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English medium schools ‘collecting fees’ amid coronavirus shutdown
Although the government has shut all educational institutions across the country amid the coronavirus outbreak, a good number of English medium schools in Dhaka are reportedly forcing guardians to pay monthly tuition fees of their children.
Late gazette with reopening guidelines reveals 'method behind the madness'
In an effort to curb the transmission of the novel coronavirus, the government recently issued a directive asking the government offices and agencies under all ministries and divisions to not allow more than 25 percent of staff to be in attendance in the office at any one time together.
Vegetable farming on floating beds gets popular in Sylhet
Vegetable farming on floating beds made of water hyacinth and bamboo in waterbodies or ponds, has drawn huge response from farmers in different areas of Sylhet district .
Padma River erosion puts Paturia ferry terminal at risk
At least 10 government establishments, including the Patuaria ferry terminal in Manikganj, are at risk because of untimely erosion in the Padma River.
Libya killings : Traffickers demanded 12,000 USD as ransom, says Rakibul’s family
Human traffickers demanded 12,000 US dollar as ransom from the family of Rakibul, one of the 26 ill-fated Bangladeshis who lost their lives in a gun attack in Libya.
Cyclone Amphan: Jhenaidah farmers suffer losses worth Tk 88.89 crore
Farmers of Jhenaidah district have been counting huge losses as standing Boro paddy, vegetables, banana, beetle leaf on vast tracts of land were badly damaged by cyclone Amphan that battered the country’s coastal districts on May 20.
Returnee migrants falling into hard times
The returnee migrants who were forced to or chose to return home amid the coronavirus pandemic are increasingly running out of options in terms of returning to their livelihoods, whether at home or abroad.
Lifting restrictions to worsen coronavirus situation: Health experts
Health experts have warned against relaxing restrictions on movement and resumption of offices and transport as the country sees massive surge in new coronavirus cases, saying the move could worsen the already deteriorating situation.
Renewable energy could be Bangladesh’s best option post Covid-19
In the post Covid-19 era, renewable energy could be the best suitable option for Bangladesh to reset its power sector development policy to come out of the obligation for capacity payment to idle power plants, says a recent study.
Thousands offer Eid prayers standing in water
When the people of the country are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr amid festivity, many residents of the southwestern districts are busy rebuilding their broken houses and embankments damaged during cyclone ‘Amphan’.