Diesel supply from the floating depots in Kurigram’s Chilmari River Port has remain suspended for the past five years due to acute navigability crisis in the Brahmaputra river, leaving dealers, retailers and hundreds of local farmers completely disappointed.
Even though sales of Tangail’s iconic shawl, produced in both handlooms and powerlooms, have increased this winter, weavers and artisans are struggling to make expected profits due to the rising cost of production, especially the high price of yarn.
The construction of a bridge over the Ghazalia canal in Patuakhali’s Galachipa upazila has remained halted for the past two years, causing significant inconvenience to locals.
Warm clothes buyers, especially people from low and middle-income groups, are thronging to different markets in Bagerhat as the prevailing cold wave continues sweeping over the region.
Phulbari Government College remains neglected for over 32 years since its nationalization in 1992.
Production cost of Hali variety of onion has increased by Tk 15,000 to Tk 20,000 per bigha this year due to rising prices of fertilisers, seeds and farm workers.
Boro cultivation is going on in full swing in Bagerhat’s Kachua upazila, the largest paddy-producing zone of the district.
Ignoring repeated protests from local residents, Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) authority has been dumping waste in the open space beside a busy city road for long, leading to serious environment pollution and health hazards for city dwellers.
As winter grips the rural areas of Bagerhat, the aroma of freshly prepared Chitai Pitha -- locally known as Kachi Khocha -- draws crowds to village markets.
Farmers in Moulivibazar’s Kamalganj upazila are using pesticides in winter vegetable fields twice a week flouting health guidelines.
Several thousand passengers, who use the Elisha launch terminal in Bhola regularly, have been suffering for months due to the lack of gangways, connecting the pontoon.
Potato farmers in five northern districts -- Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Rangpur, and Nilphamari -- in the Rangpur region are seeing a bumper yield of the early variety potatoes due to favourable weather conditions.
Chaumohani Union Health and Family Welfare Centre in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila provides health services to nearly 40,000 people living in different villages under the union.
Even after 24 years of its establishment, Tiakhali College in Barguna’s Amtali upazila has not been included under the government’s nationalisation scheme due to unknown reason.
A group of people in Barlekha upazila joined hands to make a three-kilometre road suitable for vehicular movement as it turned from bad to worse in the last couple of years due to lack of renovation work for long.
Early variety of pumpkin has brought fortune to the farmers in Rangpur region as good yield and fair price of the item this year has come as a boon to them.
Acute crisis of quality seeds in the ongoing potato cultivation season has become a cause of concern for the potato growers in different upazilas of Barguna.
The northern districts of the country, particularly Lalmonirhat and Kurigram, have been experiencing a harsh winter over the past several days, with temperatures dropping significantly on a regular basis.
