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Help rural people to get corona vaccines
 

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 27 July asked Awami Swechasebak League leaders and activists to help people in getting vaccines in rural areas and motivate them to go for Covid-19 test so they can receive proper treatment.
"We are taking initiative to provide vaccine in rural areas massively and pre-registration would not be mandatory there rather people can receive the jab showing their ID cards on the basis of spot registration," she said, directing the Swechasebak League leaders and activists across the country to extend cooperation to the people, reports BSS.
The Premier was addressing the 27th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League (BASL) as chief guest at its central office in the capital's 23 Bangabandhu Avenue, joining virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban.
She said people's fear regarding the Covid-19 inoculation has almost gone, but one thing is still prevailing there about Covid-19 test.
"None wants to go for a test, but if he/she carries out the test (Covid-19) will receive proper treatment, which will not only help them but also protect others from the deadly virus infection, and this perception has to be made understandable to the people.

BHRC Human Rights Report on July- 2021
6179 people died of Covid-19 in July 2021
Total 234 person killed in July 2021

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The documentation section of Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC) and International Human Rights Commission-IHRC jointly furnished this human rights survey report on the basis of daily newspapers and information received from its district, sub-district and municipal branches. BHRC survey found a total of 229 deaths in the killings. According to official figures, 1875 people died of the Covid-19 in all over the country. In June 2021, there were an average of 63 Covid-19 deaths and 8 deaths in killing per day. The Law enforcing agencies and related Govt. departments should be more responsible so that percentage of killing May be brought down to zero level. To institutionalize the democracy and to build human rights based society the rule of law and order must be established everywhere. Through enforcing rule of law only such violation against human rights can be minimized. 6179 persons died by corona virus in July 2021 according to official estimates.
It appears from documentation division of BHRC:
Toral 234 Number of people's killed in July 2021
Killed due to social discrepancy 5, killing by family violence 11, Political Killing 3, Mysterious death 30, Women & Chilled killed due to rape 4.
Killed by several accidents:
Killed by road accident 147, Suicide 7.
Besides victims of torture:
Rape 22, Sexual harassment 2, Torture for Dowry 3.


 

Kamala releases strategy to tackle root causes of migration
 

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US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Thursday that efforts to address root causes of migration from three Central American countries won't produce immediate results as she unveiled a broad strategy that avoids detailed targets and deadlines, reports AP.
Harris said the United States alone cannot tackle deep-seated motives for people to leave Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, including corruption, violence and poverty. The governments of Mexico, Japan and South Korea, along with the United Nations, have committed to joining the push, she said without elaborating.
A one-page letter from the vice president and a fact sheet adhere to previous statements supporting short-term relief for migration pressures like extreme weather while committing sustained attention to long-term motivations for people to leave their countries.
"We will build on what works, and we will pivot away from what does not work," she wrote. "It will not be easy, and progress will not be instantaneous, but we are committed to getting it right."
Harris noted that she recently traveled to Guatemala, "where one of the largest challenges is corruption." On Tuesday, the Biden administration said it suspended cooperation with Guatemala's Attorney General's Office after the firing of the agency's top anti-corruption prosecutor, saying it "lost confidence" in the country's willingness to fight corruption.
 

IMF chief cheers lending expansion ahead of G20 meeting
 

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 Kristalina Georgieva said Friday the Fund's executive board has backed increasing its special drawing rights (SDR) by $650 billion as it looks to support countries recover from the Covid-19 crisis.
The increase would be the biggest ever for SDRs, which are international reserve assets that aid governments in protecting their financial reserves against global currency fluctuations, and also help the IMF calculate loans and interest rates.
"The IMF Executive Board yesterday concurred in my proposal for a new general SDR allocation equivalent to US$650 billion - the largest allocation in the IMF's history - to address the long-term global needs for reserves during the worst crisis since the Great Depression," Georgieva said in a statement.
"This is a shot in the arm for the world. The SDR allocation will boost the liquidity and reserves of all our member countries, build confidence and foster the resilience and stability of the global economy."
 

