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Hundreds marooned as Atrai crosses danger mark

Several thousand people in Atrai, Raninagar and Manda upazilas of Naogaon district became stranded as the Atrai River rose 39 centimetres above the danger level on Saturday, flooding vast areas and submerging about 17,000 bigha of Aman paddy and other crops...

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25,000 families marooned as Teesta, Padma swell

About 25,000 families in Lalmonirhat, Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi districts were marooned on Wednesday as low-lying areas have been flooded due to a persistent rise in the water levels of the Teesta and Padma rivers...

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Govt to increase forest coverage to 20pc: Rizwana

Environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said that the government will adopt a well-structured programme to increase the coverage of the state-controlled forests to 20 per cent of the country’s total land area...