Guest birds no more wing their way to Cox's Bazar wetlands

COX'S BAZAR, Mar 04: Migratory birds have stopped flocking to the coastal wetlands in Cox's Bazar at an alarming rate thanks to indiscriminate poaching, deforestation, loss of habitats and food crisis. Local sources said guest birds in a large number get killed or injured falling into snares set by cruel...

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Battery-run rickshaw drivers block Dhaka-M'singh highway

GAZIPUR, Mar 04 (UNB): Battery-run auto-rickshaw drivers on Tuesday blocked the busy Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur for three hours protesting the killing of one of their fellows allegedly by bus workers on Monday.The protest continued till 11am starting 8:00 am on the highway in Gargaria Master Bari area under Sreepur...

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Manikganj hospital limping along with lone dialysis machine

MANIKGANJ, Mar 04 (UNB): Kidney patients in Manikganj are bearing the brunt of badly needed dialysis service at the Manikganj 250-bed General Hospital as four, out of five, dialysis machines are now out of order, thanks to reluctance of the authorities concerned.Patients now have to pay nearly three times higher...

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