Bangladesh
Chandpur gets 89 new physicians
Eighty-nine physicians were appointed to different hospitals here.
Barishal clinic with fake doctor sealed off
A mobile court here on Sunday sealed off a clinic and jailed two people, including a fake dentist, in Bakerganj Upazila for irregularities.
Don’t toy with people’s lives by adulterating food: Minister
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Sunday urged unscrupulous businesses to end adulterating food and playing games with people’s lives.
Jatiya Party to sit out Chattogram-8 by-polls
Jatiya Party on Sunday decided to pull out of the by-elections to Chattogram-8 constituency asking its candidate Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu to withdraw candidature.
19 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs
Nineteen new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Sunday.
Don’t do anything that belittles party: Hasina to AL followers
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the leaders and activists of her party not to do anything that will bring bad name for the party as well as the government.
“You shouldn’t do anything that will demean the party, government and the country,” she said when leaders of Awami League and its associate bodies went to Ganobhaban in the evening to greet her on her election as the AL president for the straight ninth term.
Sheikh Hasina said if any party remains in power for a long time, it usually earns bad name. “But we have been able to maintain our credibility in the eyes of people. We’ve to maintain it. So, all leaders and activists will have to work accordingly,” she added.
The Prime Minister expressed her firm stance that the ongoing drive against militancy, terrorism, corruption and drugs will continue.
Noting that the government has been implementing massive development works, she urged her party leaders and workers to ensure that these are done properly in their respective areas.
‘Preema Donna – An Infinite Journey’ book unveiled
‘Preema Donna – An Infinite Journey’, a book by prominent Bangladeshi visual artist and painter Nazia Andaleeb Preema, was unveiled at a city hotel Saturday.
Two held for ‘gang-raping’ woman in Chattogram
Police on Saturday arrested two people for allegedly gang-raping a woman at Nalandha village in Patiya upazila.
Shivering cold likely to continue till Sunday
The bone-chilling cold, which has gripped almost the entire country, is likely to continue for another day on Sunday under the impact of a mild cold wave.
The situation will start improving from Monday, Meteorologist at the Bangladesh Meteorological Department Bazlur Rashid said on Saturday.
He said the mild cold wave is sweeping over the country and it is likely to linger till Sunday.
Hike in power tariff to cut GDP by 1pc: Seminar
Speakers at a seminar here on Saturday said if the electricity tariff is raised, it will have a negative impact on the economic growth reducing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rate by 1 percent.