• Covid-19 Fallout: Jhenidah mango growers feel the pinch

    Loss in sales amid the pandemic situation has put hundreds of mango growers in Jhenidah in extreme financial difficulties.

  • Oxygen at Home: Bagerhat launches delivery service

    The district administration of Bagerhat yesterday launched a service to provide oxygen cylinders to homes of patients with severe Covid-19 infection. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Muhammad Azizur Rahman inaugurated the operations of the service from the premises of Bagerhat Puratan Court Mosque.

  • Tree theft thwarted in Kulaura forest

    Kulaura upazila administration in a raid yesterday thwarted an act of organised tree theft and seized dozens of chopped down tree trunks from hills of Muroichhara forest in Kulaura upazila.

  • Erosion hits Sirajganj town protection levee

    Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has started urgent repair work on Sirajganj town protection embankment after the Jamuna river eroded at least an 80-metre section of the levee within two to three hours on Tuesday.

  • Peanut farmers lose harvest to Madhumati

    Peanut plants on at least 200 acres in five village of Alfadanga upazila in Faridpur have largely been destroyed after the Madhumati burst its banks and inundated the crop fields.

  • No ICU in hospitals of Habiganj

    Covid-19 patients suffer immensely as there is no intensive care unit (ICU) facility at the hospitals in Habiganj.

  • Widow with a heart of gold

    During the time of pandemic, when many are struggling to maintain a stable source of income, a widow in Adamdighi upazila has given up her government allowance card so the government could reach out to other widows in need.

  • Plight of the haor people

    The struggles of the people living in the haor areas of the country’s north-eastern districts came to light during the early flash floods of 2017.

  • Unlocking the potential of youth

    Youth are a significant part of the total population in Bangladesh. A country’s development depends on its skilled youth group. The government is providing some training and loan facilities. But these are far from enough.

  • Another bridge collapses in Barguna’s Amtali

    Just two days after this paper ran a report on seven extremely damaged bridges, in four unions of Barguna’s Amtali upazila, another bridge on Chawra canal in Mohishdanga area collapsed last Friday.

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