Bangladesh is among countries that showed "substantial progress" in reducing child or maternal mortality, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), reports UNB.More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released by United Nations groups led by UNICEF and...
Read moreFormer students of Jahangirnagar University formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the city, demanding judicial probe into corruption allegations raised against the unversity's vice chancellor Prof Farzana Islam and her family members — FE Photo
Read moreMore than 29 million children were born into conflict-affected areas last year, UNICEF said on Friday, reports UNB.Throughout 2018, more than 1 in 5 babies globally spent their earliest moments in communities affected by the chaos of conflict, it said."Every parent should be able to cherish their baby's first moments,...
Read morePANCHAGARH, Sept 20 (BSS): Railways Minister M Nurul Islam Sujan said on Friday the government has taken initiatives to modernise the railway sector with a view to making it world standard one."We have taken elaborate programmes for developing the railway …as the railway communication system is easier and comfortable means...
Read moreFormer governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Mohammed Farashuddin, chief adviser of East West University, speaking at a seminar on 'Dengue Situation and Prevention in Bangladesh' organised by the university's Social Relations department on its city campus on Wednesday
Read moreThe Dhaka University (DU) admission test for 'Ka' unit under the science and engineering-related faculties was held on Friday for the first year honours programme for the 2019-20 academic session.The test took place from 10am to 11:30am at 86 centers inside and outside the DU campus, said a press release.A...
Read morePlanning Minister MA Mannan said on Friday the government is working to improve cancer treatment in the country, reports UNB."We've cleared some medical projects on Tuesday and some others are in the pipeline," he said.The minister came up with the comments while speaking at a function at a city hotel...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, Sept 20: Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin has urged the government to include the journalists of electronic media in the 9th wage board.The mayor made the plea while speaking at a views exchange meeting with the members of TV unit of Chattogram Union of Journalists (CUJ)...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, Sept 20 (UNB): Police detained 24 Rohingyas from the Gobindarkhil area of Patiya Upazila early Friday.Borhan Uddin, officer-in-charge of Patiya Police Station, said acting on a tip-off, they conducted a special drive around 4am and detained the Rohingyas.They were later accused in a case for illegal intrusion into Bangladesh...
Read moreISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Sept 20 (UNB): The Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia issued a show cause notice on one of its teachers on Friday for violating rules and regulations.Vice-chancellor Prof M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari issued the notice on Law department's Assistant Professor M Sazzadur Rahman Titu.The teacher reportedly took three examinations of...
Read moreNOAKHALI, Sept 20 (UNB): Two siblings were killed and three people injured in a road crash in Mozambique on Thursday.The dead are Mohamamd Al Amin (23) and Mohammad Arafat (21) of Mirwarishpur village in Begumganj upazila.Victim's father Mohammad Hossain said the accident took place at night while Amin and Arafat...
Read moreA Dhaka court placed on Friday three policemen on one-day remand afresh in a case filed under Narcotics Control Act, reports BSS.The three accused are Gulshan thana Assistant sub-inspector Masud Ahmed Miaji (44), APBn constable Proshant Mandal (23) and Nayek Md Jahangir Alam (27).Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the...
Read moreBARGUNA, Sept 20 (UNB): Two brothers were killed by lightning strike at Gulishakhali village in Amtali upazila on Friday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Sobhan Khan, 35, and Yusuf Khan, 30, sons of Entaz Ali Khan of the area.Gulishakhali Union Parishad Chairman Nurul Islam said the brothers were returning home...
Read moreLight to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely at many places over Chattogram division; at a few places over Rangpur and Barishal divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Dhaka and Khulna divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at isolated places...
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