“If this vehicle was not being used for marine research in Bangladesh, then it is important to investigate how and for what purpose it entered our marine domain,” said Mir Mohammad Ali, an assistant professor in the Department of Aquaculture at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University and a marine researcher. He said the public recovery of such […]
According to family and party sources, Tufail Ahmed’s mortal remains will be taken to Bhola by helicopter by his family this afternoon. His second funeral prayer (Janaza) is scheduled at 2:00 pm at Bhola Government High School grounds after Zuhar prayers. The first funeral prayer was held yesterday, Monday evening, at the Taqwa Mosque in […]
Marine truck ‘Sangu’ operated by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BITWA) got stuck in a storm on the Meghna river in Bhola on Wednesday, giving a terrifying experience to over 500 people living in the house. After about an hour the ship finally reached Ilisha Ghat safely. Upon reaching the shore alive, many passengers expressed […]
Russian energy giant Gazprom has proposed to extract gas from five wells in Bhola at Tk 2.64 billion per well. The cost of gas extraction will increase by Tk 840 million per well. Earlier, the energy company had extracted gas worth Tk 1.80 billion per well. The total cost of extracting gas from the five […]
Intraco eventually won the contract and was to gradually increase the daily supply of gas to 25 million cubic feet. In the initial phase it was to bring 5 million cubic feet of CNG gas and supply 145,710 cubic meters of gas per day. According to sources, the company is now supplying only 4,000-5,000 cubic […]
Interviews with local residents, teachers, students and parents revealed that from January to November, more than a hundred girls from three secondary schools and one madrassa of Bheduriya union have been made victims of child marriage. These include 59 students of Bankerhat Cooperative Girls School, which include 8 students of class VI, 10 students of […]
District Police Super (SP) MD Mahiduzzaman told Prothom Alo on Tuesday morning, “We are not sure whether they were injured in the blast while making the bomb or whether someone threw it at them. We are still investigating. Police members have been deployed at the spot.” The house where the incident took place belongs to […]
Gaibandha Sadar police station BNP member secretary Ilyas Hussain said that the police stopped the procession and resorted to lathicharge without any provocation.Masood Rana, in-charge of Gaibandha police station, told Prothom Alo that BNP men ransacked several shops on Park Road with their procession and created a chaotic situation. Police fired six shells of tear […]
Local and school sources said, Fred Hyde, founder of the Australian citizen and charity Cooperation in Development (CO-ID), built a school in Modho Aicha village of Ward 8 of Charminika Union Council under South Aicha police station in Char Fasson Upazila in 1992. established. The charity CO-ID also built schools in remote areas of Bhola […]
It is initially estimated that the newly discovered well may contain 180-200 billion cubic meters of gas reserves. Upon going into production, 20-22 million cubic meters of gas could be collected from the well. A total of nine wells of Bhola, including Illisha-1, have found gas in large quantities. Geologists believe that there are possibilities […]
A motorcyclist was killed and another injured in a road accident in Havaldar Bazar area of Sadar Upazila last night, reports UNB. The deceased has been identified as Mohd., son of Abdur Rob, resident of Alimabad village of Mehdiganj upazila of Barishal district. Shibalu (26). The accident took place in the area around 9.30 pm […]
The police believed that the woman was around 40 years old but her identity is yet to be ascertained. The body was sent to the mortuary of Bhola Sadar Hospital for postmortem. Riyazuddin said that the microbus was going from Bhola to Ilsha when the accident happened. The woman was wearing a black burqa and […]