Red zone Cox’s Bazar goes into 14-day lockdown from Saturday
There will be 30 volunteers in each ward of the Cox’s Bazar municipality who will be given identity cards by the Cox’s Bazar Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mahmud Ullah Maruf. Media workers and reporters can move with the vigilance team using the identity cards provided by Cox’s Bazar press club. Cox’s Bazar district information office, Cox’s Bazar municipality, Cox’s Bazar sadar upazila UNO and Cox’s Bazar municipality Awami League gave announcements about these guidelines throughout the city on Friday. At the video conference with the additional deputy commissioner it was said that 276 coronavirus infections have been identified in Cox’s Bazar municipality alone. The lowest number of infections is three in ward number 12 and six people in ward number 1.
Source:Dhaka Tribune
June 05, 2020 14:26 UTC
Government promotes 123 officers to joint secretaries
The public administration ministry said in an order on Friday that 117 of the officers are working at ministries, departments and government agencies. They have been made Officers on Special Duty following the norms. The six others are serving in Bangladesh embassies and high commissions abroad on deputation. The number of regular posts for joint secretaries is 411, but the number of joint secretaries after the new promotion has reached 739. The government had promoted 136 officers to joint secretaries in June last year.
Source:bd News24
June 05, 2020 14:15 UTC
UK halts trial of ‘useless’ hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients
It doesn't work," Martin Landray, an Oxford University professor who is co-leading the RECOVERY trial, told reporters. He said the preliminary results from RECOVERY, which was a randomised trial, were now quite clear: hydroxychloroquine does not reduce the risk of death among hospitalised patients with COVID-19. The RECOVERY trial of hydroxychloroquine had randomly assigned 1,542 COVID-19 patients to hydroxychloroquine and compared them with 3,132 COVID-19 patients randomly assigned to standard care without the drug. Peter Horby, an Oxford University professor who is co-leading the RECOVERY trial with Landray, said his team had informed the WHO of their decision to halt the UK study. They... said they would be convening their committee to look again at their decision regarding the Solidarity trial."
Source:bd News24
June 05, 2020 14:15 UTC
UGC: Universities not ready to conduct online classes
After Education Minister, Dipu Moni asked vice-chancellors of all universities about their ability to conduct online classes, only three universities responded that they were already conducting classes online. They added that they would only conduct online classes if the government could provide all the necessary facilities. UGC member Prof Dil Afroza Begum said: “Let alone the others, when a top engineering university like Buet says they are not ready, we cannot suggest online classes. “The reality is Bangladesh is not ready for online classes. When every requirement is fulfilled, then we can conduct online classes.
Source:Dhaka Tribune
June 05, 2020 14:15 UTC
‘Sundarbans protects us but we failed to protect Sundarbans’
The Sundarbans mangove forest Dhaka Tribune'However, as always, the Sundarbans has defended us'Despite continuously protecting Bangladesh, the country has failed to protect the Sundarbans marshland. Compared to other countries, Bangladesh lags behind in taking care of the environment that leads to climate change. “However, as always, the Sundarbans has defended us,” he said, adding that this natural asset must be kept safe. “They are keeping the environment healthy.”Researcher Rukhsan Sultana said that locals living in the area were mostly concerned about Sundarbans and climate change. We need to apply this learning.”Mustafizul Alam of Brac Climate Change Program (CCP) moderated the program.
Source:Dhaka Tribune
June 05, 2020 14:03 UTC
Flagstaff library tucks you in — virtually — by reading aloud 'Harry Potter' sagas
“If you’re not a parent or a teacher, you don’t usually have people asking you to read stories to them out loud,” Paul said. “It’s a good excuse to make that happen for people who love to read. “I’ve had some parents tell me they have their kids listen to it before going to bed,” Paul said. But I’ve heard one of these children, a little boy in third grade, has reluctantly admitted to liking ‘Goodnight, Flagstaff,’ and is listening every night. '”Also being enriched are the readers-cum-performers, such as self-dubbed “Harry Potter nerd” Abigail Stockley, who also acts in Theatrikos productions.
Source:Daily Sun
June 05, 2020 14:03 UTC
Hong Kong's free media fears being silenced by China's national security law
Hong Kong’s government did not comment on whether it had pressured Leung to cancel the show. In response to the protests, China said last month it would introduce national security legislation in Hong Kong to prohibit secession, subversion and external interference. Some RTHK staff have been threatened in social media posts and targeted in the pro-Beijing media in Hong Kong for perceived anti-government bias. Hong Kong’s global media freedom ranking is in free-fall. “A security law dictated by China would give a massive blow to press freedom in Hong Kong,” said Cédric Alviani, the head of RSF’s East Asia bureau.
Source:bd News24
June 05, 2020 13:52 UTC
‘Public health comes before economic growth’
The experts said we are not in a position to think about economic growth now and the priority is to ease the lockdown while ensuring public health safety. Plan of actionThe strategy highlighted the need for careful planning in the post-lockdown reopening and economic revival. The key objective of the framework is to resume and revive economic activities and daily life without increasing the risk of Covid-19 transmission. It recommended a phased reopening of economic activities, provided that the risk of virus spread has been brought under control. Abul Kasem Khan said the impact of the pandemic is yet to be stabilized, despite few economic activities taking place on a smaller scale.
