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Govt proposes ADP of Tk 2,63,000cr in 15 sectors for the next FY
Education, health to get boost in next ADP Industry Desk: The proposed ADP of Tk2,63,000 crore in 15 sectors for the next financial year includes Tk94,000 crore in foreign aid.The education sector is set to receive a 62% higher ADP allocation for the upcoming fiscal 2023-24, with the aim of…
Read More »Dhaka metropolitan facesserious public toilet crisis
Toilets should be installed every half kilometer Staff Correspondent: Akalima Begum works in a private company in Motijheel. After finishing office at 4:30 in the afternoon boarded a bus bound for Mirpur. Soon after going to Shahbagh, he needed to go to the toilet. But could not find public toilet…
Read More »Air pollution kills 1200 children yearly
International Desk: Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in under 18’s across Europe and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said yesterday.Despite recent improvements, “the level of key air pollutants in many European countries remain stubbornly above World…
Read More »Tk 193.93 cr lootedin name of Covid operations
Mahfuz Emran: With the connivance of the contractor and the project manager, purchasing the same type of medical supplies at different rates at the same time and entering into contracts with incompetent and inexperienced suppliers, purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE), masks and hand gloves, including illegally not deducting VAT and…
Read More »Temperature43 degrees recordedin Ishwardi
Staff Correspondent: After two weeks of a persistent mild to moderate heatwave in Bangladesh, Pabna’s Ishwardi has recorded a nationwide high of 43 degrees Celsius.Though the temperature has cooled slightly in Dhaka and other areas, it has continued to rise in the Rajshahi Division.The current heatwave is likely to persist…
Read More »Road bitumen melting for excess temperature
Jashore Correspondent: S everal pictures have gone viral on social media Facebook saying that the bitumen of Dharmatala and Palbari Khyertala highways in Jessore city is melting due to excessive temperature.When asked about this on Sunday, Executive Engineer Abul Kalam Azad of Jessore Roads and High Ways Department said, “I…
Read More »Children, elderly persons advised to stay indoors
Staff Correspondent: In view of the current heat wave across the country, experts have advised all, especially children, elderly persons and pregnant women, to refrain from going out of home without urgent need to avoid health risks.Medicine specialist Dr Lelin Chowdhury said that in the intense heat caused by this…
Read More »No respite from heatwave in 7 days: BMD
Staff Correspondent: There seems to be no respite from the sizzling heat as Bangladesh Metrological Department (BMD) predicted that the prevailing mild to moderate heat wave condition in the country will continue in the next seven days.The BMD issued an alert message in this regard yesterday.The people of the country…
Read More »Hot weather may continue for a few more days
Staff Correspondent: People in different parts of the country are experiencing a sweltering heatwave with the mercury soaring to 37.4 degrees Celsius in Dhaka yesterday.A mild-to-moderate heat spell swept across five of the eight divisions of Bangladesh on Sunday as the day temperature reached 39C in the southwestern district of…
Read More »Bangladesh braces fora week of heatwave
Staff Correspondent: The summer is still five days away according to the Bengali calendar but a mild-to-moderate heatwave is sweeping over Dhaka and most other regions of the country.With no rain forecast, the odds of the mercury dropping are non-existent, the Met Office said.The country’s highest temperature over the past…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
