National Vitamin-A Plus campaign will be observed today (Saturday) across the country to feed vitamin-A Plus capsule to over 22.1 million children aged between six months and 59 months to prevent childhood blindness and reduce child mortality, reports BSS. Under the campaign, children aged between six months and 11 months...
Read moreThe government has promoted 193 deputy secretaries and officials of equivalent ranks to joint secretaries despite having no permanent posts for them, reports bdnews24.com.They were attached to the public administration ministry as officers on special duty on Thursday as part of the procedure.The number of joint secretaries now stands at...
Read moreRAJSHAHI, Dec 22 (UNB): Four people were killed after they were run over by three speeding trucks in three upazilas of the district on Friday.In Charghat upazila, two youths were killed as a sand-laden truck hit their motorcycle in the Chongatola area on Baneshwar-Charghat road, said officer-in-charge of Charghat Police...
Read moreSYLHET, Dec 22 (UNB): Aiming to provide modern healthcare facilities among the people, a 250-bed hospital was opened at Sobhanighat in the city.Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith inaugurated Al Haramain Hospital on Thursday.Addressing the programme as the chief guest he said, "Our health sector has achieved mentionable progress although...
Read moreThe Security Council has said United Nations peacekeeping missions will continue to consider ways to reduce the environmental impact of their operations, reports UNB.The UN peacekeeping missions will do that in line with relevant UN resolutions and mindful of the goals set out in international accords on the environment, including...
Read moreTuhin, an eight-year street child, is now quite satisfied as he got an opportunity to carry out education in a school like Tori after his work, reports BSS.From the very beginning of his childhood, he didn't get any scope of education in school like other children of the society."I have...
Read moreA mother and her 12-year-old daughter were killed in a fatal road accident in front of East-West Medical College Hospital on the Ashulia Beribadh road Thursday night, reports BSS.The deceased were identified as Jasmin Akther (40), wife of Md Fakhruddin Kabir and their daughter Saba Moni.They used to live in...
Read moreCHITTAGONG, Dec 22: Meah Md Abdur Rahim has been elected chairman of Chittagong Club Ltd while Al Samad Dobhash Sagar vice chairman.Both of them have been elected unopposed after the annual general meeting of the club held last evening in the Club Hall. It was the 138th AGM of the...
Read moreBAGERHAT, Dec 22 (UNB): A housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband at Bajikarkhanda village under Mongla upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Laizu Begum (24), wife of Mohiuddin Mridha, of the village.Md Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mongla Thana, said Mohiuddin married Laizu three years...
Read moreWeather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), reports UNB.Moderate to thick fog may occur at different places over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country until morning, Met Office said.Night temperature may fall...
Read moreMembers of NCC Cadet teams of Nepal, Sri Lanka, India and Maldives called on Defence Secretary Akhtar Hossain Bhuiyan at Gonobhaban Complex, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city, on Thursday. — ISPR Photo
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