Reported by: Riku Amir Written by: Eshan Maitra Responsibility for managing the Railway General Hospital of Dhaka, will be transferred to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, from the Ministry of Railways. Most are hoping that, this will bring positive changes & increase the quality of the hospital services. Minister of Health & Family Welfare,…
Al Jazeera: Grief and anger has gripped Yemen’s war-ravaged province of Saada a day after the Saudi-UAE military alliance, backed by the US, bombed a school bus carrying children heading to a Quran class. Al Masirah, a pro-Houthi TV network, said at least 50 people, including dozens of children, were killed in the attack which…
Anadolu Agency: Death toll from Nigeria’s floods has risen to 108, the country’s official relief agency said on Monday. In a statement, the National Emergency Management Agency said 441,251 people were affected in 50 municipalities. The agency said 141,369 people were displaced by the floods that have affected 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states. Last week,…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has said some of the electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in the recently-held 11th parliamentary election were faulty, reports Dhaka Tribune. He made the statement at an inaugural session of EVM training for the upcoming upazila polls, held at the Election Training Institute (ETI),…
DOT Desk Awareness of users, manufacturers and marketeers of LP gas can help prevent LPG-related accidents in the country, top officials of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources said, putting forward suggestions for ensuring safe use of LP gas, reports The Daily Sun. “LPG cylinders do not explode due to LPG filling or…
DOT Desk The Ministry of Finance has given the go-ahead to the Ministry of Commerce to move forward towards signing bilateral and multilateral free trade area (FTA) agreements with developed and developing countries, officials said, reports The Financial Express. The finance ministry also suggested expanding the export basket through adding more items to the list….
Marilyn Thipthorpe One commonly alleged myth is that rape is chiefly a sexual act. People with this conviction often involuntarily place the victim on trial. Motives, dress and actions become suspect not only to law enforcement officials but also to family and friends and the public. The person’s credibility may be questioned and their sexual…
M Ahsan Shuvro, A Dhaka-based journalist with interest in energy sector: Having a boom in power generation capacity and number of consumers in the past eight years, the power and energy ministry once again failed to offer a different experience with better electricity supply to the people of Bangladesh in this summer. People in Dhaka…
AFP: More than 1,200 people have been killed across South Asia in monsoon storms so far this year, according to figures collected by AFP as India counts the rising toll from floods that have devastated southern Kerala state. The monsoon, which lasts from June to September, causes widespread death and destruction across South Asia each…
MEMO: Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has called for healing the rift between rival groups Fatah and Hamas. “It is necessary to call for a national conference for a comprehensive dialogue with the participation of all powers, parties, women, youth, and Palestinians inside [Israel],” Fadwa Barghouti quoted her jailed husband as saying. The remarks came…