Read moreFE REPORT Six local products obtained Geographical Indication (GI) certificates from the government on Thursday. The products are: Dhakai Maslin (Maslin of Dhaka), Shatranji of Rangpur, Rajshahi silk, Kataribhog and Kalijira rice of Dinajpur and Bijoypur clay-crystalline cellulose composite.Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun formally handed over GI certificates to...
Read moreFE REPORT The government employees from 11th to 20th grades demanded on Friday that the government form a permanent pay commission and announce the ninth pay scale aiming to remove salary disparity.Under the banner of Sammilito Adhikar Aday Forum, the government employees placed the demands at a human chain programme...
Read moreOUR CORRESPONDENTCHATTOGRAM, June 18: The sufferings of the people of Chattogram, the second largest city of the country, know no bounds, as the monsoon rain has been continuing for the last couple of days. Starting on Wednesday night, the rain was continuing till filing of the report as of 5:00pm...
Read moreInternational Labour Conference (ILC), led by Bangladesh, has made a global call for ensuring access to vaccines and personal protection equipment for workers worldwide, reports BSS.The urge was made in a resolution, adopted at the 109th ILC in Geneva, concerning a global call to action for a human-centred recovery from...
Read moreOur CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, June-18: Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has opened a free oxygen service camp for Covid-19 patients at its Bangabandhu Corner on Thursday. Rajshahi city Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton inaugurated the oxygen camp introduced with financial support from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The mayor also handed over 40 oxygen cylinders...
Read moreDr Ahmad Kaikaus, principal secretary to the Prime Minister, Prof Dr Mohammed Farashuddin, chief adviser of EWU, and Prof Dr MM Shahidul Hassan, vice chancellor of EWU, among others, speaking at an orientation programme for the fresh students for the Summer Semester 2021 of East West University through videoconferencing on...
Read moreOUR CORRESPONDENTCHATTOGRAM, June 18: About 0.1 million (91,200) doses of Chinese vaccines reached the port city today (Friday). The shots packed in 152 cartons were sent from the capital to the Chattogram Civil Surgeon's office.Civil Surgeon Dr Fazle Rabbi received the vaccines this morning.Talking to journalists at the Civil Surgeon's...
Read moreGOALUNDO, June 18 (UNB): Originally a resident of the IsaeelShibrampur area in Goalundo upazila's Daulatdia union, JalilSikder now lives with his family in a hutment on a Good Samaritan's land in Nasir Sardar Para. "We were rendered homeless after our house was washed away by the mighty Padma river in...
Read moreLight to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours starting at 6:00 pm on Friday, according to Met office.Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at places...
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