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Man held in city for sexually harassing 8-year-old
Police arrested a day laborer on charge of sexual harassment of a minor child in the city’s Sher-e-Banglanagar area on Saturday.
Emerging out of Pandemic calls for inclusive policies: Speakers at Sanem conference
Speakers in a series of webinars organized by the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling, or Sanem, underscored the need for more inclusive policies for developing countries to resolve the problems created by COVID-19 pandemic.
Bapex’s inefficiency prompted govt to hire foreign firms for gas exploration: Nasrul Hamid
Defending the decision to award contracts to foreign companies for gas exploration and production in Bangladesh, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said on Saturday that the state-owned Bapex’s failure to do its job properly prompted the government to take such a step.
Popularise waterways: Experts to govt
Speakers at a discussion meeting in the capital on Saturday said most government measures taken to protect rivers and strengthen the river transport sector are positive but slow in implementation.
Light to moderate rain, thunder showers likely
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Chattogram and Barishal divisions in the next 24 hours commencing from 6pm on Saturday.
Govt’s acts making people sacred of politics: BNP
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Saturday alleged that people are getting scared of politics due to ‘wrongdoings’ and ‘spiting venom’ by the government in the name of politics.
IU students demand punishment of Tinni's killers
Some students of Islamic University formed a human chain on the campus in Kushtia for the second consecutive day on Saturday demanding punishment of the killers of their fellow Ulfat Ara Tinni.
AL leader Nanak tests positive for Covid-19
Awami League presidium member and also former state minister for Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Jahangir Kabir Nanak has been infected with Conronavirus.
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports lowest daily deaths in 4 months
Bangladesh on Saturday reported 20 more deaths in 24 hours which is the lowest daily number of fatalities recorded in a day since May 28 when the country saw 15 deaths.
Corona under control for sincere efforts of govt organisations: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government has been able to put coronavirus under control in the country as different ministries and government organisations, including the Health Ministry and Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), worked in a synchronised way with utmost sincerity.
"Some people are saying many things regarding the Directorate General of Health Services or Health Ministry…whatever I’ve directed them on an emergency basis they did that. They worked properly…that’s why we’ve been able to put coronavirus under control," she said.
The Prime Minister said this in her introductory speech at a meeting of the Awami League Central Working Committee at her official residence Ganobhaban.
Sheikh Hasina said when she directed them to do anything on coronavirus-related issues she asked them to work promptly bypassing the mandatory government rules as those were very much urgent to provide medical services to the people of the country.
"We’ve to work… we’ve to procure various materials, we’ve to provide treatment to people, we’ve to go to people and that's the most important thing. There is no need to follow all the rules when it comes to emergency matters. If anyone falls into any trouble for anyone, we’ll look after that," she said.
Hasina said the government recruited 2,000 doctors and 3,000 nurses along with some technicians on an emergency basis to provide medical services to patients.
"I asked the Finance Ministry and Public Administration Ministry and other related ministries to sit together. I gave the decision and signed papers instantly to recruit these doctors, nurses and technicians," she said.
Sheikh Hasina, also the chief of the ruling Awami League, said the government relaxed some rules in this connection as the country needs more doctors, nurses and technicians to face the coronavirus.
In the initial stage, she said, the government made an estimate of how many people could be infected with coronavirus, how many people need to be taken into quarantine, and prepared hospitals based on that estimate.
"We prepared hospitals up to district level with oxygen supply facilities and ICUs as soon as possible. But this is right that in the beginning we had to ensure some pains… we did that gradually at all the places," she said.
The Prime Minister thanked all the government organisations and Awami League and its associated bodies for their coordinated and sincere efforts to help people unitedly.
"It’s only the Awami League for which people get cooperation. Had there been any other party (in power), numerous people would have died, people would have undergone indescribable sufferings."
She also said the example of such coordinated and sincere efforts is rare in the country.
Talking about the problems of expatriate Bangladeshis in different parts of the world, the Prime Minister said the government tried to ease their sufferings and even sent special aircraft to bring them back home. "They’re the children of this soil…we see them as human beings…we’ve provided incentives to them abroad through our ministry concerned."