Archive for October, 2008
I really needed the money for my son: Anwar
Anwar Hossain (58, Farmer, Choknona, Raninagar, Naogaon) had come to a local rice mill with two maunds (80 kilograms) of paddy for his family’s consumption. He sat outside the mill as the power was out. The harvest has been good but Anwar is still worried about meeting the costs of one of his daughters’ marriage. […]
Bangladesh a global whale, dolphin hotspot: study
Bangladesh’s 120km-wide belt of coastal and deep-sea waters could be one of the richest global hotspots of whales and dolphin activity, research by the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society and the local Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project reveals. The study findings were disclosed at a briefing at the
That is of course if there are no hail storms: Bipulesh Chandra Roy
VILLAGERS were looking forward to the annual fair scheduled in a few days just before the Bengali new year. So far, the weather had been favourable and they hoped that the harvest would be quite good. “That is of course if there are no hail storms,” said Bipulesh Chandra Roy a farmer of the village […]
Fakhruddin, Maung Aye talk road to China via Myanmar
Maritime boundary, direct road link gas import boosting of bilateral trade, enhancing cooperation between the armies of the two countries dominated the talks between Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed and the visiting Myanmar delegation led by Vice-Chairman of the ruling State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar Vice-senior General Maung Aye, at the Chief Adviser’s […]
Bangladesh Govt urged to provide relief for flood victims
The central steering committee of 11-Party Alliance, a combine of left and democratic political parties, on Tuesday urged the interim government to declare the flood-affected areas in Jessore and Khulna as disaster areas. Leaders of the alliance in a statement also called on the government to launch relief operation and provide food and
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