CHANDPUR, May 09: Over 25,000 people of seven villages in Gupti Paschim Union of Chandpur's Faridgonj Upazila have been deprived of convenient medical care as the Union Health and Family Welfare Centre lies abandoned with essential furniture and appliances stolen and functioning as a shelter for dr
Boro paddy growers in Magura have been facing low price for their produce, high labour cost and rain damage, while growers from Jashore said they face serious labour shortage and apprehension of significant rain damage. Our correspondent from Magura reports, some 39,535 hectares were brought under
MANIKGANJ, May 09: As the agriculture sector has also started taking a hit from the ongoing instability in the Middle East along with other sectors including energy, a surge in international prices of chemical fertiliser raw materials has pushed up production costs for farmers in Bangladesh. In a
Police recovered the body of a Bangladeshi man from the “no man’s land” area along the Fulgazi border in Feni on Thursday noon. The deceased was identified as Biswajit Sarkar, 61, son of late Gopal Sarkar of Rupsa village under Faridganj upazila in Chandpur district, UNB reports.
Loading and unloading goods along the Meghna and Dakatia rivers in Chandpur's Puranbazar have become immensely challenging for traders and labourers over the absence of adequate number of pontoons, or jetties. Nazmul Islam and Mainul Islam Kishore are among the trading association leaders who said
The government has taken initiatives to declare six "natural resource-enriched sites" of Sylhet, including Sada Pathor, a tourist spot in Bholaganj, 35 kilometres away from the city, and Shah Arefin Tila, a historically significant hillock in Companiganj upazila, as Environmentally Critical Areas (
At least five students have been injured after a ceiling fan suddenly detached and fell inside a classroom during lessons at a government primary school in Narayanganj’s Fatullah. The incident occurred around 11:30am in a second-grade classroom at Aliganj Government Primary School under Sada
SYLHET, May 05: The deadline for two major regional highway development projects connecting Sunamganj and Habiganj with a Dhaka highway has been extended amid slow progress. Successful completion of the works will reduce the distance of the capital with Sunamganj by about 65 km and time required fo
MANIKGANJ, May 05: Tobacco cultivation is expanding rapidly in Manikganj, particularly within Sadar, Ghior, Saturia and Daulatpur upazilas, as farmers are shifting towards the crop despite being aware of the severe environmental and health consequences. In the four above-mentioned upazilas, severa
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
