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FriDAY, MAY 28, 20216Dried food has been distributed among the six hundred distressed families at Mirzaganj ofPatuakhali yesterday.Photo : Uttam GolderMan heldwith firearmsin RajshahiRAJSHAHI : Members ofRapid Action Battalion(RAB), in an anti-crimedrive, arrested an allegedfirearm-trader with twofirearms and ammunitionin Rajshahi Wednesdaynight.According to the RABsources, the arrestedperson was identified asRubel Sarker, 23, son ofBablu Sarker, of Noaparaarea under GurusadpurUpazila in Natore district.The RAB team nabbedthe person for his allegedlong-term involvement infirearms trading andtrafficking.Acting on a tip-off, ateam of the elite forceconducted a drive inNowdapara area underShahmukhdum PoliceStation around 9.10 pmand arrested the personwith a pistol, a oneshootergun, one magazineand two rounds of bulletsred-handed.The RAB team nabbedthe person for his allegedlong-term involvement infirearms trading andtrafficking.Besides, another RABteam arrested an allegeddrug-peddler with 18bottles of foreign wineafter conducting a raid inRajshahi Main Gate areaunder Matiher PoliceStation in the city onWednesday.The arrested person wasidentified as Hatem Ali,35, son of Hassan Ali ofTegri village underNandigram Upazila inBogura district.Two separate cases werefiled in these connectionsand the arrested personsalong with the seizedfirearms and other goodswere handed over topolice.Memo No: 2110GD-903/21 (5 x 3)RCC embarks to construct 30 STSfor modern waste managementRAJSHAHI : Rajshahi City Corporation(RCC) has embarked ipon a plan to construct30 Secondary Transfer Stations (STS) ineach ward of the city gradually for removingand managing the household wastes andgarbage in modern and hygienic way.In the first phase, sites for construction of12 STS have been selected and constructionworks of five of those were completed.Earlier, the city has constructed fourstations for modern waste management.Rajshahi City Mayor AHM KhairuzzamanLiton revealed this while inaugurating anewly constructed STS at Borokuthi areayesterday as chief guest. The station has beenconstructed at a cost of around TK 59 lakh.RCC Panel Mayors Shariful Islam Babu,Rajab Ali and Tahera Khatun, WardPhone: 02-9540018, Fax: 9540171 E-mail: ee eden@pwd.gov.bdDate: 27.05.2021Councilors Nijam-Ul-Azim and TariqulAlam and Chief Engineer Shariful Islamwere present on the occasion.Liton asked all officials and staff of thecorporation concerned to render theirservices with utmost sincerity and honesty tomake their best efforts of making the cityneat and clean. "I'm committed to build thecity green, clean and eco-friendly within theshortest possible time as per demand of thecity residents," he said. He added that theofficials and employees who will be adjudgedas good workers will be honoured andawarded to inspire others.He also called upon all staff to sincerelymotivate the people against dumpinghousehold wastes besides the roads andother public places haphazardly.Rural women alleviatingpoverty with incomegenerating activesNARSINGDI : The women in the rural areasof Narsingdi district have been playingimportant role in alleviating poverty andattaining self -reliance to change ruraleconomy through income generating activesduring the last couple of years.As a result of relentless efforts incombating poverty, socio economiccondition of the rural women, who lived inutter miseries even a few years back, haschanged significantly along with theirempowerment in the families and society asa whole. According to available statistics inthe government and NGO offices, a numberof child labourers and floating street childrenhas been reduced to the minimum due to thesilent revolution being taking place in therural economy in recent years.Thousands of rural women have alreadyachieved self-reliance with own initiativesand also getting assistances from differentorganisations, which are extending supports,trainings and inputs side by side withE-Tender Notice (OTM, NCT)creating marketing facilities for theirproducts.Most of them have achieved successesthrough sewing handloom garments, animalhusbandry, rearing cows, goats and poultrybirds, homestead gardening, farming fruits,spices,fish and agri-activities.Many of them have also achieved selfreliancethrough farming early variety ofvegetables and setting up cottage andsmaller industries, participatory socialafforestation, microcredit activities.District Relief and rehabilitation officerNarsingdi said the rural women have alsoachieved huge benefits from thegovernment's social safety net and povertyalleviation programmes and jobopportunities during the lean periods.While talking to BSScorrespondent,Rahima Begum, Shafily,Nazma Begum,Jahanara Akter Madobi Raniand InduBala said it become possible due totheir hard endeavor.Woman killed,husband arrestedin NarayanganjNARAYANGANJ : Police onWednesday arrested aperson for allegedly killinghis wife over