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Shortage of funds impacts uncertain lives of Rohingya in Bangladesh

A shortage of foreign funds has affected the uncertain lives of the Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh, with only a little over half the required funds received this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, reports bdnews24.com.The funds raised in the past three years totalled more than 72 per cent of the...

With the winter just around the corner, a consignment of blankets on a rickshaw-van is heading towards its destination.

With the winter just around the corner, a consignment of blankets on a rickshaw-van is heading towards its destination. The picture was taken from the city's Gulistan area on Saturday — Focus Bangla

UK envoy gauges impact of community toilets in city’s Kalyanpur slum

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson paid a visit to Kalyanpur slum in the city on Saturday, where British-Dutch multinational FMCG company Unilever has set up a community toilet -- WASH Centre -- for the 8,000-odd residents in collaboration with an NGO, reports UNB.Residents of Kalyanpur slum, also...

Dry weather likely (08-11-2020)

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, forecasts the Met Office. Night and day temperature may rise slightly over the country, said a release from the Met Office on Saturday.Country's maximum temperature was recorded at 31.8 degrees Celsius on Friday in Teknaf and minimum temperature...

Govt plans NID cards for Bangladeshi expatriates

All Bangladeshi expatriates living abroad would eventually be able to cast their votes in general elections from overseas, reports UNB. This is because the country's independent Election Commission plans to issueNational Identity (NID) cards to Bangladeshi expatriates in at least 40 countries in the next five years. To start with,...

Prisoner dies in Kashimpur jail

GAZIPUR, Nov 07 (UNB): A prisoner, who was sentenced to life behind bars, died in Kashimpur Central Jail on Saturday.Nizam Uddin, 42, was sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case and had been in the prison since 2012, Jail Superintendent Md Shafikul Islam said."The prisoner was suffering from severe...

Prime accused held in Dhaka

LALMONIRHAT, Nov 07 (UNB):Detectives in a drive arrested the prime accused in a case over the lynching of a young man for 'disrespecting Quran' in Burimari of Lalmonirhat, from Kuril Biswa Road in the capital early Saturday.The arrestees is Abul Hossain, 45,Tipped off, a team of DB police of Dhaka...

Accident kills one, halts city's rail link with N-dists

GAZIPUR, Nov 07 (UNB): A man was killed and several others were injured when a train hit a bus at Sonakhali level crossing in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur early Saturday.Rail communication between Dhaka and northern parts of the country remained suspended after the incident.The identity of the deceased could not...

Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat Bangladesh brought out a procession from in front of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque

Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat Bangladesh brought out a procession from in front of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the city on Saturday protesting the publicaiton of caricatures of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM) in France — Focus Bangla