October 24, 2024

102 medical teams, 486 flood shelter centers standby at Noakhali

Noakhali district administration have taken all necessary precautionary measures including preparing 102 medical teams, 486 flood shelter centres and introducing a hotline number to deal with the impacts of the super cyclonic storm ‘Dana’.

“A total …

Minor boy killed in Laxmipur road accident

A five-year-old boy was killed after a truck ran him over in Sonapur Chaitailla Digirpar area on Raipur-Lakshmipur regional highway in Laxmipur Sadar upazila today.

The deceased was Md Musa, 5, son of Shahadat Hossain, a resident of Sonapur village …

HPV vaccination campaign begins to prevent cervical cancer

A four-week Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme for juvenile girls began today in seven divisions, except Dhaka,

for prevention of cervical cancer.

With the support of World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and

Gavi, the Vaccine Alli…

Masato Kanda sole candidate for next ADB presidency

Masato Kanda, Special Advisor to Japan’s Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, is the sole candidate for next ADB presidency.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has officially closed the nomination period for its next President, with voting by ADB’s…

BB asks bank employees to file tax returns online

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked bank officials and staffs in the four city corporations of Bangladesh to submit their tax returns online.

The city corporations are- Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Gazipur Cit…

Price fall in large-cap pulls stocks down

The country’s both the bourses — Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – today plunged due to mainly a price fall in large-cap securities.

The benchmark index DSEX settled 55.20 points down at 5,114.60. Two other indices of…

Govt to procure 2 cargos LNG, 30,000 MTs of fertilizer

The government today approved separate proposals for procuring two cargos of LNG and 30,000 metric tons of MOP fertilizer to meet the country’s growing demand.

The approvals came from the 9th meeting of the Advisers’ Council Committee meeting on Gov…