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Raise budgetary allocation for water, sanitation: Experts

Experts at a city discussion have urged the government to increase budgetary allocation aiming to ensure safe water and sanitation for all, reports BSS.Equitable allocation in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector is needed in the proposed national budget for fiscal year 2018-19 to achieve the SDG- 6 goal, they...

Outgoing Army chief calls on President, PM

Outgoing Army chief General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq has paid a farewell call on President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB.The Army chief met President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Sunday.During the meeting, the Army chief expressed gratitude to the President for extending necessary guidance...

ACC nabs CMCH clerk with bribe money

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday caught an upper division clerk of Chattogram Medical College Hospital red-handed while taking bribe.Acting on a complaint, a team from the ACC's Chattogram integrated district office set a trap and arrested Milon Kanti Rudra with bribe money amounting to Tk 15,000, said ACC public...

UN under secy gen calls on air chief

A five-member delegation of the United Nations led by Jean Pierre Lacroix, Under Secretary General of Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), called on Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat at Air Headquarters in the city on Sunday. They exchanged greetings and discussed different issues of bilateral interests during...

Miscreants kill outlaw, tea seller in Pabna

Two people including the leader of an outlawed party were chopped and shot to death over establishing upper hand at Tebaria market under Ataikula thana of Pabna on Sunday.The victims are Abdul Gafur (55), son of Dabir Uddin of the same village and regional leader of Purba Bangla Communist Party,...

'Govt takes steps to make Buriganga pollution free thru increasing its flow'

Water Resources Minister Anwar Hossain Monju said on Sunday the government has taken an initiative to make the Buriganga river pollution free through increasing its water flow, reports BSS. The minister made the comments while replying to a query placed by treasury bench lawmaker Didarul Alam of Chattogram-4 constituency at...

Foyez Ahmed new Public Admin Ministry secy

In a reshuffle in the administration, Foyez Ahmed, secretary to the Medical Education and Family Welfare Division, has been made secretary to the Public Administration Ministry, reports UNB.The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification in this regard on Sunday.GM Saleh Uddin, Divisional Commissioner of Mymensingh, has been appointed secretary to...

JS body for increasing lease rates of railway land

The parliamentary standing committee on railway affairs ministry asked on Sunday officials concerned to increase the lease rates of railway land, reports BSS."In a meeting, the committee urged the ministry to take steps for raising the lease charge of railway land," a parliamentary secretariat statement said.The meeting, it said also...

Govt forms body to probe Gaibandha road crash

An 11-member committee was formed on Sunday to probe the road accident that left 18 people dead in Palashbari upazila of Gaibandha district on Saturday, reports UNBSishir Kumar Roy, additional secretary to Road Transport and Bridges Ministry, has been made the convener of the committee.The committee was asked to submit...

WEATHER-25-06-2018

Light to moderate rain/thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, Dhaka, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country in the next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Monday).Day and...