Najat Maalla M'jid, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence Against Children, called on the new interim government on Friday to seize the current transition as an opportunity to address the existing gaps in laws and methods to protect children from all forms of abuse, exploitation and arbitrary detention....
Read moreChief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus presiding over a meeting of the interim government's advisory council at Bangabhaban in the capital on Friday. — PID
Read moreThe United Nations (UN) as said they are willing to support the interim government and people of Bangladesh as required, reports UNB."Regarding what you said about support for Bangladesh, I can certainly confirm that we remain willing to support the Government and people of Bangladesh as needed," said Deputy Spokesperson...
Read moreThirty-five-year-old Ramiza (not real name) was a sex worker. Her parents died in a fatal road accident while she was only nine and a half years old. She took shelter at her maternal uncle house after the incident. Her grandmother took the responsibility of Ramiza, reports BSS. But, the fate...
Read moreChittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (CHT) Adviser Supradip Chakma has said the government will mitigate the crisis of school education in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), reports BSS."We want to ensure quality education for our children. Multimedia classrooms and digitisation education system will be made in educational institutions. We will remove the...
Read morePeople of various ethnic communities of plain land marched in a procession from Shahbag to the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital on Friday to press for their various demands. — Focus Bangla
Read moreBRAHMANBARIA, Aug 16 (UNB): Bangladesh Army has rescued an elderly woman who was locked in a room for three months by her own children in Brahmanbaria.Jahanara Begum (70) is the widow of late Haji Md Abdu Mia of Gorkanghat area of Brahmanbaria.Tipped-off, a team of the Bangladesh Army rescued Jahanara...
Read moreFifty dengue patients were hospitalised with dengue fever in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, reports BSS.Of the new patients, 14 were hospitalised in Dhaka city, while the rest were outside the capital, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Some 901 patients are receiving treatment in different...
Read moreCUMILLA, Aug 16 (BSS): A woman and her son were killed and father was injured after being hit by a covered-van on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sadar Dakshin upazila of the district on Thursday.The dead are Mariam Akter (20), wife of Yasin Miah of Chauddagram upazila of the district, and...
Read moreLight to moderate rain/thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country until 6:00 pm today...
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