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'Improve livelihoods of Koyra's vulnerable communities'

Bangladesh, July 21 -- Khulna Deputy Commissioner Hure Jannat has called for targeted initiatives to improve the livelihoods of the Munda and Malo communities, as well as the "tiger widows" of Koyra u... Read More


27 Sundarbans bandits surrender to Coast Guard

Bangladesh, July 21 -- Twenty-seven active bandits, including Jahangir Sheikh, the leader of the notorious Choto Jahangir Bahini, surrendered to the Bangladesh Coast Guard in the Sundarbans on Monday ... Read More


5-year-old missing after riverbank collapse

Bangladesh, July 21 -- A five-year-old boy went missing after an erosion-hit riverbank collapsed beneath him while his father was bathing cows in the Kalabadar River in Mehendiganj upazila of Barishal... Read More


Human traffickers hold 6 Cumilla youths in Libya

Bangladesh, July 21 -- Six young men from Manoharganj upazila in Cumilla have allegedly been held hostage by human traffickers in Libya while attempting to reach Italy through irregular migration rout... Read More


Staff, equipment shortage cripple Shibganj health complex

Bangladesh, July 21 -- Patients at the 50-bed Shibganj Upazila Health Complex in Chapainawabganj are facing mounting hardship due to shortages of doctors, medical equipment, medicines and ambulances, ... Read More


Rajshahi farmers seek ban on highly hazardous pesticides

Bangladesh, July 21 -- Farmers, environmental activists and civil society representatives formed a human chain in Rajshahi on Monday, demanding a phased ban on highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) to pr... Read More


CCC Mayor orders quick damaged roads repair

Bangladesh, July 21 -- Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Mayor Dr Shahadat Hossain on Monday directed officials to immediately repair roads damaged by the recent record rainfall to reduce public suffe... Read More


HRW urges Bangladesh on missing case

Bangladesh, July 21 -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Bangladesh government to immediately comply with a High Court order to investigate the alleged disappearance of a fisherman who was last s... Read More


Growth slips across key sectors

Bangladesh, July 21 -- Bangladesh's economic growth slowed sharply in the third quarter (January-March) of FY2025-26, with gross domestic product (GDP) expanding by 2.22 per cent, down from 4.53 per c... Read More


US$2b fuel bill spurs solar drive

Bangladesh, July 21 -- Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud has urged non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to help expand Bangladesh's rooftop solar net metering system, sa... Read More