Evening Brief

JRC official-level meeting begins Wednesday in India

Ahead of the Bangladesh-India Joint River Commission (JRC) ministerial-level meeting, officials of both countries will hold a two-day meeting in India’s New Delhi from Wednesday to discuss water management issues between the two countries.

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File photo of Teesta River UNB

EVMs to be used in 150 constituencies in next national polls

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in 150 constituencies in the next general election.

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Covid: Bangladesh records 175 cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh reported zero Covid-19 deaths and 175 new cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.

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Moulvibazar tea workers resume strike for Tk300 wage defying union leaders’ decision

Tea garden workers in Moulvibazar resumed strike Tuesday noon disobeying the decision of the leaders of Bangladesh Tea Workers Union.

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Tea workers demanded a Tk180 increase in their daily wage Dhaka Tribune

UN special envoy on Myanmar visits Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps

UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer has visited the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.

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UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer visits the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 Dhaka Tribune

Soybean oil price goes up again

The price of soybean oil has gone up by Tk7 per litre.

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Prices of edible soybean oil have increased again Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

US donates another 10m Pfizer Covid vaccine doses to Bangladesh

The US government has donated another 10 million doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh via Covax to help the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare continue expanding vaccinations to teens and adults across the country.

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A vial labelled with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021 Reuters