SYLHET, Dec 29: Five hundred farmers of Sunamganj's two upazilas have expressed their concern regarding the shortage of irrigation water for Boro paddy cultivation on 700 acres of land - as the leaseholder of an adjacent fishery may open the sluice gates too early to benefit his fish cultivation.
Common people are facing the brunt of severe cold as winter chill is dominating almost everywhere in Cox's Bazar, the coastal district of southern Bangladesh. Over the past few days, temperatures have dropped, making early mornings and nights particularly chilly. The usual coastal climate has bee
A total of 39 candidates submitted nomination papers for three parliamentary seats in Gopalganj till Monday, the final day for filing nominations for the 13th national election. Despite a cold wave, the offices of the district commissioner and returning officer, as well as the election office, saw
A public meeting organised under the ‘Green Evolution Project: Path to a Transformed Food System’ has raised concerns about the excessive use of pesticides and fertilisers in Manikganj and their long-term impact on health, soil, and the environment. The meeting titled ‘Sharing th
A severe cold wave, marked by dense fog and icy winds from the Himalayas, has been sweeping through the northern district of Gaibandha, Naogaon, and Barishal for the past several days. Our Correspondent from Gaibandha writes: The temperature in this region, surrounded by rivers and canals, is drop
Train services on the Dhaka–Mymensingh route have remained suspended since early Monday after two bogies of the Agnibina Express derailed in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh district, allegedly due to the removal of a section of the railway track by miscreants. No casualties were reported in
A man has been killed after a fire broke out on a St Martin's Island-bound vessel anchored in Cox’s Bazar. The fire started around 6:30 am on Saturday on the Atlantic Cruise ship while it was anchored on the Bakkhali River near the Nunia Chhara BIWTA jetty, according to Syed Muhammad Morshed
A fire broke out on a passenger vessel bound for St Martin’s Island in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday morning. Hossain Islam Bahadur, general secretary of the Sea Cruise Operator Owners' Association of Bangladesh (SCOAB), said the fire broke out on The Atlantic Cruise around 7:00 am while it
A centuries-old shrine in Gouripur Upazila of Mymensingh has been vandalised, with attackers also throwing human waste inside the premises, police say. The incident took place on Thursday night at the shrine of Shahjahan Uddin (R), Gouripur Police chief Kamrul Hasan said. Locals said several devo
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 24 powerful electric detonators during a drive along Tahirpur border in Sunamganj district on Friday morning. A patrol team of Charagaon Border Outpost (BOP) under Sunamganj Battalion conducted the drive near the border pillar 1195/1-S at Maizhati
A sand-laden freight vessel has capsized in the Buriganga River in Narayanganj’s Fatullah after it was hit by a launch carrying passengers. At least two workers went missing in the incident that occurred in the Dharmaganj area around 6:15 am on Friday, according to Pagla River Police Outpost
The water crisis in the Barind region has no end in sight, but now, poorly planned well drilling is rapidly turning into a serious humanitarian risk. Across vast tracts of farmland in Rajshahi, Naogaon and Chapainawabganj, hundreds of abandoned deep tube wells and test bores lie exposed, silently t
BENAPOLE: The unchecked operation of unauthorised charcoal kilns in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore has pushed the local environment and public health to the brink of disaster. Toxic black smoke spewing continuously from the kilns is severely polluting the air, destroying forest resources and causin
