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Challenge lies in ensuring healthy diets for all in BD

Experts identified on Wednesday several challenges to ensuring healthy diets for all age groups in Bangladesh, including an increase in consumption of healthy foods and a cut in consumption of some processed foods with little nutritional value or anti-nutritive factors.They noted that mere awareness about healthy diet was not sufficient...

World Betar (radio) Day

A procession led by Information Minister Hasan Mahmud marching the street in front of Betar Bhaban in the city on Wednesday, marking the World Betar (radio) Day — PID Photo

Pahela Falgun celebrated

Pahela Falgun, the first day of Spring in the Bengali month of Falgun, was celebrated across the country Wednesday in a colourful way with young girls and boys joining various functions wearing dazzling dresses, reports UNB.Falgun is the eleventh month in the Bengali calendar and the first month of the...

Building design now needs approval at four levels instead of 16, says minister

Now it requires approval from four organisations instead of 16 to pass plan for constructing buildings in the areas under Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk), Chattagram Unnayan Kartripakha (Chauk) and others, said Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim, reports UNB. The minister disclosed this while talking to reporters after...

Elevated expressway to be partially opened next year: Quader

Parts of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway (airport to Moghbazar) will be opened after the second phase of the public-private partnership (PPP) project finishes, Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader said Wednesday, reports UNB.He said the first phase of the PPP project from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to the Banani Railway Station...

Two children violated in city

A child was raped by a man who was allegedly being helped by the victim's mother, police have said.The eight-year-old was violated at her own house at Moghbazar T&T Colony, said her father who filed a case with Hatirjheel Police Station on Tuesday night, reports bdnews24.com.Police said the victim's father...

Ex-dist judge fined for contempt of court

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday fined Feni's former District Judge Md Firoz Alam Tk 5,000 for not providing protocol to an HC judge during his visit to the district in 2003, reports UNB.The former lower court judge will have to face a seven-day jail if he fails to pay...

21 hurt as protesters attack Ahmadiyyas

Shops and houses belonging to members of the Ahmadiyya community in Panchagarh have been attacked by followers of several religious organisations, bdnews24.com. At least 21 people were injured during the attack at Ahmadnagar on Tuesday night after resentment grew among Sunni groups about a 'Jalsha' or annual convention planned by...

Police recover youth's body

Police have recovered the body of a 22-year-old man from a flat in Kodomtola of Dhaka's Basabo, reports bdnews24.com.The man has been identified as Yogen Gonzales, said Rashed Hasan, senior assistant police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.The victim's hands and legs were tied using an 'Orna' or scarf, he said....

WEATHER-14-2-2019

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in next 24 hours until 06:00 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB.Light fog is likely to occur at places over the river basins of the country during late night to morning, the Met Office said.Night temperature may remain nearly...