INCESSANT monsoon rain over a few days has flooded many parts of the country, leaving thousands stranded with no coordinated relief efforts. In Feni, one of the worst affected districts, the River Matamuhuri was flowing 220cm above the danger mark, submerging at least 10 villages. In Cox鈥檚 Bazar, roads, cropland and households in five...
THE immediate issues that the authorities need to seriously attend to in the event of flooding are the rescue of people left dangerously marooned and the supply of food for the affected. The government appears to have failed on both the fronts. While a large number of people were waiting to be rescued even from submerged...
The vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa donated on behalf of all the faculty members, officers and staff of the university for the genocide victims in Gaza, Palestine, said a press release...
Different international and local rights organisations on Wednesday observed the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture with a call to Bangladesh government to comply with its obligations to uphold the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill treatment, end impunity and ensure access to justice for victims...
