Evening Brief

PM's advisor: Ensuring access to electricity at affordable price govt's prime goal

Prime Minister's Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has said that the government's goal is to ensure first the access to uninterrupted electricity at an affordable cost with a concept of clean energy.

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File Photo: Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, adviser to the prime minister on power and energy Courtesy

13 bodies of 'Rohingyas' found in Yangon

The bodies believed to be of 13 Rohingya teenagers and young men were found beside a road in a northern Yangon suburb on Monday morning, according to media reports, leading to an investigation.

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File photo: Unidentified men carry knives and slingshots as they walk past a burning house in Gawdu Tharya village near Maungdaw in Rakhine state, in northern Myanmar on September 7, 2017 AFP

Al Jazeera takes slain journalist's case to ICC

TV network Al Jazeera submitted the case of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, saying she was killed by Israeli forces.

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File photo: Demonstrators hold placards with the pictures of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israeli raid in Jenin, during a protest outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on May 12, 2022 Reuters

Dengue death toll rises to 258

With another death from dengue recorded in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 258 this year.

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File photo of a dengue ward in hospital Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Administration of fourth Covid vaccine shot starts Dec 20

The government will start the administration of the fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at seven vaccination centres in Dhaka from December 20.

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FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares a syringe with Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre for Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune

Gas supply to remain off for 11 hours in parts of Dhaka Wednesday

Gas supply will remain suspended for 11 hours from 1 pm to 12 am (midnight) in different areas in the capital on Wednesday.

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