Cyclone Bijli hit the Cox'sbazar and Chittagong coasts with a maximum windspeed of 90 kilometres an hour at 7:30 PM last night.

The cyclone was crossing the costal areas when the report filed late last night.

Over 2000 chickens were culled in a poultry farm here Wednesday night following detection of bird flu.

Sources at the Upazila Veterinary Hospital said some chickens died at the poultry farm of Shahjahan Chowdhury in Rajashan Ghasmahal area in the last few days.

Bangladesh is the 7th largest country in the world in population where 150 million people are virtually elbowing each other in a land that is 134,000 sq km in area with a population density of more than 1100 people per sq km. Overpopulated!

Chief of Army Staff and Chairman of Trust Bank Ltd Gen Moeen U Ahmed yesterday said that country's economy was passing through a tough time following two time floods, cyclone Sidr, avian influenza and global food shortage.

He said the economy is really facing tough time due to world economic meltdown.

Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque hoped that the next budget would be pro-people, pro-rural and pro-marginalised.

He was speaking as chief guest at a roundtable discussion titled 'Budget and Social Safety Net Programmes: Perspective of Marginalized'.

A cyclonic storm codenamed 'Bijli' formed over the west-central and adjoining east-central Bay and moved slightly northwards on Thursday evening, packing a wind speed of up to 80 kilometers per hour.

A latest special bulletin of the Met Office said it was centered about 735 km southwest of Chittagong Port, 685 km southwest of Cox's Bazar Port and 600 km south/southwest of Mongla Port at 6pm.

The government on Wednesday formed an expert committee to revise and finalise the Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 2008 in light of government's 'Vision 2021' and perspective plan.

His family left Manila when Buencamino "Boy" Talabucon was only three years old to settle in Davao del Sur. They were

poor and so after graduating from high school, he started working by driving a passenger's vehicle.

A workshop with Rickshaw Puller leaders was held at Mymensingh HIV/ AIDS Prevention Project office, World Vision.

Mymensingh HIV/AIDS Prevention Project. World Vision organised the workship. Press Club Secretary Zillur Rahman was present as chief guest.

Dr. Jaistya Kumar Nath, Project Manager presided over the meeting Rashidul Hasan, Programme Manager, Project office was also present.

Close to the foothills of the Himalaya four tigers ventured out of forests and killed 11 people in the past five months. The killings have challenged the official understanding of man-eaters. Unlike the man-eaters of Kumaon Jim Corbett wrote about, these were not rendered incapable of hunting by either old age or injury. All four tigers were young; two were adolescents.