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Information minister congratulates new CVF ‘Thematic Ambassador’ Saima Wazed

Saima Wazed

MNA National Desk: Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud congratulated Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Autism Saima Wazed Hossain as she has been chosen as a “Thematic Ambassador” by Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) under the thematic domain of ‘Vulnerability’, reports BSS. In a congratulatory message, the information minister said Bangladesh has become an innocent victim of world climate change despite having little contribution to global carbon emission. But, Hasan, also Awami League joint general secretary and former environment minister, said it is a matter of pride that the country is recognized as a pioneer in realizing ...

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Aparajita owner Sharmin arrested over fake mask supply

Sharmin

MNA National Desk: The Detective Branch of Police arrested Sharmin Jahan, the owner of Aparajita International, on Friday night for supplying fake N95 masks in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Sharmin Jahan was also a member of the Awami League Central Sub-Committee on Women and Children Affiars. “A team led by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Ramna zone) Mishu Biswas made the arrest,” Mahbub Alam, joint commissioner of DMP Detective Branch, told The Business Standard. Earlier on Thursday night, the BSMMU authorities filed a case against Sharmin Jahan for supplying fake N95 masks. BSMMU Proctor Dr Mozaffar Ahmad filed ...

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PM Hasina opens largest modern housing for climate refugees in Cox’s Bazar

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MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday opened special structures built under ‘Khurushkul Ashrayan Project’ in Cox’s Bazar for 600 climate refugees. The Prime Minister inaugurated the 20 five-storey structures constructed in the first phase of the world’s biggest climate refugee rehabilitation project at Khurushkul on the outskirts of Cox’s Bazar through a video conference from her official residence Ganobhaban. The 600 families are getting their new abodes with all modern facilities in 20 structures, each having 32 flats, constructed in the first phase on the bank of the Bakkhali River, just three kilometres off the beach town. ...

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Papul victim of conspiracy: Wife Selina Islam

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MNA National Desk: Selina Islam, wife of lawmaker Kazi Shahid Islam Papul, claimed her husband is a victim of conspiracy in Kuwait. She made the remark while coming out from Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) headquarters where she was quizzed on allegations of possessing illegal wealth. Selina said, “There are thousands of workers who work in Papul’s organisation in Kuwait. Because of conspiracy on the part of some people, he is in trouble. I have no undisclosed wealth and document of my properties were submitted to ACC.” ACC is investigating the wealth of Selina Islam who is a parliament member of reserved ...

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PM Sheikh Hasina expresses dissatisfaction over slow pace of project works

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MNA National Desk: Expressing dissatisfaction for delay in implementation of development projects, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked different departments concerned to strengthen coordination among them to avert delay in project activities. “Lack of coordination (in implementation of projects) came to her (PM’s) notice…she repeatedly asked different departments to strengthen it (coordination),” said Planning Minister MA Mannan at a virtual briefing after the weekly ECNEC meeting. While revising the Khulna Shipyard Road project, the prime minister expressed her resentment for slow pace in the project works and asked the authorities concerned to find out the reasons behind the delay, ...

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Eid-ul-Azha to be observed on August 1

Eid-ul-Azha

MNA National Desk: The National Moon Sighting Committee made the announcement after a meeting on Tuesday evening Bangladesh will celebrate Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslim community, on August 1 this year. The National Moon Sighting Committee made the announcement on Tuesday evening following a meeting, according to a Bangla Tribune report. The new moon for the month of Zilhajj was not sighted anywhere in Bangladesh on Tuesday, the report stated. This means the 30th or the last day of Zilqad will end and the month of Zilhajj will begin on Wednesday evening in Bangladesh. The ...

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Bangladesh to be among first to get free Covid-19 vaccine: Health Secretary

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MNA National Desk: Health Services Division Secretary Abdul Mannan today said Bangladesh would be among the first to get any Covid-19 vaccine developed in any country across the world. “First of all, Bangladesh will get the vaccine free of cost,” Mannan said addressing a special meeting with the National Technical Advisory Committee to tackle the outbreak of coronavirus held at the secretariat in Dhaka this noon. Mannan said many countries, including the US and China, are on the verge of developing the Covid-19 vaccine, reports UNB. Countries with a per capita income of less than 4,000 dollars will get the ...

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ACC team visits DGHS to investigate graft

ACC

MNA National Desk: A team of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has suddenly gone to the office of the Directorate General of Health Services early Sunday afternoon. They entered the Health Bhaban at Mohakhali in the city at 12:45pm and came out of the building at about 3:30pm. The four-member ACC team led by deputy director Abu Bakar Siddique went to the DGHS and talked to the DGHS Director-General Professor Dr Abul Kalam Azad. Abu Bakar Siddique later told journalists that they sought some documents related to Regent Hospital appearing at the DGHS in person. “But, they didn’t give us those ...

