Rising tobacco cultivation poses serious risks in Ramu, Chakaria

COX'S BAZAR, Feb 09: Tobacco cultivation is increasing at an alarming rate in Ramu and Chakaria upazilas of Cox's Bazar, raising serious concerns among agriculturalists, environmentalists and public health experts. Fertile farmlands once used for rice, vegetables and pulses are now being overtaken by tobacco fields, threatening food security, ecological...

For a Kushtia couple, the price of voting is Tk 650, a sum they cannot afford

KUSHTIA, Feb 09 (UNB): By a roadside in Jagalba village of Kushtia, an elderly couple live in a fragile tin-and-polythene shelter that barely protects them from rain or winter cold, but they see elections after a time gap. For Babu Sheikh and his wife Kajol Rekha, the upcoming national election...