Too many brick kilns put public health, environment in crisis

An excessive number of brick klins have been polluting the environment in a union in Manikganj, while pollution from unauthorised brick klins deteriorates public health and the environment across four districts in the Sylhet division.Our correspondent from Manikganj writes, Singair Upazila's Baldhara Union has become a dense cluster of brick...

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Over 10,000 fishermen halt fishing amid pirate threat in Sundarbans

KHULNA, Feb 19 (UNB): More than 10,000 dry-fish processing fishermen in Dubla Char of the Sundarbans have stopped fishing in the sea and rivers since Wednesday evening due to renewed fears of forest pirates.The fishermen suspended fishing amid uncertainty over the fate of 20 fishermen who were allegedly abducted on...

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Madaripur, Dinajpur road accidents kill three

A total of three persons were killed in separate road accidents in Madaripur and Dinajpur districts on Thursday, reports UNB.In Madaripur, two people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident in Melkai area of Dasar upazila in Madaripur district on Thursday afternoon.According to eyewitnesses and police, a...

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