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  Scarce rain leaves country parched

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 11:42pm on May 07, 2021

  Over the last five months, rain has been abnormally scarce in Bangladesh, leaving lands parched and flows of major rivers at a historic low. Signs...

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  Diarrhoea patients rise in southern districts

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 12:54am on April 29, 2021

  Hospitals in southern Bangladesh continued to admit a record number of diarrhoea patients every day following an outbreak of the communicable disease that killed 12...

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  Experts see oxygen crisis, government denies

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 12:34am on April 28, 2021

  Over the past few days the government has sent despatches to Bangladesh embassies in Southeast Asia asking them to look for opportunities to import medical...

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  18 lakh tonnes aimed, rice stock record low

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 02:16pm on April 26, 2021

  The government on Monday announced that it would buy 18 lakh tonnes of rice and paddy during this boro season, offering a price that would...

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  Dhaka logs record temp as heatwave grips Bangladesh

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 11:39am on April 26, 2021

  Dhaka continued to log one of its highest maximum temperatures on record for the 2nd consecutive day on Monday as Bangladesh sizzled in a heatwave....

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  GK irrigation project runs dry as India releases less water thru Farakka

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 01:31am on April 26, 2021

  The water supply through the Ganges-Kobadak Irrigation Project has remained suspended for nine days as the water level at the River Padma fell abnormally low...

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  Medical oxygen scarce in Bangladesh amid high Covid deaths

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 12:26am on April 22, 2021

  Bangladesh’s demand for medical oxygen far exceeded its production about a month ago with import meeting a part of the additional demand as hospitals are...

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  Govt mills’ sugar production hits 48-year low, recovery all-time low

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 03:01am on April 20, 2021

  The Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation has completed cane crushing this season, producing 48,055 tonnes of sugar, the lowest in 48 years after 1973....

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  4 die of Covid-19 every hour in Bangladesh

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 04:28pm on April 18, 2021

  The daily number of Covid deaths hit a fresh record of 102 in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Sunday as the fresh wave of...

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  Gas crisis affects textile, garment factories

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 01:50am on April 14, 2021

  About 500 textile and garment factories are operating at half or less capacity for a persistent gas crisis triggered by a pipeline leakage, complained leaders...