The Anti-Corruption Commission ( ACC) on Thursday conducted an enforcement operation following complaints of irregularities in providing medical services to patients at Dhaka Medical College Hospital ( DMCH).
During the operation, when the team stayed in the hospital in disguise, various irregularities were observed in the provision of services to the patients.
The truth of the complaint is found by talking to the patients and their relatives who come for the service, the ACC team said.
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said talks with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has been listed in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina schedules during her Munich visit in line with the request of the nation in war with Russia.
“The Prime Minister gave the appointment as Zelensky sought it,” he told reporters as asked whether there was any shift in Dhaka foreign policy in reference to Russia-Ukraine war.
He said the scheduled bilateral meeting was expected to discuss matters related to stop the war as “Bangladesh stand is always clear, Bangladesh stance is always against the war”.
Asked for comments on the possible impact on Dhaka-Moscow ties after Sheikh Hasina meeting with Zelensky, Mahmud said it would not affect Bangladesh relations with Russia in anyway.
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid today said jute production has risen 33 lakh bales in the last 10 years due to jute-friendly policy taken by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina government.
"In 2015, the country annual jute production was 51 lakh bales. But in 2022-2023 fiscal, jutie production was around 84 lakh bales. Of them, around 43 lakh bales jute and jute goods were exported making around 8,000 crore export earnings," he said.
The agriculture minister was addressing a seminar on success and potentials of genome centre in jute research at Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI) at Manik Miah Avenue in the capital this afternoon.
Bangladesh has gained the recognition of its four
new products as Geographical Indication (GI) products.
So far, Bangladesh has got the ownership of a total of 28 GI products, said
press release today.
The four new products are Haribhanga Mango of Rangpur, Agar of Moulvibazar,
Agar Atar of Moulvibazar, and Monda (Sweetmeat) of Muktagacha.