Tk 500m Surma River dredging project goes down the tubes
OUR CORRESPONDENTSYLHET, Jan 21: The much-hyped dredging project in the Surma River aiming to protect the Sylhet city and neighbouring areas from flooding could not bring any significant results for various reasons. On the other hand, environmental activists and locals accused the Water Development Board (WDB) of resorting to various...
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Plastic pollution poses threat to ecosystem, biodiversity of Sundarbans
KHULNA, Jan 21 (BSS): Plastic pollution has been posing a serious threat to both the ecosystem and biodiversity of the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, for the last couple of decades. Prof Abdullah Harun Chowdhury of the Environmental Science Discipline at Khulna University said single-use plastics, used...
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Three teenagers killed in Natore road accident
NATORE, Jan 21 (UNB): Three teenagers were killed in a collision between a truck and a motorbike at Sheikhchilan in Lalpur upazila of Natore on Tuesday.Lalpur police station Officer-in-Charge Md Nuruzzaman said the motorbike crashed into the truck after the biker lost control at around 12:30 pm, leaving three dead...
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Woman killed during robbery in Patuakhali
PATUAKHALI, Jan 21 (UNB): A 50-year-old woman has been killed during a robbery at her home in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali.The incident happened at the home of retired army personnel Abul Kalam Azad in Salimpur village of the Nilganj union of the upazila on Monday night, said Kalapara Police Station...
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