a family feud inNarayanganj's Fatullah,reports UNB.The deceased wasidentified as Tanjida AkhterPoppy, 25, daughter of AliAshraf of Baktabali'sRajapur.On information from thelocals, police went to thespot and recovered the body.Fatullah Model PoliceStation Sub-Inspector ZakirMasud said the victim'shusband, Hira Chowdhury,was hiding in a nearby roomand was arrested inconnection to the murder.The knife used in themurder was seized, he said.Officer-in-chargeRakibuzzaman said therecovered body was sent toNarayanganj GeneralHospital morgue forautopsy.Five moretest positivefor COVID-19in BholaBHOLA : A number of fivemore people were diagnosedwith COVID-19 positive inthe last 24 hours in thedistrict after testing 36samples at Bhola 250-bedGeneral Hospital COVID-19laboratory.Of the new positive cases,four are in Sadar upazila andone in Charfashion upazilaof the district.Meanwhile, 15 patientsrecovered from COVID-19 inthe last 24 hours in thedistrict, civil surgeon of thedistrict Dr Syed RezaulIslam told BSS.The total number ofinfected people in thedistrict stood at 1,915 whilethe number of recoverycases at 1,787, the civilsurgeon said.A total of 26 persons haveso far died of COVID-19 inthe district, Dr Syed RezaulIslam told BSS.The health expert of thedistrict urged all to followthe health rules strictly anduse masks to prevent thespread of the lethal virus.Dr Syed Rezaul Islam saidinfected seven persons arenow undergoing treatmentat Bhola 250-bed GeneralHospital, rest of the infectedpersons are now undergoingtreatment at home under thesupervision of doctors fromtheir respective upazilahealth complexes.He urged everyone to bemore aware to prevent thislethal infection.Newly appointed Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Chilmari exchanged views with the journalistsyesterday.Photo : TBTGD-910/21 (6 x 4)Coronavirus18,775 infected, 17,715cured in Rangpur divisionRANGPUR : A total of 18,775 people havebeen infected with coronavirus (Covid-19),and of them, 17,715 cured in all eight districtsof Rangpur division.Health officials said the number of Covid-19 cases reached 18,775 as 34 more patientswere reported after testing 376 samples atthe daily infection rate of 9.05 percent onWednesday in the division."The daily infection rate came down belowthe 10 percent mark on Wednesday in thedivision after remaining above the 10percent mark in recent weeks," said FocalPerson of Covid-19 and Assistant Director(Health) for Rangpur division Dr. ZASiddiqui. Earlier, the daily infection rateswere 13.91 percent on Tuesday, 13.26percent on Monday, 15.38 percent onSunday, 13.52 percent on Saturday, 11.44percent on Friday, 12.57 percent onThursday and 16.30 percent on Wednesdaylast in the division. "The daily infection ratecrossed the 10 percent mark on March 24last for the first time since December 26 lastduring the second wave of Covid-19 in thedivision," said Dr Siddiqui.Since the outbreak of the pandemic, a totalof 1,31,904 collected samples of the divisionwere tested till Wednesday, and of them,18,775 people were found Covid-19 positivewith an average infection rate of 14.23percent. "The district-wise break up of 18,775patients currently stands at 4,934 inRangpur, 838 in Panchagarh, 1,570 inNilphamari, 1,075 in Lalmonirhat, 1,210 inKurigram, 1,662 in Thakurgaon, 5,733 inDinajpur and 1,753 in Gaibandha of thedivision," he said.Talking to BSS, Divisional Director(Health) Dr. Md. Ahad Ali said the Covid-19related death toll rose to 384 as two moredeaths were reported from Rangpur andThakurgaon in the division on Wednesday.The district-wise break up of the 384e-Tender Notice (OTM)fatalities stands at 93 in Rangpur, 141 inDinajpur, 40 in Thakurgaon, 35 inNilphamari, 21 in Kurigram, 20 inPanchagarh, 21 in Gaibandha and 13 inLalmonirhat districts of the division.The average casualty rate stands at 2.05percent, which is the highest average fatalityrate since the beginning of the pandemic inthe division. Among the 18,775 infectedpatients, 76 are undergoing treatments atisolation units, including 17 at ICU beds andfour at High Dependency Unit beds, afterrecovery of 17,715 people and 384 deathswhile 633 are remaining in home isolation."Meanwhile, the number of citizens whogot the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccineremained steady at 5,96,952 since April 26last, and among them, 3,77,092 got thesecond dose of the jab till Tuesday in thedivision," Dr Ali added.Chief of Divisional Coronavirus Serviceand Prevention Task Force and Principal ofRangpur Medical College Professor Dr. AKMNurunnobi Lyzu urged everybody to abideby the health directives for containingfurther spread of the Covid-19 virus.3 held, 60 yaba pills and 15 mobilephones seized in FaridpurFARIDPUR : Members of the Rapid ActionBattalion (RAB)-8) arrested three personsyesterday on charges of swindling money byBkash transaction .They also seized 60 pieces of yaba pills and15 mobile phones and 88 SIM cards and TK1,000 in cash from their possessions.The arrestees are identified as Md. BadalHawlader, 31, Md. Zakir Hossain,32, andMd. Jamal Hawlader,32. All are inhabitantsof Para village of Bhanga upazila of thedistrict.
