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The Election Commission (EC) is expecting a violence-free voting in Chattogram City Corporation today (on Wednesday). Meanwhile, the EC has already completed all preparations on Tuesday for the smooth voting across 41 wards in the port city.A total of 233 candidates are competing in the electio...
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The candidates have finished their respective programmes on Monday, the last day of the Chattogram City Corporation CCC (CCC) election campaign. Meanwhile, the Election Commission (EC) has made all preparations for peaceful holding of the polls.On the last day of the campaign, miking and processions...
Just before three days of the election, M Rezaul Karim Chowdhury of Awami League and Dr Shahadat Hossain of BNP have announced their respective mayoral election manifesto for Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election on Saturday. The manifestoes of the two mayoral candidates have pledged to bu...
The situation in Chattogram has started to heat up just a week before the Chattogram City Corporation CCC elections. In the last two days, there have been clashes between the opponents in multiple places in the city.So far, the contesting candidates have filed a total of 53 different types of compla...
The government has started work on a plan to provide technical education and employment at farms to the Rohingyas in Bhasan Char.Within a month after the Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char, to materialize the government plan, two delegations from the Ministry of Education and Agriculture visited Bha...
Ten months later, two Rohingyas, who were to be trafficked to Malaysia, were reunited with their families in Bhasan Char on Wednesday.At present, 306 Rohingyas who were rescued by Bangladesh Navy and Coast Guard in May in 2020 are in Bhasan Char. Before being rescued they were in a floating bo...
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The Rohingya crisis became more complicated in 2020. There was no progress in the repatriation process in the year 2020 except relocation of a few portions of Rohingyas to modern settlements in Bhasan Char Island. As international communication has been limited due to the pandemic, Bangladesh-Myanma...
Within the month in the second phase, another group of Rohingya refugees reached the Bhasan Char island settlement in Noakhali Tuesday with hopes for a better future.On this day, the authorities started a music club and sports club for the Rohingyas, the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals or FDMN,...
In the second phase within the month, a group of 1772 Rohingya refugees is being taken from Cox's Bazar camps to Bhashan Char island settlement in Noakhali. In this phase, more Rohingya are being relocated than previously planned as many Rohingyas are interested to move to the new settlemen...
The second batch of Rohingyas will be relocated from Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar district to Bhasan Char, a new island shelter under Noakhali district, this month. The first batch of the refugees shifted to Bhasan Char earlier this month created a good impression on the Forcibly ...
The government is taking more steps for proper management of fishery resources to exploit the potentiality of the Blue Economy in the Exclusive Economic Zone, the EEZ, in the Bay of Bengal. Marine fishing is increasing in recent years, for the first time The Marine Fisheries Act has already bee...
Bhasan Char, a newly emerged island in Bay of Bengal, has now turned lively with the arrival of 1642 Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) known as Rohingyas starting a new life on the Island.The shelter project, built by the Bangladesh government under the supervision of the Bangladesh Navy, ...
The first phase of Rohingya relocation at Bhashan Char was completed on Friday. A group of 1642 Rohingyas arrived in Bhasan Char, a newly emerged island in the Bay of Bengal, from the world's largest refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, on Friday afternoon. On arrival on the island, the Ro...
The much-awaited Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char Island in Noakhali district from Cox's Bazar camps finally begins today amid opposition of NGOs. A group of 1,000 Rohingyas is set to reach the destination today (Friday).NGOs working in Rohingya camps have allegedly been opposing the relo...
Based completely on wrong information and propaganda, a small fraction of locals is opposing the construction of an international-standard tourist spot and resort in Bandarban hill district.Some personalities based in the capital have been supporting the fraction, which works for triggering unrest i...
A mother vessel will berth for the first time at the deep seaport in Maheshkhali's Matarbari in January next year, a milestone in the history of the country’s shipping sector.The experimental ship will bring machinery and construction materials for the Matarbari coal-fired power plant.Basi...
The government has decided to conserve the biodiversity of St Martin's Island by undertaking initiatives to discourage commercial tourism in the country’s only coral island.The decision has been made as coral reefs not only provide a sanctuary to a myriad of marine life but also play an im...
The prices of onion and potato will ease up immediately with the country’s own production hitting the market shortly coupled with a huge stock of the essential.As large amounts of imported onions are landing at the ports, the price of this essential is also coming down. In the last one week, t...
People with diabetes are more likely be at risk of suffering from complications when they are tested positive for Covid-19, reveals a recent report.A report, prepared by a three-member team of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Department of Chattogram University (CU), announce the findings in th...
The government is contemplating the development of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal as the country's largest farming ground, sources said.They said encouraging response has been received in the experimental farming activities, including raising almost all kinds of cattle and cultivating crops th...
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