Though flood water is receding, marks of devastation are becoming apparent in the Port City and Chattogram. Some 50 km of roads across 41 wards of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) and crops of over 50,000 hectares of land in the district have been badly damaged by the flood. Moreover, 2.19 km of
Author: United News of Bangladesh
16 dead, 3 remain missing in Ctg floods
At least 16 people had been killed and three remained missing across Chattogram due to floods triggered by incessant rains and landslides over the past one week. The District Relief and Rehabilitation Office said houses, crops and businesses have suffered a total loss of Tk 135.15 crore. Chandanaish, Satkania and Lohagara upazilas
HSC exams to be held on schedule: Minister
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent exams will start from August 17 as per the schedule, said Education Minister Dipu Moni on Friday. The only exceptions may be indisaster-hit areas, if any. The minister said this after inaugurating the upwardly extended academic building of Lady Pratima Mitra Girls' High
93 tonnes of green chilli imported amid soaring price
One-point movement to realise caretaker govt will be different: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the current regime will be forced to concede to their demand for holding the next election under a non-party government, as their party is going to launch a different type of movement involving the masses. Talking to reporters at the BNP
4 workers burned, 5 missing as oil vessel explodes in Jhalakathi
Four workers sustained burn injuries and five others went missing in an explosion at an oil-laden vessel in Sugandha River in Jhalakathi on Saturday afternoon. The burned are Shakil, 35, Faridul Islam, 50, Iqbal Hossain, 27 and Mainul Islam Hridoy, 27. Details about them could not be found immediately. Of them, two
Reza Kibria removed from Gono Odhikar Parishad
Dengue situation takes alarming turn amid govt’s inaction: BNP
BNP senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday alleged that dengue situation has taken an alarming turn in the capital amid the government's no visible preventive measures. "The dengue cases have soared in some parts of the country, including the capital,The number of dengue cases is increasing day by day... it
US-Bangla to start Dhaka-Delhi direct flights from July end
US-Bangla Airlines is going to start direct flights to its 12th international destination, India's capital Delhi, from the last week of July. Flights will run on the Dhaka-Delhi route four days a week -- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday -- to Delhi, one of the lucrative destinations in South Asia, said
1,76,690 sacrificial animals ready in C’nawabganj
There will be no shortage of sacrificial animals in Chapainawabganj district this Eid-ul-Azha, and there will be a surplus of around 50,000 animals, concerned authorities have said. According to the Chapainawabganj unit of Department of Livestock, the district has 1,76,690 animals, as 12,159 farmers in five upazilas are currently rearing sacrificial