Shrinking rivers shrink livelihoods

Boatmen in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram are struggling to remain afloat, facing a situation of seasonal unemployment. Amid the dry winter, around 26 rivers in the districts, including Brahmaputra, Teesta, and Dharla, have dried up and lost navigability, with shoals appearing across them. Around 200 ghats in the districts, which remain busy for rest of the…

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For example, today’s Bengali blockade program

Students of different universities of Bangladesh have continued their intense agitation demanding the abolition of quota system in government jobs. The agitators also held a program called ‘Bangla Blockade’ across the country to demand four points including cancellation of quota. In this program on Sunday, students were seen protesting by blocking various roads and highways…

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Bangladesh–Russia relations

Bangladesh–Russia relations (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ–রাশিয়া সম্পর্কRussian: Российско-бангладешские отношения) are the foreign relations between Bangladesh and Russia. Bangladesh has an embassy in Moscow and Russia has one in Dhaka and a consulate-general in Chittagong. Diplomatic relations between the USSR and Bangladesh were established on January 25, 1972.[1] These relations have continued with Russia being the successor state to the Soviet Union. Soviet-Bangladeshi relations[edit] The Soviet Union had been a strong supporter…

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The World Bank will provide more than two billion dollars of new loan assistance to Bangladesh

The World Bank has pledged to increase credit support for Bangladesh in the current fiscal year to support the interim government’s reform agenda. World Bank Bangladesh Country Director Abdullaye Sek made the announcement during a meeting with Principal Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the Rashtriya Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on Tuesday (September 17). Abdoulaye…

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