Month: May 2022

The local administrations of Faridpur, Bagerhat,Magura, Keraniganj, Thakurgaon, and Kurigram districts have shut at least 116 unregistered clinics, hospitals, and diagnostic centers following the directions of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)on Sunday.

Of them 42 were sealed in Sherpur, 26 in Faridpur, 25 in Bagerhat, 15 in Magura, five in Keraniganj, and three in Kurigram according to local authorities.

On Thursday, DGHS directed the authorities concerned to close all unregistered clinics, private hospitals and diagnostic centres across the country within 72 hours.

No clinic, private hospital and diagnostics center will be allowed to run their activities until they get a license, said the health authority.

A team of the health service division led by Faridpur district Civil Surgeon Dr Md Siddiqur Rahman shutted down 26 diagnostic centers and clinics at sadar upazila, Modhukhali upazila, Boalmari upazila, Saltha upazila, Nagarkanda upazila, Bhanga upazila and Sadarpur upazila. Another 15 hospitals have been warned, said the authority.

Bagerhat District administration sealed 25 illegal hospitals and fined a total of 35 hospitals with Tk 5.22 lakh while conducting a drive in the nine upazilas of the district.

Magura Civil Surgeon Dr Md Shahidullah told UNB they have closed 15 illegal clinics and diagnostic centers while conducting a drive at different places in the district and arrested a fake doctor.

Md Moshiur Rahman, Keraniganj upazila health and family planning officer said on the second day of the drive five clinics and diagnostic centers have been shut and four of them have been fined with Tk 2.55 lakh. Also a fake doctor has been sentenced with six month’s imprisonment, he said.

Kurigram Civil Surgeon Monjur Murshed said they have sealed three hospitals in the Kurigram municipal area during a drive against the unregistered clinics and diagnostic centers.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

A woman who assaulted a girl for wearing western attire in an incident last week at Narsingdi Railway Station has been detained from Shibpur upazila, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) announced on Monday.

The detainee was identified as Marzia Aktar alias Shila alias Shayla, a matchmaker of Narsingdi Sadar upazila.

Rab-11 Narsingdi Camp Commander Flight Lieutenant Touhidul Mobin Khan said they detained the woman from Shibpur upazila in the early hours of Monday.

On Monday, a court sent the woman on remand for three days, said Ferdous Ahmed Biswas, officer-in-charge of Bhairab Railway Police Station.

On May 20, a three-member team from Narsingdi District Administration detained another man named Ismail Hossain, 25, after identifying him from CCTV footage of the incident, said ATM Musa, station master of the railway station.

On May 18, a woman at the Narsingdi Railway Station made distasteful comments at the young girl and two boys with her who were waiting at the station for a train.

The girl was wearing a crop-top and jeans and the boys were also wearing western outfits.

At one point the woman locked in an altercation with them and some local miscreants started beating the youths and harassed the girl, said the station master.

“The girl had to take shelter in the station master’s room to save herself. The matter was resolved later with my intervention,” said ATM Musa.

The matter sparked debate among netizens after video footage of the incident went viral on social media and several news media published reports on it.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging from a ceiling fan in her house in Bhadeswar area of Golapganj upazila on Sunday night, police said.

Ninth grader Ayesha Siddiqa was found hanging from the ceiling fan with a scarf tied around her neck, said Partho, sub-inspector (SI) of Golapganj Model Police Station.

When the family found her hanging, they took her down immediately and informed the police.

She was daughter of Abdul Ahad, an expatriate from Sheikhpur Gotargaon village of the upazila.

The body was sent to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.

“The reason behind her suicide could not be known. We are investigating the matter,” the sub-inspector said.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

Bangladesh registered one death from Covid-19 in 24 hours till Monday morning after one week taking the total fatalities to 29,13, health authorities said.

Besides, the caseload mounted to 1,953,481 with 34 new cases recorded during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The country last saw two Covid-linked deaths with 31 cases on May 23.

On Sunday, the country saw 40 new cases with zero death.

The deceased was a woman from Dhaka Division.

Of the 2 deaths recorded from May 23 to May 29, 100 per cent received two shots of Covid vaccines but did not receive a third dose or booster dose, the DGHS mentioned.

None of the patients who died during the week had Comorbidities.Comorbidity means the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient.

The daily test positivity rate slightly dropped to 0.63 percent from Monday’s 0.79 percent as 5,362 samples were tested, according to theDirectorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 percent.

The recovery rate remained unchanged at 97.39 percent as 169 patients recovered during this period.

