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Cholera spread thru sharing of household in Dhaka: Study

Nearly 80 per cent of cholera transmission in Dhaka occurred between the people who shared a household, a recent genomic study showed.Researchers from ICDDR,B and Wellcome Sanger Institute along with other collaborators said for the first time, the transmission of cholera has been tracked at household level across Dhaka, a...

Exploited, 22 female domestic helps return from KSA

Twenty-two Bangladeshi women domestic helps returned home from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Tuesday evening after falling victim to different kinds of workplace exploitation, sources said. With the fresh influx, about 200 female migrant workers have come back home from the country this month.Besides, 217 more women are also...

Govt to erect fence on Myanmar border to stop drug smuggling

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Monday the government is set to install wire fence and build road on Myanmar border, reports UNB.He said the government will set up the fence mainly to stop smuggling of Yaba tablets and other illegal drugs in the country."Besides, initiatives have been taken to...

UNHCR working with govt for verification of Rohingyas

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said on Tuesday it is working jointly with the government of Bangladesh to conduct a verification exercise for the identity management and documentation of Rohingya refugees, reports UNB.The verification exercise will help consolidate a unified database for the purposes of identity management, documentation, protection, provision...

Training programme for economic journos ends

A three-day training programme for development and economic journalists on "Development planning, budgeting and project management" ended in the city on Tuesday.The General Economic Division (GED) of the Planning Commission organised the training.Total 22 members of the Development Journalists Forum of Bangladesh (DJFB) and Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) took part...

Two abductors die in Kushtia 'gunfight' with police

KUSHTIA, June 26 (UNB): Two young men, accused in a schoolboy abduction and murder case, were killed in a reported gunfight with police in Paharpur village of Mirpur upazila in the early hours of Tuesday.The dead are Nayem Islam (27), son of Jahurul Islam and Joyar Ali (28), son of...

Infighting kills 'criminal' in Jashore

JASHORE, June 26 (UNB): An alleged criminal was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of miscreants at Nimtala village in Chaugachha upazila of the district in the early hours of Tuesday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Death anniv of Shafiur Rahman

The seventh death anniversary of Shafiur Rahman, a pioneer of the movement for promotion of classical music in the country will be observed today (Wednesday).He was the founding general secretary of "Shuddha Sangeet Proshar Goshthi". Shafiur Rahman dedicated his life to the cause of classical music, said a statement.

WEATHER-27-06-2018

Light to moderate rain/thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flashes is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Dhaka divisions and at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country in...

Pedestrians walking and vehicles plying beside a big pothole

Pedestrians walking and vehicles plying beside a big pothole on a road braving risks as construction work there has not been completed yet. The picture was taken from Outer Circular road of Rajarbagh in the city on Tuesday — FE Photo