EnvironmentNingbo University researchers used satellite images to show China's mangroves grew from 10,617 to 28,194 hectares between 1998 and 2020, while coastal bird species more than doubled. Prothom Alo asks what the Sundarbans and Chakaria can learn.
IslamWork on the Chakaria upazila model mosque, begun in October 2019, is not done; the Public Works Department says the contract will be cancelled with a penalty if it misses next March.
EnvironmentAbout 4 km of an LGED road of nearly 5 km, costing Tk 25.03 crore, runs through gazetted reserved forest used by wild elephants; the forest department asked for work to stop on 22 September, but it has not fully stopped.
Between 6 am and 9.30 am, 24 wholesale sheds and local fishermen at Chowar Fari in Matamuhuri upazila sell about Tk 50 million of mostly un-iced fish a day; July floods that breached shrimp enclosures have pushed prices up this year.
