Noakhali, Bangladesh News

Heavy downpour triggered flash flood in low-lying areas of several districts including Netrakona, Sunamganj, Sylhet and Feni yesterday leaving thousands of people marooned.

DHAKA: The parliament on Thursday passed the national budget worth Tk 1,13,819 crore for fiscal year 2009-10 by approving the Bill of Appropriations 2010, amid abstention of the main opposition led by Bangladesh National Party.

Cyclone Aila-hit farmers after suffering huge loss in Aus production may miss the Aman season because of saline waterlogging in large coastal areas as the damaged embankments are yet to be repaired.

Appellate Division Cases PRESENT Md. Ruhul Amin CJ M.M. Ruhul Amin J Md. Abdul Matin J Abu Taher & another Petitioners -Vs- Government of the People's Republic: of Bangladesh, represented by the D e pu t y Commissioner Noakhali & otherstt..Respondents Judgment 23rd March 2008 It is not disputed that the writ petitioners were licensees in respect ...

FOR obvious reasons, General Moeen U. Ahmed, who retired from the army on June 15, is the most known and talked-about chief of staff of the army since the end of military and quasi-military rule that Bangladesh had to endure from 1975 to 1990.

Staff Reporter Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday admitted that the government had to compromise with a vested quarter and re-introduced the provision of whitening black money in the proposed budget against the moral belief of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and himself.

THE Bay of Bengal, a northern and extended arm of the Indian Ocean and covering about 510,000 square km, is probably the "rebellious daughter" of the ocean who often turns too angry and smashes the lives of thousands along its huge coastlines particularly in the months of May and October each year.

BSS, Dhaka The country has suffered a financial loss of several hundred crores of taka in agriculture and its sub-sectors, including fisheries, poultry and livestock, due to the cyclone Aila, said sources at the ministry concerned on Sunday.

The devastation caused by Monday's cyclonic storm 'Aila' and accompanying tidal surge in the country's coastal areas and islands is unfolding with the death toll rising to more than 100, unofficial and other reports Tuesday said.

DHAKA: The death toll from Cyclone Aila rose to 121 in Bangladesh as thousands of people in coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal in both Bangladesh and India were marooned.

Rescuers continued efforts to search for the people missing in Monday's Cyclone Aila after it slammed into Bangladesh's southern coastal region and claimed at least 91 lives.

DHAKA: Rescuers have failed to reach many remote areas left battered by water surges whipped up by cyclone Aila as it ripped through the coastline into India on Monday, killing at least 127 people in Bangladesh.

Dhaka, May 27: The death toll from Cyclone Aila rose to 121, as thousands of people marooned in the coastal areas were battling to survive the aftermath with little food and drinking water.

The cyclonic storm "Aila" which crossed southwestern Bangladesh's coastal area on Monday left at least 81 people dead and 2.6 million affected in the country's 15 coastal districts, officials said on Tuesday.

Death toll from Cyclone Aila rose to 89 following recovery of more bodies from different cyclone-battered coastal districts in Bangladesh.

Death toll from Cyclone Aila rose to 53 following recovery of more bodies from different cyclone -battered coastal districts in Bangladesh.

At least nine people were killed and dozens others reported missing after cyclone "Aila," packing winds of up to 100 kilometres per hour made landfall along Bangladesh's coastline Monday, officials said.

DHAKA: Boro Paddy is the lone crop for the farmers of Haor region. Harvesting is over for this year.

But despite the individual genius of a Kautilya, the tradition of statecraft is weak in India, and we have habitually stumbled in our approach to international relations.

Mymensingh Abahani moved into the final round of the National Club Cup competition after they defeated Chader Haat by six wickets at the Mymensingh Stadium yesterday.