In this May 18, 2021, file photo, medical personnel wearing protective gear, guide people at a rapidcoronavirus testing center after the infection alert rose to level 3 in Taipei, Taiwan. After a year ofsuccess, Taiwan is struggling with its largest outbreak since the pandemic began. Photo: APTaiwan struggles with testingbacklog amid largest outbreakTAIPEI : Facing Taiwan's largestoutbreak of the pandemic and lookingfor rapid virus test kits, the mayor of theisland's capital did what anyone mightdo: He Googled it, reports UNB."If you don't know, and you try toknow something, please checkGoogle," Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-jequipped.Praised for its success at keepingthe virus away for more than a year,Taiwan had until May recorded just1,128 cases and 12 deaths. But thenumber of locally transmitted casesstarted growing this month and itsoon became clear that the centralgovernment was ill prepared not onlyto contain the virus, but to evendetect it on a large scale due to a lackof investment in rapid testing.That left officials like Ko scramblingto catch up as the number of newinfections climbed to some 300 a day.Ko's search put him in contact withsix local companies who make rapidtests and his government was soonable to set up four rapid testing sitesin a district that had emerged as avirus hotspot.Rapid tests, experts say, are acritical tool in catching the virus in itsearly days. The alternative thatTaiwan has been relying on - teststhat have to be sent out to a lab forprocessing - has led to backlogs thatmay be obscuring the true extent ofthe outbreak."You want to identify those infectedcases as soon as possible," to containthe spread, said Ruby Huang, aprofessor in the medical college atNational Taiwan University. "Andthen you're basically running againsttime."With so few cases, Taiwan had beena bubble of normalcy for most of thepandemic. Schools stayed open,people went to bars and restaurants,and the island's economy was amongthe few globally that saw positivegrowth.Its success was built largely on strictborder controls that primarilyallowed in only citizens and longtermresidents, who then facedmandatory two-week quarantines.From time to time it found smallclusters of infections and stampedthem out through contact tracing andquarantines. Last month authoritiesfound a cluster involving pilots fromthe state-owned China Airlines.Stopping the virus this time wouldprove difficult, in part because undergovernment policy pilots were onlyrequired to quarantine for three-daysand did not need a negative test to getout of quarantine. Soon employees ata quarantine hotel where ChinaAirlines flight crew stayed startedgetting sick - and so did their familymembers.The virus had escaped quarantineand was spreading locally, mostly inTaipei and surrounding areas.The government in Taiwan - whereonly about 1% of the population havebeen vaccinated - responded byordering a lockdown, closing schoolsand switching offices to remote workor rotating shifts. Contact tracersidentified 600,000 people thatneeded to quarantine themselves.The biggest roadblock has beentesting.Government policy throughout thepandemic has been to rely onpolymerase chain reaction, or PCR,tests, which are seen as the goldstandard for diagnosis but must beprocessed using special machines in alab. The government has notencouraged rapid tests, which arequicker and cheaper but potentiallyless accurate.In and around Taipei, labs havebeen working overtime in recentweeks but are still struggling toprocess all the samples.India's COVID-19tally rises to27,369,093NEW DELHI : India's COVID-19 tallyreached 27,369,093 on Thursday, with211,298 new cases added during thepast 24 hours, said the federal healthministry, reports UNB.Besides, as many as 3,847 deathssince Wednesday morning took thedeath toll to 315,235.There are still 2,419,907 active casesin the country, as there was a decreaseof 75,684 cases in the past 24 hours. Thenumber of daily active cases has beenon the decline over the past few days,after a continuous surge since mid-April.A total of 24,633,951 people havebeen cured and discharged fromhospitals so far across the country,showed the latest data from the federalhealth ministry.So far over 202 million (202,695,874)vaccination doses have beenadministered to the people across thecountry.A total of 1,885,805 vaccine doseswere given on Wednesday alone.Presently the third phase of COVID-19 vaccination is going on, covering allpeople aged 18 years and above.Though, an acute shortage of vaccines isbeing felt across the country.Meanwhile, the federal governmenthas ramped up COVID-19 testingfacilities across the country.As many as 336,969,353 tests wereconducted till Wednesday, out of which2,157,857 