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BSF arrest Bangladeshi youth from Kaliganj border
The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) arrested a 25-year-old Bangladeshi national from along the Khamarbhati border in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat on Tuesday.
The arrestee is Naimul Islam, resident of Khamarbhati area under Chandrapur union of the upazila.
Locals claimed him to be involved in drug smuggling across the border.
He was arrested near the main pillar-913 at Khamarbhati border area by the Chitra camp battalion of BSF with bottles of Phensedyl, said locals.
Lt. Colonel Ahmed Bazlur Rahman, commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), confirmed that they have heard that a Bangladeshi youth was captured by the Indian BSF.
BGB would go into a conversation with BSF in this regard, he said.
Development touches entire country: Speaker
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Tuesday said the entire country has got the touch of development thanks to the able leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The development activities were not halted for a single moment even during the Covid-19 pandemic, she said.
The Speaker was addressing a function at her parliamentary constituency --Rangpur-6 (Pirganj), said a press release.
As part of the development spree, different development activities continue in every union of Pirganj upazila, she said.
In the event held on the premises of noted poet Kazi Hayat Mamud's Mazar, 100 bicycles, 22 sewing machines, 20 wheelchairs and 20 spray machines were distributed among the beneficiaries of Chaitrakol and Vendabari unions.
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Pirganj Upazila Awami League acting president Prof Nurul Amin Raja presided over the function moderated by Pirganj Upazila AL general secretary and Pirganj Municipality Mayor ASM Tajimul Islam Shamim.
Dr Chaudhury said work on a master plan is underway to make Pirganj a model upazila.
She later exchanged views with local AL leaders at the Upazila Parishad Auditorium.
Argentina keen to exporting soybean, fertilizer to Bangladesh
Argentina has informed Bangladesh that the South American country is open to exporting soybean, beef and fertilizer to Bangladesh.
Undersecretary of State for Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Claudio Javier Rozencwaig, conveyed this during his meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam at his office on Tuesday.
Both sides acknowledged that the current world-wide crisis in the supply of fertilizer and energy might hamper agricultural supplies further.
Claudio led a four-member delegation to Bangladesh.
The delegation included Hugo Gobbi, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to Bangladesh resident in New Delhi, India.
During the meeting with Shahriar, the Argentine Undersecretary handed over a message of felicitations from the Argentine Foreign Minister on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Argentina.
The State Minister recalled the movement in Argentina led by famous Argentine poet Victoria Ocampo during the Liberation War in 1971.
He mentioned that poet Ocampo played an important role in raising public opinion to denounce war and support the right cause of Bangalees.
During the meeting both sides agreed on the importance of further strengthening business and commercial ties between the two nations.
The State Minister emphasized the importance of cooperation between the two countries in the field of agriculture.
Read: Bangladesh, Argentina to strengthen economic ties; MoU on FOC signed
Abdul Kader joins BCBL as Deputy Managing Director
Md Abdul Kader has joined Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCBL) as Deputy Managing Director.
He was the Senior Executive Vice President of Union Bank. He started his banking career at First Security Islami Bank Ltd. as a probationary officer.
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Abdul Kader obtained his Honors and Masters from the University of Dhaka. He attended numerous seminars and training sessions arranged by Bangladesh Bank and World Bank at home and abroad.
Besides, his articles were published in various international journals.
Md Abdul Kader was born in a renowned Muslim family at Khilbaichha village of Laxmipur district.
8 drown in 5 districts during Eid holidays
Eight people, including seven children, drowned in Chattogram, Sylhet, Chapainawabganj, Sherpur and Brahmanbaria districts during Eid holidays.
In Chattogram, two children drowned in a canal in Kolpolok residential area in Bakolia of the city around 1pm on Tuesday while playing near the canal.
The deceased were identified as Md Shamim, 10, and Rabiul Islam, 7, residents of the area.
Sadiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) (investigation) of Panchlaish police station, said locals rescued the children and took them to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) where doctors announced them dead on arrival.
In Sylhet, a tourist drowned in the river at Jaflong, a tourist destination, this noon, said Md Ratan Sheikh, in-charge of Jaflong Tourist Police.
The deceased was identified as Mahidul Islam, 19, of Narsingdi district. He was a 2nd year student of Narsingdi Ideal College.
He among three people drowned in the river while taking bath, however, two of them managed to swim to the shore, said the official.
Later, fire service divers recovered Mahidul’s body from the river around 6pm, he added.
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In Chapainawabganj, a 12-year-old boy drowned in the Mahananda River in the town this noon, said Mozaffar Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chapainawabganj Sadar police station.
The deceased was identified as Kawsar, son of Mesbaul Hoque of the district town.
Later, divers of the fire service rescued the boy and rushed him to district Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him dead, the OC added.
In Sherpur, a schoolboy drowned in a pond at a college playground in Pakuria union in the morning while playing football, said Naeem Md Nahid Hasan, inspector (Investigation) of Sherpur Sadar police station.
The deceased was identified as Munayem Islam Mishuk, a class X student of Sherpur Government Technical School and College.
