Indian firefighters battle air pollution in New Delhi

    AP Indian authorities have ordered firefighters in the capital to sprinkle water from high-rise buildings to settle dust and stop garbage fires and have banned construction activity as hazardous air quality affects millions of people. New Delhi recorded one of the highest pollution levels of the year on Sunday with the air quality index, measuring…

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      Mahtim Shakib lends voice to new single

      Banglanews24 Singer Mahtim Shakib, who has come under the spotlight for his enthralling cover numbers on YouTube, recently has lent voice to a new single. Titled ‘Je Chole Jaowa’, author-lyricist Mahatab Hossain has penned the lyrics. Music director SK Sameer has tuned and composed the song.Plans to kick off the music video shooting are underway….

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        Rotavirus vaccine can save thousands of children: experts

        DOT Desk The Rotavirus Organisation of Technical Allies council in a report said that about 2.4 million children, mostly aged between 3 months and 2 years, became infected with rotavirus each year in Bangladesh, reports The New Age. Medical experts said that rotavirus was the most fatal of the four viruses and bacteria-responsible for diarrhoeal…

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          Runa in awareness raising documentary

          DOT Desk hRuna Khan, one of the popular actresses of the country, will soon be seen in a documentary film that would raise awareness about the importance of following the proper procedure while going abroad for a job, reports The Independent. DhakaLive has news that Runa participated in the shooting of the documentary, directed by…

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            JSC results of 11 Netrokona schools unexpected

            Sustir Sarker, Netroknoa Correspondent 11 Govt. Primary School started class 8 of Netrokona district, ti’s JSC result is unexpected. In total, 466 students from 11 schools participated in the JSC examinations in the year 2018. Among them, 301 students passed and 160 fail, that is 64 percent of the passing rate. The guardian cant imagine…

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              64-Dist waterbody redirection initiative (First Phase)

              Bangladesh Water Development Board Director General Md. Mahfuzur Rahman inaugurated the titular initiative at a place called Vetukia in Jessore sadar upazila. During this time the Jessore district Water Resource Development and Management Committee President and District Administrator Md. Abdul Awal and said committee’s members were present. Water Resource Ministry Deputy Secretary Md. Abul Islam,…

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                Bamboo-boring beetles wreak havoc in Rohingya camps

                DOT Desk Work had begun on one of the largest bamboo treatment plants ever installed in an emergency response, as International Organisation for Migration experts tackled a tiny insect that was devastating structures in the world’s biggest refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar, reports The New Age. An infestation of boring beetles meant the bamboo in…

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                  Microbial contamination found in pasteurised milk

                  DOT Desk A probe by Bangladesh Food Safety Authority has found gaping leaks along diary value chain causing widespread microbial contamination in cow milk processed for pasteurisation, reports The New Age. The probe samples covering all the registered pasteurised milk producers were collected at three stages of pasteurisation, transportation and retailing for tests at laboratories….

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                    Bangladesh makes a fashion statement

                    DOT Desk The world’s second-biggest apparel exporter is now home to fashion labels of its own, reports The Independent. Bangladesh can chalk up this turn of fortunes to stable economic growth. The country’s gross domestic product has been on a years long winning streak. In the 12 months through June,it grew at a 7.86percent clip….

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                      Curtain falls on electioneering this morning

                      Hossen Sohel of DOT :  The curtain is set to fall on campaign this morning, 48 hours before the voting in the 11thparliamentary elections begins at 8am on Sunday, reports UNB. The Election Commission has already asked returning officers and authorities concerned to take necessary measures so that no one can conduct electioneering after 8am…

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