BD-Myanmar border trade drops to about 10pc of previous year

COX'S BAZAR, June 23: The government's revenue through the Teknaf Land Port between Bangladesh and Myanmar has been remaining curbed with current trade operations only at around 10 per cent of the capacity compared to last year amid ongoing conflict in Myanmar's Rakhine state.In the first nine months of FY25,...

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Teesta near danger mark as rising waters strand 6,000 families

RANGPUR, June 23 (UNB): Water levels in the Teesta River continued to rise on Tuesday due to heavy rainfall and upstream inflows, bringing the river close to the danger mark and inundating low-lying areas in several northern districts.At least 6,000 families living in char areas of Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram and...

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32 students hospitalised after drinking tubewell water

TANGAIL, June 23 (bdnews24.com): At least 32 students have reportedly been hospitalised after drinking water from a tubewell at a school in Nagarpur upazila of Tangail district, triggering panic among other pupils.Their identities could not be confirmed immediately, Nagarpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Jahurul Islam said, adding that the...

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