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July 23, 2022

Government aims to provide safe and healthy fish for all: Minister

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Saturday said that the government’s plan is to ensure supply of safe and healthy fish to everyone.He said this at a press briefing held at the meeting room of the Fisheries Department at the Fisheries…

Erosion: Another large chunk of Sirajganj Eco Park lost to Jamuna

The Jamuna River devoured yet another chunk of the under-construction Siajganj Eco Park.Erosion started for the second time on Wednesday and until Friday evening cement concrete blocks on the south side of the park eroded into the river, said Shafiqul …

Russia hits Ukraine’s Black Sea port despite grain deal

Russian missiles hit Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa just hours after Moscow and Kyiv signed deals to allow grain exports to resume from there. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry denounced Saturday’s airstrikes as “spit in the face” of Turkey and the United …

At least 21 killed, 3 missing in south Iran floods

The death toll from Friday’s flash floods in the southern Iranian province of Fars has risen to 21, and three others are still missing, rescue sources told state media on Saturday.Mehdi Valipour, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, said initially…

Covid claims 4 more lives, infects 446 others

Bangladesh recorded four more Covid-19-linked deaths with 446 new cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning.With the latest figures, the country’s total fatalities reached 29,262 while the caseload to 2,001,345, according to the Directorate General of He…

67 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

Sixty-seven more dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till Saturday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Among them, 63 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while the remaining in other plac…

2 liquid oxygen plants to be established: Health Minister

Health Minister Zahid Maleque said two liquid oxygen plants will be established in the country for more development of the health sector.“One of the plants will be built in Manikganj while another in Northern part of the country,” said the minister.He …

10 die in northwest China after mountain slope collapses

Ten employees of a coal company died in northwestern China on Saturday when a mountainside slope collapsed on them, state media reported.Rescuers spent all day to retrieve the workers who were buried in their vehicle en route to a mine site in Jingtai …

UN health agency chief declares monkeypox a global emergency

The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur further investment in treating t…

Two die a week after Sylhet gas cylinder blast

Two people, who sustained severe burn injuries after a gas cylinder blast at a CNG filling station in Sylhet on July 15, succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka Thursday and Friday respectively, said police.The dec…

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