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73pc Rohingyas now living in settlements: IOM

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...

Child mortality rate in Bangladesh drops by 73pc in 25 years

Bangladesh 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...

Govt increases facilities for teachers: Tofail

BHOLA, 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...

Police detain mugger over infant's death in city

Police 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...

Peer inspection improves monitoring of educational institutions, says Nahid

Education 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...

JS body for weekly sessions at colleges against early marriage

The 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...

Diabetes risky for women during pregnancy: Study

Thirty-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...

ULAB holds confce on refugees

A 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...

DNC arrests college principal with Yaba

RAJSHAHI, 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...

US Embassy to remain closed today

The 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.

WEATHER- 25-12-2017

Weather 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...

A nativity scene showing the birth of Jesus Christ

A 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

A box being constructed for traffic police

A 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

Prof Dr A Ramchandra Aryasir

Prof 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.