The life of more than ten million people of the coastal and offshore areas of the country has become most unsafe during the stormy monsoon season due to shortage of Cyclone shelter centers. Average
Jute cultivation in the district is facing setback this season due to price hike and acute scarcity of jute seeds. Taking advantage of the situation, a section of dishonest traders are deceiving the
Only 2.5% of the world's water is sweet and of that, only 1% is safe to drink. The coming shortage of water for drinking, cooking, washing and other domestic use is the next crisis to face South
Bangladesh and China have agreed to cooperate in the field of water resources, and utlize and proect water resources of transnational rivers in the region upholding the principles of equality and
Speakers at a roundtable discussion meeting expressed their dismay over the number of maternal and child deaths in the country, which remains the highest in the world. Though the government and
A severe storm hit again parts of the Gaibandha district (Bangladesh) early hours leaving at least 200 people injured and more than 5,500 houses damaged. The storm at 3am left houses razed to the
The work on Interim Water Supply Project (Bangladesh) began here recently at a cost of Tk 34 crore to meet the demand of drinking water of the town dwellers. The project was approved by ECNEC in
Parimol Chhadra, a businessman who has grown up in the old part of Dhaka city, surveys the rows of welding worskshops along Dholaikhal. The welding works cause lighting-like sparks and a constant
Tuberculosis does cause the same fear as the Ebola virus or
The World Bank experts have said that South Asian countries should consider the downstream problems of the lower riparian countries while constructing dams on the common rivers as that might
