Barisal, Bangladesh News

Our Correspondent, Barisal At least 17 meritorious students of Barisal Government Brojo Mohon College died for unnatural causes in last two years.

Our Correspondent, Barisal Barisal City Corporation authority has decided to open three sub offices of BCC at three corners of the city for convenience of citizen services.

Our Correspondent, Barisal Tens of thousands of people desiring to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their kin and kiths at homes paid excess bus and launch fare to the extent of 40 to 60 percent and the bus and the launch owners just exploited passengers' passion.

UNB, Barisal Special steamer, launch, sea-truck and ferry services on the major rivers and coastal routes will start for two weeks to ease the sufferings of the passengers on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority are launching the services.

Bangladesh could meet 40 percent of its soybean oil demand by producing Soybean locally, as there is a bright prospect for its farming.

Our Correspondent, Barisal Barisal Metropolitan Police foiled a human chain programme initiated by Bangladesh Jamaat e Islami in front of Barisal Aswani Kumar Hall on Monday afternoon.

Our Correspondent, Barisal The participants at a discussion meeting held at Barisal B M College on Sunday afternoon suggested for expanding only eco-friendly tourism in the coastal region maintaining bio-diversity and healthy climate environment.

Water transport workers withdrew the countrywide strike yesterday after being assured of fulfilment of their demands.

Although four years have passed since the day two judges were killed in a suicide bomb blast in Jhalakati, five of the six-member suicide squad remain untraced.

Climate change a threat to human habitation across the globe: Recompense from industrialist countries demanded Our Correspondent, Barisal Participants in a human chain and gathering organised at Kuakata sea beach in Patuakhali district on Tuesday viewed that climate change had posed a great threat to agriculture, environment, ecology, ...

DHAKA: Public investment through the annual development programme in the countrya s backward regions remains far lower than the well-developed areas due to absence of a balanced approach of the successive governments.

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.