Barisal, Bangladesh News

Our Correspondent, Barisal The Awami League, its associate organisations and different socio-cultural and professional bodies observed the Jail Killing Day at Barisal on Tuesday, paying homage to the four national heroes and front-ranking leaders of the Bangladesh government in exile.

Ruling party men allegedly vandalised and set fire to Barisal BNP office complex on the city's Aswini Kumar Hall premises yesterday protesting the bomb blast near the Awami League office in Dhaka that left four people wounded.

A bail order in Bangladesh has impeded police from rescuing a young Christian girl who was abducted and forced to convert to Islam and marry one of her kidnappers, according to police.

Our Correspondents, Barisal Two days long Ras Ustav and Mela, began on Sunday amidst tight security at Kuakata Coast at the time of rising of full moon.

Zakir Hossain from Borguna In absence of reforms and proper care, about 228 seed houses in four southern districts of Borguna, Patuakhali, Pirojpur and Barisal have lost wherewithal to be used any more.

Sylhet is located in the north of Bangladesh in a tea growing area. The region is very beautiful and the scenic tea plantations and lush green tropical forests are the main reason to come here.

Business Report A Performance Review Conference of Khulna and Barisal Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd was held recently at a local hotel of Khulna City.

Khulna-Barisal Divisional Road Transport Owners' and Workers' Association has called for an indefinite bus strike on 14 routes of south-western region from today to press home their four-point demand.

Zakir Hossain from Amtoly The time limit of the construction work of Dapdapia Bridge over Kirtankhola River adjoined to Barisal town has been extended yet another time to December 2010.

Advocate Robindra Ghosh, President-Bangladesh Minority Watch [BDMW] sent a number of informative reports on fresh persecution of religious minorities in Bangladesh.

Our Correspondent, Barisal Speakers at a seminar on Saturday stressed the importance of creating mass awareness of the adverse effects of climate change and its impact on livelihood and food security.

The government compensation handed out to the injured in the mutiny at the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters during Feb 25-26 has not been enough to restore the life of a young tea vendor who has been left disabled from his injuries.

The World Bank has said around 24 lakh more people in Bangladesh would plunge into poverty in the current fiscal year due to the impact of global economic recession.

Dhaka a ' A Bangladesh court on Tuesday sentenced three Bangladeshis to life in prison for smuggling fertilizer into Burma, said a report.

DHAKA: Chevron, a US-based international oil company , has planned to start its gas exploration drilling in Block-7 located in the country's southern region.

Our Correspondent, Barisal The consumers' woes mounted during the past few days with the market of rice becoming unstable after Ramadan in Barisal district.

Our Correspondent, Barisal Speakers at discussion meeting held in Barisal on Monday said that the precondition of Right to Information Act is to ensure people's right to know and good governance, but the law will fail to serve the purpose due to some of its flawed clauses which is unable to reach the main objective of the law.

Our Correspondent, Barisal Earnings from exporting delicious Hilsa fish from Barisal have been increased three times than ever past due to fixation of export-price. Abdul Hye, manager of Barisal fish landing center of Bangladesh Fishing Development Corporation said the earning from Hilsa export in August and September 2009 became three times higher ...

Our Correspondent The private sector transport owners controlling the road and the waterways sectors in the southern zones aimed to trade Eid ul Fitr for earning a profit of taka two crore at least by way of increasing fare during the 10 days of the Eid ul Fitr, before and after.

Thousands of home-bound people thronged launch, rail and bus terminals in the capital yesterday making it difficult for many to avail themselves of any transport.