Despite more than Tk 10,000 crore already being spent on ongoing flood-mitigation initiatives, two additional projects are being prepared to address persistent waterlogging in Chattogram city. The preliminary estimated cost of the proposed schemes stands at Tk 3,871 crore, although officials acknowledge that the figure could increase once feasibility studies and detailed project assessments are […]

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has intensified patrols, public warnings and surveillance activities along the Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah following what it says were five separate attempts by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) to push people into Bangladesh over the past seven days. According to BGB, each of those attempts was successfully prevented, and no push-in […]