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CHT complex: A project to promote ethnic cultures

Indigenous communities now find an address in Dhaka with the inauguration of the newly constructed ‘Chattogram Hill Tracts Complex’ at Bailey Road the capital by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday. Government sources said the complex, constructed at the cost of Tk 194 crore, aims at ...

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Tidal salt water floods coastal areas

The coastal areas of the country have been inundated with tidal salt water due to the impact of the cyclone. The tide level on Wednesday was about one meter higher than normal.The local administration has reported that sea water was entering at least 50 places along the coast of Chattogram and Cox&#...

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Bangladesh attains great progress in disaster preparedness

In the past decade Bangladesh has made noticeable progresses in disaster preparedness, especially when it comes to facing mega cyclones.Although experts still feel that the nation has weaknesses in the post disaster recovery stages but many other experts disagree and said that the human losses, inju...

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Bangabandhu tunnel work to finish in time

The construction work, to build the country's first underwater road tunnel named, Bangabandhu Tunnel under Karnaphuli River, is ahead of its expected schedule with almost 70 percent of work already completed, according to officials.Despite a slow down last year due to the coronavirus pandemic an...

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Onion imports stopped to protect local growers

Onion imports have been suspended since May 1 mainly for the protection of local growers, officials said.According to the Plant Quarantine Wing of the Agricultural Extension Department, the body that approves and regulates the import of agricultural products, all the country's ports had been ins...

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3 lakh fishermen to get food assistance

The Government is going to provide food assistance to 300 thousand fishermen who will be affected due to the fishing ban for 65 days in the Bay of Bengal. The restriction will start on May 20 Thursday and end on July 23.Fisheries department source said rice will be distributed to the fishermen in tw...

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Ctg port operates smooth amid lockdown

The Chattogram sea port, main gateway of the country is in full swing operation during the ongoing lockdown in Corona virus epidemic and Eid holidays.According to port sources, all operational activities including container handling, storage, delivery, and cargo handling are going on as usual during...

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Madrasa teachers, students won’t be involved in politics

After it became clear to all that leaders and activists of Hefazat-e-Islam were involved in the recent anti-state violent activities, the Qaumi Madrasa-based radical organisation has formed a convening committee dissolving its central committee.At the same time, Hefazat has announced that the studen...

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Babunagari charged with Shafi murder

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has found involvement of incumbent Hefazat-e-Islami chief Junaid Babunagari, along with 42 others, in ‘torturing to death’ his predecessor Shah Ahmad Shafi.The specialised investigation agency on Monday submitted a probe report to the court in the...

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Hefazat funding mysterious

Anomalies have been found recently over the sources of Hefazat-e-Islami money and its use. A former official of the organisation has brought this issue to the fore.Maulana Salimullah, a former Hefazat leader, and former head of the audit committee of the organization told the media that the current ...

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More Rohingyas move to Bhassan Char

Another 4,000 Rohingyas are being shifted to Bhasan Char island in Noakhali from various camps at Ukhia-Teknaf in Cox's Bazar.  The Rohingyas left Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar for Chattogram on Tuesday and Wednesday.They shifted from Boat club jetties of Chattogram to Bhasan char on Thursday ...

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Rohingyas better off at Bhasan Char

The Rohingyas now living in Bhasan Char have told the UN delegation that they are better off here than in the Cox’s Bazar camps. The UN envoys, who were on a visit to Bhasan Char, met frequently with the Rohingyas on Thursday and Friday.The 18-member delegation's three-day visit to Bh...

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UN team happy with Bhasan Char amenities

The UN delegation has expressed satisfaction over the Bangladesh government’s  relocation arrangements of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char from Cox’s Bazar camps. The delegation, led by Fumiko Kashiwar, United Nations  Refugee agency HCR's Assistant Representative in B...

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5th batch of Rohingyas goes to Bhasan Char today

Another 4,000 Rohingyas will be shifted in the fifth phase to Bhasan char island in Noakhali from various camps at Ukhia-Teknaf in Cox's Bazar.  The Rohingyas have left Ukhia  for Chattogram on Tuesday from where they will start for Bhasan Char today (Wednesday).They will be relocated ...

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Thousands throng Cox’s Bazar beach

Despite the coronavirus epidemic, tourist spots of Chattogram, the country's main tourist zone, are full of tourists on Friday. Tourists from across the country and some foreigners are roaming along the sea beaches and in the hilly areas of Chattogram, Coxs Bazar, Rangamati and Bandarban distric...

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Phase-4 Rohingya relocation complete

Tuesday, was the second day of the fourth phase of a relocation programme, in which 1009 Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals,  Rohingyas, were taken to Bhasan Char, the island settlement in the Bay of Bengal under Noakhali district. A total of four ships of the Bangladesh Navy carrying Ro...

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More Rohingyas relocated to Bhasan Char

In the fourth phase on Monday more than 2000 Rohingya refugees were relocated to Bhasan Char of Noakhali district.A total of 5 ships of Bangladesh Navy carrying the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals left Patenga Boat Club Jetties in Chattogram at 9 am for Bhasan Char.They were brought to Chattogr...

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Vaccines reach remote hilly, coastal areas

Despite difficulties, vaccines for coronavirus have reached all the centres in remote areas of Chattogram hill tracts and the isolated coastal regions ahead of the nation-wide vaccination programme starting on February 7.Health workers and volunteers are already being trained on the vaccination proc...

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3rd Rohingya batch reaches Bhasan Char

Within two months, and a third phase, another Rohingya group was taken from the Cox's Bazar camps to Bhasan Char settlement in Noakhali for a better future.In the third phase, 1778 Rohingya men, women reached Bhasan Char around 12:30 pm on Friday.On Friday morning, the Rohingyas started for Bhas...

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Progs to improve Rohingya livelihood on Bhasan Char

The Bangladesh government has started training for the Rohingyas in Bhasan Char to improve their living standard. To this end, the Rural Development Board, BRDB, the largest body of the government engaged in poverty alleviation, has been given the responsibility.In the first phase, since last W...