Rail, road links
snapped, vast cropland under water
10 fishermen missing; fish and shrimps
washed away by flood water
Rainfall for the sixth consecutive day in late autumn, which the meteorologists term ‘unusual’, snapped rail and road communications, damaged winter crops and aman paddy, and washed away shrimps and fishes from pisciculture farms across the country...[ + ]
AUG 17 BLASTS
Probe put on back
burner as police busy framing charge
The probe into the August 17 countrywide blasts seems to have been stalled as the investigators are now busy completing the charge sheets of the cases. The state minister for home affairs, Lutfozzaman Babar, at a meeting on October 17 announced that trials of the cases would begin from the end of this month and the verdicts are expected within three months...[ + ]
BDR, police help cattle smugglers for cash
Members of the law enforcing agencies help traders to smuggle cattle through the Lalmonirhat border, depriving the government of revenue worth Tk 10 to 12 lakh every month, revealed a report of a government intelligence agency...[ + ]
Biman to discontinue flights to Paris, Frankfurt
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided not to run its flights on some international routes, including Paris and Frankfurt, official sources said. However, as per the will of the prime minister, Biman will continue its New York flight despite incurring huge losses, according to the sources....
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