In April, the country reported only five Covid-linked deaths and 1,114 new cases, while 14,100 patients recovered from the disease, according to the DGHS.

Among the five deaths during the period, two were unvaccinated patients while three were vaccinated with two doses of the Covid vaccine.

The country reported its first zero Covid death in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 cases, since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.

On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest positivity rate of 33.37 per cent.

The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

A Kushtia court on Monday sentenced two people to life imprisonment for killing a farmer in Kumarkhali upazila in 2015.

Kushtia Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-1 Judge Muhammad Tajul Islam passed the order.

The accused Md Bappy Pramanik and Alamin Sarder have also been fined with tk 25,000, and will have to spend an additional year in jail if they fail to pay.

The convicts were present at the court during the hearing and they have been sent to Kushtia jail after the order, said Public Prosecutor advocate Anupam Kumar Nandi.

On September 12, 2015, Sabu Mia, 20, son of Md Swapan Mandal from Jagannathpur union went to Chapaigachi Bazar from his house and did not return home.

The next day, his body was recovered from a local named Kader Biswash’s banana orchard.

A murder case was filed in this regard at Kumarkhali police station following the complaint of Sabu’s father Swapan Mandal.

After a long investigation the investigative officer filed a chargesheet against Bappy and Alamin in this case.

The court fixed Monday for final hearing in this case after hearing testimonies of 18 witnesses, said PP Anupam Kumar.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

A four-day long Region Commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Frontier IG level of Indian Border Security Force (BSF)-level border conference begins in Sylhet on Monday.

The frontier talks between Region Commander, BGB (Sarail, Chattagram and Cox’s Bazar Region and Mymensingh Sector) and Frontier Inspector General (IG), BSF (Meghalaya, Mizoram and Kachar, Guwahati and Tripura frontier) have begun under management of BGB Sarail Region headquarter. it would end on Thursday, said Public Relation Officer (PRO)of the BGB Headquarter Md Shariful Islam.

Region Commander of BGB’s Chattragram Region Headquarters Brigadier General Tanvir Gani Chowdhury has been leading a 13-member Bangladesh delegation, while Inspector General (IG)of India’s Tripura Frontier Shri Sumit Sharan has been leading a six- member Indian delegation in the conference.

Apart from senior BGB officials, the Bangladesh delegation also includes officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs and the Department of Land Records and Survey.

Various important issues like border killings, illegal entry, other smuggling including drugs, trafficking of women and children, various development activities within 150 yards of the international border, development of existing bilateral relations between the two countries would be discussed in the four-day long border conference. Besides, various initiatives to enhance mutual trust between BGB and BSF would be also discussed.

It may be mentioned that after the conference, the BSF delegation will return to India on Thursday.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

The 41st death anniversary of BNP founder and ex-president of the country Ziaur Rahman was observed with various programmes across the country on Monday.

Black flags were hoisted while party flags kept at half-mast atop the party’s central offices and chairperson’s Gulshan office at 6am as part of its programme to mark the day.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir together with party senior leaders paid homage to Zia by placing a wreath at his grave on the occasion.

Leaders of BNP’s different associate bodies also placed wreaths at Zia’s grave on the occasion.

Zia, who founded Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 1978, was assassinated by a group of disgruntled army officers at the erstwhile Chittagong circuit house on May 30, 1981 while serving as the country’s president, a position he formally assumed in 1977.

Mirza Fakhrul and party standing committee members distributed food and clothes among the destitute at 70 points of the capital on the day arranged by Dhaka North and South units of BNP.

Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) arranged a free medical camp at BNP’s Naya paltan central office from where poor people were provided with treatment and d medicines.

The party’s all district, city and thana units also observed the day amid various programmes, including discussions and distribution of food among the poor.

BNP and its different associate bodies chalked out a 10-day programme to observe the death anniversary across the country with due reverence.

The observance of Zia’s death anniversary programmes began on Sunday through holding a discussion at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, in the capital. The programmes will end on June 7.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

A Jubo League leader was killed in a road accident at Bogra’s Nandigram on Monday.

Deceased Abdul Majid, 28, was the ward Jubo League vice-president and resident of Kaigari village in Nandigram Sadar Union.

Nandigram Sadar Union Awami League president Makhleshur Rahman Mintu said a truck collided with his motorcycle while he was on his way to Ronobagha Bazar at around 12 pm on Monday.

Kunderhat Highway Police OC Shahidul Islam said that after the accident, Majid was seriously injured and taken to Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital where he died in the afternoon while undergoing treatment.

Source: United News of Bangladesh