Community clinics afflicted by poor sanitation and water facilities

The community clinics entrusted with imparting healthcare to millions at far off regions and rural areas in the country are themselves ailing from poor…

Indian currency crisis forces many to return

Bangladeshis are returning from India in increasing numbers following the ban imposed on INR 1,000 and INR 500 currency notes by the Indian government since last Wednesday. The currency crisis that has gripped the entire neighbouring country, including West Bengal, has made life difficult for many Bangladeshis.…

13 big structures to be demolished

The government has decided to immediately evict 13 big structures, including a five-storey building, constructed illegally by occupying rivers around the capital. The decision was taken yesterday at a taskforce meeting held at the secretariat, with shipping minister Shajahan Khan in the chair. Water…

Hillary blames FBI director for loss

Hillary Clinton on Saturday blamed FBI director James Comey for her loss in the US presidential race, claiming that re-opening the probe into her email use broke the momentum towards victory, reports AFP from Washington. Clinton told fundraisers and donors in a conference call that Comey’s two…

8 killed in surge of Rakhine violence

Hundreds of buildings in Rohingya villages in western Myanmar have been torched, according to new satellite images released yesterday as fresh fighting…

Iraqi forces ‘retake’ Nimrud area

Iraqi forces said yesterday they had recaptured the Nimrud area, the site of an ancient Assyrian city blown up by the Islamic State group, as they battled the jihadists south of Mosul, reports AFP from Baghdad. Iraqi troops pushed towards Nimrud last week as they pressed an offensive launched on October…

5 cops among 7 killed in road crash

Seven people, including five policemen, were killed and five others were injured in a head-on collision between a police van and a truck at Mahipur Bazar on Dhaka-Bogra Highway in Sherpur upazila early yesterday. The deceased were identified as policemen Shahjahan, 35, Pranab, 32, Alamgir, 33, Shamsul,…

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