UNHCR envoy for urgent steps to protect Rohingyas from adverse climate impacts
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett warned on Wednesday of a 'race against time' to protect Rohingyas from the worst impacts of the upcoming monsoon season in Bangladesh, raports UNB.Blanchett, on completion of her Bangladesh visit, called for urgent action to support UNHCR - the UN Refugee Agency - and its...
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US$ 0.8m Dutch support for rice fortification in BD
Netherlands government has provided US$ 0.8 million to support a rice fortification scale-up programme in Bangladesh. The money will be spent to scale up an initiative on rice fortification which is being implemented by WFP in collaboration with the Ministry of Food, the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, and...
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Frame law to abolish discrimination against Harijan, Dalit people
Speakers at a discussion urged the government to formulate a law on 'elimination of discrimination' before the upcoming general election and fulfil the demand of the country's Harijan and Dalit people, reports UNB.They came up with the call at a discussion organised by Bangladesh Harijan Yokkha Parishad (BHYP), in the...
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Police arrest 12 Rohingya people, traffickers
COX'S BAZAR, Mar 21: A total of 10 illegal Rohingyas and two human traffickers were held in Lama upazila of Bandarban on Wednesday.On suspicion, locals caught them from Line-Jirjiri area of the upazila in the morning and handed over to nearby Army camp.Later, army officials handed over them to Lama...
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Discussion on 'disruption in today's business' at IUB
A discussion on 'Disruption in Today's Business' organised by Career Guidance and Placement (CGP) department of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) was held on its campus at Bashundhara in the city recently, says a press release.Quazi Mohammad Shahed, chief human resources officer (CHRO) of Gramenphone, was the main speaker at the...
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Case over murder of two Garo women in city
A case has been filed with Gulshan thana over the murder of an elderly Garo woman and her daughter in the city's Kalachandpur area, reports UNB.The dead is Besat Moni Chiran (65) and her daughter Sujata Chiran (40). Police recovered their bodies from the 4th floor of a multi-storey building...
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BGB seize Tk 10m gold at Benapole
BENAPOLE, Mar 21 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 20 gold bars weighing 02 kg from bordering Sadipur area under Benapole Port Police Station on Wednesday morning.
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Damaged covered van lying beside the road
The damaged covered van lying beside the road after a train hit it killing at least four people at a level-crossing near Feni Railway Station early Wednesday — Focus Bangla
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