Abdullah Al Mamun, executive engineer of the Bagerhat Water Development Board, said initial work has begun to prevent erosion along roughly 1,000 metres of the most vulnerable sections Around 700 ...

Encroachment, pollution and embankments choke rivers near Sundarbans; lack of dredging worsens salinity, waterlogging ...

Bagerhat, July 7 -- Intermittent rain triggered by a land depression has continued across the coastal district of Bagerhat for the past three days, bringing relief to farmers by reducing soil salinity ...

As coconut yields collapse, oil mills are shutting, farmers are losing their livelihoods and traders fear a centuries-old ...

A giant python that swallowed three ducks behind a farmer's house in a village next to the Sundarbans mangrove forest in ...

Bagerhat, June 05 (bdnews24.com)—Wastes flow freely into the Bhairab, heavily polluting the river because of a lack of proper waste management in the Bagerhat municipality, locals say. "We have no ...

The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division has upheld the High Court ruling that declared the Election Commission’s gazette reducing the number of parliamentary seats in Bagerhat from four to three ...

Situated in the suburbs of Bagerhat, at the meeting-point of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, this ancient city, formerly known as Khalifatabad, was founded by the Turkish general Ulugh Khan Jahan ...

A sharp rise in dengue cases has been reported in the coastal district of Bagerhat, where health authorities have declared parts of Morrelganj and Kachua ...

Bagerhat, June 26 -- Dengue cases are rising rapidly in the southwestern district of Bagerhat, with more than 200 patients hospitalised over the past two months, prompting health authorities to ...