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Bangladesh to go for Covid vaccine co-production soon: FM

 

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Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen receives 2.45 lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh ITO Naoki at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday. - Md nasir uddin
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said Bangladesh would go for co-production of Covid-19 vaccines soon, emphasising that there is no alternative to production of vaccines locally.
"There is no alternative to production of vaccine locally. A process has already started to produce jabs locally,' he told reporters after receiving the first consignment of 245,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan.
The foreign minister said China already showed interest for producing jabs in Bangladesh.
"We have already received some documents from China in this regard and the documents have been sent to the departments concerned," he said adding that co-production of jabs would start soon.
Dr Momen said the countries that went for coproduction of vaccines are doing well.
Earlier, a cargo flight of Cathay Pacific Airways carried the vaccine doses that landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Naoki Ito, Health Services Division Secretary Lokman Hossain Miah and personal physician of the Prime Minister Professor Dr ABM Abdullah were present.
The vaccine doses came under the COVAX facility.
Dr Momen reminded all about the importance of maintaining health guidelines saying it is a war against COVID-19. "Everyone has a responsibility."
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Malaysian PM urged to quit after rare royal rebuke
 

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Malaysia's embattled leader was accused of treason and urged to quit Thursday after the king denounced his crisis-hit government for misleading parliament, a rare public rebuke from the revered monarch, reports AFP.
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin leads a scandal-plagued coalition that seized power last year without an election, but his government is on the verge of collapse after allies withdrew support.Parliament convened this week after a months-long suspension under a coronavirus state of emergency, which critics said was a bid by Muhyiddin to cling on to power. On Monday, the law minister told the legislature the emergency would end on August 1 and that several regulations enacted under it were being cancelled.
 

Emergency shelters save lives of Bangladeshi

peacekeepers in Mali
 

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This is an emergency shelter or bunker surrounded by sandbags about four feet in diameter in Gao camp. Every one of the camps rushes to the shelter when the camp siren sounds after automatic detection of the presence of terrorists. -Ahamed Ullah
As the United Nations (UN) mission in Mali is considered 'the most dangerous peacekeeping mission in the world', emergency shelters or bunkers save lives of the peacekeepers during any terrorist attack.
The shelters, surrounded by sandbags about four feet in diameter, protect the peacekeepers from any indirect fire (IDF) and mortar shell attacks in the West African country of Mali where the UN troops have the highest mortality rate.
In addition to the unfavourable weather, the peacekeepers deployed in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) are becoming the main target of the terrorists, according to mission top officials in Mali.
In Mali, all peacekeepers have to pay maximum attention to their own security while performing their duties. That is why it is very difficult for the peacekeepers to carry out the assigned task.
Members of the Bangladesh Battalion-7 (BANBAT-7) are carrying out their duties amid high risk in Gao, 1,200 kilometres away from Bamako, the capital city of Mali. In Gao, peacekeepers from different countries live in separate camps in the same enclosed area. Together these are called super camp. But the camps are not that peaceful as there is always the fear of attack.
This super camp is also attacked by armed terrorists. In order to crack the strong confidence of peacekeepers, they (terrorists) suddenly attack. However, the peacekeepers are adopting various strategies to prevent terrorist attacks as well as self-defence. Shelters or bunkers have been set up at various places in the camp. The emergency shelter is made of sandbags about four feet in diameter.
The camp siren sounds as soon as the presence of terrorists is automatically detected. Then every one of the camps rushes to the shelter or bunker wherever they are. Those who have the responsibility to prevent them build effective resistance against terrorists.
Senior Colonel Zhu Jinsong, sector east commander in Mali, said, "The security situation in Mali, specifically in our area of responsibility, is really challenging, unstable and unpredictable."

Bangladesh, US to work jointly

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Bangladesh and the US have expressed willingness to work more closely to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
This was discussed during a meeting held between the Adviser for Private Industry and Investment of the Prime Minister Salman F. Rahman and Senior Official for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment of the US Department of State Ambassador Marcia Bernicat on Tuesday at the US Department of State in Washington, DC.
The meeting was a follow-up of the first Bangladesh-US Economic Partnership Meeting held virtually on September 30, 2020.
The participants of the follow-up meeting expressed satisfaction over the ongoing economic cooperation between the two countries and progress made in the areas of collaboration identified during the 2020 Partnership Meeting.
 

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