'Over extraction of groundwater poses environmental risk'
'Over extraction of groundwater poses environmental risk'

Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said that excessive groundwater extraction poses a severe environmental risk, reports BSS. We are putting the environment at grave risk by withdrawing groundwater every day. Despite the fact that there were ways to come out of the crisis, this work has...

Ferry services resume as fog fades on Meghna River
Ferry services resume as fog fades on Meghna River

The ferry services between Chandpurs Horinia Ghat and Shariatpurs Alur Bazar Ghat resumed after 10 hours of suspension due to the thick fog in the Meghna River, reports UNB. Faisal Alam Chowdhury, manager of Horinia Ferry Ghat at Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), said the...

Killings on vessel in Meghna: Families demand investigation, justice
Killings on vessel in Meghna: Families demand investigation, justice

Family members of the seven people killed onboard a fertiliser-laden vessel on the Meghna River near Eshanbala Char in Chandpurs Haimchar Upazila on Tuesday claimed the killings as planned and demanded justice. They identified the bodies at Chandpur General Hospital morgue and those were handed...