It was hot humid days just a few days ago. Now, heavy rain-fall flooded many areas. Mainly in Patuakhali, 284 mm of rain-fall recorded. High tide caused 3 to 4 feet of water, entering many houses, shops etc. In kalapara about 5 thousand families are affected. Shrimp Pisciculture area is also submerged. The protective dam […]
Finally the threat of Anthrax is going away. The ministry of livestock today withdrew the red alert on anthrax, just a month after it has issued the highest level of precautionary warning that included cancellation of casual leave of all veterinary doctors and livestock officials across the country. “The red alert is no more,” declared […]
The government got six more months to remove all structures on the two sides of the rivers Balu, Turag, Buriganga and Sitalakhya which surround Dhaka city, in a direction from the High court. In response to a petition by the government the court set the new deadline. The petition for being given two more years […]
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday informed the parliament that her government has a plan to set up three more public universities in the country. She said that the process to set up more public universities in the country is going on and under this process different universities would be set up at different places […]
From Dhaka to remote villages mineral water is sold as a source of pure drinking water in pet bottles, usually in 20 litres container. People from all walk of society drink from these so called mineral water bottles. In fact, no one knows about the contamination. It has been known that most of these mineral […]
Yesterday (Wednesday), it was drizzling in the city after mid-day and continued for a long time. This rain fall helped to lower the temperature of the city a little. For the last couple days it was unbearable hot & humid days. People got a relief from this unbearable heat. Today, (Thursday) it may also rain […]
Despite great effort from the government the power crisis is yet to over in two years. According to different sources the demand for power is increasing day by day, and simultaneously new addition of power generators is increasing, yet the power crisis remains almost unchanged. If this process of adding more and more generators continues […]
Fire strikes in Dhaka once again yesterday in Dhaka city. Seven workers of a chemical factory were incinerated while four others, including three women, severely wounded as a fire broke out at the factory in the capital’s Dakkhin (South) Jatrabari yesterday. Injured Sheuli, 21, Rimu Begum, 26, Aminur Begum, 25, and Md Bishu Miah, 20, […]
The construction of the long-awaited Ganges Barrage is about to begin in Rajbari district in December 2012 to preserve the river water during monsoon and release it during lean period. Water Resource Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen told journalists yesterday that the barrage will facilitate irrigation of about 19 lakh hectares of land in greater Kushtia, […]
For the last 4 days the weather condition of Dhaka is unbearable. It is hot even at night and by day time the sunshine is causing a kind of burning sensation. Usually during this period of October a gentle sunlight is experienced, due drops falling on grass dazzle like pearls in the morning. But now […]
About 30 people, including eight policemen, were injured during the agitation of garment- workers in the capital’s Tejgaon Industrial Area yesterday morning. Witnesses said, around 10:30am hundreds of Padma Poly Cotton workers gathered in front of the factory and started throwing brick bats at the building. The problem started from Padma Poly officials, the workers […]
About1500 houses in Sariakandi and 25 villages in Ishardi are under rivers. Locals made a complaint that the authority threw mud filled sacks instead of sand sacks. Thus these sacks got washed away with the flow of the river to protect from land slide. The contractors denied the fact. As the water level of the […]
The government is working to prepare a national broadcasting policy soon for newspapers and satellite television channels, Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad told the parliament yesterday. In answer of lawmakers’ queries, the information minister said they have already prepared the draft of the policy, which is now under scrutiny. He said that they should think […]
The citizens are facing load-shedding again. The situation of load-shedding is happening in almost every where in the country. According to PDB yesterday (Sunday) the consumption of power was at its peak of 5,350 Megawatt. There was a shortage of 1,288 MW. For about a week the supply of gas to fertilizer factory reduced the […]
Chittagong port users expressed their deep agitation for the diminishing efficiency and standard of Chittagong port. They also made a complaint about the unwanted influence of Parliamentary committee & the respective ministry. Yesterday (Saturday), in a round table meeting at Chittagong club. The businessman made this complaint in front of the Minister Sahjahan Khan.The round […]