Potholed highways remain a worry ahead of Eid
Most of the national and regional highways and district roads, battered by rain for days, have been in a dilapidated condition, much to the worries of holidaymakers ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Mostaque, Zia also behind Mujib’s killing: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that Khandaker Mostaque and Ziaur Rahman had their part in the conspiracy to kill Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members.
Dists around capital inundated
The floods took a serious turn Wednesday inundating new areas in the country’s middle zone and the districts surrounding the capital as the Ganges, the Jamuna and the other major rivers swelled further, Water Development Board officials told New Age.
No food crisis in country, says Muhith
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said there is no food crisis in the country due to the persisting flood and there will be no crisis in the future either.
Is Dhaka turning into a Durvasa city?
UNLESS we do at least some things right, Dhaka is, we have ample reasons to fear, turning into a Durvasa city. In Hindu puranas, Durvasa, son of Atri and Anusuya, is a rishi (sage) who, it is said, is impossible to live with. The very name Durvasa means ‘one who is impossible to live with. Dhaka, like Durvasa, is turning into a city impossible to live in.
‘Extremist’ killed in police operation at Dhaka hotel
A suspected extremist was killed during an operation codenamed ‘Operation August Bite’ by police at a suspected hideout at a hotel near Square Hospital at Panthapath in Dhaka on Tuesday
Floods snap rail link in north
Rail communications of most of the northern districts with rest of the country and within themselves remained snapped for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday amid severe flooding, leaving people of the region to suffer immensely.
3,814 schools in flood-hit dists closed
Flooding forced closure of at least 3,814 primary and secondary schools until Tuesday, seriously hampering education of thousands of students in 12 northern and north-eastern districts.
Flood engulfs country’s middle areas
Millions of people, marooned by floods, evacuated themselves to schools, embankments, and highways in northeastern districts for shelter in last couple of days. The marooned are struggling to cope with untold sufferings being caused by non- availability of food, drinking water and medicines.
National Mourning Day observed
The nation observed the National Mourning Day on Tuesday with due respect, marking the 42nd anniversary of the martyrdom of Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
