Sundarbans honey harvest plunges 60pc in five years
Honey production in the Sundarbans fell from more than 104 metric tonnes in 2021 to just 42.1 metric tonnes in the 2026 harvesting season, marking...
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5 killed as landslides hit Bandarban
Five members of two families including a four-year-old child were killed after landslides triggered by heavy rainfall buried their homes in Lama upazila of Bandarban...
School meal leaves 11 students sick
Eleven primary school students fell ill after eating boiled eggs served under the school feeding programme in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat on Wednesday. The affected...
KUET holds midterm assessment workshop
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) organised a workshop on the “Policy and Implementation of the Midterm Examination System for Undergraduate Programmes” to discuss...
Man held with banned codeine syrup
Railway Police arrested a man and seized 50 bottles of banned Codeine Phosphate and Triprolidine Hydrochloride Syrup (Eskuf) during an anti-drug operation aboard the Dhumketu...
Flash flood threat in Sylhet
Continuous rainfall and forecasts of more heavy downpours have raised the threat of fresh flash floods in Sylhet, with the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre...
N’ganj admin introduces weekly public hearings
The Narayanganj District Administration has introduced weekly public hearings to strengthen public service delivery and ensure quicker resolution of citizens’ complaints, with Deputy Commissioner (DC)...
CCC Mayor urges hill residents to move to safer places
Chattogram City Corporation Mayor Dr Shahadat Hossain urged people living in landslide-prone hill areas to move to safer places as continuous rainfall increased the risk...
Monsoon revives riverbank erosion crisis
Hundreds of families along the banks of the Arial Khan River in Madaripur’s Kalkini upazila are once again facing the threat of displacement as monsoon-driven...
Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar rail services suspended as tracks go under floodwater
Train services on Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar route have been suspended after continuous rainfall and flash flood from surrounding hills submerged parts of the railway line. Bangladesh...