tests were conducted onWednesday alone, said the latest dataissued by the Indian Council of MedicalResearch (ICMR) on Thursday.SAN JOSE : An employee whogunned down eight people at aCalifornia rail yard and then killedhimself as law enforcement rushed inhad talked about killing people atwork more than a decade ago, his exwifesaid, reports UNB."I never believed him, and it neverhappened. Until now," a tearfulCecilia Nelms told The AssociatedPress on Wednesday following the6:30 a.m. attack at a light rail facilityfor the Valley TransportationAuthority."When our deputies went throughthe door, initially he was still firingrounds. When our deputy saw him, hetook his life," Santa Clara CountySheriff Laurie Smith told reporters.The sheriff's office is next door tothe rail yard, which serves the countyof more than 1 million people in theheart of the Silicon Valley.The attacker was identified as 57-year-old Samuel Cassidy, according totwo law enforcement officials.Investigators offered no immediateword on a possible motive but his exwifesaid he used to come home fromwork resentful and angry over what heperceived as unfair assignments."He could dwell on things," she said.The two were married for about 10years until a 2005 divorce filing andshe hadn't been in touch with Cassidyfor about 13 years, Nelms said.It was the 15th mass killing in thenation this year, all of them shootingsthat have claimed at least four liveseach for a total of 86 deaths, accordingFrIDAY, MAY 28, 20217Killer of 8 in California hadtalked of workplace attacksto a database compiled by TheAssociated Press, USA Today andNortheastern University.At the White House, President JoeBiden ordered flags to be flown athalf-staff and urged Congress to acton legislation to curb gun violence."Every life that is taken by a bulletpierces the soul of our nation. We can,and we must, do more," Biden said ina statement.Gov. Gavin Newsom visited the siteand then spoke emotionally about thecountry's latest mass killing."There's a numbness some of us arefeeling about this. There's a samenessto this," he said. "It begs the damnquestion of what the hell is going on inthe United States of America?"The shooting took place in twobuildings and killed employees whohad been bus and light rail operators,mechanics, linemen and an assistantsuperintendent over the course oftheir careers. One had worked for theagency since 1999.The Santa Clara County Office of theMedical Examiner-Coroner identifiedthe victims as Paul Delacruz Megia,42; Taptejdeep Singh, 36; AdrianBalleza, 29; Jose Dejesus Hernandez,35; Timothy Michael Romo, 49;Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40;Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63, andLars Kepler Lane, 63.Another man wounded in the attackwas in critical condition at Santa ClaraValley Medical Center, spokespersonJoy Alexiou said.Buildup to super blood mooneclipses the finaleWELLINGTON : In the end, the buildupseemed to eclipse the finale.People across New Zealand and aroundthe world stayed up Wednesday to watcha cosmic event called a super bloodmoon, a combination of a total lunareclipse and a brighter-than-usualsupermoon.During the buildup, a glittering moonrose above the horizon. As the Earth'sshadow began taking bites from themoon, it created a dramatic effect. Halfthe moon vanished, leaving it looking likea black-and-white cookie. When the fulleclipse took hold, however, the moondarkened, turning a smudgy burntorange color for many viewers.In celestial terms, it was a wonder: aprojection of the world's sunsets andsunrises onto the black canvas of theeclipsed moon. But for people peering upfrom their backyards, it wasn't quite thebrilliant display they had anticipated. Notquite super or blood-colored."It was not that vivid for those onground," said Ben Noll, a meteorologistwith New Zealand scientific researchagency NIWA. "Personally, I thoughtthere would be a bit more red in the sky."Still, Noll thought that overall, theevening was sensational. He heard plentyof people cheering and cars honking indowntown Auckland where he watched itall unfold.John Rowe, an educator at theStardome Observatory and Planetariumin Auckland, said it was like the moonturned into a big, spooky smile lookingdown at him. That's because of a brightrim that remained at the bottom.Rowe also enjoyed seeing surroundingstars appear to brighten as the light fromthe moon dimmed.The full eclipse lasted about 15 minutes,while the whole cosmic show lasted fivehours. A partial eclipse began as themoon edged into the Earth's outershadow, called the penumbra, beforemoving more fully into the main shadowand then reversing the process.Rowe likes to imagine it as if he'sstanding on the moon. The Earth wouldcome across and block out the sun. Thereddish light around the edges would bethe sunsets and sunrises happening atthat time on Earth, projected onto themoon's surface. Pretty cool, he