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Muhammad Ali, Bandarban: The newly elected Mayor of Bandarban Municipality, Md. Samsul Islam, who won the election as a ruling Awami League candidate, took office on Sunday. Acting Mayor of Bandarban Municipality SouravDasShekhar handed over the charge to the newly elected Mayor at a ceremony. Chief Executive Officer and Executive…

Ayub Ali, Ctg: Heavy rains and landslides have caused severe flooding in three upazilas of South Chittagong, Satkania, Lohagara and Chandnaish. Hundreds of thousands of people in these upazilas were stuck in water for three consecutive days. The flood situation gradually improved from Thursday (August 10). As the flood water…

14 people died so far Faridul Alam Shahin, Cox’s Bazar: Finally, the rain stopped. As a result, the rain and rain water in the river has decreased. Water is receding from inundated low-lying areas including 19 Unions of Chakaria-Pekua and Ramu. As the water recedes, the highways, byways, unpaved roads…

Ayub Ali, Ctg: A humanitarian disaster has occurred in SatkaniaUpazila of Chittagong district due to the terrible flood of remembrance period. The entire Satkaniaupazila has been submerged in water for two consecutive days. There is a shortage of food and clean water for the sheltered people. The entire upazila is…

Nurul Hossain, Teknaf: A total of 523 landless, homeless families in Teknaf received houses with lands as Prime Minister’s gift to mark the Mujib Borsha. Teknaf Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md. Kamruzzaman disclosed this at a press conference on Monday.Theconference was held to mark inauguration of the fourth phase of the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…