Embankment collapse cuts off road communication

BOGURA, Aug 07: Road communication between at least 30,000 people in a dozen villages in Bogura's Sherpur and Dunat Upazilas was cut off as a flood control embankment, which underwent recent repair works, collapsed.Around 50 feet of the Katakhali embankment in Sherpur's Sughat union was washed away by strong currents...

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Ctg's Oxygen Road partially shut after rain-induced collapse

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 07 (UNB): Vehicular movement on one side of the Oxygen-Bayezid road near Oxygen No-2 Gate in Chattogram port city has remained suspended since early Thursday after a culvert near the Cantonment collapsed amid heavy overnight rainfall.The structure gave way around 4:30am on Thursday under the pressure of strong...

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Tangail, Rangpur road crashes kill five

A total of five persons were killed in separate road accidents in Tangail and Rangpurdistricts on Thursday, report agencies.In Tangail, three people were killed and another was injured in a collision between a pickup van and a motorcycle in Bilaspur Bottola area of Dhanbari upazila in Tangail Thursday.Police said the...

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