Although two children drowned and many suffer daily because of a dilapidated wooden bridge over Hajamaja canal and a similar condition of another bridge, both in Kachua Upazila, authorities failed to build any concrete bridges sought by the victims for years. A wooden bridge built by locals about
Litchis have started appearing in Rajshahi markets ahead of the peak harvesting season, with limited supply and weather-induced crop losses driving prices too high. With the Bangla month of Jaishtha-traditionally known as the peak fruit season-set to begin within days, orchards across Rajshahi are
Despite repeated requests to authorities, rabies vaccines have not been delivered at government hospitals, leaving low-income people deprived of the life-saving vaccine. Our correspondent from Rajshahi reports, a prolonged shortage of rabies vaccines at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) has
COX'S BAZAR, May 03: An escalating scarcity of drinking water is putting a severe strain on the residents of Cox's Bazar town. From households to hotels, restaurants, and business establishments, the demand for purified and bottled water has increased significantly. Rapid depletion of groundwat
A child has died after being tossed off his father's motorcycle in Debidwar Upazila of Cumilla. The accident occurred near Baniapara Azgar Ali Girls High School in Debidwar Municipality on the Cumilla-Sylhet highway around 10:00 am on Sunday, said Debidwar Police Station chief Mohammad Moniruzzama
SYLHET: The kitchen market in Sylhet has been on fire over the exorbitant prices of staple protein items such as eggs, beef, mutton and fish, leaving middle and low income families in hardship. Vendors say the increased cost of goods transportion triggered by fuel price rise has been pushing up th
Water falling in a rapid stream for the torrential downpour continuing for the past several days has submerged vast tracts of Boro paddy fields in low-lying areas across five districts of the Rangpur agriculture region and Gaibandha district, sparking off fear of a considerably big crop failure.
The country's prime mango-producing districts-Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj and Naogaon-are facing a severe setback this season as persistent heat wave, drought and repeated nor'westers have disrupted orchard conditions, triggering widespread fruit drop, pest attacks and other weather-related damage.
RAJSHAHI, Apr 29: Stakeholders have stressed the need for adopting GLOBALG.A.P certification to enhance Bangladesh's mango exports, particularly to European markets. The call came at a day-long workshop held in Rajshahi on Wednesday. Titled "GLOBAL GAP Certification System for Mango Export in Euro
SYLHET, Apr 29: The country's tea industry has been facing various challenges for a number of reasons while its production target of 2025 could not be achieved. The yield in 2005 was 94.912million kilograms against the target of 103 million kg, up 1.87 million kg from the previous (2024) year's
Incessant rainfall and an onrushing upstream swell have submerged at least 5,000 hectares of Boro paddy in four Upazilas of Habiganj, leaving thousands of farmers in despair as their primary annual crop goes under water. The flash floods have hit the low-lying haor regions of Baniyachong, Ajmiriga
Torrential rain, accompanied by intermittent heavy wind, has left a trail of destruction across Cumilla, submerging thousands of hectares of farmland across all 17 Upazilas of the district. The sudden natural disaster has sparked deep concern among farmers who were in the middle of the harvest sea
RANGPUR, Apr 28: Thousands of impoverished farmers, including landless people of Rangpur, have become financially solvent by cultivating crops along the fertile riverbanks, or char areas, on both sides of Teesta, Ghaghat, Jamuneswari, and other rivers. Farmers have been cultivating paddy, wheat, m
