While 43 districts across the country have been affected by incessant rains, 16 have suffered the most damage. These include Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Noakhali, Cumilla, Barishal, Patuakhali, Bhola, Jhalakathi, Habiganj, Naugaon, Jashore, Meherpur, Bagerhat and Barguna. Agriculturalists warned that flooding could increase prices of food items, fish and poultry. There are specific concerns […]
Despite the 2015 labor rules mandating benefits like provident fund, gratuity and group insurance, most private owners keep these facilities limited to paper only. As a result, these workers have no job security, no pension and lack any minimal financial or social safety net. Worth noting is that Bangladesh Labor Act-2006 and Labor Rules-2015 outline […]
Mahdi Amin said that the HSC and equivalent examinations are being conducted at 2,697 centers across the country, and photographs and videos from only a handful of centers should not be considered representative of the examination system as a whole. He warned that the dissemination of false or outdated photographs and videos for propaganda purposes, […]
Ahnaf Munzi, a science stream student at Dhaka Ideal College, said, “With the exam being held in such adverse weather conditions, many students could not even take the exam. Many students fell into water on the roads on the way to the exam centre, and their admit cards were ruined by the rain. Will the […]
The clarification said that the 2026 HSC and equivalent examinations are being conducted across all education boards using a common question paper system at 2,697 examination centers with the participation of 12,70,583 candidates. It emphasized that each candidate is equally important. However, due to floods caused by heavy rainfall, many examination centers under the Chattogram […]
The death toll from floods, mountain flows and landslides has reached 44, while 39 others have been injured. A total of 267,918 families are stranded, while the number of affected individuals has reached 1,022,963. Due to the impact of monsoon, heavy rainfall started in Chattogram area on 4 July. Over the past week, the region […]
Speaking to Prothom Alo from his hospital bed, Al Amin said the crew had cast their fishing nets when suddenly a powerful storm struck, causing the trawler to capsize and sink. He said that trawler owner Imadul Sikdar, Harun Mia, Akash, Rakib, Shakeel, Nazmul, Bayazid and he himself were outside the cabin and managed to […]
The water level in five rivers of Bangladesh remains above the danger mark, although the flood situation has improved slightly since Thursday. The number of rivers flowing above the danger mark has fallen from six to five. However, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC) says the flood scenario in the coming days will largely […]
“Five people, including a child, were killed in two separate landslides in the same area of Lama. The bodies have been recovered and necessary legal procedures are underway,” he said. According to the police, the first incident took place around 4:00 am in Mission Para (Paglir Jhiri) area of Aziznagar Union of Lama upazila. The […]
Even last year in 2020, the rainfall was 2 percent more than normal. However, there has been a steady decline in rainfall since 2022. Last year the rainfall was 21 percent less than normal, whereas this year the deficit has increased to 29 percent. July is typically Bangladesh’s wettest month, with an average rainfall of […]
The Boro crop, harvested in April and May, accounts for about 55 percent of Bangladesh’s total rice production and is important for food security. This season, boro was planted on more than 455,000 hectares in the Haor area, with a production target exceeding 1.9 million tonnes. Although most of the crop has been harvested, rising […]
On Tuesday morning, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in various parts of the country over the next 96 hours. It started raining from Tuesday afternoon. Flood situation has already arisen in many districts, especially in the north-eastern region. The water level in Kangsha and Someshwari rivers at Netrokona and Manu […]