The National Vitamin A-plus campaign was
conducted today across the country with feeding over 2.26 crore children
under 5-year age to prevent childhood blindness and reduce child mortality.
In BSMMU, its Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam inaugurated
the Vitamin A Plus Campaign on the campus premises here.
As part of the national programme, BSMMU organises the Vitamin A Plus
Campaign 2025 at its Outdoor Patient Department (OPD), said a press release.
Besides, the campaign was held in many districts including Rangamati,
Khagrachhari, Sirajganj, Naogaon, Thakurgaon and Patuakhali.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is determined to eliminate
malnutrition and ensure good health of all children in the country, according
to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) sources.
Journalist leaders have given a 3-day ultimatum to restore the declaration of vernacular daily Jai Jai Din, without which publication remains suspended.
The demand was raised by the outlet journalists, during a human chain protest in front of the National Press Club on Saturday following the cancellation of the newspaper declaration.
The journalists condemned the move, claiming the government cannot close a media outlet under the influence of a special group without notice, as allegedly happened at Jai Jai Din. They called it a violation of democracy and freedom of expression and expressed concerns about the timing, which jeopardised the livelihoods of hundreds of journalists ahead of Ramadan and Eid.
Khurshid Alam, general secretary of the Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ), said that the struggle for press freedom had been ongoing for years, and despite the end of fascism, journalists still face uncertainty.
He condemned the paper editor since birth, Shafik Rehman, for cancelling the newspaper declaration in coordination with a specific industrial group, despite a High Court order. “On behalf of all journalists, I demand the declaration be restored promptly,” Khurshid Alam said.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took Iftar with about one lakh Rohingyas at Ukhiya refugee camp in Coxs Bazar today.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today urged international community to show that solidarity through action and concrete support for the Rohingya people and their Bangladeshi host communities.
"In this holy month of Ramadan, I appeal to the international community to show that solidarity through action and concrete support for the Rohingya people and their Bangladeshi host communities," he said while speaking before an iftar party in Rohingya camp in Coxs Bazar.
"I have come to Coxs Bazar during this holy month of Ramadan on a mission of solidarity. Solidarity with Rohingya refugees. And solidarity with the Bangladeshi communities that so generously host them. I am here to shine a global spotlight on the plight - but also the potential. The more than one million Rohingya refugees here are proud. They are resilient. And they need the world support," the UN chief said.
After decades of discrimination and persecution, he said, they had a massive outflow eight years ago, following the massacres that took place in Rakhine state.
Many others arrived more recently, escaping brutal violations of human rights, triggered generalized anti-Muslim hate, he said, adding this is especially significant as the world tomorrow officially marks International Day to Combat Islamophobia.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took Iftar with about one lakh Rohingyas at Ukhiya refugee camp in Coxs Bazar today.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today urged international community to show that solidarity through action and concrete support for the Rohingya people and their Bangladeshi host communities.
"In this holy month of Ramadan, I appeal to the international community to show that solidarity through action and concrete support for the Rohingya people and their Bangladeshi host communities," he said while speaking before an iftar party in Rohingya camp in Coxs Bazar.
"I have come to Coxs Bazar during this holy month of Ramadan on a mission of solidarity. Solidarity with Rohingya refugees. And solidarity with the Bangladeshi communities that so generously host them. I am here to shine a global spotlight on the plight - but also the potential. The more than one million Rohingya refugees here are proud. They are resilient. And they need the world support," the UN chief said.
After decades of discrimination and persecution, he said, they had a massive outflow eight years ago, following the massacres that took place in Rakhine state.
Many others arrived more recently, escaping brutal violations of human rights, triggered generalized anti-Muslim hate, he said, adding this is especially significant as the world tomorrow officially marks International Day to Combat Islamophobia.