Source:Dhaka Tribune
June 05, 2020 13:52 UTC
BSF hands over dead-body of Bangladeshi man lynched in India
Map of Moulvibazar district Dhaka TribuneThe man was lynched on MondayIndia's Border Security Force (BSF) handed over the body of a Bangladeshi man two days after he was beaten by a mob in Karimganj district of India's Assam. The deceased Ranjit Rikmon was a tea worker in Moulvibazar's Juri upazila. Lt Col Gazi Shahid Ullah, commanding officer of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) battalion 52, said the body was received through Sutarkandi border area around 4pm on Thursday. Another Bangladeshi tea worker-- who crossed over to India with Ranjit, and got beaten by locals during the same incident-- is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in India's Karimganj. Karimganj Superintendent of Police Kumar Sanjit Krishna said Indian police arrested one in connection with the lynching of Ranjit.
Source:Dhaka Tribune
June 05, 2020 13:52 UTC
Special train begins transporting mangoes from Rajshahi to capital
The train left Chapainawabganj at 4pm and subsequently departed for Dhaka from Rajshahi at 6pm on Friday. The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway has taken the initiative to transport mangoes at a lower cost for welfare of the mango traders and farmers amid the Covid-19 situation. So, farmers and traders can transport goods at their will. The train will make a stoppage for loading mangoes at 14 stations on the Chapainawabganj-Dhaka railway route via Rajshahi. Mihir Kanti Guha said parcel fare has been reduced 25% since May 18 so that farmers and traders can transport mangoes easily.
Source:Dhaka Tribune
June 05, 2020 13:41 UTC
Coronavirus: Bangladesh in top 20 countries with highest number of cases
The photo was taken recently Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneBangladesh crossed 60,000 in confirmed cases of coronavirus, with 2,828 people testing positive in the past 24 hours till FridayBangladesh, with Friday's development, has become one of the top 20 countries with the highest number of positive Covid-19 cases worldwide. Bangladesh holds the 20th spot in the global list of countries with the highest number of coronavirus cases, according to data published by data aggregation website Worldometer as of 5pm on Friday. Bangladesh crossed 60,000 in confirmed cases of coronavirus, with 2,828 people testing positive in the past 24 hours till Friday, since confirming its first three cases on March 8. India so far has confirmed a total of 227,273 Covid-19 cases whereas Pakistan has a total of 89,249 people who have been infected with the virus. The US with a total 1,924,189 confirmed cases, Brazil with 615,870 cases, and Russia with 449,834 cases are the top three countries with the highest numbers of infection.
Source:Dhaka Tribune
June 05, 2020 13:41 UTC
Buying Guide: This picnic kit has everything you need for a fun afternoon in the park
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Source:Daily Sun
June 05, 2020 13:30 UTC
UP chairman arrested over murder of former national Kabaddi team player
Arrested UP chairmen Mahamudul Hasan Kayesh Dhaka TribuneKaium took part in the South Asian Games in 1998 and 1999Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a union parishad chairman in a case filed over the murder of former national Kabaddi team player Kaium Sikdar from Bejpara area in Jessore town on Thursday. The arrested, identified as Mahamudul Hasan Kayesh, 48 a chairman of Kolabaria Union Parishad of Narail's Kalia upazila, was handed over to Naragati police station on Friday morning. Roksana said Kaium, who was the member of ward no 3 of the same union parishad, was hacked to death by rivals over past enmity on the night of 26 May in the Kalinagar area. The UP chairman Mahamudul Hasan Kayesh is the prime accused in the case said the OC. He was elected as a member of the Kalabaria Union Parishad in 2016.
Source:Dhaka Tribune
June 05, 2020 13:30 UTC
Bangladesh garment factories launch COVID-19 testing lab for workers
The facility, run by the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, will test up to 180 samples daily from Saturday. So if workers or factories register through us, we can adopt an industry-wide practice of precaution and isolation," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. At least 276 garment workers have been confirmed to have the new coronavirus, with no deaths reported, according to the latest official data. NGOs working with garment workers say more factory employees are likely to have had the virus, citing low testing rates across the country. According to a government report, at least 17,000 garment workers have lost their jobs since orders started being cancelled in March this year.
Source:bd News24
June 05, 2020 13:30 UTC
RMG worker killed after rape in Bogra
The deceased, identified as Mim Akhtar,19 was the resident of Bogra's Thunthunia area, said Sonatan Chakroborty, additional superintendent of police (Bogra Sadar circle). Victim’s mother said Mim was returning to her mother in Bogra on Thursday night. According to the family members, Mim, a worker at Green Life Knit Composite Ltd in Savar's Ashulia tied the knot with her colleague Ripon five months ago. On Thursday, Mim decided to return her mother at Thunthunia area in Bogra town and boarded a Bogra bound bus from Ashulia around 6pm on Thursday. Speaking on the matter, Sonatan Chakroborty, additional superintendent of police (Bogura sadar circle), said: "We suspect Mim might have been raped before being strangulated to death.
Source:Dhaka Tribune
June 05, 2020 13:27 UTC