Rajshahi, July 19: The incessant onrush of water from upper catchment over the past one week has triggered a flood situation in char (riverbed) and other low-lying areas in Ganges Basin .
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BNP slams govt ‘apathy’ towards flood victims
Dhaka, July 19 – BNP has alleged that people are going through a tough time for lack of food, fresh water and medicines in the country’s flood-hit areas due to the government’s ‘inaction’.
ঢাবির সাবেক উপাচার্য রাষ্ট্রবিজ্ঞানী এমাজউদ্দিনের ইন্তেকালে শোক প্রকাশ
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের সাবেক উপাচার্য ও বরেণ্য রাষ্ট্রবিজ্ঞানী প্রফেসর ড. এমাজউদ্দীন আহমদ-এর ইন্তেকালে ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব গভীর শোক প্রকাশ করে মরহুমের আত্মার মাগফিরাত কামনা করেছেন।
IBBL Board of Directors meeting held thru virtual platform
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 18 July 2020, Saturday through a virtual platform.
Wari Covid patients receive fruit baskets from Mayor Taposh
Dhaka, July 18 – Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Saturday surprised Covid-19 patients in the city’s locked down Wari area with the gift of fruit baskets.
BD Malaysia Chamber pushes for salvaging RMG industry
Dhaka, July 18 – Speakers at a webinar on Saturday said the looming crisis in the RMG industry will have a multiplied chain reaction to the whole economy, and salvaging this industry will be beneficial to other sectors as well.
President Hamid attends brother’s funeral in Kishoreganj
Dhaka, July 18 – President Abdul Hamid travelled to his ancestral home in Kishoreganj’s Mithamoin with his younger brother Md Abdul Hye’s dead body.
Quader for bringing back patients’ confidence in hospitals
Dhaka, July 18: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Saturday called upon the authorities concerned to bring back the patients’ confidence in hospitals ensuring proper health environment during the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis.
Aman paddy cultivation begins in Panchagarh
Panchagarh. July, 18: Farmers in the district have started cultivation of Aman with much enthusiasm .
Sporadic erosion: Flood situation improving in B’putra basin
Rangpur, July 18: As the flood situation continues improving, sporadic incidents of riverbank erosion have been reported from fewer places during the last 24 hours ending at 9am today in the Brahmaputra basin.
Bangladesh hits 2 lakh-mark in corona cases
Bangladesh crossed the grim milestone of 2 lakh coronavirus cases on Saturday with no visible sign of decline in the virus infections.
85pc Bangladeshi leprosy disabled people psychologically ill
A recent study revealed that about 85 percent leprosy disabled people in Bangladesh have been suffering from psychological problems besides many other disease-related complications. The sufferings of the excluded and stigmatised community have intensified manifolds during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Financial Express News Editor Abdullah M Hasan no more
Abdullah M Hasan, News Editor of The Financial Express breathed his last on Friday afternoon at the LabAid Hospital. He had been suffering from Covid-19 since July 4 when he was admitted to the hospital. He was 72.
Flood situation worsens in Faridpur, Kurigram
Kurigram, July 17 – The flood situation in Faridpur and Kurigram has worsened with the rise of water in Padma, Dharla and Brahmaputra rivers, leaving over 300,000 people marooned.
Corona test scam: JKG chairman Dr Sabrina on 2-day remand
Dhaka, July 17 – A Dhaka court on Friday placed JKG Healthcare’s chairman, Dr Sabrina Sharmin Hussain, on two more days remand in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.
Prof Emajuddin laid to rest: BNP pays homage
Dhaka, July 17 – Prof Emajuddin Ahmed, ex-vice chancellor of Dhaka University (DU), was laid to eternal rest on Saturday at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard in the capital.
Bangladesh’s coronavirus cases near 200,000
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh inched closer to 200,000 on Friday with the health authorities confirming 3,034 new cases.
Flood water submerges 11,682 ha of croplands in Rajshahi
Rajshahi, July 17: Around 11,682 hectares of croplands have become submerged by the floodwaters in different districts under Rajshahi division till Wednesday last, officials said.
Govt working to tackle COVID-19 situation: Health Minister
Manikganj, July 17: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said the government is working relentlessly to tackle COVID-19 in the country as he was addressing a discussion on his father late Colonel Maleque’s 20th death anniversary at Gorpara here…
‘Nonajoler Kabbo’ wins Torino Film Lab Audience Design Fund
Culture Desk Young director Rezwan Shahriar Sumit’s first feature film Nonajoler Kabbo (The Salt in our Waters) won the prestigious Torino Film Lab Audience Design Fund of €45,000.
4 persons of a family slaughtered in Tangail
Tangail, July 17: Four members of a family have been slaughtered in Modhupur Upazila of Tangail district. On information, police recovered the bodies from a house in Pally Bidyut Road area around 9 am on Friday.
Flood situation in B’putra basin showing improving trend
Rangpur, July 17: The flood situation started showing an improving trend with fall in water levels of major rivers during the last 24 hours ending at 9 am Thursday in the Brahmaputra basin.
Khulna death toll in clash over area supremacy climbs to 4
Khulna, July 17 – Two more people, who were injured in a clash over establishing supremacy in Moshiali area of the city on Thursday, died at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) early Friday, taking the death toll to four.
Former DU Vice Chancellor Prof Emajuddin passes away
Dhaka, July 17 – Prof Emajuddin Ahmed, ex-vice chancellor of Dhaka University, died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in the capital on Friday morning. He was 87.
President Hamid’s younger brother Abul Hye dies of Covid-19
Dhaka, July 17 – Abdul Hye, younger brother of President Abdul Hamid, died of coronavirus at a hospital in the city early Friday. He was 67. Abdul Hye, also a freedom fighter, breathed his last around 1:15 am at the…
IBBL among world’s best 1000 banks for ninth successive year
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has once again secured its position for the last nine consecutive years as the only bank of the country in the list of the world’s best 1000 banks. IBBL is ranked 904th in the year…
Public transports to remain operational during Eid: Quader
Dhaka, July 16 – Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said public transport movement will continue during Eid-ul-Azha.
Govt’s policy behind emergence of Shahed, Sabrina: BNP
Dhaka, July 16 – BNP on Thursday alleged that the ‘government’s policy’ is behind the rise of Regent Hospital chairman Mohammad Shahed and JKG Healthcare’s chairman Dr Sabrina who indulged in fraudulence in the name of corona test.
Nearly 3.7 mn cases pending before Bangladesh courts
Dhaka, July 16 – At present, nearly 3.7 million cases are waiting to be disposed of at the courts, including the Supreme Court. The information was revealed in a statement sent by Supreme Court spokesman and special officer Barrister Mohammad…
Experts fear a long cycle of Covid-19 in Bangladesh
Dhaka, July 16 – Though it appears that the number of corona cases has marked a fall over last two weeks, health experts said the positive case rate is actually now higher than in the past as the transmission is…