Crop fields have been remaining summerged for over a week due to heavy rains
Crop fields have been remaining summerged for over a week due to heavy rains and onrush of upsteam waters, making the growers apprehensive about getting their desired yield. The photo was taken from Shankardaho area in Gangachara Upazila in Rangpur. — FE Photo
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Broken tube-wells leave hundreds of patients without drinking water
THAKURGAON, July 21 (UNB): Patients and their attendants at Thakurgaon 250-bed Modern Sadar Hospital are facing severe hardship due to an acute shortage of safe drinking water caused by malfunctioning tube wells on the hospital premises.The crisis has affected more than 500 admitted patients, forcing their family members to travel...
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Thousands marooned, crops submerged in Rangpur flood
RANGPUR, July 21: Around 2,000 families have been remaining marooned in different upazilas in Rangpur district after persistent rain and upstream waters flooded low-lying and char areas over the past week.Thousands of hectares of Aman seedbeds, vegetable fields, peanut fields, and jute fields have been submerged, leaving farmers concerned about...
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Three killed as truck rams auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh
MYMENSINGH, July 21 (UNB): Three people, including two women, were killed and two others injured when a truck rammed into a battery-run auto-rickshaw on the Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway at Shambhuganj in Sadar upazila of Mymensingh district on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Debraj Ghosh, 35, son of Dilip Ghosh of Jubili...
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