continued from last week “I need to finish cooking before they discover the smoke coming out from this part of the village,” she thought, as she hurried her way to the well some 50 yards away from the kitchen shed,…
Cargo transportation on the inland river route from Chittagong port to Pangaon in Narayanganj started yesterday, one month after the inauguration of the container terminal. A vessel, named MV Pangaon Success carrying 70 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) containers, including 20…
A recreational structure for the people of Kurigram municipality, two groynes at the banks of Dharla River are in awful state of condition for years. During 1994 and1995, local water development board (WDB) constructed the two groynes in Shawdagar Para…
Lack of maintenance and extensive damage caused by onslaught of river erosion have badly dented the image and importance of the C&B river port in the district. Although revenue income of about half a crore taka has been received from…
Bakkhali river in Cox’s Bazar is getting narrower day by day as the land grabbers are out to encroach on both sides of the river by erecting illegal structures. Many of the grabbers have either built structures or hung signboards…
The River Narasunda, which was dying due to a dam built 33 years ago at the confluence of the river Brahmmaputra, would soon have a new lease of life. The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) under a Tk 68.46 crore…
Work of the three under construction bridges on 22-km-long Kuakata-Kalapara road sees very slow progress, much to the inconvenience of the users of the important road leading to Kuakata tourist spot. The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is implementing projects…
Workers of Mymensingh municipality have continued garbage dumping in the dying Puratan Brahmaputra River, despite serious protest from the local people and businessmen. Following reports in different national dailies, the rush of garbage carrying trucks and trolleys has lessened but…
People of Tepriganj union under Debiganj upazila in Panchagarh district have demanded construction of a bridge on the Buritista River at Chilahatipara village to ease their communication with the upazila headquarters, health complex and other important places to the east…
Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route have remained suspended since Monday night due to rapid formation of underwater shoals and fierce currents in the Padma, forcing hundreds of vehicles to take long detours via the Bangabandhu Bridge on the Jamuna. Roll-on…
Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia route in Manikganj has remained suspended from Monday night when a ferry ran aground in a hidden shoal in the river Padma. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority has stopped ferry service after Ro Ro ferry Bir…
THURDAY’S report in this paper on building of roads in the New Dhaleswari river at Kalihati in Tangail by sand traders has once again brought to the fore the unlimited greed of river grabbers. It may be recalled that after…