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International passengers can receive COVID-19 certificates from 16 institutes

COVID-19

MNA National Desk: All international passengers from Bangladesh will have to show COVID-19 negative certificates from 16 institutes, recommended by the government, at the airports before leaving the country. The decision will be implemented from July 23, according to a circular issued by Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) on Saturday. The 16 government-listed COVID testing facilities are: National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Centre, Institute of Public Health, and National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine in Dhaka; Sher E Bangla Medical College, Barisal, Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Chattagram, Cox’s Bazar Medical College (IEDCR Field Laboratory), ...

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Death from COVID-19 crosses 2,500 in Bangladesh

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MNA National Desk: Death toll from the novel coronavirus has surged past 2,500-mark in Bangladesh as the country reported 51 more fatalities in the last 24 hours to 8:00am on Friday. With the latest, Covid-19 death toll in the country now stands at 2,547. The health directorate also registered 3,034 fresh infections during the 24-hour period, pushing the total case count to 199,357. Additional Director General (Admin) of DGHS Dr Nasima Sultana presented the latest figures while briefing the media live on the daily Covid-19 bulletin at 2:30pm today. The fresh coronavirus infections were found after testing 13,460 samples across ...

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Italy allows Bangladeshis from August 1

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MNA National Desk: Italy has reduced the ban on arrivals from Bangladesh for three months amid the coronavirus pandemic. Bangladeshis will now be able to enter the European country from August 1. After Italy notified the airlines about the new decision, the foreign ministry said the ban will end on July 31. The ministry also rejected media reports that Bangladeshis travelled to Italy with fake COVID-19 test reports as incorrect. The European Union member state has not yet imposed a rule that would require Bangladeshis to get coronavirus-negative test reports for entry. Some of the 1,600 Bangladeshis who travelled to ...

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RAB-6 sues Sahed under Arms Act, Special Powers Act in Satkhira

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MNA National Desk: A case has been filed against three persons including the arrested Regent Hospital chairman Md Sahed alias Sahed Karim and Bacchu Majhi with Debhata Police Station in Satkhira district. DAD Nazrul Islam of RAB-6 filed the case on Wednesday night under the Arms Act and Special Powers Act. In the seizure list of the case include a money bag, 2,330 Indian rupees, ATM Cards of three banks, a foreign-made pistol and three rounds of bullet. SeniorASP Bazlur Rashid, who is in charge of RAB-6 Satkhira Camp, said Sahed was arrested acting on a tip-off with a firearm ...

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Ministry, directorate not at loggerheads: Health Minister

Health Minister

MNA National Desk: Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday said that the ministry and the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) do not have any problem with each other. The minister came up with the remark while responding to reporters at a briefing in his office, reports UNB. “The ministry can seek explanation from DGHS which is part of the government’s job,” he said. “The government is carrying out inquiry into the fraudulence activities of JKG and Regent Hospital. If the allegations are found to be true, then stern action would be taken against them. Exemplary action must be taken ...

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Govt plans to launch special cell to prevent dengue outbreak

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MNA National Desk: The government is planning to launch a dengue prevention cell to oversee the efforts to raise awareness on the disease and destroying breeding grounds of the virus-carrying Aedes mosquitoes. The cell will be made up of officials holding the rank of deputy secretary and below. The public administration ministry has accordingly directed secretaries attached to all ministries and divisions to prepare a list of prospective candidates. They have been given three days to report back to the ministry. The government decided to set up a special cell under the supervision of the two city corporations in a ...

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No testing kit without govt approval can be used

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MNA National Desk: No testing kit without the government’s approval can be used for coronavirus test, said the Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Saturday. Md Habibur Rahman Khan, additional secretary to the Health Services Division and convener of the media cell formed by the ministry, came up with the comment while replying to a query from reporters about unauthorised kits available in the market during a briefing. “No coronavirus testing kits without government’s approval will be accepted,” he said, adding that coronavirus test is being conducted under government arrangement only with approved kits following the instructions of the World ...

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Government extends holiday until May 5

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MNA National Desk: The government has extended the general holidays until May 5 in a bid to tackle the worsening coronavirus situation in the country. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday. It said various emergency services will be out of the purview of the holiday, UNB reported. On March 23, the government declared general holidays from March 26 to April 4, aiming to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. Later, the holidays were extended four times until April 25 -– first from April 5 to April 9, then from April 10 to April 14, ...

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Bangladesh reports nine more coronavirus deaths, 434 new cases

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MNA National Desk: The highly infectious coronavirus disease has killed nine more people in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 110 in the country. Meanwhile, the total number of infections has soared to 3382 after 434 more people tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general of the Directorate General (Administration) of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information in a daily health bulletin this noon. Among the dead, five were male and four female, Dr Nasima said. Besides, two more patients made recovery during the period under review, taking the ...

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10 more die from coronavirus in Bangladesh, 492 new cases

COVID-19

MNA National Desk: Ten more people died of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Monday, raising the tally to 101. Meanwhile, 492 others were diagnosed with COVID-19 during the same period, taking the number of such cases in the country to 2948, Additional Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Nasima Sultana said. Dr Nasima said that among the ten victims, eight are male and the two are female. Of them, two were between 41 to 50 age group, four were between 51 to 60 and four awere above 60 ...

