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3 hill rivers excavation
cost increases 6-timesTk 22,000 cr project cost proposed to Tk 120,000 cr Mahfuz Emran: Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) is going to spend about 6 times higher money for re-excavation of three hilly rivers- Karnafuli, Sangu and Matamuhuri. The rivers have lost their navigability, somewhere they have been captured by local…
Read More »Flower farmers target 3-day
Spring Festival, Valentine Day, 21 February Staff Correspondent: It’s been two years since the loss-Corona and cyclones have caused extensive damage to flower growers. Even then they did not give up hope. Has started floriculture anew,has hoped for profit. Three marked (special) days ahead. So, the busyness of the flowers…
Read More »Kansat Mango Museum
A historical mango house C’ganj Correspondent: Mango home Chapainawabganj, the district is also called Mango Kingdom. There is a British mango orchard here. The name is ‘Rajar Mango Garden’. If any visitor wants to visit Chapainawabganj and see all kinds of mango trees together, then he has to go to…
Read More »Ex-OC Pradip, Liakat Ali sentenced to death for killing Major Sinha
Staff Correspondent: A Cox’s Bazar court has sentenced two ex-police personnel – former Teknaf OC Pradip Kumar Das and Liakat Ali – to death for the murder of Major Sinha Md Rashed Khan.Six other suspects in the case were sentenced to life in prison, while seven others were acquitted in…
Read More »Tk 606 cr loss incurred by
selling Tk 206 cr sugarScenario of govt sugar mills Mahfuja Mukul: Over Tk 606 crore loss incurred by selling sugar for only Tk 206 crore annually. This picture is of Shampur Sugar Mill, a state-owned company listed on the stock exchanges. The company is losing three times or more of the amount that is…
Read More »Govt cancels 10 coal-based projects
Staff Correspondent: The government has canceled contracts for 10 coal-fired power projects worth $12 billion.This information was given by Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Environment, Forests and Climate Change at a dialogue held at Hotel BRAC Inn in the capital yesterday.He said the government had canceled…
Read More »718 more Rohingyas leave for Bhasan Char
Chattogram Bureau: In the tenth phase of relocation, some 718 more Rohingya refugees from Ukhia camps in Cox’s Bazar have left for Bhasan Char.A total of 13 buses of Rohingyas departed the transit point at Ukhia Degree College around 1:25pm Sunday to the Naval Jetty in Chattogram. Another team of…
Read More »Cold wave sweeping over 3 districts
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Monday predicted that a mild cold wave sweeping over three districts of the country is likely to abate in the next 24 hours.“Mild cold wave is sweeping over the districts of Panchagarh, Kurigram, Jashore and Chudanga and it may abate,” said a Met Office…
Read More »Early variety of potato boosts farmers fortune
Nilphamari Correspondent: The early potato harvest has brought fortune to the farmers in Nilphamari district as traders are paying exceptionally high prices for the kitchen staple amid increased demand in the country’s major cities.The situation is unlike the previous season when the farmers incurred huge losses due to preserving their…
Read More »Govt implementing Tk 8,500cr dev works on river Teesta
Staff Correspondent: Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday said development work on both sides of the river ‘Teesta’ is being implemented at a cost of about Tk 8,500 crore.“The Rangpur region was once backward, we are not backward now. Our Rangpur is also moving forward keeping pace with the development of…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
