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Only 22pc of public health facilities have essential medicines: PPRC study

Essential medicines are in stock at around 22 per cent of surveyed public facilities, while 94 per cent of the facilities ended fiscal year 2024-25 with unspent allocations, according to a survey shared on Wednesday.Besides, only 11 per cent of facilities cited financial mismanagement as a concern, disclosing that structural...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi exchanging pleasantries with Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi exchanging pleasantries with Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman during a courtesy call at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital on Wednesday. — FE Photo

RUCSU seeks action over threats to female student

The Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) on Tuesday accused the university administration of failing to act promptly over an alleged death threat against a female student and a subsequent attack on the RUCSU office, placing a six-point demand that includes legal and disciplinary action against those responsible, reports UNB.At...

Bangladesh has only 189 tigers left: State minister

Bangladesh currently has a total of 189 tigers in the Sundarbans, the country's only tiger habitat, and in zoos across the country which is not sufficient to protect the species from extinction, State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku said on Wednesday, reports UNB."Tigers are one of the...

Mosharraf assumes charge as new CID chief

Barrister Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, Additional Inspector General of Police (Addl IGP), on Wednesday formally assumed charge as the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh Police, reports UNB.A notification was issued about his appointment by the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs on June 28....

Armed gang opens fire on car of businessman in Ctg

CHATTOGRAM, July 29: Armed miscreants attacked a businessman at Hathazari in Chattogram on Wednesday. The armed gang opened fire on the car of the businessman during the attack. Sources said the victim named SM Shahidullah Rony was returning to his home in Raozan from Chattogram city in his car when...