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Decomposed body of businessman recovered from Cox's Bazar hotel
Decomposed body of businessman recovered from Cox's Bazar hotel

Decomposed body of businessman recovered from Cox's Bazar hotel

Police have recovered a partially decomposed body of a man from a room of a residential hotel on Anderson Road in Cox's Bazar town. The body was recovered after breaking open the door of room number 408 of Hotel Nishita on Wednesday afternoon, April 29.

Thousands of hectares of farmland submerged, fear of rising losses
Thousands of hectares of farmland submerged, fear of rising losses

Thousands of hectares of farmland submerged, fear of rising losses

At least five thousand hectares of ripe Boro paddy have been submerged in four upazilas of Habiganj due to continuous rainfall and upstream rushing water. Farmers who managed to harvest their crops are now unable to dry them in the absence of sunlight, leaving the grain at risk of rotting in the sheaves.

35 years after 1991 cyclone, coastal embankments still remain vulnerable
35 years after 1991 cyclone, coastal embankments still remain vulnerable

35 years after 1991 cyclone, coastal embankments still remain vulnerable

Today is April 29, a day of mourning for the people of Bangladesh's coastal belt. On this day in 1991, a devastating cyclone and tidal surge ravaged the country's coastal areas. More than three decades have passed, but the painful memories still haunt coastal residents. Meanwhile, the old fear remains—the coast is still not fully safe.

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