Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said anti-venom, a medication which is used to treat certain venomous bites, will be provided to all upazila (UZ) health complexes very soon for recovery from snake bites. “Currently, anti-venom is being provided to all district-level…

The government is formulating a policy for rehabilitation people affected by land acquisition aiming at reinforcing and modernising the land acquisition activities across the country. Land Secretary M Maksudur Rahman Patwary said this as the chief guest while attending a workshop before finalising the…

Experts at a discussion yesterday stressed the need for taking comprehensive policies and preparing assessment tools in a bid to increase the resilience of city dwellers to disasters. They highlighted that urban Bangladesh frequently faces many vulnerabilities, including earthquake, fire, water-logging,…

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the government will work with the broadcast journalists and workers to ensure legal protection of their jobs and other facilities. “Let’s work together to save the TV industry. The legal protection will be ensured if the Broadcast Act is…

Three more members of a family who suffered burn injuries in a fire at their house in the city’s Double Mooring area on October 19 have also lost their battle for life, taking the death toll from the fire incident to four. They have succumbed to their burn injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital…

Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday welcomed the ongoing drive against irregularities, casinos and graft and hoped that the current drive will ontinue in the days to come. The JS committee also congratulated the Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina for initiating such move…

Sounding a note of warning against the land-grabbers, Railway Minister Mohammad Nurul Islam Sujan on Wednesday said assets specially lands of railway will be recovered from the illegal occupants offsetting their influence or power. “Whoever the land-grabbers are, lands of railway will be recovered…

Discussants at a meeting yesterday unanimously viewed that concerted effort of all the government and non-government entities concerned has become an urgent need to prevent lead poisoning as it’s a serious threat to the public health. They mentioned that childhood lead poisoning remains one of…

Mobile courts in separate drives sentenced 749 fishermen to different terms of imprisonment on charge of netting hilsa from different rivers in Barishal division during the ongoing temporary ban on catching, selling and carrying of the popular fish. Fisheries department with the help of Coast Guard,…

Indictment in murder case against Khaleda Zia on Jan 16 BSS, Dhaka A Dhaka court yesterday set January 16 to framed charges against 38 accused including BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in a case lodged over killing a person by hurling petrol bomb on a passengers bus in 2015. Yesterday  was fixed…

UK team meets DU VC BSS, Dhaka A two-member delegation led by Dr David John Davies, International Consultant of Edu Can International Limited of United Kingdom, called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman at his office here on Tuesday. Other member of the delegation…

2 killed in Rangpur road crash BSS, Rangpur Two persons, including a truck helper and a cow trader, were killed in a road accident at Sholagari point on the Rangpur- Dhaka highway in Pirganj upazila of the district yesterday. “The accident occurred when a Sirajganj-bound cow-laden truck from Lalmonirhat…