One-third of my country was underwater last month. The heaviest rains in almost a decade began and have still not abated. More than 1.5 million Bangladeshis are displaced; tens of thousands of hectares of paddy fields have been washed away. Millions of my compatriots will need food aid this year.Calamities,...
Read moreTANGAIL Sept 22: The fresh erosion by the Jamuna has taken a serious turn in different places of Tangail sadar, Bhuapur and Kalihati upazilas of the district devouring many crops land and houses of Bhuapur upazila. Fresh erosion has started at riverside villages in Tangail sadar upazila after recession of...
Read moreThe death toll from Narayanganj mosque blast rose to 34 after another victim died at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute on Tuesday morning, reports UNB. Sifat, 18, who was undergoing treatment at ICU, died in the morning, said Bacchu Miah, inspector of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH)...
Read moreWith the capital city receiving intermittent light rainfall on Tuesday, temperature has declined slightly.The highest temperature recorded in Dhaka on the day was 32 degrees Celsius while it was 32.2 degrees the previous day.However, the rate of humidity (RH) went up to as high as 87 per cent on Tuesday,...
Read moreLALMONIRHAT, Sept 22 (UNB): Dulal Chandra Roy, a doting husband from Lalmonirhat's Panchagram union, sold his land and gifted his wife an elephant. Tulsi Rani Dasi, Dulal's wife, said she received a divine instruction in her dreams about a year ago to buy an elephant and take care of it....
Read moreBangladesh has handed over health protective items to Nepal as a gesture of friendship and in the spirit of solidarity with the people of Nepal in their fight against coronavirus under the SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Cooperation, reports UNB.
Read moreRabeya Begum, mother of chairman of the Fareast Islami Life Insurance Company Limited Md. Nazrul Islam, passed away at Labaid Hospital at 6.12 pm on Sunday, says a statement.She was 85. She left behind a host of family members, friends and well- wishers to mourn her death.The directors, officials and...
Read moreBangladesh University Grants Commission (UGC) deputy director Md Abdus Salam died in a city hospital on Monday. He was 80, says a statement.He was buried at Banchharampur upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Tuesday.Salam left behind brother, sister and a host of relatives to mourn his death. UGC chairman and members...
Read moreA Dhaka court directed on Tuesday the authorities concerned to freeze two bank accounts of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports UNB.Judge of Special Court- 5 Md Iqbal Hossain passed the order after hearing an appeal...
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