Evening Brief

Bangladesh logs record single-day dengue hospitalizations for 2022

Bangladesh recorded 135 dengue hospitalizations in 24 hours to Sunday morning, which is the highest single-day count for this year.

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File photo of dengue patients at a hospital in Dhaka Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Tea workers block road over wage hike demand

Tea garden workers on Sunday continued their agitation over wage hike by blocking the Airport Road in Sylhet after rejecting Saturday’s decision to increase their daily allowance by TK25..

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Photo of a tea garden worker speaking during protest in Sylhet on Sunday, August 21, 2022 Dhaka Tribune

PM Hasina: Khaleda helped Rashid, Dalim flee Bangladesh after August 21 attack

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Khandaker Abdur Rashid and Shariful Haque Dalim, two of the people involved in the killing of Bangabandhu, had returned to Bangladesh to kill her and her party’s leadership and were helped by Khaleda Zia to flee the country after the grenade attack on August 21, 2004.

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Atiqul: No safety measures, no construction work

There will be no construction work if the authorities of different projects do no take measures to ensure public safety in their respective areas, Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam has said.

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Additional Health DG Sabrina Flora on life support

Meerjady Sabrina Flora, additional director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, is currently on life support in Singapore. 

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Meerjady Sabrina Flora Collected

Legal notice seeks FM Momen's resignation in 48 hours

A legal notice has been served seeking the resignation of Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen in 48 hours, over his recent statement on India.

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File photo: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen briefs reporters on the recent Bangladesh visit of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, at a press conference in Dhaka on August 7, 2022 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Bangladesh may prefer to import Russian oil via third country

Bangladesh may prefer to import Russian oil via a third country to avert possible risks of the business.

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File photo shows drums of diesel Collected