Reporting from this source, summarised, rewritten or translated and published under its name · 11 stories
EnvironmentOnly 99 km of Bhola's 351 km of flood embankments are permanent; residents want shelters, stronger embankments and early warnings on the anniversary of the 1970 cyclone.
EnvironmentAn injured Himalayan griffon found in Rajarhat, Kurigram, has been sent to the Rangpur divisional forest office for treatment.
History graduate Mohidul Hasan Munna runs vegetables, fruit, cows and fish with mulch film, pheromone traps and biogas, and sells organic inputs online.
HealthA strike by private ambulance owners and drivers demanding permanent parking inside the hospital left families searching for hours on Tuesday for vehicles to move patients and bodies. The director says space is too short for permanent parking.
IslamRiyadh ul Jannah, the area between the Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) resting place and his pulpit in Madinah's Masjid an-Nabawi, has eight historic pillars and three main gates, with separate set times for men and women to pray.
IslamFrom hadith, some of the things the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) liked in daily life: beginning with the right, good dreams and good words, fragrance, bottle gourd, sweets and honey, and cool sweet drinks.
HealthDhaka Medical College Hospital has admitted 3,085 dengue patients this year to 3 October and 42 have died; the hospital hands out mosquito nets, but heat and nowhere to hang them mean many go unused.
HealthDengue deaths this year have reached 239 and 77,672 people have been treated in hospital; entomologist Professor Kabirul Bashar's forecasting model points to a worse October.
Daily lifeLPG imports fell from about 160,000 tonnes in August to about 120,000 tonnes in September; a 12kg cylinder priced by BERC at Tk 1,585 is costing consumers Tk 2,000 to 2,100.
AgribusinessOf BJMC's closed jute mills, 17 have been leased and nine are producing again; three newly leased mills are expected to bring Tk 619 crore of investment and at least 11,629 jobs.
One- and two-litre bottles of soybean oil are missing from Dhaka grocers and loose oil sells Tk 15 a litre above the set price; retailers and the Consumers Association of Bangladesh say supply is being held back to force a rise.
