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Rainfall triggers landslide over BD
Staff Correspondent: Over the past few days, numerous regions across the country have been experiencing persistent heavy rainfall.This has led to unexpected flooding in certain areas, raising concerns about the heightened risk of landslides due to the ongoing precipitation. On the other hand, due to the low pressure in the…
Read More »40 tr cubic feet gas may found in 22 sea blocks
Huge potentials of blue economy Farhad Chowdhury: As a huge water area, the various resources of the sea are used for the welfare of people, and new doors of economy are opened. In the modern world, people’s unseen or unknown marine resources are known as blue economy. In the context…
Read More »Even Tk 11,000 cr project can’t save Ctg from rain water
Ayub Ali, Chittagong: The government is implementing four major projects to solve Chittagong’s waterlogging. The government is spending Tk 10,803 crores on these projects which have been started since 2014.Although big projects have been taken, the authorities are not able to remove the water problems of the residents of the…
Read More »Heavy rain triggers severe water logging in Ctg
Chattogram Bureau: Chattogram city dwellers have faced waterlogging as low-lying areas of the port city have been inundated by continuous rainfall.According to Assistant Meteorologist SumanSaha of the Patenga Meteorological Office, 36 millimetres of rainfall was recorded in the last 24 hours until Friday afternoon (August 4). The city experienced intermittent…
Read More »Rain brings relief to Dhaka city dwellers
Staff Correspondent: Rainbrought respite to Dhaka city dwellers after a heavy downpour drenched parts of the capital yesterday afternoon.Ten millimetres of rainfall were recorded in the past six hours till 1:00 pm yesterday, according to BMD’s special bulletin.Meanwhile, light to moderate rains or thundershowers are likely to occur in Dhaka…
Read More »Record in rice production buffer stock but price high
Mahfuz Emran: There has been a bumper production of rice in the country in the last few seasons. In the last (2022-23) financial year, rice production crossed the all-time record. Government warehouses also have record amount of food stock, import situation is also satisfactory. Bangladesh is somewhat relieved about the…
Read More »17 people killed as bus plunges into pond in Jhalakathi
Shafiul Azam Tutul, Jhalakathi: At least 17 people including seven children and five women were killed and 35 others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside pond at Chhatrakanda in Sadarupazila of Jhalakathi district on Saturday.The accident occurred at around 10:30am when the driver of Barishal bound speedy bus…
Read More »24,000 ponds disappeared in 40 years in Chattogram
Ayub Ali, Chattogram: Traditional Chattogram for Ponds-Dighi-Reservoirs. Due to various reasons including increasing demand for land, these reservoirs are being filled and constructed. Ponds and reservoirs are gradually disappearing. Chattogram is becoming a hot city. Analyzing various statistics, it can be seen that 24,000 ponds and ponds have been filled…
Read More »SME promotion imperative to bolster economic conditions in Rajshahi
Rajshahi Bureau: Experts at a view-sharing meeting unanimously mentioned large-scale promotion of Small and Cottage Enterprise (SME) can be the effective means of bolstering economic conditions besides accelerating the income generation and poverty alleviation in the region.Both public and private banks should disburse more loans among SME entrepreneurs, particularly women…
Read More »Gas for Tk 27,000 cr invented in Bhola
Investing Tk 190 cr Special Correspondent: Ilisha in Bhola got the recognition of the country’s 29th gas field. Considering the price of imported LNG under the long-term contract, the total value of gas stored here is estimated at about Tk 27 thousand crore. And from the acquisition of land, along…
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