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Hundreds of rivers swell as China summer flood season revs up
Agence France-Presse . Shanghai | Updated at 10:43pm on July 13, 2020
Floods across large swathes of central and eastern China that have left more than 140 people dead or missing are hitting record levels, with authorities...
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Monsoon arrives to swell high-flowing rivers
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:47am on June 09, 2020
Meteorologists predicted a further increase in daily rainfall in the coming days as monsoon advanced to Chattogram on Monday and is likely to take over...
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Fresh areas go under water as rivers continue to swell
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:59am on June 07, 2020
Fresh areas went under water in Rangpur, Lalmonirhat and Kurigram as most of the country’s major rivers continued to swell until Saturday amid heavy rains...
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Low areas inundated as rivers swell abnormally
Emran Hossain | Updated at 12:00am on June 06, 2020
Major rivers in Bangladesh are flowing at a level that was last seen at this time of the year 1988, when the country saw one...
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50 sacks of rice found in river
Tapos Kanti Das | Updated at 12:51am on May 11, 2020
Police on Saturday found rotten rice in about 50 government sacks abandoned in River Kumar at Gobindapur under Alamdanga in Chuadanga. Alamdanga police station officer-in-charge...
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Elephant drowns in Ramu river
Our Correspondent . Cox’s Bazar | Updated at 12:22am on March 22, 2020
A wild elephant died in forest of Khonihapalong in Ramu under Cox’s Bazar South Forest Division early in the morning on Saturday. Local people said...
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Coordinated efforts must to curb Bangladesh river pollution
| Updated at 12:00am on March 19, 2020
A NEGLIGENT industrial and household waste management system increasingly risks the rivers surrounding the capital. A recent Riverine Bangladesh study shows that untreated industrial effluent...
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Int’l Day of Action for Rivers observed
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:52am on March 15, 2020
International Day of Action for Rivers was observed on Saturday across Bangladesh demanding holistic actions at the national and international level for protecting rivers from...
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Ensuring water-flow in rivers stressed
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Rangpur | Updated at 12:51am on March 15, 2020
Riverside people and activists of Begum Rokeya University unit of the Riverine People at a discussion on Saturday stressed on ensuring round the year water-flow...
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MPs, leaders, businesses, among grabbers
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 12:43am on March 15, 2020
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority has reclaimed 243.95 acres land of the Buriganga, Turag, Balu, Shitalakkhya and Dhaleswari by evicting over 9,200 buildings, factories and...
