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Govt's 10 initiatives ensured hassle-free Eid celebrations: PMO

Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Spokesperson Mahdi Amin on Monday said the government's 10 people-oriented initiatives around Eid-ul-Azha brought visible positive changes to Eid management and ensured the smooth celebration of the country's second-largest religious festival, reports UNB."Special emphasis was placed on 10 public-oriented issues in the government's activities centred around...

Govt to boost milk production: Tuku

State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku on Monday said the government will take necessary steps to expand milk production in Bangladesh, aiming to reduce import dependency and eventually achieve the capacity to export dairy products, reports UNB. Speaking at a discussion organised at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh...

BCL stages 'silent human chain' at DU

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the banned student wing of Awami League, staged 'a silent human chain' in front of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) building during the Eid vacation and placed a six-point set of demands.The programme was held at around 8:00 am on Monday (June...

Couple found dead at Ctg hotel

CHATTOGRAM, June 01:A couple was found dead at a residential hotel in the port city of Chattogram today (Monday). Police sources said Mohamamd Ripon (47) and his wife Sonia Akter (30) were found dead in a room of the Royel Park Hotel in Foy's Lake area of the city.The police...

Three more children die with measles-like symptoms

The health authorities on Monday registered three more deaths of children with measles-like symptoms, raising the total number of measles confirmed and suspected fatalities to 588 since mid-March.Of the total deaths, 90 were medically confirmed measles casualties, according to data of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The DGHS also...

One dies of dengue, 110 more hospitalised in 24 hrs

Bangladesh recorded one death from dengue and 110 fresh hospitalisations across the country in the last 24 hours ending Monday morning.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the latest death was reported outside the city corporation area of Khulna division, raising the nationwide cumulative dengue death toll to...

Four more Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia

Four more Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia, raising the total number of deaths to 41 this year's pilgrimage.Among the deceased, 27 were men and 14 were women, with 30 deaths reported in Makkah and 11 in Madinah, the Hajj portal bulletin of the Ministry of Religious Affairs'...

Ruman calls for end to 'bad journalism' in race for online views

Prime Minister's Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman has called for an end to what he described as "bad journalism" carried out in the competition for online views, reports BSS.He made the call at a press conference held on Monday to inform the public about the people-oriented initiatives undertaken by...

Prof Abdus Salam new provost of DU SM Hall

Professor Md Abdus Salam of the Department of Chemistry has been appointed as the provost of Dhaka University's Salimullah Muslim Hall.The information was confirmed in a press release issued on Monday by Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, director of the university's Public Relations Office.Vice-Chancellor A B M Obaidul Islam appointed Professor Abdus...