Crop protection schemes face setback for late water recession

SYLHET, Feb 05: The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) could not yet start work on a number of projects for crop protection, including seven major ones for repair of embankments, in the vast haor named Matian Haor in Sunamganj district under Sylhet division on account of the delay in recession...

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Gazipur, Habiganj, Narayanganj road accidents kill five

A total of five persons were killed in separate road accidents in Gazipur, Habiganj and Narayanganj districts on Wednesday, report agencies.In Gazipur, a pickup-van carrying vegetables plunged into a roadside canal after losing control in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur district, leaving three people dead.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kaliganj police station Md...

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Ferry service resumes on two river routes in Manikganj as fog clears

MANIKGANJ, Feb 05 (UNB): Ferry services on Aricha-Kazirhat and Paturia-Daulatdia routes in Manikganj resumed on Wednesday morning after dense fog lifted causing several hours of suspension.Nasir Chowdhury, Deputy General Manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) in Aricha region, said the ferryoperations on the Paturia-Daulatdia and Aricha-Kazirhat routes resumed...

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