Floods lay bare emergency disaster response lapses
On an average, half a dozen people, mostly children, drowned or died of snake bites every day in the first 18 days of flood across the country before it reached its peak engulfing a third of the country after July 10.
DENGUE MENACE Hospitals overflow with patients
With the dengue menace rapidly growing in the capital for quite some time and across the country now, the number of patients with the disease hospitalised so far this year has already doubled the last year’s figure, hitting 21,235 as of Friday.
POWDERED MILK CONTAMINATION Govt sits idle on evidence
It was in January 2018 the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority announced that it had detected lead residues 10 to 16 times the permissible limit in powdered milk of six imported brands.
Hajj to begin on August 9
The Supreme Court of the Saudi Arabia confirmed Thursday that the moon of the Hijri month of Zil-Hajj had been sighted, reports Arab News.
AGARTALA AIRPORT India wants Bangladesh land for expansion
India has proposed to expand its Agartala airport into the Bangladesh territory in Brahmanbaria for an upgrade to international standards, Bangladesh officials said.
Widow Minni appeals to withdraw statement
Detained Aysha Siddika Minni, widow of Rifat Sharif who was hacked to death in broad daylight in Barguna town on June 26, on Wednesday appealed to Barguna Senior Judicial Magistrate to withdraw her statement she had made on July 19 in the case of killing her husband.
Only PM, president VVIP: HC
The High Court Division on Wednesday asked the government to explain in three weeks why the parents would not get compensations for the death of 11-year patient Titash Ghosh on July 25
Farmers count twofold losses
Farmers have incurred twofold losses within a short-span of time between boro, aus and aman crop seasons as the bumper boro production left them poorer due to low prices and the two other standing crops in 31 districts have now been damaged by the ongoing floods.
Dwellers suffer as municipality staff on strike for 18 days
The people living in the municipalities across the country continued to suffer as they have been deprived of the civic services due to the ongoing strike called by the officials and employees of the country’s 327 municipalities demanding payment of their salaries, wages and retirement benefits outstanding for years.
HC rejects Khaleda’s bail petition
The High Court Division on Wednesday summarily rejected former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail application in the Zia Charitable Trust case.
