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Dengue patients under medical treatment at Mugda General Hospital in the city

Dengue patients under medical treatment at Mugda General Hospital in the city (left), and a city corporation worker spraying mosquito repellents with a fogger machine at Shantibagh amid an alarming outbreak of dengue fever. Both photographs were taken on Saturday — FE Photos

BRTC, Railway advance tickets from tomorrow

FE ReportBangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will start selling advance bus tickets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha from tomorrow (Monday), said officials. BRTC will start its 'Eid Special Service' on August 08 (Thursday) which might be the last office day. The tickets can be purchased from all the BRTC depots including Motijheel,...

UN names 2019 Climate Action Summit 'Clean Air Initiative'

The United Nations, World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and Climate and Clean Air Coalition have announced the "Clean Air Initiative", calling upon governments at all levels to join the initiative, reports UNB.They made the call ahead of the upcoming 2019 Climate Action Summit to be...

FM apprehends instability if Rohingya crisis lingers

SYLHET, July 27 (BSS): Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen expressed fear that if the Rohingya issue lingered it had the potential to trigger regional instability."We don't want such a situation, we would like to see peaceful repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar," he said at a programme here on...

School student drowns in Rangpur

A school student drowned in a pond while taking bath in village Sandalpur under Pirganj Upazila of the Rangpur district on Saturday, police said.The deceased was identified as Tushar, 15, son of Sultan Hossain of village Betkopa of nearby Kabilpur union of the same upazila, Officer-in-Charge of Pirganj Thana Saresh...

Destroy mosquito breeding ground: Nasim

Awami League Presidium Member Mohammed Nasim on Saturday requested the Health Minister, mayors of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to destroy the breeding grounds of mosquitoes to control the dengue outbreak, reports BSS."This is no time for seminars and meetings…I want to ask the...

'Drug peddler' dies in 'armed-battle'

BENAPOLE, July 27 (UNB): An alleged drug peddler was killed in an 'armed-battle' with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Agrovulot border area here early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Sujon, son of Abdullah of Kagojpukur village in Benapole.Lieutenant Colonel Imran Ullah Sarkar, commanding officer of BGB-21 Battalion, said...

ACC will interrogate Biman officials, ex-MD

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate 10 Biman officials, including recently-dismissed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer AM Mosaddique Ahmed, over irregularities in pilot recruitment, reports UNB.ACC Assistant Director M Saiful Islam served notices on Tuesday, asking them to appear before the anti-corruption watchdog.The officials allegedly took bribe while recruiting...

‘Measures taken for protecting riverbanks against erosion’

SHARIATPUR, July 27 (BSS): State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Faruq Saturday said the government has taken initiatives for protecting vulnerable areas from riverbank erosion."We have distributed relief materials among the riverbank erosion victims as part of our rehabilitation process… The government has identified 66 riverbank-prone areas so that people...

Six dengue cases confirmed in Laxmipur

LAXMIPUR, July 27 (UNB): Doctors identified at least six dengue patients until Saturday afternoon in the district.Five of them are being treated at the Sadar Hospital.The patients are Hossain Ahmed of Charmonasa, Rokeya Begum and Hridoy Ahmed of Sadar Upazila, schoolboy Famid Hossain from the municipality area, Mahabubur Rahman of...

WEATHER 28-7-2019

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions, reports UNB. It at many also occur over Dhaka and Rajshahi divisions and at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to...