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Dengue outbreak higher this year: DSCC Mayor
Dhaka, July 9 (UNB) – Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon on Tuesday said the infection rate of dengue fever is comparatively higher than the previous years.
Acumen Academy Fellowship Program launched in Bangladesh
Dhaka, July 9 (UNB) - Following its success in East Africa, West Africa, Columbia, India and Pakistan, the Acumen Fellowship Program has concurrently been launched in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Spain.
Rickshaw-pullers block city roads protesting rickshaw ban
Dhaka, July 9 (UNB) – Rickshaw-pullers blocked roads in different areas of the city on Tuesday morning protesting the decision banning the plying of rickshaws on three major thoroughfares of the capital, including the Kuril-Sayedabad one.
‘One House, One Farm project’ officials urge govt to regularise their jobs immediately
Dhaka, July 8 (UNB)-The aggrieved officials and employees of the “Amar Bari, Amar Khamar Prokolpo” (ABAKP) named ‘One House, One Farm project’ and the Palli Sanchay Bank (PSB) urged the government to regularise their jobs immediately and cancel all illegal recruitments.
No political influence in rice, paddy procurement: Minister
Dhaka, July 8 (UNB) - Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Monday told Parliament that there was no influence from ruling Awami League or any presence of syndicate during rice and paddy procurement this year.
Journalists Hasan Arefin, Akhteruzzaman Lablu die
Dhaka, July 8 (UNB) – Senior Journalists Hasan Arefin and Akhteruzzaman Lablu passed away at separate hospitals here on Monday.
Qasimi urges govt to remove Darwinism from textbooks
Dhaka, July 8 (UNB) - Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Bangladesh Secretary General Noor Hossain Qasimi on Monday urged the government to remove Darwinism, a theory of biological evolution developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin, from textbooks immediately.
Clear garment workers’ dues before Eid-ul-Azha: Monnujan
Dhaka, Jul 8 (UNB) - State Minister for Labour and Employment, Begum Monnujan Sufian on Monday urged the garment factory owners to clear the due wages and allowances of workers before Eid-ul-Azha.
Land laws from British era seeing reform: Land Minister
Dhaka, Jul 8 (UNB)- Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Monday said apart from creating new laws, initiatives have been taken to amend and reform the land related laws dating from the period of British rule, in order to deliver faster services.
Russia celebrates 65th anniversary of 1st commercial nuke plant
Dhaka, July 8 (UNB) - Russia celebrated the 65th anniversary of world’s first nuclear power plant, which was connected to grid for commercial purpose.