Evening Brief

DGHS to raid illegal clinics again from Monday

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will once again launch a raid operation against illegal diagnostic centres and clinics from Monday.

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File photo of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) office in Dhaka's Mohakhali Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Bangladesh set to import 500,000T of wheat from Russia

Bangladesh is set to import 500,000 tons of wheat at $430 a ton from Russia in a government-to-government deal as it battles to secure supplies amid surging prices, two government officials with direct knowledge of the matter said on Sunday.

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Shamsul Haque Tuku elected deputy speaker of parliament

Former State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Huq Tuku has been elected unanimously as the deputy speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad due to the death of Fazle Rabbi Mia.  

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Shamsul Haque Tuku Collected

Moulvibazar tea workers resume work after wage raise

Most of the garden tea workers of the Moulvibazar district resumed their work on Sunday, welcoming the decision to fix the wage of Tk170 fixed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. 

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Moulvibazar tea garden workers have resumed their work on Sunday, August 28, 2022 Dhaka Tribune

RMG exports to EU rise by 44.95% during Jan-May

Bangladesh’s apparel export to the European Union (EU) rose by 44.95% to $9.58 billion during the first five months of 2022.

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India bans export of wheat flour to curb rising prices

The Union government on Saturday banned the export of wheat flour, maida, semolina and wholemeal aata to control rising prices.

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A combine deposits harvested wheat in a tractor trolley at a field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India Reuters

Pakistan monsoon flooding death toll tops 1,000

Pakistan's flooded southern Sindh province braced on Sunday for a fresh deluge from swollen rivers in the north as the death toll from this year's monsoon topped 1,000.

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Children use a raft to make their way in a flooded area after heavy monsoon rains on the outskirts of Sukkur, Sindh province on August 27, 2022 AFP