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2 cousins drown in Ghaghot River in Rangpur
Two children drowned in the Ghaghot River at Hazirhat Gangahari in Rangpur city on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Lithun, 9, son of Abdul Latif and his cousin Abdullah, 10, son of Arif Mia.
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Quoting local people, Rajesh Kumar Chakraborty, officer-in-charge of Hazirhat Police Station, said Lithun and Abdullah were playing football near the bank of the river.
At one stage, their football fell into the river and the two children drowned while they were trying to pick up the ball from the river.
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Noticing the incident, local people recued them and took them to a local hospital where doctors declared them dead.
Drowning in Bangladesh
Drowning is the leading cause of death for children under five in Bangladesh. According to Bangladesh Health and Injury Survey(BHIS), in Bangladesh nearly 17,000 children drown annually, an average of around 46 each day.
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A cross-governmental taskforce was established on drowning prevention – led by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, with representation from 12 departments. The task force is working to prepare a ‘National Drowning Reduction Strategy’.
According to the WHO’s latest estimates, drowning is the cause of 235,000 deaths every year. Many countries including Bangladesh report drowning as a leading cause of childhood mortality, particularly in children under-5.
IBBL Mymensingh, Rangpur zones host agent banking conference
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) recently organised an online business development conference for its agent banking outlets in Mymensingh and Rangpur.
Mohammed Monirul Moula, managing director and CEO of the bank, addressed the conference as chief guest.
Muhammad Qaisar Ali, the additional managing director of IBBL, addressed the programme as a special guest.
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Abul Faiz Muhammad Kamaluddin, senior executive vice-president, and executive vice-presidents Bashir Ahamed and Mir Rahmat Ullah addressed the program.
Md Mahboob Alam, senior executive vice-president, presided over the programme while ASM Rezaul Karim, executive vice-president, delivered the welcome speech.
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Covid-19: Bangladesh logs 30 more deaths, 1,687 new infections
As Bangladesh continues to fight against the Coronavirus pandemic with rising infections in frontier districts, it recorded 30 more deaths in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning, raising the death toll to 12,724.
Besides, health authorities detected 1,687 new cases after testing 16,982 samples during the period.
With the new cases, the total caseload rose to 8,05,980, said a handout of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
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The daily infection rate rose to 9.94 percent from Wednesday’s 9.81 percent while the mortality rate remained static at 1.58 percent.
The handout said 7,46,035 patients have recovered so far, including 1970 in the last 24 hours.
Rajshahi division witnessed the highest number of deaths during the period with eight while six each died in Dhaka and Chattorgram divisions, four in Rangpur and three in Khulna divisions, two in Sylhet and one in Barishal divisions.
Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on the 18th of that month.
Lockdown in districts
Due to the recent rise in Covid infections in the bordering districts, district administrations have imposed lockdowns in Rajshahi, Khulna, Satkhira and parts of Naogaon districts to stem the transmission of the deadly virus.
Read:Thakurgaon seals border areas to contain Covid
District administrations have been given the authority to enforce lockdowns in their areas if the Covid-19 situation deteriorates there.
Vaccination drive
Bangladesh launched its vaccination drive on February 7 with Oxford-AstraZeneca doses bought from India's Serum Institute.
The administration of the first dose of the vaccine has remained suspended since April 26.
Also, the country, the prime recipient of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines, has suspended the registration for Covid-19 jabs due to vaccine shortage amid a delay in the arrival of shipments from India.
Read:Bangladesh’s frontier districts brace for Covid ‘catastrophe’: Experts
However, recently two other vaccines, Russia's Sputnik V and China's Sinopharm, got approval from the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) for emergency use in Bangladesh.
The administering of the first doses of the Sinopharm vaccine started on Tuesday.
Bangladesh has also received 1 lakh-plus Pfizer vaccine.
PM condoles death of Rangpur AL leader
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Rangpur city Awami League advisory council member and valiant freedom fighter Mir Anisul Huq Peyara.
She prayed for the salvation of the departed soul and expressed sympathy to the bereaved family.
Mir Anisul, a language hero, breathed his last at around 5:50pm at a hospital in Rangpur. He was 91.
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He left a son and four daughters, a host of relatives and well-wishers.
AL general secretary Obaidul Quader also expressed shock at the death of Mir Anisul.
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Islami Bank Jashore, Rangpur, Noakhali zones hold business development conference
Jashore, Rangpur and Noakhali zones of Islami Bank Bangladesh organised a quarterly business development conference Wednesday on a virtual platform.
Mohammed Monirul Moula, managing director and CEO of the bank, addressed the conference as chief guest.
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Islami Bank additional managing directors Muhammad Qaisar Ali and Md Omar Faruk Khan and Deputy Managing Director Abu Reza Md Yeahia joined the programme.
The bank's senior executive vice-presidents Md Mostafizur Rahman Siddiquee, Md Motiar Rahman, Md Altaf Hossain, Md Jamal Uddin Majumder, Abul Faiz Muhammad Kamaluddin, Mohammad Shabbir, Abu Naser Mohammed Nazmul Bari and GM Gias Uddin Quader were also present on the occasion.
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Md Maksudur Rahman, head of Jashore Zone, Muhammad Qamrul Bari Imami, head of Noakhali Zone, and Mir Rahmat Ullah, head of Rangpur Zone, addressed the conference, too, read a press release.
RFL's Vision Electronics distributes blanket among cold-hit people
RFL Group's Vision Electronics has distributed blankets among the cold-hit poor people of Rangpur and Dinajpur under its campaign "Ektu Ushnotar Jonno."
Schoolgirl rape in Rangpur: Policeman held
A policeman, earlier suspended over the gang rape of a ninth grader, was arrested from Rangpur Police Lines on Wednesday.
Man gets life term for raping domestic help in Rangpur
A Rangpur court on Tuesday sentenced a man to life in prison for raping a domestic help in 2007.
Policeman suspended over schoolgirl gang rape case
An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Rangpur Detective Branch (DB) police, accused of being involved in the gang rape of a schoolgirl, was suspended on Monday.
Rangpur worker dies after air pumped through rectum
A worker of Jamjam Feed Mills died on Friday after his fellow worker pumped air through his rectum at Dewantuli in Mahiganj of Rangpur.