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Onion market back to normal

Consumers have started breathing a sigh of relief as the recent sharp rise in the prices of onion started going down after several days of price hike.The onion market is gradually turning normal while the abnormal prices of onions have been attributed to sudden stoppage of onion export by India and ...

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Burn units to open in 8 divisions

In the wake of increasing burned patients, the government has planned to introduce burn units in the country's eight divisional headquarters.Besides, burn units will also be introduced at all public medical college and hospitals.Contacted Md Abdul Mannan, secretary of the health services divisio...

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Beginning of a new era in communications

The 55-kilometer Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway, which has connected the capital and the Padma Bridge under construction, has changed the scenario of the country’s communication system. The expressway built as a priority project of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has created a new era in the r...

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People avoiding public transports

City dwellers who cannot afford private transports are seemingly reluctant to travel by public transports as they fear they would come into contact with the COVID-19 infections inside vehicles.This has happened because people fear that shared public transport services do not follow physical distanci...

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Flood brings a boon for farmers this year

Floods this year, despite its destructive nature, will hugely benefit farmers by recharging the groundwater level ensuring availability of sufficient water for irrigation during the dry season.This was stated by a study by Water Resources Engineering (WRE) Department of the BUET. The study also says...

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Markets witness Hilsa glut

The price of hilsa fish has come down due to better supply and production with the fish being caught in abundance, and the prices good. Storages as well as seasonal retailers have started widespread selling of Hilsa, known in this part of the world as the king of fish.Common people are happy ov...

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Floods take heavy toll on fish farms

The recent monsoon floods took heavy toll on fish enclosures in the country’s affected northern districts washing away fish worth millions of takas.Prolonged floods inundated lakes, ponds and wetland where fishermen had invested on fish fries worth millions of takas. However, the onrush of the...

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Rise in diseases as flood situations improve

An increase in various diseases is reported from the flood-hit areas amid continuous improvement of flood situation in the country. Data from Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) shows 40,710 people suffer from different diseases including diarrhea, respiratory tract infection (RTI), s...

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Public transports flout health safety rules

Most of the public transports across the country are allegedly carrying passengers in full seat capacity without maintaining health safety regulations.Allegations say that most of the road transport authorities, despite realizing extra amount of fare on top of the regular fixed fare, are operating i...

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Hilsacatch may exceed all past records

Huge quantities of hilsa fish is being netted for commercial consumption which has already hit most of the country’s major fish markets to be sold, hopefully at affordable prices.It is known that about 3,000 to 4,000 tons of hilsa are shipped to Chandpur, the biggest and busiest fish trading m...

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Floods take heavy toll on school bldgs

The devastating fury of the flash floods and continued river erosion is taking a heavy toll on the infrastructures of mainly educational instructions.Hundreds of school buildings along with the associated teaching materials like books, black boards, notebooks, electrical appliances and of course, fu...

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River erosion turns serious

The overall flood situation has been improved across the country but rivers continued devouring lands and other establishments in several areas as erosion turned serious in Ganges basin.Many people are losing their houses and croplands. Some people have started returning home as the floodwater reced...

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Bangladesh jute gains global attraction

In the first month of the new financial year, Bangladesh earned 5.44 percent more than the target by exporting jute and jute products in July, according to a recent statistics.Since the pandemic, the government last July shut down production at 26 state-owned jute mills and laid off 24,886 permanent...

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People throng tourist spots during Eid holidays

The normal in our lives has become abnormal. It is hard to adopt a new world and live in it for quite a long time. Many people of the country have come out of the four walls to see the beauty of the nature during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays forgetting all the barriers due to coronavirus pandemic.Most o...

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Eid shopping spree may worsen infection situation

As people continued to thronging shopping malls, markets, shops, footpaths for Eid shopping everywhere in the country, this may worsen the virus pandemic as both the shoppers and the sellers are not properly following the health rules in these crowded places.Earlier the government has issued guideli...

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Public health safety rules largely defied

In spite of the government’s strict instruction for obeying health safety rules including wearing face masks and maintaining physical distances while in public places, most of the people across the country seem to be defying the rules.With Eid-ul-Azha knocking the door, many are busy with shop...

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New areas are being flooded

The overall flood situation in the country has deteriorated as the water levels of various rivers including Padma, Jamuna and Bangali have continued to rise and different new areas are being flooded.As a result, the people of these areas are living in a dire condition. There is a crisis of food, pur...

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Water slowly entering into Dhaka!

The flood continued devouring vast crop lands, human habitats and tress washing away fish ponds and collapsing roads and water communications.Besides, moderate to heavy intermittent showers coupled with onrush of upstream water deteriorated the overall flood situation in north, northeast, northwest ...

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Flash flood engulfs vast areas in the contry

The devastating flashflood has caused havocto millions of people in 25, mostly low-lying,districts and experts already fear that those areas may remain submerged until the first week of August.On top of the current miseries from coronavirus crisis, flood in the north-west and north-east comes to wor...

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Rain aggravates flood woes

Heavy rain have continued lashing most parts of the county especially the north, northeast, northwest and mid districts leaving thousands of people marooned in a direly miserable condition amid an overall worsening flood situation.Due to increase in rainfall in the northern and northeastern parts of...