The price of electricity has not been increased for consumers using up to 75 units per month, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku has said. He said the government took this decision considering the financial capacity of the marginalised population.
Short-term floods may occur in five districts of Rangpur division within the next three days, the Bangladesh Water Development Board's Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre has said. Water levels in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna and Ganges-Padma rivers may also rise for the next five days.
A section of the main stage collapsed due to excessive crowding by leaders and activists during a relief distribution programme for flood victims in Chandanaish, Chattogram, on Friday, July 17. Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury was on the stage at the time, but he and others present escaped unhurt.
Three people have died and several others injured in electrocution incidents in two separate locations in Mirzapur, Tangail. The injured have been hospitalised.
Four children who drowned in a canal in Raipura, Narsingdi, were buried side by side after a joint funeral on Thursday evening. Even before the grief could subside, two more children drowned in the Meghna river in the same upazila on Friday morning.
The government has all necessary preparations to tackle disasters, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said. He also said government and private initiatives to assist flood-affected people are ongoing.