Staff Reporter : The death toll from severe flooding across 11 districts in the eastern region of the country has tragically climbed to 59, with one person still missing and nearly 696,995 families stranded by the disaster. The count of fatalities had stood at 54 as of Friday. According to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, the victims include 41 men, six women, and 12 children. The casualties include 23 in Feni, 14 in Cumilla, six in Chattogram, one...
Day: September 1, 2024
City Desk : The standard of passenger services at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA)has changed remarkably with measures taken to stop harassment and domination of luggage-cutting gangs and to ensure quick release of luggage. “We’re working to improve the standard of the passenger services. A special cautionary measure has taken to check stealing of belongings and goods by cutting luggage of air passengers. The expatriate workers have been expressing satisfaction over quick release of the luggage,” said an official familiar...
UNB : The well-marked low over West Central Bay and adjoining Northwest Bay moved west or northwest direction and intensified into a monsoon depression over West Central Bay and adjoining Northwest Bay of North-Andhra-South Odisha coast at 6 am on Saturday. It is likely to move west or northwest direction further and likely to cross north Andhra-South Odisha coast by midnight on Saturday, said a special bulletin Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra...
UNB : Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 83 this year. During the period, 346 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the new patients, 200 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka, while the rest were outside in Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Some 1,333...
City Desk : Speakers at a roundtable have said the government should keep in mind the people’s aspirations and make necessary reforms in the country as well as create a space for holding free, fair and impartial elections. They said the interim government that was formed in Bangladesh in the mass uprising of the students can be called a revolutionary government, reports UNB. At the webinar hosted by Right to Freedom (R2F), the speakers said expectations of the common people...
City Desk : On Friday (30.08.2024), a team of BCS Kalyan Forum distributed relief to 519 families in Fulgazi Upazila of Feni and another team distributed relief to a total of 1019 families including 500 families in Chagalnaya Upazila. Each relief bag contained rice, dal, oil, salt, water, orsaline and biscuits. The first group distributed relief among the families affected by the severe flood in Phulgazi Upazila and the other group distributed relief among 500 families affected by the severe...