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Bangladesh, May 2 -- The Vice Chancellor (VC) of Rajshahi University (RU) Prof. M Abdus Sobhan on Sunday was locked up in his residential building by the leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) RU wing.A meeting of the Finance Committee was scheduled at 10:30 am in the VC's residential building.It is learned that the protesters locked the main gate of the building at 8:30 am to postpone the meeting disrupting the members of...

Intensify efforts to procure vaccines for alternative sources: BNP United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, May 2 -- Voicing concerns over the suspension of administering the first dose of Covid vaccine in Bangladesh, the BNP standing committee has urged the government to intensify its efforts for collecting the jabs from alternative sources. "Our standing committee is worried over the vaccine crisis and the suspension of the vaccination programme. The government couldnt coll...

Bangladesh, May 1 -- year-old man arrested in connection with the April 5 violence in Saltha upazila of Faridpur, died in police custody on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Abul Hossain Molla, 48.While the district police claimed that Adul died of a stroke, his family members attributed his death to torture by cops.Faridpur Sadar Hospital's in-charge Dr Tofazzal Hossain said, "Police brought the body of Abul Hossain to the medical...

Nepal Health Ministry says situation unmanageable as hospitals run out beds Kathmandu Post Nepal, May 1 -- "We give up." Thats what could be summed up from what the Ministry of Health said on Friday through a statement. "As the number of infections has been increasing, the health system is not able to cope and a situation has already arisen in which hospital beds cannot be made available," the ministry said in the statement. And going by the scene at Sukraraj Tropical and Infect...

Covid-19: Daily caseload drops below 1500, as 60 die United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, May 1 -- Bangladesh on Saturday reported 60 more Covid-19 fatalities, pushing the death toll to 11,510. However, the country confirmed a 48-day low of new cases of 1,452 in the last 24 hours ending at 8am Saturday. The overall infection tally has reached 760,584 with the new cases and the positivity fell to 9.61% from Fridays 10.34%. However, the death rate remained unchanged at 1.51...

May Day: Solidarity & empathy in times of Covid United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, May 1 -- The historic May Day is being observed on Saturday as the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic which has rendered millions of workers jobless across the world in recent months. In normal times, the day is a public holiday in Bangladesh and marked with a slew of events. But there are no outdoor events this year, like 2020, as the country battles the second wave of the virus. Also R...

Bbaria mayhem: 5 more Hefazat men arrested United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, April 30 -- Five more people have been arrested in the past 24 hours in connection with last months mayhem by Hefazat-e-Islam supporters in Brahmanbaria, police said on Friday. The arrests were made from different parts of Brahmanbaria after identifying the accused from video footage and images taken during the violence, the district police said. So far, 55 cases have been filed and 392 people...

Scrambling for jabs, Nepal in talks with Russia, China, US Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, April 30 -- When Nepal launched its vaccination drive against the coronavirus on January 27, the number of new infections was already in decline. There were few hospitalisations. It looked like the country had returned to a near normal situation. An over-enthusiastic KP Sharma Oli, the prime minister, at the time declared that everyone in the country would be vaccinated within three months. Thin...

Son kills mother for beating his younger brother in Dhaka United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, May 1 -- A mother was allegedly killed by her elder son as he repeatedly hit her with a brick in Jatrabari area of the capital. The deceased has been identified as Parveen Akhter, 45. While talking to UNB her daughter Jhorna said, "My younger brother, who is 3.5 years old, was crying for food as he was hungry. Rather than providing him food, my mother started beating him up." "S...

Whats with the delay? Kathmandu Post Nepal, April 28 -- We are losing our fellow citizens to the coronavirus every day, and we must pull out all the stops to ensure that this chain of infection and death comes to a close as soon as possible. These are extraordinary times that call for action on a war footing. But the vaccine procurement programme seems to be suffering from the same lethargy, even helplessness, that characterises our bureaucracy and politics. Our leaders and admi...