A portion of the Chittagong-Khagrachhari highway on the verge of collapse due to a ditch at Monira Pukur point of Hathazari also poses threat to smooth movement of the vehicles. This photo was taken on Saturday.

26 Nov 2017, 12:00 am0

River-saving drive: Success depends on monitoring: POBA

Though the recent strong drive against river encroachers raised a new hope for protecting the country’s rivers, green activists think the desired success cannot be achieved unless proper steps are taken to keep the reclaimed lands out of the clutches of grabbers.Just after recovering the occupied river lands, the authorities concerned will have to set up demarcation pillars, give the river land to rivers back by dredging, planting trees, building walkways on the river banks and ensuring monitoring by river...

3 Mar 2019, 12:00 am