Bay waves uprooting jhau trees on Cox's Bazar shore

COX'S BAZAR, July 31: A few thousand jhau (tamarisk- scientific name Casuarina equisetifolia) trees along the Cox's Bazar sea coastline are disappearing into the Bay water getting splashed by strong tidal waves.The destruction is prominently wrought by coastal erosion under the influence of heavy rainfall, low pressure and persistent full-moon...

Sumaiya, a new mother, was shot dead while standing on balcony

NARAYANGANJ, July 31 (bdnews24.com): Two and a half months ago, Sumaiya Akhter gave birth to a baby daughter. The stitches on her stomach from the C-section had not yet healed when she was shot to death on Jul 21 amid the violence surrounding the quota reform movement.According to her family...