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Re-excavation restores tides in Sundarbans canals
After almost two decades, tidal currents have resumed flowing through the silted-up Aruarber and Kharma canals in the Eastern Sundarbans. The return of water to...
Ishwardi residents plant paddy on road to demand repairs
Local residents in Ishwardi, Pabna, staged a unique protest by planting paddy seedlings on a road to demand its immediate repair and development with slogans...
One held with 855 Yaba tablets in Rangpur
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested a suspected drug peddler along with 855 pieces of Yaba tablets from village Ullagari under Pirganj police station of Rangpur...
Ctg city canals filling up again despite projects
The Chattogram city canals are once again filling up with polythene, plastic, household waste, construction materials, hill soil, sand and silt. As a result, the...
Garo traditional dress ‘Dakmanda’ dissipating in Tangail
In the Garo language, the word ‘Dak’ means body and ‘Manda’ means cloth or sari. ‘ Dakmanda’ was originated from the combination of these two...
KMP DB arrests five ‘B Company’ members
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) have arrested five alleged members of the notorious “B Company” criminal group during coordinated...
Illicit Chinese fishing nets destroyed in Singra
Based on information from the National Security Agency (NSI), the upazila administration conducted an operation in Singra upazila of Natore district and seized and destroyed...
Khulna launches drive to plant 50,000 trees
Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Administrator Nazrul Islam Manju inaugurated a campaign to plant 50,000 trees across the city on Monday, highlighting afforestation as a key...
Chattogram gears up for local polls
Preparations for the upcoming local government elections in Chattogram are gradually gaining momentum from upazila headquarters to remote villages. Potential candidates for Union Parishad, municipality...