Cyclone Amphan
Kurigram farmers brace for loss of boro harvest
Farmers in the char areas of the district now fear they may be deprived of their boro paddy harvest, as their lands still remain waterlogged, ten days on from Cyclone Amphan after for the last several days due to the rainfall and on rush of hill water.
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.
Govt taking Tk100cr project to repair embankments: Zahid Faruk
The government is taking a Tk 100 crore project to repair embankments damaged during cyclone Amphan, State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Faruk said Thursday.
Rohingyas stranded at sea: IOM calls for rescue, safe disembarkation
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said they are "increasingly concerned" about the plight of hundreds of Rohingyas believed to be stranded at sea, noting that cyclone Amphan signalled a ferocious start to the cyclone season in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.
Amphan damages Sundarbans infrastructures, trees worth Tk 1.67 cr : Forest Dept
Cyclone Amphan that battered the country’s coastal districts on Wednesday damaged infrastructures and trees worth Tk 1.67 crore in the Sundarbans’ eastern part.
Nor’wester destroys 200 houses in Lalmonirhat
The joy of Eid-ul-Fitr faded for over 2,000 people after a nor’wester destroyed over 200 houses at Kaliganj upazila in Lalmonirhat on Monday morning when people were preparing to attend special prayers on the day.
Stand by the poor: President Hamid
President Abdul Hamid on Monday called on the affluent section of the society to stand beside the poor in the time of coronavirus crisis.
Army to participate in embankment repair work: Zahid Faruk
Bangladesh Army will take part in repairing embankments damaged during cyclone ‘Amphan’, State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Faruk said Sunday.
‘Together, we can overcome any problem’: PM
Reaffirming her government’s stance to be there with people until the coronavirus crisis is over, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said this is not difficult at all to overcome any pressing problem if people remain united.
Cyclone Amphan reopens wounds of ‘Aila’ in Khulna region
Kalpana Rani had forcibly been taken to a shelter before cyclone Amphan hit last week. When she returned, she found her house situated in the vicinity of the Sholmarri River completely shattered.