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Thousands suffer for ill-planned dumping station in Panchagarh
Panchagarh, Aug 20 (UNB) – The sickening odour from an unplanned waste-dumping station has made the life of the residents of Jwalasi area in Panchagarh municipality unbearable.
‘Top 4 in ODIs is a realistic goal for us’- Russell Domingo
Dhaka, Aug 19 (UNB) — Russell Domingo, the 44-year-old South African, has been named as the new head coach of Bangladesh national cricket team. As per the initial contract, he will be working with the Bangladesh team for two years. One day after after getting the job, Domingo (RD) granted his first wide-ranging interview with the Bangladeshi media to UNB Sports Writer Saif Hasnat (SH) on Sunday, over the phone from his home in South Africa:
Norway for expediting global efforts to ensure “voluntary, safe” Rohingya repatriation
Dhaka, Aug 19 (UNB) – Norway has laid emphasis on working together to make sure that things are improving on Myanmar side and expediting the global efforts to ensure the “voluntary and safe” return of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State.
KU research uncovers serious health risk in handling taka
Khulna, Aug 18 (UNB) – Currency notes move from hand to hand collecting dirt and bacteria that make people very uncomfortable to touch them.
Experts find falling demand, syndication behind decrease in rawhide prices
Dhaka, Aug 18 (UNB) – Experts have blamed the lack of policy, syndication by tanners, their ‘cash crunch’ and a fall in the demand for leather products for the unprecedented fall in the prices of rawhide of sacrificed animals this year.
Mirpur overnight fire turns lives of thousands upside down
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB) – There is nothing new in slum fire in Dhaka city. When it happens, it leaves thousands of people in deep despair. Over 20,000 slum dwellers turned paupers within hours in Friday night’s fast-moving fire in the city’s Mirpur area.
Dengue robs many families of their Eid joy
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB) – Unlike previous years, Eid joy eluded septuagenarian Ambia Khatun this time. She could not celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with her grandchildren as she is fighting against dengue lying on a hospital bed.
Prisoners spending productive time in Cumilla jail
Cumilla, Aug 17 (UNB) – Things in Cumilla Central Jail are no longer monotonous or painful for its prisoners as the prison authorities have allowed them to spend their time in a productive way.
The jail authorities have engaged them in various income-generating activities like making handicrafts and other products, aiming to make them both self-reliant and skilled ones.
The jail authorities have been providing training to its convicted male and female prisoners in handicraft production with a view to improving their skills so that they do not get involved in crimes again when they will be out of jail and earn their livelihoods on their own, jail officials said.
Sylhet farmers upbeat about Jara Lemon farming amid growing export
Sylhet, Aug 16 (UNB) – Jara Lemon, a special kind of lemon grown by farmers in Jaintapur and Goainghat upazilas, appeares to be a profit-making fruit as it is being exported after meeting the local demand.
NBR to introduce new app to check tax evasion cases
Dhaka, Aug 16 (UNB) - The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken an initiative to introduce a mobile application and a software, aiming to check the cases of tax evasion and increase the number of taxpayers.