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Govt to support farmers with Tk 90b to minimise coronavirus impact

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MNA National Desk: The government has allocated Tk 90 billion to subsidize farmers aiming to increase agricultural production amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “To meet the country’s food demand, different initiatives, including stimulus packages, have been taken and Tk 90 billion bas been allocated for boosting crop production amid the coronavirus outbreak,” Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdul Razzaque told a press briefing at the secretariat in Dhaka on Thursday. He said the farmer-friendly government, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has allocated Tk 90 billion to give subsidy to the growers. Besides, the agriculture minister said the government has allocated ...

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New insurance scheme for COVID-19 frontline responders

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MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a new insurance scheme for government employees, including doctors, nurses and law-enforcement officials, in the fight against the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh. Hasina made the announcement during her address to the nation on the eve of the Bengali New Year on Monday amid a worsening coronavirus crisis across the country. Health professionals, field-level officers, law-enforcement personnel and other frontline responders will be covered by health insurances between Tk 500,000 and Tk 1.0 million, depending on their ranks, the prime minister said. The coverage amount will increase five-fold in case of death ...

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General holidays until April 25, don’t go out of home after 6pm

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MNA National Desk: The government has instructed all citizens of the country not to come out of home after 6:00pm and if anyone defies this will be brought under legal action. “Moving from one area to other is also restricted strictly,” said a notification issued by the public administration ministry on Friday, reports UNB. The notification also said the government extended the general holidays until April 25. “The government extended the holidays from April 15 to April 23, while April 24 and 25 are the weekend,” said Public Administration Secretary Shaikh Yusuf Harun. The decision was taken with an aim ...

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DSCC delivers food to 1,587 families after receiving hotline calls

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MNA National Desk: The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has delivered food to 1,587 families upon receiving calls at its hotline. DSCC Public Relations Officer Uttam Kumar Roy said 10,178 citizens called the hotline so far and among them 2,573 registered for food delivery. Food was delivered to 1,587 families and the rest will get shortly, he said. The hotline project was implemented by the DSCC at the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he added. People have been requested to call hotline numbers – 01709900703 or 01709900704 – to get in touch with DSCC, according to UNB. The hotline ...

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PM announces Tk 727.5 billion package to fight coronavirus impact

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MNA National Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a total financial package of Tk 727.5 billion, including the previously announced Tk 50 billion, in efforts to face the possible impact of the coronavirus on the economy. She made the announcement during a briefing live on the government plan to overcome the possible impacts of the virus outbreak on the economy on Sunday morning. Since, of the total package, the Tk 50 billion was previously announced in late March, minus that, the newly announced part of the package is much larger Tk 677.5 billion. UNB adds: detailing the newly announced ...

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COVID-19: 2 more infected in in BD within last 24hrs

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MNA National Desk: Two more people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of cases in the country to 56, the government announced Thursday. “In the past 24 hours, IEDCR has tested 141 samples and two people have been found positive,” officials told an online press briefing. On Wednesday, Bangladesh reported its sixth coronavirus death and three new cases. Meanwhile, the global death toll from COVID-19 disease caused by the coronavirus jumped to 47,232 on Thursday. It has so far infected 935,581 people around the world, according to worldometer. Of them, 693,073 are currently ...

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Don’t worry, remain prepared for tackling any situation: PM

coronavirus

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the people not to worry and remain prepared to face any situation in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus across the globe. “I’ll tell all that they shouldn’t worry, rather they’ll have to remain prepared for tackling any situation that has risen due to outbreak of the novel coronavirus,” she said. The prime minister came up with the statement while receiving donation for her relief and welfare fund from various government and private organisations through a videoconference from her official Ganabhaban residence in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon, reports BSS. ...

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Bangladesh confirms five more coronavirus cases

IEDCR

MNA NAtional Desk: The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) on Thursday confirmed five more coronavirus cases, taking the total to 44 in Bangladesh. The death toll from the disease has remained unchanged at five, IEDCR Director Meerjady Sabrina Flora said while revealing the latest coronavirus figures at an online media briefing this afternoon, report bdnews24.com and UNB. However, four more patients have recovered from the disease. With this, a total of 11 people have already made recovery from the coronavirus. Meanwhile, the global death toll from the coronavirus has leapt to 21,283 globally as of Thursday. It ...

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Tk 50.0b stimulus package for export-oriented sectors to pay wages: PM Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a Tk 50.0 billion stimulus package for export-oriented sectors to pay wages to the workers amid the crisis of coronavirus outbreak. “The fund can be used only for paying wages and allowances to the workers and other employees,” the prime minister said in her televised address to the nation on the eve of Independence Day, reports bdnews24.com. “Our production and exports can be impacted. Therefore, we took some emergency measures,” said Hasina. Bangladesh Bank already took some business-friendly initiatives, including the decision not to declare any customer a loan defaulter until ...

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