A joint expert team of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and World Health Organisation (WHO) will assess the feasibility of Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) in controlling Aedes mosquitoes in Bangladesh, reports UNB. To tackle the diseases caused by Aedes mosquitoes, the...
Read moreIndian External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar holding talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganobhaban in the city on Tuesday — PID
Read moreAt least 299 people lost their lives in accidents during Eid-ul-Azha journeys between August 6 and August 18, the Jatri Odhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad said on Tuesday, reports UNB.While unveiling its findings at the National Press Club in the city, the organisation said at least 818 people were also injured during...
Read moreDhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has launched a 'combing operation' on Tuesday to prevent breeding of Aedes mosquitoes, which are responsible for dengue fever.The campaign titled 'Ward-wise Aedes mosquito breeding source destruction and cleanliness campaign' was inaugurated on Tuesday at Gulshan's Shahid Dr Fazle Rabbi Park.Educationist professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed...
Read moreThe High Court (HC) on Tuesday summoned the director (admin and finance) of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP), Md Shameem Al Mamun.He will have to appear in the court on August 27 to give explanation about the budget proposal sent to the commerce ministry for Tk 05...
Read moreA Dhaka court has granted bail to FR Tower land owner SMHI Faruque until August 29 in a case filed over forgery in the design of the building, reports UNB. His lawyer Md Baharul Islam moved Dhaka Senior Special Judges Court seeking bail on health grounds on Tuesday. Judge KM...
Read moreA teenage girl found dead in an abandoned train compartment at Kamalapur Railway Station was raped before she was strangled, a doctor said on Tuesday, report agencies. The victim was identified as Asma Akter (17), daughter of Abdur Razzaque of Panchagarh Sadar upazila. After a post-mortem examination, Dr Pradip Biswash...
Read moreFour people have been killed in separate road accidents in Cumilla and Chattogram, report agencies. In Cumilla, two people were killed and four others injured after a car crashed into a parked covered van on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Kurchap in Debidwar upazila of the district around 7:15 am on...
Read moreDINAJPUR, Aug 20 (BSS): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a man with a foreign made pistol, a magazine and three bullets from Atore Barogram village in Sadar upazila in the early hours of Tuesday.The arrestee is Joinal Abedin (60).On a tip-off, a team of the elite force...
Read moreDhaka University (DU) will observe 'Black Day' August 23 (Friday), commemorating 'inhuman, sad and condemnable' attack on the university's teachers, students and officials on August 20-23, 2007 during the caretaker government regime, reports BSS.To mark the day, teachers, students, officials and employees of the university will wear black badges, said...
Read moreKUSHTIA, Aug 20 (UNB): A nurse who went missing in the district town on Saturday afternoon was found dead in a sack in Kumarkhali upazila on Tuesday morning. The victim is Bilkis Akhter (40), a nurse of Doctor's Lab and Private Hospital in the district town and wife of fish...
Read moreGAIBANDHA, Aug 20 (UNB): A man who was beaten over having tea in Gobindaganj municipality on Sunday night died early Tuesday.The deceased is Akalu Sheikh, son of Koser Uddin of Buzruk-Boalia area in the municipality.Mehedi Hasan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Gobindaganj thana, said Akalu had an altercation with a tea-stall owner...
Read moreMADARIPUR, Aug 20 (UNB): Two madrasa girls were reportedly raped by two boatmen at Panchkhola in Sadar upazila on Monday night while crossing a river by a trawler.One of the victims is a class-IX student while another reads in class-VI at Zajira Dakhil Madrasa in the upazila.Shaugatul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC)...
Read moreLight to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely at one or two places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy falls at places over the country in the next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday).Day and night temperature...
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