A
health fillip in CMCH
Burn Unit, Hand Hygiene opened |
Samir Kanti Barua
Country's second largest Chittagong Medical College Hospital
(CMCH) is ushering a new era of medical treatment when a-
13 bedded burnt and plastic surgery unit and pilot activities
on hand hygiene makes it journey on Thursday .for
details...
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| Prof
Jahurul Hoque passes away |
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Staff Correspondent
Eminent educationist, litterateur and Professor of Bangla
Department, Chittagong University (CU), Chowdhury Jahurul
Haque died of cardiac arrest yesterday in the city.
The sudden demise has cast a pall of gloom in education,
cultural and literary circle. He was 64. He left behind
his spouse, son and daughter and large number of professional
colleagues, students, admirers and host of relatives to
mourn his death, family sources said.
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| Gunfight
with police Kana Bakkar injured |
Staff Correspondent
A ringleader of Chittagong-based underground terrorists
group narrowly survived and three police officials sustained
bullets injured in a gunfight between police and gunmen
at city's Bagghona Debarpar area under Khulshi police station
early Thursday.
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| Fire
at fuel tank lorry |
Staff Correspondent
Rapid respond from the nearby fire station escaped huge
damage of a fire that broke out at a fuel tank lorry at
city's Dewanhat over-bridge yesterday afternoon.
Two firemen - Masud Alam (20) and Hedayet Ullah were injured
during dampening operation. They were given first aid from
nearby medicine outlets.
Process of forming a probe body was on progress till the
time of filing this report at about 9:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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| Govt
initiates ensuring adequate rice supply |
The World Food Programme said Thursday it was keen to help
Bangladesh procure 500,000 tonnes of rice in the quickest
possible time, as the nation is reeling under soaring prices
of the staple amid fears of a food crisis.
By February, the UN food agency will dispatch about 30,000
tonnes of rice for cyclone victims, WFP officials said.
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| OMS
of rice takes off on Jan 9 |
The government has
decided to start "open market sales" of rice on
Jan 9 to curb the soaring prices of rice, an official said
Thursday.
The decision came from a meeting at the Chief Adviser's
Office Thursday.
After the meeting, disaster management and food secretary
Md Ayub Miah told bdnews24.com: for
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| Hasina
keen on
treatment abroad |
Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina is willing to go abroad
for medical treatment, a top prisons official said Wednesday
night.
Inspector general (prisons) brigadier general Md Zakir Hassan
told bdnews24.com for
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| Musharraf’s
step down demanded |
AP/UNB, Islamabad
Pakistan's U.S.-allied president must resign before next
month's elections or the country could risk slipping into
civil war, opposition leaders and a leading independent
research institute said Thursday.
The calls came after the government pushed back polls to
Feb. 18 from the planned Jan. 8 date due to unrest following
the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
Bhutto's death in a suicide bomb and gun attack plunged
already volatile Pakistan deeper into crisis and stoked
fears of political meltdown as the nation struggled to contain
an explosion of Islamic militant violence. The government
- which had initially ruled out the need for foreign involvement
in the assassination probe - has been criticized over its
security arrangements for Bhutto, who had claimed elements
in the ruling party were trying to kill her. The party vehemently
denies such a plot. Bhutto supporters have insisted that
a U.N. probe would be the only way to reveal the truth behind
her Dec. 27 slaying. They dismissed President Pervez Musharraf's
recent announcement that Britain's Scotland Yard will soon
join the investigation.
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| PPP
demands UN probe
into Benazir slaying |
AP/UNB, Islamabad
Supporters of Benazir Bhutto insisted Thursday that a U.N.
probe was the only way to reveal the truth behind her murder,
dismissing a government announcement that Scotland Yard
antiterror officers would help in the investigation.
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| Five
Palestinians
killed in clashes |
AP/UNB, Gaza City
Israeli troops backed by airstrikes killed on Thursday
five Palestinians, including two civilians, in an operation
against rocket launchers in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses
and Palestinian medics said. for
details...
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