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GoGrow project revives coastal livelihoods in Satkhira

A few years ago, Nil Komol, a farmer in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira, was considering abandoning agriculture.Successive cyclones, rising soil salinity and an acute shortage of freshwater had sharply reduced the productivity of his land. Traditional rice varieties no longer yielded satisfactory harvests, while rising production costs and increasingly erratic...

Veggies, fish, chicken, egg get costlier

Prices of vegetables, fish, chicken and eggs increased last week due to persistent rainfall and flooding in different parts of the country, which disrupted supplies and transportation, traders said.A visit to Karwan Bazar, Town Hall Kitchen Market and several other markets in the capital on Thursday showed that egg prices...

Rear Admiral Khondkar Misbah Ul Azim named new Navy chief

Rear Admiral Khondkar Misbah Ul Azim has been named as the new chief of the Bangladesh Navy, reports BSS.According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), he will be promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral on July 23, and will assume the responsibilities of the Chief of the Bangladesh...

SEU becomes champion at Techathon Nationals Summit

Students from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at Southeast University (SEU) emerged as champions in two prestigious competition categories at the Techathon Nationals & Rover Summit 2026, organised by the IUT Robotics Society, says a statement.Team 2R.JS won the championship in the Hackathon segment. The team members...

Artistes performing at a dance festival titled "Ghonoghota" at Bakultola

Artistes performing at a dance festival titled "Ghonoghota" at Bakultola of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka on Friday. Orthi Ahmed Dance Academy in collaboration with the Fine Arts Faculty arranged the programme for amateur dancers aged between thee and seventy. — FE photo

Tk 22m bridge in Chandpur raises quality concern

CHANDPUR, July 17 (UNB): A bridge under construction at a cost of around Tk22 million (Tk 2.2 crore) in Chandpur's Matlab municipality has developed major cracks before the work is even completed, triggering allegations of poor-quality construction and prompting residents to demand an independent technical investigation.The nearly 100-foot bridge, being...

Ex-RAB ASP Monir sacked over unauthorised absence

The government has dismissed former Rapid Action Battalion-8 additional superintendent of police and acting company commander Md Masudur Rahman Monir after finding him guilty of unauthorised absence, misconduct and desertion.In this regard, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday issued a gazette notification signed by Senior Secretary Manzur Murshed Chowdhury.According...

Young journalist found dead at Jashore home

JASHORE, July 17 (UNB): A young journalist was found dead at his residence in the Sheikhhati Taraf Nowapara area of Jashore Sadar upazila on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Sakin Hossain, 27, Jashore district correspondent of satellite television channel Green TV and staff reporter of the Jashore-based Subornovumi. He...

Flood aid will continue until rehabilitation ends: Khosru

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said the government will continue relief efforts until rehabilitation of flood-affected people is complete, reports bdnews24.com.After distributing relief in Chattogram's Patenga on Friday, he said more than 700,000 people across the district remain stranded.According to him, 75,000 families have received rice, lentils and...

Constable hangs himself at Demra Police Lines

A police constable has committed suicide by hanging himself in a multi-storey building at Demra Police Lines in the capital.The deceased was identified as Saidul Islam, (21).At around 11:30pm on Thursday, Saidul reportedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan with a bed sheet in his room on the seventh floor...

Sister-in-law held over housewife murder in Chandpur

CHANDPUR, July 17 (UNB): Police have claimed to have cracked the mystery behind the sensational murder of a housewife in Chandpur's Shahrasti upazila within days of the incident, arresting the victim's sister-in-law, who allegedly confessed to the killing before a court.The accused, Kazi Sumaiya Hossain Mina, 23, gave a confessional...

Decomposed body spotted on Nijhum Dwip yet to be recovered

An unidentified, partially decomposed body that washed ashore on Nijhum Dwip in Noakhali's Hatia Upazila has remained unrecovered more than a day after it was first spotted, reports bdnews24.com.Local residents on Friday cited a "lack of coordination" between police and River Police for delaying the recovery.They said the body was...

Two workers succumb to burn injuries

CHATTOGRAM, July 17 (UNB): Two of the 10 workers who suffered severe burn injuries in a fire at a salt factory in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram died on Thursday night.The deceased were identified as Didar Alam, 34, of Satgaria Para in Pashchim Gamdandi union of Boalkhali, and Mohammad Nurul Alam,...