Some 73 per cent of Rohingyas are now living in new spontaneous settlements, said International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Sunday, reports UNB.Meanwhile, some 13 per cent Rohingyas are now living in makeshift settlements, 9.0 per cent in host community locations and 5.0 per cent in the formal refugee camps.Compared...
Read moreBangladesh has brought down the child mortality rate by 73 per cent over the last 25 years side by side with already achieving, according to the UNICEF report, the target of reducing under-five mortality rate, reports BSS.Nearly half of all under-five deaths are associated with malnutrition. Over the past 25...
Read moreBHOLA, Dec 24 (BSS): Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed today said the present government has increased various facilities for the teachers including their salaries."Education is the backbone of a nation. So, the present government has increased various facilities for the teachers to improve quality of education," said the minister.He was addressing...
Read morePolice arrested a suspected mugger from the city's Doyaganj area on Sunday in connection with the death of a six-month-old boy falling off his mother's lap from a rickshaw during a snatching incident on December 18, reports UNB.The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Rajib (20), son of Bhangari Kalam of...
Read moreEducation Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said on Sunday peer inspection programme has improved the monitoring system on educational institutions which will directly enhance quality of education in the country, reports BSS."We have implemented the peer inspection programme aiming to improve further the standard of education," he told a function in...
Read moreThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Women and Children Affairs Ministry recommended on Sunday taking steps to arrange an hour-long session on the early marriage issue every week at colleges for increasing awareness among the students, reports BSS.The recommendation came at the 41st meeting of the committee at the Jatiya Sangsad...
Read moreThirty-three-year-old Marufa Khatun is working as a journalist at a private television channel. Mother of a five-year-old boy, she has been suffering from a diabetes for the last two years, reports BSS.After consulting her family doctor, Marufa had conceived again six months ago. But four and a half months after...
Read moreA two-day conference on "Refugees in the Public Imagination: Discourse on (Dis)location and (Dis)placement" organised by the Department of English and Humanities of University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh (ULAB) ended on its campus in the city Saturday, according to a press release. The conference was inaugurated by Chairman of the...
Read moreRAJSHAHI, Dec 24 (UNB): Members of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) arrested a college principal with ten pieces of Yaba tablets from Kharail village in Mohanpur upazila on Saturday.The arrestee was identified as Shamsuzzoha alias Belal, principal of Mougachhi College in the upazila. Deputy Director of Rajshahi DNC Lutfar Rahman...
Read moreThe US Embassy, including the Consular Section and the American Centre with the Archer K Blood American Centre Library and the Education USA Student Advising Centre, will remain closed on Monday in observance of Christmas Day, reports UNB.However, emergency services for American citizens will continue to be available.
Read moreWeather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday), reports UNB.Moderate to thick fog may occur at different places over the river basins and light to moderate fog elsewhere over the country during mid-night until morning, Met Office said.Night and day temperature...
Read moreA nativity scene showing the birth of Jesus Christ is displayed at St Mary's Cathedral at Kakrail in the city in preparation for Christmas Day to be celebrated today (Monday). — Focus Bangla Photo
Read moreA box being constructed for traffic police in the gap between Mogbazar-Mouchak flyover. The photo was taken from the Malibagh area in the city on Sunday. — FE Photo
Read moreProf Dr A Ramchandra Aryasir of the School of Management Studies of Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology, Hyderabad in India, called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Akhtaruzzaman at the latter's office in the city on Saturday.
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