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ACC summons Ideal
school and college
principal over graft
allegation
DHAKA : The Anti-
Corruption Commission
(ACC) on Monday
summoned Ideal school and
college principal Shahanara
Begum over the allegation of
acquiring illegal assets,
reports UNB.
A letter signed by the
Assistant Director of the
ACC Ataur Rahman Sarkar
asked the principal to be
appeared on November 15 at
the ACC head office to
record her statement.
Deputy Director of ACC
Public relation office
Muhammad Arif Sadeq
confirmed this to UNB.
If she fails to appear at
ACC at the given time, it will
be considered that she does
not have any statement
regarding the charges
against her, he said.
Juba League
leader shot while
campaigning in
Pirojpur
PIROJPUR : A Juba
League leader sustained a
bullet wound in an attack
by rivals while
campaigning ahead of
union parishad election in
Shankar Pasha union of
Sadar upazila in Pirojpur
on Sunday night, reports
UNB.
Faisal Mahbub Shuvo,
general secretary of
Municipal Juba League in
the area, wasinjured with
several othersin the attack.
Advocate
Akhtaruzzaman Manik,
organizing secretary of
Pirojpur district Juba
League, said the incident
occurred on the way back
from Mallikbari area of
Shankar Pasha union in
Pirojpur Sadar upazila
around 8pm on Sunday.
Manik blamed the
supporters of rival
candidate Nasir Hossain
Matubbar for opening fire
and attacking them. At the
time, Faisal sustained a
bullet wound and Hasan
Sikder, vice-president of
Sadar Secha Sebok League,
was hit on the head.
All the injured were sent
to Pirojpur Zila Hospital.
However, critically injured
Faisal and Hasan were
then shifted to Khulna
Medical College and
Hospital for better
treatment.
Pirojpur Additional
Superintendent of Police
Mollah Azad Hossain said
police was deployed in the
area following the violence.
Chairman Sheikh Nadir Hossain Lipu handed over the letter to 345 workers who had been working
in Milk Vita for a long time. Parliament Member and Director of Milk Vita Hosne Ara, General
Manager Dr. Md. Mahfuzul Haque (Deputy Secretary), Md. Moinul Haque Chowdhury, Abu Md.
Shariful Islam and Additional General Manager Mollah Md. Niyamul Basar (Deputy Registrar), Md.
Mustafizur Rahman and other officials and employees were present.
Photo : Courtesy
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Both fatalities
and cases increase in 24 hours
DHAKA : Bangladesh logged six more
Covid-linked deaths and reported 215 fresh
infections in 24 hours till Monday morning.
The new casualties marked a slight
increase from Sunday's four deaths and 178
cases.
Meanwhile, the daily-case positivity rate
also rose to 1.28 per cent from Sunday's 1.17
per cent, said the Directorate General of
Health Services (DGHS).
The fresh numbers took the total fatalities
to 27,901 while the country's caseload
mounted to 1,571,228.
On the 44th epidemiological week of
pandemic from November 1 to 7, Bangladesh
saw 74.1 per cent comorbidity in the 27
Covid-linked deaths.
The comorbidity rate has increased 23 per
cent from the previous week, said the DGHS
Comorbidity means the simultaneous
presence of two or more diseases or medical
conditions in a patient.
Of the 27 deceased, 23 didn't receive any
vaccine against Covid-19 while three were
fully vaccinated and another received the
first dose.
However, on Monday the mortality rate
remained static at 1.78 per cent.
The fresh cases were detected after testing
16,812 samples, said the DGHS.
Also, the recovery rate remained
unchanged at 97.70 per cent with the
recovery of 209 more patients during the
period.
COP26: Time running out in Glasgow,
as delegates wrangle over details
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND : The 26th UN
Conference Of the Parties (COP26) on
climate change, now in its second week and
final week of negotiations, has failed so far
to reach a decision on 'loss and damage',
and it is now clear that there will be no
decision made on this important issue at
this year's conference, reports UNB.
Speaking to members of the Bangladesh
delegation and environmental experts at
the Scottish Exhibition Centre, UNB was
able to learn that they are already looking
forward to the next such conference, which
would be COP27, for a decision on this
issue.
Loss and damage from climate change
refers to the complete and irrecoverable
loss of some things and the repairable
damage of other things due to the impacts
of human-induced climate change.
Mirza Shawkat Ali, a member of the
Bangladesh government delegation, told
UNB that the 'breakthrough recognition' of
loss and damage in the Paris Agreement
was the result of years of effort on the part
of countries that are most affected by
climate change, including Bangladesh.
Although the developed countries are not
very willing to discuss the matter
voluntarily, Bangladesh has a strong role to
play in this regard as it is the current chair
of the Climate Vulnerable Forum.
Shawkat Ali said discussions on
preparing guidelines for loss and damage,
fundings and considering 'Loss and
damage' under COP and CMA - the group
of countries who have signed and ratified
the Paris Agreement -are going on at this
time. Keeping loss and damage as a
separate agenda in each COP going forward
is also being discussed. The Paris Agreement
reaffirmed the Warsaw International
Mechanism for Loss and Damage as the main
vehicle under the UNFCCC process to avert,
minimize and address loss and damage
associated with climate change impacts,
including extreme weather events and slow onset
events.
Bankers to enjoy
24 holidays in
2022
DHAKA : Bangladesh Bank
has released a holiday list
chalking out 24 holidays for
the schedule banks in the
country in 2022.
The department of Off-site
Supervision of the central
bank released the holiday
list on Monday and sent it to
the managing directors and
chief executive officers of
scheduled banks to follow it
in 2022.
Of the holidays, four will
fall on Fridays and three on
Saturdays that are included
in in Bangladesh's weekly
holidays.
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