Two villages were inundated as the embankment on the bank of the River Kapotaksi breached at the Gazipara point of Koyra in Khulna on Thursday.
About 300 families, 100 bighas of boro field, 250 small shrimp enclosures and 20 ponds of Gazipara and Gabbunia went under water, the local people said.
The Awami League government has initiated the process of construction of the Ganges Barrage for facilitating poverty reduction and economic growth through an integrated water management project in the country
Bangladesh has offered Fiji to support its developmental efforts with expertise in agricultural field as well as skilled and semi-skilled manpower.
This was stated by the Bangladesh high commissioner to the Republic of the Fiji Islands, Lieutenant General Masud Uddin Chowdhury, while presenting his credentials to the president of Fiji, Ratu Josefa Lioilovatu Uluivuda, on Thursday.
Scientists have confirmed that heart cells are replenished throughout life, paving the way for better treatments to repair damage caused by cardiac arrest or illness, a Swedish study published on Friday showed.
It is important to preserve our freshwater ecosystems from over-fishing, from the dumping of hazardous waste upstream, and from the damming of rivers upstream, as a national priority that will ultimately protect the livelihoods of millions of fishing families and continue to provide an abundance of fish for consumption on the other, consequently also sustaining the diversity of fauna, including do
Shortage of dustbins forces the people in Sylhet city to dump wastes into canals, drains and road-sides, polluting environment and posing threat to public health.
Not a single dustbin has been installed in the city after Sylhet district town was upgraded into the city corporation about a decade ago, according to statistics available with the corporation.
Dhaka has completed the groundwork for negotiating nuclear power deals with Russia, South Korea, China and France aimed at the construction of two medium-sized 600MW nuclear power plants by 2017, officials said.
Dhaka holds talks with a Russian delegation today to know of Moscow
