26-01-2022

weDneSDAY, JAnuArY 26, 2022
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State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak addressed a press conference at BCC Auditorium in
Dhaka on Tuesday.
Photo: PBA
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Woman's body
recovered from
river in Chuadanga
CHUADANGA : Police have
recovered the decomposed
body of a woman from
Mathabhanga river in
Alamdanga upazila of
Chuadanga on Monday
afternoon, reports UNB.
The deceased was
identified as Poppy Khatun,
26, wife of Tuhin of
Nagarboalia village in
Bhangbaria union of
Alamdanga upazila and
daughter of Bhola Sheikh of
Islampara in Belgachi village
of the same upazila.
The body was recovered
from Mathabhanga river at
Karigarpara in Bhangbaria
village of the upazila on
Monday (January 24)
afternoon.
According to police, some
women from the areafound
the bodywhentheywent
down to bathe in the
Mathabhanga river on
Monday afternoon and
informed the police.
Deceased's father Bhola
Sheikh said six days ago, her
in-laws, including her
husband Tuhin informedhim
that Poppy had escaped with
a man.
But he suspects that her
husband has killed Poppy as
she was often beaten and
tortured there.
Alamdanga police
inspector Tuhinuzzaman
Khan said police had
recovered the body six days
after she went missing.
Initially, it was thought that
she had been murdered.
The body was sent to
Sadar Hospital for autopsy,
he said
Global Covid
cases top 354
million
DHAKA : The overall
number of Covid cases has
surpassed 354 million amid
the rise in Omicron
infections across the globe,
reports UNB.
According to Johns
Hopkins University (JHU),
the total case count mounted
to 354,310,228 while the
death toll from the virus
reached 5,603,714 Tuesday
morning.
The US has recorded
71,645,863 cases so far and
868,420 people have died
from the virus in the
country, the university data
shows.
India's Covid-19 tally rose
to 39,543,328 Monday, as
306,064 new cases were
registered in 24 hours across
the country, as per the
federal health ministry's
data.
Monday was the fifth
consecutive day when over
300,000 new cases were
registered in a day in the
country in over eight
months.
Besides, as many as 474
deaths were recorded since
Saturday morning, taking
the death toll to 489,896.
Meanwhile, the country's
Omicron tally reached
10,050 Monday.
Dhaka's air still 'very unhealthy'
DHAKA : The densely populated capital of
Bangladesh remains on top of the list of
world cities with the worst air quality,
reports UNB.
On Tuesday, Dhaka's air quality index
(AQI) was recorded at 276 at 9.22 am,
classified as 'poor' or 'very unhealthy'.
India's Mumbai and China's Shenyang
occupied the next two spots, with AQI scores
of 234 and 232, respectively.
An AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be
'poor', while a reading of 301 to 400 is
considered 'hazardous', posing serious
health risks to residents.
AQI, an index for reporting daily air
quality, is used by government agencies to
inform people how clean or polluted the air
of a certain city is, and what associated
health effects might be a concern for them.
In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five
criteria pollutants-Particulate Matter (PM10
and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.
Dhaka has long been grappling with air
pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns
unhealthy during winter and improves
during monsoon. A report by the
Department of Environment (DoE) and the
World Bank in March 2019 pointed out that
the three main sources of air pollution in
Dhaka "are brick kilns, fumes from vehicles
and dust from construction sites".
With the advent of winter, the city's air
quality starts deteriorating sharply due to the
massive discharge of pollutant particles from
construction work, rundown roads, brick
kilns and other sources.
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Air pollution consistently ranks among the
top risk factors for death and disability
worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long
been recognised as increasing a person's
chances of developing a heart disease,
chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections
and cancer, according to several studies.
As per the World Health Organization
(WHO), air pollution kills an estimated
seven million people worldwide every year,
largely as a result of increased mortality from
stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute
respiratory infections.
BB asks banks not to terminate
employees for failure to fulfill
target of deposit
DHAKA : Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked
banks not to terminate any officials or
employees due to their failure to fulfill the
target of deposit collection.
Banks also will not be allowed to either
postpone the promotion or ask to resign their
officials or employees, if the officials or
employees fail to achieve the target of deposit
collection, as per a BB circular issued.
The central bank issued the circular in
clarification to a previous circular released
on January 20.
As per the circular, BB did not impose any
embargo on banks to take action against the
employees who breach the banking norms.
Twin who survived
refusal of treatment at a
hospital returns home
DHAKA : The twin who
survived after being forced to
leave a private hospital
returned home from Dhaka
Medical College Hospital
(DMCH) on Monday after
recovering, reports UNB.
Rapid Action Battalion
(RAB) made the necessary
arrangements for the child's
treatment at DMCH and
provided its family with
financial support, said Major
Zulkair Naen of RAB-3.
He said, the incident was
extremely inhumane that the
twins were not given
treatment, rather forced to
leave the hospital because their
parents couldn't bear the
expenses, and one of them
even died. The surviving twin
was then treated in DMCH on
the instructions of RAB
officials. He also warned
hospital authorities that if any
patient is forced to leave
hospital without proper
treatment action would be
taken against them. On
January 7, twins- Abdullah
and Ahmedullah were taken to
Amader Bangladesh Hospital
in city's Shyamoli as they
became sick.
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