Payra-Mongla port
A loss that compensation can't cover
Under the dredging project of Mongla Port, sand extracted from the Pasur River is being dumped onto surrounding arable land, which is damaging not only cultivable land but also fishery projects. Although local residents have been protesting this for several years, the government has taken no action to date. According to information received from the media on Saturday (26 July), Joymonir Ghol, the southernmost settlement at Chila union in Mongla, lies just before the Sundarbans. In the past few years, the livelihoods of hundreds of people in this region have changed due to the sand dumped from the dredging of the Pasur River.
ISPR requests not to get misled by rumours over security of St. Martin’s
Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR) has urged all not to be misguided by rumours spreading through social media over the security of St. Martin’s island centering Myanmar's ongoing internal conflict near the island.
Great danger signal ten in 9 districts including Payra, Mongla ports
In its most recent bulletin, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has advised the maritime ports of Payra and Mongla to maintain great danger signal number ten as Cyclone Remal, initially a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal, has intensified into a cyclonic storm and is forecasted to make landfall on Sunday night.