Fire service divers recovered the body around 11am, said the OC.
In Brahmanbaria, two siblings drowned in a pond in Nabinagar upazila Monday evening.
The deceased were identified as Jannat Aktar, 10, and Sadia Aktar, 7, daughters of Md Atik Mia of the upazila.
The siblings slipped into the pond adjacent to their house and drowned, said Md Aminur Rashid, officer-in-charge (OC) of Nabinagar police station.
Later, locals recovered the bodies from the pond, he added.
In the district town, a schoolboy drowned in a canal at Kautali Sunday morning while bathing a sacrificial animal in the canal.
The deceased was identified as Nabil Rahman, a grade seven student of Ideal Residential School and College.
Fire service divers rescued Nabil's body from the Karulia canal after five hours of drowning, said district Fire Service Team Leader Md Jewel Mia.
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 9 more deaths, 656 new cases
Bangladesh logged nine more Covid-linked deaths with 656 cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning amid a surge in cases again in Bangladesh.
The new numbers took the country's total fatalities to 29,212 while its caseload to 1,991,031, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case positivity rate increased to 13.78 from Monday's 13.18 per cent as 4,799 samples were tested during the period.
Four of the deceased were men while five were women.
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Seven were from Dhaka while one each from Chattogram and Mymensingh divisions.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.47 percent. The recovery rate rose to 96.22 percent as 1,542 patients recovered during the period.
In June, the country reported 18 Covid-linked deaths and 20,201 new cases, according to the DGHS.
Bangladesh reported its first zero Covid death on November 20 last year since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.
The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.
Youth stabbed dead in Chattogram
A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death in Chawkbazar area of Chattogram city Tuesday noon.
The deceased was identified as Sourav Khan Sohag, a cable operator of the area.
Read: Elderly man stabbed to death in Dhaka
Deceased family alleged that two people named- Shafiq and his son Sakib- stabbed Sourav indiscriminately near Mousumi residential area at Chawkbazar around 12pm following previous enmity over business.
Later, he was rushed to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) where doctors declared him dead, said Sadiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) (investigation) of Panchlaish police station.
Man dies after being hit by bus in city
A 42-year-old man was killed after being hit by a bus in Shyampur area of the city Tuesday noon, said police.
The deceased was identified as Md Saiful Islam, a resident of the city’s Mirpur area.
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A bus of ‘Green Line Paribahan’ knocked down Saiful around 1pm when he was crossing a road at Postagola to meet his brother there, leaving him injured, said Md Sazzad Hossain, deceased’s brother.
Later, Saiful was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead on arrival, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of the hospital police outpost.
The body has been kept at the hospital morgue, he added.
Dhaka’s rail link with Sylhet restored after 7 hours
Rail communications between Dhaka and Sylhet were restored Tuesday afternoon after 10 hours of suspension following derailment of a bogie of a freight train near Mukundapur railway station in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria.
Saiful Islam, station master of Mukundapur railway station, said a bogie of the oil-laden freight train from Akhaura veered off the tracks in a place between Mukundapur and Harashpur of the district around 10:50 am, halting train services on the route.
Read:Derailment halts Dhaka’s rail link with northern districts
Md Monir Uddin, loco Shed in-charge of Akhaura railway junction station, said the rail communications resumed around 6:15 pm when a relief train from Akhaura station removed the bogie from the tracks.
Two trains of ‘Paharika Express’, one Sylhet-bound train and another Chattogram-bound train got stranded at Akhaura Railway Junction Station and Shayestaganj railway station respectively following the derailment, he added.
Dengue: 73 patients hospitalised in 24hrs
Seventy-three dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Tuesday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, authorities said.
Among them, 42 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while the remaining 31 patients in other districts, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
As many as 141 dengue patients, including 107 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
The dengue cases are rising in the capital allegedly due to insufficient measures taken by the two Dhaka city corporations for preventing mosquito-borne diseases like dengue.
On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the mosquito-borne viral disease.
This year, the DGHS has recorded 1,477 dengue cases and 1,335 recoveries so far.
Read:Dengue: 32 patients hospitalised in Dhaka in 24hrs
Although dengue – a leading cause of serious illness and death in some Asian and Latin American countries – was first reported in Bangladesh in 1964, the first epidemic occurred in 2000, claiming 93 lives that year. It has since become endemic in the country, with outbreaks recorded every year since. Although for a three-year period at one point, the number of deaths from the virus fell almost near zero, its most fatal year yet was in 2019, when 179 died experiencing the severe form of the disease.
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, it seemed to take a backseat, as only three deaths were reported from dengue that year.
However, 105 dengue patients, including 95 in Dhaka division, died in 2021.
Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas.
About 4 billion people, almost half of the world's population, live in areas with a risk of dengue, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Each year, up to 400 million people get infected with dengue while approximately 100 million get sick from infection, and 40,000 die from severe dengue, it says.
"There is no specific treatment for dengue or severe dengue. Early detection of disease progression associated with severe dengue, and access to proper medical care lowers fatality rates of severe dengue to below 1 per cent," according to the World Health Organization.