RANGPUR: Leaders and activists of Riverine People, a voluntary organisation, at a roundtable discussion have laid emphasis on dredging of silted-up beds and better management to increase water carrying capacity of the rivers for reducing flood risk, reports BSS. They put special emphasis on becoming…

Septuagenarian Shantilata, a resident of Magura village in Abhaynagar, recently managed to win back her family’s ancestral land many years after…

SATKHIRA: Police, in special drives from Thursday night to yesterday morning, arrested 88 persons, including five drug traders, and recovered eight bottles of Phensidyl syrup, 260-gram hemp and 29 pieces of Yaba tablets from eight upazilas of the district, reports BSS. During the drives, Satkhira Sadar…

14 bronze statues seized Our correspondent, Benapole Customs officials seized 14 bronze statues at Benapole international check-post on Thursday night. Sensing the presence of a patrol team of customs officials, a Bangladesh national who was coming from India ran away, leaving behind a bag at the customs…