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WB approves $510m for improving secondary education system

The World Bank (WB) will provide $510 million to help improve the secondary education system and student performance in Bangladesh.The concessional credit was approved by the WB Board at its headquarters in Washington DC on Monday, said a WB press statement. The financing will be available under the 'Transforming Secondary...

Rohingya arrival rate declines to 100 from 745 per day: UNHCR

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has estimated average arrival rates of Rohingyas have dropped from 745 per day in November to 100 per day so far this month, reports UNB."As the refugee emergency in Bangladesh enters its fourth month, people are continuing to arrive from Myanmar. However, the pace of the...

US donates 3.0m ORS doses for Rohingyas

The US government handed over 3.0 million sachets of oral rehydration solution (ORS) to the Bangladesh authorities on Tuesday for Rohingyas, reports BSS.United States Agency for International Development (USAID) staff handed over the shipment to senior officials of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) at Mohakhali in the...

Nepali student 'kills self' in city

A Nepali student of a dental college allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at the college hostel in the city's Vatara area on Tuesday, reports UNB.Police recovered the hanging body of Binisha Shah, a third-year student of Pioneer Dental College, from the hostel in the afternoon. Quamruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Vatara...

BNACWC, BCSIR hold training

A training course on 'Sampling test for identification of schedule chemicals' jointly organised by Bangladesh National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention (BNACWC), Armed Forces Division (AFD) and Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) was held at the BCSIR auditorium in the city on Tuesday, according to an ISPR...

Iranian Red Crescent opens hospital for Rohingyas

A 20-bed field hospital, built by the Iranian Red Crescent, has started its operation in Cox's Bazar to provide healthcare services to Rohingyas and Bangladeshi residents, reports UNB.The hospital is equipped with various sections, including medical services, nursing care, gynaecology, environment health, nutrition and psychological support.The hospital, inaugurated on Monday,...

Three to die for killing schoolboy

RAJSHAHI, Dec 19 (UNB): A speedy tribunal here on Tuesday awarded capital punishment to three persons and life term imprisonment to one for killing a schoolboy after abduction in Rajshahi on December 20, 2014.The condemned convicts are Majedur Rahman Sagor, son of Abul Kashem, Nazmul Haque, son of Hazrat Ali...

Robbers violate four women in Ctg

CHITTAGONG, Dec 19 (UNB): A gang of robbers allegedly raped four women after committing dacoity in a house at Karnafuli in the port city on December 12.After five days of the mugging, a case was filed with Karnafuli Thana in this regard.During the robbery no male members of the family...

WEATHER- 20-12-2017

Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), reports UNB.Moderate to thick fog may occur at different places over the country until morning, Met Office said.The country's highest temperature of 29.6 degrees Celsius was recorded on Tuesday in Cox's Bazar...

The bailey bridge on the Kakra river

The bailey bridge on the Kakra river in Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur district collapsed on Tuesday morning while an over-loaded truck was crossing it. — Collected