reckons.FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2021, file photo, an empty Swanston Street is seen at night in the CentralBusiness District as lockdown due to the continuing spread of COVID-19 prepares to start inMelbourne. Melbourne, the city that was once Australia's worst COVID-19 hot spot has announced aseven-day lockdown, its fourth since the pandemic began.Photo : APAn employee who gunned down eight people at a California rail yard and then killed himself as lawenforcement rushed in had talked about killing people at work more than a decade ago. Photo : APAustralia's Victoriastate to return tolockdownMELBOURNE : The citythat was once Australia'sworst COVID-19 hot spot onThursday announced aseven-day lockdown, itsfourth since the pandemicbegan.The lockdown forMelbourne and the rest ofVictoria state comes after anew cluster in the city roseto 26 infections, including aperson who was in intensivecare.Victoria Acting PremierJames Merlino said:"Unless something changes,this will be increasinglyuncontrollable."The new Melbournecluster was found after atraveler from India becameinfected with a morecontagious variant of thevirus while in hotelquarantine in SouthAustralia state earlier thismonth. The traveler was notdiagnosed until he returnedhome to Melbourne.Australia's second largestcity last year underwent asecond wave of infectionsthat peaked at 725 newcases in a single August dayat a time when communityspread had been virtuallyeliminated elsewhere in thecountry.That lockdown lasted for111 days. A third lockdownthat lasted for five days inFebruary was triggered by acluster of 13 cases linked tohotel quarantine nearMelbourne Airport.Chile rolls out mobilitypass for the vaccinatedSANTIAGO : People in Chile who have beenvaccinated and are fully immunized againstthe coronavirus could from Wednesdayobtain a pass to move about more freely, amove criticized by health professionals.The pass, which can be downloaded on aperson's mobile phone two weeks afterreceiving their second shot, gives the bearerpermission to move about freely in citiesunder lockdown to go to the supermarket,pharmacy, or for open air exercise.Those without permits, by comparison,have to print out a permission form everytime they want to leave the house, which isallowed for essential reasons only.Pass holders can also travel between citiesand towns not under lockdown.Face masks remain compulsory foreveryone, indoors and out, and the pass willnot be valid during the daily 10.00 pm-to-5.00 am curfew. It also does not replace thepermission people need to go back to work,the government has said.The measure came into force as Chilepassed the 50-percent mark of fullyvaccinated adults - over 7.7 million to dateout a 15.2 million target population.The country has three vaccines in itsarsenal, with over 17 million doses ofCoronaVac administered to date, 3.36million of Pfizer-BioNTech, and nearly500,000 of Oxford-AstraZeneca.China's CoronaVac has the lowest provenefficacy of the three, with a Chile studyshowing in April it was 67 percent effective atpreventing symptomatic Covid-19 and 80percent effective at preventing death.The country's Medical College and ninemedical associations are not in favor of thevaccine pass given the persistently highinfection rate."Any increase in mobility will augmentinfections. This new permit can lead toconfusion and a false sense of security," theysaid in a joint statement. Health MinisterEnrique Paris defended the measure as a"reward" for those who got vaccinated. Some1.3 million people in Chile have been infectedwith the coronavirus, and over 28,600 havedied. The country has one of the highestvaccine rates in the region and the world.Neighbor Argentina, meanwhile, receivedover a million doses of AstraZeneca andSputnik V vaccines Wednesday as it battlesits worst phase of the pandemic to date.The country of 45 million, due to host theCopa America in three weeks' time, has so fargiven one vaccine dose to 8.9 million peopleand two doses to 2.5 million.It has one of the highest infection rates inthe region, and on Wednesday registeredmore than 35,300 cases and 532 deaths in 24hours, bringing the toll to over 75,500.5 killed after piercollapses in W.IndonesiaJAKARTA : At least five people were killedand three others suffered minor injuries as apier collapsed in Indonesia's province ofWest Sumatra on Wednesday night, localofficial confirmed on Thursday.Provincial police spokesperson StefanusSatake told local media that the accident tookplace at around 6:00 p.m. local time when 14visitors, who were divided into two groups,were taking group photos at different spotson the pier.The first group, consisting of 10 people, wastaking pictures in the middle part of the pier,and the other group was on the right part."Not long after taking group photos, thecenter of the pier with 10 visitors on itcollapsed," local media quoted Satake assaying in a statement.
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