WHO sounds warning on Sudan health crisis
GENEVA, Dec 30, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - The WHO called for urgent action Friday to tackle the deepening health and humanitarian crises in Sudan and asked the international community to step up with financial aid. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said the majority of health facilities in Sudanese regions affected by the war were not working, due to the fighting. "These include boosting provision of basic health services for the most vulnerable in affected states, where at least 70 percent of health facilities are not working due to the conflict," he added. The United Nations says at least 7.1 million people have been displaced, including 1.5 million who fled across the border into neighbouring countries. Former Ethiopian health minister Tedros has led the UN's health agency since 2017.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
December 30, 2023 03:36 UTC
One killed in Ukrainian strike on Russia's Belgorod: governor
The attack killed one person and wounded four others, the governor of Belgorod said, adding the city's water supply system was damaged. Belgorod region borders northeast Ukraine and the city is 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Kharkiv, which was heavily hit by Russian forces on Friday morning according to Ukrainian authorities.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
December 30, 2023 03:30 UTC
Delay in textbook distribution again as Bangladesh aims to avert controversies
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board, or the NCTB, is once again stuck in a rut over the timely distribution of textbooks for the 2024 academic year. The eighth and ninth-grade students will receive brand-new books under the new curriculum. However, the time taken to prepare the manuscripts of the textbooks has delayed the printing, said the NCTB officials. In 2022 and 2023, children had to wait until March to get all of their academic textbooks. The NCTB is set to distribute more than 307 million books for the new academic year in 2024.
Source:bd News24
December 30, 2023 02:00 UTC
Adult family members of frontline workers to get vaccines
Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said family members of frontline workers, who are aged at least 18 years, will get the COVID-19 vaccine shot. The health minister highlighted the government's policy of vaccinating doctors, nurses and health workers, teachers and army and police personnel who are fighting the pandemic on the frontline. "We have now decided to vaccinate their family members, who are above the age of 18. We have already received the approval of the prime minister. The decision is effective from now.”"We will try to let them get the vaccine shots by using their national identity cards.
Source:bd News24
December 30, 2023 01:57 UTC
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December 29, 2023 23:27 UTC
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December 29, 2023 22:47 UTC
Tangail-4: A spectacular comeback for Latif Siddique or an unbroken Awami League legacy
The five-time MP from the Tangail-4 constituency, Abdul Latif Siddique, was deemed indispensable to the Awami League in Tangail, but his political fortunes took a tumble after 2014 for his controversial remarks on Hajj. Despite being dropped by the Awami League, he is now trying to re-enter politics by running with the Truck symbol against the party’s Boat candidate Md Mozaharul Islam Talukder, the president of Kalihati Upazila unit of the Awami League. Locals said some veteran Awami League leaders and activists are still supporting Latif. However, most of the party leadership supports Mozaharul and is actively campaigning door-to-door to maintain support for the Boat symbol. Many people feel that the campaign gatherings for the ruling party candidate are relatively smaller than before.
Source:bd News24
December 29, 2023 19:34 UTC
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December 29, 2023 18:45 UTC
RAB deployed as mobile, striking force ahead of polls
DHAKA, Dec 29, 2023 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has been deployed across the country alongside other law enforcement forces as part of the security plan to ensure holding a free, fair and peaceful national election slated for January 7, 2024. RAB members will perform duties in all parliamentary constituencies as mobile and striking forces from Friday, December 29 to January 10 as per the Election Commission's (EC) decision, a RAB press release said today. They will play roles in maintaining peace and order in polling stations and counting of votes. In continuation of that, at least two patrol teams will be deployed in each seat for electoral duties while two patrol teams will be kept as reserve striking force in each battalion. Fifteen patrol teams will be ready as central reserve at RAB headquarters while 25 temporary camps will be set up across the country.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
December 29, 2023 18:40 UTC
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December 29, 2023 18:22 UTC
Hasan seeks vote for boat to continue development spree
He was addressing as the chief guest an election rally oganized by AL's Padua Union unit at Padua Rajarhat Hospital ground under Rangunia Upazila in the district. AL's Padua Union unit acting president Dulal Kanti Das presided over the meeting, conducted by its general secretary Badiuzzaman. Hasan, also a lawmaker from Chattogram-7 constituency, said once Rangunia Upazila under his constituency was a backward area as there was no other pucca road in this upazila except Chattogram-Kaptai road. Pointing out that his union Padua was a remote area, he said, now it has been transformed into a modern neighborhood. "As we give free allowances, free books, free rice, build roads, won't we get the vote?"
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
December 29, 2023 16:20 UTC
Masum made president of DURA, Shahjahan gen secy
DHAKA, Dec 29, 2023 (BSS) – Senior Correspondent of bdnews24.com Obaidur Masum and Senior Reporter of Dainik Amader Shomoy Shahjahan Mollah have been made President and General Secretary of Dhaka Utility Reporters Association (DURA) respectively. They will discharge their duties in the executive committee-2024, said a press release here today. The new committee was announced following the annual general meeting (AGM) of DURA held at a city hotel this afternoon, the release added.
Source:bd News24
December 29, 2023 14:14 UTC
Man dies as supporters clash in Hasina’s campaign rally in Barishal
Shammi said Siraj was the president of a ward unit of Krishak League. “No one of the Awami League and its affiliate organisations are with Pankaj.”Kabir Uddin, a doctor at Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, said Siraj already died when people brought him. “We initially suspect that he died of heart disease, but we’ve sent the body for autopsy. The actual cause of his death will be known when the report is submitted.”Citing people who brought Siraj to the hospital, Kotwali Model Police Station chief Arisul Haque said Siraj suddenly fell ill during the rally. “We’ll take steps after an investigation.”
Source:bd News24
December 29, 2023 14:05 UTC
Bangladesh logs 56 dengue cases, one death in a day
The number of dengue cases in Bangladesh this year has increased by 56 to 321,001 in the latest daily count. In Dhaka, hospitals admitted 14 patients in this period while the other districts recorded 42 new cases. Of the 728 dengue patients undergoing treatment in hospitals across the country in the morning, 271 were in Dhaka and 457 outside the capital. After a record 79,598 dengue cases and 396 deaths in September amid the worst outbreak of the disease, 67,769 cases and 359 deaths were reported in October. As many as 40,716 new dengue cases were recorded last month.
Source:bd News24
December 29, 2023 13:47 UTC