Road accidents claim 459 lives in August
At least 459 people were killed and 618 others injured in road accidents across the country in August, said a study of a passenger welfare association.The casualties happened in some 388 road accidents, read a statement of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity on Wednesday.Besides, some 14 people died and three got...
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1,695 sets of PPEs damaged at CMSD
A total of 1,695 sets of personal protective equipment (coveralls and shoe covers) have been damaged by rainwater due to negligence of duty of some staffers at the Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD).CMSD director Abu Hena Morshed Zaman served two show cause notices on senior storekeeper Yusuf Fakir and store...
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Frame policy on workplace health safety, demand newsmen
Newsmen working with different national media at a webinar in the city on Wednesday emphasised formulating a health safety policy for workplaces in order to ensure a healthy and secure working environment.Besides, there should be health safety training and awareness building in offices as still there are some misconceptions around,...
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IUB, BIMRAD, ICCCAD sign MoU
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Bangladesh Institute of Maritime Research and Development (BIMRAD) and International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at a ceremony in the city recently, according to a statement.Prof Milan Pagon, VC (Acting) of IUB, Rear Admiral (retd) Kazi Sarwar Hossain...
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Sohrab Hossain new PSC chairman
Former Education Secretary Md Sohrab Hossain has been made the new chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC), reports UNB.The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Wednesday.Md Sohrab Hossain will remain its chairman for the next five years or until he turns 65,...
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Hot and higher humid weather persists in city
Hot and humid weather persisted in the city on Wednesday amid lack of rain and presence of higher humidity.The humidity was recorded as high as 81 per cent in the air both in the morning and in the evening which raised the heat despite the fact that temperature remained almost...
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Two ACC employees testify in graft case against DIG Mizan, Basir
Two employees of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) testified on Wednesday in a graft case against suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman and suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir, reports BSS.ACC staff Jillur Rahman and ASM Abu Jafar Biswas testified at Dhaka Special Judge Court 4 and were cross-examined...
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Malaysia Day flag raising ceremony held
The High Commission of Malaysia in Bangladesh organised a Malaysia Day flag raising ceremony in the city on Wednesday marking its 63 years of independence and 57 years of the formation of Malaysia, said a statement.Acting High Commissioner of Malaysia Amir Farid Abu Hasan and other officials were present on...
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Army personnel is conducting a mass awareness programme
A Bangladesh Army personnel is conducting a mass awareness programme against the coronavirus pandemic in Hazaribagh area of the capital on Wednesday — ISPR
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