Dry fish season begins at Dublar Char in the Sundarbans
The annual dry fish season began on Friday, 30 October, at Dublar Char in the Sundarbans, along the Bay of Bengal, drawing fishermen from across the southwestern coastal districts.
District Correspondent
After 22-day hilsa ban, fishermen rush back to the Bay of Bengal
Fishermen have returned to the Bay of Bengal in large numbers after the end of the 22-day ban, which was imposed to protect mother hilsa during their breeding season.
Rooppur nuclear plant begins testing power generation process
Mahmudul Hasan, chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (BAERA), has confirmed that the formal primary power generation activities (power start-up) have begun at Unit-1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). At the same time, the electricity generated from this plant has started being used for its own internal operations on Friday (October 30).
Playground land bought with villagers' donations, festival held in Babupur
Children of the village used to play on the vacant land after paddy harvesting. But the games stopped whenever new crop cultivation began. To resolve this long-standing problem, residents of Babupur village in Deuli Union of Delduar upazila in Tangail took the initiative themselves. Setting aside differences between rich and poor, they collected donations from everyone and purchased 60 decimals of land. With their long-cherished dream fulfilled, the villagers took possession of the land amid joy and festivities by playing musical instruments on Thursday (October 29).
Six killed by lightning while fishing in Pabna wetland
Six people were killed and three others injured after lightning struck while they were fishing in a wetland in Pabna district on Friday afternoon.
Two shot dead in Pabna over ‘cattle market lease dispute’
A cattle market leaseholder and a local BNP leader were shot to death by unidentified miscreants reportedly over the market lease dispute in Pabna Sadar upazila on Thursday evening.
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