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THRUSDAy, OCTOBER 27, 2022
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Dr. Lawrence N. Berlin, Professor Emeritus, Northeastern Illinois University,
Chicago, USA, Prof. Mahmudul Amin from NAEM, Prof. A.M.M. Hamidur
Rahman, Dean, Faculty of Humanities & Social Science and Dr. Liza Sharmin,
Head of the Department of English of Daffodil International University along
with the participants pose for a photograph after the workshop titled at the
"Exploring The Life Cycle of the English Language Teaching Professor" held at
Daffodil International University.
Photo : Courtesy
35-yr-old killed over land dispute in Sylhet
SYLHET : A man was beaten to death
allegedly by his neighbours in Sylhet's
Bishwanath upazila over a land dispute on
Tuesday night.
The deceased was identified as Saiful
Islam, 35, a rickshaw-puller by profession
and son of Hafiz Abdul Mannan of
Charchandi village of Daulatpur union of the
upazila.
Gazi Ataur Rahman, officer-in-charge of
Bishwanath police station, said that Saiful
had a dispute with his neighbours over a
piece of land. On Tuesday night, Saiful's
neighbours beat him mercilessly, leaving
him critically injured, the OC added.
A seriously injured Saiful was rushed to
Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College where
doctors declared him dead around 9.30 pm.
The body has been kept in the hospital
morgue for an autopsy, the officer said.
Dengue death
toll now 120 as
2 more die
DHAKA : Two more deaths
from dengue in 24 hours till
Wednesday morning raised
this year's fatalities from the
mosquito-borne disease in
Bangladesh to 120.
During this period, 923
more patients were
hospitalised with the viral
fever as cases keep rising,
according to the Directorate
General of Health Services
(DGHS).
Both deaths were reported
from Dhaka.
With this, the Dengue death
toll from Dhaka rose to 72.
The dengue death toll
remained unchanged at 36 in
Chattogram, at five in
Barishal, at four in Khulna
and at three in Mymensingh
division. Of the new patients,
520 were admitted to
different hospitals in Dhaka
and 403 outside it, according
to the Directorate General of
Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 3,380 dengue
patients, including 2,207 in
the capital, are now receiving
treatment at hospitals across
the country. The directorate
has recorded 33,923 dengue
cases and 30,423 recoveries
so far this year.
Elderly woman tied
to tree, tortured in
Natore
NATORE : An elderly woman
was tied to a tree and beaten
mercilessly by her neighbours
on Tuesday night for allegedly
having an illicit affair with her
son-in-law in Natore's
Gurudaspur upazila.
Kulsum Bewa, 80, was
dragged out of her house and
tortured by her neighbours,
Raton Ali and Ujjal Hossain,
said Abdul Motin, officer-incharge
of Gurudaspur police
station. However, the woman
claimed that since she was
sick, her son-in-law went to
her room to give her
medicines. On information,
police visited the spot and
rescued the woman.
No one has been arrested in
connection with the
thrashing, said the OC.
"Efforts are on to nab the
culprits."
University Research Day
President, PM greet teachers,
researchers, physicians
DHAKA : President M Abdul Hamid and
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday
greeted all concerned including students,
teachers, doctors, nurses and officials on
the occasion of the University Research
Day-2022. They issued separate
messages on the eve of the day to be
observed today under the arrangement
of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical
University (BSMMU) for the fourth time.
In his message, President Abdul
Hamid said that accurate knowledge
about the origin, causes, remedies and
prevention of various diseases can be
gained through continuous research and
thus research plays an important role in
human welfare.
Referring to medical care as one of the
basic human needs, the head of the state
said due to this reason, people have high
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expectations of BSMMU, a top
institution of medical science in the
country. He underscored the need for
expanding basic research programs and
utilizing the research results for human
welfare in order to fulfil that public
expectation.
He called upon the university
authorities to take necessary initiatives
for this purpose alongside reaching
quality medical services at the doorsteps
of the common people with minimum
cost.
In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina said the greatest Bangalee of all
times Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman undertook
various activities including the
establishment of hospitals for the
development of the country's medical
industry immediately after the
independence of the country.
In the war-torn country, he took
groundbreaking initiatives to expand
healthcare at the district, police station
and union level to bring medical care to
the doorsteps of common people, the
Premier said.
At the hands of Bangabandhu,
revolutionary changes began in the
development of the health sector and
medical science research in Bangladesh,
she added.
Following the footprints of
Bangabandhu, the Awami League
government established a medical
university for the first time in 1998 aimed
at creating the foundation of necessary
medical research to ensure the sound
health of the people, she said.
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