Rohingyas facing safe water crisis
Thousands of Rohingyas entering Bangladesh to flee violence in Myanmar are facing shortage of safe drinking water in absence of adequate number of deep and shallow tube wells as well as jerrycans for transport and storage of safe water.
Jamaat hartal underway
The countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the arrest and remand of its top leaders, including Ameer Maqbul Ahmad, is underway on Thursday in a slacked manner.
1.17 lakh registered in a month
Mandatory biometric registration of Rohingyas entering Bangladesh to flee violence in Myanmar is going at a slow pace inside one month of its launching because of inadequate registration points and scattered shelters of the ethnic minority people.
Tigers switch into ODI mood
Bangladesh team will be looking forward to start afresh in the tour match against Cricket South Africa Invitation XI at Bloemfontein today ahead of three-match one-day international against the hosts.
E-wastes, a threat to public health
Gross negligence of electronic and electrical waste management created serious health and environmental hazards in the capital and elsewhere in the country. The problem became widespread due to users leaving the wastes, generated by increasing use of electronic and electrical appliances, in open spaces.
BNP stages demos amid police action
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday held demonstrations, amid police action at places, to protest against issuance of arrest warrant against the party chairperson, Khaleda Zia.
19 Rohingyas arrested in Satkhira
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested some 19 Rohingyas, who illegally entered Bangladesh from India, in Paddoshakra border area of Satkhira Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
Govt resorts to tricks to remove CJ Sinha: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday claimed that the government had resorted to ‘tricks’ to remove chief justice SK Sinha
Justice Sinha’s exit puzzle
Subir Bhaumik wrote a pretty intriguing piece in the Look East news portal a couple of weeks back where he said that Justice Sinha had told his audience at a private party in Japan that he would ‘restore/establish democracy’ to Bangladesh
Rohingya crisis: Locals worry about future
Local people in Cox’s Bazar are worried about their future as over half a million Rohingyas have already crossed the border into the district fleeing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar putting immense strain on infrastructure, services and low paid job market.
