Floods damage crops worth Tk 480m in Sylhet division

SYLHET, Sept 04: The latest floods and rolling water from upstream Indian states of Assam and Tripura have caused large-scale damage to standing crops in Sylhet region in addition to road links and flood-control structures.The third phase of severe floods of the year had shattered local farmers' attempt to recoup...

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Clashes between BU, BM College students leave 150 injured

BARISHAL, Sep 04 (UNB): At least 150 people were injured in a series of clashes between students of Barisal University (BU) and Government Brojomohun (BM) College over a trivial matter from 12:00 am to 05:00 am Wednesday.Several buses of the both institutions and administrative building, student dormitories and other establishments...

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Workers' protests disrupt traffic on Dhaka-M'singh highway in Gazipur

GAZIPUR, Sept 4 (UNB): Protests by retrenched garment workers and job seekers disrupted vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur for an hour on Wednesday.They staged demonstration at the Vogra Bypass area of Gazipur Metropolitan and the Bagher Bazar area of Sadar Upazila in the morning.Workers from several garment...

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1,100 km of road damaged in Cumilla flood

Nearly 1,100 km of paved roads have been damaged in the intense recent flooding in Cumilla, according to the Local Government Engineering Department and the Highways Department. Rural highways and roads have also seen severe damage, reports bdnews24.com.Fourteen of the 17 Upazilas in the district saw the impact of the...

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Chinese Embassy, ABCA give food items to flood victims in Feni

Association of Bangladesh China Alumni (ABCA) in association with Chinese Embassy has distributed cooked food and monthly food packs among the 12,500 flood-affected people in Feni, says a press release.Flood victims of Sonagazi, Fulgazi, Parshuram, Daganbhuiyan, Chhagalnaiya and Feni Sadar upazilas received this assistance.The food items for 100 families were...

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