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Climate change-linked health risks taking heavy toll on BD

FE REPORTHealth risks over climate change impacts are taking a heavy toll on Bangladesh, a report of the Lancet Countdown revealed on Wednesday.The suitability for transmission of various infectious diseases, including dengue and malaria, is increasingly influenced by climate change, it said. The Lancet Countdown is an international, multidisciplinary collaboration,...

Police foil protesters' bid to march towards Secretariat

Police have dispersed a group of students and job seekers who tried to march towards the Secretariat from Shahabagh protesting the government's decision on raising the age limit for public service to 32 from 30, reports UNB.The protesters staged sit-in in front of the National Museum at Shahbagh in the...

Govt yet to decide on opening UNHR office: Touhid

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday said the government is yet to decide regarding opening of an office of the United Nations Human Rights (UNHR) in Dhaka, reports BSS."We are yet to decide … there was only a discussion … we are reviewing the matter," he told reporters...

74th birth anniv of Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani observed

The 74th birth anniversary of Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani was observed at Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School in Chattogram on Wednesday, says a statement. He was the son of late Mirza Mehdi Ispahani, founder of Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School, and the brother of Mirza Salman Ispahani, a renowned industrialist,...

Freedom fighter Sakhawat dies

Freedom Fighter Md Sakhawat Hossain Bhuian died recently at a hospital in Mugda, says a statement. He was 70 years old.Sakhawat Hossain was buried at Pakunda Thana Bari graveyard.He left behind one son, two daughters and wife to mourn his heath.

Light rain likely today ,,,....

Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office. The sun sets in the city today at 05: 19 pm and rises tomorrow (Friday)...