COX'S BAZAR, June 27 (UNB): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) installed state-of-the-art rain gauges in three landslide-prone areas around Rohingya sites in the district.UNDP set up those in partnership with UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, the Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) and the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI).By installing these...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, June 27: Amid reports of death of three persons reportedly by jaundice and hepatitis-E virus the Chattogram City Corporation authority has formed a three- member committee to find out causes of hepatitis.The committee headed by Dr Bidyut Dasgupta of the CCC is expected to submit its findings by Thursday...
Read moreA UN official has urged the Human Rights Council to support efforts in investigating and prosecuting at the International Criminal Court those responsible for alleged crimes that have occurred for decades in Myanmar, reports UNBThe UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee made the...
Read moreNewly-appointed Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Mausoleum in Savar, reports BSS.After placing wreaths at the monument, he stood there in solemn silence for some time as a mark of deep respect to the liberation...
Read moreBangladesh Shikkhok Samity demanded on Wednesday raising budgetary allocation for nationalisation of secondary education in the country, reports UNB.The leaders of the association came up with the demand at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity.The teachers' leaders said they have taken responsibility of nation- building and for that reason...
Read moreThree women's rights organisations demanded on Wednesday exemplary punishment for those who were involved in the killing and violating two tribal girls, reports UNB.They made the demand at a human chain in front of the National Museum at Shahbagh in the city.Hill Women's Federation, Bangladesh Adivasi Nari Network and Bangladesh...
Read moreLight to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flashes is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country...
Read moreTeachers and employees continuing hunger strike in front of the National Press Club in the city to press for bringing their educational institutions under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme. The picture was taken on Wednesday — FE photo.
Read moreProf Dr Mohammad Yousuf Ali Mollah, member of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, and Prof M Omar Rahman, vice chancellor of Independent University, Bangladesh, among others, posing for photograph with the participants at the inaugural ceremony of a two-day International Symposium on Environment Conservation organised by the School of Environmental...
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