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Banaripara floating rice market running for 250 years
Barishal Correspondent: As soon as the rain stopped, the clouds came closer again at Sandhya river bank in new form. There is no sun in the monsoon sky. Gentle waves are breaking on the shore. In the meantime, boats are crowding the pontoon one by one. One is engine driven,…
Read More »Thousands suffer as flood persists in Sylhet
Over 16,000 in shelters Staff Correspondent: Despite a brief improvement, incessant rain since Monday has caused flooding to recur in Sylhet, submerging many areas that had previously seen the water recede.Many flood-affected families, who had returned home from shelters, are now moving back to safe spots as the Surma, Kushiyara,…
Read More »40,000 families at landslide risk due to heavy rain
Mohammed Ali, BandarbanThree days of continuous heavy rains have raised the risk of landslides in Bandarban. Along with that, about 40 thousand families are living at risk at the foot of the hill in 7 upazilas.According to Sarzmin, Kalaghata, Kasempara, Islampur, Banrupapara, Hafezghona, bus station area, stadium area, Noapara, Kasaipara…
Read More »Millions of settlers in hills are at risk
Ayub Ali, Ctg: The central bus terminal at the entrance to the tourist town of Cox’s Bazar. From there, the four-lane road of Kalatali tourism zone passes through the mountains. On both sides of the road are densely forested hills. Those hills are full of half-built buildings and huts.This precarious…
Read More »Tea leaves burning for extreme sun heat
Srimangal tea garden Staff Correspondent: In Moulvibazar, the tea plant is not getting new buds in the hot weather. Somewhere the leaves of the tea tree are getting burnt by the intense sun. The workers are not able to collect the tea leaves prescribed by the garden (at least 24…
Read More »Chattogram city dwellers facing serious water crisis
Daily 8 cr ltrs short supply Staff Correspondent, Ctg : I woke up in the morning and saw that water does not come out of the water tap. The caretaker of the house said that there was no water for two days. WASA stopped water supply without any announcement. There…
Read More »Petrobangla incurs huge losses in dealing gas
Mahfuj Emran : Petrobangla has started making losses at an alarming rate in the energy sector. In the last month of August, where the operating profit was Tk 32.85 crore, in September, it made a loss of Tk 103.99 crore. Operating profit has decreased by Tk 71.14 crore, which is…
Read More »Largest urea factory going for production by this month
Narsingdi Correspondent: To increase the production of urea fertilizer in the country, the largest Ghorashal-Palash Urea Fertilizer Factory has been built at Palash in Narsingdi. And this fertilizer factory is going into commercial production on January 28 this month.One of the mega projects of the present government is this Ghorashal-Palash…
Read More »Line of cars getting longer at pumps
Gas crisis turns to a severe Staff Correspondent: In front of the National Press Club of the capital on Wednesday afternoon, a young man named Lutfar Rahman asked the driver of a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw if he would go to Karwan Bazar. Driver Rabiul said, he will not go.After waiting for…
Read More »Parties disagree for offing floor price
Mahfuz Emran : After the 12th national election, the stock market is trading in a positive trend. The demand of a large section of the shareholders-withdrawal of the minimum price level or floor price of shares fixed by the regulatory body BSEC. After a year and a half, BSEC is…
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