Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has been implementing a surface water conservation project aims at lessening the gradually increasing pressure on groundwater for irrigation purposes, reports BSS. The state-owned derelict canals are being re-excavated to increase the number of reservoirs…

State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki, MP, has said the name of Bangladesh would be written in the list of the developed nations by the year 2041 next, reports BSS. "Bangladesh has the maximum number of under 18-year age group children constituting 46 percent of the population.…

Woman killed ‘by husband’ Benapole:  A four-month expecting woman was strangulated to death allegedly  by her husband over dowry at Bagdah village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district early yesterday, reports UNB. Quoting locals, Sub-inspector of Keshabpur Police Station Tariqul…