Youth stabbed inside hospital ward
Kawser Bepari, 25, was stabbed and injured after Faruk Fakir, 55, entered the medicine ward of Madaripur 250-bed District Hospital, police said.
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Gas supply resumes from Excelerate terminal after three days
Officials of Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited (RPGCL) have said gas supply to the national grid from the floating LNG terminal of Excelerate Energy in Moheshkhali of Cox’s Bazar has resumed after remaining closed for three days. Gas supply from the terminal increased by 106 million cubic feet between noon and evening on Saturday (August 22). A new LNG cargo also berthed at the terminal the same day at noon.
Government focusing on alternative financing reducing dependence on IMF-World Bank: Finance Minister
Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Finance Minister, has said the government is focusing on alternative financing by reducing dependence on organisations like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. He said there is a plan to form a two-billion-dollar fund for Bangladesh in Hong Kong and to issue Panda Bond and Samurai Bond in the international market.
Postgraduate university to be established in the country: Education Minister
Dr ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon, Minister for Education and Primary and Mass Education, has said an initiative will be taken to establish a postgraduate university in the country on the model of the developed world to advance higher education, research and innovation.
Indication of low pressure forming in Bay of Bengal within 24 hours
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has said a low pressure may form over the north-west Bay of Bengal and adjoining West Bengal-Bangladesh coastal area within the next 24 hours. At the same time, it has forecast rain and thunderstorms in different regions of the country.
History of Liberation War and movements cannot be portrayed without films: DSCC
Md Abdus Salam, administrator of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and a valiant freedom fighter, has said it is not possible to properly depict the history of the Liberation War and the Language Movement without films.
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