40 platoons Coast Guard deployed in coastal districts

    UNB A total of 40 platoons of Bangladesh Coast Guard were deployed in the coastal districts to assist the civil administration in maintaining the law-and-order situation ahead of the 11th parliamentary elections. Lieutenant Commander Abdullah Al Maruf of Bangladesh Coast Guard headquarters told UNB that Coast Guard members were deployed in coastal districts, including Noakhali,…

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      Scientists may accidentally make it rain in Sahara

      New York post: Going green could make the Sahara Desert go green. The world’s largest hot desert — with a scant population, strong winds and unobstructed exposure to the sun — is an idyllic landscape for generating renewable energy, according to new research. Scientists have been studying how to effectively turn this potentially endless generator…

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        Absence of doctors at their rural stations irks PM

        NTV Online Irked by the continuous absence of doctors at upazila-level hospitals, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said how rural people will get their basic medicare services if this culture continues. ‘We’ve taken various steps to upgrade upazila hospitals…we’ve upgrade the ten-bed hospitals to 50-bed ones. There should be at least 10 doctors in…

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          Maryland judge to weigh Obamacare case

          Reuters Days after a judge in Texas declared that the Obamacare healthcare law is unconstitutional, Maryland’s Democratic attorney general on Wednesday will pursue his request that another judge rule the opposite way. The lawsuit brought by 8More on Page 7, Col (From Page 8) Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh also seeks to challenge President Donald…

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            ECNEC okays 6 projects involving Tk 1920cr

            BSS: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved six projects including an amended proposal on the project for the construction of a permanent trade fair centre at Purbachal. The approval came from an ECNEC meeting held at the NEC conference room in the city yesterday with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister…

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              Bandarban Gonoshanghati Council Claims, Their Members Being Hassled Daily

              Rafiq Ahmed Bandarban Gonoshanghati Council President Usomong Marma claimed that, several groups are accusing Bandarban Gonoshanghati Council members for the kidnapping of Mongpu Marma, on 13 June 2016. Since then, their council members are being hassled with falsified police charges, chased & being harassed daily. Gonoshanghati Council arranged a protest assembly at the Bandarban district…

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