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55,000 Rohingya children at risk of flood in Cox's Bazar

Unicef has estimated that more than 100,000 people including approximately 55,000 children, mostly Rohingyas, are at risk due to floods and landslides in Cox's Bazar district which is one of the most flood prone areas of Bangladesh, reports UNB."It's possible that this figure could go up to 200,000 people depending...

Country observes May Day

The historic May Day was observed across the country as elsewhere around the globe on Tuesday, reports UNB.Trade unions and readymade garment (RMG) workers, professional bodies, socio-cultural organisations and political parties observed the day in the city and elsewhere in the country.They staged rallies, bringing out processions, holding discussions, seminars...

Coast Guard, police recover 0.815m yaba pills, arrest five

COX'S BAZAR, May 2: Bangladesh Coast Guard members and Teknaf police seized 8,15,360 pieces of contraband yaba pills worth Tk 3.0m(30 lakh) in three separate raids in Saint Martin's Island and Teknaf in the last two days.According to sources, on a tip-off on yaba smuggling from Myanmar, a team of...

Minister assures of taking concerns into consideration

Post, Telecommunications and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar said on Wednesday that the government would not pass the proposed Digital Security Act, 2018 without addressing the concerns of the media professionals, reports UNB."The government is not out to harm media and journalists' freedom, because without press freedom we cannot ensure a...

Experts’ no to at-grade 6-lane Dhaka-Ctg expressway

The government is moving ahead with a plan to build a 218-km at-grade six-lane expressway alongside the existing Dhaka-Chattogram national highway despite local people's serious concern over the relocation of thousands of houses, educational institutions and other establishments, reports UNB.Officials at the Road Transport and Bridges Ministry said the Finance...

Jhenidah road crash kills four

JHENIDAH , May 2 (UNB): Four people were killed and four others injured on Wednesday when a goods-laden truck hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw at Laudia on Dhaka-Khulna highway in the district.The deceased were identified as Aslam (40), Kamal (35), auto-rickshaw driver Mahbub and Hazera Khatun.Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Emdadul...

Mobile court sentences 10 drivers in city

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) in a mobile court drive in the city on Wednesday sentenced 10 drivers to one month's simple imprisonment for driving vehicles without licences, reports UNB.BRTA Executive Magistrate Md Mazharul Islam led the mobile court conducted in Mirpur-10, Mirpur-1, Mirpur-2, Shyamoli and Manik Mia Avenue from...

Former Justice Amirul Kabir Chy passes away

The first chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, former Supreme Court's Appellate Division judge Justice Amirul Kabir Chowdhury passed away (Inhalilah ... rajeon) on May 01 in city's Bangladesh Medical College Hospital. He was 78, says a press release. Amirul Kabir was survived by a son and two daughters...

WEATHER-3-5-2018

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind and lightning flashes are likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal, Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions with moderately heavy falls at places over the country in next...