08-09-2021

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Displaced flood-hit people returning
homes in B'putra basin
RANGPUR : Many
displaced people started
returning homes following
further improvement of the
flood situation in the delugehit
northern districts in the
Brahmaputra basin during
the last 24 hours ending at 9
am on Tuesday.
Bangladesh Water
Development Board
(BWDB) officials said water
levels of major rivers
marked further sharp falls to
flow below their respective
danger levels (DL) at most
places except at Kazipur and
Sirajganj points Tuesday.
The improving trend in
the flood situation may
continue with further
recession in water levels of
the major rivers in the basin
during the next 48 hours.
Meanwhile, sporadic
incidents of riverbank
erosion have been reported
from several points
alongside the Dharla,
Dudhkumar, Teesta,
Brahmaputra, Ghaghot and
Jamuna rivers due to
stronger river current with
recession of floodwater.
Water levels of the
Brahmaputra marked falls
by 25cm at Noonkhawa,
28cm at Hatia and 25cm at
Chilmari while Dharla
marked fall by 41cm at
Kurigram and Ghaghot by
26cm at Gaibandha points
during the last 24 hours.
Water levels of the
Jamuna marked sharp falls
by 32cm at Fulchhari, 35cm
at Shaghata, 34cm at
Bahadurabad, 29cm at
Sariakandi, 22cm at
Kazipur and 25cm at
Sirajganj points during the
period.
Workshop on fact-checking
and verification techniques
on health-journalism held
Bangladesh NGO's Network for
Radio and Communication
(BNNRC) organized a two-daylong
workshop at Zabeer Hotel
International at Jashore on
Fact-Checking and Verification
Techniques on Health
Journalism for an in-depth
reporting on important and
complex health issues to
enhance the professional skills
of journalists with the support
of The Asia Foundation on 7-8
September 2021.
The purpose of the workshop
is to enhance the capacity of
journalists working in creating
and publishing objective,
insightful and influential news
on health management;
Encourage journalists to
acquire knowledge and skills in
modern techniques (info
graphics, data analysis, data
visualization) in data
verification and presentation in
creating neutral and balanced
health reports. A total of 20
journalists from national
dailies, online news portals,
and television channels
participated in the workshop.
At the beginning of the
workshop, AHM Bazlur
ECNEC approves
Tk 4,300cr project
to groom youthfolk
as workforce
DHAKA : The government
on Tuesday approved a Taka
4,300 crore project to groom
the country's youth folk,
women
and
disadvantageous section of
people suitable for getting
employed and thus build
themselves as demandbased
workforce of the
country.
The approval came from a
meeting of the Executive
Committee of the National
Economic Council (ECNEC)
held on Tuesday with its
Chairperson and Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina in
the chair.
The Premier joined the
meeting virtually from her
official Ganobhaban
residence while Ministers,
State Ministers, Planning
Commission Members and
Secretaries concerned
attended the meeting from
the NEC Conference Room
in the city's Sher-e-Bangla
Nagar area.
Briefing reporters after the
meeting, Planning Minister
MA Mannan said a total of
eight projects were approved
on Tuesday involving an
overall estimated cost of
Taka 7,589.72 crore.
"Of the total project cost,
Taka 5,009.72 crore will
come from the government
of Bangladesh portion while
the rest of Taka 2,580 crore
as project assistance," he
added.
Rahman, CEO of BNNRC,
discussed the goal, objectives,
perspectives of the workshop,
and what challenges are being
faced in the era of the Fourth
Industrial Revolution, and how
to keep pace with the current
technology era. Abu Rushd
Md. Ruhul Amin, Senior News
Editor, Banglavision, and
Farazi Ahmed Sayed Bulbul,
Staff Reporter, Ittefaq Jashore
discussed the issues.
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